Posts by caperjack

buy a cheap harddrive or a good one for you new system and remove your excisting drive and install it and load win7 on it

Windows 7 itself contains a program that resizes the partition. If you can install Windows 7 then go to Control Panel --> System and Security --> Administrative Tools --> Computer Management --> Storage --> Disk Management Then right-click on the partition you want to shrink and click Shrink Volume. At that point I'm not certain if it was expand the c: primary partition or create yet another partition.

shortcut to all that is right click on mycomputer and click on manage, then diskmanagement ,and this is what you see if you click on to shrink volum ,you pick the size ,but i think bob needs to expand his volum ,in the picture i posted you will see a link to go to the help section of diskmanagement just click it and read on extending a volum.
love that snipit tool in win7

in addition the power light does not come on and the hard drive light comes on and remains lit. .

this part would make me check the front panel switches where it plugs into the motherboard!

Friends do explain this.....
Why v are going 4 trobleshooting....(or)wat s d use f trobleshooting?

sorry .what do you want explained the way its written or do you want someone to explain to you why we have to troubleshoot computers

I have a 4 GB Transcend pen drive.
I want to install the OS windows XP in the hard disk.
In BIOS settings i set to first boot from usb.
I want to use my pendrive to install XP.
How can i make my pendrive botable? So that i can install XP from my pendrive.

info for you found here .
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+to+make+a+pendrive+bootable

Why Windows OS makes computer really slow, in contrast with other OS, such us Linux or Macintosh? Is there any tips to make it faster

first you should tell people herewhat windows os you are using ,or just use one the os you mention that are fasrter than windows .aslo you could just get win7 as it fastes windows since dos

Why do computer ultimately break down or stop running?

Hi,such a vague question you ask!
there is not a thing on this planet that will not breakdown ad stop working ,the planet included!

I just change my computer power supply recently. .

to a brand new on i assume ,and why did you need to change the psu,what was the old one doing or not doing

so you have downloaded the latest windows installer for vista , and you set it to manual and hit start ,in services ,and still get errors ,correct

,can i updated window 7 without any pay?,

you need to ask compaq,that one some computers bought in the past few months came with a free upgrade offer

Thanks for the back-up caperjack.

The 2 links I provided in my 1st reply for Killroy7777 gave him the same result as your 2 links;

First topic on Google Search, from my 2nd link and your 2nd/3rd link.

2nd topic on Google Search from my 2nd link and your 1st link

Thanks again,

Don

EDIT: There is one thing you can check to safely disable services that I have found and is not mentioned in any "Tweaking Guide"
When in "Services", clicking on a service will give you a good description in the left pane.
Now, right click on that service and select "Properties" then click on the "Dependencies" tab, if and only if, there are NO dependencies in both boxes, then it is safe to disable with no adverse effect.

sorry about that i have to confess i didn't click on any of them ,i searched and posted my last links based on what OP said in post #3.
i will step back, way back , and read a bit more befor i go google!
and thanks for the blackviper link ,i thought he was gone ,i remember way back in the eatrrly days of win98 when he had a dowload that would aut set the services he though we didn't need ,but of course he stopped that after a bit ,but i ran it on mine way back when

i never did check on the attachemnt you posted till now ,also im just using www.google.com to find answers for you !my limited experience i cant say for sure what to do ,but i would try and disable bot for awhile ,see if you need them
the second one you have in the green box is reference to this service .
http://www.instantvista.com/application-experience.html
the first one is is talked about here.
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-performance-maintenance/56681-windows-audio-endpoint-builder-high-cpu-usage.html
taken from this google search .
http://www.google.com/search?q=audioendpointbuilder+&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-ca:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=

to advise you what services to stop one would need to know what svchost is what .this site is for winxp but the how to see svchost/service is what workes for me on win7.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314056

Spudly,
good to hear that you found a fix... :) although can I ask you to post a link to a place where we can download it from? I have recently got a laptop from a friend which seems to have a problem that it can read and write cd's and read any dvd's but movie dvd's oh and double-sided dvd's.... i would like to try that "cdgone" and see if it will fix my prob... Thx bro.. :)

first thing up when i searched this word[cdgone] in www.google.com .
dought it will fix a dvd player that works for most dvd's ,what happens when you try to play a movie.
http://www.google.com/search?q=cdgone&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-ca:IE-ContextMenu&ie=&oe=

download a file called cdgone...it is a registry fix and this will solve the problem

wow haven't seen that since win95 ,when a viruse use to put out my cdrom, still have the batch file a tech wayback when made to fix it on a floppy somewhere

hi ,you should use tab browsing ,click on the new tab ,and open the page you want to open ,then mouse over the IE icon in the lower tool bar ,and you will see thumbnails of all pages .this is actually one of the features i like best in win7 and IE
check my snipping tool attachement of the new tab button , another feature ,tool i like

