when i go into the my documents screen it freezes up and i have to restart my
computer ,can anyone help?

Following on from my original thread here...
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I seem to be having a problem running msinfo32.exe on my machine (Windows
XP).  
Whenever I try to run this file, nothing appears to happen - no error
messages, nothing!

I have Windows XP Pro SP2 with all updates installed.  The problem I am
having is that right after the system startup, the CPU is taken control by
the System at 95% to 100%.  I have reformatted the hard drive and reinstalled
the operating system but still the same problem.  When ...

After upgrading my renewal to Norton Antivirus my computer has come to an
almost complete standstill. I tried 5 different system restore points, but
each time at restart the message was "unable to restore". I tried the very
clear fix given by Bert Kinney in bertk.mvps ...

Recently ended having to do a clean install of XP Pro.  Everything went fine
including all the updates to all the apps and to XP (i.e. from what I can
tell I'm current except for an IE7 upgrade which I have yet to allow to be
installed - began the reason I needed to do the clean ...

Each time I load a new program, it somehow attaches itself to my start menu,
making things go really slow at  startup.  I can't figure out how to
permanently remove them from startup, but make them available only with a
shortcut.

I would appreciate any feedback as to why I can not get Check Disc to run on
my XP Pro pc.  The error message I get every time states that it won't run
due to an unknown error.  I regularly defragment it and am very pc savy but
can not figure this one out.  I've already run a ...

I've been having trouble with clearing disk space so I can do a disk defrag.
but now I am also having trouble with my add/remove programs I can open it
but nothing shows up!!  I tried free registry clean ups and fixs nothing has
helped so far!

ok.  here is the problem that i have:  I am getting random blue screens that
vary from  a 7A to a 77 to a F4.  They occur during gameplay in certain
games, while browsing the internet, while transfering files from one drive to
another, and while the PC is idle.  the only time i ...

    I have 2 Data in system DSN. I was unable to delete it. Everytime when
I want remove it, it will prompt saying pervasive odbc not found. After
I install pervasive odbc client, it still prompt same error. I delete
the content from registry, but it still appear and can;t  be ...

I set up defrag to run automatically in the task scheduler by telling it to
run c:\windows\system32\defrag.exe C:  but it dont appear that it is
running, a dos window opens and shows the analyze info and it onlys takes a
couple of seconds and nothing else happens.  What have I ...

I am running a network with mostly XP systems on it with all of the latest
MS changes. I have a Win98 workstation that I have a problem with the XP
server disconnecting it because it has not been used for awhile. Is there a
way to keep the network connection alive all of the time ...

I have been getting messages that say C:\$Extend\$ObjId is corrupt and
unreadable. Please run the chkdsk utility. When I do run chkdsk it comes up
with "Inserting an index entry into index $0 of file 24. This message
continues over and over ad infinitum and I have to reboot and ...

This issue occurs rarely - perhaps a dozen times a year, and with no apparent rhyme nor reason. [Win XP Home SP 2]
When I start my computer, the Welcome Screen looks like the color depth has been severely reduced and the image itself is unstable. After a few seconds my monitor ...