I have recently installed Windows XP Professional into my computer.  The
computer is a P4 2.66 with 512MB RAM.
The computer is apart of a domain.
I have two  problems (Not sure if they are related).

my internet explorer is deperately slo
i tried several things
- run norton and adware to look for viruse
- go to run: "services" and declick switch some programs from 'automatic' to 'manual

The CD/DVD-ROM drive has completely disappeared from my computer. Its not even visible in my computer page or anywhere else except in system properties where it is visible under hardware. Looks like this happened when I was trying to uninstall and reinstall Power DVD software. ...

Windows doesn't see correctly how much free disk space a
hard disk has. I've been deleting large files in an effort
to free up space, but Windows still thinks it has the
original (low) amount of space. This has persisted through

I am trying to defrag but get a message up every time
that reads as follows:
Disc defragmenter has detected that Chkdsk is scheduled
to run on the volume:C:).Please run Chkdsk/f.

When I upgraded from Windows 98 to XP, XP was installed in
a new partition (D:), now I get error messages that disk
space is low on D:   Since there's plenty of extra space
on the old partition, C:, I'd like to make that space

Is there a Windows Boot-up disk one could make to help get
a computer up and running when one has a Start-up problem,
or does one just use the original WindowsXP installation
disk that came with the WindowsXP package? (WindowsXP was

Windows Installer pops up everytime I start a new application (click on a
link, open a new window, etc.).  The Windows Installer window briefly
appears for a second or two indicating a new install is beginning and then
it closes.  This just started happening...I don't know why and ...

my standby mode is not working. when i click on the star button / turn off computer, only 'turn off' and 'restart' are active, not 'standby'. i wonder if this indicates a serious issue and how to solve thi
(eg.
- is this because of settings related to my antiviruses (norton and ...

When I start up my computer I get a blank screen and an
error message that says:  Window can not start because a
file is missing or is corrupt: <Windows root>\system32
\ntoskrnl.exe

My XP PRO is in a state in which it displays a "Stop ..." message after the progress screen clears and then re-boots.  Unfortunately, it re-boots before any other text can be read.  Is there any way to stop it before the blue screen of death disappears. THX

Everytime I try to save a document in Microsoft Word, I
receive the following error message: "Word cannot
complete the save due to a file permission error."
I have perused the Microsoft site and seen a lot of

when i try to get my computer informatio... hard drive ram etc., the system keeps telling me that theres nothing there... I figured i has a virus and ran the McAfee 8.0 and cleaned out 8 virus.. but the problem is still ther!  What the heck is going on??? please help@!!!!! ...

I went to the microsoft knowledge base article 308422 and
it is supposed to tell me how to do a backup.  It
says "click start, point to all programs, point to
accessories, point to system tools, and then click

this program keeps running on start up.  the when it's
finished, it runs all over again.  How can I stop it or
get it to complete its task properly.  I have tried
system restore and re-loading windows.  Neither helped.