I have a Compaq Presario 1690 Notebook purchased with
windows 98 installed.  I upgraded to XP and updated all
drivers, but my touchpad is not working.  In fact, windows
will not even recognize that the touchpad is there.  I

Symantec advise SYSTEM STATE/REGISTERY back up before
removing virus W32 HLLW gaobot RF. Back up error
reads;Could not access portions of directory System
State\COM+ Class Registration database.You May not have

Task Manager shows CPU running at 25 to 28% load.  NO applications are open
and the only things I know are in the start up are MS Office and Norton AV.
The CPU used to run at 1 to 2%.  Is there any way I can track down what is
going on?

I had an unwanted toolbar attached to my IE 6.0 browser. I can easily disable it but cannot remove it. It seems to also want to disable my wnated google toolbar and popup blocker. That results in streams of popups until I go back in and put the blocker back up. I have ad-aware ...

Get error msg. on startup. Clicking to cancel/ok results
in delays to access the "Start" menu. Occasionaly hangs
up everything requiring manual reboot. Any solutions out
there?

My Windows xp running on a Presario 2300, will not
restart after being put in standby mode.  I cannot find a
download fix for it...
Any help would be greately appreciated.

When I start Disk Cleanup it will act like it is starting
but will not continue. If I check Ctrl, Alt, Delete it
states it is running. If I close the window and try to
relaunch it, it wont come up at all. If I reboot the

I recently changed my motherboard and repaired Windows XP
using Install disk plus SR1 update.  Now when I go to
Windows Updat and the site says "Searching for updates"
etc  , it just hangs there indefinately until I exit the

I was running my computer one day and when I reboot the
machine a message comes up that it needs to start with the
options of safe modes, last known config, and start
normal. I have tried all those options and I have used the

Will this download help or hurt?

My computer is roughly a year old, and just recently in
the past few days my Intel Active Monitor, that monitors
the motherboard etc., has said that the system has
overheated, reaching more than 50 degrees C.  I was

how can i improve the boot time for my xp home
it takes about 2-3 min to load
is this normal???

For some reason or another my Windows XP Pro takes about 2 minutes to start after the desktop loads
I have
1 USB Ink-jet connecte
1 USB Digital Printer connecte

About once a week, my XP pro system goes to the blue
screen saying MACHINE_CHECK_ERROR and telling me to
remove recently installed stuff.  I have an Opteron
processor and Asus SK8N motherboard and the performace is

The system restore function doesn't work on my
windows XP.  I tried running it in safe mode and still no
luck.  Any ideas?  Many thanks--chuck