I thought the paging file was for when the computer ran low on ram it would
use part of the hard disk to keep up to speed. So shouldn't my computer run
faster? and if not can someone help me speed it up? I'm in college taking up
surgical tech and my computer is my only study ...

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I've been fighting for over a week an issue after the following updates are
installed.
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Security Update for Windows XP (KB935840) Windows Malicious Software Removal

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It appears that when we start XP from a cold start (i.e. the computer has
been off for several hours) it boots in a reasonable amount of time (less
than 2 minutes).  However if it is restarted or we shut it off and start it a
few minutes later it takes between 10 and 30 minutes ...

First of all if this is not the right group to post this question, please
tell me.
Second, sorry for the longish post, but things are bit weird.
This morning one of my XP machines (I have 3) does not awake any more!

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I've done a lot of searching...on the web...on Microsoft's News
Server...and
I can't find the basic answer. WHY WOULD YOU "MAP NETWORK DRIVE"? (Be nice,

When I go to msconfig and click on the start up tab, there are a couple of
things that load up that do not have a description.  I unchecked them both
but now my webroot window washer is running slow motion.  I am wondering what
the blank start up items could be since I cannot see ...

I have a problem with my windows xp slowing down, it never used to be like
this, the laptop is slow from boot. I have defraged, run antivirus but still
slow, what else can I do

Whenever I run this program it does not delete the item "Webclient/Publisher
Temporary Files" even though it says it is safe to do so. The file size
always stays the same (in my case 96KB). How can I delete it?

I have an XP Home SP2 box with a 2.2ghz celeron on .5 GIG RAM and an 82GIG
hard drive. EVERYTIME I load up IE7 it "steals focus", meaning it insists on
attention, taking me back again and again to its window when I'm working in
something else, like Word for instance. In addition, ...

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My grandson crashed my machine. The only programs that I can get to open at
all are internet explorer and outlook express. I have rebooted in safe mode,
tried a good configuration, tried to run scans etc...nothing will open at
all. Need help

Can someone please explain how the CD writing wizard works.  How do you get
specific files from a software application on a CD-RW?  What are the steps in
Windows XP (Media Center 2005). The following is a discussion I had on the
Quicken Forum site that explains the problem.

I have a Toshiba Laptop using Microsoft XP pro. The computer will shut down
and start using restart. The computer will shut down but the moniter stays on
when the computer is shutting down. I can push the off button after the
computer shuts down to turn the moniter off, but it ...