Which processes fire up at the very moment a succesful dial-up
connection is made? I ask the question because, since about a month or
so ago, my laptop -1 GB RAM, system-managed page file- has begun to
slow down considerably the very second it connects to my ISP. I suspect

I have a serial device connected to the db9 serial port that the O/S detects,
incorrectly, as a mouse. Is there a setting that I can change to exclude the
serial ports from this type of detection?

Upon bootup, I get an error message that says - you either have no paging
file or it's too small.......... yadda, yadda, finish booting, go to
computer/properties/performance/advanced/virtual memory, put in a custom
size, usually 1024, for each of my 2 hard drives (which have ...

I believe I was infected by a virus not sure exactly which one but the
payload was winupdate which had my CPU at 100%. I was unable to start the
Taskmanager or run CMD or Regedit from the start menu. I started Regedit and
deleted all instances if winupdate, the Task manager now ...

Does anyone here know how to connect automatically to the Internet, using
Scheduled Tasks?
I have an ADSL modem / broadband connection, and I'd like my computer to
connect to the Internet (i.e. dial automatically to my broadband ISP) without

I have somehow disabled the task manager in Windows XP on my PC at home.
Does anybody have any ideas as to how to re-enable it? I have tried
re-installing Windows XP but the task manager remains disabled.
Thank you

winmsd - cant collect information
Hi,
Anyone have any solution to this issue - winmsd:can't collect information?
Thanks

I have a Sony DVD Video Camera and when I connect it via USB it says new
hardware found, Sony DDX-A1010 USB Device the an Install new hardware wizard
comes up and searches for the Sony DVD Camera. After a couple of minutes, I
get the reply "Cannot install this hardware". "There ...

I just heard that you can disable Internet ports in XP. I'd like to disable
my unused ports such as the FTP port. Can anyone tell me where the ports can
be disabled?
TIA

Can someone please explain what I have to do to get XP to recognize that I
have installed a larger hard drive in my computer and I have moved the Shared
Documents folder to that new drive (F:).
I can't figure out how to do this for the Shared Documents folder. I seem to

Since I tried to install Norton Systemworks 2005 (uninstalled since),
I can't run any javascript. When I click on a link that's suposed to
execute a script, nothing happens.
I tried to uninstall/install J2SE runtime 1.5. No change.

I'm installing a new motherboard and booted with my XP 1a service pack CD
and wanted to do a repair to replace the drivers but there is no repair
option. Setup only allows for a fresh install. In other words, Setup fails
to find either of my XP installations (c and d drive) and ...

Hi. In my Display Properties/Desktop tab the Background
list box displays 'Internet Explorer Wallpaper'.
Where does xp store this file??
Thanks,

I just did a clean reinstall of XPpro and all of the icons on my desktop
now display with outlines (ie: the glyph is white with a black border)
rather than as solid. It doesn't matter what font I select for the icon
label: Arial, Trebuchet, Georgia, etc. the selected font always ...

My Computer running Windows Xp Service Pack 2, has started to suddenly shut
down for no reason. The event viewer lists the following message:
Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    System Error