i turned on my computer this morning and my computer theme had changed from
xp to classic i went into control panel and tried altering it back but
nothing happens, i did reboot after putting the settings back to xp

I am looking for a wireless trackball that I can use with my laptop
that can be carried easily on trips.  I like the Logitech line and
have one for my desktop, but it is wired.  I seem to see that all the
Logitech models have large receivers, is that true?  I don't want to

I recently purchased some more memory (RAM) for my PC. My PC had 512MB
already, and I installed an additional 1GB of RAM in the second RAM slot. In
the Bios it says I have 1536MB, and it says in the help and support center, I
have a memory capacity of 1.50 GB. However, in My ...

I think my pc is infected with some virus. All my folders in my harddisk turn to .exe file. I dont know how to kill or remove this virus. Someone know the solution, pls tell me how to fix.

Ok, I got the the point where it says to press F6 if you have something else
to install and nothing happens. I made the floppy disk with Windows XP and it
went onto one floppy. I was trying to get all  on the floppy, because I
should've clicked further and then saw 64bit, Vista, ...

I'm ready to fire up this DIY PC that I built 3 years ago and I"m thinking
to not use anything fancy except a video card. This will be a new hard drive,
and a new operating system, either Windows XP Pro or Home edition. This mobo
is an Elitegroup ECS GF6100-M754. The hard drive ...

My IDE C drive is 7 years old and holds only 20 GB. I would like to replace
it with an 80G (data backup) drive that is as good as new but has 5
partitions on it, which I need to wipe out in order to use it as a C drive.
Can I use Win XP SP2, somehow, to wipe the 80 GB clean to get ...

Windows XP SP3.  
I got a new printer.  There are problems.  Until I have time to troubleshoot, I want to work without the printer.  The Add
New Hardware Wizard keeps popping up.  It pops up every 30 seconds.  
I'll be back in a few days to get help troubleshooting the printer ...

Hello George/Anyone who can help!
As requested, here is a new post describing my problem.  I cannot use ANY
new USB devices since a few months ago (not sure when exactly?), and I always
get the message "There was a problem installing this hardware..the data is

Hello George,
I have basically the same problem. I am one of the many users having a
problem that says "THE DATA IS INVALID" after installing or
reinstalling driver for a device. This refers to add-on cards such as

I found a dell Opitex GX100 computer.  It seems to work, but it has a
password for the bios...I am trying to format the harddrive as well
to
put XP on it, but I would like to change the boot sequence.  Should I

Ok, I sent back the motherboard to newegg.com and my thoughts were probably
right. It hasn't come back yet. The first time I sent it back, it was back in
no time at all. This time, I did right and sent it by USP and didn't have to
pay 8 bucks or 6.50 to send it back. I used the ...

I have built a system to run a single application using Xp home (SP3). This
system boots to a compact flash Card (8gb).  This card is installed in an
adapter made to emulate an HDD. I first built the system and application on a
HDD and made an image of the drive. I then installed ...

I want to archive my CD collection by putting everything on a hard drive at
the best possible quality.  Does this have any hardware requirements either
in the recorder or soundcard areas?  Is there a recognised 'best format' to
use?  And is there any truth in the argument that ...

I have a problem with the device manager. I get this error message when I
try to access device manager: Unable to load the Device manager program file,
devmgr.dll.
How can I cure this problem please