I have recently discovered just how naive I am. Perhaps it's due to growing
senility or perhaps it's just pure stupidity. However, computers have been
getting the better of me of late. Hopefully somebody out there can shed some
light on the following problems.

after i connect  to the internet, my computer stops
responding for 5 minutes. i can move the mouse, double
click on a program (IE, etc) and nothing happens. after a
while all of the "opened" programs flood open.

When I turn my computer on and windows loads up, it gives
me the wonderful error of
"Error loading  C:\windows\system32\stlbdist.DLL
The specified module could not be found."

I'm having a problem with my computer where programs
won't open. This does not apply to specific programs, but
sometimes I just can't open any programs at all or else
they take a very long time (5 minutes or more). I have to

When I try to format c drive so I can do a reinstall I
get this message- (windows cannot format this drive.  
Quit any disk utilities or other programs that are using
this deive, and make sure that no windows is displaying

I am running windows xp professional .when i boot up into
my desktop,there are no icons showing.i have to go
control-alt delete,new task.then select a program.i have
tried to go into safe mode and am not able to do so.in

I have a Sony Vaio RS312V which has a Pentium 4 Processor
2.40 GHz but the system seems to work slowly. I have cable
internet service and I have been told that it should be
alot quicker than how it is now. We noticed at initial

My computer sometimes automatically shuts down by the
Remote Procedure Call. Why does it shut down?

       I want to speed up windows XP resuming from hibernation, decrease
the resuming time, can you tell me how to do it?
Thank you very much
Best Regards

for some reason when i right click icons sometimes an
error message pops up saying failed to load resource.dll
then it pulls up the right click menu that it would
normally do. i searched for a way to fix it and somewhere

I need help the Task Manager. Recently when I press
Ctrl+Alt+Delete the Task Manager will flash on screen
then close down instantly.  This also occurs when I try
to access the task manager by right clicking on the

How do I alphabetize the favorites list for the internet?

I am receiving the following error repeatedly over the
last few months.  I have also noticed very slow
processing when selecting "Save In", etc.  I have
followed the links to find that it is associated with

I am trying to download service pack 1 and I keep getting
the message:
The file c:\windows\system32/drivers\atapi.sys is open or
in use by another application.  Please close all programs

My XP Pro machine no longer stays shut down after I shut it
down via the START button. It does go through the shutdown
process and the screen goes blank - but then it starts up
again. This problem occurred a few months ago and I