According to Paul Thurrott, and I quote. In the News - Windows XP SP2 to Ship in Early August, Microsoft Says ==== In the News ====...
Totallyfree, If you can put the crook MB in another working machine, now might be the time to practice updating the BIOS, 'cause if you have a...
If your running low on disk space use the compress files option, otherwise don't. It will maybe save you a few hundred MBs (at best), but...
I can recommend DK 8.0.xxx. I'm usually only left with about 1 or 2 fragmented files. PerfectDisk 6.0.xx seems OK as well. But DK 8 looks better. ;)
What about this?
In the device manager look in the advanced settings under IDE ATA/ATAPI controlers for both primary and secondary IDE channels. Transfer Mode...
In safe mode there is the option "last known good configuration ". XP automatically creates registry backups. This function will load a previous...
As your PC is restarting, I guess you have not disabled Automatically restart in System Properties/Advanced/Startup and Recovery? If this is the...
Agreed, The vast majority of users have no problems with SP installs. It's probably worth waiting a few weeks before installing a major SP,...
Welcome to the BBS Craig. :) Is this a new install. In other words new after a reformat? I'm wondering if your BIOS is recognising the...
Some BIOS's can be flashed from within windows, like my Toshiba laptop. This is a little simpler than from creating a bootable floppy. Check the...
Check in C:\Documents and Settings. Other than that, I believe it has gone.
One week. That long :eek:
My understanding is that this is the default behaviour of W2K, XP and W2K3. There may be a hack to change it though? OT (slightly) Your client...
Maybe these suggestions from InterVideo?
The cleaners in my sig. as mentioned by Charles, Ray and Pete. Recommend running the ERUNT registry defragmenter (also in sig.) after cleaning out...
Might be worth deleting your dialup connection and recreate a new one. Make sure you write down your username/password and other settings you may...
I'm glad no one has piped up and said how much better ME is over XP. Now this thread would turn UGLY :D :D
Yes, I remember reading, that tweak will slow down shutdown. It's a big file to purge. ;)
As Joe says these are the Windows Update installs. They can be uninstalled if a particular update causes problems, and you know which update was...
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