OT can dropping something destory just a bit of its memory? I guess I know the answer, but I want to hear anything you all know about this. Six months...

Hello, with EOL coming for XP next year, will the existing updates still be available after the EOL date? I know they won't be releasing any new updates, but...

Hi, When I try to update XP it continually says: Checking for the latest updates for your computer... This goes on idefinitely. I have a fast active...

Windows tried to run Chkdsk on an external hard drive that does not have an operating system. It is only used for storage. I am interested in the conditions...

I wish everyone a joy filled and peaceful Thanksgiving for those that celebrate it and the same joy and peaceful holiday times for others. Andy

Will a laptop DVD burner work in a SATA type desktop system ? Thanks.

I am trying here as well since there seems to be some here who may have been able to solve my Access Point problems. So please do not suggest me calling...

We have two identical IBM M52 terminals here, both with XP SP3 updated to date. The Start Menu on one shows two choices at bottom right "Log Off" and "Shut...

I just started getting a popup screen on my desktop right after power on. Below is what I...

Hi, I'm a first time poster with an emergency at hand. I have a 1.5 year old Gateway laptop running Windows XP. Friday night, I shut down my computer. A few...

I have a Dell XPS 8500, with Windows 7 Professional, SP1, with Spywareblaster, CcCleaner, Avast, and Windows firewall. (1) TB HD Intel (R) Core (TM)...

Hi All, A customer asked me to do some pen testing on her network(s). I caught this when I probed one computers UDP ports: Target OS is XP-pro-sp3 #nmap...

I hope you can help. My brother is getting a new error: "user profile service failed the logon, user profile cannot be located" HP laptop, Windows 7. ...

and dual booting... Seems to me the best scenariio if you're going to use both XP and Linux would be to set up Linux to use either NTFS or FAT32, and not...

I have a PC, a small server, with Win2003 Std. A few days ago I find hardware interrupts taking 70-90% of cpu time! And perhaps the fact that there are...

I'm still a bit confused by this. Let's say, for example, you make an image backup of your system drive partition (C:), and that this drive has 2 partitions...

I have several devices on my LAN. I need to know the IP address of all on the LAN. Is there an IP scanner application that will list all devices hanging on...

Hi All, I have a lot of CDs and DVDs with a lot of directories and subdirectories on each of them. The directories and subdirectories contain various types of...

My wife's Asus laptop is approaching 4 years old. Almost from Day 1, its battery has been stored in the refrigerator under the 40-40 Rule (40% charge stored...

I have inherited a machine with XP SP3 on it, and it is full of stuff I want to get rid of - which I have. But there is a single user with name 'Bart' that I...