Can anyone tell me about some really good hardware testing software? I've
been using Performance PC, but it's not absolutely reliable and I need to
find some really serious testing hardware.
Thansk a lot!!

I've got a Gateway machine just past its 90 day refurbished warranty and the
mobo conks out.....
I intend to replace it with an Asus mobo, so when I do, I will have to use
the Gateway reinstall package.

I have just bought a new keyboard which is connected via USB. When I boot up
the PC I get a message "Keyboard is Locked Out - Unlock the key". Everthing
stps dead. To get to Windows I have to reboot and keep my finger on the F1
key. What does the message mean? What can I do??

Does anyone know how to free up space on my hard drive (C)? I have only 2%
left on space on drive c. I have 82% space left on my D drive. I just
wondered if i could move some of my programs to the D drive to make a lot
more space?

I recently noticed my Optical Drive is not working. It does not show up as my
D: drive on My Computer, but it does appear and work in BIOS, if I try to
reinstall my drivers. The thing that seems to have caused the problem was a
recently installed MS hardware update for a VIA IDE ...

I have a motherboard that supports SATA1 with an exchange rate of 150mb/s,
can
I fit a SATA11 drive, up to 300mb/s, onto this port, do they use the same
connector? I need to know as I intend to change the motherboard in the near

I'm at my wits end!  I've been trying for dyas now to get pictures
from my digital camera onto my pc.  Please bear with me on this as i'm
not even going to pretend I know what i'm talking about...
When I plug in my camera to the usb I get the following error message:

I have an INTERNAL dvd writer that is breaking, according to "experts" in
this newsgroup---e.g., it is opening and closing sluggishly, if at all, and
won't recognize blank dvds for burning purposes.  I want to avoid the hassle
of installing another internal.  

Is there any "universal" software which could be used
with the scanner Visioneer OneTouch 8700USB on XP
instead of PaperPort Deluxe and Visioneer OneTouch?
What TWAIN could I use with it?

I have an iiyama ProLight wide-screen monitor, with a resolution of
1680x1050.
However the closest I can get to this resolution in display settings

I have an extra CD Drive Indicated under "My Computer" & listed under
"Devices with removable storage." Anyone know how to get rid of this?  Thanks

I had to reload Windows XP and now I have no sound.  I checked the Control
Panel and it says that there is No Audio Device.  As suggested in another
question, I went to disable the hardware but there were no yellow exclamation
marks to remove.  What else should I try?

I am interested in replacing my old, slow HDD with a new one (direct swap
out).  I can partition and format the new drive and image it with the data
from the old one and get the hardware changed out without any problems.  Once
I have done this, however, will I need to take any ...

2nd Hard drive causes Computer to stop responding occasionally and I must
restart computer to get it to work. The 2nd hard drive makes a lot of noise
when this happens. I replaced the hard drive twice and the cable going from
motherboard to harddrive. I have had no problems when ...

Am I going to have any problems with xp home after I upgrade my motherboard,
cpu memory and video card tomorrow?  I have xp home sp2 with ie 7 and all the
updates.  My original xp cd is xp with sp1.  I did make a slipstream just for
backup.  I'm updating from an AMD +2600 xp to ...