System idle process [View all] What is it? and ahy does it need to be? does it always read 99 when i go to the cntrl+alt+delete processes? running winxp pro
Need help computer will not stop rebooting [View all] My brother is having a strange problem with his computer. Recently the mouse will cease to function every so often until a reboot is done. Yesterday h
Looking to Buy New HDD [View all] Got a gift certificate from COMPUSA for xmas. I'm looking to expand my HDD space, currently I have 2 20gig HDD's one is a WesternDigital/7200, with my
? about IDE controller cards. [View all] I've just finished building my new Asus P4PE system. I forgot that the RAID slot won't allow you to use an IDE device such as a CD/DVD drive, and of c
win 98 stuck in safe mode [View all] Ok...here goes! My sister-in-law (win 98) and the missus (win xp home), received Creative's WebCam Pro for Christmas. The win 98 machine had to downlo
Always open with option gone [View all] The option to 'always open with' is greyed out on my comp. Is there a way to turn it back on? There are times where I wish that it would just handle t
networking- XP to 98se [View all] Im trying to network my XP (compaq) with my 98se (gateway)
The Network adapters are as follows:
98se- 3Com Fast Etherlink 10/100Mb Bus-Master PCI
My Documents folder opens on desktop [View all] I have this problem thats driving me nuts. Every time I start my computer My Documents folder opens on the desktop and I can't figure out how to get i
Stubborn taskbar [View all] If you look at screen shot #1, you will see how I want my task bar.
If you look at screen shot #2, you will see how windows xp automatically sets it
Hiberfil.sys - how to delete from XP Pro? [View all] I disabled system restore on my Win XP Pro installation because I do bi-daily images with Drive Image. How can I delete this file? Everytime that I
Web Pop Up ? [View all] Anyone get these ? I don't have the messenger service running at all, I don't think, and these messages will pop up on my desktop when I don't even h
Problem With ICS / Internal ADSL Modem [View all] My current isp is freeserve with a 512/256 connection, i am running an internal pci modem 'mri Conexant' internal adsl'. Along with two network cards
cd-r drive questions [View all] recently, my computer began having issues with my existing cd-r drive. the green light was flashing and it acted like it was reading a disk. this also
XP Advanced Search [View all] Anyone know how to get it to default to Advanced? It's stupid that it won't find anything if Advanced isn't selected, and I never remember to do it.
Marti ZA Pro License question [View all] Marti:
I have sent several emails to ZA, but have yet to receive a response. My problem is as follows; I have purchased a gateway license that allo
I've lost my "clicker" [View all] When surfing using IE6 when I click on a link I'll hear a click noise through my speakers. I've read post where people wanted to turn this off but I
user accounts in XP [View all] Styx advised me to delete other users, in reply to my posting on 30th.Dec,re:- problems with internet explorer etc.
I have tried to delete these by th
Maxtor Hdd failure [View all] Hello,
Just when stuff is going OK. Something always comes along to trip you up. - Aside from the leak in my son's bedroom window and payroll forgett
ipconfig too fast [View all] I'm running XP Home. When I try to run "ipconfig" from the command prompt the dos dialog only "flashes" for about a second and then disappears. What's
Installing New Sound Card [View all] I currently have onboard audiop system that has developed a tiny sound and I have ordered SoundBlaster Live Dolby Digital 5.1 to replace it.
The MB i
Installing new HD into Compaq [View all] My niece brought over her Compaq Presario 5340 due to a problem. Turns out that the HD failed. To verify, I installed a 2GB HD I had lying around. She
Using A DSL Connection [View all] New to DSL. Do I ever need to turn off the modem, e.g. if I shut the computer down? Is it safe to leave it on 24/7? When I was connected to my dial
display problem [View all] Hi! I took out 2 drives (an old cd drive, and a cdrw drive) and replace with 1 dvd drive. That's all I did and the monitor won't show anything. (not e
Indicates pinned topic
Color icons indicate new messages