Each time I boot up I get a window which says that XP has recognized a new
printer (not so!) and initiates a wizard to complete installation.
How do I get rid of this annoyance?

    I'm running Windows XP Professional w/ SP2 and all
the latest security and driver updates on an ASUS P5AD2
Premium motherboard, 3.6GB processor, with 2GB of DDR2
unbuffered memory.

when i used windows 2000, my speakers worked perfectly. But after installing
xp, "creative audio PCI" was set as default speakers. How can i get my old
speakers re-installed?
Thanks.

 Can anybody please help me with an error which has started to occur quiet
frequently. The error code is as follows:
Code: 0x0000005
Flags: 0x00000000

My computer has the (USB 2.00 Flash capability) installed, but when I plug an
MP3 Player into the available USB ports, there is a pop-up message which
tells me that "the device can perform faster if I plug it into another port)
... but there are no other ports as far as I can see ...

I have recently installed Windows XP on my brand new system (ASUS P4P8X SE).
In Device Manager, I successfully configured the SoundMAX integrated digital
audio device and it tells me NO CONFLICT ...
But I have no sound coming out of my speakers.  I have uninstalled the

I have just bought a microphone and plugged it into the microphone port at
the back of my computer. But my computer doesn't recognise that it's there.
It doesn't show up in the Sounds and Audio Devices section of the Control
Panel, and my computer can't find it when I try to ...

I know you can get a TV card for your PC.
But is it posable to go the other way.
Is there some sort of converter that will alow me to veiw my laptop screen
from my TV?

I have an Optical Desktop Pro, and when I have the Intellitype software
installed, I have an issue in every 3D game (I most noticed this in
shooters, but have confirmed it in a 3D engine RTS) and only 3D games
(does not occur is a 2d sidescroller I tested in, nor does it occur in

A new hard drive, Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 160GB, is being detected by
my bios (motherboard Elitegroup K7S5A, but only with appr. 32GB. Same
thing in windows drive administration - only 32GB.
Is it absoluttely necessary that the bios detects it properly or can I

I have just installed a new BIOS upgrade (Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG) by
eSupport.com people. The Western Digital support ( the makers of my 120 GB
hard disk -WD-WMAEL1188961) assured me that
"The S.M.A.R.T feature on all Western Digital hard drives is built in and

I've installed a new hard drive and set up the old one as a slave.
Everything works fine...but one annoying thing keeps happening.  In
power options I have the system set to turn off a hard drive after 30
minutes of inactivity.  The slave drive (I can tell it's the slave

I'm looking for a refresher on this. So instead of saying what I think it
does and how it should be set I will just ask: BIOS setting is usually
something like 'Plug n Play OS' with options of 'yes/no'.
1) what is if for? what does either setting do?

I bought a water cooling setup for my computer, more for the
"geekiness" of it than anything else.  Who wouldn't want to see green
water flowing inside a computer?
I'm not an overclocer, or pushing the envelope, but I wanted a

My P4S5A/DX motherboard has 2 IDE cables (and a 3rd floppy connector)
Cable 1:
Master - 40 gig hard disk (ST340016A)
Slave - CD burner