Thanks Rik. I just realised what it was the moment you replied. Guess I'll get some more ram to compensate. That option is better than your suggestion.

I upgraded my Vista laptop from 1GB ram to 2GB ram. The crucial.com system scanner tool says I now have 2GB installed ram, but in Control Panel-->System it says the ram is only 1,790MB. So why the...

Power up the PC and immediately keep tapping the F8 key at a rate of about once every second. It should pause at a black screen/white text, with the heading "Advanced Startup Options".

Use the...

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Could be a flat CMOS battery causing the BIOS to 'forget' all the parameters for the hard drive. Go back into the BIOS and see if there is an 'autodetect' feature you need to activate in order for...

Not qualified to analyse your HJT log so I won't pretend otherwise. leave that to a trained helper. But I can tell you that "Windows Virtual memory is too low" message is not malware. It's a genuine...

You cannot format an extended partition since it has no drive-letter assigned to it -- it's simply a 'container' for a 'logical partition' (or several logical partitions). These logical partitions...

I understand your reluctance to re-install Windows but in this instance I agree with Dell. If your reluctance is mainly because you've got files you didn't backup, take this as a lesson learned the...

Disk contents are probably corrupted. Suggest you do a full recovery if you only have recovery CDs, or boot from a 'proper' Windows CD, delete the existing Windows partition, then re-install Windows...

The length of time it takes for Windows to be "usable" is mainly determined by the number of items that are set to load with Windows. Startup time can therefore be improved by keeping an eye on this...

Delete them all from the 'quarantined' area of AVG -- don't use AVG so can't be more specific. Just go through AVG's settings and options till you find the quarantined section. Delete all.

In...

Bought it new only 3 weeks ago? This sounds like no quick-fix problem to me. I would contact Dell and ask them to rectify or replace it. It's still under warranty and they are responsible for seeing...

My PC uses an AMI Bios. Like you, both my optical drives are identified correctly by make/model at the boot-up screen, but in the BIOS setup they are both set to 'DVD-ROM', not 'AUTO'.

Try going into the BIOS setup again and change the TYPE for both optical drives to 'CD-ROM' instead of AUTO (even if it's a CD/DVD writer, 'CD-ROM' will be okay because the BIOS doesn't need to know...

If both drives are on the same data cable, one must be jumpered as 'master' and the other one as 'slave'. diagram on back of drive will show you where the jumper needs to be for master or slave. If...

You probably don't have the java runtime installed. Get it from here:
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It's not always the 'Delete' key to get into the BIOS setup, could be one of the F keys, so try them instead. When the PC starts you normally get a message at the bottom during boot-up, saying...

Thoughts?-- only that I am well aware (as you may be) that you are by no means the only one (far from it) to have come unstuck with SP2. Some of those people have had to admit defeat and not use SP2...

My daughter's buying me a 17-inch for christmas. She's willing to get me a 19-inch but I looked at a couple and decided they are way too big to be sitting only 2 feet away from it. I currently use a...

That's bull, my friend. Over here in the UK there are many families using secondhand computers quite happily. They don't want or need the latest 'all bells and whistles' powerhouse system for a bit...