it seems as though the new sp2 update has brought about
trouble for all of our drives...if you go to device
manager...then select your drive that isnt working it
appears to say sorry we could not enable the device.

I recently had a problem with the capacitors on my MoBo.  They were leaking
but I got them replaced by the manufacturer.  I also reformatted my hard
drive and when I tried to reinstall windows xp pro, a number of files could
not be copied.  They were some help files but more ...

Using Windows update, I selected the installation for the A4tech mouse
update! In the progress of installing, I selected continue anyway for the
unsigned driver but it force Windows to reboot!  Upon restarting, the
scandisk was carried out. At the login page, the mouse doesnt ...

Hi ... For some reason windows xp pro doesn't recognize
my motherboard , Is there a way to make windows notice my
motherboard ???

I have an Intel processor and MB that support Hyper Threading and it is
currently enable.
There are, however, several graphics programs which I use which apparently
perform better with HT turned off. Corel Graphics Suite 12 is the most

I bougt a creative mp3 player with a built in usb port. When I plug it in the
usb port it does not detect it, it only detects it when I restart my computer
what can I do with out haveing to restart it ?

every time I press alt,ctrl,del it give me a message saying Task Manager has
be disabled by your administrator. How Can I change it back or go to so I
could get to my task manager

I have two IDE Drives for creating CD RW's, and READ DVD
ROMS. DETAILS OF THESE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1/ HL-DT-ST CD RW/DVD ROM DRIVES (GCE-8400B).
2/ SAMSUNG DVD - ROM DRIVES. (ID:SD-616T-F308).

Added information:   I have a PS/2 mouse. Tried updating
driver that came with mouse but windows says that
microsoft driver is the best driver. My mouse is a Memorex
two button device

Every time I try to connect my DSL modem via the ethernet port the
computer automatically restarts when it reaches the point where users
are asked to log on to their Win XP account. The USB port works fine
but I suspect that the ethernet port is a lot faster.

     I need a little help with a possible harware
issue.  I have a Compaq Evo D310uT that was running
windows 2000Pro.  I formatted my HDD with NTFS and
installed WXP home edition. Everything Works great except

i have lost the internet games hearts spades etc tracked
it down to Kernel32 how can i find it?
to download again

During game play keys stop responding. These are typicaly
keys that are held down for extended periods of time.
Like for moving forward.  Any suggestions?

After using pc i try to switch off using tne turn off  
computer. It will not switch off using the turn off
button, but will switch off using the hibernate button, i
am using xp proffesinal, any help would be gratefull.

I have a clean install of XP Home with SP2 installed.
With SP1 everything was fine but, now with all APM set
correctly in the BIOS and XP's power management settings
my monitor no longer goes into standby.