Anyone else find Windows Defender makes their cpu sluggish?  If I want to
open a browser, or any program in less than 40 seconds, I hafta stop windows
defender in msconfig. I've got 128mb or sdram, a 1.1gig p4 processor, 30gig
hd (40%free space).  Any input???

I can't seem to shutdown my computer still. It goes as far as the "windows is
shutting down". I assume there is a hangtime or it freezes. plz help me if
you can =/

Recently I uninstall and reinstall internet explorer 7. From then my hame
page being changed and no matter how I can't change to one I had earlier. At
last I included my earlier home page also in general tab( internet options).
Now it loads two home pages when I click IE although ...

In the past few weeks, my PC suddendly becomes sluggish. Turns out a process
call svchost.exe is hogging 80 to 90% of the CPU time. Killing the process
returns the PC to normal speed and doesn't seem to have any other effect (no
app or tray icon died). I ran an online virus scan ...

First of all I should mention that I am running brand new Acer computers
running Windows XP Pro in a Domain envoirment and Windows Server 2003.  
Ok my problem...I consistently get this message from all desktops on my
network, Windows is stating that I am low on virtual memory and ...

Similar problem to what I have found in these topics, but the various
solutions offered and my limited understanding of services etc have prevented
me from fixing it.  Specifically, running XP HOME SP 2, when a certain user
logs on, machine very slow, cpu usage 100% by svchost ...

I keep getting a message come up saying cannot find http:ambeta . Make sure
the path or internet address is correct . It keeps popping up on every page .
how can i remove this

I have several programs that I wish to remove, but every time I try to get
rid of them I get the error message "Could not open Install.Log file "
what can I do to remove these unwanted programs ?

I am trying to figure out if their is a way to delete old system restore
points using a script or batch file?  I want to do the same thing as Disk
Cleanup, More Options, Clean Up.
I would want a non-admin user to be able to run the script.

If running chkdsk tool from win UI (drive->properties->tools->error checking)
I only get the summary like "all is OK".
Does chkdsk generate any log file on default without user input ?
The same question regarding running scheduled chkdsk (while system start-up)

how we activate and desactivate plug and play detection of hardware in
windows XP

I have this boot.ini config:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=signature(c59cc59c)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

I'm a new XP user and have my hard disk set up with a 'C' drive for Windows
and 'D' drive for my data. At present there is nothing on the 'D' drive,
while shared and my document folders are on 'C', together with the recycle
bin.

Since installing several security updates & SP2 last October, I have
experienced systems hangs with cursor. This happens with wired Logitech
mouse, MS wireless mouse & pointer "stick" on IBM Thinkpad. Initially hangs
occurred on left 1/3 of screen when browsing web pages. Now ...

I need to upgrade several win2Kpro machines to XPpro to bring them in line
with the rest of our equipment.  All others were purchased as XP machines.  I
have purchased the upgrade licenses with sp2.  Is there anything that I
should know before I go into this full speed?  I ...