I have a Compaq Presario 2700 notebook that I purchased
with Windows XP Home on it.  I upgraded it to Windows XP
Pro in order to use it on a domain network. Sometime
after XP Pro was installed the computer crashed resulting

when i try and uprade winme to xppro i get to the
finalizing section on  
installation, down to about 21 mins till installation
completion,it just seems to stop i tried retry by pressing

Thursday eve
Inspiron laptop /  XP home
Linksys wpc55ag wireless card
The built-in 3com net-adapter works fine.

I am running XP and installed a 3 port PCI card that XP
is supposed to recognise.
I have tried 2 PCI slots and manual install but no driver
is found.My XP updates are up to date. Can anyone suggest

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Have bought a 2nd hand PC and have plugged in both a Sony
P10 and a Canon a200 but doesn't come up as removable
disk in Explorer?

I cannot open word unless I go to Run and type in program
name.  It won't let me open it from the desktop or from
programs.  I have tried to delete the program and put it
back on my computer but it still will not open.  I have

Ok.  So i got thsi multimedia keyboard.  Overall good but the f1-f12 have these BS functions on em like new and open.  I play alot of games and this is no good for hotkeying.  A few of my games use specifically the F-keys for the hotkeys, and they aren't working because of the ...

I'm having the same problem.  No sound at all...I've
upgraded drivers, DirectX 9, rebooted, bought new
speakers...you name it!  Nothing works...Let me know if
you find a solution!

Where is my slot for installing a video card ??

My PC is a Dual Opteron 2200 and has the ability to take 8gb of ECC RAM I currently have 3gb, but would like to know if I do upgrade to the full amount how much of this will Windows XP Pro be able to address.
I have read there is a 4gb limit. Yet I have a colleague who has a dual ...

I HAVE A NEW HP NOTEBOOK(256 RAM DVD-RW) THAT WONT EVEN PLAY DEER HUNTER 4..LOADS OK BUT TO PLAY IT VIBRATES ALL OVER SO WHY  PLAY..WHATS CAUSING THIS?? HELP ANYONE..

I have a couple of problems with dll files!
a) when i try to open Msn Messenger, an error box loads
saying
"msn messenger could not load up because a dynamic link

I have one 128m stick of Non ECC RDRAM PC800 from Samsung.
Since RDRAM must be installed in pairs, can I use another
memory module from a different manufacturer (say kingston)
and as long as the specs are the same will it work?

My D drive is not showing up in my computer folder, I
check in device manager and it is working correctly. I
can reboot sometimes and get it back, other times I have
to power down many times to get it back.

Have put in the firewire, and the computer does not
recongnize the added hardware.  I've gone to the hardware
wizard to manually install it, but, wizard say "unable to
find any drivers for this device"  We have uninstalled