I'm getting very confused about how prefetch works.
If it profiles each application and pre-loads pages, then I use a
third-party defrag tool (Diskkeeper 10 in my case) isn't that going to stuff
things up? That is, the applications are getting moved around on the

Dear kind folks:
I can't get into many of my folders, receiving a runtime error message with
the window being closed by my PC each time I try to access them. I have
Windows XP if that makes a difference. Just now I was trying to open the

Guys - I need some help on this one...
I just purchased a new custom-built gaming rig that was shipped with
Vista.  After experiencing all the headaches and non-working apps, I
decided to wipe Vista and install XP.  To do it properly I had to

Hello.  Can I use a CD/RW drive to play DVD's? Thanks

Leaving my Windows HP home ed PC overnight , and it does not start up at
all. It hangs at the point I would be expecting the splash screen to appear,
with a blank black screen , and no sign of hard drive activity- the fan
stays at full speed so there may be some processor ...

I have an HP Pavillion running Windows XP Home with SP2 and use the Office
2003 suite. The processor is an AMD Anthlon XP3100 2,20GHX with 512MB of RAM.
The machine hangs or completely freezes very freuqently and is getting nearly
impossible to use. I just had an IT guy in who ...

Hello.  Can I play dvd's on a CD/RW driven if I use the proper software? I'm
using XP Home Edition SP 2. Thanks

I'm using XP Home, SP2 on a new computer.  When I try to install a USB
device it works correctly, but afterwards I can't reboot.
What happens is this:  When I plug in a USB device, windows detects
the new hardware, installs the driver, and everything seems to work

I have written before, but things are getting worse.  I said there were only
a few things in my control panel>add/remove.  My firefox will hardly work at
all, even the main page won't open.
I went into control panel to try and delete it and find I cannot delete

I am using Windows XP Home Edition SP2.
Since reinstalling Windows XP and installing SP2 by Microsoft Update, cannot
access old documents on my 'Compaq' account. Windows Explorer says:
"C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq. Access is Denied"

I have at various stages copied cd's on to my pc. In trying to delete some of
these albums I am now encountering a problem. When I right click on a folder
to delete it and all the tracks within it I am getting an error message:
"cannot delete folder. it is being used by another ...

This may not pertain to Windows directly, but since Internet Explorer
7 runs under Windows, I'll give it a try:
Whenever I need to print out pages from the internet, I go to "File",
"Print" or "Print Preview." Unfortunately, on very many occasions when

Can anyone help. Laptop blue screen message STOP: 0x000000ED (0x84375c30,
0xC000009c, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) Message says restart and press F8 to
start in safe mode but nothing happens.

i have a small problem here. sometimes, firefox crashes and gives me
an error reporting box. i send the report and try to click the link
for finding out the problem. at that moment, drwatson exe makes the
CPU spin (i hear the stock fan and i see it in taskmgr) and this is

can anyone help me with the folllowing errors
partition table (mbr)
boot sector dtc
\system32\kernel32\dll