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OK, I found this: http://www.hellopdf.com/index.php It's OK for me.

I am looking for a nice converter from PDF to doc (or rtf or html, doesn't matter) like Able2Doc only freeware. Any ideas?

Thanks for the trick. I will try it next time I will reinstall windows.

You have 450 mHz, and my cpu is 1303.074 MHz, 64 KB cache size. But it is slow because of firewall, antivirus and other nice programs running at startup. Do I have time for that? I use XP-AntiSpy which allows to turn these services off by pressing a single button. In my previous thread I explained why I don't think that slipstreaming is nice. Because you, English folks, don't need much. But when I tried nLite all the language modules were broken, and I coudn't use my native language support. And in general I think that it is not a good idea to drive the whole operation system through a buggy freeware. There's something wrong with Windows, and I am afraid, if the things go on this way, Microsoft can loose its monopoly.

Thank you, deXter, for a better explanation. If under SP2 it takes 5 minutes to open outlook, I think it is too long. How can I test it? I am an ordinary user, I don't know anything about computers. Do you mean that some services coming with Windows are harmful? How can I know what services to disable? Maybe they are important? Do you mean I have to do anything more that it was already done? I didn't clean anything, Windows did everything by themselves how it was meant to be, I guess.

That's completly incorrect. The System Requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 2 page clearly states that the minimum requirements for SP2 are: • 233 megahertz (MHz) processor • 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM • 1.8 GB of available hard disk space during installation This configuration can hardly be called powerful. It's maybe incorrect when you are running plain Windows, but if you have a lot of other stuff running + annoying automatic updates which tend to restart your computer at the most unexpected moment, then it's correct. From my experience I can say that SP1 is faster than SP2. I don't know what hidden processes are there running, but SP2 constantly writes something and that slows down everything. So I use XP-AntySpy to turn a lot of unpleasant things off. As for erunt, as I said, you can use it to restore your registry from BartPE, the only bootable thing available. Can anybody tell me why for Linux there are plenty of nice little things like Knoppix available, and for Windows only one ugly BartPE?

I readily believe that JV16 is an outstanding cleaner. I greatly appreciate your help, too. But you forgot that I am a foreigner from Belarus, as the flag indicates. Things differ here from what you, guys, have in North America, and inexpensive for ones is very expensive for others, while freeware is equally free for everyone. But I didn't ask about a cleaner. I prefer to clean registry manually. I asked about registry backup. Is there anything better than erunt? But it doesn't matter now, since I installed it already. Thanks. I was happy to talk to you.

Thanks, Jeremy, but that is a paid stuff. I need something freeware. And besides I don't think that cleaning registry this way is a good idea.

Thanks for the hint. I just deleted it manually and adjusted its volume to 2% in System Restore. As for the registry backup I always use erunt. It can restore registry from BartPE, but maybe there is something nicer, I don't know. What do you think?

Hello guys, this forum's administration is very quick to lock the threads. I want to reply the last guy what is wrong with SP2. I don't want to offend anyone, and you yourself know that Windows are not perfect, and SP2 requires newer computers equipped with more powerful hardware which I don't have. Though I pay money, Microsoft doesn't give me any choice what to use, and each time I have to pay more and more like for better software that needs better hardware , and I don't like this. I just want to have my applications which I got used to running. But I installed SP2 because there is no solution how to prevent Comodo from blocking shutting down, and now it doesn't make any problems. But I have a different question I'd like to ask: I have a folder "System Volume Information". It is very big like 3G or so. Do I really need it? And one more question: what programs do you use to back up your registry?

Thanks for everything and good-buy.

Sorry for my mistakes. As I said I am a foreigner. Though I am fluent to a certain extent in English, I have difficulties in understanding slang and specific technical terms. I tried nLite. It was not bad in comparison to AutoStreamer, but the language drivers were completely broken so that I couldn't use my native language support. No slipstreaming is unacceptable. And as I said I have no time for playing/experimenting. I just want to have the applications I need for my work running. That's all I want. But thanks anyway to you and other guys who replied. It help me to identify the problem. Can you tell where I can find this Komodo forum, you mentioned?

Enough of SP2 and nLight. It's getting annoying already. I won't neither install SP2 nor to to use nLight, which breaks the drivers. There's nothing better than the original CD, and if SP2 is incompatible with it, I won't install SP2, or will you tell me to through away my computer and buy a different one with Vista installed, since Microsoft is going to stop selling Windows XP in 2008, in order to fix a simple shutting down problem? What advises will you give then? I found the reason. It is Komodo firewall. When I turn it off before shutting down / rebooting, I don't experience any problems. How to enable Komodo to let me shut down my Windows? I'd like to know now.

OK, I did it. In the system section there were listed some errors connected to avast, W32Time and netevent (I don't know what the last is). And something like The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: AmdK7 Fips IPSec MRxSmb NetBIOS NetBT RasAcd Rdbss Tcpip How serious is it? And how can I do that? With nLight? When a half of drivers are broken? Sorry, this I don't fully understand because I am a foreigner and have problems with the language. But I can say that I installed these Windows on this computer several times already and everything went well. Shutting down freezes not always. Sometimes it's OK but seldom.

I don't want SP2 because if something goes wrong, I won't be able to use installation CD as a rescue CD because it will become incompatible with SP2. And what you can advise in this situation, BartPE, or right to go and buy Vista together with a compatible computer in order to fix this shutting down problem?

OK, guys, I believe that people at this forum are knowledgeable, if you don't know the answer, please say nothing. I have not a slightest desire to experiment with my computer, I have a lot of other things to do.

It is the original Microsoft XP Home SP1 bootable CD. Please don't persuade me that upgrading to SP2 solves all the problems. I just want to fix shutting down. Can it be because of a firewall?

Hi, I reinstalled Windows XP Home and have problems to shut down or restart. It freezes. It says: "Saving your settings" and then "Windows is shutting down" and that's all. Nothing changes, no shutting down, nothing. How to fix?