On booting, when I get to the Compaq Red Logo ( 1ST screen) I get an error
message
"Error code 1782, Disk Controller" and the machine won't boot up. However,
other times the machine starts and works perfectly. In fact, I am on it right

I just reintalled Windows XP and none of my usb ports detect anything. i
opened device manager and there is a yellow question mar over Universal
Serial Bus (USB) Controller, so i tried to update the driver but it says the
wizard can't find the necessary hardware. What do i do to ...

Hi, does this model have type II cardbus/expansion slots?

I have inserted a plug in play device into my usb port, rather than the
single bleep noise and the small yellow box that appears and tells you it is
connected, i hear a double bleep and the device does not show in my computer
yet the device its self tells me its connected. how do ...

I have read that some MS keyboards can be washed with
running waster.  Is this true and is there are reference?  I
have the MS Multimedia keyboard and it is several years old
and pretty grungy.  I'd like to use some mild detergent and

I have a desktop pc that is equipped with a couple of USB ports.  In
addition, I have an add-on USB 2.0 card installed.  The USB ports have a
strange behaviour that once I upplug any USB device on USB port of pc or
add-on card, it will not work again if I re-plug it onto pc ...

Need to buy 20 mice for some computers (Windows XP
Professional) at work.  Found three packs of Microsoft mice
(Microsoft #N71-00007) for sale at various places over the
internet.  Being OEM mice, except for barebones packaging

My cdrom door came ope and my tray came out all by itself, and now if I push
the button nothing happens, and if I push the tray in by hand, it won't come
back out. My computer is not that old at all, and I have never had this
problem before, I had tried to uninstall the driver, ...

My FDD has been working well until a couple of days ago it just disappeared
from Explorer.
Device Manager displayed an exclamation mark with error code 39.
I attached a USB FDD and it was recognised and drivers loaded but it too has

Well, it is hardware so could anyone tell me how to stock my ink cartridges
over the summer.
I'm going away tomorrow and my appartement faces south ( a real oven)
I've turned off the system so the printer can not clean itself as it does

I have an HP Pavilion 475c running Windows XP Home. I have been having
problems with the sound. I have sound card integrated with the
Motherboard. When I am playing a CD and send an email, the sound breaks
up. I bought a Creative sound card, disabled the built in sound card and

Is there some way to reverse the speakers (that is, the left sound comes out
the right speaker and the right sound comes out the left speaker)?  Because
of the location of my powerstrip, it is impossible to locate the speakers I
have in the correct orientation.  I looked through ...

I have tried to burn files by dragging and dropping the files into the CD
Drive. Then on the left taskbar, there is a option for my to "Write these
files to CD". When i click on that, the burn process is insuccessful.
What do you think might cause this happen? Could it be because ...

Recently I've got a 2nd hand PC (6 yo one)-PIII 800-133 VIA
So there's AWARD BIOS in it.
I've read a good book about BIOS by Adrian Wong ,but few things remained
unclear (esp. when his recommendation didn't match the defaults settings).

This is the 2nd time this has happened. I paid a friend of a friend (can not
locate) to correct the problem and it worked fine until I moved my computer
and unplugged the keyboard.
My system is set up to use a password to gain access so now I can't get into