Posts by Laser

All I can think of is to make sure you have the latest drivers for the HP.

I can only login to 'listed' accounts.

Check out Kelly's Korner.

Be sure to backup the registry before tweaking!

Pause/Break usually works.

Yes it is now connected with a network cable with a completely different modem that doesn't have wireless which still had the same problem. My computer is a desktop, Dimension E520 Dell. I have a laptop as well (which has never had a problem but I don't have it on very often) and it will work with my wireless modem and I can connect with the internet on that while I have the problem with my desktop.

Adapter on desktop is Intel 82562V 10/100 Platform Lan connect. (is that what you meant?) also says driver provided by Microsoft. Driver version 9.6.8.0 Date 21/6/06

Thanks

yes that is what i meant. it seems to me the problem is not with the networking hardware since both wireless and wired have the same issue. I noticed that there are several bios updates for that system and some dealt with wake on lan issues, so my guess is that your bios setup is configured to allow the system to turn off your network connections and it is just not 'waking up' properly.

You could enter setup and under the power or power management setting turn OFF the settings that allow turning the network devices off. You may also want to consider updating the bios if you have a very early version. There are detailed instructions on Dell's support site.

chances are you just dislodged a cable when you were cleaning. try reseating the power connector on the hdd and data cable at both the hdd and mainboard.

I have also switched my wireless modem for my old normal broadband modem (to completely rule out my modem) and still had the same problem.

Could the problem be my network card?

By 'normal' do you mean you are now connected with a network cable?

Which Dell notebook are you using? What are its specifications(i.e what type of wireless and/or wired network adapter is/are installed)?

You can get this info from the Device Manager control panel. Driver versions may also be useful.

Check this out.

A single ntfs partition is fine. That small partition isn't necessary.

You will most likely need to deactivate windows in order to reactivate and get rid of the prompt.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312295/en-us

If your BIOS setup includes your cd/dvd rom as a boot device it will boot from the windows disk and start the install.

If your bios does not support booting from cd you can download files from microsoft to create a set of bootable floppy disks.

Try removing the battery completely and running off ac power only. If it boots,shut down, reinstall the battery and boot again.

Have you cleared the browser's cache and cookies?

For Firefox it's under Tools>Clear Private Data.

I would recommend using the drivers from the manufacturer rather than using Windows Update.

Try 'rolling back' the driver from Device Manager.

Up to 9.70 since SP1 which is the info icon showing on 3/18/08; it was at 9.65 then.

a 32 bit copy of windows cant use over 3.2gb anyway, and running apps can only (on a default config) use up to 2gb of that

Yes I am aware of the 32bit limitations. That was a poor attempt at humour on my part about the 'cosmetic' fix.

Windows Update on my system also did NOT pick up on the availability of SP1 so I downloaded directly from Microsft Downloads. I think it checks for incompatible drivers during the install but I'm not 100% sure.

Very strange. Maybe try sending an email to live mail support at live.com?

You must be administrator to run defragmentation. Some 3rd party defrag utilities, like Diskeeper can run in the background as a service which you should be able to run with admin credentials regardless of the user actually logged in.

Just installed it myself; after 50 minutes and 4 restarts. Too soon to tell if there's any performance improvements but the System control panel now reports the 4 GB ram I have installed. (even though only 3.25GB is actually 'available' as reported by the System Information tool)

The results are saved in an xml file and are easily edited in Wordpad. Anyone buying a computer should ignore this until they run it themselves.

Path is \Windows\Performance\WinSat\Datastore

<WinSPR>
<SystemScore>5</SystemScore>
<MemoryScore>5.7</MemoryScore>
<CpuScore>5</CpuScore>
<CPUSubAggScore>4.7</CPUSubAggScore>
<VideoEncodeScore>4.9</VideoEncodeScore>
<GraphicsScore>5.9</GraphicsScore>
<GamingScore>5.1</GamingScore>
<DiskScore>5.8</DiskScore>
</WinSPR>

because the notch on the DDR is very close to center, it is possible to install it backwards(reversed end to end).

Are you getting any beep codes from the motherboard? After a successful Power On Self Test there is usually a single beep. Multiple or continuous beeps indicate a hardware issue.

Have you verified your settings or tried the gmail troubleshooter ?

Go to Control Panel, Network and Sharing Center. Make sure your Network is set to Private. If it's Public click on Customize and switch it to Private.

Try this...Create a new folder on your computer's hard drive and then copy the contents of the CD to that folder; now run the setup from the hard drive location.

