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1)My husand brought a 2nd hand computor from a pawn shop. It has Windows XP
Pro. It did not come with a reboot disk. How could I ever reboot if I needed
to?

2)When I first hooked up everything & started the computor, I scould not get
pass the password. So, a family friend went inside and did something to the
computer and I was able to use it. But when I put a cd in or dvd, it tells me
that the drivers are not installed. What can I do, or where can I download
the needed drivers?

3)Last but not least, I put my old cd burner (which has a disc) from my old
computor into the new one, and my computor can't auto detect anything. Even
PC games won't start up.

Please help.
P.S. My daughter thinks I should just throw this computer in the trash-and
be happy using my old computor with Windows 98 Second Edition. Do you think
she is right? She is almost ALWAYS right...thinking... *I hate that!!!*

 

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Go to windows update for drivers,or the mfg web site.

"kellys275" wrote:

> 1)My husand brought a 2nd hand computor from a pawn shop. It has Windows XP
> Pro. It did not come with a reboot disk. How could I ever reboot if I needed
> to?
>
> 2)When I first hooked up everything & started the computor, I scould not get
> pass the password. So, a family friend went inside and did something to the
> computer and I was able to use it. But when I put a cd in or dvd, it tells me
> that the drivers are not installed. What can I do, or where can I download
> the needed drivers?
>
> 3)Last but not least, I put my old cd burner (which has a disc) from my old
> computor into the new one, and my computor can't auto detect anything. Even
> PC games won't start up.
>
> Please help.
> P.S. My daughter thinks I should just throw this computer in the trash-and
> be happy using my old computor with Windows 98 Second Edition. Do you think
> she is right? She is almost ALWAYS right...thinking... *I hate that!!!*

 

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Or go to the store and buy a retail XP CD.
Better, take it back to the pawn shop for a refund.

Follow your daughters advice is easiest and may in the long
run, best advice.

If your hubby paid more than $100 for it, perhaps you can
salvage that much in parts. Used computers are very cheap,
even the latest models. Any used computer must be judged by
being compared to a $400 brand new Dell with a warranty, a
full set of software and tech support.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.



"Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
news:A07E20AD-0066-4BB1-A5FC-0741FD389120@microsoft.com...
| Go to windows update for drivers,or the mfg web site.
|
| "kellys275" wrote:
|
| > 1)My husand brought a 2nd hand computor from a pawn
shop. It has Windows XP
| > Pro. It did not come with a reboot disk. How could I
ever reboot if I needed
| > to?
| >
| > 2)When I first hooked up everything & started the
computor, I scould not get
| > pass the password. So, a family friend went inside and
did something to the
| > computer and I was able to use it. But when I put a cd
in or dvd, it tells me
| > that the drivers are not installed. What can I do, or
where can I download
| > the needed drivers?
| >
| > 3)Last but not least, I put my old cd burner (which has
a disc) from my old
| > computor into the new one, and my computor can't auto
detect anything. Even
| > PC games won't start up.
| >
| > Please help.
| > P.S. My daughter thinks I should just throw this
computer in the trash-and
| > be happy using my old computor with Windows 98 Second
Edition. Do you think
| > she is right? She is almost ALWAYS right...thinking...
*I hate that!!!*

 

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typo correction '
"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote
in message news:eXMkKcwzEHA.1196@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
| Or go to the store and buy a retail XP CD.
| Better, take it back to the pawn shop for a refund.
|
| Follow your daughter's advice is easiest and may in the
long
| run, best advice.
|
| If your hubby paid more than $100 for it, perhaps you can
| salvage that much in parts. Used computers are very
cheap,
| even the latest models. Any used computer must be judged
by
| being compared to a $400 brand new Dell with a warranty, a
| full set of software and tech support.
|
|
| --
| The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
|
|
|
| "Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
| news:A07E20AD-0066-4BB1-A5FC-0741FD389120@microsoft.com...
|| Go to windows update for drivers,or the mfg web site.
||
|| "kellys275" wrote:
||
|| > 1)My husand brought a 2nd hand computor from a pawn
| shop. It has Windows XP
|| > Pro. It did not come with a reboot disk. How could I
| ever reboot if I needed
|| > to?
|| >
|| > 2)When I first hooked up everything & started the
| computor, I scould not get
|| > pass the password. So, a family friend went inside and
| did something to the
|| > computer and I was able to use it. But when I put a cd
| in or dvd, it tells me
|| > that the drivers are not installed. What can I do, or
| where can I download
|| > the needed drivers?
|| >
|| > 3)Last but not least, I put my old cd burner (which has
| a disc) from my old
|| > computor into the new one, and my computor can't auto
| detect anything. Even
|| > PC games won't start up.
|| >
|| > Please help.
|| > P.S. My daughter thinks I should just throw this
| computer in the trash-and
|| > be happy using my old computor with Windows 98 Second
| Edition. Do you think
|| > she is right? She is almost ALWAYS right...thinking...
| *I hate that!!!*
|
|

 

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"kellys275" <kellys275@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:313A41E4-46EF-44B1-81A7-5BD98AFFD060@microsoft.com...
> 1)My husand brought a 2nd hand computor from a pawn shop.

[ snip ]

Then it should be your husband's problem.

-- Bob Day

 

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Do you have a USB keyboard...? On boot do you see your keyboard lights
flash. If you see anything on the screen, the m/b is ok.

"kellys275" <kellys275@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:313A41E4-46EF-44B1-81A7-5BD98AFFD060@microsoft.com...
> 1)My husand brought a 2nd hand computor from a pawn shop. It has Windows
XP
> Pro. It did not come with a reboot disk. How could I ever reboot if I
needed
> to?
>
> 2)When I first hooked up everything & started the computor, I scould not
get
> pass the password. So, a family friend went inside and did something to
the
> computer and I was able to use it. But when I put a cd in or dvd, it tells
me
> that the drivers are not installed. What can I do, or where can I download
> the needed drivers?
>
> 3)Last but not least, I put my old cd burner (which has a disc) from my
old
> computor into the new one, and my computor can't auto detect anything.
Even
> PC games won't start up.
>
> Please help.
> P.S. My daughter thinks I should just throw this computer in the
trash-and
> be happy using my old computor with Windows 98 Second Edition. Do you
think
> she is right? She is almost ALWAYS right...thinking... *I hate that!!!*