can i run  a dvd writer and a cdwriter on the same HP
computer w/windows xp?

How do i disable the click when tap option for my laptop touchpad

This problem has appeared since installing a new HDD
(Excelstor J360, 60Gb) Whenever my XP Professional
systems is 'Cold'booted it gets to the Windows start up
screen and then reboots itself after briefly flashing up

had dsl (mindspring) running no problems on 98--cannot
instasll on xp.
Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Upon installing Windows XP on an older DELL Optplex PC
the auto shutdown function no longer works. It goes to a
screen that says it is safe to shutdown your computer and
has to be shut off manually. Is this a settings issue in

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Ok guys, here is one for you.
I just upgraded from 2000 to XP Home. I had two HDDs.
When I upgraded to XP it would not reconize my 2nd drive
(which is a Western Digital 100G), there is about 70G of

well i guess the subject says it all.... lol. so how can i recover the files in a floppy disk when most of the times i usually "accidnetally" corrupt it????

When I boot on, I get an error message Rundll32.exe - no
disk, and I get "error loading dll initialization failed.  
The result seems to be that the computer continually tries
to go to the A Drive.  This seems to have happened after a

I have freshly installed the professional version of
Windows XP. After Windows gets installed and I start
putting drivers in, it works fine till I start doing
updates. I generally save the Service Pak 1 till last.

I am currently using a CanoScan D1250U2F flatbed scanner
that has been working fine for almost a year now.  I am not
sure what has changed but now whenever I plug the scanner
into its power supply,  my mouse and keyboard lock up.  I

RELEVANT SYSTEM DETAILS
Windows XP Home
3 GHz Pentium 4
200 GB Seagate HDD

I have booted from my XP CD, gone through set-up and
overwritten my original installation. But, when it
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hard drive, I still get same error?

I've just upgraded my very old (500mhz P3) PC to XP Home but I can't
get my mouse to work. I've got a Microsoft PS/2 Wheel Mouse plugged
into the (only) serial port via the PS/2 > Serial adapter which came
with the mouse. XP thinks there's nothing plugged into it and no

I have an Asus p2l97-ds motherboard with 2 300mhz processors. Xp pro wont install with both processors installed. I've tried the acpi multiprocessor, the mps multiprocessor, and just letting it do it's own thing. After it copies the installation files and reboots it just ...