If you haven't disabled system restore like some (not a good idea, because this almost guarantees you'll need it! :o It may be useful to restore...
Hi jehousto, I haven't read all of the info in Daizys link so you may have found this out. Nero and Easy CD Creator are compatible, but you must...
Woops! Sorry Ray I just noticed your experience level. Sorry about the basic board jockey instructions. But the software tips may help?
Ray, First uninstall any Video card software pertaining to the card (if any installed), check this in the Programs menu and Add/Remove Programs...
Woops! Install jv16 Power Tools 1.3 as it has a newer registry cleaner than the RegCleaner programme from the same site.
Try Uninstalling the CD/DVD after booting to safe mode. If successful, reboot and let XP detect and install the CD drive. With Easy CD Creator 5...
Christer, Yes the "missing" RAM will have gone to the Video card. The way I understand the Intel Video card used in current desktop Compaq...
Eric, Have you re-run the network setup on each of the machines? I have a simple network with 2 machines connected with a Xover cable, and had...
Unusual amounts of disk activity when nothing intensive appears to be running can sometimes be reduced or even stopped by increasing the AGP...
Tools/Options and File types, click all that you require. Check the preference settings in the other players incase an option to always play these...
512 MB RAM is the 'sweet spot' for XP. There may be an underlying memory problem? Try reseating the stick, If your 512 MB consists of 2x256 MB...
...and how much memory has your system got? Assuming you are reformatting to install XP? you should boot from the CD and reformat using the...
**EDIT!** If you Ghost or copy to a new HD you run into the problem of not being able to delete all the devices until you install the HD on the...
What you are proposing can, and occasionally does work with the right preparation but is NOT RECOMMENDED. You could move the existing HD to a...
Betty, I did a reformat a couple of days ago and guess what, had a similar problem to you. Went to windows update and it just sat there. I had...
As Newt alluded to. 128Mb is not a lot for XP Pro. Believe me, you will notice a sizeable difference going to 256Mb, and still a smaller...
Marty, This may be a long shot (or maybe not). If the screen is going blank with absolutely nothing, then it sounds like a video driver problem....
Panda, Unlike Zephyr and Abraxax, my experience with XP is that it (with NTFS) is still VERY prone to fragmentation this has been observed on...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316528
Check to make sure there are no conflicts, ! or ? signs in the device manager, particularly for the cable modem and NIC, but also other hardware...
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