Hi wildswing- The error messages that you are getting do not refer only to RAM. Do you have the Windows Resource meter in your system tray? If...
Hi Zander- I guess that is the point I was trying to make. It will stay set to No unless manually set to Yes. It should then reset to No on the...
Setting it to Yes will only last for that bootup. The next time he boots, it will revert to No and stay there unless manually set to Yes again. It...
Hi Christer- there is an excellent free program called Hard Drive Health that sits in the tray and monitors your hard drive constantly-...
Hi Martin- Sorry to hear that you are still beset with gremlins. From what I am finding, it is an enumeration problem where all devices are not...
Hi Stevereno- a couple of thoughts. Try a step by step confirmation while booting up (press F8 key while booting to get a startup menu) to see if...
Hi Larry- The key combination to go into setup should be at the bottom of the screen while booting up. You are looking for a setting for the...
Hi Larry- do you have the printer hooked up to the parallel port or via USB?
Hi Larry- it sounds silly, but try a different bidirectional mode and see if that makes a difference. Go into the BIOS setup program and change...
Glad to hear it's working. Apparently you are not alone in having this problem. I found this on a different board. If anyone is interested go...
Hi robfrais- I found this in a newsletter that I received some months ago, I think from bootdisk.com. It addresses almost the same problem that...
If you don't have anything installed on COM1 or COM2, remove them in Device Manager and restart. On bootup, go into the setup program and disable...
Hi Leopard- There is a pretty clear explanation here: http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1178/ As always, before fiddling around in...
Hi GeoffG- try here:http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=231793 Good luck.Clydeo22
Would a program such as Norton's Disk Doctor be of any use in a situation like this? Clydeo22
The setup is - a cable modem which is connected to a router/WAP combination. Thanks for the very lucid instructions. It doesn't sound too bad....
Thanks for posting back, Newt. I was referring to the Wired Equivalency Privacy settings and not the Wireless Access Point. Sorry if I was...
Take a look at the jumpers. Make sure it is set to Master, Standalone or Master without Slave.
Thanks Newt- That should be easy enough! Just one more thing, is the WEP setting part of the router configuration and how do I access the router...
Hi Johanna- Daizy is right. The only other option I can think of is that you have a flaky BIOS chip. Try changing the battery, download one of the...
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