When I shut down and then start back up, about half the
time, everything looks normal, and then suddenly the hour
glass comes back on, and all icons disappear on the
desktop and the computer freezes.   Any suggestions as to

Recently when trying to use VBA I have been getting
errors.
For example when clicking on the Design Mode icon on the
toolbox in a blank spreadsheet I get:

I want to create a registry file (.reg) that will set the
desired services to either automatic, manual or disabled.
Now, I know that the services strings are in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services, all I

I recently had a crash and restored files to another
location on my hard drive to get the data files back.  
Now I can not delete the "my documents" section.  It
keeps denying access.  

I have just about lost my cool.  My computer keeps freezing up and is slower than an old woman.  I took my tower to a reputable dealer who did a diagnostic check, the hard drive is fine but the computer had spyware on it.  Well, the computer has no viruses and I did a destructive ...

Windows xp has 0 MB set as page file space.  On boot-up
windows gives a page file error and gives instructions to
increase the page file amount.  Each time I change the
Page File amount and restart I get the same error message

What's the matter? Suddenly my "IE" does need to open the
window very long time. It has been alredy much better.
Whole 40 sec does it need to open the window (about blank,
in other words no connecting to the web).

Until now I have been the only account holder on my computer and have
administrator rights. Recently, on start up, a new screen has appeared
asking me to choose the account holder, with only my name to choose from. On
checking in Control Panel/ Accounts, I see this account listed ...

i have been experimenting with partitions using PM8. i now have the
following partitions...
c: windows and programs. 10gb
h: my documents and data. 10gb

what is the correct value for the following registry entry?
hkey\local machine\software\microsoft\windows\current
version\setup-servicepacksourcepath
mine is set to d:\

   When using MSconfig to diable start-up items I have
noticed that there is a lot of items that are either not
on my system or not used anymore.  How do I go about
deleting these files from the startup tab in msconfig??  

Have XP Home, When using System Restore it says that it has restored files and folders but then when computer reboots i get a message that system restore did not go back and restore. Does anyone know why this might happen?  Thanks much

This file appeared on my desk top.  Any ideas what is,
what it does, if it is needed, or should I delete it?
Thanks, Snow Man

Is there any Command line or pipe interface to Performance Logs and Alerts
that will allow defining and alert same as in perfmon but without a gui?
Logman.exe allows defining the counter and trace logs but not the alerts.
I want some way to have standard alerts that I can remotely ...

When i scan for updates in windows updates i get error
code 0x800c0005 does anyone know how to fix this, on media
player i'm getting the error code c00d11cd again how do i
fix, since installing norton firewall i can no longer get