My computer keeps freezing but it does it whenever it
seems to feel like it . . . it has a mind of it's own!  I
have used one of those pc doctor things to try and
diagnose the problem and it came up with 74 problems.  

If I leave the computer running while I go put on the
coffee or tend to chores I come back to find it frozen,
the mouse pointer stuck where I left it on the screen.  
Reboot or Control-Alt-Delete do not work, it gets stuck

Does anyone know how to have computer shut down
automatically after running a scheduled task?

For some strange reason when I select the 'Disk Cleanup' it no longer works. The dialogue box opens I get three green bars as if it has started and then nothing. I knoe it says it may take a few minutes but I have left it for a lot longer. After closing this particular box and ...

Why don't they just make what they sell work???
I get the following message while using ASR backup on an
emachine with XP Home installed:
"The files for recovery diskette could not be created. The

Shortly after purchasing the computer (1 year ago) I
established a restore date. I checked today and there is
no restore date. I'm sure I didn't delete the date in the
past year, in fact I do not remember ever opening System

I recently upgraded my PC from Windows98 to Windows XP
Home Edition. I had a Corporate version of Norton
Antivirus that was compatible with Windows98 but not
Windows XP. I failed to remove this version prior to

Hiya, PLEASE can anyone help me.
Basically when I turn my PC on and when it logs onto any
one of the 2 accounts ive got on my PC I get taken to the
desktop...only its just the desktop pic, meaning no start

Is it worthwile and meaningful to defrag a raid-0 system holding three IDE
drives?
Thanks and regards,
Klaus

I'm using XP Home, and my dialog boxes have suddenly
changed to Spanish instead of English.
Anyone know whats going on?.

I posted the original message listed below.  I received
one response (also listed below, thanks for taking your
time to help Jim).  I tried his fix but it did not work.  
Does anyone else have a fix for this problem?

I am runnning winXP [home] on an system with an Asus
a7v8x-x mobo, athlon XP 2500+ processor and kingston 512mb
ram. At first, XP booted in no time - lately [intermittedly
at first, now every time I boot] just after I turn the

Normally when you press Control, Alt, Delete to bring up
Task Manager, There are three tabs plus Cancel/Exit
buttons.  When I press Control, Alt, Delete I am only
getting the inside task window so I can kill a task, but

i have just purchased a secondhand computer that has
windows xp pro on it but it has no sound the seller tells
me i need to download a sound driver but i cant find any
is he correct or has he sold me a dud?

Where can I find the last time that the hard disk was defragmented? Do I have to search somewhere in the registry and if so where exactly? Before in Windows 98 I would know just by clicking  the tools tab in the Local Disk Properties window.