i have just bought a very nice, built computer...AMD Athlon...only my husband
and I use it and i have noticed that there are times, when certainn programs
or even sites won't respond.....we have PLENTY of memory, and have a cable
internet hook-up...just recently it will not allow ...

The folder accessories and its sub-folders have disappeared
from my start-all programs-menu.
Thank you for your help.

and then re-run system file checker ?

Can someone please explain to me in simple terms why computers have to reboot
after installing anything?? Just curious .......

When I log in to my computer Windows Media PLayer starts automatcically, I
have looked in Start/All Programs/Start Up to see if it was in there but it
is not.
Has anyone got any suggestions as to how I can stop it from starting

We no longer seem to be able to open any files in Notepad, I have tried to
follow advice that I have found on the internet about going into msconfig and
expanding the file but that does not seem to work.  I have also done run and
notepad and it opens.  I need to be able to show ...

I have recently switched from Win98 to WinXP Pro.  It's the little things
that I still need to tweek so I will be completely happy.  Problem:  When I
click on START and PROGRAMS it only lists the last 5 programs I have opened.  
I would prefer that the entire list drop down.  How ...

I used to have Windows 98 and everything worked perfectly, but have recently
upgraded to XP.
When I use the HP DIRECTOR, I click "view & print".
HP PHOTO & IMAGING GALLERY comes up.

I recently upgraded my Windows XP Pro machine's Media
Player to vs10.  I also installed another software program
because I could not get Media Player to play an AVI file.  
The program I tried did not work either, so I removed it I

emails with documents to print,cant open because,"files do not have programme
associated with it,create folder association" i dont know how,please help!!

I'm on XP Home.
I've backed up folders onto CD's before using the standard procedure but now
I always get the reject message "There was an error in the writing process.
The disc you have attempted to write may no longer be usable." even though

Windows Installer wants to install when I click on a program.
Bizarre problem.    Recently when I double click on two different programs
to start either (one is Spyware Blaster), instead of the program starting
up, I get "Windows Installer".  In both cases it wants to install my

My computer had a power surge and I had to have it checked out by a computer
store, they had to change the motherboard,cpu memory and graphics card. They
said that I would have to re-install XP on to the computer again (I didn't
send them the hard drives because they said they ...

Being a recent migrant from 95, I am used to having the 'send to' menu
include 'any folder' - Which was available with power toys 95.
I installed power toys for XP, and alas they do not include the 'any
folder' option, a very handy little item.

When I open Windows Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del)  under Processes,I see
over 40 various names.Some of these I can identify,others with SYSTEM etc.
titles.
There seems to be very little CPU usage, but they all have figures for Mem.