After I have logged into my account, I have my statup entries load fine.
After AVG and MSN etc have loaded, the HDD activity seems to be constant for
2-3 minutes afterwards. During this time, if I look at the Reliability and
Performance Monitor for Disk, I see loads of files ...

I am a very new user of vista. I have been xp for a while though :). I have
successfully installed the sp1 and there are no serious problem so far.
However a serious problem is rising:I hoped SP1 solved it but it did not.
Soon after I login the disk on my laptop is intensively ...

I ran an .exe file in order to remove that little blue line at the bottom
that is supposedly a "hidden" taskbar, and now I can't seem to undo it.
When I load windows the taskbar is there, but without the clock and the
system tray icon'd programs. Then I run the hidetaskbar.exe and ...

I noticed that it takes about 40 seconds to open a 25KB of file like xls or
doc under vista and it get worst if user will open a large document file.
Does anyone have experience this problem? Any fix? Basically the OS is a
fresh install of Vista SP1 enterprise with Office 2003 ...

Recently, I went to the start menu to search for a file, and found (or
rather, did not find...) that 'search' had gone missing from the menu. I can
still use it from specific pages, such as My Documents, but not as a general
option. Any suggestions?

Rt click on Vista Ultimate 64 is so slow it is now almost unusable. I am
considering a whole reinstall because of it. This affects rt click on files
and folders mainly and is often followed by Explorer needing to restart.
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I have no picture on my desktop. It's just a plain white screen. Also I
can't print anything.

when I go to the Start menu, click on a recently used Office 2007 program or
a pinned Office 2007 program, nothing happens.  They don't launch.  When I  
open an actual office 2007 file, the apps load fine however.
My other pinned and recent apps shortcuts work - for example, ...

This is my first post on this forum so I apologize if its in the wrong
section, I assumed its performance related so here I go.
I have just purchased a Netgear DG834G v4 with the latest firmware and
was shocked when I ran the Microsoft internet connectivity evaluation

Never Re-Activate After Installation
If you have to reinstall Windows XP you normally will have to reactivate
too. Well not anymore. Just copy wpa.dbl after you activated the first time.
It is located in the WINDOWS\system32 folder. Now if you reinstall Windows

I have a 500 gig HD Western Digital and I am using it as a primary back up
for Windows Vista Home Edition back up system .I noticed that I am using 85
% already and it has only been backing up for a few months now? The Main HD
that is being backed up is only 150 Gig . I am not ...

On the screeen (dual core) for CPU useage there are two CPU useage histories.
Which CPU is 'CPU useage' referring to?  Simarly in "Processes' is the CPU
the sum of the two CPUs or one of them, or adjust equivalent to one of them.
The reason I ask is that when re-building the ...

After logging on to my computer this evening, the screen said that my
activation key is invalid.  I'm also getting these nagging reminders that 'I
might be a victim of software counterfeiting.'
I've owned this laptop for over a year now and had this issue come up once

I have been shown a video touting the Vista Calendar(not the Works or Word
Calendar) but after searching eveywhere I have given up looking. Can anyone
tell me how to find it?
This is the second program I have come across that is impossible to trace

On Windows XP I used WinRAR for my backups because the OS lacked a decent
backup system. To my surprise with Vista I still use WinRAR for my backups as
that OS doesn't seem to have a decent backup system either ! (MacOS does.)
I want to backup files from internal drive C to a ...