My old hard drive wouldn't boot, so after trying everything I could
think of I bought a new hard drive. I installed the new hard drive
partitioned and formatted it.  I installed XP Professional and got the
computer back up.  Now the part that I don't know how to do is, getting

HI THERE COULD SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME I HAVE BEEN BURNING DVD BUT MY DVD
REGION HAS CHAGE TO 0 AND NO LONGER WILL ALLOW ME TO BURN DVD HOW DO I FIX
THIS PROBLEM

The '"safely remove hardware" icon is in my system tray and when I
click on it it lists my hard drive as being safe to remove.  I have
just one HDD which is plugged into the SATA 1 port on the mobo.  How do
I get Windows to NOT show the "safely remove hardware" icon?

My new laptop has a DVD burner which can burn DVD+R/-R/+RW/-RW or DVD Ram
disks.  So I need to buy some blank DVD disks but do not know which type to
get.
Which type of DVD is advisable and most "trouble-free" and readable by

Is there a way to configure a USB port for a Serial connection? I have an old
hardware device (Singer embroidery machine) and software (DOS) which needs a
Com1 connection. I have a cable which will convert a Serial connector to a
USB plug, and the software will run in a DOS ...

I have a ATAPI Dual Layer 16X4X12 DVD burner
It no longer will burn DVD's
I have tried with Nero, Roxio and Cheetah.
I get the same type of error message every time.

I have five USB ports on my computer and all of a sudden they have all
stopped working, even my mouse does not work. I have been into device manager
and they state they are all working correctly. Any help would be appreciated.

Using windows XP sp2
Have a cd drive, dvd drive and floppy drive
I cannot read or write to any of them.  They are working because I can hear
them running and the lights come on. Also have gone into device manager and

Hi
I purchased a New Siemens Fujitsu Computer preloaded with
WinXP Pro on. However A problem I'm having is that My @
and " are swapped around. but if you release the shift key

After installing VisionTek Radeon X1300 i have this new process
ati2evxx.exe
ati2evxx.exe
New: CLI.exe    

Ingram Micro are a distributor for VisionTek, but there Australian
division do not sell Visiontek in Australia.
I'm wanting to add the following two cards to my MSI-K8D Master F (dual
opteron) that I'm putting together (second-hand board) as a

I while back I changed my hardware acceleration of my SoundBlaster Audigy 2
ZS Platinum Pro to "Basic acceleration" to eliminate a game lock up problem
(a suggestion on the website to fix the lockups). Now when I try to set it
back to "Full acceleration" in the advanced audio ...

Sorry for what will no doubt seem a stupid question. I have desktop speakers,
but occasionally will use headphones. Lately, I can't seem to listen through
headphones. Troubleshooting reveals no problems. I have tried several
different sets of headphones, and have plugged them ...

I am trying to install a second hd drive into a compaq SR1900NX PC that is
running Win XP Home edition, the PC doesn't see the hd not does the bios.  
Any suggestions, oh b the way, the hd came out of a old E-Machine running
with Window 2000

I have Compaq/HP PC's and the USB ports appears to be powered down when I go
into standby or hibernation.
I have a clone PC where the USB ports appeared to be powered on even when I
hibernate. The light on the USB keyboard stays on in hiberantion, and a