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I fall else fails, revert to Opera. For some reason everything just works in Opera. From my experience, it also has the least browser compatibility issues. Correct me if I am wrong?

I suggest finding the latest audio driver for your computer, make sure they are the correct ones!
If you try a new sound card, make sure you have the right audio drivers for that too.

It cant be...

A yellow bar should appear at the top of the application. If you right click on it, it should give you an option to allow the active x to run.

Otherwise try using the administrator account

Look - the Blue Screen Of Death means one thing and only one thing: Bad memory management.

This is either hardware (faulty RAM chips) or software (corrupt memory management applications).

A...

Removing the CMOS battery will reset all of your BIOS settings to default and you will lose the time on your computer. This is a good way to do a manual BIOS reset. If the BIOS settings is the...

Then all that you can really do is reinstall windows unfortunately. Luckily you have access to the drive from linux, so at least you can back up all your files

Changing config files could be problematic.

I would suggest booting from an XP cd and choosing the repair option. That way you can keep your data and all your system files should be restored to...

I wanted to suggest this too. Running the repair off the XP cd is the same as reinstalling windows, only that its around your current installation and keeps all your data.

This has a fairly good...

It is most likely a support or compatibility issue by the manufacturers of the motherboard. I still suggest speaking to them first.

It is possible that it is the configuration. Setting the BIOS...

That is a very unlikely situation. Anything is possible though. For a laptop, complete battery removal will be needed, make sure you earth yourself and the battery before removal! Removing the...

One of the following two errors would explain why it freezes on the splash screen.

1. Either a physical RAM error. RAM chips aren't forever, sometimes you get bad bits. A memory test should be...

Very strange. Are you sure those brand RAM chips are supported by the motherboard? Best to ask the PcChips support team for advice?