after successfully performing hibernation on my machine, upon resume the machine performs shutdown. this is very strange: the machine goes back from hibernate, all windows coming back and then a...

I have a fairly old joystick. I originally used it on the Amiga A1200 system. It connects via a serial port. If it helps, it is a Quickshot with model number QS-111. Would this joystick be...

I'm trying to use my XP restore for my IBM ThinkPad and it goes through everything until the last 34 minutes when it freezes up. I've tried removing the battery, CDROM, changed the RAM with no luck,...

I've got two monitors set to a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels. I read news, charts, and numbers most of the time; rarely need high resolution but it's probably nice to have if there's a way to do so...

If XP encounters an unrecoverable hardware-related I/O error on a drive, does it mark that block (or whatever the smallest addressable chunk on the disk might be) bad, so that it won't be allocated...

Windows XP Home Edition reported this , and said Windows read the bad memory block in the D: drive , the CD/DVD combo drive . Can I RUN , for example , fdisk to tell Windows to check the CD/DVD...

Hi: My computer went through some rough time in the past. However, luckily everything got back to the normal. My question is: Is there any way to find whether the computer is NOT in danger? Thanks...

Hi -- I am getting the message: " The Unknown USB Device is a HI-SPEED USB device and will function at reduced speed when plugged into a non-HI-SPEED port." I just started to get this message...

Hello. I recently bought a Dell XPS 600 and it has been quite unstable, crashing with numerous blue stop screens with different error codes that can be found...

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Today I lost all contact with my printers, camera and scanner. Also my network connections. I was able to get internet connection back but I cannot reconnect hardware. When I got to add hardware I...

I just bought a 4 port external usb hub, its usb2.0 and comes with power adapter. I plug it into my laptop (it has usb2.0) but nothing is detected, I have XP pro SP2. The hub has a blue LED which...

My bluetooth places wouldnt open for some reason, so i uninstalled the bluetooth device on my hp laptop. then i tried reinstalling it and the web service couldnt find it. How do i reinstall and why...

Currently I have 2 hard drives and want to add a third. Do I need to change the jumpers on BOTH the old drive so my current master is the primary slave, and change the one that is now primary slave...

This has been happening for as long as I can remember (in terms of this PC's life) but basically... It seems like my computer lags up if, well.. Seemingly for no reason. I've noticed that whenever I...

I have a 3,5" hard disk tight into an external enclosure (unknown brand, "Mobile Disk External Data Storage" on one side, "HD-337 Combo" on the other side) that offers IEEE 1394 (Firewire) & USB...

I have recently purchased an USB 2.0 external hard drive Enclosure that I wanted my old desktop machine's hard drive to be connected. The new enclosure works fine on my XP laptop it detects the...

I am trying to attach a DVD Writer but when I plug in I get the message "USB device not recognized". This does not happen if I use my laptop. It is automatically recognized. Anyone know what the...

I got this message from the Wall Street Journal On-line yesterday describing appearance changes they've made: .. A wider page with more information. We've taken advantage of the trend toward larger...

Hi! I just installed this keyboard on my Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook and it works fine except the volume control. The button for mute and unmute works but the buttons for louder and quieter don't...