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Hiya Sunando Ghosh. I'm 2 decades past my university days, but I fail to see why your problem can't be overcome in the same way that I overcame it back then. A simple cassette recorder and blank cassette tapes. You press 'RECORD' when the lecture starts, forget about the device …

Uninstall your CD burning software. Then use device manager (Right click My Computer, then choose Hardware -> Device Manager) select your optical drive(s) and choose Uninstall for those. Reboot your system, let the drives be reinstalled by windows, and then reinstall your CD burning software. Let us know if you …

hmmm.......... I coul've sworn we had a whole forum section for this: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/forum33.html[/url] Topic closed.

Agreed. Running Windows XP in 256Mb of RAM works, but it's somewhat like trying to eat ice cream by sucking it up through a straw. You got a bit of a wait while the suction 'melts' the bit you're sucking on! :D

Interesting maybe. Silly certainly! If a company such as Microsoft WASN'T developing software which had future developments in computer hardware in mind, they'd be criticised for that. Microsoft Windows actually contains considerably LESS 'bad code' than other major software products. This is a nonsense claim, and hopefully the courts will …

Disable RAID altogether. With only a single SATA drive it's useless to you. Ensure that boot order is set to default to the primary IDE drive and install to the IDE drive as Zachary suggested. Skip the F6 driver installation - you don't need it because you're not using RAID.

errmmm...... Did you replace the on/off switch in that AT case with a momentary switch? AT cases use a different type of power switch, which is not suitable for use with ATX motherboards. If you haven't got a suitable switch to use, connect the power lead front panel connector header …

If you have worked your way through the 'barebones' testing procedure, and you are absolutely sure that front panel connectors are correctly attached and all else is in order, then it's time to get a technician to check it out, I'm afraid!

Nice try, Opopp, but off the mark in this instance. No Windows CD with one of those systems. adreamer2, that CD should boot the machine up if it's an autoboot recovery CD and the system is set at default BIOS settings. Alternatively, you may have a system where the recovery …

CPU settings may be misconfigured in BIOS. Reset CMOS by removing and replacing the battery and try again.

Hi, Glad to have you here :D

The average wieight of rice grains can be increased by the use of ridge farming and rice-fish cultivation, where 'crops' complement each other side by side. [QUOTE] Experiments carried out in 1986 by the Aquatic Products Station of Chishui County revealed that ridge-rice cultivation could improve rice tillering and increase …

Hiya Jeremy, and welcome. You keep on reading rather than commenting for as long as you like mate, and we'll be happy to see your contributions when you feel ready to make them. We value all our members and are very happy to see you here! :D

I have no idea why you've attached a HijackThis log to your post, but here at DaniWeb such logs are ONLY allowed in the Viruses Spyware and Nasties section. I've moved your topic there in accordance with forum policy.

Hi, and welcome to DaniWeb. First thing you need to do is ensure that your system is suitable for SATA hard drives. The motherboard needs to have a SATA controller onboard, and have sockets for the SATA drive cables. If it doesn't have those features then you will need to …

What sound card? What software was installed with the drivers? Did you install it fom a CD, and if so what CD?

Your motherboard may require a BIOS update in order for it to properly identify the processor.

This method works. Refresh installs (loading over the top) are required to ensure things work properly. [url]http://www.pcuser.com.au/pcuser/hs2.nsf/web/E6D96526AF2C872BCA256DD700280269[/url] Make sure the drive letters you use are the ones allocated by the system rather than the ones allocated by Windows.

Here is how to systematically track down the source of the problem: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread27079.html[/url]

Try uninstalling the game, deleting any residual program folders and files related to the game, then reinstalling the game and ensuring that all game patches are installed. If that doesn't work try reinstalling motherboard chipset drivers and display card drivers.

Nope. It's not. If the onboard graphics processing chip has died in that laptop you'd best look for another laptop.

You are having problems because obviously you have something loaded at startup which is running in the background. Until you determine what it is and correct the behaviour, of course it will return once you boot as normal. I'd suggest you submit a HijackThis log to our 'Viruses, Spyware and …

That's correct, cargenius. Deleting the partitions and then creating new ones in their place is probably the simplest and surest way to wipe a system and the procedure I'd recommend every time! If the 120Gb drive is an IDE one on the primary IDE channel, Windows will try to install …

Do this: [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341&Product=winxp[/url]

Follow the instructions in this article: [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314060[/url] The error occurs as a result of registry corruption caused by quite a range of software.

