Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)
None of the items I delete goes to the Recycle Bin. I have verified that the
'do not move.........is unchecked.
AMFO
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)
Folks, got a problem with the WinXP SP2 Download. My PC gets to shutdown in
the middle of its installation/updating process everytime i run the service
pack. Am I bugged? What do I do? HELP!
Thanks,
Joe
It's me again - for those of you that don't remember my last issue... I had fried my motherboard out of sheer incompetence.
This time I'm taking some precautions before I just shove stuff where it shouldn't belong.
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So, I bought a new Dell computer...
I just bought a 240gb Intel 330 for $150 for my laptop. I'm wondering if I should keep it though because I'm very skeptical of Sandforce drives as I have seen many fail and my very first Vertex 2 failed.
I can buy a Samsung 830 256gb for $210, but I'm not sure if the extra cost is really worth...
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)
I have Win Xp, when I run my DOS apllication for POS i have problem with
print (DOT-MATRIX printer/LPT) evrry time when I wont print a "bill" I need
to exit from program and then printer print to paper, Whi he can do this...
So far I've only tried Civ 5 and League of Legends but the results are similar. I'll be playing for a while, anywhere between 5 and 20 minutes, and then the screen will go black and i have to restart the computer. In the case of Civ 5, there is a high pitched screeching noise that happens...
Hello,
my computer crashed and now I have reinstalled windows using a dell desktop windows7 disk now it is totally messed up it wont let me restore to factory
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)
This is a new one. Perhaps an SP2 change.
Local intranet zone.
Security set to low.
All download options set to "enable".
I have local web pages, served by a server in the local network.
They organize my mp3 files...
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)
My Computer is not seeing my CD-Rom and when I got to the Properties for the
CD-Rom it says
"Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be
currupted or missing. (Code 39)"
I downloaded all...
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)
I have just build a new PC, reusing my old 80 g hard drive with is partition,
as I run one side for me(6 g) and one for the kids games(the rest). I have
left the things on the disk as originally setup i.e. FAT32
I loaded...
Hey guys,
Am looking to buy a new laptop, am getting one for casual gaming and normal daily use and i've had these specs in my mind for a while,
i7 core 2.2 Ghz
6GB ram
750GB HDD
2GB dedicated (radeon graphics card)
Screen 15.6"
Windows 8
Am mostly gonna play World of warcraft from time to...
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?)
Hi,
I am running Windows XP Pro SP1. Yesterday I did a Disk
Clean-up and Disk Defrag for the first time on this PC
(had the computer 1 year). I allowed the defrag to run
all night. This morning there was a message...
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)
I recently encountered a problem, turned on my computer
and the floppy drive can not be accessed. Device manaber
lists it with a yellow exclamation mark next to it. Under
properties it reads, Windows has successfully...
Hello. I just finished my first build but my PC crashes every time it sleeps (whether the sleep is automatic or I initiate it). I've seen this mentioned a couple of times throughout the forums but I haven't seen an answer from anyone anywhere. Do I just need to return and replace my mobo...
I live in the UK, therefore I have a ADSL Connection using PPPoA and RJ11. Now many decent routers use an ethernet connection and PPPoE. Now I wanted to know where I can buy a ADSL modem that takes my ADSL connection, and just acts as a modem that the router can interface with and authenticate...
Someone gave me a netcard. It doesn't plug into a pci slot. It has a cable coming off it. I don't see anywhere to plug in the cable. Anyone know where it goes? Do it need a different motherboard?
Sanity was that friend of mine that I accidentally pulled the trigger on
I just finished putting my computer together, and i'm installing OEM Windows 7 64-bit from the disc. after windows loads files, i get a black screen and error message that says:
"Windows failed to start. a recent hardware or software change may be the cause. to fix the problem, then it gives me...
The valedictorian at my school got accepted to:
-Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-Brown University
-Princeton University
-Stanford University
-Cornell University
-College of William and Mary
-Swarthmore College
-Oberlin College
-North Carolina Central
He's going to Brown U.
i feel so...
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)
when i hit the volume button in the Sounds and Multimedia in
Control Panel, I got the following error message:-
There is a problem with your sound hardware. You may install mixer devices
from the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard in...
i've scsi adapter card on d845wn, this is a adaptec 6910 scsi adapter connected to a seagate barracuda 36 gb hdd,
i tried to format this hdd from adapter bios utility after that the hdd is no longer detected by fdisk and seagate format utility and win2k setup, only scsi controller is detecting...
Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?)
I have a problem that someone on here might have come up against that
might be able to shine some light on which direction I need to take.
Current:
Windows 98SE
Visioneer 6100b Flatbed Scanner (5 years old)
ScanSoft Pro v7.0 (4...
Hello,
If you are new to these boards, or if you are just browsing. Please remember that many topics have been previously covered. It is most likely that the problem you seek has already been solved in another thread. So please use the "Search Boards" function to the left of the screen...
I'm trying to pull files off a drive that stopped booting correctly into windows. I've got it in another computer as a slave, but when i try moving files from it to another drive, random files pop up saying that they are write protected and can't be moved or copied anywhere else. These are just...
Hey guys
ok, so I locked myself out of a folder by accident. I was making it public and granting permitions to "everyone", but accidently deleted "everyone" instead. Now I do not have access to the folder and can not delete it. I believe there is a way to force ownership incase this happens...
Hello everyone.
I'm a simple, honest & warm-hearted old man from the north woodlands of Sweden who are just there to say hi and since I'm new it was little hard to know where to cut in but as I said I'm new and this is world news department I don't think it went so bad after all.
WOLF.
Hello,
I am having some issues with my computer booting off the other computers here. I have a computer with windows 7 and it is booting the other two computers from our wireless connection, both of the other computers run Windows XP, and belong to others here, and when I use my computer it...
I bought Call Of duty Ghosts and I had some crazy fps-lag issues. So, I downloaded Fraps and the FPS were really good (50-70) even though the game was lagging-frame dropping. So I thought it had to do with my connection and I made a private match with bots. Once the game started, the fps were...
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.device_driver.dev (More info?)
I have XP Home edition on one of my PCs (SOYO Motherboard with AMD
processor, 500 M mem). I am running into 2 issues. (1)It keeps rebooting
itslef without any warnings and (2) some times I get error message when...