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| Slow Computer | 31 Oct 2007 21:41 GMT | 7 |
My CPU is running at 100% most of the time. When I open Windows Task Manager, it shows the file SSCEvtHdlr.exe running at 80 to 99 cpu. To stop this, I have to reboot. Anyone have any reason as to why and how I can stop it?
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| history keeps going | 31 Oct 2007 17:46 GMT | 2 |
no history just black dot history (ctrl-h) have to recover it from my norton ghost then gone next day tryed run regsvr 32 / i shdocvw.dll no luck what abouth my norton internet security blocking it tryed moveing the file around(internet options)but no. where should it be.?ie7 ...
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| system restore next button not working? | 31 Oct 2007 15:35 GMT | 3 |
I just tried to use system restore after a spate of BSODs, and when I clicked the final "next" button in system restore, the pointer switched to an egg timer for a moment and then nothing happened. What might have happened?
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| Convert Primary Partition to Logical/Extended? | 31 Oct 2007 12:43 GMT | 1 |
After much trouble trying image one hard drive to another (with Norton Ghost 2003), I took my wife's Dell D400 to our local computer shop. They did the image (but couldn't get Ghost or Acronis to work so used Partition Magic 8) but had to do one partition at a time and 're-build' ...
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| repair install | 30 Oct 2007 04:55 GMT | 1 |
I am running xp sp2 and I put a new motherboard and some ram and a new dvd rom. well after all of that ,windows would not boot,no way shape or form. Then I performed a repair install and finally got booted up , but now , windows takes a long time to load and so do my programs , and ...
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| Added RAM | 30 Oct 2007 03:38 GMT | 2 |
I have just added RAM to my PC increasing in from 2gb to 3gb. However I have a problem when I right click on my computer select properties I am only being shown 2GB not 3GB as it should be. Is windows recognising 3GB? If not is there anything I need to do to pick
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| can't run defrag because chkdsk is scheduled to run on C:/ | 30 Oct 2007 01:54 GMT | 3 |
I can't run defrag on my gateway laptop. its running xp media center edition 2004 and out of the blue when i went to run disk defrag(like i have done almost daily) it came up with a message stating can't run defrag because a task is scheduled to run. please run chkdsk c:/ -f . ...
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| Uninstall Files | 30 Oct 2007 00:34 GMT | 2 |
I recently came across a large number of files in the Windows folders that I am curious as to their purpose. The files basically all read $NtUninstallKBXXXX$. They are highlighted in blue. Can these be deleted?
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| This computer is so slow | 30 Oct 2007 00:01 GMT | 9 |
Back in the days of Windows 3.1, there used to be a way to remove items from the start-up menu. I've run spybot S&D, antivirus, AVG, the system is clean, defragmented etc, but I think part of my problem is that there are too many programs running when I startup. I can't afford a ...
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| win-xp error message during shutdown | 29 Oct 2007 10:26 GMT | 4 |
during shutdown my laptop with Win XP gives following message realted to reference memory the code:0x747C4F31.WHAT DOES IT MEAN HOW TO RETIFY IT?
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| Windows Installer error & Update Manager error | 29 Oct 2007 10:15 GMT | 4 |
I recently tried to update some programs (QuickTime, iTunes) and install Norton 360. In doing so, each time I received this error message: “Windows Installer Service can not be accessed.” The error message says I'm either running Windows in Safe Mode (I'm not) or that Windows ...
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| My task manager has disappered not just been disabled | 28 Oct 2007 05:36 GMT | 2 |
I recently went thtrough a problem with a rogue program that I thought in time before it did damage but since I removed it and it's files I have lost the ability to get the task manager to pop-up with ALT+CTRL+DEL and I tried the things on here but I don't get errors I just get ...
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| XP Peformance | 28 Oct 2007 00:35 GMT | 11 |
Task mgr is reporting 50% CPU utilization while computer is idle!! . Is this normal? Never looked until lately. My computer is a P4 3.2 mhz with 2 gig ram and two 10,000 rpm SATA hard drives. Opening up any file wil take CPU utilization easily up to 80 to 100%. Computer ...
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| Slow startup and shutdown | 28 Oct 2007 00:33 GMT | 9 |
My wife and I each have an XP Home Edition Desktop. Her startup and her shutdown often lead to an error message ( usually something about a sysmanager.dll, but not always) and a failure to start up or shutdown completely without using Task Manager. I do not have this problem. ...
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| PC operation is very slow at times | 27 Oct 2007 18:14 GMT | 5 |
My pc is very slow at times. It is a Intel pent 4 with 40 gig h.d. and 768 meg of memory operating at 1.6 ghz. The task manager says that internet explorer is using 100 percent of the cpu power while I wait 20 seconds or so for a new window to open. It happens most often when ...
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