Is it possible that I connect my USB printer (HP 1020) into a serial port?
Thank you

I just bought a USB cable to connect my old printer to my laptop..
Normally, this should be very easily to install, but somehow my Window
XP doesn't recognize the USB parallel bridge cable.. I searched th
internet for an answer, and came up with this:

I have IBM Thinkpad R52. Recently , i upgraded my combo drive to DVD
Multiburn recorder(DVD-writer). This thing handles CDs perfectly, but when i
use a DVD, the system crashes and reboots when this error :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817197/en-us

I am having trouble getting a 56k modem to work.  I have formatted hard
drive and loaded fresh win xp sp2.  Modem has been recognized and working
properly in device manager.  Clicking the Query Modem button in the
diagnostic tab in the Control Panel modem applet also works fine.  ...

I have an AMD Athlon 64 dual core 4200 running in an ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe
motherboard using XP Pro SP2. The BIOS recognises it as such but:-
- Windows task manager shows only 1 core
- AMD Power manager shows only 1 core and tells me that support is not

I've been familiar with the 'create a partition' and format of
harddrives for years.  I recently put an additional harddrive in my
Windows XP system and before I could partition and format it it
required me to 'initialize' the harddrive.

After I reboot, Windows will read a CD or DVD in my combo drive.  If I remove
the Disc and put in a different one, it will not read it until i reboot again
or log out and back in completely (will not work if I just switch users).  
The problem is very consistent regardless of the ...

Suddenly one of my 2x250 Gb HD was lost - and I can't find it!
Do I have to open the box and fuzz with the cables? Or can I get it back
via the XP OS?

I have this keyboard, but do not use XP Media Centre on my machine. I want
to use this keyboard, as its a wireless keyboard with a intgrated mouse(and
they are rare), but I also now need to by the IR receiver which is available
often on ebay...

Hey there...
I Installed SP2, got my mic working..now my sound is delayed...doesn't
synch up with the programs...maybe a half second delay in
timing...maybe a full second.

hi i have just bought a new web cam i istalled all the software correctly and
everything was going as normal. then when i connected the web cam to the
computer it started going normal asking me if i want to install this software
i click yes but then a box appears asking me to ...

I accidentally clicked do this every time or something because it won't come
back.  ("Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software," )  No
I can't install some hardware.  Is there a way to disable that our undo it?

When one turns-off a UPS, is the power actually turned off to the computer?

I recently purchased a Dell PC with 80GB DataSafe internal backup hard drive.
I noticed that when I look up the capacities for these 2 drives they read as
follows...
C:\  52.7

Who sells PDA internals Kits? I would like to prototype an appliance
using PDA ARM internals: Board/chip/memory) Battery, Power Supply and
(optional) Screen.  Would this be available from Jameco?
Thanks