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ISASS.EXE - System Error

Hello, My nephew has a Dell Latitude with Windows XP. He was trying to install taskam software for drivers (no brand name). It was for a guitar interface. Now his laptop just keeps rebooting after...

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End of support for Windows XP

There has been a lot of FUD, misinformation, general alarm and unnecessary panic about the demise of XP on 8 April 2014. The facts are very simple: That from that date Microsoft will not issue any new...

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Win XP won't boot after cloning to a larger hard drive, Linux boots fine

Hi everyone, I have a unique problem that I hope some of the gurus out there will help me sort out: I used Clonezilla to clone my old SATA hard drive (160 GB) to a Toshiba 1 TB SATA HD. On the old...

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sound problem in xp

Hello, I am facing problem in sound of my windows xp system. Actually, I installed an antivirus program which deleted some of the files and after that sound is not working and device volume is grayed...

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CHKDSK file system on C volume is dirty

When I started up my computer this morning it went immediately to Checking file system on C: The type of the file system is NTFS. The volume is dirty. CHKDSK is verifying.... This Check file runs over...

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BSOD 0x50 ntsf.sys

Help Compaq Presario 120GB Hard drive 1024 Mb Ram Pentium 4 / 2.50Ghz Windows XP w/SP2 Performed a normal shut down of my Compaq Presario that next month would be celebrating its 10th birthday. I don't...

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*Has PDKY* Needs ISO.

I have my product key, I just need a new ISO? Are there any legit/legal downloads for Windows XP Pro/ SP3

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XP Pro Keeps Rebooting Won't Go Into Windows

Howdy ... well sir ... I have this desktop HP pavilion a360x. It will not boot into windows. I will get a menu screen asking about booting window normally ... last known good configuration ... that...

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NTLDR is missing.

I am aware multiple posts and questions are asked about this, but I have a different question regarding this That I couldn't find. This is a Windows XP machine and Dell make, not sure of Model etc etc....

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Can't get image off screen .

Attachment 230328Hi. I am running XP on my Panasonic CF-19 . And a egg / oval shape has appeared on my desktop. It is light blue and top half is red and blue. I can't click on it , can't delete. All I...

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Can't get image off screen .

Attachment 230328Hi. I am running XP on my Panasonic CF-19 . And a egg / oval shape has appeared on my desktop. It is light blue and top half is red and blue. I can't click on it , can't delete. All I...

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Can't remove / delete folders

I have 2 folders that I can’t delete in one of my 2 external storage drives. They only show up in one of the external backup drives. The other drive has the same upper folder, but without these sub...

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Is 100GB hard drive enough space to dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu?

I am at the point of buying a new hard drive for an old computer. I've been told that it is possible to dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu with a 80GB hard drive, but 120 GB would be preferred. I can get...

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missing file

I need: EZARC.msi . My HP Pavilion with Windows XP is trying Path C:\lp\tmp\sac\EZARC.msi and it cannot find EZARC.msi

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Want to install xp SP3 but system may be too old

I was running XP SP3 but had a crash and reinstalled the operating system using original CD that came with the computer. Proior to the crash I did have SP3 installed. After reinstalling I upgraded to...

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Data Execution Prevention on right click.

So over the weekend I tried installing Bluestack but it seemed I needed to update my nvidia driver to get it to work. You can say it all started from there as i tried to get Bluestack to work that the...

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Any kind of removable storage is not recognized

A few weeks ago I noticed that my iPhone suddenly stopped charging when I plugged it into the usb ports of my computer. I shrugged it off initially and just charged it using other means, but soon...

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Hours to boot into safe mode Win XP sp3

Win XP Pro running on a 10 year old Dell Dimension. Ran fine until I plugged in my SD card reader from my camera. SD card produced 3 instances of "full" drives: G;H; & I. Even though there were...

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Why Don't Settings Hold?

WIN XP Home Edition - Put in a new hard drive on my PC; reloaded everything; all seems to be working well except every time I start up, the balloon message tells me my firewall is off -- even though I...

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Windows XP and Windows 7 Dual Boot

I'm doing a new build including new processor AMD, new motherboard, new ram, etc. The only thing I'm keeping from the old computer (which has an intel pentium 4) is the case and power supply and...

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