I have Xp HE Sp1 and use a USR external modem plugged
into the serial port. If I forget to switch the modem on
before boot up then it is not recognised and I have to go
into system properties/hardware and request a search for

I'm having difficulties with my wheel mouse under WinXP
(Home) & SP1
I recently asked a friend:-
In Windows Explorer (Win98SE) I can use the scroll mouse in

Hello,
Just purchased and installed a rack/tray system in my computer so that I can easily swap hard drives.
I read elsewhere that XP has the capability to permit hot swaps when the drive is configured as a removable device, so that the drive can be shut properly down via an icon ...

been trying to connect a bluetooth keyboard and mouse to
windows xp pro through a usb port. so far, no good.
windows detects the bluetooth transceiver by putting
entries in device manager, but the problem seems to be is

I've swapped my CDRW for a DVD/CDRW Combo (Samsung SN-324B firmware
U003). I managed to have the drive being recognized by switching off
DMA support from the IDE controller properties. Then I switch back
from PIO to DMA and all works fine. When I start the system the next

I tried to convert my E drive that is a slave from fat32
to ntfs. I get a error message that says " unable to
convert RAW drives" The WD 80 gig drive is formatted with
7 gigs of stuff on it that I dont want to loose by

Have just bought these. The camera is great but cannot
transfer pics either from the camera or the dock to the
pc. Software is current and installed correctly, USB
connection appears ok. Anyone else had problems with this

how do i get my floppy disk drive to stop saying no disk in drive when i insert one i build computers but have never been able to figgure out the stupid floppy disk

Is it possible to convert a partition from FAT32 to NTFS
without loosing its data in WinXP Pro (without using a
third party software)? Thanks for the help.

how exactly do i set up the floppy disk drive to beable to read disk i am always getting from it no disk found

A backup HDD (with no operating system) FAT32 installed as
a slave is detected in the bios during start up but does
not show in explorer.  Drives D & E are the DVD and CD. My
C drive is NTFS.

If I have two drives both connected to the primary IDE controller and have
one that is an ATA/133 and it is as Master and the other is an ATA/100 and
it is as Slave, will they both run at their own speed?
In other words will the 133 be at 133 and the 100 at 100?

I got a new motherboard today with a new p4 in it. I had
xp pro installed from before.   it boots up perfectly and
gets to the login screen. my usb wireless kebyoard doesnt
work at all (microsoft wireless) and my PS2 keyboard ALSO

My CD-ROMS are not recognizing that there is a CD in them.
I have been advised to "Take Out" the drivers and reboot,
and Windows XP will automatically reinstall them. However
I do not know how to take them out. Any advise.

Trying to install new software and the CD drive is not
recognized. Went through all of the troubleshooting
options, still not working.
Device Manager doesn't see it either.