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thanks all who replied, been through the bios and tweaked just about everything that i could think of , still no joy .....ah well i guess i'll just install a switch between the mains and the pc ,(my son has his ps2 on the same power adapter so thats why im doing this as every time he switches on...

hi all been ages since i was on this site,but if you want answers ......... ok, i've got a jetway v266b mobo that currently supports a xp2100 chip and 512 sdram ( i know i know) built it recently, the system seems to work fine except that ,i like to switch the power off at the mains after i...

yip that did the trick no problems after that thanks all sparky:D

thanks for the help i'll try that and will let yous know cheers sparky

hi all , can anyone please help me create an unattended install of windows xp , its driving me insane,ive been trying for days to do it and everytime that i put a made cd in the thing stops at the grey screen you know the one which askes you for your name,product key etc anyway i managed to...

puzzled ok thanks all for the info,heres whats happening with my pc,downloaded the symantec tool for removal of the worm BUT when i ran it all through all my drives it said that there was NO worm on the pc????????????? what gives, anyway im now downloading the latest dat files from mcafee and...

what going on here hi all can anyone tell me whats going on with my pc, was on the internet yesterday when all of a sudden the pc came up with the window-there was a problem with the generic host 32 services blah blah send, dont send etc, then came a box saying thay the pc will shut down...

what size is your power supply, it may be getting a little taxed need at least 350 watts or so worth a look

instead of trying to format,why dont you just repair xp,boot from the ,cd Here is a tip for anyone having problems with XP .Just repair it,if you want to save all your current programs. Just boot from the cd as you originally did.Let the install begin You will be prompted to installl or...

aye , it was the bandwidth thing , i did it with xp pro but couldnt figure out home xp cheers :happy:

hi all, any ideas why i cant access gpedit.msc in the run command,got xp home edition,and i wanted to increase the download speed thing . cheers sparky:(

hi all is there any software that will convert my mac files to that of windows:confused:

hi all, how do i change my drives to ntfs without losing the info on the drives, got 60 gigs split into 10 gig parts 2 of em are fat 32 rest are ntfs xp is on ntfs cheers sparky:happy:

hi all does any one know where i can get a compatible driver for a colorado 9600 scanner,made by primax, the driver that i tried to use is not compatible with xp, tried compatability etc

yes the bootloader will stay in place,xp seems to override anything that you may install but since you have 98 on the c drive it should be ok.you havent actually deleted anything only a re-install of 98 on the already chosen c drive,you can change the boot up sequence in the advanced section in...