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XP System process using 99% CPU

A client complained that their mouse (USB) was not working and PC was really slow. Looked at the processes and found the SYSTEM process was 99%. Search on the Internet and found some others had the same issue with USB ports causing the problem. For me I changed the USB ports in the Intel […]

The file or directory C:\$Secure is corrupt and unreadable Error

Had a client who got this error on a Windows XP PRO PC. It would give this error and also would not create a pagefile properly. I searched on the Internet and found that most people concluded that you had to backup all your data and format again. Its related on a faulty NTFS […]

Show Desktop Icon Is Missing Or Corrupted

I have seen this problem a few times and I found this on the Internet

What you’ll need to do is create a file in Notepad and save it to where Show Desktop should be.

Go to Start/Run and type in “notepad” (without the quotes) then type in these lines:

[Shell] Command=2 IconFile=explorer.exe,3 [Taskbar] […]

PhotoGallery msi error on Startup

I have seen this on a few PCs that come in that when you start up Windows it tries to install PhotoGallery and asks for a disk. Its related to an HP driver install. To remove this do the following:

Download and install the Windows Installer Cleanup utility from this link

http://www.softpedia.com/dyn-postdownload.php?p=18442&t=4&i=1

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Stop svchost.exe from stealing CPU cycles

Nice article regarding the svchost.exe problem from CNET.

Restore Windows XP registry if you can’t boot

This came from the Internet. Here is the Link I copied it from. Thanks Ray!

I have used the Microsoft way a few times and it has saved a ton of time! If you can’t boot into Windows XP at all because you have one of the following errors, reading this page might help you!

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Start the System Restore tool at a command prompt XP

From MS Knowledge base 304449

Start the System Restore tool at a command prompt

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1. Restart your computer, and then press F8 during the initial startup to start your computer in Safe Mode with a command prompt.For additional information about the Safe mode with a command prompt, click the following article number to […]

Runonce error when starting IE7

After installing IE7 or if you start IE7 for the first time it goes to a runonce page for you to configure a few options in IE7. Sometimes it does not work or you would like to get rid of this.

If you download this registry fix it will prevent the runonce from […]

“WMS IDLE Not Responding” when logging off or shutting down

I found that going to MSCONFIG and removing NMBgMonitor (which is a Nero Essentials component) from Startup, removed the WMS Idle failing to quit. More importantly removing that Nero file from startup, allowed Windows XP to shutdown ten times faster. I have removed Nero from my computer and it runs perfectly now. Perhaps only a […]

Logmein and Ubuntu Problem Fix

When I tried and login to logmein.com from Ubuntu I get an error that can’t load page. It works fine in XP on the same network. If I was running IE or Firefox in VirtualBox it still would not work for me. It seems to be caused by the MTU value under Ubuntu.

I found […]