How can this be done? My primary problem to start with is how do I talk to
the BIOS/HDD to get me the S.M.A.R.T. info???  Getting at least the
temperature of the drive would be a start...
thanks

Firstly, i want to say sorry if i posted in the wrong place and pls mov
my topic if its posted in the wrong section, i couldn't figure out whic
section my post goes to
this is what happened :

I have been given a Medion laptop and told if I can fix it I can keep it.
Switched on from cold it may work OK for a while then it will totally
freeze.
Other times it will simply refuse to start, power LED is lit but no HDD

just bought a USB webcam for Skype. But when i hook it up to the USB my
system windows XP does not recognize the camera. I have installed the
current drivers from the website but is still does not work. When i try
running the webcam software I get the error "Error 80004005: ...

I had some problem with the drivers of my system and had to reinstall the
operating system. I downloaded the drivers from the gateway website after
reinstalling the OS and the sound icon too, but the sound icon does'nt
install in the task bar. How can I fix this issue. Any input ...

My mouse is currently jumping all over the screen. I would swear it was alive.
Tried using differnt types. PS2 and USB and same thing happening. Looked at
differnt mouse options and it is still doing it.
Any one help?

I have XP pro and on two occasions I have had the HD tray drive letter lose
contact with XP  and then after a while, lose all the data on the HD.
I am not sure why this has happened as I do not change them very often at all.
Is there anything I should know about using XP Pro with ...

I had 1GB RAM in my desktop system, and I had no problems putting my system
into hibernation.
I installed an additional 1GB memory stick, brining my total system RAM to
2GB.  I tried to put my computer into hibernation as usual, but the system

I have installed the drivers for MS Lifecam VX-6000 (newest version,
LC-14.exe, v.1.40, downloaded directly from the MS website) on a Hungarian
LEGAL Windows XP SP2 (Athlon X64) machine. The Microsoft Lifecam Software
(Microsoft Lifecam menu, Properties, Settings) gives me a lot ...

I recently purchased my first external HD.  Can anyone tell me how
long the data will survive intact once the drive is unplugged from the
electricity supply, or is this something that varies depending on
model and make, please?

Not sure what it is, but i have recently come into a problem with my drives.
I have a normal dvd-rom and a dvd/cd burner, and its odd, i have changed out
my ide cable.  It seems my drives will read nothing but dvds, my games and
cd-roms all come up as blank cds.  I have cleaned ...

When Automatic Updates finishes downloading its updates, if you opt to
shut down without running the updates, Windows is configured to (by
default) install those updates as another in a long line of stages in
that shutdown process. I realize there's a way to turn that behavior

I have looked with no success.. which would be the best group to post a
question at regarding DVD players.
There is a move I am interested in getting... I was advise by the
distributor in Sweden, they carry it in Region 2, PAL.

I am a trainer who needs to show/train in both Office 2003 and Office 2007 on an XP platform but not at the same time. I have already loaded Office 2003 on the XP platform.
I have some clients who are on 2003 and others who are making the switch to 2007.
I have heard conflicting ...

Dear experts,
I have a T61 laptop with WinXP SP2.
The problem is that the SD slot does not work with some SD flash memory cards.
Cards of 16 or 32 MB work fine (so I assume that the slot and divers are ok) -