Clunky, but effective. Clunky would be to put your HD in another machine with a functioning IDE2 port, and network share the drive, or setup a VPN at work, or an FTP... THATS clunky... not to bad...

Type dxdiag in the runline, in case anyone else is wondering

If your budget is tight, all you need is a DVD-RW drive. Plays DVD's and CD's, burns DVD's and CD's. Some, however, don't like having the more expensive DVD burner do all the work of playing CD's and...

Can you tell me who makes your BIOS, and your Motherboard manufacturer, and model. See what I can do.

Yes, you can set it in MB's. Need at least 2GB or space (671MB for JUST the OS, but who does that?). Depends on how many programs your going to install, and if they need to be installed on the same...

whats the manufacture of the PC, and whats the exact beep code (i.e. 1 long 3 short, etc...)

If the display is under warranty, contact the manufacturer. ctrlf4 is correct, this is most likely a faulty connection cable, or the inverter card. If it's out of warranty, and you feel confident of...

It's almost automatic. Pop the 2k CD in, it should boot, it will come to a screen where it ask which drive you want to install it to and if you want to format, set it to what you want, and bam, your...

U can get a 256MB stick and ad it to your existing RAM = 512MB.
Crucial, Kingston are really decent, and not usually much more than
some of the lesser known, less trusted brands.
Yes, very very...

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32agobotcp.html

Have seen a virus that caused this mess, but it's been awhile, I can't remember the name. If you don't have an antivirus program on your computer, you can do a free online scan here:...

Joe posted a heck of a list on this page too, performance tweaks. I actually copied it (text) and made it into a Adobe Acrobat file. Really good list, btw Joe.

control panel, sounds is the obvious one, failing that, reinstall the game and then uninstall. You also might want to try an uninstaller program (third party) to uninstall. Virus scan, etc...

Sardukar is at least partly right>

G, thanks? :rolleyes:

well, one thing you can try. Unplug it, take the CMOS battery out, and let it sit overnight. Try it again in the morning. If you still get the beep code, system board is gone. If so, you got your...

system board failure, so sayeth Compaq. Toast. Launch it off a cliff, or take it to a rifle range. It will make you feel better.

WTF? Just to save some time, what have you tried already? I don't want to just repeat a bunch of stuff you have heard. THIS is a new one on meh... weird. Let me know

Yup. XP pro I assume. Common problem, login as administrator (not administrative rights, adminstrator), go to tools, folder options, and take the check out of 'enable simple file sharing'. Click...

Damn, I got ripped, all I got for 2.99 was a bag of screws that said Radeon 9800 on it. Maybe I should eat the restock fee, and get this card instead...

whats your power supply rating and manufacturer? Also good be your memory, software memory testers may not catch all errors, but they catch most. Here's a decent (very decent for free) one: ...

Here ya go.
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

same thing, different link if the redirector wasnt working.

uninstall TCP/IP, restart, install TCP/IP, restart. Little more info could help, ethernet or wifi? Router, Hub, topology (i.e. star, token ring, etc...) also, make sure your on the same domain, you...

A.) get latest updates for IE and XP
B.) Delete all your temp files (c:\documents and settings\username\Local Settings\Temp). Delete all files in this folder, and restart.
C.) If your using AOL,...

Try this to reset TCP/IP in XP:
Click Start -> Run -> CMD <Enter>
At the prompt type:
NETSH INT IP RESET C:\IPRESET.TXT
<Enter>
Restart the computer. If this doesnt work, uninstall TCP/IP from...

Oh, and Windows XP and Media Player 9 do have several issues on this, make sure you have the latest version. Try another player as well (can I recommend either Divx player or Winamp 5?) GL

search on Kazaa or whatever for Nimo Codec Pack. Has everything you need, and now comes with a pretty slick install utility too. Beware of viruses on kazaa called this, it is usually 8.0MB or larger,...

Thats called a password protected account. You'll need to login as administrator (not adminstrative rights, administrator) and change the ownership of the protected account to whoever you want to...

http://66.103.153.158 is confirmed as a redirector site, this is whats setting your homepage back to that rubbish everytime. Get rid. Rest is clean.

Make sure you have the boot drive into IDE channel 0 (or 1, however your board is labled), and also check the jumpers again... Some drives have a setting for single drive, and setting to primary...

Oh, and my desktop:

Hey CSC (or Dani), if your interested, I have a bunch of Oni desktop images, let me know.

oops, I broke it

nose --> booger

;)

Um, dunno, but those look normal to me. Spoolsv is just your print server/driver, ccevtmgr.exe is a symantec event manager, and the r_server is a remote admin. Now the last one could be a hack if...

Sorry for the long delay, just got back. Prefetch is kinda like it sounds. XP monitors files that load on startup, and in theory, after 3-5 boots, your machine will boot faster. This folder can get...

Little setup info needed. Wireless, Ethernet, what type of network. Also, laptop is able to access the network? Or no? If no, check for latest drivers, or uninstall the NIC in device manager and...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=328885

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=815349

Also, rename your hosts file in c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc to something like hosts.bak or...

Might be alcohol 120%, had it do similar stuff to me when I uninstalled. Look in the registry for the following:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Alcohol Soft\Alcohol 120%\Basic...

Program called Bootvis you can run on the machine to see whats making it hang. Most likely is the prefetch folder, I disabled this "feature" as I find it to be more a hindrance than a help. If you...