As maggie says, plug it into the mains, and look for a function key. My Toshiba is a combination of the Fn key and toggling between two of the F...
Actually Matt, XP original ships with DirectX 8.1. But I think without an updated graphics driver, DX may have problems working properly in XP,...
I've also heard it called Optional Eqiupment Manufacturer. ;)
If I read you correct goucho, you want to reinstall windows and can't boot from the CD. What OS are you using? W2K XP and W2K3 will boot from the...
Paul, I've just purchased a Maxtor "one touch" 120GB USB2 drive that came formatted FAT32. I reformatted it to NTFS. Mine detects OK on bootup,...
John, An earlier thread from a few days ago (from post 10 onwards) may help you. http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=33813
I was about to correct Johanna regarding OEM, but you did it perfectly Abraxas, and yes it is a little bit of a misnomer.
The more I use XP SP2 the more I realise just how big an OS update it is. I'm finding so many little system wide changes, tweaks and additions....
The full redistributable 34MB version has been out for 3 weeks, and 9c is also included in the XP SP2 update. I couldn't wait for the smaller OS...
Pete, Office XP (2002) has a speech dictating programme in it. Similar to Dragon, but probably not in the same league? I messed with this a year...
As Joe says, and usually under the TV out tab in your display properties. Depending on the driver installed for your graphics card, it may be...
Welcome to the board Augie_2577, :) Have you gone into the control panel, clicked on regional options and then the time tab and changed the...
Nice to see your work is up to date with software Kent. Mine still runs W2K SP2-4, Office 2000 and a plethora of other software that is rarely...
I see you're adding "fat to the fire" as well Kent. :D
Toss a coin maybe? The CPU fan may be a little quieter on the Celly. :)
Thanks Steve, A morse code reader for your BIOS. A handy reference to keep in the favorites. :D
Spot on!
I'm sure the overloading of the servers was/is a real concern, but apparently the main reason for staggering the rollout is... "We're staging...
What happens if you power off these PC's for a while (minute or two). Other than a driver/spool problem, maybe something staying resident in...
Agree, 400W is the sweet spot. As for which brand. Depends on money input. ;) Personally I've had no problems with generic brands such as...
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