I want  my computer faster than current speed.
Then, I am thinking of 'upgrade' my memory from 512 MB to
somewhere around 750 MG.
Is it safe to put/add  another '256 MB' on '512MB?

My windows XP crashes on me at random times. It can happen when playing
music, browsing the web, even when its sitting idol, with no software
running. On rebooting the PC, i sometimes get an error message, saying
XP has recovered from a serious error - XP sends a report to MS, and ...

I have a Western Digital 80GB 7200 EIDE HD.  It doesn't show up in Disk
Manager.  The BIOS recognizings and loads it, but XP will not recognize the
drive.  I've changed IDE cables, unslaved it, and put it in the secondary IDE
slot, but nothing.  Which can you suggest I do next?  ...

I have win XP
I have Ipod Connected to Comp with USB Port
I added external Hard disk Thru USB port
The minute I connect this hard disk to System My Ipod Stops and windows

I have a dmg image to burn on my PC and cannot find any info on software
that will easily convert to iso.
I use Nero 6 Ultra Edition v 6.3.1.15. It will not convert or burn the image
for use on my PC.

Not sure how to tell if on board video is out or maybe virus ???\
It is my 6yr old sons pc and it has no video.
no post screen
no bios

Apart from intermittent "drive not recognised" messages which I have to
ignore, I find flash drives extremely useful, but ....
I would dearly like to know why it is necessary to click on the "safely
remove your hardware" icon before extracting my flash drive?   What dreadful

I have a home built computer which has a Gigabyte GA-8SRX motherboard with a
SiS645 chipset. It has a Creative CT5880 Chipset on board sound. In checking
for the certification of this mother board, it islisted as being certified
for all Windows operating system including Windows ...

Hi to all.
I'm sorry my bad english, I'm from Brazil.
Well, the problem is that I can't install in my computer any Video
Cards. Always, my Windows XP says that my adapter is VGASAVE. If I put

I want to do dual-monitor setup on a PC with XP.  Is there any chance
that a random PCI VGA card and drivers will work with an existing
card?
Just asking. I expect the general answer is no.

Am I hosing myself?  Will I not see the full benefit of the 10,000rpm drive
if I put it on a sata-100 controller (mastered, by itself)?  It's a WD 74gb
10k sata-150 drive.

To test other hardware with which I was having a problem, I used Device
Manager to unistall a Targus USB optical mouse.
I expected that when I plugged in the mouse again and started Windows XP
Home that it would be found as new hardware but this did not happen.

WHEN INSTALLING WINXP PRO TO A LAPTOP WITH A NEW HARD DRIVE IT WILL NOT
CONTINUE TO INSTALL AFTER THE FIRST REBOOT. IT'S GIVING ME A MESSAGE
"SETUP IS RESTARTING" THEN A BLANK SCREEN

ok, I'm typing this from a friends computer, because the only way I can type
anything on my computer is to use the on screen keyboard. Way too slow
  I'm running xp professional and recently bought the microsoft comfort
wireless keyboard and mouse. They both worked fine for a few ...

Does Win XP Home support fibre channel hard drives? I'm looking at getting
one, and  I know I'll need a controller card and an adapter and such, but I
don't want to waste 180 bucks on something my OS doesn't support. This is the
one I'm looking at: