Just when I think I have this prolems solved...days or
weeks later it comes back again. :((
When I play a sound file off the computer it occasionally
skips. Off the CD, the Win player  is also interrupted.

I have a machine that I upgraded from 98se to XP Home,
since the upgrade the keyboard will not function on first
boot, it take two, sometimes three tries before the
keyboard will function.

Hello, does anyone know how to format the master boot
record using XP Home Edition? I have tryed using a floppy
on startup and using the command FDISK /mbr... but it was
on the A drive and did'nt work. I need to type this on the

When I plug in my Universal Smart Drive (32mb)into the USB
port, the following message appears: "USB Mass Storage
Device, USB Device. An error occurred during the
installation of the device. One of the filter drivers

I made a serious mistake about 3 hours ago - accidentally romeved a 80GB
NTFS partition with contain precious personal data. Is there any chance to
recover the hard drive? Any suggestion is very mucch appreciated.

I want to purchase a 250 GB Hard Drive.  I have read some
people have had problems when they surpass 130 GB. I
believe it has something to do with the BIOS and not
Windows XP. How can I check if my system can handle a 250

Newly upgraded Dell Latitude 810 laptop; XP pro up from 2K Pro. FIle system
is NTFS
If I select a folder & open "properties", the "read only" box is
half-checked - i.e., there's a grey check mark (which I'm used to seeing to

I will be grateful if you can help with my SAMSUNG COMBO
SM-304B CD-ROM Drive. (Operating platform XP Pro)
I can play DVD, open files on CDR, burn to CDR. If I
insert a CD-RW however, it takes ages to open and if I

I get this whenever I plug my new usb 2 IPOD into my usb 1 laptop.  I know
why it is happening, I just don't know how to disable the message from
popping up everytime I plug in the ipod.....
tia,

How can you tell if a SDRAM chip is bad?

I,ve recently installed an 80GB hard drive as my slave
drive.The drive is visible in Disk Management and if I
boot up in Safe Mode the drive is seen in "My Computer"
but in normal mode I can't see the drive ("My Computer")

I had a Logitech USB Wireless Keyboard installed via USB. Everything
was running smooth. Now I had to switch back to a normale keyboard and
a normal mouse, but when Windows XP boots, the login screen starts, I
can move and click with the normal mouse, but when I hit a key on the

Need drivers I tried to ask for help from dell. It's been
almost a month they still have not replied. I been told
that I should be able to get the drivers free but can not
seem to find them. I have a Latitude 640c windowsXP.

I currently have xp home installed on pc as it was
supplied when bought the pc. I now however require xp pro
as I need server capabilities 4 a proposed web site.
I have read many articles relating to dual booting but

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