I've a serial dot matrix printer connected to Dell OptiPlex 170L P4 2.8GHz.
COM port with XP Pro O/S.
When printing to this printer, the output having alignment and words
truncated.

Good afternoon.
I use a Microsoft internet keyboard and Netscape is my default browser.  I
have the Web/Home button set to open a particular website that I order from.
However, although I mostly prefer Netscape, that particular website works

I am attempting to remove a hard drive from an old system
where it was master with partition.  I want to add the
drive to a new system and set as slave to remove data
from one and add to the other is this possible and how.

When I take the adapter out of my computer it shuts fown
instead of using the battery, what do I have to reset?

installed new dvd r, can use cd but not dvd disks
although compatible. installed nero 6,what am i doing
wrong?glad of any help

Hi all, I was using my scanner [Epson Perfection640] several weeks ago with
no problems.  Since then I'm unable to use my Epson printer [which worked
fine as well] using the serial/parallel cable however works fine on the USB
cabling, so I suspect its the s/p cable.

I have an HP machine and I wanted to install WIN XP.  So
I wiped out the content, formatted (through win xp) and
let xp do all the work.  It formatted ok, copied the
files to the hard drive ok and finished ok.  The problem

I restarted my pc and this came up saying it was missing
or corrupted. I went on to microsoft and downloaded the 6
disc windows xp reboot setup. When i get to the 6th disc
i press R when it comes up to the setup page. I follow

I had some very important info on ZIP100 discs when using
WIN95.  Now upgraded in hardware the new computer came
with Win XP home and printer port ZIP drives are not
compatable - HELP

Greetings all,
   I upgrade a Gateway machine with a NVidia TNT2 Pro video card (16 megs
ram on card) from Win98 to XP Home SP1.. The machine has a Gateway FPD1500
Flat panel display. The Video card has the DVI -I port (I think that is what

My computer frequently "loses" the printer, forcing me to reinstall the driver every time I want to print something. Now, when I click "Add a printer", I receive an error message stating that "Operation could not be completed". What is the source of this problem, and how do I fix ...

When I Press OK or Apply in taskbar and Start Menu
Properties .. it takes few seconds to close this menu ..
Why ??
although in the past, it was closed once i press OK or

there was a virus found on our computer in
FileC:\Windows\Systems32\ms|srvc.exe how do we get it off
our computer? All help will be appreciated. thanks

I recently upgraded my windows xp home edition to windows xp professional and something went wrong.  I guess it didn't go thru all the way so I used my windows xp home edition recovery program and it only recovered my hard drive not my optical drive.  My cd drive is still running ...

I have windows xp. I am installing microsoft wireless
mouse and keyboard combo. I am using the ps/2 connection
with the green adapter, plug in both to round purple and
green outlets on computer, the mouse works fine but the