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Usb
Posted on March 9th, 2008 | 1 Comments

notechie wrote: What device? How is it hooked up to the computer?

Presario S5100NX Boots on USB Drive
Posted on March 9th, 2008 | 2 Comments

You were right. The Ext USB HD for backup has its own power. This USB flash drives does not. Thanks for the help. -- Thanks from New Orleans, enjoy your Gumbo I had a similar problem on an old...

Jumper in new Hard Drive
Posted on March 9th, 2008 | 5 Comments

With CS, where the drive is plugged in determines master or slave on the ide ribbon cable. With master or slave jumpered, you have to plug the drive in on the ide ribbon cable in that appropriate...

Actual data transfer rates between drives
Posted on March 8th, 2008 | 4 Comments

My response at the bottom: "Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message news:fqv1nb$o0c$1@aioe.org... Great. Very informative. Have downloaded HDTach and will give it a spin sometime soon! Regards...

Monitor display
Posted on March 8th, 2008 | 1 Comments

Lon wrote: If the same problem exists with a different monitor, your video card is dying. Since a video card installed in a WinME box is quite elderly, this is unsurprising. Uninstall the video...

hardware of software problem? networking
Posted on March 8th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Paul wrote: Thanks for the reply. You are right. The DNS is not working. The problematic pc has only one DNS in file. The working pcs have two DNS. I added the second DNS to the problematic pc and...

Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 - Laser Pointer
Posted on March 8th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Hi is it normal that the laser pointer of my Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 remains ON even if I press the "special" button under the mouse ? Thanks for answer Bertrand

WinXp Restarts when CD Drive is connected
Posted on March 8th, 2008 | 4 Comments

I have had a hideous experience with my computer starting itself up after shutdown. It turned out to be a faulty Power Supply that went on to fry the control-card of my HDD. We took the damaged...

ipoint and quicken problems and autoupdates
Posted on March 8th, 2008 | 0 Comments

Ipoint.exe cause quicken to flicker. Can look at it easily by doing a google search http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=quicken+ipoint&btnG=Google+Search or just by looking on their...

Error Message - Files Needed - Service Pack 2
Posted on March 8th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Carita, it doesnt matter if it's SP1 or SP2. It's the same system file. Choose to Extract to C:\Windows\System32 Folder. "Carita" <Carita@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in...

network card suddenly comes up "unkown"
Posted on March 7th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Gary Roach wrote: Use a program like Everest, and check the enumeration of the card. I have a cheap PCI sound card, and occasionally one data bus bit makes bad contact with the socket. The...

DVD burner software
Posted on March 7th, 2008 | 6 Comments

Thanks everyone for all the help. It was great. -- Thanks from New Orleans, enjoy your Gumbo

Epson Stylus 6600 printing all in red
Posted on March 7th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Ordering a canon & hp now. the epson was 3 yrs old. -- Thanks from New Orleans, enjoy your Gumbo

USB Disk Drive
Posted on March 7th, 2008 | 0 Comments

I'm running XP Sp2 with all updates installed. I have my main (C:) drive in thre computer and 4 addl HDD's as usb drives. When I reboot my system all but one usb drive shows up in windows...

Are all USB port equal?
Posted on March 7th, 2008 | 5 Comments

That did not fix it. I no longer believe it relates to the port because I'm having the same trouble on all usb ports. I started a new thread giving my latest findings. Thanks "Academia"...

MS WitelessLaser Mouse/Keyboard 6000 problems
Posted on March 7th, 2008 | 0 Comments

I'm having trouble with my new MS WitelessLaser Mouse/Keyboard 6000 v2, on my XP. The mouse works fine. The keyboard's regular keys work fine. The keys like the volume control are giving me a...

Microsoft HP Update Error
Posted on March 7th, 2008 | 1 Comments

JEM wrote: Never install drivers from Windows Update. You need to get those drivers directly from HP and the other hardware mftrs.. Do a System Restore to before you did...

How 2 connect old computer db9 port to new laptop with db15 or usb
Posted on March 7th, 2008 | 15 Comments

"Tess" <Tess@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D1616A4E-DE4C-4FB5-9EE2-A258E8C2FDA8@microsoft.com... Windows 98 does not have drivers for USB flash drives. They can be found on the...

Force enabling of second monitor
Posted on March 6th, 2008 | 4 Comments

On my D510 there is a "FN" key on the lower left that while holding down I push "F8" which switches (forces) the Video outputs. A few times of this will generally get you the results you are...

HP tx1419nr, tx1410us, tx2000z
Posted on March 6th, 2008 | 4 Comments

HH wrote: Heh! I try to leave a little work for the OP. Q