I have an XP computer about two years old.  For the last several
months it's behaved in a very annoying way:  Every second or so,
things which should be moving smoothly stop briefly, then continue.
These things include:

My laptop has developed a habit of failing to copy and paste.
No error, no beep, just nothing happens when I paste.
Happens across all apps, even notepad.
Windows XP SP2. Office 2002.

Ok, i don't really know how to start with this so i'll just get straigh
to it.
Today I turned on my computer, same as pretty much everyday, however
experienced a problem with my monitor.

When I start my computer, it gives me the following message: pctsTray.exe -
Application Error  The exception  unknown software exception (0x0eedfade)
occured in the application at location 07c812a5rb.
Would appreciate help getting rid of this.

I sometimes discover that the task bar which is normally at the bottom of the
screen has disappeared.  The only way I have found to restore it is to
re-boot.  Is there a more direct way?

After connecting to windows update the other evening and downloading WGA &
IE7 along with other updates my computer asked me to activate windows when it
re-started.
It could not connect to the internet now for some reason so I used telephone

There were 2 unknown profiles on my computer (XP SP2) and when one of them
was accidentally deleted all of the information on my real/ recognised
profile disappeared (my documents, favourites etc). Much like the current
profile had been reset. I don't seem able to find the ...

Can someone please tell me how to turn off grouping in IE7?
Thank yo

can someone please advise of a fix?
when I open add remove hardware, it lists 3 items at the top, then the
screen goes black with a white stripe in the middle until almost at the
bottom, then it lists the remaining items.

my son uses my computer under his own account. Sometimes he messes up my
files and folders. I wonder if I can make any folder disappear from his view
in his account.

Are there any good ways to achieve this?
Such as reading a file, writing something etc
Thanks
Jack

Please what is .NET Framework CRT. A check of add/del programs
indicated NET Franework
CRT and about 10 other NET items installed. Thanks.

When I try to set the virtual memory, I get an error that says
c:windows/system32/mmc.exe.  says it requested the runtime to terminate.  I
have a gig of ram but don't want to run without this

A Windows XP/wSP1 is needed to create a BartPE CD.
My installation disk is a Toshiba Recovery and Application/Drivers DVD
Satellite M50/M55 series.
How can I check this disk, to see if it has already SP1 on it?

I have an icon in the taskbar that I set to "Always show".  However as soon
as I reboot I find it's been reset to "Hide when inactive".  Other icons stay
set to the "Always show" mode after a reboot, and there's nothing unusual
about this one that I'm aware of.  Any ideas?