my battery is not charging . It says it is but it stays on zero and never
moves. If I unplug the ac power the computer shuts off. Does my battery needs
to be replaced? It is about 4 yrs ol,d but I hardly use my computer without
ac power.

I would like to stop the activation message from coming up on my computer.  
It says it's been activated, but when I shutdown and reboot, the message
comes up again.  I went on-line and activated and it gave a recall number to
go by.  So, what can I do?

Hello, this concerns my company computer:
generic name, 256 meg ram, 20 gig hard drive, (using just 1/4 of space),
Winxp, 700 mghz, AOL Mcaffee Antivirus, AOL spyware, Adaware, Spybot, did not
have any indication of virus infection over the last weeks. Updates on

Hello everyone, I'm new to this group.  I have a strange problem.  I can't
seem to format my computer usining my windows xp cd and it is the original
that came with the system.  I formatted many times before. Is there a way I
can do it manually or some otherway.  It keep saying ...

Does anyone know how to shut off Microsoft Power Options?
I am using a Toshiba Satelite and want to use their Power management but
cannot find a way to shut off Microsofts

I wanted to know if two page files is better than one.  I have read through
the forums and read all the different articles but here is my situation that
I cannot decide.  Here is my rig to understand where I am coming from a
little more.

On occasions when starting Windows XP the screen stays black even though I
can hear Windows starting up on my computer.  There is nothing I can do other
than to wait until everything is loaded and then switch off at the power
button.  This is happening more and more - it used to ...

When i log into windows, under any user account, the comuter restarts itself
after about an hour or so. It also restarts when i use intenet
explorer/windows update. Does anyone know what might be wrong or how i could
fix it? Thanks in advance.

On some programs, when they are trying to start up, I get a reporting
statements as  "missing msvcr80.dll "
The programs will run, but I was wondering what/why I keep getting this
notice and do I need to try to find and install it ?

When I run chkdsk on my NTFS drive (that I boot from) I usually get a
message saying that there is an error in my volume bitmap. If I run
chkdsk /f to schedule a boot-time check, the first time after I reboot,
many applications will not launch. Instead I get a message box that

Things I don't put there keep coming into my Favorites.  Things for me to buy
such as pharmacy, online gaming, cool stuff, etc.  Their ads pop up at any
time.  I've tried deleting them, but nothing has worked.

I Have Read All The Information On How The Software Works.
It All Sounds Good To Download And Use.
It Has All Pros And No Cons.
Should I Download It And Use This Program ?

I have just tried to system restore and got 2 run time errors:
Line 2066 - error expected
&
Line 624 - Object does not support this property or method!

I have many, many folders (about 95) in my Windows folder on my hard drive  
that  have BLUE letters and numbers.  They all start with $NtUninstallK and
then a letter, six numbers and ending in a $.
Example:   $NtUninstallKB823182$

i use a coworker's computer once in a while, and have a problem where her
keyboard stops typing or buttons stop working on the keyboard when im typing
and i remove the batteries and replace them and it usually fixes the problem.
She has a regular mouse, but it has the red light ...