2I have a Maxtor 80gb ATA 133 hard drive which had a problem. It lost its
performance and I decided to reformat it. I booted up from a floppy disk with
ME on it. and deleted the NTFS partition using fdisk. Unfortunately somehow I
have lost more than 48gb of space on the HD and ...

For security reasons i need to deactivate the possibility for the user to
install new USB devices. I dont want to deactivate the USB hub completely
because there might be a printer or similar device installed. So I either
want to deactivate the autodetection or configuration of ...

Hi again,
Are CPUs that can be used on socket 754 motherboards compatible with socket
A motherboards too?
Thanks

For some reason, Windows keeps restarting randomly on my computer. The error
code is:
Source: System Error          Category: 102                Event ID: 1003
Error code 100000d1, parameter1 d72a2e7f, parameter2 00000002, parameter3

Hi all ...
Have been having a number of curious problems with my Gateway 825GM's
DVD burner.
Everything reports back that this is a TS-H552B burner -- I assume it's

Hello -
I am writing b/c i've been plagued with virtual memory
issues and i have tried everything:
* Read countless posts and articles that explain what  

I'm runing Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2).
Has anyone been successful getting the Logitech Quickcam Express (USB
camera) to work under Windows XP?
I have the install CD with only 98/ME/2000 drivers/software, if I try to

I have just installed WinXP on a new PC i've
constructed :-
P3.2Ghz Extreme Edition
nVidia 6800-Ultra 256mb

I'm not sure if i am posting this to the right newsgroup, so my apologies if
it in't right.
I have been helping a friend who has just got a new Kensington Bluetooth
PilotMouse.  I can install it on their system using a USB/Bluetooth dongle

Hello, perhaps this is the wrong group, but I suppose someone in this
group could be experienced with my problem.
I use the windows xp (service pack 2) native driver for bluetooth (not
the widcom). Now I try to connect two bluetooth dongles of the same

Sometimes when I am just sitting at the computer, my mouse takes off across
the screen and I'm not moving it.  Does anyone know why?

My dvd-rom and dvd-rw drive have disappeared from my computer and are
inoperable.  aunder device driver for these there is a yellow !.  Tried to
uninstall and use add hardware wizard but it said the driver was missing or
corrupted( code 39).  Tried to restore but it wont complete ...

Is there any benefits to run Windows XP professional in Dual CPU PC ?
Will XP makes use of both CPU for faster processing ?

I'm planning to build my first computer and I need some suggestions as far
as brands and specs are concerned.  Also, would it be better to get a board
with the processor integrated already or buy the two separate?
Thanks to all who respond!

further to help from Yves & Jack.
looking in the bios, I found the PS/2 mouse port disabled, so 'enabled' this
and restarted, but still no joy, oddly when the computer is 'off', their is
power to the mouse on the PS/2 port, but on starting up, this goes off and