Looking at a number of the posts here has left me a little confused.
Some say clean it and suggest particular programs others say leave it well
alone.
The Windows Live Safety Centre (beta) contains a Registry Cleansing

Is DSL faster than cable? I am just very curious about this.
Looking for more internet bang for the buck.
TIA

I am in a loop. I tried to defrag Drive C, it told me it could not because a
Check Disk was due to run, I rebooted to let the check disk run but Xp says
it can't check the disk because it can't access the volume. Everything seems
normal, no apparent disk damage but I can't get ...

Hope that someone can tell me of a fix for this little problem.  I used
System Restore a couple of times in an attempt to delete some stuff, and
found that many, many files had been duplicated.  I spoke with someone at
Dell Chat and was directed to a progam that helped me to ...

Whenever this was introduced (2005?) It must have run at least 3 or 4 times.
Does anyone know why?
No significant changes have been made since it ran the first time. It
doesn't run on my other machine. These are both genuine versions and I was a

I have a problem trying to open a file when I am in Word or Excel. I click on
the "open file" icon and it brings up the list,
I double click on a folder to open so I can get a file from that folder the
hour glass shows and doesn't stop.  Then it says that the program is not

I have what seems to be a common problem and when I try the solution that is
out there I run into a problem.
When it comes to this step, it says file not found.
copy c:\windows\repair\system c:\windows\system32\config\system

HELP!
I have downloaded SP3, but when I go to install it, it wants a Office 2002
disc, which I can't find.
What can I do???

Guys I'm a novice .  
If I try to run disk defrg via msconig the pop up box that would allow "run"
pops up for one fraction of a second and disappears. I've tried this after
normal sytem utility defrag does not nearly complete.  If I try to download

I'm using Windows XP Professional ver 5.1 with SP2 installed on it. I
recently got hotfix "Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer". Now
everytime my windows starts and I go to my C drive, an error occurs that
"Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We ...

I've had a couple of instances on my XP - SP2 machine with 4 heads. When I
move a window (Excel) to another part of the screen, andotehr window will
assume Excels look. So Notepad's title will have Excel's title and some of
notepads text area will have the grid and menus from the ...

Just recently my volume meter and my battery meter have disappeared from the
lower right hand corner part of my start bar. ( i dont know what thats called
)  it happened after a windows XP update. i dont know if thats the cause or
not.  Is there anyway to fix this? thanks

My computer stays at 100% usage, even after I FDisked it.  There is nothing
in it except McAfee and Windows XP.  It has a 40 GB hard drive and 256 RAM.  
Why is it doing this and what can I do to correct it?  Thank you very much.
Curtis

My computer was working fine when it was last shut down, but now when I turn
it on the display monitor I can't choose between the duel boot menu by
scrolling down or use the function keys such as F2, F8, F12, Enter key to go
to Safe Mode. I have to wait for the computer to boot, ...

Today when I logged onto MSN my hard drive started to be accessed and it
hasn't stopped all day.  Any time I try to do anything it runs like crazy
(opened an E Mail took two minutes).  I am running XP with all updates
installed (includeing SP 2).  I also run Norton Internet ...