:) I have actually upgraded some since then, got 2gig RAM etc - must amend siggy. "Slow" is possibly mis-leading - in general it seemed fine,...
Thanks Pete - I will try tomorrow as I had to remove the HDD because it wont fit in my box (gets in way of the power lead to the gfx card :( )...
It seems (though I am not certain) that it can't detect my NIC (3Com 3C905tx). Swap back to XP and connect straight through. I checked settings...
Did not have that option on my disk, but formatted from another HDD drive and can install now (though it took an age!)
OK I unplugged my SATA Drives (RAID-0) which my XP install is on and plugged a HDD with an older XP install in to install Vista on (don't mind...
Hi, I have MS Outlook 2003 and I send myself an exe from work that I know is safe. The file is downloaded to my PC somewhere - I know this...
I have a copy of Vista now and will install over weekend. After reading the replies and to be on the safe side I will do a format/clean...
Greayt - many thanks for the replies. Glad to see I am thinking on the right lines :) Now I simply need to get on a Vista beta.
I am going to try to get on a beta for Vista but have a question: I don't want to have a dual boot set up only on my main hard drive (2x...
as above details - I thought all was working, but some USB devices such as BTC9019 URF wireless keyboard, are not recognised. Other USB devices...
Managed to get around the format by doing this with the hard drive connected to the old set up and then moved to the new mainboard again......
Thanks Whiskeyman
My friend has just purchased a new Shuttle FN25 motherboard and some parts and installed them. The POST works fine and recognises hardware, but...
Many thanks guys - this does exactly what I wanted. I notice that in control panel - the account is invisible there too, not on the list. I...
Is there a way to create an Admin level account and make it invisible at the login screen, unless I press a key or something. In other words not...
Hi Mattman - thanks for taking the time to reply. The anti-virus is set to manual run only. I have uninstalled it and reinstalled a different...
I ran AVG virus scan and system froze as usual. Event viewer-system has 2 entries that read "acpi ". The properties read: AMLI: ACPI BIOS is...
Hi PeteC - thanks for the reply. Under Event Viewer - system I have a lot of errors with source reading as "acpi " also "service control...
I am trying to fix a friends PC. It freezes and requires a switch off regularly. The freezing is almost guaranteed to happen if virus software...
Thanks you David and thank you Goddez. David - I have unticked that already - I will write out the next BSOD, but they are giving different...
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