It would be cheaper & faster to buy a USB wireless than to troubleshoot a piece of hardware that's not working/detected by the computer. My...
It would work. It would be faster & better if you connect the external HDD to your laptop & desktop independently for backup. Pulling lot of...
Creating a new user is not going to help you [even if you could create a new user as you don't have Administrative rights]. What you require is...
An old networking saying; Switch when you can, route when you must. Use switches to expand your network & router when connecting two networks.
You would need administrator password for your computer to setup file sharing. Contact your Cape Town office & tell them what you are trying to...
The error in the image seems to suggest a software problem & not a hardware issue. If you think its a hardware issue, have you contacted HP ?
I am not worried about the power connector [the connector which has red,black & yellow wires]. I am worried about the data cable [the flat thing...
Yes unless there is a temp. sensor somewhere [highly unlikely].
Try pinging 208.67.222.222 Its OpenDNS DNS IP. If you could ping that, try to ping opendns.com. If you can't ping opendns.com, then I assume that...
Same type or same [only one cable is connected to board,hard drive & DVD] ? ok. Thats the power supply fan. That would be CPU fan....
Thats the power cables. That would be data cable but its PATA or IDE & not SATA. That is the audio cable which is not required any more as all...
No idea. Very true at least from the security point of view but the problem is as the world advances, the software vendors stops supporting...
You system seems to be infected. Please post in Malware and Virus Removal section.
These seem to be some files related with PCTools software. Which PCTools software are you using & who the heck is software writer PCTools ?
Run this test to see if you are infected. When the computer starts, goto BIOS and do not touch any key. If the tray goes in & out even then its...
Your drives seems to be SATA. How is your hdd connected ? Its the same type of cable ? Does Device Manager shows anything with yellow exclamation...
Try...
If what is suggested by retiredlearner fails, open a command prompt & type ipconfig /all <enter>. Cut & paste the output here.
2 ways to get the data off that disk. 1. Take the disk to a friend. Connect it to his computer & copy the data to a flash drive. 2. Download...
A BIOS problem ? Could be. What does Compaq say ?
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