Success Pete C, Success came when I followed your instructions - wife is happy again. Thus, I am happy. The reason I didn't use option 2...
Pete, The NVIDIA card shown in our Belarc display is NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200. The NVIDIA link you provided defaults to a 200 series. I...
TonyT and Wildfire, Thanks for your input on this thread. I have been unable to contact the lady I was helping with this problem so I am...
Added Info Just tried powering the computer on again to see if there was any change. Sort of went through boot up and then got the following...
I tried two different USB mice with no luck. I'm fairly certain the problem is not the mouse because the computer locks up under normal boot up....
My wife's mouse quit working and some of the desktop shortcut icons disappeared. I had to use the power button to shut it down - Ctrl-Alt-Del...
Wildfire - These were the entries for Network Adapters: *Intel(R) 82562V-2 10/100 Network Connection *NetGear WG311V3 802.11g...
Win XP desktop doesn't recognize or find the internet through an ethernet wired connection via Motorola Surfboard Modem. The unit has a...
Thanks.
telephonics, Evan suggested several fixes in two different posts - one being to install XP Service Pack 3. Was it one of the suggestions in...
Although not specific to your subject of Firewire, keep in mind most new laptops don't come with dial up modems - should you think you would ever...
Thanks Steve. What little meaningful work I had planned for the rest of the day is probably gone.
Many thanks.
Evan, It worked. Your instructions were right on. When I went to the Windows Update site, it told me I had one update hidden. I assume...
Just opened up my new Dell Inspiron 1545 Laptop Windows XP Pro SP3 this morning. Took care of antivirus/security stuff first and then proceeded...
Me too, Matt.
I discovered the hard way that some laptops have a small switch on one side or the other that manually toggles the wireless function off and on....
Alistair, An excellent link hawk22 provided. One of the suggestions in the link is to utilize Open Office (a free download). I use it quite...
Excellent!
You might want to take a look at setting up an IMAP account. IMAP synchronizes folders and e-mail between the server and your computer. Here is...
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