Is there a internet site the explains what XP startup programs and services are doing so I know which ones to remove form XP. When I ago to task manager I see many many programs that I don't know what they are doing. I used MSconfig to remove a lot of them and that only results in many program reinstallations. Is there a internet site the explains what those programs are doing so I know which one to remove?
View 3 RepliesI got a laptop from a kid that just graduated college,when I boot it up it gives me the error NWGINA.dll could not be found please contact the administrator. It is running windows xp professional. And I would not like to format if at all possiable. I boot up in safe mode to try and get on under any account i can think of Administrator, Manager, Guest, His user name, None of these accounts work.
View 14 Replies View RelatedWin XP Home edition. I'm in the Speed Up Windows Startup class. I currently have a very long list of startup programs running. Is it safe for me to disable all except security programs (Symantec Norton,AdAware,Spyguard)?Charles
View 6 Replies View RelatedWhen I attempt to make any selection in my Control Panel such as Add/Remove programs etc, a DOS screen pops up along with a dialogue box that reads like this: 16 Bit MS-DOS Subsystem
C:WindowsSystem32
undll32.exe
The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS: 0000 IP: 0077 OP:fo 37 05 0c 02
Choose 'close' to terminate the application
Trying to reinstall WindowsXP from the original CD fails and just gives me an error message telling me it can't install because I have a newer version of Windows. Can someone help me with the best course of action to take? I need my computer for a job search and it is getting more unstable all the time. Also, I get two of these same DOS screens with the same error message at startup. I would really appreciate some help. Now, here is what someone at another forum told me to do that didn't work, unfortunately:
The search utility on Windows XP is somewhere between arcane and useless. Where is there the old field for seeking text strings?
View 2 Replies View Relatedwhy the heck can't i remove the msn gaming zone, netmeeting and movie maker folder? whenever i use special programs designed to free up those working processes the folders just regenerate on restart - and when i delete them in safe mode same result - is it possible to remove these empty useless folders from windows xp sp 2?
i know it's due to windows file protection - but this is poor design - these folders are junk and aren't critical - it's my pc and if i know they are safe to delete windows should too - i don't want junk folders on my computer - my pc is spic and span and optimized and i want these folders gone forever - i know you can do it with a hex editor and replacing the new sp2 wfs dll with the old sp1 dll - but that also disables wfs entirely and that's not what i want - and whatever you do - do NOT use windows file protection switcher - it disagrees with the os and will cause the os to malfunction and you'll need to do a destructive recovery - that means you'll lose all your data from programs to tweaks
My 2005 hp pavillion is very slow. Slow to startup and slow internet connections.
I ran msinfo32 and looked at the Startup Program list in the Software Environment. There are too many things to list in this post (must be a couple of hundred items listed). Not sure how to determine if these items can be deleted or not. The list is too long to show here. Any suggestions? Thanks...
Here is a partial list .......
when i start my computer, it takes forever to load, and theres always SO many programs running, some that i have no idea what they are on the task manager, and also ones that just come on that i dont even use, how do i make them not run at start up?
View 11 Replies View RelatedAfter starting my computer some programs won't start within the first two-three minutes after XP has finished loading. Winamp (5.5) shows the main window frame but doesn't load any further, Ad-Watch 2007 doesn't load while Ad-Watch SE loads fine, MSN Messenger doesn't load at all and IE7 starts but refuses to load any web pages. Firefox and Word 2007 are not affected. All of these annoyances disappear entirely after about three minutes after which all programs work just fine. In the three minute time frame I am also unable to access My Computer which just shows the flashlight looking for drives. I am, however, able to access files by using shortcuts to eg My Documents.
View 2 Replies View RelatedThis is a tough one to explain. This is a couple week old PC. When booting, sometimes it hangs on the black screen with the progress bar either in Starting Windows or Resuming Windows. Sometimes it hangs on the Windows desktop and the cursor is froze. I can power down and boot up again and it usually boots normally then.The other strange thing is that the programs that load at startup don't seem to be consistent. Sometimes the McAfee Security Center will be in the system tray, sometimes not. Sometimes other programs normally found in the system tray are not there. I ran AdAware and Spybot and got rid of everything those 2 found. Virus Scan runs clean.Another example is that I have my LAN connection set to show the icon in the system tray - it doesn't but I can still connect. The icons aren't hidden, checked that. I have also consistently lost my wireless connection. The Device Manager doesn't even show it. It's built into the motherboard I believe.
View 6 Replies View RelatedGot a problem here, how do I adjust what programs I want to start when I boot my computer.I find myself disabling at least 8 programs before I start my normal CPU functions, because they eat away at my memory.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to eliminate some programs from running on startup and for the life of me I can't figure out how to do it in XP.I could do it fine in '98, but obviously they've changed it.
View 12 Replies View RelatedI started up my computer just now and everything seemed fine until I tried to start an application. Some did not appear, though they appeared running in the task manager. The ones that did start up would load for a moment and freeze (I tried Trillian, which didn't start up, but appeared in the task manager, and Skype and Firefox, both of which froze).I'm not sure if this had anything to do with it at all, but as I was frustrated with nothing working I opened CCleaner and analyzed, and while it was doing that applications suddenly started working.My question is, what could have caused that? Is it something I need to worry about, such as a piece of my hardware slowly dieing?
View 14 Replies View Relatedthere are a few programs that automatically start when I start up my computer. Now ive run acrossed it before but now I can't find it and I was wondering how I get those things from automatically starting.
