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Two easy ways. Right-click the desktop (empty space) and select properities. There you will se desktop properities Window with the "themes" tab on. You can change the theme (which changes, not just icons, but the sounds, desktop picture, all system icons aswell) Other way is to select "desktop" tab in …

Replace the switch. Switch the switch with the switch which switches.

Looks like the CPU bus or voltage is not correctly set. Here is a list of Intel's CPU's and some of the fundamental specs including voltage and model No.: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Suggested&Description=19-116"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Suggested&Description=19-116[/URL] Find your exact model and compare the voltage shown in bios There is also some info at intel's wep pages: …

Looks like it's down to MBO, CPU & PSU. Did you try to reconnect the power supply cables to the MBO. You did mention that you "tucked the wires away". Maybe you just loosned the power socket on your MBO.

I'm afraid that you will have to be more specific about your problem and your rig. It looks like it is a hardware problem. Could be number of things. CPU, PSU, memory, mobo, VGA card...any of those. Helpful thing would be if you posted any recent alert logged in event …

Are there any beeps comming from the beeper? If the vga is causing the problem you should look for jumper to by-pass the on-board vga and plug in that other one.

Your HD is getting full, plus the free space is frgmented, making the copying routine doing more of the searching for the free spots on your drive than copying. Loosen up some space and defragment the drive. I recommend Executive Software Diskeeper. It has more abilities than any other defragmenter …

Make sure your usb hub is not disabled by the device manager. Also consider upgrading your usb driver.

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Here it goes: I've built a machine that is 64 bit supported. (Athlon 64, all drivers and so) I'm using XP (32bit) My HD is configured with 2 partitions. (3 if you count the 8 MB one) I have recently obtained Windows XP Pro 64bit. My question is: Will I …

This might help: Press del key when booting to get to the bios settings menu (if that doesn't work try f2 or f10) Select somthing that sounds like "LOAD DEFAULT BIOS SETTINGS" or "LOAD DEFAULT SYSTEM SETTINGS". Later one is advised. Save the changes. Plaese post any further questions.

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This config is OK (2 HDs 2 Chanels). Only flaw is that it is Western Digital ATA100 200GB. Look at this and all will be clear: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144129"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144129[/URL] Read the comments. Regarding the speed, you should pay attention to the bios settings, (transfer mode setting...if auto change to highest supported), and …

Could be that your laptop configured itself to display on external monitor only. That happened to me while back. What you want to do is plug the monitor in (plug&play, baby) and right-click on your desktop (empty space), select properties, then click on settings tab. There you'll see an illustration …

You will have to enable tv display in your display settings. Right-click desktop space and select properties/settings. It is usualy the drop-box beneth the "two monitrs" in the illustration. If not there then if you don't see tab(s) other than "themes","desktop","screen saver", "appearance" and "settings" click on "advanced" button. Standard …

You didn't say wich MBO You're using. The chances are that the CPU and MBO don't work with Your current jumper settings. Anyhow, check if there IS a beeper at all and if there is one (my MBO don't have one) maybe you didn't plug it in. If You have …

You would have to redesign 1/2 of that screen. It's a lost couse.

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You have driver issue on your hands. (kind of, obvious) Try disableing display driver in your device manager. (in safe mode). If it manages to reboot, uninstall the disabled driver and re-install it. If not, reenable the driver and take a look in event viewer (will have to enable administrative …

[quote=MAD_COW711]i guess it's back to the wiping out my hard drive thing... how do i do this?[/quote] Boot from Win install cd - If you don't have data on your C drive that you cann't obtain again, the best, safest and quickest way is to quickformat your c partition in …

You are using a left-handed settings. Go to control panel, doubleclick(the right one in your case) mouse and the uncheck first checkbox (switch primary and secondary buttons) and that's the last time you'll right-click to left-click. Did it make things right?

You probably picked up a virus that corrupted the bios. You should contact the manufacturer to provide you with Bootable bios cd (taking that is possible to boot from cd now) and support in general. I understand that that model don't come with floppy drive. If it were, then the …

I did that number of times. Only on Win98. This is very painful and time consuming process. What you need to do is setup new hd as slave, copy complete contents to new disk and switch disks (ther settings, that is). There is only 1 problem. (if you're using XP). …

Hi. I have a BAAD case of Trojan.Dropper.VB.Q I'm currently using BitDefender Pro (UpToDate) that says that it found Trojan.Dropper.VB.Q in C:\systrm volume information\... (whole path cann't fit the message window) and that my system has NOT been infected (Yeah...right....sysem volume information...Hell, even I am not allowed there!) Tried scaning …

Your problem is very simple one.....lack of drivers. Your videocard driver is not installed. (gasp) Possibly chipset driver also needs installing. If you post a VGA model (exact) someone will give you more precise instructions of what to do.

