When I start-up windows, found new hardware keeps popping
up after  I have already installed driver in win XP.How
can I stop this from popping up everytime?

ever sence I downloaded the service pack on jan 2 there
is a close out that reads nvid32.exe has a problem and i
have to close out everything. I can't seem to uninstall
because i cant find it. what do i do to uninsta

Running Windows XP Home, 1 in 3 times I boot my machine
it tells me there is an unrecognized USB device. The
guilty party is my sidewinder joystick. If I unplug it
and plug it back in a couple of times, it works fine. I

My friend's computer keeps crashing and she cannot get back to a system restore point.  What can she do please?  She is running Windows XP.  This is very definately from a non-tekkie and I would be grateful if you could talk down to me and keep the information in idiot format!    ...

I have got a new computer for christmas, with a 160GB Hard
Drive :)
I check the BIOS and it says the capacity is 164GB. I
installed Windows XP, went to My Computer and it said the

my cds are not being read what can I do

MY LAPTOP COMPUTER CRASHES WHEN I CONNECT MY USB FLASH
DRIVE/MEMORY STICK, MY LAPTOP IS RUNNING WIN XP HOME
ED..  MY DESKTOP WORKS FINE AND ITS RUNNING WIN XP PRO.

WinXP came already installed on my laptop, so I have no
WinXP CD. I need to update the driver for my touchpad
because it crashes my laptop constantly. When I try to
install the new driver, I am asked for the WinXP disc.

Idle-timed Hibernate and/or standby sometimes works and sometimes doesn't,
why doesn't it work properly all the time?????
I have winxp pro + all the updates + p4 3.0c 800 HT + 1gb mem [yes i
installed microsoft's patch for when mem is 1gb and won't hibernate]. + asus

Could someone please tell me how to correct an error message that says:
The device \Device\CdRom0 has a bad block?????

I have a serial mouse connected to my computer that is
working fine.  I want to switch to a PS/2 Mouse.  I
cannot get my computer to detect the PS/2 Mouse and PS/2
Mouse is not an option in Add/Remove Hardware.  How do I

I can't get disk cleanup to work.  It looks like it
starts but an hour later it's still thinking about it.  
help

anyone knows why my Windows XP is rebooting automaticly?
My computer have this configuration:
ASUS A7N8X - Atlhon XP 2400+ - 512RAM DDR400 - Windows XP SP1 Pt-BR -
Creative Soundblaster Live 5.1 (external - offboard) - XFX NVidia Geforce 4

Got new Seagate 80GB HD and during install of XP home
edition-reboot, the msg "NTLDR missing" is as far as it
will boot.  Is there a fix?

I have an older monitor that came with an e machine,
works fine with any window versions, but not with xp.
plugged newer monitor on and it worked fine. The old
monitor works on start up but as soon as xp loads it goes