I'm trying to run a defrag on my PC and it all seemingly works ok.  However
it only gets to about 25% before coming up with the message saying the
defrag is complete and then presenting this report:
Volume (C:)

I have been setting up a new Cryptainer PE program for encryption within a
partition (Aux Drive E) of my main "C" drive; first volume (vault) went well
including the disk cleanup/defragging process. Size was about 9gb for that
volume. Then I set up the second volume with another ...

Some programs add to the MFU list, and others (standard exe) don't. The ones
that don't aren't in the exclude list, and the number of programs shown is less
than the number set to show.
I'm pretty confident that it's a setting(s) on my box, because it doesn't happen

Are there any software to pool the computers on a LAN (currently all running
winXP) to make one faster computer for CPU intensive tasks (e.g. video
compression)? It should speed up apps without requiring special
re-compilation, perhaps by emulating multi-processors.

I have a web page open, that I can not shut down. I tired the Ctrl, Alt,
+ Delete, but I get an error message that says "Task Manager has been
disabled by your administrator".  How do I enable it again?

Any thoughts as to why I get this error in my Systems Event Log?
Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    Service Control Manager
Event Category:    None

While using PC my free space on C: is continually reducing even when not
running any apps (apart from XP!).   Unable to identify any particular
file/folder at fault or if a virtual mem problem. Latter is unlikely as
pagefile is on another physical drive & partition. Stats:

I recently purchased a HP DV9088EA laptop which came with Media Center.
Needing XP Pro for work use to be able to connect to a domain I
uninstalled media center and eventually managed to get XP Pro on and
re-installed all given drivers and all drivers from the HP drivers site

The picture I use on my desktop is now only visible for a brief moment
during shut down; the main desktop screen is a solid color.
I have tried to "right-click" on the desktop, click on "properties", click
on the"desktop" tab. But thats as far as I can go. The "background" options ...

I'm trying to track down what's using up all the memory on my Windows XP
box.  I have a gig of RAM and the commit charge as reported in taskman
is regularly over 650Mb.
Totting up all the 'mem usage' or 'VM Size' columns used by each

Hello all you helpfull legends.
In both outlook and HTML I am unable to open my attachments. It puts me
through to something called Power Point and says the software i need to
open attachments is avaliable but i am unable to find what i need. Is

Hi helpers
what I'm wanting to know is just some general tips on setting up a new
computer. Such things as what virus protection I should have(I'v got
norten antivirus but I dont know how I got it) any other important

How can I apply an update to a cpu driver if the current driver has to be
uninstalled first.
Thank You

Has anybody seen "Cannot find:
C:/windows/mgr.exe"
Is it a problem?
Solution?

i cant access the net i went into windows components and networking services
isnt ticked i cant tick it because i lost my disc. what do i do. do i have to
buy the whole xp thing so i can access the net or what please help