Could someone tell me how to get a total
defragmenting of "Fragmented" files during the Defragment
process?  My fragmented files are represented by the
color "red."  Also, how to do I close closable files so

How can I fix a error message tht reads: Microsoft Visual
C++Runtime Library Runtime Error!  Progtam...DAK Software
Updater/7288971  This application has requested the
runtime to terminate it in and unusual way. Please

At startup on Windows XP I get this box:  RUNDLL
ERROR LOADING  C:\WINDOWS\DOWNLOADED\PROGRAMS
FILES\BRIDGE.DLL
After I click Ok I can do anything I normally do, only at

    Does CHKDSK do the same exact things that ScanDisk
did in earlier versions of Windows?  Also, after running
CHKDSK, I am not able to examine the report window
because it doesn't stay up very long so how can I

I just recently bought a new PC that came with Windows XP installed from the factory.  Problem is there is no Windows XP CD if I have any problems.  My neighbor just had a startup problem with her PC and she has the same problem - No Windows XP CD came with her PC either.  Is ...

On my start up,  this message keeps on popping up:
___________________________________________________________________________
         AUTO UPDATE.EXE-UNABLE TO LOCATE COMPONENT
X This application has failed to start because LIBEXPAT.DLL was not

I am still trying to resolve this problem.  Does anybody
out there have a solution for correcting the search
function that is apparently missing some file.  I have
tried all of Doug Knox's fixes, but none of them work.  

after running CHKDSK I get these results..6337610 KB total disk space.
  4187002 KB in 16549 files.
     5188 KB in 1585 indexes.
        0 KB in bad sectors.

Surely someone must have the knowledge to know how to
trouble shoot this.
When booting up the desktop comes up as it normally does
and the "Start" toolbar shows up without icons.  The

my computer is slowing down, how do I find out if my memory is slow? I have 512 MB of RAM;  I have 2 drives first is (FATS) and there I am using 10.6 of the 15.9 GB; on seperate drive (NTFS) I have 54.2 GBs avaialble but I don't know how to use that space, can anybody help me ...

while i'm browsing online, why will some windows refuse to close? I can minimize or maximize them but not close them
once in a while it 'll work if i click the stop button in that window(assumming that it might not be closing 'cause it's still communicating), but this rarely ...

Hello. I've done as many searches as I can think of on
Google and Microsoft, and come up empty. So I'm turning
to this community in final hope of what I think may be
some simple, if apparently obscure, answers.

KB835732 is requested by automatic windows update.  It
has been installed successfully several times but
continues to act like it hasn't.

I have a floppy disc which was saved from a windows 95
spreadsheet program, and can not get it to run on XP. I
have tried several things, but I do not know the file
name, so I can't get it open. The reason I'm having to do

Using Windows XP, when I click "Turn off computer" the
choice for "Stand By" is not available -- only "Turn off"
and "Restart" are highlighted.  
How can I activate "Stand BY".