I wonder if anybody knows this. I used to be able to see the actual icon
picture in windows explorer next to the icon file,
like b.ico would be like a letter "B" or cat.ico did look like a cat. There
was no need to open the file in a picture editor, like Paint. I was messing

  1. I lost my ability to detect or read information on any CD or DVD on my
DVD player/Burner. So I picked up a new dual layered burner. It is detected
in XP and the drive shows up, and even the little disk icon appears when a
disk is loaded. But programs won't run and the drive ...

I'm interested in finding out how to gain access to the sound card output,
essentially "just prior" to the sound going out to the speakers.
I want to look into writing a program to monitor the "overall output level",
and see whether I can automate some sort of volume levelling ...

When I try to play a CD in my CD player I get this error....This
operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this
computer.
I logged on to another user and problem disappeared.

Anyone else seen this;
Computer #1
After installing critical updates for SP2, rebooting, system seeme
normal.

ANY ONE HAVE THE MICROSOFT XP PROGRAM WITH VISIO.

I just upgraded my computer with a Gigabyte GA-K8NS-939 motherboard and an
Athlon64 3000+. I also installed a DVD burner and kept my old CD burner. When
the system boots the bios sees all my drives but when Windows XP sp2 starts
it only lists the DVD burner and not the CD burner. ...

I'm trying to install a Western Digital 80g USB HD in an external case.  It
doesn't seem to want to be installed.  Could be the instructions (screen
shots are close but not exactly what I'm looking at on my WinXP SP2 comp) or
it could be op error.

I was considering replacing my 19" Mitsubushi Diamondtron with a 17"
LCD type. But I've just learned that you should only use 'native
resolution'. So far all the 17" models I've seen have native
resolution of 1280x1024, which I have trouble reading comfortably.

I used to be able to sort the start menu by right clicking the mouse button
and selected "Sort" from the menu.
I no longer get this menu when I right click over the Start menu, although I
am able to bring up a menu when I right click on items on my desktop.

I bought a new motherboard and memory yesterday to resolve my on-going SATA
problem with my Asus motherboard.
Before I changed mobos, I installed the new RAM (DDR 400) in my old (Asus)
motherboard - and guess what? The fecking thing worked.

How do I go about removing this f#$%$#@ program?It has
attached itself to all my browsers.I can't download or go
to any links without being directed to the sites this
program is associated with.Should I remove all the

My hd clicked. As it was recommended to my previous post, I switched the IDE
cable and the power cable to the drive without success.
I isolated to a separate partition 2 cylinders (~16 MB) where clicking were
occurred when any activity was at that place. Next, wiped out (killdisk ...

I run Wind XP Home and can not find a setting to allow any CD to Autorun!
The only means to start a CD disk is to go to Windows Explorer and click on
the drive, then click on the activating setup.exe file.
Music CD's would not start Media Player automaticaly either. I have to click ...

i am using windows xp. my computer comes with recovery disc. When i switch on
my com, it turns to blue screen. I tried to reformat the com, but couldnt.
Error code is (0x80EC28E0 0xC0000032, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) I was able to
access my hard disk when i switch it to slave on ...