Peter I will try what you suggested. But first, can you clear up some questions? 1. This is a Laptop HD. It was in use at one time so it should already be LL...

Hi, Try this first, if still not avail, you may need to perform a repair install of XP (Note: repair install, not clean install otherwise you would lose all...

If you have installed Hotfix Q811493 from the Windows Update site at about the time the slow down started occurring then uninstall it. If that's not the case,...

You have to go into BIOS and set it to boot to cdrom drive. If you can't do that then yes, you can copy the cd to a partition and install xp that...

Hi, Jason Tsang MVP wrote: Goto http://www.aumha.org/a/xpcd.php#problems See the second "problem" (read the caveats) Run the provided registry patch That...

Hi, There are some softwares to bypass the regional setting of DVD. Pls do a Google search for the software to download. I'm sorry I can't remember the...

Some keys in my keyboard doesnt correspond to the actual symbols..Ex: when i start to press the question mark (?) what appears is the dash symbol(-) , and...

I have just upgraded to new hardware (processor, Motherboard, HD) and I did a fresh install of XP Pro on my new HD. I placed my old hard drive with XP Pro...

Hi! Every time I enter my username and password on chat sites, I get an error report? What's up with that? I certainly don't know... Help PLEASE!

How can I change the read ahead cache size for my cdrom in win xp?

Right protect? Where might that be located Peter? And thank you so much for the advice, Bob -----Original Message----- Hi, Have you disable the "right...

If this is a new install of xp then you don't have java virtual machine installed. You'll have to install sun microsystems java virtual machine from the sun...

Network cards are less than $10. Buy one that ISN'T RealTek and whereby you have to install the drivers from a diskette or cd and try it. If it works then it...

Iam trying to connect my Laptop on my Home computer. They both have XP. I crossed the cable and on both machines they say the cable is working and is...

I have 2 cd re-writers, but for some reason can not write to re-writable disks, one of the drives was in my old pc & worked fine. any ideas?

Depends on the RAID controller so dig out your manual, the only board I have with onboard RAID (a promise chipset) won't let me do that. -----Original...

Blame it on the SB live 5.1, a very famous IRQ hog among other things, even so, precipatating a crash seems a bit much. and which GF 4 MX did you have again,...

Hi Can anybody advise why my computer may be running so slow. It started happening a few months ago and is getting gradually worse. Where before microsft word...

Can anyone please tell me why I keep getting this error message. I cannot find any help on the Microsoft web site, does it mean I have a RAM problem or is it...

how do i back up the my documents folder to a zip drive while in ms dos?