I used to have this problem a lot in XP. It went away and I didn't know why, and I've connected easily with my own LAN and with my landlady's when I was on my...

Laptop with Win XP Pro up to date. A new Win XP Pro install. No other problems, all works, CD, USB mouse, USB ports etc. Every time I boot up, windows insists...

I've heard/read that many modern computers don't have ethernet connections. Anyone know if this is true? If so, how does one use DSL to get on-line? TIA --...

I have a Dell XPS 8500, with Windows 7 Professional, SP1, with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender and Windows firewall. (1) TB HD Intel...

Hi, My son, who lives out of state, bought a new computer and wants to donate his WinXP desktop PC to Good Will or other. I told him that he...

This is a new Win XP install. This is a new Thunderbird install. I have four GMail and one Outlook account all imap. Why does it take entering the Master...

On a few occasions when I start my Lenovo T500 laptop the keyboard is unresponsive. With all the Lenovo features, is there some keyboard lock/unlock that I...

Hi, One of my desktop PCs is a Gateway, bought new in 2001 with Win98se and 64MB of RAM. Years later, I added a 128MB ram card for a total of 192MB. ...

The recent thread (in the W7 'group only) about converting VHS (to DVD was in the title of that thread, but to disc file equally) made me wonder: What...

I have a backup system, an ancient Compaq 5000. I just connected DSL to the Ethernet port. Firefox doesn't see its usual web sites it sees with a dial- up...

Hi, Today (09-21-17) I installed WinXP SP2 on a new HD. As in the past, I used the telephone method to "Activate" Windows. I had NO problems...

I am looking to buy 2 x 2GB of ddr2 memory. ccl computers are selling this - CCL Choice 4GB (2x 2GB) 800MHz DDR2 RAM - which at £18.91 is half the price of...

Hi, Do to very low activity in the "Hardware" NG, I am posting the following he Years ago I had a conversation with a ham radio operator...

I have a Dell XPS 8500, with Windows 7 Professional, SP1, with Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender and Windows firewall. (1) TB HD Intel...

I just had an occasion to look at "Add or remove Programs" (doesn't half take a while to fill now!), and wondered what other options there are in the "Sort...

I was just wondering if anyone else usese firefox here. I have 'esr' whatever that is. 53.2.0 or so. Anyone happen to know if XP support will end soon; and...

Hello all, When installing the OS I got a question about how its connected to the internet. I told it that it goes thru a (cable) modem, and now it...

Hello all, #1: I would like to know if there is a way to stop file-explorer of trying to go online when something is entered in the adressbar it does not...

Hello all, I've got FF 16 installed, and noticed that it ignores the HTTP status (404 and so on) in the received data -- it just displays whatever HTTP body...

In my main rig with the Daokorea M010 case running the Korean version of Windows XP Pro SP3, when I open up the System Information utility under System Tools,...