Its not about what sort of chip you have, any processor is capable of processing commands given.

Its probably more to do with software compatibility such as the version of OS your running and...

Not sure if you have tried yet, but maybe one of these hacks will help?
...

This is the BIOS boot order for computer nodes. ie This is a machine that supports network booting (also called PXE).

This means on bare hardware the first boot will network boot as no OS is...

Chipset
Intel® 865GV Chipset

Memory
Two 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets
Support for DDR 400, DDR 333, and DDR 266
Support for up to 2 GB of system memory

Even though you have increased...

OK.....after running everest, just cut and paste the info about your motherboard and RAM specifications into your next post and I will hopefully be able to tell you if its a compatibility issue that...

Not enough info!

You havent given us your motherboard specs!

You havent told us how you congfigured the new RAM editions (ie did you take out the old modules when you added the 512's or do you...

Yeah.....I dont think its possibly an issue with your ISP restricting access to the modem (although we all know how crazy they are becoming these days), its got to be an issue with the router and its...

Dont ask me how this matters or why, but i resolved a similar issue with remote desktop by making sure i created administrator user accounts on each PC and logged in with a password on...

what have you done dude??? Can you think back to when it began... Installed any new software or added any new hardware devices before the issue occurred? Downed any new files that you shouldnt have? ...

Glad DNS helped!

We are missing something here!

You need to be more specific and let me know each stage that your able to go through with the install procedure and then point out EXACTLY where it fails so i can...

Sounds like a bad disc sector or write error then!

Did you burn the OS onto the disc yourself or is it a genuine XP install disc?

Have you set your bios to boot from the install disc?

:D Spare me please!

I bet your also one of those Vista haters because you read it somewhere in a mac book, or your next door neighbour told you that it was crap! hehe

I hate it when others...

You really dont have to outlay that much to get a few extra clock cycles out of your current chip.
And you will notice the difference in performance.

This is what im getting out of my E6420 with...

A true geek would spend the money on a decent cooling setup and clock the ring off that lowly 1.87 Ghz E6300 version....hehe!

How can i do that you ask?

The Ultimate Overclocking Guide:
(Read...

Can you boot in safe mode?

If you cant boot to the OS in safe or normal mode your only choice is to boot from your install disc and perform a repair install.
...

When two devices on your network wind up with the same IP address, this is detected and the network interface on both on them gets disabled, causing each system to lose its connectivity until the...

Download a copy of HijackThis and save it to your desktop in a folder.
Do a scan and save the HijackThis logfile. Do not remove anything.
Post your log file here.
Link to HijackThis:
...

Malware is often the cause of these sorts of issues.

Download a copy of HijackThis and save it to your desktop in a folder.
Do a scan and save the HijackThis logfile. Do not remove anything. ...

Each host that you connect to the router must have matching settings to those of the router in terms of IP address range, Subnet and Workgroup.

Check that the XP machines settings match those...

Malware is most likely the cause of these issues.

You should ask for help with cleaning procedures in the required forum.


Regards

How did you install windows XP......did you format and clean install?

Or did you install over the top? (ie repair install or other)


:cool:

Possible failing PSU or Faulty RAM module/s would be my first thought.

Best methods to test the PSU is either with a multimeter to check voltages or replace with a known working PSU and see if...

Based on your error code, take a look here..
http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/articles/11215.aspx

Good Luck :cool:

I have seen that error message before when installing a scanner on windows 2k!

Sadly, you can end up troubleshooting it for hours or days on end as it seems to be a problem with some sort of...

oops.....sorry nickyt8, you did mention that!
my oversight....doh!

Can you get your hands on the old ps2 connecting keyboard and mouse?
These should operate straight of the bat and allow you to...

Sounds as though you have either a driver issue, or device conflict issue with that particular install of windows, which i will assume is XP!
Have a check in 'device manager', and see if there are...

Sounds like you gave the wife administrative rights to her user account which XP will do by default...you can manually set your choices to either admin, user or guest.
This will restrict the...

By seperate sides, do you mean a partitioned hard drive that you each boot into seperately or simply different user accounts?

Have you tried uninstalling, then re-installing IE?

Does the same...

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CA0F2007-18B5-4112-8BD6-8BF4BD3130B9&displaylang=en

Hehe..(sorry to laugh) but are'nt technical service support lines, simply a pleasure to deal with!

Do you have a fireconnect card? However the plot thickens!

It appears that IEEE 1394...

As for the upgrading of XP I never, ever recommend using the upgrade disk or even the full install disc of Pro and going over the top of 'home' to anyone. This is especially pertinent if the service...

Recycle bin info files serve as a window to the past. Your windows operating system contains numerous recycle bin info files spread throughout hidden areas of the hard drive from which they were...

doh.....edit

try this one...http://pcperformancetools.com/recovermyfiles.htm

should help to avoid any pitfalls with dad!!! (its freeware)

good luck

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/33cc9af7-f68c-4656-af97-82e804a9c1e01033.mspx?mfr=true

sorry about the delay Debden..... you know how it is (wife and two daughters under 2)

Quote from wife (god bless her) "im sure your pute is jealous that you married me". probably the other way...

Firstly i must ask what your motive was behind running this registry cleaner and the outcome you hoped to achieve?

Did you back-up your reg before attempting any fix as your software program...

ahhrrrrggg...cringe, vaccum cleaners create more static electricity than a rave party on shagpile!!
This static electricity has the ability to 'fry' any electronic chips and circutry in your...