I can't believe how unhelpful everyone on this forum is.

really ,sorry to hear that ,i tried my best ,win7 being so new ,not all of us know it that well yet ,i myself have only been using it for a week or so ,and i though your formatted the dame thing and got it solved

Thanks for that but no go I'm afraid. The page just comes up says it is connecting and disappears again. I have checked that the IP address and gateway stuff is still there which seems ok as it was not that long ago I installed the netgear wireless router.
I am inclined to think that it is something in the program settings but what I have'nt a clue, everything else seems to work ok but the whole computer slows down when trying to use internet explorer.

not sure what to say ,waht versio nof IE is it do you know ,maybe update it to latest version ,or just use firefox or google chrome

how does the computer run with out hard disk.

turn it on ,it wshould run all day ,you just won't be able to do anything with it as it need an operating system install on a harddrive to be used .
you could try downloading linux live cd in my signature ,burn it to disk ,and boot computer to it ,it runs from cdrom and used ram for some file storage ,BUT! it may not work as it sometime looks for a hardrive

i dont think it would be an issue with the OS due to the fact that any other dvd drive will work in the PC..

yes but does you dvd drive work in any other computer

and i do have the latest antivirus of norton 2010 on the computer..

sorry for you troubles,i wouldn't install that on my worst friend computer

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Vista.
Re-install it, apply the updates and learn how to use it.
Even better, upgrade to Win 7.

couldn't aggree more

Ive already tried reinstalling twice and it never asks for the display settings.. it sets them automatically.

OH,must be not compatible with win7, sorry all i have to offer maybe someone else has a fix ,

when i tried to attach some file as a attachment.it is not comming
as a standard way.instead it is comming at detail section.where
user write the repy and all these things .

details like email program you are using and the type of file you are attaching and are you having this problem with all attachments

I finally got everything working! It was a long process, and I could have easily screwed up my operating system, but thankfully it is working now.

great ,now look around for a icon to click to mark thread solved .it only shows for thread starter, ,good luck

MSI tech support are royal idiots (already tried them).

There is no basic VGA option but the closest to it is:

Boot Graphics Adapter Priority, which I tried all five of..
1. IGD - Black screen - Had to clear CMOS
2. PCI/IGD - Black screen - Had to clear CMOS
3. PCI/PEG - Black screen - Had to clear CMOS
4. PEG/IGD - Windows still doesn't boot
5. PEG/PCI - Default

And yes.. I have tried to reset BIOS to defaults..

time to try a reinstall i guess to see if you have better luck,and when you get to this part"update settings, time zone, etc" make sure the display settings are correct ,not set to high

screw drivers [word assoication lol]

You need manners .

or people need to learn how to use google ,as not to piss off us tired helpers

lol .so many post here , are just repeating what others have sad ,and in my opinion un-neccessary ,you really didn't say much more ,i assumed the person had a copy of winxp genuine ,and you didn't that all .i will say no more

hi ,try this ,go to start/control panel /classic mode, classic mode go to internet options /advanced options/way down the bottom click on reset to reset internet explorer settings

You can not "Upgrade" to windows XP. Although many including me think XP is better, in Microsoft's eyes you are trying to downgrade. So you are going to have to PURCHASE not bootleg a copy of windows XP the FULL edition not the Upgrade. Put the disk in the drive make sure you boot from CD then when it asks you were you want to install delete the partition that vista is on, this will completly get rid of it. Then install in the unallocated space. But be warned your computers drivers may not be avaliable in XP. For example my video driver does not exist in the XP world, so i can not use it.

echo echo,
also nowhere in there post do they say they want to upgrade to xp

I've tried changing every setting in by BIOS to no end.
?

after all that ,if you haven't all ready try setting bios back to defaults

oh, you faile to tell us in your first post it was a laptop !
i say try again! or look in bios for use basic vga mode or something like that

as far as i know, it shouldn't ,cant say for sure though as it is a computer and anything can happen ,if it were me i would do it ,what the fugg

also if your board has onboard video device as well as you addin card ,try removing the addin card and booting.

unrelaeated to your proplem i know but!
e: creative card ,i have audigy 2 and its fuggs up badly in win7 ,it loads and works ,then after a couple of reboots or bsod it need to be fixed /reinstalled .got updated drives from creative ,but when trying to install them it sees no creative devices .its using a KX audio drive for creative right now that gets loaded when i try driver update and tell it to search the web ,seem to work ok ,installes everything except greative game port .don't use it anyway

