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 Vista users are complaining on Microsoft Corp.’s support forums about long start-up, shutdown and application load times compared with Windows XP. The users, who sound pro-Vista for the most ...

My desktop occasionally fails to shut down properly. It seems to complete Windows’ shutdown process, but then just freezes–without actually turning off. Pressing the power button accomplishes nothing.

A freshly installed system starts up quickly and responds swiftly. A few updates and new software installations later, however, Windows seems to become slower and slower. There are several ways to ...