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I have an intermittent startup problem. Sometimes the system tray doesn't fill up during startup, and the PC runs sluggishly, or doesn't open Internet Explorer, and other programs. If I try 'start, shut down' it hangs, and I have to cold reboot it. This usually solves the problem, but sometimes...

I have a 2004 Chaintech 9CJS Zenith motherboard, which has a separate multimedia card with 7.1 sound at 96KHz etc. It has a P4 3.0 GHz processor and 512MB of DDR400 RAM. I recently had a separate problem with hanging shutdown, cured now by uninstalling Norton Internet Security 2006, but at the...

I have a Holly PC. I want to check/tweak my BIOS settings, but it's password protected. I tried to contact Holly, but they've vanished (probably ceased trading). Question: does anyone know what password they would have used (any ex-emplyees out there?). Alterantively, is there any way to get...

On my home PC (Windows XP Home) I've recently had a shutdown problem. After choosing 'start', 'shutdown', I get a message 'ending program' (ccApp), which I click 'end now', then sometimes I get another 'ending program' (sysfader), which I click 'end now'. Then the PC hangs for up to 5 minutes...

I run XP Home and have recently experienced incomplete bootups, where the system tray doesn't fill up completely and notthing opens when double-clicked on the desktop. A reboot always cures it. Any advice? At the same time I noticed that when shutting down, the PC takes ages, then gives me a...

I've decided to clear out all my films on VHS by capturing them through my (Gainward nVidia FX5600 Ultra VIVO) graphics card, using Windows Movie Maker 2. This seems to work well on some films, but on others a thick white bar appears across the middle of the screen after about ten minutes. This...

When I search for a file in Windows Explorer, as I click on the file, the screen goes black for a second, then the desktop setting changes from 1024 X 768 to 800 X 600. I have to change it back manually. It seems to be mostly when the file is an mpeg or wmv, and opens Windows Media Player. I...

I've noticed that the icon for Notepad has changed to that blue 'there's something wrong with this program' icon, and doesn't work when I click on it. When I use 'run', 'notepad.exe' it works fine. Any ideas? I use Windows XP Home and Office XP Pro).