Have you run any virus scans?

Your hard drive is bad. Could be age, defect, power spike, etc.

Make sure Windows is up to date, and look for updated drivers for your soundcard at the pc's manufacturer's website. Look for fixes and enhancements at the website as well.

Do you have all of the updates from the Microsoft Updates website? If not, update your system there first. Also, you may want to visit the support page of your laptop manufacturer for fixes or...

You probably need them all. .Net isn't cumulative for some odd reason - if something requires .Net 2.0, then 3.0 won't work.

Are you saying that you get a Blue Screen of Death that states no signal, or the regular monitor "no signal" screen?

Sounds like your CD isn't bootable. Make a bootable XP CD or boot to another bootable cd and run the XP setup from that environment.

I would disconnect all of the unneccesary equipment for posting (hard drive, dvd, mouse, network cable, peripherals, etc.), connect a good PS2 keyboard, reset the BIOS, and then try to boot it. If...

Have you run Malwarebytes Antimalware?

Beerad007 - you should have heard a beep code booting the pc without any ram in it. If you didn't that means there is a problem before the system gets to the ram check. In most cases, that means a...

I would just follow the same procedure you mentioned before, but have the XP SP3 disk handy.

Sounds like a hardware issue to me as well. New firmware might do the trick but you will probably be shopping for a new router soon.

Are you running Speech Server? http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/ru-RU/speechservermanagement/thread/7d411c66-e16b-485c-af2f-84faa5749933

Just contact the manufacturer and have new recovery cd's sent out. That's the easiest solution.

Try completely disabling the hardware that is throwing out dings in the event viewer. Also, are the drivers for the sound card 64 bit?

Make sure all PC's are in the same workgroup, on the same ip subnet, are pingable via their hostname, and file sharing is allowed through the firewall on each pc.

The ASUS website should have an updated manual with the required info. I wounld't assume all is well with the single beep since every manufacturer has different standards. Does the system boot...

What apps are giving the error? Does the standard Windows Help & Support work?

Hack you checked your HOSTS file?

The beeping sound is an error code. Write down the code, usually something like long beep-short beep-long beep-long beep, and post it.

You will need a cable tester and toner, wire strippers, punchdown kit with 110 and 66 blades, and the typical screwdrivers, pliers, etc.

http://support.microsoft.com/ph/3198

You should be able to find an XP SP3 .iso on the net.

Setup seperate profiles in Outlook, or train the user on how to change the default email account.

try chkdsk /r

Are you sure you're using the right drivers from the Acer website? Most of the time OEM's have 5+ network drivers for each PC, and in my experience you have to try each one until you find the right...

If you have a network card with default settings, you should have a 169.254.x.x. IP address.

You should be able to Google a data recovery company near you.

Being unable to access web management on a router is somewhat common, even when the router is working fine otherwise. A restart should resolve your issue. You might be able to restart it via telnet...

Take the battery out and remove AC power for @ 15 minutes. Plug the laptop back in, and then try to boot it. If that doesn't work, take the memory out and try to boot again. You should get a beep...

Try booting with a different keyboard.

Amazon.com should have what you need.

The easiest way is to rename the profile folder, recreate the original user account, login with the new account, reboot the pc, login with a different admin account, and rename the old profile to the...

Is your network card enabled and properly configured? Do you get an IP address from your router? Can you ping your router? Can you ping Google.com?

Check your HOSTS file. Go to C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc and open the HOSTS file with notepad. You shouldn't have anything other that the 127.0.0.1 entry in there.

Do you have the latest drivers and enhancements from Compaq?

Run Malwarebyte's Antimalware and see if that resolves the issue. If not, maybe this tool might help:...

New computers usually have a lot of unneccesary software installed on them that considerably slows the pc down. Use Programs and Features in the Control Panel to remove unwanted software. Also, some...

Uninstall IE8. IE verisions are always problematic when first released.

I would think video drivers or video card hardware. Do you have the latest drivers from nvidia?