Open My Computer Right click on your main drive (C drive?) and select properties, before using the options in Disk Cleanup un-select Compress...
First make sure you have all your programmes and drivers on CD's and/or floppies. Modem settings, ISP settings and passwords etc for Win XP...
I wasn't aware there was an option in Windows to show the seconds in the taskbar clock display? Double clicking the clock icon I believe is the...
Can you boot the machine up into safe mode using F8 during the BIOS screen? While the BIOS is posting hit F8 every half/one second till you see...
Jay, Glad to see that XP seems to run faster. I still recommend you download EasyCleaner 1.7f as E.C. and JV Power toys registry cleaners...
BTW, JV16 Powertoys has an updated version of RegCleaner so I would recommend this rather than the older RegCleaner v4.3.0.780 . available from...
Jay, I upgraded my second XP system (Celeron running at 525 MHz) from 128Mb to 256 and the real world improvement was maybe 25%. Not a lot but...
For some reason the CDRW remains locked, I have this problem using NERO InCD. Right click the CD icon and select eject. With Nero I have to right...
A few suggestions... Is the CD in the device manager? Right click any device and and select "scan for hardware changes" if its not. If it is...
The only suggestion I have would be to do a system restore (Start|Help and Support...) to a restore point just before you think the problem...
A suggestion... Download the latest XP drivers for your card. Try the card manufacturers site first before you go straight to Nvidia's site....
Steve, To watch DVD's you need a DVD drive (obviously) as well as either a software DVD decoder or a hardware decoder card. You would have needed...
Nick, Use the system restore from the Start Menu|Help and Support... The restore from the boot menu is different and won't correct your type of...
Nick, The easiest solution would be to use XP's system restore function (Start|Help and Support...) to restore XP to the closest restore point...
Firstly I'd strongly suggest turning System Restore back on. If your worried about it using too much disk space, right click My Computer, select...
I had this same problem a while back. Unfortunately my research found no simple fix! I'm sure there is? So I booted from the CD and did a repair...
Q, A couple of things to try... (1) Go into the device manager and delete (uninstall) the offending CDROM, reboot and let windows redetect and...
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