When I execute a search, the icon shows activity briefly, then stops.  No
search results are found; no message appears.
I am unable to change preferences because there is no option to change
preferences on the search window.

Does anyone know what the 60 second shutdown window is?
Why it occurs? What to do to avoid that from happening?

My PC quite frequently restarts a minute or so after an
apparently normal shutdown.  I have cleared
the "automatic restart" checkbox, yet it still restarts.  
The knowledge base articles I've found don't seem to deal

I had a Virus on my computer which continued to shut down
my computer using something called the "NT\shutdown
command, beacuse an rpc procedure was terminated." After
this happened for about the tenth time, My system opens up

When I double click "my Computer" it goes to "search for
items" and it takes about 3-4 minutes for it to come up.
What's happening? I installed more ram and more hard disc
but it has not solved this problem

I have Windows XP home edition (upgrade edition).  The
other day, I answered some sort of survey regardings
microsoft widowns that I found in my email.  Since then my
computer, when I attempt to boot or reboot, displays the

I just got a new laptop with Windows XP Pro.  I was
really impressed by how fast it booted up (used to have
Window 2000).  Then I installed Systemworks 2004 even my
friend advised against it.  It dramaticaly slowed down

I have Windows XP (Home). My PC does not complete the boot
process. Everything appears to be going OK until just
after the start screen disappears when the system reboots.
I can successfully boot in safe mode with network support.

I keep being notified that I need to install certain MS
updates thru auto update.  I've received KB828026,
KB329390, and KB826939 at least 5 times each in the last
6-7 weeks.  My system says they're installed successfully

Anyone have a solution PC was working fine when we shut
down it just kept restarting
Please help

i've been getting this note on the screen and it tells me
that the conputer will restart in 60 seconds and then it
turns off and restarts. what can i do?

I was doing a clean install of WinXP pro, and after I did
so, I downloaded Service pack 1. After I did this My
computer would not start up. The only thing i could do
was another clean install of XP. Did something else

When I go to system tools in the start menu, I get the
help center opening.  How do I see the actual system
information.

I've been running Windows XP SP1 on a 2.8Ghz HT P4 with 2G
of DDR400 Dual Channel RAM for about 6 months now.  I
disable the paging file when I first installed XP.
I have never seen my available memory drop below about

I changed my IBM Aptiva windows 98 Fat 32 into Windows XP NTFS with no dual boot system, and now I decided Clean it up and start fresh as I had done before with Windows 98 but my Aptiva recovery CD is no longer recognized by my Computer. How can I defragment my system, lose all ...