Do an upgrade to XP, do not choose new installation. It should run good enough to atleast burn cd's to save your data. Right click on all the files you want to save in xp & send to your cd drive.Do...

double click on your speaker at bottom right to get full volume controls. check all volume adjustments. Or try installing a new desktop theme or something. themeworld.com has plenty of themes with...

Sometimes viruses can disable them, but drives do go bad too.I'd buy a new drive.

Try deleting the driver for the usb & reboot. Be sure to unplug everything from the usb ports before rebooting.Do not plug anything in until the driver reinstalls itself. Good luck.

You should be able to reassociate the file by right clicking & choose open with.

if you can get a copy of Mandrake Move, or any bootable linux operating systen, then you could download those files online & go thru mnt/windows and place those files in c:\windows. That would work....

you need to boot off the cd. if your computer won't boot off the cd, try hitting delete button after rebooting to get acess to bios settings. (Some computers may be F1 or F2) look around for boot...

I'd get a cd drive off of ebay.

If you have an oem cd, then try doing an overlapping install. In other words, rerun setup without formatting. you will lose nothing.

looks like you can get that driver here for $30: http://radarsync.ecnext.com/coms2/radarsyncdriver_Y_Yamaha_1820


WOW!! Most expensivest driver i ever saw. LOL

Did you look for a new driver at driverguide.com?

looks like you'll need a new software disk, i don't see that file anywhere on the web

maybe the computer is trying to open it, but the program that uses it is gone. try "startup Control Panel" from download.com & see if there is an entry for that file at startuo

looks like we need some kind of dependencies software to figure out what program is trying to load that, or maybe a registry cleaning might help.

Check to see if that file is still on your computer. If not then download it from the web & place it in the C:\Windows folder. If you know the exact program that uses that file you can re-install the...

Surely windows files aren't taking up that much space. I wouldn't worry about deleting them

if it just says COMPAQ then it is likely a bad hard drive.

I wouldn't necesarily go runnin to the computer shop unless you're ready for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ handout. Unless you know somebody that works cheap like i do here in the KC area.

probably in most cases it would go to default, but if not reseting to default & rebooting would allow normal function even with a bad battery in 99% of all cases. If you only see COMPAQ then it is...

could also be bad ram, bad cpu, bad cd drives,hard drives, or bad motherboard

try going into cmos. Del, F1 or F2 depending on what computer model, at bootup. try restoring default settings & save & exit. After reboot see if it boots up windows.

If it has usb ports, try using them with a mouse & keyboard. that is if you're willing to gamble money away. No guarantees of course. But before you try that test the keyboard in your cmos area & see...

do web searches on power DVD, look for cheapest price.
more than likely it may be nec to buy a copy

i'm sure it's well hidden & you'd have to get a whiz at registry or something to fix it.
good luck

go to download.com & download Opera Java & try the opera browsers java

rundll32 errors are extremely common & could be caused by about any software program. Try reinstalling most of your software it might cure it. no guarantees though. reinstalling your whole o.s. will...

sounds like you either need a better video driver or maybe a new video card. the twain thing has to do with a scanner or camera

Congrats on ever being able to use standby. I've had more problems with standby than one can take. I usually just set the settings to shutdown the hd after so long & flip off the monitor when not...

There is alot of good advise here. I agree, ctrl-alt-del & close all the junk & maybe find an old program called Nuts & Bolts, made by MCcaffe. it had an awesome defragger with it

windows 95 disks are a dime a dozen lately. buy one on ebay, but be sure it is an oem disk that includes the certificate of authenticity.

you are lacking the appropriate display driver. If you havethe original motherboard disk, driver disk or whatever use it. if not go to the website of the computer you have, look up your model of...

What xp do you have? is it oem, upgrade????