Anyone really good with Windows XP professional? I am not, having only been using it for a few weeks. However my laptop(compaq) normally opens to the desktop. The other day, being stupid ( I am being that alot lately) I was fiddling with something in Windows and the next time I turned on the laptop...

Hi! Does someone know why the file CPQDFWAG.exe is started automatically? It takes 48Mb on my notebook. TIA Fredrik

I have this laptop with this card and if I try to download files of any size, it resets the card at the same exact point everytime time. This only happens under WindowsXP, it's find under Windows 2000 and Linux. Has anybody else seen this behavior? Jason

I am trying to help my daugther's nanny by upgrading her Presario to something better. I need to find out more details about the motherboard configuration but cannot find it anywhere, and compaq's website does not list that info. Basically, I need to know the fastest processor the mobo will...

Helpful Links: For drivers, software, manuals/docs http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/ For Quickrestore CDs: http://qrcons.orderz.com/page1.asp For Compaq spare parts http://vztxesppro3.cce.hp.com/hpparts/Default.asp?mscssid=035V7F6T9K0U9JCT3BQC64L4GC57AGB1

I have a Presario 7PL290 that will not boot. It started off freezing up after a few minutes of running ME. After powering it off it would boot back up and immediately lockup again. Now it will not even boot to the first screen. All fans are running, the harddrive clicks for about two seconds...

Hello, I have a 12XL510 running ME, approx. 3 years old. Lately I can use it for 15-20 minutes and the screen fades to snow and machine locks up. It will come back for a few seconds once or twice, then permanent freeze. Only way to clear it is shutting down using power button, then wait a few...

I bought the wrong memory on ebay. I got single sided 4 chip 128MB SODIMM instead of the low density 8 chip SODIMM. I tried installing it anyways figuring it's ok if it only recognized half the memory. It hung on the initial boot up after the install. My presario 1277 won't boot up any more. It...

I bought one of thse computers as a spare and not now it is giving me a wierd problem.. I restored everything and it worked great for two days. I come up to the black screen and wants to restore it again. So I restore it. Everything is greast for a couple of days and then it comes up to the...

Presario 5690 parts needed. Button board for front panel. Board No. 008308-001 Rev A, Assy No. 008306-001 Rev. Green circuit board 2 3/8 in width, 1 2/8 in high, three green lights, one button mechanism. Small connector on back side. Also need plastic button fixture for front panel that matches...

Hello, can I install Windows 3.11 beside Windows 95b on this machine? How to do it? I want to be able to choose the OS from a bootmenue. Is this possible? The reason why i want to use Win 3.11 here, is that someone on the net told me that i can increase the operating-time. (Win 3.x consumes less...

Hi, a friend of mine installed/uninstalled a Dazzle flash card reader in his Presario a while back, and ever since, the DVD drive won't play DVDs. No clue if the two things have anything to do with each other. Audio CDs play fine in the drive, data cds work, but the DVDs go to a black screen and...

I've got an old Compaq Deskpro 66M that I received in January 1993. It does not seem to allow for booting from CD-ROM. OK, that's fine. When did Compaq first release systems that could boot from CD-ROM? -- http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site.

Has anyone had any experience ghosting laptops. I want to use one image for several Compaq nc8000's. I thought I had an adapter that you could use to slave a hard drive to a desktop computer and ghost that way, but the connection was not right. If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it...

On my new Compaq Presario I keep getting a window that pops up telling me about something called Intermute. How do I get rid of this thing? I click on don't remind me again but that doesn't stop it. Is there something I need to uninstall to get rid of Intermute?

Armada E5000 - CD-RW Problem - OS - WIN98 SE I have just replaced my "COMPAQ DVD-ROM - DRN8080B" with a "TOSHIBA DVD-ROM - SD-R2102" The system recognises the new drive but non of my burning software sees the drive as a writer. I assume I need a driver for the CD-RW but when I visit the Toshiba...

Could someone tell me which motherboard Compaq 5BW160 has? Would it be possible to change the BIOS to one provided by the motherboard manufacturer instead of using the Compaq's BIOS? Thank you!

Hello. I have a compaq presario 5630La. I was using it normally, and suddenly it just turn of...Just before that happen I was hearing some noise, I believe from the processor ventilation. So. After the pc turned off, I tried to turn it on. It shows the compaq logo, the floppy disk led starts up,...

i'm not very computer literate. we have a compaq presario 6000. we can play cd's but for some reason we can't play dvd's . should this model be able to play dvd's? when we load one specifically a music hybrid, the dvd never spins up. is there anything i have to load to get dvd's playing or...

I was looking at this model on a web sites refurb page. Anyone have an opinion on this model? I realize it's a bit older. But the price is pretty good. Has a 60 gig drive and a Radeon 9200 card w/32 meg or ram.