I have a Gateway Select 750. I currently have three physical hard drives. The third one has started developing errors so I copied its entire contents to one of the other (larger) drives and attempted to remove the problem drive from the system. I went into the CMOS and selected 'disabled' for...

Does anyone know about technology to put the Windows OS on a ROM chip. Perhaps it could be the return of cartridges. I would imagine they would need at least 1 gigabyte ROM. How close are we to the technology to do this?

I don't know if my question involves hardware or software but I cannot close windows down and shut off my computer. I'm running ME and have Norton Anti-Virus on and up to date. Has anyone else encountered this problem and what was the fix? I've run Scandisk and defrag. Other things are going...

Hi, I'm using WindowsMe, on P3-933 Dell4100. Just installed an Ali M5271 USB2.0 + Firewire PCI card. First issue was windows would hang at the "New Hardware Found..." box. I happened to touch my printer USB plug to the back of the card & it then continued loading! Huh? It seemed to load all...

I just started a new Web site www.todayshopper.com that sells a broad range of products as of right now I have only put the windows xp standard edition and upgrade on the page. I have acess to several others but I am unaware of their populatity. If you could please tell me what other OS's I should...

Hi all! A couple of questions about XP. If I by a used computer from another party and it comes with XP, do I have to, as new owner of the OS, have to also purchase and reregister it. Or does the original owner of the computer have the right to sell the OS with the computer? Another interesting...

When I installed Windows XP on my computer with ATi Radeon 7000 video card, the video would freeze at the welcome screen. However, I was able to install Windows 2000 without any problem. Why?

I have just finished upgrading to XP and all went well. I went to windows update and installed all of the critical updates, and now my LITE-ON dvd/cd doesn't work properly (it worked fine after the XP upgrade). When I put a disk in the drive the light on the drive flashes a few times and when I...

I have recently installed a new hard-drive in my notebook computer. After I reinstalled Windows XP and SP1, my USB 2.0 ports are not recognized as being hi-speed, and I am given an error message that tells me they will function at reduced speed. I am certain, however, that they functioned properly...

I had some virus some weeks before, then I used all the infamous Anti-virus and cleaned some viruses. The AV software declared my PC was VIRUS free. Now, once I startup my XP professional, it keeps accessing the hard disk and untimately jams my machine I cant open any application. My mouse cursor...

Ostin 160 Gt kiintolevyn, mutta minun WindowsXP ei tue. Mitä asetuksia minun pitäisi muuttaa ja miten , että saisin hyödynnettyä levyn koko kapasiteetin?

I have a Hauppage winTV card, in the UK, and am using WinTV2000 software, all is good, I can pick up BBC1 & 2, ITV, Ch4 & 5. But they are not "friendly channels", by this I mean that when I want to use the remote to change to a channel I have to put in the frequency channel (eg 57 for BBC1) and I...

I have the Gigabeat from Toshiba, ModelMEGF10, but windows XP and the Media Player 10 do not see the Gigabeat. I called their tech. support but they were of no help. They just ask me to install the ORIGINAL Gigabeat CD (which I did) and it still did not find the gigabeat, not under My Computer...

I have the above configuration. A desktop with WINXP and a Laptop with WINXP. Both home editions. I use cable by Comcast in MD. On the desktop all works fine, Internet and mail. Using IE and OE6.x. On the laptop I use the same, the exact same settings and can access the web, but cannot get...

Hi, all Anyone know a practical, effective way to erase a hard drive that is deader than a brick? It's a West. Digital 60 gig 7200 RPM. It won't spin up and WD's diagnostic utilities won't recognize it. It went out a few days before the warranty expired and I want to try to return it, but it...

Hallo, Ik heb pas een sitecom wireless router (106) geinstalleerd en werkt goed, alleen heb ik steeds een variabele snelheid ,tussen 54 mb en 18 mb. weet iemand of dit hoort,en/of een oplossing hiervoor heeft MVG Hans

Hi, my NTL telephone modem (in UK) promotes an IP to the Wireless Access point (DLink DWL 2000 AP). This is supposed to generate subnet IP numbers, which are picked up by the clients. BUT ... IF the AP is configured as DHCP server, then it ONLY uses the standard IP number which previously was...

Hi, I bought a Compaq 3045 US Laptop and it has an integrated wireless card. I have installed Linux (Redhat 9.0) on the Laptop but it does not detect the Wireless card. All I know about the wireless card is that it is a Linksys 54g card. Compaq customer support has been of no help and all attempts...

Hi all, I'm running a Win XP system on a Sony VIAO laptop, I don't know if I have a built in card or not. We use a Belkin wireless card with a D-link 2.4GHz Router (Mod no DI-714P+), WEP enabled, as well as MAC address filering enabled. If you need any other info along setting lines let me...

I have a Toshiba laptop with a built-in ethernet adapter. However, I disliked all the wires, so since a relative of mine had an extra Linksys wireless card that plugs in the side (PCMCIA ports, I believe they're called). Anyway, I cannot seem to get that to work AT ALL! I'm sure the card is fine,...