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cdrw problem
Posted on December 8th, 2005 | 1 Comments

The cdrw cd after i burn it @ the office, it did not show up at my home computer, but it will show up as read only @ my mom's house. What going on? Please help?

What happened to Alex Nichol?
Posted on December 8th, 2005 | 3 Comments

My goodness. What happened to Alex Nichol? How old was he? "Ron Martell" <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote in message > Have you read the article on activation by the late Alex Nichol MVP at >...

I got no sound ?? Please help me.....
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Hi there, I recently had to do a clean install on my system, which means I have had to re-install a lot of programs. I need to re-install my audio, I know it has worked before. Does anyone know how...

Koutech usb 2.0 device problem URGENT!!!
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I recently installed a F7002 USB & 1394 combo from Koutech. When I installed it it made my network card stop working. I then switched the two cards to each other's slots and the network card started...

instal control for dvd+/-rw
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 1 Comments

i will like for you to help me how i can install the device to my computer at tis time i dont have the cd can you tell me how i can get it . i have a emachines w3052. one of the problems that i...

RE: No drive letter
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 9 Comments

Hi Bob, Is the drive still bootable in either regular mode or safe mode? Im going to bet it isnt but if by chance it is I would recomend that you boot to it in order to retrieve your data. Also...

No Hard Drive Icon.
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Hey, I recently installed a new Maxtor 200Gig hard drive as a slave to my Maxtor 90 Gig drive. The Hard drive is on the device manager list, and is said to be "working properly". Upon booting the PC...

System close
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Dear Fellows I have weird feeling that their is a problem in My computer.When i try to put a cd in my computer it reboot it self and it will do continously unless and until the cd is not removed and...

Mouse & Keyboard erroneous behavior.
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I’ve just formatted and install OS XP with Office XP. My Mouse and Keyboard behave erroneous every once in a while, especially when I need them the most. If I click on a message in Outlook all the...

Bios Battery
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 3 Comments

Hi, I have a problem where my BIOS appears to "forget" some settings (settings are restored to default values). However the correct time is always maintained in the BIOS. Could this problem...

How to check a hard drive
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Hello I am a PC engineer and frequently hard drives fail. Sometimes a hard drive is suspected but with no sure evidence it is only a guess to replace the disk. Chkdsk on NT does not usually find...

Intellimouse 4.0 disables my IBW T43p laptop trackpoint
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I have and IBM T43p laptop. I have installed the Intellimouse 5.2 software that came with the mouse. I now can't use the track point pointer on my laptop. It appears that it is being always...

Microsoft Notebook Wireless Mouse
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hi All, I have a Sony Vaio laptop with Microsoft notebook wireless optical mouse. The laptop also has a touch-pad. Quite often when in use, the wireless optical mouse renders itself non-functional...

WinXP dowsn't offer Bluetooth Services for Acer headset
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 6 Comments

Hi. I would like to use an Acer BT-700 Bluetooth headset with WInXP SP2. Paing is possible, but I can't see any service. Does WinXP not provide services for Bluetooth audio devices? If no, can I...

Hardware fault testing
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hello. Does anyone know of a toolset which can detect component failure (apar from memtest) which could detect which component is faulty on, say, a motherbord that doesnt boot? The best method at the...

How to clear information about bad sectors in the MFT?
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 7 Comments

Hello How to clear information about bad sectors in a MFT, for chkdsk to recreate it properly? All 3-d party utilities show that the HDD is healthy, but Windows remembers that the HDD has 100 GB of...

Dukes/Dolan Settlement
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hey gang Just wondering if their was anybody out there that has recived their cd from HP? I'm still waiting for mine

How to recover a free space on my HDD?
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 20 Comments

Hello Chkdsk shows that my disk contains 109978316 KB in bad sectors: The type of the file system is NTFS. Volume label is DSK3_VOL1. WARNING! F parameter not specified. Running CHKDSK in read-only...

Two Drive "C's" one internal and 1 external
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Both old and new system Windows XP Pro, NTFS (both were/are password protected). External drive was boot drive from the computer that had a none HD crash & burn. I need to copy files from...

STOP 0x00000050
Posted on December 7th, 2005 | 5 Comments

Hello From what I have read the Win XP STOP message 0x00000050 relates to either a memory or motherboard failure. 1. Is there anywhere a reliable index of what STOP messages mean? Such as on...