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problem with my external harddrive
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I just received my SATA external USB harddrive enclosure. I hooked it up to the computer and it recognized and installed it(plug and play) and has it listed as a mass storage device but i...

Install problems D-link DWL-G520M
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 4 Comments

I am trying to install D-link wireless card DWL-G520M (MIMO) on WinXP Home SP2 + later updates but cannot finalize driver installation. Installer asks for the file layout.ini half way through...

Re: 16GB NAND FLASH SSD drive now available to consumers!
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 0 Comments

<fuzzieotter@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1147969575.524963.150300@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... Oh, and cheap, too, at a mere $2000. Uh huh. And will Samsung replace the drive before some...

Wireless Keyboard Volume\Mute Not Working
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 6 Comments

Since updating to Windows XP SP2 and WMP 10.00.00.3990 the volume control & mute key on my Wireless Comfort Keyboard is no longer working. The visual display is shown, but nothing happens....

Laptop mouse button malfunction
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Dell Latitude d505 laptop. both mouse buttons function identically as the left mouse button. i.e. no right click, just two left clicks. any ideas????? TIA

Windows update corrupted video
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 7 Comments

I ran Windows Update on 3 machines from the Microsoft site and installed the following patches: KB902344, KB886903, KB904942, KB909993, KB909520, KB891122, and KB896344. Two of the machines had Video...

Adptec SCSI card
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 3 Comments

I am building a new system box to move from my older Win98Se system. I will be installing XP Home in the new box and transferring as many of my existing peripherals as possible. One piece of...

USB Flash drive recognized - but doesn't show up in My Computer
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 6 Comments

Hi folks, I recently upgraded my computer by replacing the motherboard, CPU, memory and video card. I kept my hard drives, and my Windows XP Home install. It took some work, but after a repair...

Preventing a Suspend State
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I have a problem with configuring Windows XP Professional so that it doesn't allow a mobile cart based computer from entering the Suspend state. We're using Dell GX620 Ultra Small Form factor...

hot connection of WD passport USB External HD locks up computer
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I purchased a Western Digital passport drive (WDXML800UE, external usb 2.0 connection) and initially could "hot connect" the drive with no problems (Windows XP Pro SP2, fully updated). Windows...

PCTV 100e - is there anybody who can get it working??
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Hi all, I have tried to install PCTV 100e on a machine with Windows 2003 Server. I have installed it in Windows XP compatibility mode, and the complete installation process went fine. The same with...

Bluetooth voice support in Windows XP SP2
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 2 Comments

All Once again I'd like to try and get a Bluetooth Headset to work as a microphone with my Windows XP (SP2) installation. The last time I tried this was a few years ago and the XP Bluetooth stack...

Where is USB info stored?
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 4 Comments

Does anyone know where XP stores the information about USB flash drives? I have to update some software on 900 flash drives. I created a batch file so I could just stick the drive in, press the...

WD1200JB Drive in USB Enclosure
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 7 Comments

Hi All I purchased USBTech HDD enclosure about 2 weeks ago and I still can't get it to work. The HDD is a Western Digital WD1200JB, formatted to NTFS. I'm using it on a Sony Vaio PCG-FR215H with...

No sound card detected
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 7 Comments

I recently reformatted my hard drive and now my computer doesn't detect any sound card. My sound card is integrated to my mother board and I can't find any drivers for it. Help!

Tapping Enabled
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Can anyone tell me how to permanently disable the tapping feature on my touchpad? Every time my computer is restarted, the "tapping" feature is enabled and I have to explicitly disable it. Thanks.

How do I change drive letters
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 12 Comments

I have a 4 yr old Dell 8200 Dimensions, running XP. The hard drive is F:\ I installed The Zip Drive about one week after computer was delivered. Some of the drive letters changed when I installed...

USB to serial cables cause problems
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I have a communication program that uses 2 threads (recieve and transmit). I have problems when using a usb to serial cable. If the serial device attached to the cable abnormally terminates ( loses...

Windows XP recovery/ Hard drives not found
Posted on May 18th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Hope this is the right forum for this but here is my problem and question. Recently I have run Windows XP's defragging program to clean up my hard drive. After it was complete and I rebooted windows...

Touching USB causes PC reset??
Posted on May 17th, 2006 | 7 Comments

Hey guys, Here is an odd one. I have a PC that is acting very weird. When you attempt to plug in the USB cable from an iPod, even just TOUCHING the usb plug to the recepticle... it causes the PC...