While checking the following error I was going to
increase my time out in the registry.  The link below
said to do this go to
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\\<service

My windows Pro XP operators in stand by mode , what can I
do to stop this.

In reviewing the processes running via task manager, even
when I have no applications running, the system process
alternates quickly between using about 40% of the CPU and
0%.  The idle process fluctuates by this 40% too (i.e.

keep experiencing explorer (6) errors upon startup.  
Says "has encountered a problem and need to shutdown".
Then asks to send an error report or not.  How do I fix?

I would appreciate any help with subject.
My computer has had few trojan horses and in the process
of destroying them, I think I have got rid of some
important files as well.

Any free or low cost shareware to save registry, compact,
clean-disk/reclaim space, remote connection?
I was laid off some time ago and am actively seeking employment with
little success thus far in 6 months-Manager of IT type.

when turning on computer, screen goes to windows xp home
edition or windows xp setup constantly. after selecting
home edition, winxp boots fine until I turn off and
reboot. Is there a way to get around this problem? this

I was trying to download a new drive for my HP printer and
some how screwed up.  Now I get a message that
reads "Windows could not staart because the following file
is missing or corrupt. <windows root>\system32\hal.dll.  

when I use scheldule task in system tools when i finish
in the schedule task wizard it give me a message  that
says "the new task has been created but may not run
because the account information could not be set. The

Can someone help me with this?
My computer was not shut down properly, then the manual
restart button was hit.  The computer restarted to the
windows set-up screen (safe mode, last successful

i bought a new laptop ... 2.8ghz + 1gb ram ... xp is still a dog ...
how to speed this guy up ?   all apps load slow.  internet explorer
especially ...
also, those agonizing waits while explorer builds the next level of browse

Windows XP turns off when I try to restart my computer -
why???

HELP!!!
Last night while I was trying to fix the shadow RAM
problem my computer shut down again with the blue screen
and started performing a memory dump.

When I try to start a disk defrag, I get a message that
Windows does not hve a program associated with the
file "dfrg.msc".  This is a recent development.  How do I
fix it?  

disk clean up function gets locked. I ran the disk
cleanup operation for 24 hrs and nothing happened. Does
anyone have a fix or understand the problem?