Windows XP

XP Lockup..CPU?
My brother's computer (xp sp2; 2GB RAM, Dual Intel processors) started to lock up on him. I booted to safe mode and cleaned off about 70 malwares using Malwarebytes. Booted into regular mode and it still locks. Funny thing, I can run task manager in regular mode and go to processes, and nothing is using the proc... 14 Dec 2009 22:09

HD trouble?
My computer has been giving me fits reseting itself all the time. I removed all partitions and reformatted everything so it can't be malware. I have SMART enabled in the bios and don't seem to be getting HD failure from it or windows. I get the "blue screen of death" though quite abit and I see codes in the... 19 Dec 2009 16:01

customizing folders with desktop.ini
I was trying to change the background image of a particular folder as described at <http://perishablepress.com/press/2006/10/16/folder- background-images-in-winxp/>, however, I am unable to do so. The URL discusses a file - desktop.ini. I was under the impression that this file would be hidden while "Hide protect... 14 Dec 2009 16:37

figuring out what things in the control panel map to
Going to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management will bring up the same window that typine "compmgmt.msc" in the "Run..." dialog will bring up. My question is, what about for the other things in the control panel? How does one go about finding what programs those correspond to? ... 15 Dec 2009 00:20

*Windows XP Firewall - dependency error 1068
This previous *thread hasn't been updated for almost three years, yet I now have a problem accessing Windows firewall with 'error 1068' popping up stating that Windows Firewall/ICS service can't be started. In Services, Windows Management Instrumentation status is blank and startup type is automatic. Windows Fi... 14 Dec 2009 02:19

Random "Explosion" sound
At random times, my computer plays an "Explosion" sound. I cannot identify a specific activity which triggers it. It even happens at night. I am running XP Pro 2002 Ser pack 3 upgraded from Media Center which was on my computer when purchased. It is a Dell Dimension E521. It is driving me crazy and causes my wi... 14 Dec 2009 00:11

differences between IE6,IE7 and IE8
Please provide me all the difference between all these three version of IE ... 13 Dec 2009 15:25

Slow display search window
Hello, It takes some seconds (about 20) to display search window. Is anyone know what's the trouble ? Idem for control panel. Thanks. ... 13 Dec 2009 05:39

system restore
tried a point only 2 wks old. in Safe mode. No Changes made.... No Norton on set. Actually I want to dump all Updates that autoran in the last 2 wks, so I can retry SP3 taht is crashing. is there a way to do them en masse? thanx ... 14 Dec 2009 11:02

Windows XP-SP3; Web access is only the first 10 or 15 minutes of each seesion .
Windows XP-SP3; Web access is only the first 10 or 15 minutes of each session. Besides planning to do a repair install on windows XP SP3, I'm also trying to solve my XP problem one symptom at a time. (When my problem first started, it took 15 minutes to start windows, and when Windows started, it ran 10 time... 13 Dec 2009 12:07