I have a brand new PC that has been working just fine in terms of the
subject problem until last week.    As far as I can tell the only things
that changed were a BIOS update from the manufacturers update program, a
driver update for the ATI RADEON X600 card also from the ...

I'we just installed a Hitachi 160 GB SATA disc on my computer to have as a
filestorage unit only. Yesterday when i was transfering files from my
CD-drive to the SATA-disc, I recognice that it it took longer time to tranfer
the same files to the SATA-disc than to my other IDE ...

Lately while trying to start up I got the message that XP could not fin
my product key (I've worked with this HD 60Gb and my XPPro for more tha
a year and done regularily Windows Updates). Funny that I still coul
login in safe mode which also wasn't possible after 2 times. The HD wa

I have a Gateway 500s computer,running xp, with a millennium keyboard
version:1.9.0.0,  I had it set so when I press the last two buttons on the
very top of the keyboard,, I'd get email, drive C, and drive D. Also, when I
pressed either of these buttons, on the desktop, it would ...

My computer died (which uses XP), so I'm using another computer (that uses
XP) until I get it fixed.  I run a small business and there are folders I
need from desktop from the old computer.  I've taken the hard drive out, put
it into my new pc and saved shared files that I needed ...

I run a Toshiba Laptop, 2.3 gig, 512kram, etc where I installed a Pacific
Digital 4x DVD +/- R RW drive connected by a USB 2.0 cord.  Worked great for
months, I only use it for automatic backup at work (no dvd movie question
forthcoming).  A few weeks ago it started getting moody ...

I'm running XP Media Edition on a Packard Bell I-extreme desktop with twin
optical drives. When I insert a disk of any kind into either drive, my system
freezes completely although the disk is still spinning. I have no mouse or
keyboard response and am forced to restart my ...

I have the microsoft desktop kit for bluetooth. This isnt a new problem but
it occurs more frequently.
When i start my computer up the driver for the bluetooth transceiver is
loaded but the mouse and keyboard dont connect. Consequently i can not login

I'm looking to buy a Wireless Bluetooth mouse for my laptop.  I do not
believe my laptop is "Bluetooth-enabled" with a Bluetooth adapter built in.  
Can I just use one of the existing USB 2.0 ports?  One of the mice I was
looking at, put out by Kensington does not come with an ...

I have a laptop with a Intel Pro 100/ VE network card. I recently installed SP2 and
now the Media sensing feature cannot be disabled. I did the registry trick
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q239924/) and that helped, sort of. The routes are
not flushed now, but the link is still ...

I fitted an excelstor j360 as a slave and did the jumpers - now each time I
reboot / boot up - new hardware found bubble and drive not recognised until I
refresh the hard drives via contrl panel system. then all ok until the next
time. Also infra red device has been installed by ...

ive never been able to get my mic working on this pc since i got it. ive been
thru umpteen trouble shooting guides but nothings worked. ive tried
everything in the control panel and three different mics. "speech" in the
control panel only has onetab. it doesnt have voice ...

I am trying to upgrade my daughter's computer from Windows 98se to
Windows XP Home (with Service Pack 2).  I keep getting blocked from
doing the upgrade with a message that my video card and my motherboard
do not get along.  The video card in question was contained within the

I had a perfectly fine working system until yesterday (Asus A7N8x-E Deluxe,
Athlon XP3200+ with 2-512meg sticks of Crucial RAM and ATI Radeon 9500). I
took out my motherboard and installed it in a new all-aluminum case. Now it
won't boot past the opening splash screen.

Hi, I have a motherboard with a 800mhz duron processor,
I am reading my motherboard manual here & it says it supports AMD Athlon
600mhz-1.33ghz processor, or AMD Duron 600mhz-850mhz processor. Since I have
the 800mhz Duron would it make much difference in speed if I changed my