My Presario 2197 notebook has a DVD ROM (TEAC DW-224E-A) with 8x read
speed. I used to be able to copy DVDs to an external DVD writer
(connected by Firewire) at 8x using Nero and DVD-Rs.
Since a couple of months ago, its read speed has droped to half. I have

 Where does the Microsoft Fingerprint Reader with Digital Persona store the
login information?  I would like to move my reader to another computer.  Is
it possible to move the login information or will I have to reprogram
everything?

I just bought the MS Keyboard with Fingerprint Reader. It works fine
logging into Windows XP. But, it's supposed to work for visiting Web
sites that require login. And, it doesn't. I can't even get it set up
for any website I've gone to yet. Any one with suggestions?

Recently my PC conked out due to what seemed to be a power failure
caused by a fuse going in the power adaptor plug.
Upon fixing that and re-starting the PC, I saw that my screen
resolution had gone to 800x600 pixels as if the PC was in safe mode

I have a Barton Core AMD athlon 2.8 and want to set up spanned volumes at 3
disks X 160Gb each. Do I need to upgrade the processor? How about the bios
for this level of storage?

I have the following computer that I would like to upgrade so that my
grandkids can play their games on it.
Windows XP HE
Micron Millennia MAX

I tried the upgrade check program already, it didn't show any possibl
problems.  
The hardware is a PIII 600 MHz, 128 MB ram, 20GB IBM hard drive
standard CD-ROM, Floppy, and an internal Zip drive.  Its a gateway, s

I have a LITE-ON DVD drive attached to my computer which has worked for
several months now but recently it has stopped recognizing any discs other
than DVD discs.
 It will not recognize blank or written cd's although it will recognize

hey thanx for the help.
i think i know what the problem is. its the Hard Drive(s) because for
example when im converting a music file, like mp3 to ogg it converts
abit (20-50%), i then hear my hard drive make a noise, and the computer

Morning all!
I am needing some help! - is there anyway I can view the history and
cookies once they have been deleted?  :confused:

I have a Gateway 710X running Windows XP Home Edition which has been
patched up-to-date.  Connected to this is a Western Digital 80Gb
external hard drive (Model Nr WD800B005-RNN).
The drive had been connected to the USB port for a long time without

My master (C:) drive with Windows XP is only an 8 gig hard drive. I have
another drive installed (E:) which is a 50 gig hard drive with plenty of
space. The problem is with constant windows updates and new drivers,
temporary files etc. my C: drive keeps popping up "Very low on ...

I have installed a Belkin USB 2.0 PCI card in my box (pc only had 1.1 on
the board).  I have an external WD hard drive that is USB 2.0.  When I
plug the hard drive into the USB 2.0 port I get a dialog box that says
"No High speed USB hub found.... HI-SPEED USB Device Plugged into ...

We have a machine that has 4 CPU's and need to know from the OS if they are
4 physical CPU's or two hyper threaded CPU's. Is there a way with in windows
to determine this?

In device manager under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers ->
Primary Controller for Device 0 under advanced settings
the transfer mode is set to: DMA if avaliable, the
Current Mode is: PIO Mode. I have other devices that are