In windows task manager under Processes, I have about 50 processes running. A friend told me I should only have about 12-15. I'm guessing that this is why my computer is slow. On thing I noticed , when I click on my user name, it takes several minutes to load preferences where it ...

I have the zone alarm firewall, should I also activate
windowsXP's built in firewall or is it better to run just
one?

Hi. Hope someone can help. When I play the Sims, the game crashes. I have tried to shut down programs running in the background using task manager but it then I get these dire warnings. So I end up playing with 16 programs running in the background and of course the game crashes. ...

Why is my samsung hard drive so much loader than my WD
drive,and how does seagate make a 120 gig drive i can't
even hear run?Is this normal or is the seagate ready to
go kaputski?Or is samsung going out

My computer just started putting an icon on the bottom
right toolbar that shows 100% cpu usage. when i look in
windows task manager, it shows ntvdm is using 99% of the
cpu. where can i look to see what is causing this problem?

I've had to do a destructive restore to my box,now after
starting it i can get it to come on with pci vidio card
(11mb built in on motherboard),when i load the driver for
it and restart it won't work,black screen,unless i plug

My toolbar and icons do not appear when i boot up. Just
my desk top photo. Not only that i have to put the
computer on standby for them to appear. I am all confused
need help. Thanks

Please help,
I am trying to load Farcry but during instalation i
recieve a message saying" Error 1311.Source file not
found :D/Game.cab. verify file exsists and that you can

Following the advice from a friend to reinstall Windows XP, I did just that. Now I've lost a load of programmes
My online manual, and several others
I also tried to access one of my fave radio sites, but it won't play anymore
My original windows does not now exist. I wish I hadn't ...

Security Update for Windows XP (815021)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB817606)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB821557)
I can't install these. I have been going nuts, ever since

I'm connecting a new laptop running XP with a Desktop
computer running 98. I'm connecting LP1 ports. I've been
looking though the error messages,
A certificate could not be found. Connections that use

I get an error message: RUNDLL - cannot find missing
file, System32/msiefr40.dll.  Where can I get this file?

Our computer yesterday shut down for no reason.  It then
came up with a minidump error screen (mini041001-01) and
now every time we reboot or restart the computer, it
gives the same "computer has recovered from a serious

One of the family desktop PCs running Windows XP Pro
recently developed a problem where it will not complete a
startup (rebooting while still at the Windows XP
screen).  This PC has Nortons Utilities running with

I noticed recently that the HD light is still on right up
to the point where XP shuts off the power. This worries
me even though I have had no problems yet. Is there a way
to further delay the actual shut-down of the power supply