Posts by caperjack

1st suggestion ,leave it plugged for awhile to make sure the battery has some charge,as most laptops don't like starting with a dead battery !

IT could be any number of things .

actually no. i changed it at the beginning of this whole process so that the cd/dvd rom would boot first then the hdd. so that had no real effect on the outcome, when it wasnt working that is.

thank you .

i also suggest CCleaner ,to remove all files/programs in temp folders ,and temp internet files .
www.ccleaner.com

i think the best thing it dose is list all the keys to installed programs, even windows ,great for when im working on a computer with out the key sticker ,and i need to reinstall windows .

how do you delete a post?

you have a few minutes after posting to delete the post .i was going to delete my post not yours !

Sorry to bring out your anger. I didn't have windows xp on my computer, my friend did.
The last person just said to right click on the desktop, but went no further.
You on the other hand gave better instructions, after the problem had already been fixed...for free.
So thanks even though your a week to late. Try harder next time to be on the ball would ya.
:-)

lol

link in my signature has links to spybot and adaware ,download and run them first to remove any shi-t on the computer .

I was testing with belarc Advisor a Windows XP PC. It shows for 25 updates that it cannot verify the update and needs to bee reinstalled.
May it be that those updates are false (not by Microsoft)?

you should go to windows update side and scan for updates

>>>>belarc Advisor <<<< what type of program is this.
were the windows updates from the windows update site.

i use it ,pc audit program ,do a google search for it bobbyraw,very neat tool,it will create a profile of you computer ,safe program I've been using it for years now .

right click on mycomputer /go properties/advanced /startup and recovery/ settings / and on check auto restart ,,this then should give you a BSOD error message ,copy down the stop error message code #'s and post them back here .it will look something like this .
"Stop 0x0000000a(0x00000029,0x00000002,0x00000000,0x80466d7b" error message after Windows is already installed

i don't know where to start.

www.overclockers.com

i was going to delete this post because overclockers is sort of outdated , i just clicked around a bit ,i thought it was still up to date sorry .

i have 2 different ones,a pci/isa one about 5yrs old now .and the pro looking one ,bought it on e-bay for about 30.00$ for laptop and pc .it seems to work ok,the manual with codes is a poor translation to English though

it didnt work on a new hard drive. i tried it and Windows managed to setup from the CD but when it restarts, loops back again on a reboot.

thats weird ,as most restarts are usually a driver conflict ,can you go into safe mode ,hitting f8 on startup,if yes when you get there right click on my computer/go properties/advanced /startup and recovery /settings and on check auto restart ,this will then show a BSOD error ,if you do get one write down the erroy code numbers and post them here .
also bad ram could cause this

i suggest ,you delete the folders in program file ,then download ccleaner to clean registry ,and try reinstall then .
http://www.ccleaner.com/

i still would like know if you went into the bios to change the boot order !! thanks

There is no such option on my screen.

I think I'll go someplace else for help. 24 hrs and i still dont have any answers. I'll jut call my local computer fix it man.

I have an answer but they won't let me talk that way here!!!

so you got a different winxp than everyone else ,doubt it .right click on the desktop go to properties/settings ,advanced /monitor and there you can change refresh rate ,but with any luck you paid someone to fix it by now ,also she could just go in to the desktop properties and make the icons larger ,but i guess you don't have that either !!
dam free help is just so slack these days

most likely the backlite or the lcd inverter causing you problems

I have R-studio and use it with great success

I also run with this same problem. Tried new hard drive but still wont work. have anybody else encountered this and solved the problem?

Thanks a lot!

you tried new harddrive ,did you install a fresh copy of winxp on the new drive, a coincidences im sure but im loading winxp pro on one of these machines as i type this .

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but aside from that ive found out that my system will not under any cercumstances boot from the dvd drive.

id apreciate any further help you can give

did you go into the bios to set the dvd rom as the first boot device ,or is it a external usb dvd rom device .

use nlite (i think vlite is the vista version?) to slipstream the chipset drivers (sata controller) into a new OS image.

I did that to get XP to work with my SCSI RAID. before i needed to hit F(6?) and use floppies

i think you missed the point on that one, poster said he cant get it to boot from the dvd drive !!! there for cant get it to boot to the Vista dvd disk .not a Sata driver problem yet!!!

you are using a AGP card from other computer are you sure its comparable with the compaq board .right speed and voltage .

i use one to hold the barn door open .

