Thanks Houston
I can't do it tomorrow, but I'll post you with the outcome. It would be good to have another solved thread.

Russell

Thanks, Houston IT.

I haven't done this before, could you talk me through it please?

I guess I need to download the CD image for SP3 (about 544 Mb), preferably from Microsoft, make a CD, and...

Reinstalling PC Health

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Could anyone help please?

System is: XP (1.80 Ghz, 120 Gb HDD 512 Mb RAM AMD, SP3...

Solution to the problem - it was a bug

This is a lengthy post but it should be helpful to whoever may catch the bug at some point in the future.

This problem was about C drive getting larger...

Blain

Using AVG makes sense for the purpose you mention, of course.

I may be able to help here....

My problem, which hasn't been resolved yet, is that I have no room on my C drive, but I...

Just briefly, Blain

I wondered why you had AVG 8.0 and anti-spyware products if you had no net connection.

The logical thing then would be to close, disable or uninstall such programs which...

Just briefly, Blain

I wondered why you had AVG 8.0 and anti-spyware products if you had no net connection.

The logical thing then would be to close, disable or uninstall such programs which...

Michael

One first line of approach:

Can you start in Safe Mode?

Here is a summary of something from the PCHell website:

Check this website if at all possible.

Blain

You say you are not connected to the internet. You don't make clear if this is by choice or not.

If it is by choice, and if your system is cut off from everything else - ie you're not...

Thanks, MidiMagic, I'm getting closer to the mystery ...

You mention four points:

On the first one, I always understood that my computer told me the sum total of all the sub-folders when doing...

Is my Windows system using 13 Gb or 3½ Gb?

This is a bit of a number cruncher, so here's a summary: My C:\Windows (XP) on a partitioned HDD states it is using 13 Gb out of 20 Gb.

There are...

Hey! It seems it took you two months to reply! But I suppose the posts stay there in cyberspace and what was true then should stay true. I noticed that 50,000+ people have been browsing.

Sashag

What was going on in Hardware > Device Manager? - all the Sound Video and Game Controllers, were they showing as working?

RussellXPD

One consistent thing about my system when I had the no sound problem was that in Device Manager, all of the Sound sub-entries stated This device is working properly Were all of yours working...

I fixed it, I think.

This could maybe be useful to one or two others. I was just fiddling in XP Help, got on to Sounds and Audio Devices in Control Panel, went to - Sounds and Audio Devices...

Look forward to learning your findings, Caperjack.

I've read all the posts and I'm beginning to understand things a bit better.
I've solved the problem of the Windows Audio turning itself off,...

There are quite a few of us with issues on these sound problems.
I'll scout around to see if we can't start another thread, and I'll quote you guys as all needing help.

RussellXPD

Maybe someone more clued up will come in on this but here's a start:
If you get 'No Audio Device' in the route you say, or if you try:
My Computer>Hardware>DeviceManager --> Sound Video and Game...

Thanks for the suggestions, but I've good reason to think a reinstall wouldn't work on this computer.
However I ought to be able to uninstall and reinstall the sound software - SB16 and that's what...

Variation on the same problem:
I too have had to tackle the "No Active Mixer Devices" message.
With no sound at all, I took Kurama's advice and managed to get some sound on one program only.
I'll...

Hi Vouge and everyone.

I'm new too. I'm a low order techie: I've been teaching use of computers for 10+ years but still still get floored by odd blips, glitches and blueouts.
I've had help from...