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| | Im sorry about adding to the countless posts of dual booting xp and rh but i cant seem to find the answers. Im trying to dual boot both xp and rh9 on my laptop. I used Partition Magic to make room for linux, then Boot magic to switch between the …  |
| | My daughter is running xp home on a Dell laptop. All her programs seem to be associated with windows media player and of course it gives the error that it can't play them. I have tried restore to a earlier date. Tried creating new shortcuts and icons. checked the registry …  |
 | Well, we have one intranet at home where several systems are connected to our main server which holds the backups for the connected systems, with backups I mean personal files and not the programs or operating systems. Anyway, due to security, there are several layers of connectivity before this server … |
| | I would like to add my Outlook Express Contacts to my i730 phone. I have a data cable and my phone connects OK to my laptop. Any help is appreciated. |
| | The the most popular question asked in New York: "Where were you when the power went out?" To answer this question, lets list our location, time of blackout, time when we got power back, and a little story of what happened. [b]Location:[/b] Roslyn, New York (North Shore, Long Island, New …  |
| | I have a fairly new laptop (1 month old) HP Pavillion ZD7000-P4-3.06 w/Hyper-Threading. 768 MB PC2700-128 Nvidia GForce 5600go graphics card. Up until about a week ago when starting my computer it was fairly quick. Now all of a sudden it takes 2min.30sec.-2min.45 sec. to completely bootup. I don't even … |
| | I have a codirect USB 128MB thumbdrive. Windows 2000 recognizes the drive when I connect it as I can read and write to the drive with no problems. My problem is I cannot safely remove this drive. When I click on the remove/stop hardware icon in the task bar, I … |
| | i have a hp laptop, running windows xp home edition. the display is dark, i can barely see anything. I hooked it up to an external monitor and that monitor is displaying it perfectly, i've also tried the other OS's and all appear dark. If someone can please help and …  |
| | [SIZE=3][COLOR=Black][FONT=Arial Black] My laptop has a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. A few days ago, however, it started displaying at 640 x 480. I've tried changing the screen area in the Display Properties dialog box to no avail. It keeps coming back to the 640 x 480 setting. … |
| | Just got a new laptop with XP on it and having problems running Visual Basic 6 projects. Everytime I open a project and try to view the form, Visual Basic 6 closes and exits out. I can run the application and view the forms, but for some reason can not …  |
| | Hello I just unstalled a tv tuner card to my AMD 1800 computer running xp. Loaded up and workjing but now my Kazzalite will not connect, just swits there sayinf "connecting'. I have used Kazzalite for several months with out any problems and wonder if ths may be coincidental. Ive … |
| | Hello, if someone can help me, that would be GREAT! I have a network running in the house with 2 desktops and a laptop. I am connected with SBC DSL with a wireless router that it came with. I have internet running on 1 desktop and the laptop, but cant …  |
| | I own a maxtor 120gb 7200 ulta ata/133 hard drive. I have used it for the last 3 months without any problems. I am using it for video editing purposes and have large files on it. This morning, my computer would not recognize it. It comes back with E: not … |
| | I am not that tech/computer savvy------However, I have a Toshiba Tecra 510CDT, 133 mhz laptop. I want to know if the following hard drive is compatible. (I can get it free, if it is) TOSHIBA HARD DRIVE FOR LAPTOP...4 GIG....MK4313MAT....HDD2141. Very thin..measures about 3/8". Dan......... |
| | I'm trying to install win 95 into my laptop,which has an external floppy and no cd drive. I partioned and formated the disc and now when I install the first disc all that comes up is "this program cannot run in dos mode". Any help out there!  |
| | i have a laptop wireless card and i want to use it with linux. I am sure it is a setting as it detects everything correctly. specs 650+ d-link wireless PCMCIA suse 8.2  |
| | Wow it seems every post I read starts out with "Hey I am a newbie to this, I need some help" then it is continued by a long long long paragraph without any commas, periods, and so on. Well here I go, but i'll try to keep it short and … |
| | Hi, I've got a dell laptop and when i try connecting to the internet it wont connect for me. It dials up correctly and when it reaches the stage to check the username and password it stops up. I've tried using different internet service providers but its the same problem … |
| | I just bought a compaq laptop w/ a AMD xp2200+ when i go to computer properties it reads the processor at a 1.05ghz sometimes it does jump to a 1.79ghz but most of the time you see 1.05ghz. Is this normal or should i worry. every time i check is …  |
 | Doesn't anyone use 9x anymore? I actually still use 98se on my 650mhz sony vaio laptop Surprised no one has posted about these OS's yet So I decided I'd be the first |
| | i have been having trouble windows me whenever i try to install a usb storage device like a jump driver pro or other such mass storage device, have zip drives and peerless iomega drivers working perfectly, but if i try installing a jump drive (key ring drive by lexar) the … |
| | I have this old laptop that i have scrapped. I am wondering if there is any way i can rip the screen out and use it for something else? Extra monitor? Mini TV? Or is this totaly impossible. Or cheaper to get a mini plasma :P |
| | Hi. I read all the threads and couldn't find a cure. Please help me to fix my laptop. Attached my system and task pictures. It seems many have similar problem. Let us praise the Bill Gates!! |
| | I already posted this before but I have a research to make and problems with the IE 6.0 are getting worst every day..... while trying to load a page on ie 6.0 i cant click or use any other ie page. i have been downloading pretty much stuff lately i … |
| | This is my virgin crash. I was using my Laptop with Xp Pro. and it shut down, attempted to restart itself in SafeMode, then the screen went black. I can't get it to do anything. No response to CTL/ALT/DEL, no reponse to the on/off switch, no response to DEL F5/F6/etc. … |
