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But I did activate, (on the now defunct hd, plse read my first entry), now it wont let me activate, after re-install on the new hd (yes I know I should have backed up from the start, I am now.

OOPS pressed the wrong button!!! Only got one system using XP (and now a new hd) so how do I stop the clock?

I read somewhere that you could copy an "activation information file", only 3 kb or so, called wpa.dbl from windows\system 32\wpa.dbl from an activated XP, and copy that into your new XP, and that will activate it. I tried that when I had to re-install my XP Home Upgrade (from 98se) after...

Hi Good idea to take it to the repair man if you cannot do it yourself! If it was the degauss coming in, you would see moving random colours for 10-15 seconds while the degauss is working, but its very unlikely to be that. Its controlled by a posistor which works at mains switch-on,(not from...

Hi. This sounds like it could be a problem in the horizontal timebase. Speaking generally about TVs and monitors, there is a circuit which corrects the scan to suit the CRT, called "S Correction" . The distortion of the picture suggests the problem is here. There is usually a high voltage rated...