I was running a powered USB hub off my desktop with a couple of devices
running off it for ages without incident.  My problems started when I took
the computer out of suspend (as I always do) and the computer had frozen up.
I rebooted and an error message came up saying that a ...

Is it possible to format a CD-ROM in Nero StartSmart or XP?
If so, can somehow tell me the steps?
Thanks.
(I posted this question earlier, but now am unable to locate it,

Does anyone know of any download links for obtaining
a free copy of Roxio. (Older versions are okay.)
So far, I've only come across download links for
paid copies.

It is possible to uninstall drivers 4 hardware Windows XP but the case I
have is one in which going to device manager and trying to uninstall the
sound driver is not possible. The unnstall option/command is not shown.
Also, the sound and audio shortcut in control panel shows up ...

I have this windows XP machine that is running a mercury analyzer.  This
analyzer has 2 pieces the instrument itself and an autosampler.  The
instrument is connected to the COM port and the autosampler is connected via
USB.

I am trying to control (disable/enable/set the volume) of the front
and back audio connectors of an AC´97 audio device.
Right now when I plug a speaker in the back connector and a phone in
the front connector, both play audio at the same time. I would like to

Recently I tried running my computer through a different monitor (19" TFT)
instead of my usual one (17" CRT). However, when I plugged my computer back
into my old monitor, it seems to have "forgotten" how to output to it. I have
had this problem before when I had it plugged into ...

I have a PC with XP on it that currently has 4 USB ports. 2 are being
used with the mouse and wireless adapter. I have tried to plug in a
small external hard disk to copy some data. When I plug it in, a small
status message states it is recognised as USB media. It does not

Today my floopy disappeared ! It not longer shows up in my computer, in
Device manager is has a "yellow ! "next to Standard floppy disk controller
and "This device cannot start. (Code 10)". I swapped out the cable and the
floppy drive and still get the same stuff. I tryed restore ...

The bottom-line is that the desktop computer plays only the right stereo
channel.  No music comes through the left channel from any source: CD,
DVD, wave file, the speaker test program, nothing.  I inherited this
unbranded machine from my brother and I know very little about

I was upgrading my memory from 256megs to 1gig of ram. After swapping the
ram sticks I rebooted as I always do to make sure everything goes fine with
the case cover off. I noticed as soon as the WinXP splash screen comes up
the cooling fans stop. As soon as I shut down when WinXP ...

reen trying to add new hardware (a Nokia 6300 mobile phone), the 'Add new
hardware wizard' comes up with an error message that says "The name is
already in use as either a service name or a servcie display name".
What is this and what dio I have to do to eliminate what I assume is ...

Is there such a thing as a SATA card which can convert IDE to SATA?  I
have a PC with an IDE drive and would like to convert it to SATA and
add another internal SATA drive.  Also, if I have an external SATA
connection, I'd like to have a backup drive connected to it.  Is all of

I am having problems windows booting. Even through safe mode it will jam
before actually getting through to windows.
I have been told to boot through windows disk and press repair. Im
struggling what to do from there.

I have XP Home SP2 set up on my M: internal HD.  I need to repair it,
or reinstall.  I use the original CD -- when I get to the choice of
which system to repair (I've got two different systems; two different
Hard Drives). it offers me:  C:\Windows or D:\Windows.