| | I have 1mbit cable connection which can reach 150k without problems when ever i download from the internet through explorere or DAP which is great, BUT when i use programs like Kazaa, Bit Torrent, Overnet it can only download at 20-30k no matter what, i noe its not my line … |
| | Everytime I turned on my laptop this thing appears on the screen... Updater Application has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost. Please tell Microsoft about this … |
| | [SIZE=7][COLOR=Black][FONT=Arial] HEy my laptop makes too much sound. this sound is most prominent at the time of startup. is it some problem with my laptop or is it just normal for it too make this sound thanks for any help |
| | I purchased a CD-R/RW DVD-R/RW drive for my Sony laptop. The TEAC drive functions as a CD-R/RW properly using Easy CD Creator (ecdc ). It will not write a DVD-R using ecdc, it says I have the wrong media type. am using a DVD-R disk, could I be needing a … |
| | Hi all. While trying to use partiton magic8.0, I lost everything on my c drive. I couldn't restore or had backed up any of my files or programs.(doh)! So I had to reinstall the win98se OS. After the installation ,I couldn't find the factory settings. The laptop is a IBM … |
| | This is my first thread, so please bear with me -- I'm not sure WHAT the HECK my problem(s) is/are...but I keep getting...'page cannot be displayed...' and 'cannot find server'. I've tried all kinds of settings in IE and AOL, still doesn't work. It seems to be secure pages (example: … |
| | Hey, I was wondering if there is a way you can use a laptop monitor as a flip down tv screen in an suv, just the monitor, not the whole laptop?? There has to be a way. |
| | I just purchased a laptop that has no O/S but was refurbed with an O/S that was removed. The RED SCREEN message at boot up is as follows, "Save to disk partition not found. Save to disk feature is disabled. Run Phdisk for information. File: create new. Partition: consult manual. … |
| | I boot a laptop I just received from an auction that has no O/S but was tested and refurbed with an O/S that was removed before selling to me. The first screen is in a red square and says, "Save to disk partition not found. Save to disk feature is … |
 | Recently internet exp. has been erroring telling me to send error reports when i open certain pages. I send error reports, but that does nothing. Web pages like the windows update page and this page seem to work fine but, almost all others don't. I have approx. 30 or seconds … |
| | Hi, folks. I'm obviously new here, but I've read through some posts, and you all look like you know what you're doing. :D I was hoping that someone could give me a little advice. I just bought a new laptop on Ebay (you can see it at: [url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3435098170&category=42198&rd=1[/url] ) I … |
| | can scratches be removed from the plastic face of a laptop LCD??? |
| | Greetings, Installed KAZA on my laptop and IE doesn't work. How do I reset XP, so that the install of KAZA is gone and IE is restored. Is there a way to run KAZA so that it does not effect IE?? Thank you |
| | I wonder if someone could help me? Every time I swith on my laptop I receive an error message saying that 'windows could not start because the <windows root>\system32\hal.dll. file is missing or corrupt please re-install a copy of the above file. i tried booting the windows xp cd rom … |
| | I was given a laptop from a friend and it is in great shape. But when it powers on, after it does it's memory tests, it says "External Cache: Not Found" and it just sits there. I've looked around in CMOS and there isnt anything about disabling the external cache. … |
| | I just bought a compaq laptop from Best Buy. When i open the computer properties, it says the processor is a 1.05ghz when the processor is a AMD xp 2200+ so it should run at a 1.8ghz . sometimes it does say 1.79ghz but mainly it says 1.05ghz 1. Why … |
| | I am trying to find out how to setup my laptop to act as a desktop when I am at home (ie regular keyboard, monitor, and mouse) for comfort. I can't find a docking station for my particular laptop. I don't know much about docking stations ( :?: Duhh) but … |
| | I have a computer in my room, and it is somewhat noisy. Naturally, before I go to bed, I want to put it on standby mode. The computer supports APM and ACPI, but there is no place to turn on standby mode. I did some research, and found in a …  |
| | Hello, I received an Area-51 Alienware computer about two weeks ago, and am having trouble with what I assumed to be the monitor. Everything worked perfectly up until three days ago. At said time, I returned home to find my computer monitor kind of flashing from off-black to on-black. Even … |
| | Ok heres the story. Yesterday I tried to turn my laptop on and nothing happend so I looked it over and it turns out my 13 yr old brother decided to take it apart for a better look inside. Well I noticed that he took the CPU out and when … |
| | well this is kinda 2 topics in 1. i had started a new cable internet account and went out and purchased a new cable modem, a real nice one. built in signal filter and all. anyways i go to use it, call up the company to register the new MAC … |
| | What is the big problem with XP home seeing ANY other M$ OS shares? Server is Win2kpro, Laptop is XPhome. Server is sharing a folder that's needed by Laptop, laptop can't see 2kpro??? I'm basically here for info on possibly WHY this is happening and maybe something simple that can … |
| | I am using a Blekin F5D6020 card in my laptop and have been trying to connect it to my existing network which uses the now discontinued Intel Anypoint USB wireless network adapters. I cannot seem to get the two to recognise each other, I believe that intel adapters need their … |
| | well at it agian. once agian i have had to tell people why i cant fix it. here is the storym my brother bought a game for his new computer. game hs modest, to low end, system requirements. basicaly a 3d card, 128Mb ram, 8 meg video card and a … |
| | when i am installing office 2000 on my laptop i keep getting this error 1933: cannot update protected windows file, similar to that. well i have installed office on this same system and OS, just had to reinstalled because i used a new hard drive. I am logged in as … |
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