Moving this to the Windows software section. Tech questions in the Tech sections please! And yes, I agree. Internet accelerators are best avoided. If someone wants faster transfer speeds, then a better (and probably more expensive) connection plan is the ONLY really suitable alternative.

People should be free to say whatever they like so long as what they say does not hurt or offend others. With rights come responsibilities. Where that does not occur you have a truly sick society!

What Windows versions on the computers? Do they have network (LAN) cards or onboard LAN?

A change to a simple wheelmouse will make the world of difference to you. The second feature you noeed to look for is to ensure you get an 'optical' mouse, so that you don't have a tracking ball to constantly clean. With those two features alone you have it 'made'! …

Hi, and welcome. Your question would attract the best response if you posted it as a new topic in the appropriate 'Hardware' section in the TechTalk area of the forum.

I would think that in the absence of a decision about which programming language to use you could probably be best choosing between the: Web Technologies and Trends [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/forum5.html[/url] Software Design, Schema and Implementation [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/forum60.html[/url] sections as appropriate. Those sections most likely have more specialised aims in mind, but they …

Not until you let us know what make and model: Your computer Your motherboard Other components Windows Service packs and any other relevent information. Download, install and run Everest Home Edition if you do not know identification details of relevent components. Most important information we need to know is make …

then Wikipedia has it wrong, in the form of being too narrowly restrictive. The word 'donate' means: to give [i]as to[/i] a charitable organisation It does not mean: to give, [i]only to[/i] a charitable organisation. The word 'donation' has two meanings. It means either the act of giving or it …

Hiya rhari_81, and welcome to Daniweb. If you want technical questions answered you'll find lots of forum section which cover most aspects of computing. Placing your question in the most appropriate section will ensure that you get the best answer our members here can provide.

Hi, I'll move your topic to the appropriate sectionon TechTalk for hardware questions of this type. Welcome to Daniweb :)

Hi, If you have a virus, spyware or other malware problem, please feel free to post a thread in out Viruses and Nasties forum section to get help with it :D

Just a query here. Have you ever actually wiped the hard drive clean on that system and installed Windows and your device drivers again fresh and clean to check that it actually IS a hardware problem causing it to lock up after several minutes of use? It could well be …

Need to know make and model of the computer please.

Hi people. First point is that questions should NOT be 'tacked on' to old topics. Your questions deserve a new topic of their own, and will be better addressed if that occurs. Second point is that this is an old topic which was initially misplaced and has now been 'resurrected' …

Doesn't sound good. Check out the Pinned sticky in 'Troubleshooting Dead Machines' section for the 'bare bones' problem checking method, and if you get no joy have the system checked by a technician. I'll move this topic to that section for you, because that's where it belongs.

I've read this and consider that jwenting has actually made effort to be polite in communicating what might be a tad off topic but nevertheless a very valid point. In any professional circle (and by professional I mean workplace, not simply trained and qualified people) the use of SMS or …

What motherboard? Checked the monitor cable and connections? Checked for screws that may have accidentally been lodged under the motherboard or other possible causes of shorting?

Hiya Jeff, and welcome. Hope you decide to hang around and hope you enjoy your time here should you do so :D

Hi and welcome. We love everybody but we especially love experienced people who are happy to help us help others :D

[QUOTE]of this .... 'family'??[/QUOTE] Sure! Family is cool! What's another several thousand grandkids anyway? :D

Glad to hear that it's sorted. I'd be curious, though, as to how the Registry key went 'missing'? Yes, format/fresh install is the 'easy way out' and yes, it should be seen as a 'last resort'. Sometimes, however, it is also the [i]best[/i] course of action. People should refrain from …

Don't know about you mate, but [QUOTE]Crap like this is what you get when you try to make a web site without knowing HTML and CSS.[/QUOTE] doesn't seem to me to be helpful at all. I've come here via a 'bad post' report, and am no coder by any twisted …

Hi tkjohnson, and welcome to Daniweb :D If that was intended to be a request for assistance, then you'd be best to click on the 'Software development' tab at top of page and post a thread in the VB section asking for help with it. It's always best to post …

Simple problem. simple solution. You've fitted a hard drive which has Windows XP installed on it to a new motherboard and tried to start it up and run it. You can't do that because XP is not designed to work that way. Boot from your Windows CD, use the setup …

Hi fareed. Have you an older nVidia display card? If so it may have been better NOT to upgrade to the very latest driver revision. What Nvidia card do you have?