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Problem of burning CD
Posted on October 8th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I successfully burned CD by copy about 1 MB of photo files into CD-R. The problem occured when I want to burn another batch of files to the same CD. I'd got a message that CD is full. Can anyone help...

XP pro shutdown error
Posted on October 8th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Have XP Pro. When trying to shut down everthing goes off but power light and get a message stating that windows has shut down to keep from damaging computer. Has info how to go into safe mode then...

Please! Help with case fans
Posted on October 8th, 2005 | 6 Comments

I have a 2005 WindowsXP media center, AMD Athlon 64, 3500+, Ok my case fan has a loud squeeling noise when first started, but after about 2 minutes it is ok, I have another case fan to replace it,...

Writing a display program that offers the user a choice of monitor
Posted on October 8th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I have a simple program (called scrolling results) that displays bridge club results. Some clubs have a note book with an internal monitor and an external monitor. They want to show the scrolling...

Dual Boot - Both Win XP
Posted on October 8th, 2005 | 9 Comments

First of all, am I on the right newsgroup? Blue screened my WinXP SP2 system. After much fooling around and minimal advice, reinstalled plain Jane original version of XP off the repair...

Re: Problems with PIO, Maxtor 160Gb and A7A266 with Ali chipset
Posted on October 8th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Both these drives are UDMA 6 (ATA133) and autoconfigure as such - and run error free when run as single drives. The point of my post was that when run in a dual drive config on the same cable they...

new wireless mouse problem
Posted on October 8th, 2005 | 0 Comments

new micrsoft desktop elite.Cannot close some windows with side buttons of mouse(wireless intellimouse explorer 2)(vieupro,acdc,or even outlook express).removed the elite set-up and reinstalled the...

Replacing Dimension 2300 Boot Drive
Posted on October 7th, 2005 | 6 Comments

Situation: I have a Dell 2300 with XP SP2 operating system. There is a 40G boot drive in the chassis (which only has space for one drive). I also have a 80G WD drive in a USB enclosure. I recently...

Re: Problems with PIO, Maxtor 160Gb and A7A266 with Ali chipset
Posted on October 7th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I have also been battling a problem with XP SP2 showing sporadic IDE Hardisk errors in the system log and also falling back from UDMA to PIO mode. The System Event Log shows the following error: The...

Adding Scanner Events
Posted on October 7th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I am trying to add an event to my scanner start button. I have a Fujitsu Fi-750c scanner and I was at one time able to send a document to Adobe Acrobat and when I installed XP it disabled that...

DDR RAM
Posted on October 7th, 2005 | 1 Comments

My computer has slots for SDRAM And DDR Ram and I have been usuing the SDRAM but I upgraded to the DDR RAM and when I install it my computer won't boot or anything? I went to crucial site and got...

Win XP won't recognize my 2nd HD...Help
Posted on October 7th, 2005 | 7 Comments

I just bought a new Dell Dimension w/ Win XP Media Edition. I took my 2nd HD from my old Win XP Pro Dell Dimension and installed it into the new computer. The bios recognizes it correctly as an 80GB...

Installing Win XP Pro on a Maxtor 300GB hard drive
Posted on October 7th, 2005 | 5 Comments

I'm trying to install Win XP Pro onto a new Maxtor 300GB hard drive using my Win XP Pro Upgrade CD (with my Win 98 CD as 'evidence' of eligibility for the upgrade). I've used Maxblast 4 to partition...

Microsoft mouse scroll wheel scrolls up & down at different rates!
Posted on October 7th, 2005 | 6 Comments

Its scrolls down normally, but scrolls up uncontrollably fast. If I roll the scroll wheel toward me very slowly I can see the window scrolling down a line at a time. If I roll it away from me very...

Additional Hard Disk Installation (Query)
Posted on October 7th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hi All, My system is 7 months old and is running on WinXP-Pro(SP2). I presently have a 40 GB HDD with partitions C, D & E. I have named my CD-RW drive as 'F' and DVD Player as 'G'. I am planning...

Another "No Drive Letter Assigned" Problem
Posted on October 7th, 2005 | 4 Comments

I just upgraded to a new computer and after moving crucial files over, I mounted the old disk into the new computer, along with a CD/DVD burner that replaced a CDR in the new computer. So, I have two...

nec 3530a
Posted on October 7th, 2005 | 10 Comments

having lots of problems with the above cd /dvd drive. It will play movies etc but when burning its either really slow or fails completely. To add to the issue I have just tried to install a game and...

'usb device not recognized' when no device plugged in
Posted on October 7th, 2005 | 0 Comments

a little 'usb device not recognized' message keeps popping up from the lower right of my task bar, when there is nothing plugged into my usb port. it keeps popping up again and again, making an...

Wireless Keyboard Compatibilty Problem
Posted on October 7th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I just needed an answer to a tech support question about a MS keyboard. Im not sure if this is the right place. Its a MS Wireless Comfort Keyboard 1.0A that connects to a notebook through a Targus...

Exclusive access to hard drive
Posted on October 7th, 2005 | 3 Comments

Recently I had some problems with my PC that made me want to run Norton Disk Doctor to analyze my hard drive. When I attempt to do so, I get an error message that says "The operating system, or...