Windows XP

Installing XP - formatting second drive
Last night, I did an install of XP Pro (with SP2 slipstreamed into it via AutoStreamer) on a new homebuilt computer. I started by formatting one of the two drives for NTFS (NOT the "quick" format) but found it was taking a very long time. I decided to go to bed and let it finish formatting overnight. When I go... 8 Feb 2009 13:27

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_LESS (BLUE SCREEN)
"mattlab" wrote: One minute after logging on, I get the above message. The technical data is; 0x000000D1 (0xE1897000,0x000000002,0x00000000,0xAA596CC6) It tell me to do something with BIOS removing caching, etc. It tells me it has "Beginning dump of physical memory Physical memory dump ... 10 Feb 2009 04:31

Net framework--Do I need it?
I am a basic home user with Windows XP--nothing fancy. I would like to know if Net Framework (2, 3, 3.5) is something I installed by mistake and can delete or whether it was part of my system as originally installed? I ask because I have little space on my computer and would love to delete it if I don't need ... 7 Feb 2009 05:04

wuaueng.dll high CPU and Disk Usage
I have a laptop, IBM T-60 with Windows XP, SP2 that has been nonresponsive after startup. On further investigation, I found that svchost is at 100% CPU, with wuaueng.dll being the actual culprit. If I let this service continue to run, it peaks out at around 3.5 to 4 Gb of disk I/O read bytes. I have tried... 7 Feb 2009 17:38

Recently opened documents
Is there anybody who can help me to increase the number of recently opened documents (more then 15) on start menu of Windows XP, please? ... 7 Feb 2009 22:51

How do you move a partition?
How do you move a partition from a drive to another? ... 7 Feb 2009 05:04

How do you securely delete data from a drive?
Is there any good software that securely delete the data? ... 8 Feb 2009 18:08

Can't install SP3
I get the usual message "updates are ready.." etc but when I try to instal SP3 it goes half way - I then get a message "access is denied" - without explanation and the only option is to undo the changes. So do I want SP3 ? If I do how do I get it in view of this problem and if I can't how can I stop the consta... 7 Feb 2009 09:14

Randomly slow desktop shortcut keys
I've noticed this problem for years on Windows XP, probably, but now it starts to really bug me: I have an icon on the desktop which is a shortcut to the .EXE of a file manager application (http://ndn.muxe.com). That icon has a shortcut key to it, Ctrl+Alt+N. I extremely often switch to this application, so I pr... 7 Feb 2009 18:40

windows closes with this application error
I keep getting this message. Faulting application iexplore.exe,version8.0.6001.18241.faulting module msvcrt .dll,verson 7.0.2600.5512.fault address 0x00036fa3 When i get this windows xp (ie 8 beta) closes. I have restored with no success. Can anyone tell me what this id and how I get rid of it? Thanks ... 5 Feb 2009 08:42