Search results

I have recently reinstalled xp to a new partition... now both c:\ and g:\ have boot.ini, i want to remove c:\ as this is old partition, how do i know that my pc is truly booting from g:\?

Has anyone ever heard of an ethernet to firewire adapter or a firewire to ethernet adapter? or an ethernet hub/router with a firewire port? I'm wondering if I can use a firewire external HDD enclosure (with appropriate adapter if it exists) for network based storage?

Here are the specs... Gigabyte GA5AA Socket 7 AMD K6-2 500MHz Geforce 4 MX 440 320MB DIMM PC133 Generic PS Windows XP Pro. Here is the problem... Turn on the system, after bios and boot screens, monitor goes into standby, and will not come out... I'm using the monitor on a...

I just bought a D-Link 4 port router to share the internet between two computers. Basically I have it working and configured the way I want, but in my network connections folder, i have a "internet gateway" connection. Is this the way it should be??? The one thing that I can't do now is access...

Does anyone know if it's possible to display percent fragmentation of a drive, through samurize??? PS: before anyone yells for not googling first, i did... a bit...

probably the goofiest mixup i've ever been involved in when purchasing something, I ordered a Riva TNT2 32mb for my parents old computer from an online store, when it arrived the box said Geforce2 MX 400 64mb w/ tv-out, and when i opened it sure enough the card had tv-out, and what looked...

I've read through quite a few sites and tutorials, and whatnot on how to apply thermal grease, but what i haven't found is anything with regards to properly removing the thermal phase change pad, that came stock with my P4 1.80a, from the cpu and heatsink. I'm making the ever popular move to...

wtf??? i just installed GTA3, and when i click the .exe, it tells me "Grand Theft Auto III needs at least 12MB of available video memory" none of my other games complain... i've got a geforce 4 mx 440 with 64mb ddr, detonators 43.51 (had same problem with previous detonators), and when i...

i've never had the dotnet stuff installed on my comp. i've never even started the 20mb dl and decided to stop it half way through so why would my computer be trying to find "mscore.dll" which apparently is needed by the dotnet installer? or is this just a bug with Norton Windoctor??? i've...

How would i create a vbscript or batch file to kill a bunch of things i have running like cursorxp, samurize, mbm, and a few others...? Basically i'd like to kill these apps and services before i head into a game... then when i'm done playin start 'em up again... maybe there's a good...

I just want to know what anyone thinks about me using a couple pieces of 1/4 inch thick dense carpet for lining my case to try and decrease noise levels...??? I'ts leftover pieces from new carpet put in my house last year... i'd be sure to vacuum it really well to make sure there aren't a lot...

I've looked everywhere... and obviously missed it... but where the hell is the exe for the "windows image and fax viewer" the one that let's you preview images in your my pics folder... I want mozilla to use it to open jpegs, instead of asking me everytime if i want to save or open... i just...

I know the IP address of someone who is attempting to connect with my computer... they must have it scheduled or something... it happens 4 times an hour all day long... I have reported the IP to my service provider since the IP belongs to my service provider... but the attacks continue...

Is there a way to create a shortcut to access the display properties in order to disable or enable my secondary monitor (a tv) on my Geforce 4 mx 440???? I'm pretty sure the secondary display device is controlled by XP though... i could be wrong... I like to disable it for gaming...:huh:

Just want a quick explanation of what the Symantec NetDetect entry in my Task Scheduler does... Does it really need to run every 5 minutes?

I just saw in the latest RadioShack flyer for my area that there is an adapter that will let you use "any" (which i imagine doesn't necessarily mean "every") analog game controller in a PC's USB port. Has anyone had any experience with this or a similar device? I haven't been to the store yet...

How bout we all think about the next time we leave a post for help, or other reasons in any Forum. It seems that subjects like "help!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and "look at this", or "what the hell?" do get some attention from the usual superheros of forums that feel the need to read absolutely every post...

So i'm a tool, and while farting around in Mandrake i accidentally did the mcopy/bootsect.lnx thing on my boot floppy... i was trying to set up the dual boot thing using xp's bootloader.... so my problem is that i reformatted and created a new boot floppy from withing mandrake, but now it...

When I have XP's native firewall activated, I cannot send files through windows messenger... nor can i use whiteboard, etc... odly enough... i can receive files from others... How do i configure the firewall or my connection so that this will work? Is it possible to configure XP's firewall?

i have an ASUS P4S533... i'm using Windows XP Pro... The BIOS has settings for standby and powering down hard drives... As you know so does Windows... So my question is: Which takes precedence? should i set both the bios settings and windows settings equal? or just use windows...