I need guidance in selecting what processor to choose when buying a new
laptop.  Its use will be mainly for email and internet browsing, so my
budget will lie in the $600-range.  The last one I bought a couple of years
ago was a Celeron M with 1.6 (or 1.4?) GHz; and it is really ...

I'm stuck with the error in the subject trying to install XP prof *sp2*;
here's my hardware:
motherboard:  asus m2n4-sli with nForce chipset
cpu athlon:   64 3500+ AM2

Thanks for the replies about the nVidia graphics card. I sorted that
out by re-installing XP, but this time XP home, which I bought on eBay
a while back. Now it wporks a treat.
BUT I now have another very curious problem. Or rather two: first off,

my friend has had a bt home hub for a while, and despite many initial
problems has had it working properly for some time. however yesterday
he was on the internet and then his computer turned off very suddenly,
and turning it back on would get to the point after the windows loading

Hi. first off I usually use Macs and don't know my way around PCs
(yet). I bought a secondhand Dell Optiplex GX260 for my children to
play games on. Came with Windows XP Professional installed. Games
weren't good with the built-in graphics card so I bought an Nvidia

My hardware manager indicates that I have 5 USB controllers only one of
which is shown as "USB2 Enhanced".
I occasionally get a brief message advising me that my USB controller
could be working faster and I must assume that the reference is to one

Dear Sir,
Followings are our configuration, Intel 945 chipset with on board VGA +
external ATI Graphic card ,  Intel Core2 Duo CPU . After install Windows XP
SP1 & vga drivers,  then boot up will hang up on progressing bar..

Hi.  Until recently my boot disk was a Maxtor 120Gb PATA that
contained a boot partition (XP SP2) and a second partition for,
well, stuff an' all.  I also had a second PATA drive for other stuff,
among which was a partition for holding the Windosw swapfile and

first of all, excuse me for my english. I'm catalan and I will try that
you understand me
I have a P IV 3,2 which doesn't turn on.
Few Days ago, I kept out all components and I changed the processor for

I have been using the DOS Generic CADD6 for a decade or more.  It ran very
badly under Windows 98 and runs very well under XP.   Most of the time I do
not print from it but put the screen out to a BMP file, then edit that file
in a Windows graphics program to create accurate ...

I installed a PCI bus 1394a PCI host contoller card and get the Code 12 error
regarding resources..
How do I know how much I have available and what each device is using?
How do I know which devices can be stopped?

I have a serious problem here. I tried to install Ubuntu linux and long
story short I didn't like it so I removed it's partitions and then made the
windows partition back to its original size.
I ran CHKDSK /R before and after the partition size changes. Now when I use

I need a spare adapter for my Laptop.
I went to the eBay site whether it has an Adapter I've been
looking for and found the similar one.  I contacted a seller
whether the Adapter listed can be used for my Laptop.

I have a 7200 external disk drive and a laser printer.  They are both
connected to one PC via USB2 on a home network.  They are shared with a
second PC through a wired router.  I would like to attach both devides to my
network through a simple printer/storage server that attaches ...

I have exactly the same problem as the post below but my DVD drive happens to
be a MATSHITA UJ-840D and the software mentioned will therefore not work. I
have been looking for firmware on the internet but have been unsuccessful so
far. Can anyone suggest anything i could try ...