I tried two ways to get a 2nd monitor working but neither worked. First I connected one mon. to the onboard Video output, then installed a second video driver...

GregRo wrote: Hard drive questions. I a little confused on how to find out what type of hard drive purchase. I have an ide cable going to the hard...

I cannot boot into windows after updating the firmware on my DVD-RW. It cannot boot into safe mode or any other configuration. It does not matter if the drive...

I have a USB connected DVD drive that I would like to shut off, but must stop it before I turn it off otherwise it crashes XP. Typically there would be an...

John Swan wrote: Please, I have just created this site and am wondering what your opinion is from both professionals and amatures or the curious alike. ...

I want to install a new video card but my old is built into the motherboard. Can anyone tell me how to uninstall the old one from the BIOS?

I am trying to get my sons presario 2100 running. When he brought it to me it had a error with the old hard drive, hence I couldnt get into it for any files. ...

I recently had a number of viruses on my computer and had to do a reload. Immediately afterwards I updated to service pack 2. My computer worked fine for a...

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I have a generic USB 2.0 hub, and a usb hard drive. My usb ports are all high speed. when the USB hard drive is plugged directly into my computer, it goes at...

I have a second hard drive that I can format and back up to but I get a message that say's in effect that there are restrictions in effect on this computer and...

My old laptop with windows ME worked fine with the Verizon mobil office but the new Dell inspiron B 130 with XP will not let me successfully install driver for...

Hi there, I had to re-install my Windows and when I reached the partitioning section, I accidentally deleted the FAT partition. When Windows XP finished its...

Hello folks, I am hoping someone can help me. I found a broken computer in an old apartment and am trying to get it working again. I turned it on and there...

I would like to know if anyone has a fix for scratches in the non glare coating on a video monitor? Grand kids got at it I think. Thanks in advance Mike

(On XPsp2): My keyboard (regular Microsoft PS/2) stops working when I try to run an old dos program (a database) in full-screen mode. This has only started...

Is there anything out there that can recover files even if the drive has been formatted?

I have a sony cdrom dvd/cd rw drive..I place a cd in the drive and it says that there is not cd to insert. I have checked all i can, but nothing seems to be...

During a recent move I have misplaced my XP operating system disk. I'm trying to access my fax console because I can send but not receive faxes. When I went...

Last year I bought a Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0. I would now like to use it on a new computer, but unfortunately I have lost the installation CD. Is...