For starters, suggest you have only one firewall running; you may need to turn off XP's.
Could be bad, but suggest you try blowing dust out of the case with a can of compressed air and special attention to the area around the button,...
I'd be very tempted to do a repair installation, assuming windows is damaged (by time. Think it happens more frequently than many realize; I'm...
Hi Bob, Still trying to clarify where we stand. Can you see the files on any of the DVDs using windows esplorer? On the keyboard: start > run >...
HI bobm735, As a latecomer to your thread, would like to try to clarify for myself what's happened so far. You got an exrernal DVD writer to move...
Because programs are stored on the HDD which is magnetic, we're supposed to keep it away from magnets. But we live on a magnet! :) So the...
You should turn off system restore (start>rt-click my computer> properties> system restore tab> check turn off) and then delete the pest; then...
you can turn off everything in msconfig.exe and windows will boot just fine. Try it and see (disconnecr from the web first of course). Btw,...
Suggesr you back up all important data off your computer (e.g. to CD or DVD or even an external HDD), as your next step. Then run microsoft...
In explorer.exe (winkey-e) go to folder options, files tab and scroll down to the extention for the file (picture) type you wish to correct....
You might try using the win-key (second from the left on the bottom row, with a windows symbol on it) as a shift key, holding it down while you...
Sounds good. Let us know how it works out please.
It sounds like the P/S is the problem, as you suspect. A new standard P/S can be bought online for $20 and up, and requires experience grounding...
Excellent advice, Top Dog; Would add that the bootable CD is the way to go, and if there's enough use of an older back-up computer, a KVM switch...
If you know which cookies to keep, try making them read-only: rt-clk on cookie>properties>mark the read-only spot and OK out. May not work if web...
Without having a burning program, you're at the mercy of XP, which I don't use. However, what have you tried? BTW, a command window (start>run>...
BIOS is the built-in program on a chip on the motherboard inside the tower, and it controls windows communication with hardware. Doubt it's...
Are you using 3rd party software? If so what is it? If not, that's what you need if you want all the options.
Congratulations, and best wishes for a linux (happy) holiday!
Agree it must be a hardware problem. Have 2000 installed on my Asus A8V MoBo without a problem.
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