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    How do I turn off light in scanner?

    I feel dumb for asking this, but I have a HP ScanJet 5370C Scanner, and after installing I scan some things. And I don't remember if the lamp was on inside it when I started, but it is now after I'm done. It shouldn't stay on all the time should it? I can't find anywhere in the help or any...
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    question about installing OS's

    I currently have WinME on a 60gig HD, I have it partitioned into C, D, and E.....C is where ME is installed, D is where I install all programs and downloads, and E has nothing on it. They are all fat32. Here is what I'm wanting to do, and how do I do it. I want to install W2k over Me, so that...
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    Out of range error with Sony Monitor

    Well I don't know why it happened, but I went back to the display properties, advanced, and it said that my monitor had changed, and it let me changed it to 1024x768 at 120hz, the 120 was what it put on its own.
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    Out of range error with Sony Monitor

    Just got done putting system together, installed WinMe (temporarly) and everything was running fine, installed new hardware, one at a time, got on the internet for awhile, messed around....then I noticed that the screen was kinda flickering, or something, but it was noticable and was hurting my...
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    New HD, not getting immediatetly recognized

    Thanks for all the help, I think I got it figured out....I jumped ahead of myself when I set the jumper for it. I had planned on adding my old HD to this system once I got everything running, so I had the jumper set up on the new HD to make it seem like there was 2 hard drives. So I moved the...
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    New HD, not getting immediatetly recognized

    I just got done overhauling my system with a new processor, mobo, memory, PS, and Hard Drive. I have a Western Digital 60gig. I have the hard drive set as Primary Master, and it connected directly to the mobo, nothing else is connected as slave, when the computer boots up, it says Detecting...
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    how to install OS on new system

    I've already gotten past the part of having to put in my old WinME cd, to get XP Home Upgrade to install. I think the main problem is why the hard drive is not getting recognized immediateltly when booting up. I have a WD 60gig HD. It came with a floppy that has tools on it and can also use...
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    how to install OS on new system

    I just built a new system, and I have the Xp home upgrade, how do I go about installing that onto a new computer with a new hard drive? I've tried doing it on my own, and I set it up to boot from the cd player, well XP comes up and I have a 60gig HD, so it wants to know if I want to add more...
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    Can't boot up WinXP

    I'm getting a blue screen whenever I boot up, after it says loading Windows Xp, it says stop - fatal system error, then a bunch of stuff. There is nothing I can type in or do once I get the blue screen. So someone told me to boot off the winxp cd and try to restore. Well I put the cd in, and...
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    boot off of WinXp cd?

    I'm getting a blue screen whenever I boot up, after it says loading Windows Xp, it says stop - fatal system error, then a bunch of stuff. There is nothing I can type in or do once I get the blue screen. So someone told me to boot off the winxp cd and try to restore. Well I put the cd in, and...
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    Fatal System error....please help

    No, I don't have any kind of firewall...not to sound stupid, but how do you boot in safe mode in XP? One thing I noticed while trying to boot up again today was that, after it does a memory test it says something like Trend ChipAway Virus OnGuard. Then it shows my HD, DVD, and CDRW drive...
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    Fatal System error....please help

    I'm getting this blue screen error whenever I startup my computer. I've had Xp since it came out, and havn't had any problems, then all of a sudden this happened. STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error} The Windows SubSystem process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc000001d (0x77e6c708...
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    Win XP Fatal System Error

    Also I went to Microsoft's web page knowledge base and I couldn't find out any info there. Any help appreciated
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    Win XP Fatal System Error

    I'm getting this blue screen error whenever I startup my computer. I've had Xp since it came out, and havn't had any problems, then all of a sudden this happened. STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error} The Windows SubSystem process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc000001d (0x77e6c708...
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    How to keep IE6 new windows Maximized

    This might be a stupid question, but I just upgraded to XP with IE6, and if I have a maximized window open, and right click on a link and click on open in new window, the newest window isn't full size like the original, I always have to maximize it, is there anyway I can make every new window I...