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CheckDisk in XP Profesional
Posted on February 11th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Check out: http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/ ScanDefrag 5.2 takes care of evrything and allows scandisk to run. It also runs defrag as well.

In search of new graphics card.
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 16 Comments

i'm going to buy a new graphics card because my obboard graphics chip is no good. However, I'm looking for a fairly low-budget card, which'll support Directx9 and have at least 64MB memory....

No driver installed in device manager for Canon A620
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 4 Comments

When the Canon A620 is pluged into the USB Port It showes up in the device manager under imaging devices as Canon Digtal Camera with an ! in a yellow ball. Under properties it showes no driver...

Ext 300 Gig USB Drive Not fully seen
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 5 Comments

My enclosure, formatted 300 gig Maxtor inside, but XP SP2 doesn't see it, or will only format to 127 gig. Anyway of "correcting" that?

Mouse problem
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 5 Comments

My Microsoft Wireless Optical mouse (attached to my laptop via USB hub) will not work after I have left it for a while unless I click the left button. In fact, I just did some experimentation and...

New mouse but can't access the setting up menu.
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 6 Comments

Hello I've recently installed a new mouse, MS Intellimouse 4000, which works fine but when I try to look at the properties and settings menu I get the following message. An exception occurred while...

Boot failure
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 3 Comments

I am a newbie in the newsgroup I using windows 2000 Professional and athlon processor. after I on my computer, the window logo will appear and suddenly will send error message " inaccessible boot...

my screen to everyone else's screen
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I once worked in a red teaching basic computing. The room I worked in had a facility whereby I could swiitch a device on and all the other student's computers were disabled and they were forced to...

error event id 9, warning event id 51
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 2 Comments

am wondering what this error and warning means : Event Type: Warning Event Source: Disk Event Category: None Event ID: 51 Date: 2/10/2006 Time: 4:52:16 PM User: N/A Computer:

Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) drivers
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 3 Comments

hi I have just installed xp pro on my new hp and all is working except the audio - apparently I need Microsoft UAA drivers and I Can not find them anywhere ? David

Wireless and direct DSL connections one for each PC
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Can I connect one PC that is ready to go wireless wirelessly and my other PC directly without wireless to my 1 DSL connection? If so what do I need to make it happen? Thanks

Boot from SATA
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I just ran Ghost to make a copy of my C: drive to a SATA drive that is now F:. I need to know what I do next to get my System to boot from the SATA drive instead of the IDE drive. BIOS is not giving...

Mouse click powers on PC
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 5 Comments

We just purchased a new PC. It is Microsoft compatible with a Logitech deluxe keyboard and optical Wheel mouse. Left clicking on the mouse while unit is off will Power On the system. Called...

error event id 9, warning event id 51
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 0 Comments

am wondering what this error and warning means : Event Type: Warning Event Source: Disk Event Category: None Event ID: 51 Date: 2/10/2006 Time: 4:52:16 PM User: N/A Computer:

No "ADD" in Game controllers?
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 8 Comments

Installed my xp pro 64 bit and as expected a lot of stuff didnt work or required tweaking to work... I have been able to get most everything working however I cant even begin to start installing my...

monitor 'ignoring' power management options - pls help
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 1 Comments

In Control Panel/Power Options I have set the monitor to switch off after 10 minutes - for some reason it no longer works, the monitor stays on all the time. I have the screen saver set to come on...

Lost DVD drives
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 3 Comments

I have put an extra DVD drive into PC and also added my old hard drive into my new PC. After finally figuring out my hard drive problem, I noticed my DVD drives have disappeard. Does anyone have any...

will not start
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 5 Comments

Hi, I am trying to repair a clients laptop (Toshiba A60, XP home) . I was told that it kept starting up and there were missing files messages so it would stall and not open. When I try to start it up...

Can't install Realtek ac97 audio on Intel 915 chipset
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Hello! I purchased a new HP desktop. It's Intel 915 chipset. I fresh-installed Windows XP Professional. Before the installation, it came with every driver properly installed. But after the...

New HD in XP Home Edition
Posted on February 10th, 2006 | 2 Comments

After installing a new HD as master on the secondary IDE, all folders, programs and even the drive name shows in blue letters in My Computer window as opposed to the master and slave on primary IDE...