I have just upgraded several Dell GX260 desktops from Windows 2000 Pro., to
Windows XP Pro.  On one machine, there was a different configuration for the
CD/DVD drive.  There was an external DVD Writer from HP attached. This caused
a blue screen on reboot, which pointed to a ...

My computer gives the illusion that it shut down.  The monitor turns off, the
lights on the keyboard turn off, and the lights on the computer turn off, yet
the computer is still running. I will be in the middle of doing something and
*click* its gone.  Tried running in safe mode ...

If I have SP2 installed and an up-to-date atapi.sys driver and want to add a
third harddrive but one that will be over 137 GB, do I need to create the
registry key  shown below or will the atapi.sys driver handle the drive's
full 250 GB without adding the registry key?

My system has Windows XP Professional, with all the updates.
My Combo CD-ROM/DVD drive is from a Notebook HP Pavilion zv5000. My system
says that it is: "HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N".
If I insert on the combo CD-ROM/DVD drive a CD ( music or data ), everything

I installed a USB modem and now every time I start my
computer the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon appears in the
taskbar.  Does anyone know of a way to remove this icon.
Thanks

I recently bought a 60GB iPod Photo. I can't seem to upload music, files or
anything else to the darn thing. Long story short, Windows recognizes the
iPod as an external (removable disk) drive on E:. I took all the proprietary
software out of the picture and tried just copying ...

I'm trying to install a Windows XP Home edition on a partition other than C:,
this one is for audio production, without internet and all security features
for beter performance.
But when I try to install, My new SATA 120 GIG Western Digital HD is not

All of a sudden, windows XP dosen't recognize my portable storage devices
(Maxtor usb hard drive, lexor jump drive or pentax digital camera). Devices
used to work and still work on my lap top.  Have tried trouble shooting; have
uninstalled all usb drivers and rebooted several ...

I better start another thread
I have just built a computer with a ASUS LGA775 P5S800-VM motherboard with a
Seagate 160GB SATA and when I bring the system out of standby I get a BSOD
0x0000007A or 0x000000F4 changes now and then and Win32k.sys

Windows XP pro SP2
This morning I inserted a Microsoft CD into my Samsung DVD Rom, it starts
spinning and the green light is on but after a moment it stops.  Tried to
open it from "My Computer" and from the Explorer, the message I get is

I am trying to find a notebook harddrive without idle noise, it's driving me
crazy, it does it every 30 seconds or so, is there a way to stop this
without turning the computer off?
The drive is a Fujitsu MHT2080AH

A few days ago my audio just stopped working completely. my speakers are
still turned on but no sound will come out and i cant play any tracks!!! i
think someone might have uninstalled the programme but i cant find anyway of
installing it again because i dont have the CD for it

I recently purchased a new 120 GB hard disk to replace a smaller one, on
which I had a Windows XP installation.  My other disk drive is an 80 GB with
my primary Windows XP installation on it.  (I used the second one for my
developer applications, and the primary one for general use, ...

I have an unlimited budget and want to build the fastest PC known to man.
Obviously there is going to be a difference of opinion on what type of
processor I should go for (AMD or Intel).
I am open to opinions on what brands and products I should be looking at. Of

I don't have this problem with the keyboard in Windows 98 or 2000, but
in Windows XP (Pro), every so often the driver for the Microsoft
Internet Keyboard (this one here...
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouseandkeyboard/productdetails.aspx?pid=021