Recent content by worlad

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    Black screen after windows logo

    Hi, I honestly can't believe how dopey I've been. I did as you suggested , and after the driver install I was asked about the Monitor drivers and thats when it hit me." last week I swapped over my monitors. The 21" was in the den which I haven't been useing lately and I was useing a 19"...
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    Black screen after windows logo

    Hi, At this moment I'm working in safe mode. I alter the display settings, click ok, then find they've gone back to 800x600,plus, I tried the colour at 16 bit, but, it all goes back to what ever. This all came about because I had a margin on the right of my desktop. My wife also uses this...
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    Formatted HDD of packard bell machine

    We live and learn, but apart from a good laugh, a little technical help would go a long way in guiding me in getting windows back on this machine.
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    Formatted HDD of packard bell machine

    Pretty interesting indeed. I've tried so many times to get this thing to take these Master CDs.I downloaded a demo"data recovery" and it tells me Error reading sector # 0 or boot sector invalid. Any suggestions?.I've partioned 20 of a 40 GB MaxtorHD NTFS.
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    Formatted HDD of packard bell machine

    Hi, It's a Packard Bell. XP Home
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    Formatted HDD of packard bell machine

    OdiN, 10 out 10 for making me laugh. corkyg, I can't use Linux really, so I thought it would be too much for a child. Yes she can still e-mail and use the net so there's something in what you say. xgsound, I used a tool called Master CD maker I think it's called a P/B invention and...
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    Formatted HDD of packard bell machine

    Hi, I've been playing around with a few linux os's on my first pc a packard bell. I now would like to give this machine to a member of my family,but I'd like my win/xp home reinstalled. The os was already installed so once wiped it I had no disc to reinstall. I had to phone Holland ,order and...
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    WRT54G setup disc

    Many thanks.
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    Lost my copy of win xp pro, still have my cd key and everything.

    Yes I did that.I put the key in, then had to do the six figure digits over the phone. I then spoke to someone who gave me a number to call during office hours.I'll do that on Monday.I can't believe the hassle.And here am I thinking I'd bought a bargain. I'll soon find out.
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    WRT54G setup disc

    Who's a pest ?.not me.Could someone let me know what the password is for 192.168.1.1? Remember this is from scratch and I've forgotten the score. Many thanks.
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    Lost my copy of win xp pro, still have my cd key and everything.

    Hi, tell me,( how do you activate a copy). I'm having problems activating with this xp that I bought. I'm interested because, I'm worried that I've paid good money and bought rubbish off of E Bay. Sorry my question is for corkyg
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    WRT54G setup disc

    Thanks,it was the192.168.1.1 that I needed as everything is new.ie, HDD M/B etc.
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    WRT54G setup disc

    Hi, this setup disc tells me i'm not connected/no connection every time I try, yet here I am asking questions. I.d appreciate any advise/ideas. many thanks.
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    NetBEUI

    Just the job. Many thanks.:)
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    NetBEUI

    Sometime back I posted that I had two p.c's connected to the net through a router, yet couldn't see each other. Over the weeks I've managed intermitent file sharing,but thats not good enough. I've been reading about NetBEUI but I dont have the savvy to copy Nbf.sys to...