How do you unset the dirty bit for a drive. Chkdsk runs every boot up. I
have found how to set it, but not the reverse.

I have a USB device and if I unplug/plug the USB cable repeatadly and
monitor hardware connections sometimes the driver does not get loaded and
after that the device is lost, doesn't matter how many times you plug/unplug
after that. If I do a "Scan for hardware changes" the driver ...

I make regular use of external USB-2 hard drives for data back up purposes.
I have noticed that the 'discovery' time that Windows takes to 'show' a unit
from the time it has been plugged in varies from device to device, computer
to computer, and from one time to another as well.

I have a Compaq Presario at home running XP Home with Realtek AC'97 sound
integrated on the mb.
I recently brought my Boston BA735 (3pc set) speakers home from work (W2k
machine & they worked fine).  Replaced the cheapo set of speakers I was using

I was wondering if someone might be able to help me out.  I have a Sony Vaio
Notebook (PCGFXA47) that just recently started to give me alot of problems
with the CD/DVD-R player.  Every time I insert a CD/DVD into the tray, it
goes through the motions and everything but nothing ...

Ok heres the situation.
a computer guy as recently come round and completly wiped out our computer
and then started again to get rid of all the viruses we had.
It works fine now, apart from one problem..The Multimedia Auido Controller

  Main Question: Can you run the SATA 150 on the Raid Ports without using
Raid itself to get the speed ?
I been told that if you plug into the Raid ports, no mater how they are set
you are still using slip Drives etc.

I decided to follow Bob I's advice and I did a repair install of XP -
all "slow" problems solved - speedy as ever and it was probably time anyway.
Wonder what the install of that new video card triggered though?
Thanks Bob.

I have an install of WinXP Pro with an AGP video card and a secondary
PCI video card.  Everything works fine until I run a game that takes
over one of the video adapters.  While the game has exclusive control of
an adapter, it seems to also have exclusive control of the mouse, so ...

My XP Pro SP1 OS has slowed down since I installed a new video card.
Hardware config:
P4 3.06GHz HT cpu on Gigabyte GA-8S648-L MoBo
1 GB Crucial PC3200 SDRAM

Windows XP Home - CD Drive GCE-8400B (LG?)
This seems to be a too common problem.  CD drive does not recognize disc in
drive.  Device Manager shows everything as o.k.  I can't read or write
anything.  Is there a fix for this problem?  Please let me know.

I'm working on a friends Comapq Presario with a motherboard built-in Intel
video chip that all the sudden is displaying the screen at 90 degrees of
normal.  The boot screen comes up normal all the way to the log on which is
twisted 90 degrees.  The chipset has a setting to rotate ...

I have a Maxtor One Touch 120gb external hardrive.  It's been running fine
until now.  Whenever i turn it on now i get this error message
"One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and
Windows does not recognize it."

This is a really naive sort of request, but I'm not sure where to
begin.
I'd like to add a second monitor to my work computer, but I am having
to do the foot work to determine what I already have and what I may

A CD/DVD doesn't automatically spin in the tray whenever it goes into my
Laptop Internal Combo CD-RW DVD-Rom.  It use too.  How can I fix and correct
the problem?
I look forward to your help and assistance.