XP Laptop Ratings
Hi I purchased an old HP 9100 C Digital Sender Scanner and it is not compatible with Windows 7 and HP does not offer Drivers. It was designed for industrial use and needs a network. No USB ports. I...
View ArticleDisabled Monitor
I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop with Windows XP. In an effort to make some changes to my screen resolution, I have managed to disable both monitor settings that I had available and now have nothing...
View ArticleMy WINDOWS SECURITY KEEPS TURNING OFF.
Hi there, I'm running WINDOWS XP 'Professional' (SP 3) and occasionally the Windows Firewall is turned off. it works ok when reactivated, but gets disabled again. Sometimes this also happens with...
View ArticleStartup Blue Screen Error on XP. Please Help.
Hi, I was playing a game just moments ago. The computer was running fine before, no troubles. The game froze and I was unable to do anything, so I held the power button on my computer to force shut it...
View ArticleMy Old PC aint starting up...
I have a P4 PC .. which has XP installed in it .. Its has P4 .. and 512 of RAM .. recently there was some renovation in my home .. so i had removed all the wiring and kept it aside .. but later on .. i...
View ArticleMissing drivers for common devices
Hi, I'm running WinXP64 and lately, it's been having problems recognizing devices like a new HDD, flash drive and optical drive. I have a new HDD connected along with an optical drive and every time...
View Articlefailed to automatically install driver for ADAPTER
Scenario: I have one windows XP computer downstairs that is hooked up via ethernet with the modem/router, and I have one windows 7 computer upstairs connected to the internet via adapter. The adapter...
View ArticleXP Hangs when accessing any network/internet resource
I have this problem with a couple computers at work. Here is the issue: Computer will not display network icon in the system tray. When trying to access anything internet related, nothing works. IE...
View ArticleServer Busy when XP srarts up.
When XP SP3 starts up get error message "Server Busy". Have to click on "SWITCH TO" 4 times to clear error message. Then all seams OK.
View ArticleSlow saving to excel
Recently, saving any data on excel is taking longer and longer. Now it is up to 30 seconds. I use 2007 Excel Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2 OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Home...
View ArticleSolved: Windows XP SP2 new install
Hey guys, I've installed windows XP SP2 and I have no internet connection. I've also installed the LAN driver for my ASUS P4S533-E motherboard. Any ideas what may be the problem? Thanks a lot! :)
View Articlewindows xp professional service pack 3 constant freezing after boot up
im having no end of problems with my laptop i updated to service pack 3 as normall and since then my computer boots up then decides not to work anymore and takes forever to get on what u want., i need...
View Articlekeyboard and mouse wont work after computer starts need help with it
my computer windows xp dell wont read teh keyboard or mouse because it says it needs to be installed in the software wizard i cant install it because it wont work. i have rebooted it and also enable it...
View ArticleSolved: Desktop icon spacing
Hello All Would appreciate if someone could point me to where I can adjust the space between Icons on the Desktop. Regards SilverSurf
View Articleneed help clean install
Hi everyone, I have a done a clean install but only once a long time ago on my old desktop computer. I followed step by step instructions though and all went well. My friend knows I did this and asked...
View ArticleBackUp
Can any one tell me where to find a list of the files within Documnets and Settings\user that I need to back up. Apart from my own data files what else should I consider backing up. Any help would be...
View ArticleEver Decreasing Hard Drive Space
I have a strange problem happening on my hard drive. This morning I was sitting at the PC hacking away at something, and I looked up at the Rainmeter C drive used space meter on the desktop and noticed...
View Articleabout invalid boot.ini
hi, i want to know how to make invalid boot.ini when windows starts up. i just want to troubleshoot it on oracle VM. thanks in advance and btw, with ntdetect.com failed
View ArticleTurn off computer
runnnig XP SP2, the Turn Off Computer window takes about 2 minutes to appear. I had a file to fix that but I did not know where to put the file. Now I've lost the file. I'd like to be able to click...
View Articleie8 History refuses to remember one website.
Yesterday when attempting to go back to a web page I'd visited several times earlier in the day I couldn't find it in my XP ie8 History. All other sites are being faithfully recorded but not...
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