i believe you can, you can wake the machine through the NIC card (wake on lan)

let me look it up for both ya!

.....done researching


yes you need whats called Wake-On-LAN
...

try swapping a different mouse for awhile. see if it still happens. to me, it really sounds like an issue with the mouse hardware. because i cant think of anything that would cause that in...

:lol:


he probably swapped the mouse out and it fixed it, or he downloaded the drivers for the mouse and that fixed it. If it was optical not much more you can do than clean the lense by...

by removing the battery from the mobo that does NOT flash the BIOS..

Removing the batteries clears the CMOS which is were all of the BIOS's settings are stored. Flashing the BIOS is a totally...

more than likely a bad floppy disk. Try using a windows XP cd and see if that will boot. using the boot CD is much faster and more efficient than using the 6 floppy disks.

did you even read what i said about the viruses and such? its not more secure, it just has a smaller user base so the number of viruses are thus alot smaller.


its still plain and obvious that...

if its going around and opening things on its own without your free will...your machine might be possessed...j/k j/k


try disconnecting from the internet for day....use your computer...see if...

i just want to state that anyone who sais that linux is by far more secure, has no idea what they are saying. Security in any operating system is a myth. there are by far more windows users than...

do what he said. im guessing in loading the optimal settings it probably set somthing in the bios that is not compatible with your current OS.

I'm not sure, but i am going to take a guess that...

true, but not all have the skill to do that, and running a peer to peer via a cable may seem easier to some. also if both computers have internet access he wouldnt even need the crossover cable...to...

they are correct, messenger spams, and are considered illegal. disable your messenger service and they will go away (not to be confused with your MSN messenger chat service)

boot disk as in a windows XP CD, or boot disk as in the 4 or so CD's you can make for an emergancy boot of windows XP for the recovery console?

well it sounds like you might have done just that, but what gets me is that when you start up your machine it displays in VGA mode, and when it shows the Windows XP logo that is also in VGA mode, so...

check out

Viruses, Spyware, & other Nasties (http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/forum64.html)for help with removing the rest of the items.

then head over to

Windows tips 'n' tweaks....

ok, since your using a cat-5 this shouldnt be that hard.

Firstly, you must make sure that each computer is in the same workgroup:

Rightmouse click on My Computer>Properties>Computer...

thats very odd that you cannot disable onboard audio...that should be a requirement to be able to do because some people decide to purchase their own sound...


wait i just visited compaqs'...

they said they did a scan to see if you needed to update your BIOS? never heard of anyone doing that...sounds almost like a scam. I would recomend just going to your motherboards manufacturers...

Check these things:

Pins on the back: is it set to:

Master
Slave
Cable Select
32GB Clip
No Pins at all?

try letting the computer sit, it may not have locked up, it may instead just be using alot of resources; so it seems like it's locked up when its not. i know for my computer, sometimes when i clear...

crossover cables via nullmodem..ahhh lots of fun!!


Are you doing this via the Serial port, the Printer Port or using a CAT-5 cable that you crossed over?


this sort of changes how...

I'm confused are you saying this is the fault of the website? it sounds more like a corruption in WMP...if this is happening at a lot of different sites then it is most likely a corruption on your...

From experience and being told...:
Never upgrade the BIOS unless there is a problem that it will fix.

Its called Flashing the BIOS with the latest Firmware. (software built into hardware). ...

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=167857&redir=1

this what you were sort of looking for?

well i have installed both Windows XP Home and Windows XP Pro (non corp) and i have never seen an option to not install unassigned hardware. though i have run into errors similar to yours (ie stop...

you need to enable remote desktop assistance on the computer you want to connect to and then using your lap top connect remotely to your PC using your log on username password for the PC...the only...

thats a great idea, and in fact, i think i should try it, he is in AZ and im in CA, so i think this would be the best bet


going to look into how to do that now, anything that i will need to...

good idea, but then how would i instruct him to them? i mean, if its all in scrably language he cant read it, also lend to the fact, that its very hard for him (he has a debilitating disease, which...

Just tried a system restore, and it said it was unable to restore his computer, so were stuck on that. he is going to try different dates to restore too, but im unsure what to do now!!

lol this is the hard part...EVERYTHING IS IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, he lives in AZ so im trying to help him navigate the menus and such...lol

sorry forgot to add:

microsoft windows XP HOME

My grandfather was using his computer and he said it restarted on him, and when it came up it was in a different language, almost like Wingdings, and is not sure how to get it back, i tried going...

exactly what i thought, because some of those skinners require you to allow them to replace some of the windows files.

i will look into the errors that you posted though.

!! she's using YOU!!! b..b...but..i thought she was using ME!!!?!?!?!??!? NOOOOO!O!O!O!O!

thats a little sketchy as password recovery could lend to helping you log onto a computer that is not yours.

suuurree ;)

can i get the EXACT error messages that pop up, every bit of detail is nessicary!!


in the mean time, if you dont mind reupdating your computer (granted you are on Windows XP and i see you are...

you can just enable large drive support when creating the partitons to work with more than 2GB's, though XP doesnt run as nice as it does on NTFS, my moms computer was XP on FAT32, just didnt run...

the delk, welcome to the forums, but all new members are reminded to please not piggy back other threads, though your problem is just as important, it is also important that your issue is addressed...

microsoft, did not steal the code for DOS, Bill Gates had his father purchase it (from a man in CA, because they had just pitched to IBM that they had DOS, but they didnt, and that they would...

i am just going to say this. LOL to your topic...of course illegal software can cause problems.