I recently upgraded a PC to XP that has a UMAX Astra 3400
scanner. I bought the new Vistascan software from UMAX and
installed it according to the instructions. However the XP
scanner drivers are still installed and the Vistascan

Since my dvd drive does not recognize my disc I was told
to uninstall the driver and then to reinstall. How do I
go about doing that

Im pretty sure that the version of XP Pro I have is
getting outdated and I need to pick up a new one, but I
would still like to know if anyone has some suggestions
as to what might be causing my problem:

Earlier a man named Matt posted his dillemma -- Windows XP told him his CD-ROM drivers were corrupt and it could not install his CD-ROM. A Mr. Yves LeClerc answered that the drivers to the CD-ROM were on the Windows XP installation CD. Both Matt and I posted that it is rather ...

Just upgraded from ME to XP home addition.  Everything
seems okay.  When connecting my HP 5110 all in one office
jet to the computer, XP sees the printer as being
connected (can see "new device" Office Jet 5110) message

How Can You successfully install windows xp and have my
harddrive show 160 GB?
I only show 127.99 GB and after you install service pack
you receive an additional 21.06 GB Unallocated that I can

can anyone tell me the best way to reformat my hard
drive..i have spyware on my computer..cant get rid of it.
i tryed spybot and adware and my norton..just cant get
rid of it..i have back up all the files i needed to.

Eventhough i have set My Internet Explorer's Home Page to
blank, every time i re-open a new IE it will automatic
open a unwanted web page, Why ?

My CPU temperature seems high ever since i updated my pc
to sp1,
I am running windows XP SP1 have an AMD Athlone 2800XP.
The Temp used to be about 40 degrees but now it's idle

I am reposting the below in the hope that someone can help me overcome the
'automatic consistency check of hard disk upon startup'.  The problem
persists.
TIA.

Windows XP configured my CD-RW drive (Sony CRX160E)and
DVD-RW drive in the same location (both are location 1
(1)).  A separate DVD-ROM drive has a location of 0(0).  
Device manager states that all drives are working

Does anybody know how to reinstall USB 2.0 drivers in xp
home?  Everytime I plug in my new external USB DVDRW it
gives me a blue screen and resets my computer.  Has to be
the USB drivers because it did the same thing for a

after managing "my computer" I can't start the Disk
mangement service.  "Unable to connect to Logical disk
manager service."
I tried manually starting the service and this didn't

I just upgraded from ME to XP Home and had many many many
problems. The latest one is my second hard drive appears
on Explorer, am able to right click it and see its
properties, am able to scan it, but when I left click it

iHAVE REINSTALLED WINDOWS xp , i CANT CONF, KEY FOR UK
INSTALL ON KEY BOARD