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I cannot use any combination of CD/DVD ROM or RAM drive. The drive(s) start spinning (LED flickers) and within a a few seconds the PC freezes. A soft boot is not possible. This happens with any type of media inserted and files types, eg data files, html, pictures, music etc. However, occationally there is no problem at all. The same media works fine on other XP and VISTA PC. This fault was present before I had to replace the motherboard recently and is still present. I naturally suspect XP..... I would be greatful for some clues. Thanks ..... HW

I have a big system, so a search on my machine takes 8-10 minutes, or more, and hits the hard drives hard. My search results can run to 40-50 screens, or more. It's easy to save the input to a search. How do I save the results of a search in XP, SP2 ?

I've bought a used 2GHz Windows XP computer that I think is an upgrade from Windows ME (under user accounts there is a description for 'newuser' that states "Account upgraded from Windows Millennium Edition"). I have not yet hooked the computer up to the internet. I've run Norton DiskDoctor and Norton Windoctor. I've already scanned for viruses and spyware. Is there anything I can do to check/test the stability of this used Windows XP system? Thanks!!!

Hi all, I just started experiencing a problem I've never had before in XP. I bought a new hard drive, installed XP, and now when my aquarium screensaver kicks in after so many minutes, when I come back to close the screensaver, and want to use the computer again, the screensaver closes, but now for some reason my computer has gone back to the XP logon screen, where I have to select either my administrator account or limited account, and enter the appropriate password, to get back to the screen I was working on before the screensaver started up. I never had this issue in the past with XP. Anyone know what's kicking XP back to the logon screen wheneve…

Sorry, probably wrong group, but hope someone knows... My problem is that when pasting an image to Paint, the image enlarges to accept the new image. For example, Print Screen, then ctrl-v into Paint ALWAYS changes the size of image. Also, pasting from another image (when larger) automatically enlarges image. How to stop this 'feature' and make it operate like the Win98 Paint? Sometimes spend great effort to get the size of the image I need then WinXP Pain, without asking, changes it. Any ideas? Robert

Taking a deep breath..... OK, I'm about ready to install Vista Ultimate 64 as the OS on new harddrive. It's been up and running on my current dual boot setup for some time and all the problems seem to have been solved so... new harddrive is installed as slave, partitioned and formatted. Files I need and partitions I need are copied over to partitions on the new harddrive leaving a 20G partition for the new install of Vista. XP won't be installed. I'm ready to change the new HD to master and install the OS. I can't decide which is the best way to install and that's where you guys can help me decide. One way is to use Acronis True Image to put my c…

Please help me understand a Flash problem. It is now mysteriously fixed, but I would like to understand how. I had uninstalled and re-installed the latest Adobe Flash (version 9). But when I went to a particular web (AARP driving safety "test drive"), I did not get any audio. I tried all the obvious things. I toggled the speaker off and on; sliding the volume to the max. The audio and speaker hardware worked; I was able to hear the audio on an e-card that I received recently. In IE6, I enabled every add-on, cleared history and deleted cookies and temp files (including offline content). I restarted the system. "What made it work finally?" I think it w…

Do I have a bad hard disk or a virus? I did a virus scan maybe 30 minutes before I got this problem. The normal Windows XP Pro displays on the screen, like it normally does when starting up, then the system gets the blue problem below (saying "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer"). When I start in safe mode it stops, displaying the black screen below (ending with "DontGo.sys"). I installed the disk in a different computer and the problem occurred, telling me the disk has the problem, not the computer. TIA, Paul

So I am trying to replace the internal hard drive in my emachines computer. I bought the computer in December of 2005. I just need clarification on a few things. So far I removed the old drive. Here are the specs... Name: Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 It was connected with a cable that said Serial Ata. And a power cable with 5 wires. With P8, P9 and P10 written on them. I am pretty sure it is an Ide drive as well. When I go to the store what specs are the most important to look for?

Re: Can someone tell me how to delete a computer User account? Kelly, I had the same issue with Dell, and also with Verizon "Tech Support". Now I have the Administrator on my Welcome Screen, that I DO NOT wish to see anymore. I am the Admin, and don't need to see an additional Admin. How do I delete it from the Welcome Screen. Thanks In Advance! "Kelly" wrote: > Hi, > > Didn't mean to come across pointing in your direction, personally. If I > did, am sorry about that. It was not my intention. > > Is just that when it comes to support in many cases, the user ends up either > being told to reformat and/or use the recovery disk…

I purchased a laptop and it is a 32-Bit Home Premium and I got a program (TuneUp) which claims that I have a 64-Bit processor. My question is, how do I upgrade from 32 to 64 and what would happen. My processor is 64-Bit but maybe some other important hardware on my computer is 32-Bit and will not allow the upgrade from 32 to 64 and will not work any more. Is there some program written by Microsoft which can assure me that nothing will go wrong if I upgrade?

Hi all, Running W2K, SP4, with all the updates. Occasionally, when I have two explorer windows open, and I'm dragging and dropping files between folders, I get this error in the middle of a copy and/or move operation: "the file name, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect" The path shown in the error message box also sometimes has some weird, non-printing, characters in it. Any ideas why this is happening? Thanks!

This is not brand new. Motorola has x64 drivers (both Vista and XP) for their mobile phones via USB connection. This is the web page (both x86 and x64 links): https://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/ If you can't access because you have to register, just do it. It is quite simple. This is the d/l page for the x64 drivers: https://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/Handset_USB_Driver_64/ Barely a 3 megs download (June 26th, v2.9.0) This way you will be to use your phone with your favourite phone manager software, eg, Mobiledit, etc. I wish I could find something similar for my Siemens mobile! Carlos

I'm trying to reformat my HD and I can't not get rid of the Extended dos partition. I have a Primary dos and an extended dos. I can delete the primary but not the extended and when I try to do a setup in the primary I get an error "setup can not create files on your startup drive" then it says "If you have HPFS ormNTFS, you most create a MS-DOS boot partition" which I can't since is already two I assueme cause I try to do it but I can't. When I try to delete the extended dos partition I get and error saying "Cannot delete Extended dod partition while logical drives exist" the if I try num3 delete logical drive I get an error saying "no logical drive defin…