i just bought a new motherboard with usb 2.0 support. ive installed xp
installed the driver from the motherboards disc, but xp says i still do not
have any hi speed ports. i have 6!!! ive already installed service pack 2 and
still nothing. are there any drivers anywhere or ...

I have a new system, everything is working great...except..I have a Sound
Blaster Audigy and it records, with any mic, very very low. I tried
installing and reinstalling the SB drivers, I've had microphone boost on and
off, reboots, everything...cannot figure it out. I even ...

I have an Elite keyboard at home and at first when the unit is brand new,
the keys are very soft to type on and I make very minimal errors and can
type very fast.  However after about two weeks worth of everyday use the
keys become hard to press and it is quite annoying.  I've ...

Is there a way to selectively turn off the "device connect" sound in
Windows XP?  I like the notifications; however I have a palm that sets
off the sound each time it syncs.  Actually it sets off three sounds:
connect (sync mode), disconnect (sync mode), connect (non-sync mode).

Just about to emabark on a new project to build my own PC.  I have identified the following items that I migh need to have a first working model:
1) CASE
2) Processor
3) Heatsink & Fan

Hi everyon
I am building a very-cheap-budget PC for my cousin for his 10t
birthday. I have roughly £150-£200 to spend on the PC, baring in min
that I already have a 40GB HDD, an Fx5200 GPU (AGP, yes AGP... thi

mouse in my xp pro works at slow speed, even set up to fast pointer speed.
i´d like to increase that speed, do you know how (another way) to ?
thanks
Helio

I have a Dell Precision Workstation 670 with 4GB of ECC RAM.  
BIOS reports 4GB.  But Windows XP/SP2 reports 3.25GB of RAM
(under My Computer|Properties and in Task Manager)
Quoted from Dell Tech Support:

I have a 60 GB WD HD with a jumper set to master. I just installed a new WD
120 GB HD and set the jumper to slave. Windows XP Home does not recognize the
new 120 GB HD. I can open the device manager and it shows up as working. The
new hard drive is recognized in my mobo BIOS ( ...

Is it true that for IDE hard drives the connector at the end of the cable is
for the Master and the other connector is for the slave?
Thanks

We have a computer with XP installed in, we'd like to configure the USB
port to only accept one kind of dispositives (actually it should only
accept storage dispositives such as hard drives or pen drives)
Is it possible ? Is there any way to accomplish this ?

The Wizard on my new Dell laptop didn't find my HP printer, so I went to HPs
site and downloaded the driver, followed their instructions and installed it.
I printed a test page and all was well. The problem is, every time I reboot,
Windows thinks the printer is new hardware and ...

When i boot windows XP i very often get a
A disk read error occured.
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart.
Does anyone know what is the reason for this? It boots successfully around

Hiya all...
Been looking at a laptop for a while now and have seen 2 good
offerings this week.
The Acer TravelMate 4150LMi    Â£550

Hi could someone tell me if your CPU gets too hot around 45-55 degrees
which mine sits at when its at idle or doing small tasks like word or
using the net. Would this affect the way windows runs?
As I have just noticed that my computer is starting to slow down and