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    Booting Woes

    When I get past the EULA it takes me to Windows Setup but only detects the OS on my C: drive, which is okay. When I click "install" it takes me to a window that shows all my existing partitions, including my damaged OS on D:. When I select D: it gives me options for formatting the partition...
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    Booting Woes

    Will it matter that the original install was windows xp home and the newly purchased disk is xp pro?
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    Booting Woes

    Do I have to use the original Windows O/S disk for recovery (it's old--service pack one vintage), or can I use my newly purchased Windows disk?
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    Booting Woes

    I boot from the CD, get as far as typing "r" for repair, then a black screen comes up (Windows XP Recovery Console) asking which disk I want to access. I select the disk and am asked to type the Administrator password. I type the password and Windows tells me it's the wrong password. For the...
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    Booting Woes

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    Booting Woes

    I installed my ailing drive in another PC, set it as a slave, and booted from a master. The ailing drive worked fine as a slave. I disabled the master drive, rejumpered the Maxtor, and tried booting from the ailing drive in the new pc. Still no. I reset it as a slave and took a look around...
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    Proper HDD Format Procedure

    And the answer is: RAM. I offer that tidbit up just in case anybody else experiences a seemingly random series of blue screens after spending way too many hours plugging and unplugging and setting and resetting and installing and reinstalling and still holds out the hope that it'll work this...
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    Proper HDD Format Procedure

    What do I need to do to my new 250 gb HDD to get Windows XP Pro loaded onto it? I'm having trouble getting a format and partitions to stick. Thanks. shuttle sn45g v2 athlon xp 2700 1 gb corsair twinx 3200 250 gb hitachi ati radeon 2700
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    Booting Woes

    It was almost worth my computer expiring to get your page and all the links. What a gold mine. Thanks again.
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    Booting Woes

    Forgot to mention the drive is a two-plus-year-old 80 gig maxtor.
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    Booting Woes

    Thanks for the link. I'll run the diagnostics and report back.:)
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    Booting Woes

    After a trouble-free year of happy computer usage, I updated my anti-virus program (which has been updated regularly and worked fine for two years) and shut down. Two days later I restarted and never made it past the POST screen. Windows XP Home SP2 would not boot in safe or any other mode...
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    Random Network Connection Reset

    Start the Windows XP (SP1) box up, d-link wireless card finds d-link router and automatically connects to network. WHAT HAPPENS Surf two pages in IE (or Mozilla), or attempt to download anything (new virus definitions), and TCP/IP settings get changed to: 169.254.35.49, cutting my connection...
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    Wireless Internet Connection Woes

    :roll: I'm currently sharing a wired/wireless internet connection between PCs and Macs with an Apple Airport. PC#1 is hard-wired, the other PC and the two Macs are wireless. Networking and Internet access work fine, but the Airport's top speed is only 11 Mbps. Tried upgrading my wireless...
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    keyboard controller software update

    is it possible to update the keyboard controller software on an ASUS A7N8X2.0 Deluxe?
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    Keyboard Error at POST

    Update. I rebooted from a Rescue Disk. Rolled back system (XP). Restarted. Got an error message which indicated a possible Blaster Worm. But no problems with keyboard. Until I re-scanned with SystemWorks to see if I had a Blaster Worm. No Worm detected, but keyboard problem returned immediately...
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    Keyboard Error at POST

    Thanks. I'm going to see if I can get hold of a USB keyboard from work tomorrow so I can go in and change the bios.
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    Keyboard Error at POST

    I have two PS/2 ports on my mobo. I tried a second PS/2 keyboard in both ports. Same error. I can't get into setup to change the bios without the keyboard.
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    Keyboard Error at POST

    I get a message saying "keyboard not detected. Turn off keyboard lock" at POST. How do I "unlock" the keyboard?
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    Computer Fails Memory Test

    First, thanks to all of you for your help. I tried almost everything that was suggested and it helped hugely. I offer up the following in case anybody else has a similar fate befall them. You can skip the saga if you don't want a good laugh, but at least glance at the lessons learned. The...
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    Computer Fails Memory Test

    Not to sound like a total 'tard, but uh, how do I do that from the BIOS screen?
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    Computer Fails Memory Test

    After a relatively stable six months I just updated the bios on my Asus A7N8X Deluxe mobo from version 1003 to 1007 using a built-in updating utility that came with the mobo. Rebooted once, no problem. Started to download updated audio drivers. System crashed to BSOD...
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    IE 6 Vanished

    One day IE6 was there. One day it vanished. No desktop shortcut, no taskbar icon, no start menu icon, nada. I did a search and you guessed it, nothing. So I go to uninstall and reinstall, and when I try to reinstall IE6 the Install Shield tells me it can't install IE6 because it has detected a...
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    dvd playback volume

    After a few months of research my solution is a Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 speaker system. Volume is no longer an issue.
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    Radeon 9700 Pro Conflict

    Thanks fellahs. I'll give your suggestions a whirl as soon as I have a chance. Will post if I get into trouble.
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    Radeon 9700 Pro Conflict

    I'm a newbie and this machine is my first build so please help me with the translation: What the hell is "WDM?" My card is not an All In Wonder, it's your basic ATI Radeon 9700 pro. BTW, I've read both ATI and NVIDIA drivers don't uninstall cleanly--what's a poor boy to do? Thanks. PS The...
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    Radeon 9700 Pro Conflict

    I run the PC Check in ATI's Multimedia Center Configuration, and it tells me I've got three problems: my DirectX components are not installed properly, my Capture driver INF files are not installed (which doesn't matter), and I've got an Audio Clock Inaccuracy > (+ or -) 2%. Solution to the...
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    dvd playback volume

    :music: Even with my control panel volume setting at the highest, I can barely hear DVD movies. I have the same problem on my desktop PC's (various configs) and on my G4 Powerbook. I don't have the problem with CD's or MP3 on my hard drive. Am I missing a setting somewhere or am I just going deaf?