Re: help center keeps starting

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Why doesn't Help and Support work?
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/startmenuhelp.htm

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

dickg wrote:
i have a customers laptop that with a fresh install of xp pro and all the updates the help center is running wild. task manager has dozens of help centers in it. the computer is completely usless. after a long wait, ten minutes i will get a message that windows cannot find helpctr.exe. when it is working the help center will open properly and the registry keys look okay. any ideas???? 
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