problems

USB Devices Cause Shutdown or Standby Problem 0

USB Devices Cause Shutdown or Standby Problem

When you shut down your PC and it seems to hang while shutting down, the problem can be related to USB devices that are connected to your computer. This can happen while shutting down or when activating the standby mode. You can tell Windows XP to take control of the USB device and power it down.

Problems Playing Videos with Windows Media Player 0

Problems Playing Videos with Windows Media Player

Playing multimedia on a computer has become so common during daily PC use, that we are not always prepared for problems. There are so many different multimedia players and so many different multimedia formats, that error causes can be almost anything. But if you are using the Windows Media Player, there is one common cause of problmes that can be easily fixed.

Restart Windows Explorer 0

Restart Windows Explorer

Windows XP problems can have many causes, and the solution is not always that easy to find. If your system seems to hang or becomes dreadfully slow, the general solution is to reboot the PC. But in quite a few cases Windows problems can be caused by the Windows Explorer. Restarting the Windows Explorer takes far less time than restarting your computer.

Reduce Windows Crash Delay 0

Reduce Windows Crash Delay

Nobody likes hanging applications. But if it does happen, you want the operating system to deal with it in an efficient manner. Windows XP informs the user of non-responsive applications. If you don’t like the time it takes Windows XP to assess if an application is hanging, you can tweak it to your liking.

Automatically Kill Hanging Applications in Windows XP 1

Automatically Kill Hanging Applications in Windows XP

Haning applications is a fact of life. Depending on your PC configuration and the type of applications you use, occasionally you will experience a hanging application. In most cases terminating and restarting the application is the only way out. But if this happens a lot, why not tell Windows XP to automatically do this?