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Keyboard keys all out of wack - MAYDAY
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 4 Comments

My Compaq Windows XP laptop just started doing something really strange. I type the letter Y and up pops 2, K types 3, etc. I can't access web sites to update or anything because the keys typing the...

Memory Address'
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I'm trying to expand my troubleshooting skills and my searching of the web hasn't yielded any info. In analyzing dump files and error messages there's frequently reference to the memory address. I...

Registry Error
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 5 Comments

After installing Windows XP 2002 edition, I get a Messenger Service pop-up suggesting that there is a "Critical error message - Registry damaged", and that I need to download a cleaner from...

hibernate problem
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 0 Comments

on windows xp sp2 when a Microsoft USB mouse is connected to the machine, the machine can not hibernate. if the USB mouse is dissconected from the machine or connected to it using PS2 it can do...

Edge DiskGo! Hard Drive Causes StartUp Failure
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I installed an Edge DiskGo! drive on my HP Pavillion 751x using a USB port. I've tried several USB ports with the same result. I am running under XP Professional with all upgrades. The new drive...

*Compaq Presario 4403US Desktop PC for sale
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 1 Comments

i think i might sell my Compaq Presario 4403US Desktop PC. i don't really want it anymore besides i upgraded to a zd8000. it has a 1.4GHz processor. it has about 384MB of RAM one 228MB card and one...

Re: Help With RAM
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 1 Comments

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WinXP System Verification Error in STREAM.SYS WDM driver error 23b
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 28 Comments

Help! Please! My IBM Thinkpad WindowsXP all of a sudden won't boot properly. I'm at my wit's end on what to do to debug & repair. I can't even tell if it's a hardware or a software problem. I get a...

?? about adding a new hard drive
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 1 Comments

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...

Startup Problems whan removeable drive/s attached
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 2 Comments

If I have any removable drives attached, USB sticks or my 300 gig Iomega drive, I receive an error message - wrong disk or non system disk when booting up so I have to remove / turn off attached...

Am I slowing down my ATA133 HD with my DVD-RW?
Posted on March 14th, 2006 | 5 Comments

A new system I'm putting together has the following three IDE drives: ATA133 HD - 40GB ATA133 HD - 160GB Plextor 716 DVD-RW This computer will be used to record multi-track audio - and for...

Sharing a Folder on a USB external drive
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I have a desktop and a laptop, I have an external USB drive mounted to the desktop. I set some of the folders in it to share but have had no luck. I have folders shared from my internal drives so I...

Slowed Mouse Scrolling as a result of installing XP
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi Wondering if someone can shed some light on why my mouse is scrolling very slowly on web pages. I have just got an upgrade box and installed Win XP Professional. The mouse I am using now (Genius...

so what...
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 2 Comments

hey all, and so what if my laptop has an 800-MHz front side bus, what direct benefit is that for me? Thanks, rodchar

install device driver with no user interaction
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 4 Comments

I need to run a batch or an exe to install drivers for a Pnp usb device with FTD2XX drivers from FTDI. Now from a batch i call: C:\WINDOWS\System32\rundll32.exe...

Wife dropped! Need CDR/DVD slide-in drive for her Compaq 1700T laptop
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 3 Comments

any suggestions will be appreciated, HELP any way you can? Thanks

Laptop catastrophe
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 12 Comments

My girlfriend spilled sprite and or water all over my laptop and it turned off right away. I naturally flipped out and thought everything was ruined for good. I went out and bought a hard drive...

XP not recognize Firewire external drive
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 8 Comments

I've been looking all over the internet for a solution for this: I have a 300gb drive in an external case which has both USB 2 and firewire. I have used this external case on a mac with firewire...

Give simple users rights to install USB card
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hi, is it possible to give simple users the rights to install drivers for usb card ? may be a group can be created and permissions given to it as in Nero Burn Rights module ? What are the...

2GB problems
Posted on March 13th, 2006 | 7 Comments

Hi all, i am trying to add 2GB of Ram to my computer, at the moment i have 1.5GB of memory but when i try to add another 512mb of ram my computer goes haywire, it doesnt boot into windows, it shows...