As you probably know, Geek Squad is owned by Best Buy and operates right out
of their stores.  So, it is reasonable to assume that Best Buy sets the tone
for how Geek Squad operates (except for the influence that Microsoft's
$200,000,000 cash infusion gives them, of course).

I'm running Windows XP Professional SP2, up-to-date with Windows Updates.
I've recently noticed that my non-paged kernel memory is leaking at a steady
pace of 10Mb+/day. If I don't reboot my machine every few days, it eventually
and inevitably grinds to a halt, forcing me to ...

Can someone please tell me where a LOG file of the actual files that are
being replaced or updated is?    I know Event Viewer will indicate that some
files were replaced as an event, but I want to know specifically which dll
files (or whatever) are being replaced in case there ...

I have an E-machine with an NVidia graphics chip set (6100, I think,
but I'm not sure of that -- not sitting in front of that machine right
now).  I also just purchased the Dell E228WFP 22-inch Widescreen Flat
Panel Monitor, my first wide screen monitor, which has a maximum

In My Computer, I have an icon for a "Mobile Device" that is completely
empty. It's details call it a "system folder". I have no mobile devices
plugged into my machine. When clicking on the mobile device icon, I don't get
the usual option of ejecting or "safely removing" the ...

I've looked at many many threads trying to figure this one out.  When
clicking on Control Panel, Search, My Documents, My Computer in the Start
Menu they won't open.  My desktop icons go off for about 2 seconds, the
hourglass comes up and the program doesn't start.  Some of the ...

Yesterday, I set up autologon using TweakUI on my Windows XP computer (with
SP3 installed) to avoid having to click on my name each time I boot up. It
worked when I restarted the computer yesterday--but not today. I looked at
the autologon dialog box in TweakUI today, and ...

As you know when you go to You-Tube website, there will be video clips for
you to click on and watch. However, when I click on it, the indicator will go
the full length and shows "zero". In other words its not playing. Any reason
why is that and how can I correct it, TIA

I have a second monitor (Dell) that my display is extended to. Has always
worked fine. I leaned over the keyboard and must have hit some random
combination of keys and now the image is rotated 90 degrees on the monitor.
have tried shutting down, restarting, unplugging, turning on ...

My "Show Desktop" shortcut/button on the Quick Launch toolbar on the Taskbar
no longer works.  This is one of the default buttons provided with the Quick
Launch toolbar.
The shortcut icon has changed to a generic one and the Properties reflect

Looking at my defrag program (VoptXP) it shows that I have some considerable
empty disk space between where my files end and where the MFT begins, then
after the MFT, more empty space.
I know it would optimize my HD by moving the MFT up and have all the empty

 Prior to downloading and installing Win XP SP3 on two WinXP Home machines,
a Custom Windows Update let me know that I could choose to install .NET
Framework 1.1, 3 (and maybe 3.5), as well as letting me know that my current
.NET Framework 2 had a Service Pack available--the one ...

From time to time IE7 and OE6 freeze and when I cntl,alt,del I get a message
that I have a hung app and it's caused by iexplorer.exe or msimn.exe.mdmp.
I can run sfc scannow and it fixes the problem plus makes IE and OE run
faster.Also sfc always asks for the XP disk to replace ...

The morning after a storm a couple weeks ago my unit wouldn't start and
showed a message explaining something about a missing registry entry. The
CompuDoc came in but couldn't restore the missing registry entry so he wiped
the disc and reinstalled most everything. All went well ...

Three weeks ago, and after a half dozen attempts to install XP
SP3 using different scenarios and subsequent crashes on re-boot
and BEFORE I found out about the screw-up with the intelppm.sys
in regard to AMD 64 Athlon, a whole raft of system files were