I have an LG Multi Drive with the CD recording enabled in XP Pro. but it will not write to the drive. It always says "no cd in the drive"
CD writing is OK via Nero but it will not do it via the...

Thanks but CD's already burned and cannot repeat. Also on quality media and only 4 speed writer.

I recently bought a used T21 ThinkPad laptop form a local shop specialising in second hand PC’s. It’s a 700mhz Pentium 3 with CD-R and DVD-R (not writers) and a single USB 1, so I guess it’s about...

I thought I'd got it there for a moment.
In printers and faxes the Fax is listed and with a "ready" status. I opened fax properties on the Devices Tap and my dial up modem was disabled (dont send)...

No it doesn't sound as if it's dialling (usual dial up modem tones!) and it is the only fax programme installed.
The last time I tried the fax just sat in the outbox saying 'pending' and there...

XP Pro.
Other options are the rest of my printers plus "fax".
When I click Fax, the Wizard tells me it's finished "sending" the document and on OK the Send Fax Wizard appears. I fill in all the...

Make sure the MAC adress filtering is disabled on the router (meaning Media Access Control) If this function is enabled it will prevent access to the internet. That's what it's there for. When a...

Thank you for your help and you might be iterested to know that I have solved my problem.
In the Belkin router set-up utility there's a function called 'MAC Address Filtering' about which I was...

Does anyone know anything about MS fax?
A bit old hat now I guess but I had cause to use it recently and can't get it to work.
In Word/file/send to/fax recipient I get the fax wizard OK but when I...

I can't see anything in my router (Belkin) set-up about 'refresh'
The 'Auto detect' in LAN settings is not checked. Should it be?
I like your website!

Thanks for the advice but router settings are not the problem. I have it set to 30 mins and the ADSL LED is always on when I have the problem.

Re-installed XP OS with formatted drive option but no changes I'm afraid.
One last suggestion on size of RAM.
MS site says min. of 65mb for XP and I have 80 on this machine. Do you think that this...

I have a half speed Broadband facility via a wired DSL router which now and again drops the connection for apparently no reason. In fact there are two or three (little used) sites in particular which...

Tried swopping the cables from PC to Thinkpad but no luck.
When you say the TC/IP stack corruption do you mean on the Thikpad or the Router?
Is it a possibility that the Router can be faulty?
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Yes I can sucessfully ping the thinkpad (192.168.2.5)
Nothing on Events Viewer (system folder) except recent errors with...... source "W32Time"
Just a thought: I gave it an IP address well clear of...

Sorry for delay:

Rebouted after auto config.
IPCONFIG said
Connection specific DNS suffix : (no data – Blank)
Autoconfiguration IP Address : 169.254.195.134
Subnet Mask ...

I have an old 380ED IBM ThinkPad on which I am having Home Networking problems. Before installing XP I formatted the hard drive to give me a clean start so there are no "old" settings upsetting the...