My local cable company has just started offering cable access to the internet. I've been waiting for some one to offer high speed for the last four years. Anyway, I was just wondering if this is a good deal and worth the money. They said the first year is around $33.00 a month and then in the...

Hi Folks, Hope someone can help with a (hopefully) easy problem. I have a ML 530 running Win 2003 server and I have installed the latest version of Insight Manager Agents. When I access insight man. via the web interface I only have an active link to the NIC. Server components, etc. is not...

I have a Compaq Pressario 2105 US notebook computer with no add-ons. Often times, when the computer is turned on, it freezes up with one of 2 symptoms: 1. A very faint gray Windows XP logo comes up and stays there. The computer will hang in this state forever. 2. Or - the regular full color...

I posted this last week with no response. I'm hoping someone can help me with this old laptop. I Have a Compaq Presario 1010 notebook with a dead mobo ( thought it was a 1020). I picked a new board (1020) up on ebay. First of all, is the 1020 compatable with the 1010 unit? Also, if I wanted to...

Folk; I have a two years old Compaq Presario 1201T laptop running Windows ME. I'm in the process of buying a PCMCIA ethernet card for my box. The Compaq manual (if it can be called that) only says that I have one type I,II,III slot. I have no clue about the differences between types I,II,III. I...

need some help... this laptop has a detachable "wedge" containing the DVD/CD drive and the 3.5" floppy drive. Although it has no problem reading cd's, it will only play a DVD for the first 10 minutes or so, then locks up and won't even find the disk until the system has cooled off for an hour...

I have a Compaq Presario 1600 XL-145 running Windows XP Pro. This may seem quite odd, but it shutsdown whenever I use the T or the Y buttons on the keyboard. It doesn't do this when I hook up an external keyboard though. Would this mean that the keyboard is going bad or is there something...

I have torn this damn computer apart and for the life of me can't find where my optional memory plug is located. I've got a 128MB chip here begging to be used and don't know where to stick the damn thing! 1000 thank you's and please post to my e-mail as well. I'm desperate!

I have a compaq presario 7360. I ran the quick recovery disc and now I have no sound so I went to the website and downloaded the audio files and went back to install them and I tried to double click on my computer and it doesn't do anything. I tried all icons but it doesn't do...

I need to buy the manual for Desktop Presario 5240....

i created a bootdisk form windows 98SE of the computer. I want to format c drive. Booted from the boot disk. Shift+F5 goes to Prompt. And got bad command after typing format c: Please help!

and I cant connect to the internet! I bought a compaq armada 5300 laptop and entered my dial up service and eveything was fine. one day, after I clicked on IE to go to class online..I got a page not found and in the bar itsaid dnserror. I clicked on "detect internet settings" and my class page...

Hi, I have been searchingo for the drivers for my PC on www.compaq.com :( It can't find my model. Can anybody help me? My PC is: Compaq Deskpro EP/SB with Celeron 333 ROM is: 07/25/98 686T1 Board rev. 01 Serial number: 8904CCP22282 Can anybody let me know how it is named in HP database? The...

Hi NG, I copy the original disk drive (IBM Travelstar IC25N030ATCS04-0) of the Evo N1020v to a second backup HDD (12GB) with Ghost 7.5. THe copy was made on a Compaq Armada E500, because I have an adapter for the second HDD. Booting of the copied HDD in the Evo failed! - I get only a blinking...

This is kind of a long story...Please someone tell me what to do! About 3 weeks ago my psu went out and I brought my PC to work to have our IT guy fix it. He replaced it with a Rhino ATX 12v 450 watt power supply (it had whatever the standard 12 v 300 watt for hp is). My PC is a Compaq SR2180NX...

I have a Preario 7360 and I ran the Quick Restore CD and now I can't open any programs. It won't open My Computer or anything other than RUN. Any help would be greatly appreciated...Ron

I have a Preario 7360 and I ran the Quick Restore CD and now I can't open any programs. It won't open My Computer or anything other than RUN. Any help would be greatly appreciated...Ron

Hey folks, It's a strange situation. I have a Compaq Presario and Road Runner service. When I'm downloading items from newsgroups there is sometimes a long pause between click and download. The download itself is speedy. It's just the wait until it BEGINS downloading. What could be causing...

This is in regard to my N610c laptop computer. The Shift, Alt and Ctrl keys have failed to function. An external keyboard plugged into the back of the computer works fine. I can get uppercase letters with caps lock, but that doesn't get me the characters over the numbers. I have...