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rebooting
Posted on March 23rd, 2006 | 2 Comments

My puter reboots it self when I try to sign in,now I'm logged in safe mode, I can try diagnostic all I can uninstall all devices, advice please. -- arclsvg

Must reboot for USB device to be recognized
Posted on March 23rd, 2006 | 2 Comments

I did a search for topics but found none that was specific to my problem. Sorry if this topic is already there. My problem is that my windows XP running on an acer laptop doesnot recognize any usb...

typing Chinese and English with my keyboard
Posted on March 23rd, 2006 | 1 Comments

I just bought be a Chinese/English keyboard. I want to be able to type on it Chinese, from my computer at home. Is there a certain program I need to buy to be able to type Chinese? I heard you...

windiag and DDR2 RAM
Posted on March 23rd, 2006 | 0 Comments

Does anyone know if the Microsoft Memory Tester Windiag is compatible with newer DDR2 memory? Or does it always fail it and cause the program to crash? Is this a known limitation with the...

Broadband connection
Posted on March 23rd, 2006 | 5 Comments

I was wondering if anyone can recommend a good program to monitor when my broadband connection goes offline and goes back online. I am running off straight modem (no router) and have been...

Device Not Recognized with USB cable 15 m long
Posted on March 23rd, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hi All, I got this Device Not Recognized error when I connect a USB Flash Drive 15meters away in a another room. I have tested my equipment with the following scenerio for possible cause: 1....

Floppy Drive Help Need Badly
Posted on March 23rd, 2006 | 2 Comments

I am using a friends computer and when I booted it the floppy drive started making noises I removed the floppy disk that was in it and the noise continues. I have tryed disabling it in CMOS and...

video adapter
Posted on March 23rd, 2006 | 6 Comments

If windowsxp does not recognize the video adapter, is there any utilities that may be able to identify the chipset? My friend has a 5 year old PC (a chembook laptop) and is looking for the video...

Sudden long boot
Posted on March 23rd, 2006 | 1 Comments

Very recently my computer started idling for a long time each time I would boot up. It would sit at the screen with the big "acer" logo for about 2 minutes doing nothing. There is no disk activity,...

DVI, is it worth it?
Posted on March 23rd, 2006 | 6 Comments

Hi, just got a new graphics card that has 512Mb of DDR3 mem and a DVI connection as well as VGA. My Sony LCD screen only has VGA but for 12 quid I can get a convertor. Is it worth it? Is DVI that...

2nd Monitor Display
Posted on March 22nd, 2006 | 4 Comments

Hi i recently tried to at another monitor to the computer so i could extend the desktop, i know my computer is capable of it but i get no display on the second device, i think it might be that i am...

Problem renaming DVD icons
Posted on March 22nd, 2006 | 1 Comments

We are having a problem renaming (re-labeling) our DVD drive icons on an HP Media Center PC running Windows XP Media Center 2005. Initially, we had icons in 'My Computer' for one hard drive, two DVD...

Cannot write to CD...
Posted on March 22nd, 2006 | 0 Comments

Both the NTI writing utility and XP's built-in writer worked in the past, with apparently no conflicts. Now only the NTI does. Attempting to write with XP results in an immediate stoppage of the...

Monitor
Posted on March 22nd, 2006 | 6 Comments

My monitor flickers on the left hand side. Any ideas Thanks John

Hard drive not showing full capacity
Posted on March 22nd, 2006 | 13 Comments

Setup: WinXP Pro SP2 - Promise Ultra100TX2 - Maxtor 300GB EIDE HD - Momboard ATA is saturated, Promise card is in PCI slot, with Maxtor drive only. How come I cannot get this drive to format /...

how do i get computer temperature?
Posted on March 22nd, 2006 | 2 Comments

how do i get computer temperature? Is there an API call or sourcecode available to determine CPU and HDD temperature? thx gord

New Optical 5000 Mouse - Old KB??
Posted on March 22nd, 2006 | 1 Comments

I have been using a Wireless Optical Desktop 1.0 KB + Mouse combo. Works fine. Just bought a Wireless Optical Mouse 5000. I would like to continue using the old keyboard and just replace the...

RE: Power Surge on Hub Port
Posted on March 22nd, 2006 | 0 Comments

I am getting this on an HP ML570 running Win2K3 server SP1 fresh build. No device are or have ever been plugged into the USB ports. "unknown" wrote:

Thinkpad 600e loops on bootup
Posted on March 22nd, 2006 | 0 Comments

Did a clean install of XP after updating the bios. Windows initially worked fine but now keeps rebooting when it gets to the windows logo. Any suggestions? TIA, David

Use of old HDisk l of XP, (I have OEM CD) with new motherboard
Posted on March 22nd, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hi, At present I'm using a P4 pentium 1.8GHz CPU and Intel 845G motherboard. When I purchased this PC, I was supplied OEM CD of window XP by seller, but XP was not preinstalled. I my self...