I am trying to install a new internal dvd drive, I cant do so because for the
past couple of months, every time I boot up the new hardware wizard appears
thinking that there is a new printer attached and there isn't one. I can't
install any other non plug and play hardware ...

Is there any problems to running a raid using external
hard drives? can win xp pro run a raid or would i have to
get 3rd party software?

This problem started after I installed a new CD-RW drive, but I' not sure if
it was that or A: My mother downloaded pictures from her friend which may
have had a virusm attached, or B: My sister opened E-Mail from a friend with
no text, but a link that said "Message", which she ...

I am runinng Win XP Pro, and installed the MS Keyboard with the Fingerprint
Reader, when I went to register the software I rec'd and error  message
"Catastrophic Failure" any idea what caused this and how I fix it? TEch
Support is stumped Help!

anyone got any ideas re: how to STOP xp home from reinstalling hardware that
I've both physically removed from the computer AND disabled?

ok, i have a clients laptop that i fresh installed Win XP on, everything
runs great, except........ if it is being posted there's always an except.
except that the video best not display photos well, they have sort of a
glared out look.  XP loaded all the drivers, which is good ...

I made the mistake by plugging a USB device before
installing the driver, Win XP with SP2 (and Win 98) couldn't detect
the device and installed the wrong driver for it.
I uninstalled the driver, installed the device driver, but no way

I just upgraded to XP from ME. It doesn't recognize my scanner. I have
uninstalled all the software from it that was recognized and tried installing
the whole thing from scratch. Most of the software installs but not the
scanner. I can't believe it's not compatible. Any ideas?

Whenever I start up my computer, it says that 'prutsct' has encountered a
problem and needs to shut down.
I press 'don't send error report' or 'send error report' but a second later
the window pops up again that tells me that 'prutsct' has encountered a

I installed XP Home on my HP Pavilion and it recognizes the CD-Writer Plus
Drive only as a CD-ROM. A 3rd party program will write to the drive, but I
would prefer to make XP recognize and write. Device Manager says it is a
normal CD-ROM drive M. Suggestions?

I have replaced my USB cable.  windows said that my old once had
malfunctioned.  my new cable is still not being recognized by my computer.  
how do i fix this?

I was using whatever version of Media Player was installed with XP Pro
SP2, and it mostly played audio and video just fine. The other day I
foolishly accepted Media Player's offer to 'upgrade' itself to version 10.
Since then it only pretends to play audio and video - progress bar ...

My mouse displays 2 pointers, I have erased and re-installed, purchased a
new mouse. It started when my daughter downloaded an animated cursor which I
deleted because it was 2 fancy. When I try to open the cursor file I can't
seem to delete the one that's doing it. It says my ...

I am using a 250GB WD external harddrive that is formated NTFS.  I have been
able to copy over a 100GB of files to it with no problem.  But if I try to
write a single 25GB ntbackup file to it, it will get about 5-6GB into it and
then give me write failures and stop.  I have no ...

I have a Microsoft Office keyboard which I think the latest Intellitype
software does not support, so I have intellitype ver 5 installed.
All works fine, until I reboot the PC, then none of the speical funiction
keys on the keyboard work until I open the intellitype keyboard ...