I have windows XP with an older scanner... Umax astra 2000U and can't find
any sites to download the driver for it . I have the CD for it, but it won't
install...says OS not compatable. Any suggestions?

I have the following setup that I need to figure out how to change:
Laptop1 (WinXP) with an HP OfficeJet 5610 connected via USB
Laptop2 (WinXP) - wants to print to the HP OfficeJet
Laptop2 is connected to a local workgroup called NB.

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew what the theoretical limit was for XP
Pro ? I know that Win2K pro has an upper limit of 2TB, have they managed to
get XP to break this. I do video editing and am building a server for storing
video with 3+TB of space.

Windows XP Home SP2
The CD burner in a friend's PC just died. We replaced it with a Pioneer
DVR-110; it's the first time for the PC to have a DVR. After we installed
it, we rebooted the PC, and Windows recognized the hardware and installed

I have a 160 GB USB external HD. When I connect to XP HOME it only
recognizes 149 GB of available space.
How can I fix this?
Gord

Anyone else using a touchpad
on their desktop made by (originally) Cruise?  I've always loved the
thing - never given me wrist problems and uses little space, but I
think it's causing problems and I can no longer find an updated driver

It would be helpful to know how long (approximately)it takes to convert
a basic volume to dynamic? I'll be converting 48GB.
Thanks,
~Ben

To keep in practice, I put together a couple of weeks ago, (with tender
loving care), a cheap system box, and just to test it out I installed my
copy of XP Home ed. SP2/slipstream into it.  A couple of days ago I bought a
flat panel monitor and graphics card with DVI for my main ...

I have recently partitioned my hard drive and it seems since then I have been
having trouble with programs freezing and now I get a message that
says..........".The primary IDE hard drive self monitoring system has
reported that a parameter has exceeded it's normal operating ...

I can't get XP to work with this scanner.  went to cannon
website and tried their updated drivers but it keeps
trying to push it to win 2000.  any ideas?
Cheers

Last night I locked my XP Pro system as usual (did not log out).
When I returned to it this morning, it was frozen - very unusual, this
system has run 7x24 for years, never freezes, very stable and reliable.
I hit the reset button, BIOS screens were normal, but then "NTLDR is

I have a Compaq Presario running on XP
Recently when I put any disc (DVD,audio,software) in the E drive and
try to play/open it the whole PC crashes
It won't let me ALT/CTRL/DEL or even switch the computer off so I have

My new keyboard is USB and, unlike the old PS/2 keyboard which enabled me to
enter setup as BIOS loaded, the new keyboard is not enlivened until the USB
drivers are loaded.
This means that by eth time eth USB keyboard is connected, the start up

Dell Dimension 4400
WinXP with all the updates
40 Gb Maxtor HDD
DVD Writer

ok, have a question/problem, i am wanting to change the appearance of
things, so far there is only blue (default), silver and olive..  I was
wondering if there were any other themes available