Well, I don't know if it's a front ear mike, or just an ear mike, but it's
coming from the front panel button. This front panel button is more like a
front panel presser is about the size of a rally button for the president.
This is a thick black cable that's connected to the ...

XP SP3
Just installed my first DVD +/- RW drive (Philips SPD6005BD) and am
encountering what I think are fairly standard DVD issues but I don't
know the answers.

This is follow on from a post of 16 June about KVM switches, XP and Vista.
I've set up a KVM switch (Aten) between a PC running XP and one with Vista
pre-installed.
There are no keyboard or mouse problems and both displays appear on the one

I want to know if it is a problem to use a screwdriver that has been run
throught a magnet and now it's a magnetic screwdriver. An 8" #1 phillips
head, which is hard to find anywhere. My favorite screw driver is now like a
magnet.

please help,
my computer shows that i have no active devices for sound. i Have n
sound cards, just integrated sound - the box is grey'd out and i can'
do anything about it.......any idea

I have a Dell Dimension 4600 running XP Pro SP2. In Device Manager |
Sound, Video and Game Controllers it shows the built-in SoundMAX
Integrated Digital Audio sound card. The properties dialog shows that
the device is working properly.

hello. i am running windows xp home on a custom built (UN-overclocked)
computer. my question i think seems to be related to either my video card, or
drivers inside windows. i have done what tests i can so far, and have
discounted the problem being my monitor. my video card is an ...

My new Toshiba 320 GB external hard drive is not recognized by one of my PC's
(with Windows XP and SP2). My other PC's do recognize the drive right away.
What could be wrong with that one PC? What should I look for and how can I
correct things?

I have another chance now to do it right. Newegg.com just sent me back my
mobo, I returned it and I hope now this mobo works right. I'm not sure if
this is a new mobo, but it's not wrapped in plastic, so I figure it's the
same one that they fixed. Or the mobo wasn't the problem, ...

I suck at computers and need to update my driver. I have no idea what I
need to do. Any help would be appreciated.

I'm reading in this mobo user's manual that you can allocate some hard drive
space for Express Recovery2. It says; make sure to leave unallocated space,
about 10 GB, in advance. When I partiton the hard drive, I'm supposed to
leave 10GB of space for this feature.

Well, I'm almost forced into using this SATA drive, it's a SAMSUNG Spinpoint
SP1614C with a SATA connector. I found out later that it didn't have IDE
connectors, so I put it into a box and stacked it with other devices in the
closet. Well, I'm finally using it. The reason I'm ...

If an USB device is connected on boot, then the system reboots after the bios
(where the Windows progress bar usually shows).
If no USB devices are connected, then it boots fine. After booting, then I
can plug in the USB devices and they work fine.

The beginner's guide to a backup program for my Windows XP SP3 desktop
computer says to always connect the backup USB device directly to a port on
the back of the computer. It emphasizes "Do not use 2-4 port connectors." I
have a 7-port hub connected to one of the USB ports on ...

help tried to accesss my computer it will not open just keeps searching.tried
restor no good-tried scan nogood -any help would be appreciated.