I am backing up images (1 per second) from a security camera, to a
directory on a PC. However, after a couple of days I am having a hard
time accessing such large numbers of files - its not the amount of
data its the number of files that is the problem.

When I click START, SHUTDOWN and click the SHUTDOWN or RESTART button the
screen flashes like it's going to shutdown but nothing happens. I've tried
using the mouse, keyboard and touchpad but nothing happens. I end up having
to use the Power On/Off to shut it down. I'm using HP ...

windows xp will shut down with error message a problem has occurred and
windows will shut down.  I do not lose the program that i am working on but
windows will shut down.

Using task Manager Processes I found these two unusual entries.
1. WUSB54GC.exe 185344k is using far more virtual memory then anything
else. The next highest is WINWORD with 13,840 K
2.HalReader.exe is using 95 CPU on a regular basis.

After an Internet download is complete a window pops up with "open", "open
folder" and "save" options. If the download destination was the document
folder or any other folder besides the desktop and the "open folder" option
is selected the folder is opened and you can start to ...

Temporary Internet Files & Cookies do not appear in respective folders.
I perform clean up's regularly and when going to folders for cookies and
temp internet files there's nothing there.
Where are they?

When I insert a blank disc in my DVD burner, my system crashes and I get an
error message "STOP: 0x0000008E (0xc0000005, 0x806EE753, [see below],
0x00000000)"  The only change to the message is to the third set of numbers
within the brackets which reads, variously, 0xB928A4cc or ...

Ahoy,
Wonder if you can help me out with this one.
Running Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2, with all the updates
using the Express button at Windows Update site, "Except" one of them,

I can't see a question in the list that I have posted twice - a few days
apart.  
I am trying to determine how to get back an aquarium skin that I deleted by
accident (wasn't aware that by clicking on the RED X it would remove it

Deleting even a small file takes several minutes.  The recycle bin is empty.  
This is not a right-click context handler issue.  Deletes are slow regardless
of the method by which file(s) or folder(s) are deleted.
Windows Explorer seems to lock up and even attempting to kill it ...

I am seeing this baloon popup intermittently to very often, seemingly
randomly, on a WinXP machine. "A Network Cable is Unplugged", and then I
lose internet.
Sometimes I lose connectivity for a long time, sometimes I get it back

I'm running WinXp Home Sp2 on a Dell I2500.  On a regular basis, in the
middle of some operation (in the latest case it was a Symantec fix for
appsvc32.exe problems) my system will drop out of DSL mode and pop-up a
dial-up window.  I'm sure it's some parameter I've set wrong, but ...

Since a while there is a subtle issue that has been bothering me. I'm
sure I didn't have this problem before, so something must have been
installed on my system that is causing this problem.
When I'm working in any particular windows application, occasionally,

I have a 4GB Sandisk flash drive that I used to store and transfer
large documents that I downloaded from my office computer to home
computer (the office computer does not have a DVD burner)
The office computer now takes a looong time to `feel` the presence of

I have been cleaning an fellow employee's computer - it was loaded with
spyware and viruses.  
I believe I have it clean but when I click on Start and Search - the box
pops up but it is blank.- except for the little dog - I can't search for