I just installed a new DVD drive but no dvd's will play.
The drive won't even read normal cd's. I did set the
region settings for the drive, and there are no updated
drivers for me to get. I've tried WMP, WinDVD, and

With more memory, Windows XP creates the bigger swap
file - why? Thanks

I'm working on fixing a client's system, and am fairly
good at troubleshooting XP problems, but this one has me
stumped.
The system has two CD drives (An ATAPI CD-ROM and a

I had a 9700 pro with 350 watt power supply on an athlon
2700xp and experienced graphics in games that were kinda
wavy.  I upgraded my power supply to 550 and bought a
9800XT and still experince that wavy effect.  I have the

Ive got a big problem with my hard drive- and im totally
tearing my hair out trying to resolve it!
I have an Hitachi Deskstar 180GXP 80GB Drive that supports
ATA 100. The problem is- Windows XP only runs the hard

after creating a desktop shortcut of cd drive when I
click on it on the desktop I am told that it can't be
found or located - does something have to be in the drive
for it to locate it using winxp pro

Started with Q drive icon(dvd rom drive)disapearing off my
desktop.Have power to dvd drive, tray opens and closes but
drive is not recognised. Searched in system tools/system
information and found that I have problems with Primary

I have a new 120 GB hard drive which I formatted 30 GB for XP Professional
when I loaded  (ATA100 Drive).  I am booting with a dual DVD/CD RW drive.  I
also have Serial Raid ATA controller which I plan to install another hard
drive on.

Hi there,
After recently going from Windows ME to XP (format and
install, not upgrade).  And for some reason, the USB now,
no longer works.  In fact I have had to disable the

when i bought my computer from p.c world my 128mb geforce fx5200 graphics card was set up for me out of the box but they disabled the onboard one for me when i purchursed it. if i restore my computer will i need to reinstall the graphics card and disable the onboard one from the ...

I'm after advice regarding a problem with a USB
2.0/firewire combo card which I recently installed.
My motherboard is MS-6340 with VIA KM133 chipset, and has
2 in built USB 1.1 ports, and i'm running Windows XP. The

I loaded a dvd r/rw alongside my DVD Rom, but the rom drive has vanished, DVD R/RW does not play any discs, if I disconnect the dvd wirter the dvd rom re appears.
any ideas
cheers
Chris

I have a computer that is running Windows XP Home.  I am
trying to upgrade the Motherboard in my computer and I
need to find out if I do this will I run into problems
with the Windows Product Activation?  Some people have

I just installed a Seagate 160 gig hard drive and used the
utility that came with it before I could install xp home.
My motherboard recognizes it as a Seagate 160 and during
the utility I had to go through, it said that I could only

I am unable to open the printer set-up wizard to set up a
Lexmark X1130 all-in-one printer in windows XP.
It was there last week definately.