Sorry, I don't know much about Norton Ghost, i.e. "Does it transfer bootsectors correctly". If yes, I guess it won't copy a partition table from one drive to another. Then this could have happened:...

If your computer doesn't find a working boot record on the harddisk or elsewhere, it asks you to insert a diskette with a bootable system. This means your operating system can't be found for one of...

You should check now if your HDD is an IDE (40-pin connector) or S-ATA type (lesser pins, looks like this photo: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/04/07/going_the_sas_storage_way/page3.html). If...

Have you tried this?
http://www.help2go.com/Tutorials/Windows/C:%5Cwindows%5Csystem32%5Cconfig%5Csystem_missing_or_corrupt.html

Not exactly... there is a networking section in this forums. :) You might get more help there, but anyway:

Sounds really strange, so let's make sure nothing easy happened:
Since it's very...

That was a good question indeed! Thank you! I'm glad that everybody can read this now and think twice about not getting updates. 'Stein summarized it much better than me and added very important...

Is updating necessary? Short version: Yes!

Here's the comprehensive version:

I perfectly understand what you're talking about: When I installed SP2 the first time I hated it. Performance...

Hi TinglyCourier,

I don't think so, but I had a good laugh. :cheesy: Poor dad again! And no, unlike in the old days, there seem to be no disk check tools that surpass the crippled stuff that came...

I hope you are there if it's not MTU and we end up on the end of the creek...:o :cheesy:

Haha... :cheesy: Maybe your firewall...http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q316414

Doesn't matter... just try 1472 or less with Dr.TCP and see if something improves, you can...

Well done. That means someone (do you have the T-Online Software running?) tried already to tweak the MTU in the client (Windows standard=1480, your current MTU=1482) and set the router to 1492 since...

Hi dangeo,
kein Problem, gern geschehen! :cheesy: The first idea for your kind of trouble is MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit). Some servers don't answer if they get too big packets, to make it...

You're welcome. :) Unfortunately, I'm a bit at my wits' end. I wish I could have a RL look at that machine. One more thing that may affect the outcome of an installation attempt: The right order of...

Just wait with the hammer, I believe you're a patient guy anyway ;)
We're not all done yet:

Are all duplicates in device manager gone now?

If the drivers seem to be installed correctly (?)...

Sorry, I stumbled a bit late over this thread:
I speak german. (Argh...I've blown my cover...:mrgreen:) Of course I need to know what type of router is in question and knowing what the current...

Ok, thanks for the info. This way I can check if there are specific issues with that hardware. Nothing specific found. Your MoBo has an ALC650 soundchip and that one seems to be a bit picky. But...

We're all on your side, TinglyCourier ! :)

I learned from your introduction that you are experienced with those things and you might know more about that stuff than me - I hope you don't mind if...

Ok, I have no clue, but a whole bunch of standard questions in my editor for you to chew on while your other computer is occupied :cheesy: . But first another one:
I found quite some users...

I assume you tried to activate the volume control for the system tray in taskbar and got that message? This is a pretty common problem then. In some cases, the Sndvol32.exe application (the mixer)...

My recommendation is to try the free VideoLanClient, available at
http://www.videolan.org/

VLC plays virtually every media format that creeps around on almost every computer and it's faster and...

Please read this thread:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread28329.html
You'll find some suggestions there.