I have a Gateway Performance 800 running Windows XP Professional. It has run flawlessly up until about 2 weeks ago. I can be doing simple things like playing solitaire when, all of a sudden, it will lock up. This lockup will start after running the computer 30 - 60 minutes. The lock...

I have ask this question in the Symantec NG with no response and I have look in the knowledge base on their web site to no avail. If you or anyone else could answer this question I would greatly appreciate it. I have Norton System works 2003 with internet security. Recently Internet Explorer...

I downloaded a bunch of trial programs to convert video files from one format to another for editing purposes. It seems that one of them gave me a virus even though scanning each installation file shows no virus in the installation files. What I now have is a report that pops up every now and...

Hi, I hope this is being posted to the correct group...I have a Gateway with ME installed. Started having freeze up issues about a year ago. Was under warrenty still and Gateway replaced the MB and mem modules. Warrenty expired three months later. Started having freezups again and again and...

Hi, I need a C cube DVD driver (win 98SE) for my gateway 9100. Can you send me in email? Thanks

Hi, have a G6 333mhz gateway with 256 megs of ram. Have a Linksys 10/100 lan card. Have run the diagnostic program and it (the card) appears to be good. Have done the deleting and re installing of the card. The only thing I have not done is take it out and replace the card. I just don't seem...

Hey Everyone, Name is Danny and new to this and first time post. I'm looking for a couple of answers on this system. The computer i have is a Gateway GM5638E and its not on there site, but it is on there support. Anyways I'm looking to make this system support multi monitors (2 to be exact). I...

I have posted this question to the Symantec NG without a response so I'll try here. I have Norton System works 2003 with internet security. Recently Internet Explorer would not open pop-up windows, (hyperlinks opening in a separate window). So I installed Mozilla and Netscape, so now when I get...

I am trying to do a few simple upgrades on my nephew's old Gateway and have run into several problems. First I reloaded Windows 98SE and got everything working but the sound. According to him the sound was working before I wiped the hard drive and restored the system. The Hardware Device shows...

I need help setting up a range extender using a Gateway WGR-200 wireless router. I purchased a D-Link and couldn't get into their IP address 192.168.0.30 to set it up. D-Link told me I had to get an extender compatible with the router. I called Gateway and they first told me they don't sell...

I have recently acquired a Quantum Fireball lct10 30Gb hard drive (which apparently came from a TiVo) that I would like to use in a Gateway Essential 500 running Windows 2000. I upgraded the BIOS (PhoenixBIOS 4.0 rel. 6.0) to 4W4SB0X0.15A.0019.P14 (the latest I could find), but the hard drive still...

I have my computers networked together, and we are all set up for file sharing and using the same home network. However, I cannot brose to my daughters computer. Do not know what to checkl. -- The Signa's Stress is when you wake up screaming and realize you haven't fallen asleep yet. "Last night...

Hi Folks: I have just upgraded to Windows XP. Very happy with the OS holding memory etc, but I did not think enough when I bought the upgrade and now find that my Soundblaster 5.1 theatre with 2200 speakers does not upgrade, but neither will it install with XP. I play music with the free version...

Hi, My 700x purchased March 02 is out of warranty. I was blowing out the dust and noticed that one of the two clips holding the heatsink had broken in two and fallen to the bottom of the computer. I want to replace the whole heatsink but the cradle (part that heatsink sits on) seems to be different...

Lately several times a day I'm getting a message saying "System Shutting Down," something about NT Authority System and RPC service terminated. Then the system shuts down. Can anybody enlighten me what is going on? My anti-virus s/w is up to date and I check often. Thanks, Bon

Hello, the cmos/clock battery of my solo 1450 laptop need to be replaced, i called gateway for help, even chatted with one technician online, but they can't (won't) tell me how and where the cmos battery is located. anyone with a solo 1450 laptop has been through the same problem? thanks, marlon

Hello All I did some advice urgently. Sorry about the length of this, but I am desperate. This is in reference to my post a few days ago about a problem with the power pack on my 9300 laptop. REVIEW OF PROBLEM: The problem was this: Whenever I plugged my laptop into the power pack, the green...

I have a Gateway Profile 3T and am running Windows XP Home Edition. I downloaded a free trial of Virusfighter to try it out and now my computer starts up, but I can't open any programs at all. (I'm at work typing this). My warranty on my computer is long over...anyone know what I can try? I'm very...

Hi, Maybe someone can help me here. I have a Gateway Essential 633C. I am trying to open it up so that I can add a card to it, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to do it. Can someone explain to me how to do it? It has two buttons on the side that can be pushed in, and I pushed them...

Hi I'm replacing my Sony DVD recorder with a Plextor DVD recorder. I uninstalled the Sony in device manager and then fitted the Plextor with the same settings....grrrrrrrr The ol drive worked on DMA with no problems...all I get with the new one is an error message and I can't read or burn. Only...