Will XP recognise and format an Iomega Zip drive and allow copy/backup to it?
I am running SP2 and can no longer use the Iomega supplied One Step backup
s/w as Iomega no longer support this via Active Disc s/w. If not can anyone
recommend any other utilities or s/w that will ...

I recently acquired a Philips Ultimate Edge PSC724 Sound Card and the front 2
ports that I use for my headset have now stopped working, I was wondering why
they have stopped working and is their a way to get them working again?

I have a new Desktop,  sp2 w/ 512 mb Ram.
Two problems, really:
I can hibernate fine, but if I try to bring it back up, the computer hangs
on trying to load the OS off a disc - which I made sure in BIOS it shouldn't

I want to upgrade my PC, but I don't want to buy a new O/S - I'm happy
with Windows XP Professional.
The main thing I want to upgrade is my graphics card, but I will also
need to change my motherboard to support it (since my existing mobo

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I just got a new monitor that has a 1680x1050 resolution.  This is not an
option for my video card.  It there a way to add this to my video card some
how?
Thanks

I have 1GB of DDR RAM installed in my XP machine with an AMD Athlon 64
3200+.  Is it worth installing more memory ie another Gb? (The machine is
mostly used for general internet access and MS Office apps plus a small
amount of video; no games use)

Am in Chennai, India. A friend of mine bought  a Wolverine 2120 from the US
and gifted it to me. But the HDD doesn't show in my HP dv2002 laptop, which
came with a pre-installed WinXP with SP2. The HDD showed in 2 PCs Ubunutu
6.01 but not as plu and play. The HDD should be ...

Why does this type of video card have 2 x DVI connectors on it?
Does a single card of this model drive two monitors to allow multi monitor
setup?
I mean will each DVI plug provide independent video output, or is it simply

After bootup defrag of my C: drive with Partition Magic I now have a
"NTLDR not found, press any key to retry" error. No big deal except
that:
When i attempt to recover with winxp pro cd the laptop hangs on a

I set up a machine with Windows XP Pro using dual SATA drives in a non-raid
setup.  Standby\Hibernation disabled.  If I let the machine sit, the screen
goes black as if going into standby mode and when I try to 'wake' the system
up, it appears to be locked up, though I can move ...

I have a MS Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 that suddenly ceased
working. There seems to be communication between the mouse and Windows,
as it will give me the battery state. The mouse however, will not move
the pointer. I removed the drivers/software and loaded the newest

I'm not sure if this is a hardware issue, but I have a remote office XP user
that reports his desktop is rotated 90 deg. (ccw).  It started this morning
for no apparent reason after working properly prior to shutting down (Dell
D505 Laptop).  Upon restart, the desktop is rotated ...

I have a toshiba sattelite P105-S6014 that has suddenly failed to run.
Following message appears every time I boot up ' Windows could not
start because following file is missing or corrupt
<Windows root>\system32\hal.dll

I have an onboard realtek AC'97 card, which is apparently working according
to device manager, and not even present according to the 'Sound Audio and
Devices' Properties.
Device manager reports the card as working, no conflicts, latest driver,