I can't! Take a look at this picture, in which I'm right-clicking the Vista drive: http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/6625/79006895.png

it just so happings im doing allmost the same thing you are doing with your computer ,i have installed a drive and put win7 on it ,and have a drive with winxp on it [2 partirtions ] only difference is our drive 0 and drive 1 are switched around ,i getthe format option on my winxp drive but not the win7 one assuming because its 1st drive and active
did you try going to mycomputer and right clciking on the vista drive and choose vista ,also the manufactors disk like mentions above ,i know it doesn't come with a lot of drives when you buy them but can be downloaded from the hdd makers website ,utility disk

sorry i am not understanding my problem is that i want to reboot my dsl modem automatically on disconnect..............!! i have zte how can i do that

hi, my question to you is, do you have do it now manually now ,are wanting to do this because you lose your connection from time to time and need to manually reset it .
also what is "zte"lol

hi,i had no idea ,so i google some of you numbers,oh by the way google is great . this # T568A-T568b is reference to straight through or crossover .
also while searching and reading i think that the wires went to a network switch of some sort.

What do you mean? I have Windows 7 installed and working fine, and all of my files are copied over.

What I need to do, is reformat the Drive 0 you see in the picture, without messing up the system boot or anything else.

Can anyone help me?!

hi ,i never backup ,been copying personal file the way you did for years, so your win7 is installed on the 500 gig drive correct ,if yes ,then all you need to do now is right click on 300 gig drive showing vista and chose format ,set as active if and when prompted

Recently I purchased a new laptop with an OS of vista,but i do not need Vista, I have tried to install win xp in vain. Can some one guide me on how to go about it?

Hello and welcome to Daniweb ,first thing you should do is make sure that your laptop manufacture has drivers for winxp before you do anything ,some new laptops with vista ,do not have available xp drivers for some of the d evice in the laptop.
if they do then you make sure laptop is set to first boot cdrom ,do this in bios setup ,then simply boot the laptop to the winxp cd and format the harddrive and install windows xp.
you could also use www.google.com and use search words like ."fresh install winxp" you'll be amazed at the results you will get .
good luck

its hard to say from a distance ,if you re-assembled the maching , if you have a addin video card as opposed to onboard video device make sure that the video card is plugged into motherboard correctly ,also make sure that the monitor cable is plugged into the correct place on the back of the tower ,

Ans:- yes the perticular motherboard is made for peticular processor but the AMD processor can use in ASUS board.

only if the asus board is designed for amd cpu, .
intel and amd haven't used the same socket since the early days when amd firs stold the techonigly from intel .it was socket 7 wayback !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_7

uninstall roxio is the cause of you problem ,with upper and lower filters in the registry .
this microdoft info should help fix you problem.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

Hi caperjack,
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=dell+driver+download
That one is better.

good one .
,i realise what you were doing with the google ,i've used it myself to get people to google for themselfs ,just got to be careful what we find in the search.

bob we all know most sites that come up first in google are bullshit sites ,i tried 2 of the links that came up and got driver finding tools or worse , i would not want to download to my computer. best advice to poster is to go to www.dell.com site and use the model of laptop or service tag to get the correct divers.
unless you added this sound device this should be the driver for your dell.
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=ca&cs=cadhs1&l=en&s=dhs&ServiceTag=&SystemID=DIM_PNT_CEL_2350&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

Hi,

I have tried to enter Windows in safe mode but again, it to just opens the safe mode screen, black with 4 safe mode words at each corner of the screen.

at this point ,can you do a ctrl+alt +del,if so when program manger opens go file /new and type in explorer.exe see if you can get it tto open to your desktop, if so then open mycomputer and right click on the hardrive icon and go properties/tools and run a chkdsk

one more thing if you want to install both of two windows then you can install it two diffrent drvie.

its a laptop ,and i haven't seen one yet with 2 harddrives ,

Yeah, it is an older model computer. Like 4 or 5 years old. But does that mean I can't upgrade the RAM at all in it? Or do I just need to find a way around the plastic thing in my way?

4 or 5 yrs is not really old ,i have one that about 8 yrs old and all i did to find the ram was take a small screw drive and remove the covers on the back/bottom ,flip it over should be 2 or 3 small covers with one or two screws ,ram should be under on of them,oh and you may even see a model # on the back

hi ,you need to take laptop apart to remove the onboard bios battery for a few hrs and then reconnect ,this should reset bios to the defaults ,before someone put a bios password in

am having trouble installing window 7 software to my window vista pavillon, just bought it todat from stables

you didn't read fourm rules ,you aren't suppost ot hijack another persons thread . so please start your own thread ,and also please add a bit more info to as to what problems you are having save time ,helpers will not have to ask wht you tried so far and what erros you are getting .anyway click on the link below and scroll down a bit and you will see Satart new thread ,click it .
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/forum38.html

Wierd. I had the opposite - for me the MS drivers it insisted on installing always BSODed me whereas the NV ones were fine,.

yeah that what i thought ,maybe it wasn't the video drives ,will be installing again to night