I have an application that may generate sound alarms and I can turn the
external speaker sound to nothing for sleeping, but there seems to be
another speaker inside the PC. How do I shut this internal speaker off. I
inspected the motherboard/ inside case and didn't see anything. ...

I own a laptop now for just under three years, just recently I got a
spate of BSOD errors, referring to atapi.sys.
Following this error, I got an HDD error saying the device was not
found. I went on to do a System Restore, and for awhile the BSOD errors

I changed my computer casing 2days ago. Now My motherboard Bios does no
record the times. when i go to start my computer BIOS warned me to se
the time. Also I recognize my first boot HDD. But BIOS not detect HDD
Please Help me out...........

my computer restarts automatically when i started to play the game or working
even installing win xp setup

had bsod yesterday and their was a error reported in event viewer for 1003. i
posted mindump at site and they said to do a defrag and chksck frag went find
but when doing the chkdsk i had message come up that their where the disk
does not have enough space to replace bad clusters ...

How can I determine whether my USB ports are v1.0 or 2.0?

I cannot install my IEEE 1394 controller or a 5-button MS USB Intelli-mouse
optical or an HP Laserjet 1100 printer. The hardware is detected and properly
identified but the driver install ends with:
There is a problem installing this hardware:

I know I shouldn't be complaining but curiosity has got the better of me.
There has been no post from our self appointed newsgroup policeman for
nearly 2 weeks.  However, I have noticed the odd reply to a non existent
post.  I thought I had killfiled him but, no I haven't.  Just ...

About a year ago, I did a clean install of XP w/SP2.  Among the hardware I
installed drivers for, a Silicon Image siL 0680 ATA 133 controller was
installed.
A few months later, I uninstalled using the add/remove programs entry for

Recently, when I plugged in USB flash drive or card reader, the "Safely
Remove Hardware" list never show them anymore.  It only shows the plugged
infra-red device.
Anyone who can help me to solve this problem?  I would like these devices

I am running XP and Office 2000 Professional and after considerable effort
have just got my microphone to work.  However, when my son uses it on his
gaming site their is a lot of loud disturbance (like waves crashing) on it so
you can only just make out the voice.

My computer got blue screen "IRQ_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO" Error when I run a
program.
below is the 64KB dump after running dumpchk.
How can I diagnose this dump check ???

I'd like to get a retail version of the XP windows operating system to use in the future.  I have an OEM version that came
with my computer when a local company (now out of business) built it.  I do not know if the OEM version is "tied" to any
particular hardware.  I want the ...

I have 2 laptops. One just fell and the display went bad but hard drive is
good and the other has my programs that I want. It has xp home. The second
laptop hard drive is now corrupt. First laptop is a Toshiba and the second is
a Dell. I want to put the Toshiba drive into the ...

My laptop did an update on Friday but now my CD/DVD drive is not responding.
The system says that the drive is working correctly but it's not. The light
used to flash when the drive was working but now it's not doing anything. Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!