I used the safe mode but it gives me the defalt username wich is not the right one is a reset disk a option? I need help!

its not the right one but can you go to the admin acct,or dose it want a password that you dont know ,if you can get into it just go to control panel ,then USERS ,and you can remove the passwords to the other accounts there simple

so you have nothing on the desktop .try this , ALT+CTRL+DEL ,taks manager should open up .go to file /new task ,type in , explorer.exe ,you might get the desktop back ,you might not, if you do get to the taks manager but the explorer.exe didn't work type in this
%SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe

what is a split.

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its what you mother and father did when they left you on the Playground swing .lol
or it a split from this post
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post322759.html#post322759to this post .

this help stuff is driving me nuts ,but its addictive 7 hrs gone by i thought they were looking for help!!lol

http://fileinfo.prevx.com/QQ3f7219204403-GLB243566/GLB2.TMP.html

possible that the outage fried the hard drive ,did you have it plugged into a good power serge bar,or direct to wall outlet .it will need more looking at than i can offer online ,you will need to open the case and maybe remove ribbon cables and power cables from the drive and motherboard and then re-plug them back in to the drive and board .

the battery most likely is not on the board itself , but plugged in via a small white 3 wire plug [like a small fan plug],the laptops i have the bios batters is rapped in yellow/red plastic and are attached to the underside of the palm rest area,or the bottom of the case in the same front area ,or i have seen them in the main battery storage area,but are almost all inside the case but not on the board like a regular computer ,

it doesn't boot up because of driver /chipset differences of the new and old motherboard ,you most likely need to reinstall windows because of the new motherboard .

After a few days of searching, I still can't find the disk for Windows XP that came with my computer. However, I did find the one that came with the old Dell. Can I use that?

yes ,but it will have limits, as it will be a recovery cd or sorts .you should be able to use it to run a repair ,but no be able to do a repair install of xp over itself

i have a workgroup networking with a 11 computers and one system acting as a server and i want to run a intranet on a workgroup and i using windows xp os in all pcs, so please guide me how to set a intranet on a windows xp based Environment.

Google.com is your friend!!
http://communication.howstuffworks.com/how-intranets-work3.htm

you should download windows latest updates to get to SP2 first ,then get and run spybot S&D ,and ad-aware ,links to them in my signature

do you have funky Wild Cherry music playing in the background ,this could case any Dell computer to get down & funky lol.

.not only is funky not a techi term this makes no sense to me[but sometimes it comes back and its pretty much like chance to get back on my comp.]

I jz checked the Event Viewer n it shows a huge list of errors under Application and System heads but none under Security head

ok go t ostart /run, type in cmd, and then type in, ping www.google.com ,note there is space bewtween ping and www. see if it goes to goole and back ,this will tell you that you modem is working or not .

also when in cmd type in ipconfig /all as suggested above ,

lol you try an help em and they dont wanna know!!

most ask the same ? in so many forums, that they just forget to come back or just don't care if they come back ,also some times things get worse and they can't get back .

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm

Fred101 ,tell us how you solved it just for the record !

if possible remove and add in cards like nic and modem and sound cards ,if you have all on board devices go to bios and disable them until after you install windows .also if you have on board video and are using a add in video card take it out also ,and use the on board video .

its going to be hard for you to fix it with out updated anti virus program ,and internet connection to download needed security programs.link in my signature has links to some programs to start the cleaning process.namely spy-bot search and destroy and ad-aware

its been 3 days now and poster has not responded and has not followed my suggestion in post #2

go to start and run ,type in sfc /scannow ,you will need the winxp cd,this will replace all missing or corrupt windows files

give hardware monitor a go,see what temps it shows
http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php

bight the bullet and reload winxp ,you will be better off!!

NB should be followed by : meaning note well and doing a regedit to change the program location will be time consuming and you would have to move the entire directory the program is installed in to match the registry.

my reference is to when you do a xp clean/new install and before you load any new programs .

hitting f8 key on bootup to get to safe mode

all my programs are being installed to D:\ right now. There are a lot of remnants of media player, netmeeting and outlook express in folders on C though.

Do you think I should repartition stuff before I reinstall the rest of my stuff?

not a 100% sure what is meant by remnants of,but if you are not using them then you should be able to uninstall the programs in add and remove program

NB programs are not automatically installed to another drive UNLESS you point it there. [Unless you Have the operating system drive as D:]

not sure what you mean by NB program but it is possible to put the program files folder on D:\ and do a regedit to change its destination ,but the system files \dll files that are instilled by a programed will still be install in system32 folder on c:\

hello, check out the virus forum here ,follow instruction in the first read me post at the top of page and get hijackthis and post a log there .good luck
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/forum64.html