Thanks for the info. I've booted up into Puppy Linux (which I believe is a Knoppix flavour), and attached in a USB caddy. Puppy hardware probe shows it as: /dev/sdb|Direct-Access|TOSHIBA...

So is the consensus that only admin level accounts can install usb drives? Making regular users local admins is totally contradictory to basic security principle of granting least privilege. With...

On 23 Sep 2005 13:03:35 -0700, "Zanzer Corporation (Mike Roberts - CEO)" <mike2010@gmail.com> wrote: >Question 1. >This is a simple one. What is the "Run" command to go to the boot menu >in Windows...

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:25:02 -0700, Rob <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I have a BenQ FP71G+ monitor and windows update gives me a new driver for a >FP705. I contacted BenQ about this and...

I am trying to run the XP Home system recovery on a Compaq Presario 6000, with the 5-cd recovery kit that came with it, and the (...) computer won't accept the second cd, saying it is not the right...

Having just bought a new system with WinXP Pro SP2 and loading on my trusty joystick, I find to my horror that I cannot add new profiles or change my existing profiles via the recorder facility. The...

I am runing Win XP. Lately, I discovered that Explorer only see the CD/DVD drive but not the content in my CD/Dvd drive when I put in a CD. I went to Disk Management and clicked on the DVD (It...

laptop developed a Blue vertical line on the screen that is always there! It is about 1 1/2 inches wide, and a fairly solid blue. Nice clean edges, a streak that appears from the moment I boot up....

Hi all, I've heard many stories that on M4 the Micrsoft ZeroConfigure wireless does not play nicely with the whole system. I have also experienced some suspicous problems: mostly, the wireless...

My system -XP Pro, totally updated, has been experiencing stability problems and has been locking up, especially when doing CPU intensive activities like DVD rendering. I believe that the problem is...

I'm tryna to add a Nvidia RIVA TNT2 PCI video card to my computer but WinXP (SP2) hangs when starting up (Windows XP logo and animation on black screen). I already have a video card onboard, but it's...

If you have Power DVD installed try removing that and the mouse drivers and hardware. Reinstall the mouse. Fixed my mouse scrolling issues and screen saver activation problems. Documented...

i just swaped my DVD+RW drive from one computer which had an DVD drive paired with the writer to another which does not have a DVD drive (only a CD drive) and now whenever i try to write a CD or DVD...

Hi All, I'm having a problem with some memory I've recently installed on my XP system. I thought I had purchased a 1gb stick of memory, but it is showing up in Windows as 512mb. I have been told...

hi - i had nod32 installed before the computer went wrong. i used killdisk to wipe the harddrive and then reinstalled xp, then i defragged the drive with perfectdisk now i use avast home, as i...

For the life of me, I can't think of the small computer. It is a sq. box, some have a little handle on top. Please advise.........Peter

I got a Blue screen after changing the default soundcard (I have 2 of them) and trying to listen to some Midi files. As I rebooted the system, I got a message saying that windows XP couldn't start...

"Patrick Page" <patspage@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uSmpUPJwFHA.3200@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... >I have installed to the point where Device Manager sees it and says it's >working properly. At...

If I put any cd or dvd in my drive, then try to switch to a different cd, the drive won't recognize the change but will instead continue to show the files for the first cd. It doesn't matter if I...

I too have 2nd, Hard Drive problems, only mine is this : I have istalled 2 hard drives (1) is assigned C:\ (Samsung SV102H-9 gig) (2) This is a ST310232A- 9gig..but it has NO assigned letter???. My...