I have a yamaha 8424E was working fine till I bought a new copy of XP pro and
registered it, all the right things but now the manager sees the cdrw but can
not read or write anything including the XP Pro disc. How random is this. Do
I have to update the firmware ? Hope you can ...

I find myself with two U3 USB flash drives.  I'm not sure I need even one of
them.  XP wouldn't delete the U3 partition.  Can someone tell me how to wipe
one of them
clean of all files and partitions?

I am Having a problem with a HP L2000 Laptop which Gets Repeated BLUE
SCREENS. I had to Repair XP Professional Service Pack 2 to get it
running the first time. My Friend bought it back in late 05 but never
used it. He recently Plugged in the A/C Adapter and charged up the

I am using drivers 6.14.11.5631 for this card but it is having an issue
playing video in a custom application.  I can play in windows media and
quicktime no problem.  Even directX sdk applications play the videos correct.
But my application that is based on the sdk is not ...

I have a Toshiba M45 Satellite laptop with 3 USB ports and am running Xp SP2.
Recently (I'm not sure exactly when) my USB ports stopped allowing me to
install new devices.  I have various USB devices installed on my laptop
(thumb drive, external hard drive, mouse, etc.).  When I ...

If purchasing a new system and you had the choice, would you go with the
Intel quad core q6600  ... or stick to the Intel dual core e6850 processor?
XP Pro OS and most used Software:  Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Lightroom,
Producer (makes slide shows), Adobe Acrobat v5 Pro, MS ...

I just connected another HDD. BIOS says its on ATA secondary and the
devicemanager says its on H:. My problem is that I can't find that volume.
It's not listed in my computer. I run XP servicepack 2. Any ideas?

I know a little about computers but since all this Duo Core Quad Core stuff
came about it seems as though Intell doesn't base their chips on speed
anymore.
I'm looking at another prebuilt system. My question is, how does a Intel®

I have Samsung UMPC Q1 with XP on it.
It has Broadcom Bluetooth chip 2045
I tried connecting external GPS receiver, but the PC claims there are
no services on the receiver.

I'm running Windows XP with all the latest updates. Without warning my
computer will reboot itself. I'll be in the middle of browsing the web or
checking My Documents and suddenly the screen will go blank, and then a
complete reboot will start, starting with the BIOS information ...

MS WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL CD-ROM-- full retail with or w/o COA,
either genuine M$ or a copy.  Do have a WGA validated product key, but
my CD went south.  In fact, I'm also open to other XP Pro versions.
Eventual transaction to be carried out through eBay/PayPal only.  See

  I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop,  a while ago I got an error
saying that Nv4_disp.dll was stuck in an infinite loop,  I have a
Nvidia 6800 video card.   Since then everytime I try to use my laptop
the screen starts to blink, and it when this happens the computer

I created several images using a light, bright green color: R=153,
G=204, B=0. The color looked perfect at the time but recently it looks
gray with a slight tint of green. It appears as if I have lost the
original color.

I have a Lite-on SOHW 832s external dvd player/burner. I had to take it out
of its case and clean it out with air and i noticed it had three sets of
wires one multipin, a four pin and one small two prong, the multipin and four
pin i could see were they went but the small two ...

I am working on WinXP Pro & have been using a 13" monitor (not a TFT)
since last 8 years or so. Except for once (about 9 months back when
there was a blast which was accompanied by a loud noise on the rear
side of the monitor where it connects to the CPU), I have never faced