XP Pro, SP2 up to date.
I had COM3 and COM4 in the device manager list.  My PCI fax modem uses COM3.
I cannot get my system to query COM3 or COM4 as they do not show up anymore.
They did show up until I tried setting /PCILOCK in Boot.ini to solve another

My PC is caught in a reboot loop!
When i boot up it gets to the Windows XP logo as normal, looks like it is
loadind with the bars moving accross, then the screen goes black and the PC
reboots.

I am running Windows XP with a 40GB HD which has only 32MB free space. I
installed another 80GB HD as a second (slave). How do I move some programming
(applications) to the new HD without having to uninstall and reinstall? Can
this be done, is there an easier way?? Help would be ...

Quick question... trying to start the subject service gets an error message
in response:  Error 126 Specified module could not be found.  Checked to
make sure dependencies were met, OK.  Everything seems to be working it is
just a pain to have these unknown errors in event viewer ...

Hi got a slight problem here.  Since yesterday for some odd reason my
computer will not shut down anymore.  It looks like it's going to then
bam...it starts to go through post and before I know it, I'm staring at the
welcome sign again.  Ugh....this is driving my nuts!  The only out ...

I am having the following problem with my serial port (COM1), and it seems to
be windows (XP Professional) related:
I think Windows is controlling the DTR (pin4) and RTS (pin7) signals from
COM1.  Instead of these pins being user controlable, windows seems to be

I have been forced to perform clean install of Window XP due to a corruption
issue.
Everything worked well however I no longer have any Audio device installed.
Before the install sound worked fine.

I am hoping someone has the simple answer that I have for some reason
overlooked.
I installed a 2nd Maxtor 80gig 8meg cache HDD recently. This 2nd HDD is
exactly like the first giving me a total of 160gigs of space.

I have problems with my Compaq Presario 2100 Notebook on Windows XP. I
installed a WLAN PCMCIA SMC Card, even used it for a couple of months and
everything was working fine. I used a non-secure wlan. One day, the card (And
port) stopped working. Now the port recognizes some ...

i wanted to upgrade my ram from 1gig to 2gigs, and i have geil value ram
right now and i was wondering if the brand of ram matters like if i could get
kingston or viking, and i know i cant change the type like ddr2 ram.  right
now i have dimm sd ram, and i was wondering if you ...

someone told me I couldn't have windows running while I uninstall the drivers
for my present sound on my dell 8300. I don't have a sound card in it now so
I was told it's was on my motherboard. I bought a new sound card so I know
I'll have to install the cd disc that comes with ...

will it hurt my computer if I uninstall or don't uninstall or take up
unnecessary space if I uninstall my present monitor to install my new one.
I"ve been told just to hook up the new monitor and shove in the cd that came
with it but I want to do it right and if right is ...

My computer just got repaired and now says there is no sound device found on
my computer so i have no sound whatsoever. Helppppppp?

I have a simple question. I want to know if I should uninstall the present
monitor because I bought a new dell monitor and want to install it?

I've tried but can't seem to get it to work.
Is it possible?