When I start up windows, the svchost.exe process responsible of running the
windows update process takes 90% of the cpu.
What could be the problem?
Thx,

I own a gateway laptop, windoows  XP MCE SP2, i can not see folder optionin
my tool menu as well as in control panel..
what could be the problem and any means to solve it.

Is there a simple way to move memory from my D drive to my C drive (Sony Vaio
S VGN-S3XP). PS I'm non technical so lay-mans language please.

send me mails regarding  wwin xp.
thank u

I have a machine with Win XP Pro running 24/7 as home server.
It would be very interesting for me to see the current status of this server
remotely in order to have it under control.
My idea:

I have Win MCE 2005/XP Pro.  I use a USB external drive for additional
storage.  It has two partitions.  Both partitions are FAT32.  I read
the help files for converting to NTFS and found the command prompt
language.  But I have a question ...

All of a sudden the screen on my computer has started flickering.  I have
recently installed WindowsLive Messenger.  Could that be the problem?

With a Compaq computer, it has a AMD Sempron 3200+ and in the setup it shows
that it runs at 1800 MHz. I know that's what it does run at, but the problem
is, in the System Properties it shows:
AMD Sempron(tm) Processor

I cannot get any of other software to work because the svchost.exe file is
using all my processor's load... I have noticed that there are 5 svchost.exe
files working when I start my computer....

I currently have an issue where if my users try to log off they get an "end
task" window appearing with a procvess called IconWindow (no spaces) running?
Does anyone have any ideas on what this is and why it's hanging the logoff
process?

My computer suddenly started shutdowns at random times. They aren't too often
but very strange. Then on startup we have the computer set to request a
password. when you click on the icon it just flashes the password box instead
of just opening it. I figured out that in order to make ...

On my XP SP2 I went offline (WLAN) and couldn't reconnect to my
access-point. So I restarted the machine.
But know, the RPC service does not start up, so many other programs or
services won't also startup. If I start it manually I get the message "RPC

A start up problem i hope someone can help with:
When i turned my PC on this morning, the start up process began as normal -
i had a 'Restore It!' window appear as usual, and had the Windows icon appear
with the progress bar shown beneath - but at this point, where it usually

I have an Icon on my desktop that I "cannot delete file -- cannot read from
source file or disk"  The file has no extension.  Properties show File Type =
"File"  It has 0 bytes.  It does not list using a command prompt, and it
won't rename, cut, or delete from destop or windows ...

When I installed QuickTimePlayer last year,  iTunes was installed
along with it, (but in its own folder in C:\Program Files).
I now want to remove iTunes, but the Control Panel|Add/Remove
Programs|iTunes|Remove does not work.