I am running WinXP Pro and recently encountered a bootup problem. The
boot sequence seems to freeze when I bootup even in Safe Mode. I can
get back to WinXP by selecting the last working configuration during
the bootup process. I also noticed that when booting in Safe Mode, the

Can anyone make a suggestion what i should do about a broken XP Home disc, i
bought it with my old computer a few years ago, privately, i would be very
grateful, thanks

I'm using Windows XP.  I have had an HP6940 Deskjet for a year with no
problems.  Last week, a message popped up that there was a printing error,
and my document did not print.  Cleared the print queue, tried to print
again, no luck.  Restarted the computer.  Still no printing.  ...

This morning I removed the stock / passive-fanless heatsink from my PNY
GeForce 6200 256mb AGP card and fitted a Zalman VF700-ALCu (the cheaper half
copper and half aluminium one),
( ...and what a labour of love that was i.e. cleaning off the hard baked-on

We have a shared printer hooked up to an older Win98 desktop machine. The
printer is an HP PSC 2200. When an XP user attempts to add a printer and
specifies the shared printer location i.e. \\computername\printername they
are then asked to select a driver etc.... Windows XP does ...

Hi, I'm working on a friends pc, I have the tower with me at home an
was told that it freezes all the time.
I have just discovered that it's caused by the keyboard, the second
key is pressed the pc just freezes up.

Does anybody know if Plextor will refurbish a SCSI cd Burner for you?
mine is several years old and needs to be rebuilt, either that or a new pc
and SATA DVD burner but it needs to work with my CDRWIN software, has anybody
used this software on a SATA Plextor DVD burner to make ...

I have finally found some time to do what was suggested to me some
time ago in this forum at
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware/browse_thread
/thread/a396f27bcf1ac98f/c744ba1b095e79cd?lnk=st&q=no_spam_paquette&rnum=10#c744
ba1b095e79cd
but, ...

I'm running Windows Vista 64bit(no newsgroup for it). I have digital camera with USB1.1 support and ipod with USB2.0 support. My problem is, that transfer speed is very slow ... 400kb/s. I tried to chenge settings in computer management, but without any success.
Do you have the ...

I bought it used. maybe it had a
driver erased by refurb?
It says 2MB all over.
                   - = -

I have xp pro machine that has worked fine for a year but now the screen
scrolled 200 percent left to right and up and down I went into the display
settings and changed the advanced settings dpi settings from 96 to 120 this
made the screen scroll only 125 of normal. I can not ...

I am hoping this is the correct place to ask the question, if not maybe
someone can help.
Basically I moved a couple months back and when I set up my computer after
moving I can't use my internal CD or DVD drives anymore. I have no idea why,

I have deleted the Internet Protocol TCP/IP while doing something my
service provider was helping me with.  BIG help.  And Microsoft says
this can't be done.  Well my Widows XP home edition must be one of the
first ones out before they made it impossible to delete.  I was unaware

System:  Dell XPS 4 with 3.2 GHz, 2 Gb RAM, Windows XP Media Center
Soundcard:  Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)
Speakers connected Klipsch 5.1.  
I ran windows update manager and installed the following HW updates:

this problem seems to be common.
I recently uninstalled ICQ, after which VGA compatible is missing, Stand By
is not available, screen looks like not adjusted to proper resolution and
fonts are somehow blurry. When starting, windows prompts to install a