View 4 Replies View Relatedi am running winxp service pack 2. having big problems with the computer at startup, it automatically launches programs lots of times eg 120 versions of iexplorer, hovering over my documents opens all documents at once, the computer is generally unstable until i have manually deleted all the programs running one by one, it starts to settle down and run ok. i have done all the usual virus,spyware, trojan scans etc - all clean. I'm worried that it could be more serious than a virus or malware.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI used to use a web site that you could cross reference items that ran at startup to determine if they were required, optional, or otherwise. This site does not seem to be working currently and am looking for some alternative.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI've got windows XP and want to stop some things running when I boot windows. I've tried running MSCONFIG and un-ticking programs in the startup tab. Next time I boot the same programs still load. When I looked in MSCONFIG again the programs were un-ticked, but if I scroll down they have all appeared again ticked. Can anyone help me cause I've got some pretty pointless things starting that slow my PC down?
View 14 Replies View RelatedWhen i try to use msconfig to turn off several startup programs, no matter what I chose, when I click apply and ok, and close msconfig, and then open msconfig again, all the programs i tried to turn off have a tick by them again... there seems to be some junk programs there - i use AntiVir Guard as virus protection, so I guess it's unlikely to be a virus
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhen i try to use msconfig to turn off several startup programs, no matter what I chose,when I click apply and ok, and close msconfig, and then open msconfig again, all the programs i tried to turn off have a tick by them again... there seems to be some junk programs there - i use AntiVir Guard as virus protection so I guess it's unlikely to be a virus
View 5 Replies View RelatedCan anyone tell me which command i use, in run, to open the list of startup programs so i can stop some of them from starting each time i log on to windows. i use windows xp home edition.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have performance problems with my pc, it takes too much time to start and the PC ussage is constatly at near 100% with any program, for example, playing a video or starting word. I have run several anti-virus, and spyware programs, but no solution yet.
View 8 Replies View RelatedWhenever I startup, the computer usage runs way up to 80-100% and it takes forever to start a program. It immidiately starts this whenever I just turn the computer on, and I hear it because the sound that Windows makes at startup gets scratchy and stutters. Once it has started up, if I click on iTunes (for example), once the program pops up and I click on Play, every song stutters. It stutters only at the beginning and then it smooths out, but it does it for every single song played.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'm running XP Pro, I have the admin account - I'd like to know is there any way of changing the startup programs for limited users? I have a program I want to run at startup in my admin account, but I don't want it to start for any limited users when they login.I tried going into the limited account and running msconfig, but obviously this is disabled in limited accounts so no joy there.
View 4 Replies View Relatedfew programs began showing up in the System Tray that I didn't want to open.I went to msconfig/General and checked Selective Startup without knowing whether or not I needed to.Then, I went to Startup and deselected those programs.That worked for a while till I went back to misconfig and checked for Normal Startup Since the unwanted programs appeared again in my System Tray, I unchecked them in Normal Startup mode. But when I boot up my computer, I find that I am still in Selective Startup even though I checked for Normal.
View 7 Replies View Relatedtrying to install certain software. I don't know if it came with it, or with something I downloaded from it.. but still.. some adware hit me. It was "ucmore search" or something like that... I was getting a new firefox window with ads on it every single minute. When it got me tired, I installed Ad-aware and run it. Automatically quarantine everything it spotted.Even then, the problem was still there. I didn't care, since I really had to get with other things.I tried to install some software trial But it didn't let me install it, it popped up a message saying I was missing js32.dll.I rebooted my lap, and now every time I log in to windows, all that appears is my wallpaper. No taskbar, no start menu, nothing.
View 8 Replies View RelatedMy main user account has disappeared from the welcome screen. I know all about pressing Ctr+Alt+Del twice and typing in your account and if that doesn't work, to use the "Administrator" account to enable your main account. The problem is that my administrator account doesnt even seem to have any administrator privelages... its just as useless as the guest account, or so it seems.I don't know what to think. If i go to computer management and check out the users i see: Administrator, Guest, and some other SUPPORT_388... but not my main account. IF i go to documents and settings, i see all the accounts, including administrator and guest and my main account. So what's happening?
View 1 Replies View RelatedOperating System - Windows XP running on a HP Pavillion 761n - Missing dll files such as:mscvr80.dll and msvcp80.dll. Can't seem to find these files anywhere or I just don't know where to locate them.
View 2 Replies View RelatedOur family computer is running like a slug. It takes forever to startup and open programs and the hard drive activity light is always on. It also uses up a lot of RAM for some reason but the CPU usage is normal. I have another hard drive that is in a removable tray that I use, and that has all the same settings and everything, but that one is using a fraction of the RAM and runs pretty good!
View 9 Replies View Relatedwhenever windows starts up the programs that i set to autorun in "RegistryAll UsersRun" disappear but those in the startup folder remain there and run fine....i can add them but when i reboot my PC and check if the entry is there it no longer is
View 3 Replies View Relatedwhen i first start up my PC it seams slow. like when i try to use a program. its slow to starting up. but after a while things seams to speed up to normal
View 2 Replies View RelatedWin XP HE SP2. Dell 8300 3.0 Ghz .PC takes minutes from startup to desktop. All programs much slower than usual.I regularly use Defrag, Have Microsoft anti spyware, Panda anti virus, Ad Aware Spybot, System Mechanic Pro.etc.Have tried everything!
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