I'm not sure if this is a hardware or software issue, but thought I would
start here first.  I have a very new labtec optical mouse but just recently
my cursor arrow will freeze on the screen.   I then have to reboot the
computer to get it going again (which is a nuisance)  The ...

I've the following problem: my soundcard (an onboard AMD 768 AC'97 chipset)
works only in "emulated" mode in DirectSound. At least so it tells me when I
run dxdiag.exe
Many DirectX programs exhibits skipping audio, so I guess the problem could

Hi All, Glad to be here!
I bought a Sum-E-Vision PCMCIA 4-Port USB2.0 Cardbus for my Sony Vaio
PCG-FX501, I installed it and Windows (XP) recognises that the PCMCIA
USB is in, but it doesn't recognise what I plug into those USB ports

I am looking to install Windows XP, along with other OS's, onto external hard
drives.  I have read that it can be done, but need the drivers for my device.
However, the manufacturer will not provide them.  Is there somewhere I can
get a universal USB Mass Storage Device driver ...

I recently had a hardware crisis and I just cannot fully recover.
Everything is perfectly stable in safe mode, networking included.
However. There are several symptoms - most typically the computer will
crash and reboot at or before the login with the above BSOD error. If,

It appears to me that when you change these settings it does not require a
reboot.  So my question is has anyone encountered a situation where in XP if
you change the speed and duplex settings on the nic it required a reboot.

I am having some problems with my two rewritable drives, one is DVD and the
other is CD.  I need to clean the lens.  Are there any cleaning kits out
there to clean these drives?  I have been looking, but I am not sure which
products are safe.

an old & cheap cd-rom recently went out in one of my machines. i have a few
extra ones so i was going to put one of them in. i have tried 2 different
ones, and both times windows wont install drivers. they are pretty generic
cd-roms so it shouldn't be that complicated. windows ...

Please help me to fix my friends PC. Here's the details:
OS: WinXP Pro
Ram: 120MB
HDD: Segagate 40GB

Hi, I've got a hard disk with something BAD eg, Bad Sectors, corrupted File
Allocation Tables. Or Something that's preventing the drive from being
accessed.. And now it's unrecognizable to Windows XP. What would be the best
utilities to use(eg. Scandisk??)  to fix up the bad ...

Assuming extra cards are installed, how many drives will XP 2003 Pro support?
Physical, Logical or partitions?
I am aware of the 256 (cluster) terabyte limit depending on cluster size.
I just read a support doc that said it was still 4 channels with 8 drives

Hi,  How do i get rid of shadowing effect on all
font/text.  Have been thru all properties that I can find
but seem unable to resolve.  I'm starting to go boss
eyed!!

Anyone know how much faster DDR2 is compared to DDR? Is there a significant
difference.
I know DDR is eventually being phased out for DDR2, but wanted to know if
anyone knows first hand the difference in speed between the two.

I'm able to burn a CD-R on my Yamaha CRW6416 drive but cannot read the dics
after they are burned.  They are able to be read on other computers.  

After I installed service pack 2, I uninstalled it due to numerous problems,
most of which I have been able to fix.  However, I now cannot use my dvd ram
drive.  The device manager says the drive is working properly, yet it will
not read a data cd, an audio cd, or a dvd.  When I ...