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Performance Problems
Toshiba Satellite 5205-S703 Laptop Windows XP SP2 P4-M 2.0 ghz 1gb pc2100 ddr sdram 60gb Toshiba MK6021GAS 2mb buffer HDD MS Firewall No Antivirus installed The laptop started intermittently having performance problems several months ago, with short periods of 100% CPU utilisation. Gradually...- Huggy6ear
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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Boot hangs at same place every time
Hi,, My system will not complete the boot. It hangs in the same place 'verifying DMI pool data'. The problem started a couple of weeks ago intermittently and at different places. I guess it's a hardware problem that has now hardened up. I have disconnected drives, memory, printer and scanner. I...- Huggy6ear
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- Replies: 7
- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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ME/XP Pro upgrade problem
My ME system became corrupt and wouldn't boot. I decided to take the opportunity to upgrade to XP Pro and purchased the latest version. I installed it over the ME system so that I retained all my existing files. It seems to have worked OK except I cannot get any ICONs on my desktop, except for...- Huggy6ear
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
