I have an odd problem when booting windows XP, I haven't been able to isolate it yet. There's no hardware boot problem, and I get into windows every time. The symptoms occur<BR>a little less than 50% ...

Windows XP has a "Safe Mode" feature that works by forcing Windows to load the basic device drivers while ignoring any programs that are supposed to open on startup by default. While this gives you ...

I have Windows XP Pro with SP1 and I have a problem removing the startup sound when I go to "Control Panel>Sounds, Speech, and Audio Device>Change the Sound Scheme>Windows Start Windows Sound. When I ...

In the next column is the command that’s actually run and the final column shows the location the startup item command is stored. This is either an entry in the Windows Registry, or a shortcut in the ...

Windows XP is just like any other operating system -- at any given time, it's performing hundreds or thousands of processes. When any of these processes conflict with one another or fail, your ...

A: I’m not aware of any utilities that allow you to select at bootup time which applications to start with Windows, though if any readers out there are aware of any such programs I’ll be sure to pass ...

When you first install Windows PC, it starts up at fast speed and works quickly. But after you install updates and new software, it might start feeling slower. There are ways to check if it's just a ...