I have a Packard Bell Laptop (yes I know it's all my own fault!) with a
Matshita uj - 810 cd/dvd writer.
The drive does not recognise dvds anymore - was fine until the other day. It
will read cds and cd roms just ignores dvds.

Please help!
I have managed to put video footage onto my PC from a video cassette (by
plugging my VCR into the TV aerial socket). The video footage is saved on my
PC as .mpg files & when I open them, they play fine on Windows Media Player.

After capturing, the video halts every 2-3 second. The problem occurs both
when editing, and in the saved video.  I´ve tried saving and capturing in
different formats, but  with no luck.  
Does anybody have a clue?

Ok I have a new motherboard installed a (ABIT A-17 GURU) I also replace
the psu from 300w to 500w and the **** thing is still crashing an
rebooting, There is only so much money I can spend considering tha
everything I tried dosn't work.I think it has something to do with th

Well at the boot up it always fails/freezes as soon as the white bar a
bottom of screen is full(does the same everytime) and when it comes t
instalation it hangs once windows setup has copied the setup files an
then you get the meesage "windows is starting setup". And i hav

PLEASE I NEED TO KNOW HOW CAN I CONVERT A WMV FILE TO BURN IT IN DVD AND PLAY
IT IN A COMMERCIAL DVD PLAYER

I am about to install a abit a17 guru motherboard but going through th
manual I found that the motherboard supports 1.5v and 0.8v graphic
cards and my radeon 9550 is 3.0v can anyone give me some info on thi
are the two compatible or should I get a new g-card I don't want t

I have Hauppauge WINTV PVR-150 MCE installed on my computer and am
using WinTV 2000 to transfer video from a VCR into a digital format.
Although this works fine if I am in attendance, it is another story if
I leave the transfer running through the night. This morning I checked

When I insert a blank DVD-R, the drive changes to CD-R and, when i try to add
something, it gives an error messege
how can i fix this?

I would like to know whether I can record a program from live TV on my PC and
then make a video file for late use. Thanks.

how do i copy a dvd movie to my computer, so that i can play it without the
dvd. i have nero 6 and dvd shrink. any ideas reg`s mark

Hello! My media player is set to play ALL file types, yet won't play online
video such as CNN video. Any suggestions?
I have a Dell Dimension 8300 with Windows XP Pro SP2.

This error message says: "bad_pool_caller". Anyone - can you tell me how
to fix this error. It causes a blue screen and the only way to proceed
is to shut the computer down and restart.

Oh im a bit stumped at the moment, I Had a system running XP Home
Edition that worked perfectly fine until 3 weeks ago when it suddenly
stopped working, so much so that i was even unable to install windows
again because it froze at the same point everytime.  So assuming that a

Hello!
I have compiled a slideshow, which I want to share with some people I
have met online. However, I can't find any free uploading site that
will accept it's size (13.4 MB).