Fantasdtic, glad you got it sorted, thanks for the update.

Sorry for butting in, as Brundle quite rightly pointed out, with the earlier editions there were certain procedures you had to follow in order to install 9X OS.

Have you done the following?
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I'll see if I can help you on this, but I could do with additional details.

1. Have you tried to boot-up in safe mode, if so what error message did you get?

2. When using System Restore, again,...

When listing your processes, could you select 'Processes from all users' before doing so. this will help identify any problems if any, however, if you now have SP1 installed it would be best to...

A suggestion for the future when copying files in Vista, try using this command line:

xcopy /y [path]\[filename] [drive letter:\folder name]

To copy all of the files in a folder use *.* instead...

Hi jjbbooyy, I have seen this happen a few times with Vista.

Have you tried running scan disk on the storage drive containing your original files?
You could have a corrupted the NTFS data...

MS released a bad update that has now been withdrawn, it effected some machines depending on their hardware setups.

Insert your recovery CD and hit either F8 or F12 (normally after bios post check...

Hi, We've had this problem time and time again with IE and login problems to eBay, Hotmail and other sites that increased encryption from 2.0 to 3.0.

Even if you restore defaults the SSL...

Ok, sorry now read the full thread. Try changing the jumpers over on the back of the new CD Burner.

If you are running two CD drives, one has to be set to master, whilst the other is set to slave....

First of all, your monitor won’t kick up without H and V sync signals, these are given to the monitor from the graphics card once the computer has passed its own self power on test.

I suspect,...

What graphics card are you using?

Can you here or see the heat sink fan turning?

If not, then this is faulty and the likely cause for your laptops discomfort.

Please NOTE though, these fans DON’T run all the time, only when...

Try changing your VGA cable (the 15 to 15 pin lead which plugs to your graphics card) sounds like an earth problem within the cable.

You fault would have beena dry joint around the input power connector, or deguss varister. Again, a quick re-solder would have solved it.

Not sure what monitor this is, but the normal cause is either a faulty de-sub cable, or worst case broken motherboard.

If by moving the monitor on its stand backwards and forwards, or applying...

This is a common problem on the Dell Flat screen, however, as Dell are just a marketing company and don't make anything themselves.

Normally this fault is coursed by dry joints on the de-sub...