Hi all, running XP Pro SP2. Have a 2.5" HDD from a Toshiba Laptop (XP Home
SP1 / FAT32) that I have in a USB case. The case plugs into the USB port of
Desktop computer and hey presto... should be able to access the drive.
However...

I am trying to establish where the information is that allows the
machine to shut down when you go to close the unit. I have rebuilt a
number of machines and mostly now install XP. Generally the units will
close themselves but occasionally I come to the message "It is OK to

My question is about attaching another hard drive to the flat ribbon in my
PC.  I currently have attached to the ribbon from top of case to the bottom
the following.  At the top is a removable caddie, just below it is my DVD
burner, we then drop down to my floppy drive & at the ...

Can Anyone Help Me, I Cant Change My Desktop Wallpaper At All, When I G
To Properties And Click On Desktop In Windows Xp Home Edition There I
Wallpapers In There But Wheni Click On One Nothing Happenes I Dont Kno
What Happened, I Was Able To Do This Before. I Even Went To Syste

I have purchased a new wireless keyboard and mouse (NGS). The keyboard works
fine. When I installed the mouse the driver installed was a windows driver,
and the mouse would not work. When I try to install the driver that came with
the mouse (not digitally signed) I get the ...

i would like to re-install windows xp, but when i do, i think my
internet connection will go back to it's default server, namely
supanet, and i couldn't connect to my chosen isp. i managed to disable
it last time by contacting supanet but it took forever to get through.

This is just a question out of curiosity, my system is working fine...now.
I just replaced an internal DVD burner, and I know better than to do this
but I did not unplug my USB devices when I unplugged the power cord from the
computer when I swapped the drive out,needless to say my ...

STATS: WIN XP HOME, 512 MB Ram  Celeron 2.4G - DELL 2400 w/Intel
Graphics and Sonic Sound built in to the mobomobo.
HI, I'm interested in buying the basic Hauppauge WINTV-Radio # 401. In
reading the specs, I see the OPSYS simply states  WIN 95.  It doesn't

John R Weiss Wrote:

does anyone know where i can get a DVD-RAM drive for my laptop. i want an
internal dvd-ram drive. i like using the multibay drives. i want a multibay
dvd-ram drive that can also write to ram. i want one that can do more then
just read dvd-ram.

I have an old inspiron 7500 laptop and i can not get it to turn on.I pull out
the battery and the battery has a button you can push to show how much of a
charge it has it push it and it has a full charge. My power cable that plugs
into the wall outlet i THINK seems to work ...

I am having problems ripping with WMA to my hard drive for storing music
files in MP3. It is a Dell running XP home. Sometimes the CD rips like
nobodys business, but other times its like a snail pace, almost 2 X
longer to rip than it takes to play.  Is this disc, machine or software

I'm told that drives often now come in both serial & parallel versions.  Is
there plugs that allow you to use either if your motherboard supports both
or if you wished to use the older sort with a new motherboard?  Do newer
motherboards usually support using both sort of drives ...

Can someone please help.
My new computer is currently on Windows XP. The CPU case is on with the
lights flashing although there is no response on the monitor. The
monitor is indicated as on but there is no display. There is also no

I have thumbdrive which everytime I plug it in, I'll need to key in my
password in order to unlock and use it. It's just a locking software
come with the thumbdrive when I bought it. The locking software is
reside in the thumbdrive itself, so whatever PC it pluged into, it will