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Hi there My original cd rw drive was broken so I bought a dvd rw drive to replace it. Im not that clued up on replacing parts in a pc but it seemed straight forward. Its a LINEON but i didnt take a note of the model. The problem is this, although the new drive seems to be working ok (it opens and closes) my pc hasnt detected it. I am sooooooooo desperate to get this working because I have just bought wrath of the lich king (world of warcraft) and i neeeeeeeeeeeed to play it!!! heehee Im running windows XP proffesional service pack 3 I hope that all made some sense

Right - there have been a few people experiencing Netgear routers dropping in connection - by far the most common reason for this I have seen is settings within the routers home page, I taken some screen shots of my Netgear router and where the settings are to add MAC codes for the PC's/Laptops that are trying to access the router - If you are unsure what they do there is also an explanation on the page on the right in blue that explains in detail what each one does... http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn266/FPCH/net1.png http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn266/FPCH/net2.png http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn266/FPCH/net3.png

hi all sorry i cant post in introductions at the mo but my connection is unstable so i gotta be quick. basically i need to know how to connect my pc to a laptop (which i havent bought yet). im really useless when it comes to the terminology used so havent had much luck understanding anything ive found so far and would be grateful for any help you can give me. my pc has a cracked version of winxp pro (which i only discovered recently:mad:) and the pc itself was put together for me by someone about 2 yrs ago. I am currently connected via BTbroadband hub :confused: and as the pc is sooo unstable i want to buy a laptop so i can connect the two and transfer all my important files onto laptop (just incase something happens as the pc is very unstable). i havent got a clue where to start? please can you help:)

Hi, To anyone who can help, Yesterday i tried to get an internet connection at an airport, as i was waiting to connect my flight was boarding so i closed down my laptop and boarded. Today i get home and switched my laptop on, i realised i wasnt automatically connected to my wireless internet, i tried connecting manually and all was happening was a blank window appearring after a few minutes. I plugged my CAT5 cable in and still no internet. I then thought i had somehow recieved a virus so i tried running Windows One Care, it said it was switched off or not working, i tried to run it so i could switch it on but it just wouldnt start at all. I then went to MSCONFIG and just looked around as i didnt really know what i was doing, i noticed in the 'Services' tab that about 98% of the services had been 'stopped' most were Microsoft Windows Services. I then tried to do a 'System Restore' however nothing at all happens, i tried again and a window popped up which said 'restore is already running' i left it running and still nothing happened, I tried this a couple of times after re-booting the laptop. I have gone into safe mode and it allowed me to do a system restore from there but it has not solved the problem. I am running Vista Home Premium and would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance, John.