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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 […]

Microsoft Finally Releases XP Service Pack 3

Microsoft is Shipping SP3 to Manufactures and regular downloads should be April 29

UPDATE:

Looks like MS is delaying SP3 because of a bug! Surprise Surprise!

 

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] […]

4Gig Or More Ram Problems With Windows

Well there are issues with PC’s that have 4 gig of ram or more and either the BIOS says that it only sees 3 gig or Windows 32-bit only sees 3 gig. Either way there is limits. Depending on your motherboard there might be a setting in the BIOS called memory remaping that you […]

Windows XP: Going, going … gone?

According to Microsoft’s timeline, XP is on its way to becoming an ex-operating system.

Here is the Article from ComputerWorld

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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Put IE 7.0’s Toolbar Back Where It Belongs

Move IE 7 Toolbar back where it belongs. Article from WindowsITPRO

Windows Vista vs Windows XP

Started in watching some videos on chris.pirillo.com He has been a Windows user for along time. He just moved to Apple. Here is an earlier video he created before he made the switch. I found it very informatively and very similar to issues I have been playing around with. I can’t afford to get […]

Security pros: Kill ActiveX

Nice article about killing ActiveX. My recommendation, Run Firefox. Better yet run Linux!