To get prepared for DSL connection ( AT&T Yahoo!), I read from the
installation guide that I will need a Ethernet card installed if I am
connecting via the Ethernet port on my pc ( can I have DSL connection without
using Ethernet card and Ethernet port/Network adapter? ).

   I have a stange problem at my work.  We have 3 or 4 machines,
different hardware in each, that all seem to power off when a USB Drive
in plugged in when the machine is turned on.
  What happens is that a user plugs in their USB flash drive, and the

Hi, Can anyone help me...please.
I have/my dad has a aspire tower computer with Xp installed, he has
decided that he would like to add another Hard Drive as a slave to the
one he has which is 40gb, The one he would like to add is 120gb (as a

I have been trying to figure out how winXP is assgning drive letters
when you plug in a usb drive such as a usb stick and what actually
happens if you are taking it out again.
I guess that everything is set in the windows registry but analyzing

I have been working on a PC where the hard drive has failed.  I've
already informed the user of the very real possibility that all his
data could be lost, but I was wondering if anyone could point me in the
direction of any tools that I may be able to use to try to pull any

How do you tell the difference between usb 2.0 and usb 1.0
Thank you.

History:
OS - XP SP2. All of a sudden, my computer started crashing (blue screen)
with problems pointing to file name "nv4_disp". Apparently this is a driver
issue for  my GeForce 5200 card.

When I install windows xp it only recognises 131 gb hard drive but bios is
reading it ok as 300 gb

After I installed Lavasoft Spyware remover, I ran it and got rid of some junk
on my computer. I ran it again because I didn't get to remove everything the
first time. While it was running the 2nd time, I was looking through files on
a CD in the Explorer (Right click > Exlpore all ...

Hi Guys and Gals
Just built myself a new pc , and have a problem.
Here is what i built.
Asus Motherboard=P5LD2 Deluxe

Hi, the onboard graphics on the PC gave up. There's no signal
whatsoever on the monitor. However, the monitor works fine as other PCs
on that monitor work just fine (with the same cable, btw). So, I
thought about getting a new graphics card and plug it in - but I have

Apologies if this seems like a daft question; I don't actually think it is.
1. My current mobo is an ASUS  A8V (Socket 939). It supports the usual 2
IDE channels as well as 2 SATA channels.
2. I had a working Windows XP Professional system, using 2 IDE channels

I have an ASUS P4C800-E deluxe mobo with sound max onboard sound. If I stick
a new PCI sound card in my system, what is the procedure for dealing with
the onboard sound during this process.....do I disable it in the bios, and
if so, when during the installation process should I ...

My DVD-RW Drive is not reading my CD-R's, so it won't let me burn audio cd's,
any idea why?

I open my computer and i have a D drive, but when i want to play a CD or burn
a CD it wont work.  I think that I need to reinstall the software for this
piece of hardware, but when I put in the disc it will not read it.  Do i need
to uninstall the drive, and if I do, how do i ...