If you are sure that your monitor can handle the resolution, the only other culprit that comes to mind is the refresh rate. From the Personalization control panel click on Display settings and then the Advanced settings button. Click on the Monitor tab and set the refresh to 60hz and also put a check in the box beside 'Hide modes that this monitor cannot display' then click Ok(or Apply and Ok)

The download from Dell was a compressed or zipped file that extracted or uncompressed to the Dell directory; it should have launched setup.exe to actually complete the installation.

Go to the C:\dell\drivers folder, locate and double click on the setup.exe file to install the drivers.

I see. Code 39 usually indicates the driver is missing or corrupt. Try uninstalling from device manager, then go to add/remove programs and uninstall any audio driver software from there. Maybe download from Dell again and install the drivers. Either scan for hardware changes from device manager or reboot if prompted.

According to support.dell.com the audio on the Dimension 3000 is 'ADI Onboard Sound '

Me thinks you've installed the wrong driver.

Maybe it's just return receipts being sent; you can configure Outlook to notify you if return receipts are requested. Also you can enable mail logging to see what is happening.

Did you go to their link to delete excite cookies and try logging in again ?

Have you tried clearing your cache files ?
Under Tools > Clear Private Data; or Ctrl + Shift + Delete

Are you able to enter the bios setup?
You may need to set the CD drive as a boot device in setup.

Try the update procedure on this link.

Oops ! My bad, Backup Entire System feature is NOT available in Vista Home Basic or Home Premium editions.

Yes, Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate.

You can create an image of your entire system with vista's Backup and Restore Center, which you can save to a hard drive or burn to one or more dvds.

There are also 3rd party solutions like Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image.

How do you keep your score so high??!!! What are your system specs??!!

I build my own systems. Costs a bit more than a brand name but it's worth the peace of mind to me.
My current system I put together in March,2007 for about $1300.
Specs are:

• Antec Sonata II Case(450W PS)
• Asus M2N4-SLI Motherboard
• AMD Athlon 64x2 3800+ CPU
• 2 GB Kingston Ram PC2-5300 (just upped it to 4 GB last week)
• Asus nVidia GeForce 7600 GT Video Card (256 MB DDR3)
• WD 250 GB Sata HDD(7200rpm, 8MB Cache)
• LG Dual Layer DVD-R (IDE)
• Basic Logitech USB Keyboard/Mouse
• 19" Princeton LCD Display
• MS Vista Ultimate 32Bit

My Windows Experience Index is 5.0 (CPU)

I've also left Vista's UAC on; I found it to run better this way when I was running the beta releases on my last system.

Macs are no better or worse than PCs. Apple makes their firmware proprietary in an attempt to prevent cloning.

If you really want to run OS X on a PC check out:

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

9.39

Something to try...

I like LogMeIn Free also, to support my 'distant' relatives. ;^)

Move it to the partition with the most space available. You may need to leave 2MB on C: for log files.

Personally i (like Jack) would has used more space for the C: drive.

You should be able to manage without repartitioning though. For one, clean up your desktop - move any files/folders to one of the other partitions.

You could also install a utility like CCleaner to help find and delete unnecessary files.

The default setting for the Recycle bin is 10% of each partition; you can change this by right clicking on the Recycle bin icon and left clicking properties(slide it back to 1 or 2%).

You can also move Windows' swap file to a different partition with the System Control panel.

You could try the 'File Type Doctor' in Creative Element Power Tools.

Screenshot by Method#3.

My 1st was when I 'upgraded' Win 3.11 to the original Win95. Very ugly. 95a and up was ok.
Got caught by a new virus variant that my avp missed even though the signatures were up to date. One bad video driver experience. That's it.

Other than that I've installed hundreds of times for others and as part of my job. I've always preferred installing from scratch over using a disk image or restore. I also never upgrade an OS(since that 95 fiasco), i do clean installs.

IMHO Open Office is a sweet, suite alternative to MS Office; it'll handle the microsoft file formats, it's only a little over 100MB download and it's free.

Try updating the driver to to nVidia's latest version.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_169.25_whql.html

glad to here it.

Definitely Vista drivers. Uninstall the two audio entries you have in Device Manager. Then all i can offer is try one of the 2 you found; if it doesn't work uninstall it and try the other. Good luck...

According to the Microstar MS-7046 Manual your sound is from a CMedia Azelia integrated controller.

Try loking for drivers at Microstar or CMedia.

Which web browser are you using?

Have you tried downloading the latest release(9.0.115.0) from Adobe ?

There is a link on that page (#6) where you can check the installation and it will also report which version you are using.

I am currently using 9.0.047.0 on Vista Ultimate and it works fine.