That kind of problem any electition with soldetron would fix within minutes. What you're describing is more like a glitch than a malfunction. It's basicliy few wires between display and VGA (Video Graphic Array) not in their finest days. Nothing to worry about. Just take it to repair shop and …

Rephrase that, please. You are not making clear if you attempt to use windows from your current or new hd. If it is (and, I think, is) windows on the new, then you will most probabbly not be able to boot, because windows are allready installed (NOT on your machine). …

What you need to do is unplug the new vga, boot the system and install drivers for the new card, shut down, insert the card and turn on. If the drivers refuse to install without card installed, then enable the on-board VGA (will have to reboot) UNINSTALL the video driver …

You'll have to enable dual display trough (advanced) display settings.

If you want f.e.a.r. you'll have to go pci-e (read: mobo and mo'$$$)

There are settings you will like to adjust to speed up things a little: standard cmos settings hd settings manualy set to user type LBA mode (not autodetect) 1 quick POST - enabled 2 Boot sequence 1 -c (or hard drive) 2 - a (or floppy) 3 Floppy disc boot …

1. CD is always the SLAVE drive, unless you have 2 CD drives on same IDE channel (read: on same cable), so if you set your CD drive's jumper on MASTER it will not work. 2. You didn't state what kind of Hard disc nor chipset/motherboard is installed. Is it …

Sounds like a faulty MBO to me. Your friend better dig out that piece of paper that says "warranty".

I browsed trough microsoft knowlege base and first similar issue is connected with a program called "Visual IP InSight" from Visual Networks. If you installed it recently, according to them, it will cause such problems. (following is copy-pasted) 1.Click [B]Start[/B], click [B]Run[/B], type appwiz.cpl, and then click [B]OK[/B]. 2.Click [B]Visual …

How many optical drives do you realy have installed? CD and DVD drive? Are they on the same cable? In that case, one of them have to be set as master. If you didn't change the jumper yet, then they are both slaves.

I'm not sure what you mean when you say that you had them on your desktop. Do you mean shortcuts? Before you had 2nd drive installed? From what I can see, you'll need to do couple of things. Try changing settings in folder options (show hidden files and folders). If …

I had exact problem and solved it. The problem resides in monitor. The picture is combined of 3 colored beams (red, green and blue). It is obvious that blue and green beams on your screen disappear from time to time, leaving only red. Every monitor has varistor for each color. …

Is it giving any signs of life? If not, it's probably just a busted fuse. More likely the problem lies with the power supply unit. $30 for a new one. No big deal. Make sure the casing is grouded (via power cabe). Thunderstorms create a lot of static charge which …

Is your system is otherwise working normaly, you will have to edit SYSTEM.INI, WIN.INI or system registry to avoid those error reports. Use notepad to open your SISTEM.INI/WIN.INI and find any refereces to the vxd's and dll you're missing and delete those lines. Use regedit.exe (in your windows/system dir) and …

Looks to me like your account is corrupted. Error 1000 suggests failed to load/create your account. Try loging on as a "administrator" (that's user name, password is yours to know) to create new account for your self and log on to that new account from now on.

Did you reinstall the Windows? Did you, by any chance, go from XP to 98 and your 2nd drive is in NTFS format? If so, try [URL="http://diskinternals.com/download/NTFS_Reader_Setup.zip"]http://diskinternals.com/download/NTFS_Reader_Setup.zip[/URL] It's free.

By the looks of it, it's a dead fujitsu. Is it on same IDE channel as master? (You did say PRIMARY master and SECONDARY slave) If it is not then it must be set to master mode also. Slave drive without master (on the same channel) can mess up BIOS …

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Regarding a 350 MB file, try this for a size (testing purpose): Instead of deleting it try renaming it. If windows don't let you rename it try doing it in a DOS session (exit to DOS) then see what goes on with your outlook express. If everithing comes to normal …

Can you be specific about your soundcard? If you're no tekkie there is a number unique to every model od any electronic part made called FCCID and it's printed on your soundcard somewhere. Just post it here.

Sounds to me like a classic case of a dead CMOS battery.

Most likely your VGA got toasted. Those color distortions you described indicate that a connection between display and VGA was faulty (maybe even shorted) which can cause VGA to fry (remeber, VGA memory is the easiest thing to burn). Only thing missing here is POST beeping (which is not a …

Some HDs have jumper combination for master AND for single drive mode. If it is only HD then set it on single (optical drive is always slave) Try changing settings in your BIOS regarding a HD mode (CHS/Large/LBA/Auto) to LBA. Default should be Auto. Some HDs also have other jumpers …

Does it show up in disk manager or device manager? If it's brand new, that means that no partitions have been created. Windows explorer doesn't show HARD DRIVES but PARTITIONS ON THEM. So, if your 300 GB disk has no partition, nothing of it gets to be shown in windows …

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