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Thanks for the suggestion. I created the new accountwith administrator rights and then rebooted the machine. When I logged in with the new account, network access was not possible. I also tried rebooting and logging in using other users that had been previously created with no success. As...

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. I have a three computer home network connected to the internet with a DSL modem from SBC. Two of the computers are desktops connected to a switch that then connects to te DSL modem. The third computer is a laptop that connects directly to the...

I ran memtest last night. It didn't find any errors. The CPU is plugged into a 750W UPS by AFC. I haven't changed any appliances or anything recently. I can't remember the manufacturer and model of the PSU. The box is in the attic and I could dig it out if need be. I am certain that it is...

Thanks for the info. I'll run the memtest tonight althougb the system is completely stock with no overclocking. The files that were missing was everything in the windows/system32 folder that began with the letters k through z. I think everything came back after after the chkdsk /r, but...

I'm running XP SP3 on a machine that was built back in May. Everything was great until Sunday evening. As I was exiting out of a game that I have been playing for years, the computer rebooted. Not a CTD. The motherboard (from Gigabyte) has dual BIOS and upon reboot, it reloaded the BIOS...

I have connected two PCs running XP home. Both are connected to a gigabit switch. The switch is also connected to a DSL modem/router/gateway (2Wire 1000SW) I tried to create a network using the commands in the control panel. Both PCs can access the internet. When I view the network from the...

This is a new build XP SP2 32-bit Gigabyte EP-DS3P motherboard E8400 CPU Radeon 3870 GPU Will likely use PC 6400 but it might be PC 8500 I know I have limit of the RAM addressing due to 32-bit OS. Will there a difference between 4 x 1GB vs 2 x 2GB ?