To experts here:
I noticed my photoshop application has been running slow since I
installed WinXP service pack 2.
How can I know the 2nd CPU is working properly?

I was wondering what the maximum amount of memory that XP pro utilizes and
how much is waisted

My machine gets the first boot up sequence then freezes. After a time a sound
comes out and I am asked if I want to go to Setup or Boot. I boot up via this
prompt and it oviously takes ages. I think I have a corrupt file and suspect
I may have to format my hard drive. This I ...

I know that SP2 allows HD's to be larger than 137 gig.  I have SP2 but my 160
is still showing up as a 137 gig hard drive.  There were some intricate
regestry changes suggested by this website in a support file but when i got
to the value i was supposed to change that category ...

My media card reader icon/letter has vanished from my computer, Well infact 2
of the letters or whatever they are (soory not good at this computer jargon)
have vanished.
When I put the card into my computer and then click on my computer it isn't

I've got a system fan (separate from the CPU fan) that has always made a horrible sound,
but now I find that it is often stopped completely. As well, I notice a single beep coming
from the tower occasionally (a couple times a day). Is this related perhaps?
Gary Williams

I have an Acer TravelMate 521TXV, how can I find out what parts can be
upgraded ?
Like the cpu, ram, and hard drive ?

Installed ext USB/Firewire 160GB HD and all is well. Recognized and working
without problem. It has the drive letter F and disk management reports as
one partition. Wish to split it and add a G. Please advise how to do this.
The disk management service is not quite clear.

Have a removable disk left on hard drive. How can this be removed?

Hello, I just bought an audigy 2 sound card, and I am trying to get it to
work on my IC7-G motherboard without success. I get the error code 10, "This
Device Cannot Start", when I look at my hardware list under "system". I made
sure to go into my BIOS and disable the onboard ...

Spontaneously my computer restarted and to my disbelief it was in 4 colour
mode. I am running XP Home with a Geforce 4 MX440.
I slid the sider for increased resoultion and gained acces to more colurs
and applied this and after two reboots (did this twice) it came back in the

There is something in System Properties with an exclamation point next to
it. It looks like this:
USB < > Serial
I click on search for driver, but it cannot be found. Any suggestions?

Here are 3 pics of my problem. The two wires connected to my power switch
came off. I have no way to reconnect them. Now I cannot turn on my comp. Is
there anything I can do? See the pics below.
http://tinypic.com/ieghp5.jpg

For years now, I have been insistent on assigning drive letters to various
folders on my computer. I keep my programs in c:\program files, of course,
but I can't imagine not accessing that folder as Drive E. And all of my data
is in c:\files, which I access as Drive F. Drive G is ...

I just bought a Logitech Access keyboard model SR 34.  To get into Safe Mode
at boot, I have to make sure the F lock light is on before pressing F8.  If
the light is not on, as is the default, then Windows goes into the normal
mode.  Logitech support says that is the way it is ...