I want to install a USB device but I don't want XP to stop automaticly
installing it for me, instead I want to use my CD. How can I prevent XP
from installing this hardware automaticly?

I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup but I keep
getting an error message taht says NT On-Acess Scanner
service had encountered a problem and needs to close.  
Does anybody know what this is?  It freezes my computer

Frome what I've gathered from various posts, Ghosting an IDE master to
an IDE slave almost always works because the new drive can be made to
look like the same drive number simply by changing the master/slave jumper.
However, what if the new drive is on another IDE channel (disk 2 ...

My pc is automatic restarting , the following errors are what I could detect:
Service Control Manager The %OWC_USBEHCD.DeviceDesc% service failed to start
due to the
following error: The service cannot be started, either because it is

Why is this not straightforward?....
I purchased a Packard Bell "imedia" PC from PC World UK in about 2002.  AMD
1.3Ghz.  20Gb C: drive with Windows XP home edition (OEM I assume) (SP2) and
a 40Gb D: drive added by myself a couple of years ago.

I have a weird keyboard repeating key problem. When I hit a key, an
key, it starts repeating indefinitely. I have tried changing m
keyboard, but it didn't change anything. Sometimes the problem doesen'
surface for days, but then begins. I don't know what to do. Pleas

My AMD 2400 XP+ system has an 80G Maxtor (primary IDE) and 30G
(secondary IDE w/Linux only).  I'm getting random freezes at the point
where the bios detects IDE drives.  I'll hear a weak beeping noise, and
the boot process will be halted before it detects an IDE drive.  I

What is this, and why is it happening? I have tried lowering my write speed,
hasent worked. This is a month old computer and I cant find any info on help
for this problem. I have run system restore, not helped.
I have burned many cds and dvd in the past with no problem then all of ...

Can someone please help!! This keyboard I am using is acting a bit wierd!!
When I try to write an email address, I have a problem in putting the @
button in. For some reason I have to press 'shift 2' to get @ and not the
normal way. Someone has told me that the keyboard format is ...

I have an HP DVD writer 640 b running on Windows XP media center edition.  
Out of nowhere my burner slowed down from reading and writing all discs from
8x speed to between 1.4 and 2.5 x speeds.  This is quite annoying.  What the
heck happened?  I installed no new software of any ...

To any and all that could help, i'd be extremely grateful.. just
explaining why this behavior is taking place would be great. In
advance, i dont see WHY i'm hitting the 127g barrier -- nor why its so
wierdly inconsistent.

I'm a little pissed I had a Presario, the motherboard die and I had it
rebuilt.  Now when I try and activate Windows XP Home.  They say I can only
load it on the Compaq (they wanted more for the board then I have in the new
board and CPU).  So now I have a copy of Home that's ...

For the past two weeks I have been unable to boot on the first try. The
screen goes black and no disk activity. I then power off and when windows
comes back, it recognizes that it didn't boot normally and says that it may
have been the result of adding hardware. I have made no ...

when I shut down my computer in the past, it would automatically turn off my
monitor also but for some reason it stopped doing that, now the computer
shuts off but my monitor is still on, is there anyway to have this fixed?
Thanks

I recently bought a new PC, Pentium 4 3ghz, that came with integrated sound
and graphics. I sorted a graphics card out straight away but am now looking
to get a sound card. It's a family PC and apart from using it for
homework/work/internet, it's also used a lot for games, music ...