whenever i start up my computer the folder system 32
comes up right away and really slows down the start up
time.  how do i make it stop popping up?  it never did
that until about a month ago

Hi people,
  What I'm looking for is a site that lists the options
of what is safe to alter in the "servicces.msc"
menu.Anyone know of such a site?

Will reinstall Windows XP again over the old one retain my existing software and data?  Thanks for the help

I need some help. I have installed a new 200 Gb hard
drive and want to switch everything including win xp to
the new drive. too keep a long story short how do I
accomplish this feat. Right now I have 3 hds hooked up

Each time I start my computer I get a notification that
states:
Could not connect to network drives.  When I click on the
message it takes me to a screen and shows the following:

My keyboard is not working in Office 2000 pro only.  
Works in Palm desktop, digital camera software, and
others.  My mouse works fine, just not keyboard.  Please
help.

I cannot install any programs.  I receive "Internal Error
2203" every time I try to install a program.  Anybody
know how to repair the windows installer program or
remove and reinstall it?  Running Win XP Pro.  I have

When trying to use Task Manager, which I have done in the
past without problem, I now get an error message -
'Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator'
As I am an administrator can someone please advise how to

Hi y'all
I disconnected my DSL-cable during startup (tip I found in this NG) and my system is up and running in no time
Supposedly, XP is looking for networking connections during startup and this is what takes it so long..
Michael

Can anyone point me in the right direction as how to
remove the previous installation of Win2K after WinXP has
been installed.
Thanks.

the system restore function will not work.  It has always
worked for the past 2 years and just the past few days it
no longer works.  I can make a restore point but if I
shut down the computer the restore point is gone.  I sure

Computer runs XP. When starting computer from it being
powered off it runs extremely slow. Have to open the task
manager and it shows RUNDLL32 using 97% of the CPU. Once
that process is terminated computer runs fine.

I need your help.
Last night I re-installed Windows XP onto my computer.
I had to place it onto the D drive to avoid deleting all
my files/folders etc on C drive.

Last night I re-installed Windows XP onto my computer.
I had to place it onto the D drive to avoid deleting all
my files/folders etc on C drive.
I now wish to transfer all my data from C onto D. Or

My user has an XP Pro laptop and doesn't know what he did
but now gets a blue screen just as XP starts up. The
error message on the blue screen contains an NTSF.sys
line at the end. I have tried starting from the XP CD,