hello everyone....
im new to the internet thing and dont know much about computers.
at first my pc was fine and was quite fast but now its really really slow.
sometimes it can take 40+ seconds to  change a page (on or of the net)??????

I have restored my computer to death using recovery and hive fixes.  Initial
results looked good however my computer continued to fail (can't load windows
because of corrupted system file).  Bottom line is I have limited use of my
computer now with quirks every where.  System ...

My President's workstation, and now his assistant's machine (wouldn't you
know it?) are exhibiting the same behaviors. I began working on certain
Office disfunctions there and finally attempted System Restore (when un-and
reinstalling Office fixed nothing). System Restore failed ...

After the security update 3/15/06 (+/-) my system restore won't start. I get
"Error: signature AppName rstrui.exe mod name srrstr.dll with version
#5.1.2600.2180.
The file date for rsrtui.exe matched SP2, so I removed SP2 and reinstalled

I'm not sure why, but the sound has suddenly stopped working for me.  I tried
going through the trouble shooters and all of that, but nothing has helped.  
I looked through the device manager and everything is working fine.  However,
when I tested the sound in dxdiag, I got a ...

I installed System Mechanic 6 and did a locate of duplicate files.  I have
over a gig of duplicate files numbers 1,500.  I have no idea which ones are
OK to delete and which ones aren't.  It seems that there are a number of
system32/dllcache files that show up on both the ...

I just bought a brand new Canon 30D and cannot download pictures because of
what Canon says is a windows error.  When I plug the camera in, XP tries to
recognize it but cant find ptpusd.dll.  I searched my computer and found this
dll in the Windows>System32 folder or something ...

Is there a way to tweak Zone Alarm and AntiVir Guard to load faster at
start-up?
Thank you;
David

I use the microsoft XP backup program, sending its daily files to a locally
mounted network disk drive.  The backup files are refreshed every day.  BUT
I cannot restore any file from the backup archives--what's wrong?
There is no catalog shown for the backup files in my "manage" ...

My computer has hundreds of running errors.Is there a diagnostic program that
microsoft offers that will fix all errors.

I DLed the most recent Windows XP updates after receiving a "critical" DL
message in my start up bar.  However, now, every time I try to save an email
attachment I receive via MS Outlook, the system hangs when I try to save the
file (Save As) in a directory.  It happens when I ...

I've had a constant problem with viruses - even though I have McAfee. (You
'all helped out last week with the W95/CXT virus.) The last time I had
viruses - about 7 months ago - I had to reinstall Windows but it has never
restarted or shut down since then. I have to turn it off at ...

I will try to make this brief and right to the question.
Here's what I did. I clicked on the system recovery on my HP computer, which
has it stored on the computer. I clicked yes to recover it. ( Not What I
Meant To Do ).

Task manager doesn't usually show this file, but lately I've been
having computer trouble and this file shows up in Task Manager.  
I starts with a space.  Then wowexe.exe    No size indicated.  Werid
-- task manager files usually show the size.  

I have my pc set to flush dns cache automatically but when I do it myself,
Start > Run > cmd > ipconfig/ flushdns, my pc run runs much faster until the
next time I do it a few days later.   Someone thinks that it may harm her pc
but, from my experience, I don't think it can.  ...