My current challenge is a new Maxtor Onetouch 4 external hard drive.  Windows
detects it as an "other device" and gives error code 28 asking for a driver.  
It never shows up as a hard drive.  The Maxtor is plug and play and should
not need a driver.  The Maxtor works fine when ...

I am beginning to have a problem with using Control Alt Delete.  It
replicates itself to the point where I have 10 sometime 15 windows open.  
This evening, it replicated itself and caused my desktop icons to flash on
and off.  I eventually had to unplug the computer to get it to ...

i am really annoyed some users turn off computer abruptly without proper
shutdown Windows XP, so systems got into problems from time to time.
Is there a way I can know/log when and in what system status users turn
off computers without proper shutdown? so I can find out the reason ...

My friend has an e-machine approx. 2 years old. He has windows 98 on the
secondary drive and windows xp on the primary drive. What would he need to do
to be able to boot up from either drive the easiest way without going in and
out of the BIOS each time? Thanks

Is it possible to prevent a scheduled task from opening while a prior
instance is still running? I have a data transfer application that needs to
run every couple of minutes. If it finds there is nothing to do, it should
run for perhaps 10 seconds; if it finds that there is data ...

Files written to CDs become read-only, even after being copied back to a
hard disk. Also, the file's date becomes the copying date, not the date the
file was originally created or modified. Is there some way to retain the
original creation date of a file under these ...

I've got pc and laptop with WinXP pro. I'm trying connecting to connect
these with cross cable. while assigning static ip address on laptop it gives
me message as "System needs to restart to changes to take effect"
As far as i know XP doesn't need restart.

Under "Documents and Settings" I have the following: Administrator, All
Users, Default User and HP-Administrator.  It appears to me that the only
subfolder that contains my Outlook .pst file for my Address Book is the one
called HP-Administrator.  Why do I have all the other ...

Hey...
I posted another post in here ealier this week, alas, it seems ot have
'disappeared' so, I'll try this again.
I am running WIN XP SP3 and I am having problems getting my mic to be

I installed Windows Defender properly and it shows in my Add or Delete
Programs list.   Can I assume that it's on and running all the time?  There's
no icon in my taskbar.

I've been give a PC from a friend and he said that its tempramental. he
re-installed XP Pro and formatted the hard drive. When I turn on the PC it
crashes during or just after startup, I have tried starting in Safe Mode and
Last Known Good Configuration and it keeps happening.

Using XP Pro all latest updates...
This is a home network with 2 computers and a NAS drive.  Everything works
fine until you try to copy large files (25 gig).  It does not matter how you
are copying them (to nas, computer to computer, etc.) you always get the

My neighbor had little protection and got all sort of malware, trogans
etc. in her computer.  I tried to find by using Lavasofts Adware, Spybot
search and destroy and Avast anti-virus which I installed on her
computer because she had no antivirus at all.  Anyway, after hours of

Some MJ users are reporting that after sp3 their MJ no longer works.  Can
anyone confirm the issue or is it isolated issue(s) with some
computers/users setup or equipment?

I installed steady state and added a new user. However, when I go into
network connections the right-click menu items "repair" and "disable" are not
active. What ueser setting(s) is necessary to make these two items functonal
for the wirelsess and LAN connections? Thanks