captjlddavis The only dumb question is the one that isn't asked. Relax, deep breath. XP is actually easier to use than any Win9X you have ever...
http://www.windows-help.net/windowsxp/tune-05.htm Johanna
utilman.exe caught my eye. There is a legit process from MS, but it's not in the start up by default. There is a bad guy with the same name here...
And, if I remember correctly, Newt, it was you and Joe who pointed out how to work around those accidental breaks. You said to wrap the string...
Can you boot with LKGC, or safe mode? If you can get it to boot, do directly to Device Mgr (Control Panel> System> Hardware tab) I suspect a...
Congratulations! You are gonna LOVE XP! What kind of hd activity? Right click in the taskbar and pull up the Task Mgr and see what's...
The new comp showed up the day before my cabin vacation. Of course, I was up all night, just had to play, ya know? It was hard walking away from...
Christer, wauaclt is just waiting there for you to enable WU and it will jump online. It comes and goes, but it is "checking ". If you kill...
Surferdude2, I may be paranoid, but I do not let software, including MS, to connect to the net w/o my knowledge and permission. The only...
In the Control Panel >Taskbar & Start Menu> Start Menu > Advanced click "customize" and verify that "do not display Admin Tools" is not ticked....
No. The system would attempt to "upgrade ", you could quite possibly lose all your data and software, and you will have problems with WPA. If...
Go into Admin Tools> Services and make sure Windows Auto Update, and BITs service and Event Logging are enabled. If you have already downloaded...
If you can't find, or there isn't the option, to turn off unneeded software, use Mike Lin's StartUpCPL. It puts a tab in your Control Panel and...
System Restore Points are not present on days not in "bold ". System Restore will give a message that it was unable to restore if it does not...
The motherboard does not support your chip. Being an OEM Mobo (Compaq) limits what options you have. You will have to make do with the 100...
Fuzzy C If ya can't FIND the BIOS, best to leave it alone! The following is from a respected source: So, stay out of the BIOS, it's a...
In the BIOS is a CPU setting. Highlight the 100s (using the down arrow) then change the properties with your plus key. My old 1.66 insisted it...
Clear CMOS, then restart. As soon as you get it to boot, go into the Control Panel,> System> Startup and Recovery and uncheck "automatically...
Christer, FYI, wscntfy will "turn on" wauaclt by default when it detects an internet connection. It took nearly three days for me to notice,...
http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=34800&highlight=wscntfy Johanna
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