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My laptop has both Windows 98 and Windows XP installed. How do I remove Windows 98? -- gambo

Hi, I'm trying to integrate a Windows 98SE unit into my network, using a Belkin USB Wireless G Network Adapter model # F5D7050. (looks like a thumb drive) I'm using a Netgear WGT624 V3 router (uses both B and G). I also have hooked into the router a desktop PC using Ethernet cable which I consider my "main" PC, and a laptop using wireless. Both run XP MCE 2005. The computer in question is a PC someone gave me, "home built", and has a 533 MHz Celeron processor. However, I also tried 2 other 98 SE machines also that I have lying around, but the current 533 Mhz one is the fastest and best tech advanced of the three, so I'll try to keep that one on my network. …

Hello, I'm trying to figure out why I might want to install the 64 bit version of Vista. What would it give me? Ok, I'd be able to access more than 4gig of RAM (which my motherboard doesn't support). Is it more solid and stable? Would it be faster than the 32bit version? And where would I get the 64bit version? Is it on the same DVD as my 32bit version of Vista? Could someone convince me why I should care about a 64bit operating system? Thanks, Jeff

Last fall I built a new computer using a Gigabyte S-Series GA-P35-DS3L motherboard with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, two DDR2 one GB 800 MHz memory chips, and a Western Digital 500 GB SATA hard drive. I installed Windows XP Pro and updated it to SP3. All works very well and I have no complaints at all....except that I can not connect my old CoStar XL Turbo Model No. 90344 label printer. This label printer's connection cable has a parallel and a serial connector at the computer end but this motherboard has no provisions for either of these connectors. What is the best approach to resolving this problem...new USB label printer...USB to serial converter...para…

I have both Windows XP and 98 installed on an older Sony laptop. How do I remove Windows 98? I have very little disk space available. -- gambo

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I have been having a problem with the Acronis Shell Extension and would like to disable it by using the capabilities of XP and not having to resort to a third party utility. Is thee a way I can to that from within XP? Thank you.

I have a friend who I gave a Dell Laptop to and she changed her password and now has forgotten it...other than reformatting and putting on again her original XP disk, does she have any other way of getting to reset her password. She of course did not leave a hint as she was going to remember the phrase. Any ideas? I told her to sleep on it over night and a good change the phrase will come back to her. Am I overlooking something obvious. She has her original installation XP disk. Bob

I have a 2gb SD card which I put into a digital camera. I didn't realize the camera would only reference a 1gb card and it has reformatted it to 1gb. Now I can't get windows (XP SP3) to format it back to 2gb. Is there way to get my extra gig back?

Hello, My daughter was playing the Sims game on her Laptop computer HP with Windows XP. The game minimized and left a white line going across the top of her screen. She tried to restart her computer, change the desktop settings along with the background settings and still contiunes to have this thin white line going across her screen . Any suggestions? -- thank you -- thank you

Hi All, I am told on another forum that this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\AutoEndTasks=1 is suppose to end all tasks and log off all users on XP shutdown. I know it ends all tasks, but I was unaware that is also logged off all users. Can anyone verify this for me? Many thanks, -T

Hello, I installed Windows XP PRO sp 2 on my computer a few months ago. During the install, the computer kept hanging on the WIA (windows Image Acquisition) drivers. I eventually skipped those files, hoping they wouldn't be too important. Unfortunately, I just purchased a digital camera that requires WIA to run properly To rectify the problem, I borrowed a friend's XP sp 2 disc, hoping it would be more reliable than my disc. I performed a repair install, but when the computer rebooted, WIA was still missing from the system. When I go into "services" and double-click on WIA, I get the message, "Unable to open service Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) for r…

I experienced some power interuptions at my home and now my main computer doesn't boot up (I'm using the laptop now). It gets to the piont where the Wondows Logo is on the screen with the moving bar under it. About 10 seconds into that, it shuts off and starts over. I disconected all the external hardware (printers, scanner, modem, etc.). Still nothing. I attempted to reload windows XPpro from the CD and it went through the start of the setup routine, loading files. If I press enter to set up XP, all it shows is a partition1 [unknown] of 131072 mb. ( I don't remember the size of my hard drive, but I know it's around 40gig). If I press enter, it wants me to…

Help me pleas i have error my windows XP "WINDOWS CANOT FIND '/e,/idlist,:1428:3656,H:/. make sure you typed the name correcly, and then try again....." a am cannot see anythink in my dekstop, no icon, no taskbar and start menu, my dekstop is very-very clean from anythink. i am using LIVE CD to using my computer, a am using antivirus, registry tools, spyware tools and any program to detect my problem but all cannot find any problem. thank for anyone help me

Re: XP - multiple installations with same licence? I was looking through my old postings and found this one. I may as well give an update. I never did install the second copy of XP. The video card was second hand, and the seller explained it was my problem -it worked OK under SP1. The $350 (second hand!) video capture card sat in its box waiting for new SP2 drivers. They never happened. Life moved on. I bought a USB video capture box. It works fine. I gave the capture card to a friend who uses Linux on the of-chance there are Linux drivers for it. It still leaved a bad taste in my mouth. That was a lot of money. "HeyBub" wrote: > Jam…