Windows XP does not recognize my 2 printers
automatically.  After going through the steps to "add new
hardware", at the end I get this message: RPC server is
unavailable.  When I try to 'add a printer' and go through

I recently aquried a used computer, a 550mhz, that is
slightly newer than my current one, a 450mhz.  The 450 is
running XP and the 550 is running 98.  What I want to do
is to move my current harddrive over to the new computer

(1)  Print Screen/SysRq - doesn't print anything.  Why?
(2)  What does the Pause/Break key do?
(3)  How do you use the Insert key?

I just bought a ibm r40 notebook, it was installed with a windows xp.
 But when i opened the hardware manager, I couldn't find the com1 port, but
can only find the lpt1.
 Can anybody explain what is the reason of it? How can I make com1 port

Am running XP on a Dell Dimension 8100. Also running XP
on a new Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop. Installed software
for HP printer on laptop and can access it with no
problem. Just installed software for HP scanner on

I am attempting to install Windows XP Pro on my new
computer.  After it says "press enter to enter setup" it
goes to a screen that says Windows did not detect a hard
disk to install to.

Released a few hours ago so...
How do you rate it?
Errors?
xp's Firewall functional?

I need to replace the hard drive in my dell latitude L400
notebook b/c it is running out of space.  I found a
compatible 30Gb drive and want to get all of the data from
the old 6Gb drive to the new one.  Can anyone point me in

Hi i just bought the Maxtor 300GB hard disk and put it inside my compaq Evo 510 desktop.  When i inserted my windows xp setup cd it only seems to recognise 120GB does anyone know why?  Am i doing something wrong?
I'd appreciate any advice on this matter.

I have  had an HP 9795c computer for 3 years.  The other day I started up
the computer and received the message "No Operating system".  I then noticed
that the bios was no longer recognizing the two hard drives on the IDE
channel.

I upgraded my hard-disk and it came with a utility to copy the old hard-drive and partition contents onto the new drive (with partition sizes of my choice).  I partitioned the new 120 GB hard-drive into 60GB, 30GB, and 30GB and then used the utility to copy the old drives onto ...

my cd-rw is detecting as a normail cd-r and i cannot use
rw discs....my burning software detects the burner but in
my computer it is a normal drive. also i cant use any of
the cd burning feature of windows xp. in my computer when

At the DOS startup screen, I get a PCI resource conflict
message.  After Win XP starts I get the Icon "new PCI
device found" but there are no drivers and I can not
cancel the install.

I have installed a GeForce FX 5200 PCI card on my computer.  My previous card was the standard Intel, which comes with the HP computer.  I went through and disabled the Intel card, but every time I reboot it senses the Intel as new hardware and tries to reinstall it.  I have read ...

Could anyone help me on this issue
I am playing any game online or not when I get a blue screen with this messag
"DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
and the stop code is 0x000000d1  (ox648c2374 , 0x0000000a,0x00000000,ox648c2374