A disk intensive program is not necessarily a CPU intensive program. Start a full scan of the system by the antivirus and I don't think you will...
Do you know why Steve's suggestion should work? Did you read that editing the registry is at your own expense? If you want to take that avenue,...
It might come back reformatted :D
If it might give you any further info, I expect the account is the Administrator account in safe mode, but labelled Sarah in normal mode.
Try going to the Asus website (I find the Global site is the best) and look up any FAQs for your model. It might tell you in the motherboard...
Thanks for the update. Let us know the outcome.
Try disabling the antivirus. Do you, say, have a large email store that it is checking? Try turning off Windows Indexing system. Just have one...
Get the drive's testing utilities from the HDD manufacturer's website. Only a proportion of drives are bad when I have seen the "drive not found...
Have you tried searching at Dell for "Media Direct ". Try downloading the user manual, it should tell you about the button and how to use it (how...
If you go to Control Panel -> User Accounts, is Sarah listed? Sarah may be the actual Administrator account renamed and you can't delete the...
Find a photo, right-click on it and select Open with... You should have the choice of Paint or Photo Gallery. In those programs you can do quite a...
I doubt it has anything to do with hardware. Although, since it came up with a checksum error, try going into the Bios/startup configuration and...
There will be troubleshooting pages at those websites. They may not use Flashplayer or maybe they use a "plug-in ". You might need to completely...
If I have any problems with the desktop background pictures, I make them the same as Windows sample pictures. I use Paint or the photo editor...
What service pack do you have? Try slipstreaming the service pack you have, then running the Startup Repair...
I came across a Compaq laptop with the same symptoms. I put a thin screwdriver through the grill to hold the fan from spinning and blew compressed...
If one of the controllers in Device Manager is described as "Enhanced" it IS the USB 2.0 controller, so it looks like the USB is 2.0....
Try going to Start -> Run and type in dxdiag. If you have Windows XP it has some basic tests for the audio. The audio is broken up into "Windows...
I think we spoke about this before C-D. You want the thinnest (even) layer of thermal compound between the CPU and the heatsink. All it is really...
How did you do that? Maybe some more information could help. Maybe delete all the "places" and remake those that you want? Matt
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