The basic situation; a Windows XP (SP2) machine with USB 1.1 ports on
the motherboard which has been running fine ever since new. We've now
decided to fit an Essential PCI 4 Port USB 2.0 card. ("Essential" is
the maker, incidentally.)

is there any way to allow the users without administrative rights to install
hardware like usb things coz it always ask them for adminitrator password and
i have alot of users on the network here. please advice about what to do

I have a laptop Toshiba S1900-102 and I want to install new system and
format partition. I change proporties in BIOS for booting from a CDRom,
CD with XP is bootable. My laptop doesn't boot CDs he by-passes CD and
starts from hardware. If there are any options beyond seting  in BIOS

Generic external USB2 HD casing with Seagate 28.5 Gb HD in it. Windows
automatically recognizes it no problem. i can view files. i created
partition and formatted.
Problem is when I start copying. I copied several folders amounting to

I am trying to attach my cell phone to my pc (using win xp home). When I try
to load the driver for the usb cable using the software supplied by the cell
phone provider I get the message "Unknown Device" rather than "New Hardware
Found".  Because of the "Unknown Device" message I ...

Hello folks. I do so hope that somebody can please help me to find a way to
resolve this problem.
I have bought one of these new DVD players. I read the instructions
thoroughly before unpacking the machine. I am certain that I have

Are all cheap 15 inch LCD monitors "OK"?
I'm asking about cheapo LCD monitors for general purpose web browsing
and light document editing.  For full-time use I'll shop for a bigger,
better monitor.

I am having the same Problem. I get to 7/8 steps & then I reveive a
message that the hardware cannot be installed. I treid removing it &
copying the halaacpi.dll to the Windows32 dir as well as reinstlling
windows installer.

I am having the same problem? how did you reslove it?

I have alot of old power supplies sitting around. Is there anything I could
do to recharge them or switch out something on the inside to give it power
again??? If not, is there anywhere that anybody knows of where I can send
them off to for this situation?

I am having a hardware related problem (I am assuming).  I have this DELL
system which is 2 years old.  Sometimes when trying to power on I get
nothing.  Then after the power supply is plugged in for a while it flickers
off and on, then eventually when I push the power on button ...

recently i tried shifting all my applications to a mobile external usb
casing with a laptop 20 gb harddisk. soon i ran into this strange
problem. my pc actually slows down !
initially i did not notice the difference on my home athlon pc, but

A USB memory device fails to obtain a drive letter
mapping after first usage.
Drive Letters: A = Floppy,
C = (only) local hard drive,

I have a custom built Intel mobo D915PBL with built in 1394 controller, P4
3.0 ghz, XP OEM SP2, Premiere Pro. Maxtor HD, XFX Nvidia GeForce 6600GT, and
1GB matched memory. The box is dedicated only for video editing.
In my original install, the following are present:

I've just recently picked up a new motherboard (and a few other toys),
including a single core Athlon 64 3000+ processor.  The intention is to
use this processor for a few months, then upgrade to a dual core CPU.
My understanding is that the dual core CPU will need a different HAL. ...