So about last week or so, explorer.exe would start, completely randomly using
50% cpu.  It was about 20% on one core, 30% on the other, and i would have to
log off, restart, or end the process.  I tried linking it to one program, or
doing one thing, but i can't.  Also, my network ...

PowerSpec 9140a Desktop XP Pro w/SP2 and all updates nVidia card ti4600 120
Mb HD 1024 RAM...
Hello,
At 43% chkdsk /r I was informed that I have unrecoverable errors on my HD --

haveing problams with my pc.......I am afraid to mess with the reg to find
invalid reg can someone help me so i dont delete nessary files to operate
windows xp pro?

I keep getting "Application Error" on log in. The 1st part of the error reads
- The application failed to initialize Properly (Oxc0000135). Any help or
comments pse.

This is a message I'm getting now, I have and still getting the Windows
Installer box that keeps popping up as if it's installing something. But it's
not, it's just delaying my work. Because I can't do anything while this box
is displayed on my screen.

Folks, I am way out of my league on this one so I really hope someone can help.
My C:\ drive has the problem described in "The CHKDSK utility incorrectly identifies and deletes in-use security descriptors" [MSKB 831374]:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831374
I believe this to be ...

i have xp on my computer which came with it installed already my add remove
program will not open any more and it disapared from my control panel ive
tried several things and nothing im afraid if i keep messing around ill mess
up the whole computer what do i do??? i dont have a ...

Just upgraded from 98SE to XP (system not powerful enough to run Vista).
 In 98SE, had two monitors.  Motherboard has built-in video, plus I
added 2 video cards to support the 2 monitors I have (once AGP, one
PCI).  In 98SE, in Device Manager, had to disable (or uninstall, can't ...

I'm running SP2... my HP laptop Pavilion zd8000 has been my primary
production system for well over a year. As I do lots of software testing,
I'm a frequent user of the System Restore feature.
About a month ago I noticed that my attempts to restore started to be

I don't know what I did, but I made the icons big in the taskbar, How do I
make them small again.

I'm running XP SP2 on a notebook. For the past few weeks, something has been
making my processor run continuously even when the computer is idle. I heard
somewhere that there's a patch to fix tihs bug. Does anyone know where I can
find that patch? I haven't been able to find it ...

I have an older HP computer that I have upgraded from Win 98SE/ 64 mbs ram
and Intel 82810 Graphic Controller to Win XP Home/ 256 mbs ram.  I have
Service Pack 2 installed and I can't update my Graphic Controller.  When SP 2
try to update my graphic controller I had to roll back ...

hi, i have the epson stylus cx7800 .....however i not very smart the these
new toys. if someone can help i'd be thankful...trying to scan ...theres a
bunch of lines covering the pics only part of it comes out...please tell me
to correct is simple...just a little dust or something ...

After using an old windows 95 game on my XP (even though it worked fine, and
i checked the button to make it compatible etc) after closing it down I'm
having weird display problems.
1. when i right click all the options in the menu look like they're double

OK, suppose I've got a brand new virgin laptop with XP and a standard
set of useless pre-installed software running in the backgrund (like
Windows Messenger). How much RAM does the OS and all the default stuff
use up, on average?