Toshiba Satellite A20 laptop with XP professional SP2.  Installation of NEC
ND-6750A DVD unit presents a problem.  Turning machine on, everything runs
just fine until we get to the start of XP boot - system freezes.  Seems this
is a problem of compatibility or lack of DVD drivers ...

I had a Iomega Zip External Drive on my system.  I removed it as I did
not need it anymore (got an external WD Harddrive instead).  But,
after removing the USB Zip Drive, it still shows up in My Computer and
also in "Safely Remove Hardware".  I can go into Safely Remove

I'm sure I saw a reference somewhere to setting Win XP to boot the PC
automatically at a pre-set time of day.  Blowed if I can find it now, and
'Help' doesn't seem to work, nor does the Power Options icon in Control
Panel.  Am I dreaming this?

I need some help real bad.
I recently bought a cheap-o 7.1 soundcard for its optical SPDIF input.
I wanted to use the optical in to connect my PS2 through it, and so ge
surround sound.

I've enjoyed this group on the 'hardware' side of things, and when I
realized that my current question was 'software' oriented I assumed
I'd find a microsoft.public.windowsxp.software group.  I couldn't even
find anything close!  Could anyone point me in the right direction?  I

I have an  old PS2 keyboard.  I also have an adapter that has PS2 to
USB.
I tried using it but nothing happens.
Suggestions?

Good morning!
my PC is going slower and slower : after installing and uninstalling many
softwares, I d like now to format all, reinstall XP Home and install only
the most needed softwares.

So the other day I had a few hours available and decided it was time
for my computers bi-yearly cleaning.
Computer:
Intel P4 3.0ghz

I connect my ipod via USB to a Windows XP WMC, I sync, buy and listen to
music with no problems. When I'm ready to exit iTunes I eject the ipod
through iTunes, I then close iTunes and finally click on "Safely Remove
Hardware". I disconnect the USB cable from the computer and I ...

All of a sudden my disc drive does not work. When I put a disc in and try to
start my DVD player it says "No Disc In Drive". When I go into My Computer
the name of my drive is no longer listed. So I went into Device Manager and
the drive name has an exclamation mark. When I right ...

Dear Sir/Madam
We are one of the largest wholesalers in China who mainly sell stylis
electronic product and equipment such as Digital Cameras, Mobile Phone
Laptops, Mp4, GPS, Digital Video and bulk products such as LCD TV

Got an IDE drive on external casing. Used it between home and work. lately
encountered some problem. After I have used it at work, when plugged into
machine at work, the drive came up to said can't find F: which is a drive
that I have at work.

Just installed a memory card reader. XP MCE 2005 recognizes it as a
removable drive.   If I jump through several hoops I can reach a box
which gives the option of 'optimizing for quick removal' or
'optimizing for performance'.  These settings are described as either

My system has IDE drives only, Windows XP SP2 and all current udpates.
Now that I am having bad blocks on drive C, I get Event ID 7 from source
Disk with the message:
The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block

I got an external USB hard disk enclosure. It works fine on my laptop,
it gets detected, drivers get loaded, and everything shows up fine in
Device Manager, and a drive letter is assigned to it. When I put the
same device onto my desktop, almost everything happens the same,