May be somebody knows why SVCHOST process suddenly
encreases CPU usage  to 99%. Only PC reboot could help.
Thanks.
Igor

whenever I want to access my taskbar or the start menu I
get a 5 -10 second pause then it starts to work then
while i am scrolling through the programs to pick one it
also pauses.

I was cleaning up my hard drive and noticed a lot of XP
hot fix files listed. Each was 28.8 megs. Can I remove
them to add more storage capacity to my hard drive?

I have a problem that started slowly:
first.......... i was unable to sign into msn.com , I
kept getting an error message stating that either my user
name or password was incorrect.....

Under Win98 I always used to specify the location where I
wanted the Windows Critical Updates etc to be saved to.
This enabled me to keep them all in a folder and then
burned to a CD in the event of a complete format and re-

On initial login on XP it takes a long time to start.  
When I checked the event viewer the following error was
noted. "The ADI COMMAGNT service failed to start due to
the following error: The system cannot find the file

Let me first say that I am no computer genius.  That
being said, I would like to know how I can extended some  
unallocated space on a hard drive and use it in an
already partitioned drive (C:).  Basically, I have 1.86

I get the following message while the system is sitting
idle sometimes:
Your system is low on virtual memory. Windows is
increasing the size of your virtual memory paging file.

For the past three days, I've been notified of this update.  When I try to install it... it's giving me an error.  It says...  
          The software you are installing hs not passed Windows Logo
          testing to verify it's compatibility with Windows XP. (Tell me why
       ...

I have XP home edition, Lately i am receiving a Windows
virtual memory is to low.
Ho can I correct this?
I am running 256K with 30Meg left on the hard disk.

Can I remove the hot fix sp files listed in my program
list? There 10 or so programs at 28.8 megs each?

Towards the end of last year I picked up a virus from
KaZaA.
My Norton Antivirus found it, isolated and I deleted file.
However when ever I log onto my personal setting, we have

I have recently been editing a large (20Gbyte) video file. My pc has handled this without any problems, an there a no signs of corruption. However, although the file has now been deleted, various management tools and programs are still reporting that the system has only 35 Gbytes ...

I don't really know too much about omputers-at all!!!  I
am having problems with the speed of my computer...  It
has become very slow a few days ago...  I have defragged
my computers a couple of times, and it has not helped at

At some point during download/installaiton of upgrade to
Norton Internet Security, the program started acting as
if I was setting up securtiy as an administrator of the
program but I can't even log on as the person. In