I am using windows ® Vista ™ Ultimate on my computer and it is performing very well. Below is
my config according to Everest Ultimate engineer edition.... Processor CPU Properties: CPU
Type Intel Pentium 4 630, 3800 MHz (15 x 253) CPU Alias Prescott-2M CPU Stepping R0
Instruction Set x86, x86-64, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 Original Clock 3000 MHz Min /
Max CPU Multiplier 12x / 15x Engineering Sample No L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions
L1 Data Cache 16 KB L2 Cache 2 MB (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed) ...

After installing a new 2.8 GHZ P4 my computer will not boot. All fans spin but no POST. Another
interesting fact is that my CD-ROM will not power up either (works on my old 333mhz system though).
Reading around I've learned that the problem is either: 1)mother board 2)CPU 3)PSU I have tried
it with a brand new MB but no success, still no POST. Is it possible that my cheap 425watt PSU will
not generate enough power for this new CPU (even though it successfully powered my 2GHZ celeron)?
Unfortunately, the pins on the older Celeron got bent so I cannot test with this...

I hadn't been able to play the Sims 2, and I figured out it was because my video card wasn't
supported. So I went out and picked up a cheap GeForce FX 5200 ($50) and installed it in my
computer. Well as soon as I turned my computer on, everything was normal. But I noticed the
resolution was huge when it got to my desktop and when I went into Display Properties, it was the
only resolution setting there. So I figured I'd install the video card drivers that came on the
software CD. After that it prompted me to restart my computer, and when I did, everything...

i have a old computer that i was messing around with, a windows ME, and the processor is a pentium 3
i had another pc that had a better cpu but when after i installed it the pc stays at the hp screen
and the os doesn't boot. I even put the old cpu back in and the same thing happens. i think i
may have bumped the graphics card more than i should have but i don't know does anybody know
what the problem could be?? thanks...

My new venture shop's computer started to act up. I purchased low-end CompaQ desktop featuring
Windows Vista Home with DVDRW drive by TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H653L SCSI CdRom device (this description
is from Windows directly). I have allowed to install DVD authoring and copying program on this
machine. The machine was running just finely and *ahem* duplicating DVD's for shop's
purpose. The DVDs did not have copyright notice and it was for piercing tutorials (so FBI get off my
back /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif"...

I just bought a Samsung SpinPoint 250 GB SATA hard drive last night from Micro Center. The windows
installation disk will not detect it. I have a Abit VT-7 mobo, which does support SATA. I used the
included driver floppy to boot with the installation disk, but it refuses to recgonize it. I'm
going to try to flash the BIOS, but I wanted to know if ya'll had any other ideas. Topic title
is very important. Try naming it with more effort. ...

Well if this topic does not belong here, please feel free to delete/move it. Here's how the
story went: My friend's computer crashed on him and he asked me to come over and have a look.
So I did and here are some errors that appear: Boot cd-rom Boot cd-rom Cannot load press
ctrl+alt+delete to restart After I restart it the same thing happens all over again. (Note: the
message is very similiar to that above but I didn't write the exact message down). I tried the
restore disk and then that too did not work even after I log into windows, the computer fr...

i recently had a virus and it go rid of alot of stuff. it also got my recycle bin. well kinda. the
icon is still there it just wont open. is there any way to get a new one or recover it from my
computer. i just reinstalled windows xp home edition and that didn't work and then i downloaded
a fix to merge into the registry. but that didn't seem to work. i am also wondering if i even
need it because i deleted a pic from my desktop and it said " are you sure blah blah blah" but it
didn't say that it was sending it to the recycle bin. so i don't know where it...

My life has not been going too well recently and Windows has to top it off by corrupting the hard
drive. When I boot up I get the blue STOP error screen with the message UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME. I
have tried rebooting into safe mode and I get the same error. Linux off a live CD is my only option
for using that PC now. Unfortunately I can't even install Linux on it as it can't mount the
HDD or load any data onto it. The PC is (was...) running Windows XP Home SP2 and no software or
hardware changes have occured for a while, so I have ruled out that causing the prob...

Hi all!! (rather happy got a new laptop so bear with my hyponess!) So I have my new
laptop (advent 7096 incase anyone is wondering /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle"
emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> ) And my dad said he will buy my an external hard drive
for my birthday (this saturday!) And i do like linux and before i had a dual boot system with a
choice of windows and a linux distro, but this has only a 40gb hard drive and with about 8.5-9 used
up by windows already i fear that using this with a boot selector and partitioned could cau...

I have heard that Apple is putting Windows in mac but does anybody know when? I thought this would
be a very cool thing if they did this. I have done some researh on the topic but don't know when
they are coming out with it. Anynody know?...

Hey I am trying to reinstall windows xp. I used KillDisk Pro to format the partition and now when I
restart my computer I get an error saying Error loading operating system. I tryed to put my windows
xp disk in but it won't boot. I looked at my BIOS settings and that is fine. Can anybody
please help me....

i got myself a brand new custum made computer... i go to install windows on it, i put in the cd,
wait for it to tel me what to do...then it freezes!!!and i cant figure out
why!!! i have done a format on the computer 5 times and still get this damned problem,
the wierd thing is that i CAN install linux and run it but i am unable to run windows let alone
install it!!!! please help me out i dont want this conmputer to be a wast of
money! Thanks In Advance!!!! fermy /cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle"
emoid...

Hy folks, i've got a 250GB SATA Seagate Baracuda and pluged it in my box. It appears after boot
and the raid prompt but when getting into windows XP it doesn't find new hardware so i don't
know how to install it. I don't have any floppy with the drivers, i'm copying them right now
from the internet but how to install a driver for a non-existent device? I appreciate any help, oh
my box is an QUOTE Cheers! ...

what ram is required to run operating system WINDOWS VISTA?...

Alright.. I was watching a TV show on my computer the other day and in the middle of it it suddenly
froze. I couldnt get it out of the freeze so I restarted the machine.. it powers up, boots, and
begins to load windows.. the windows loading screen comes up and then right when it would of gone to
the logon screen it powers off. I can get it up in safe mode but nothing I have tried has done it...
Specs: 3.6g P4 1gb ddr 400 ram 300g sata hd 200g sata hd geforce mx440 8x ddr Fixes I have tried:
Windows Repair Swapping out the harddrive - does the same thing (So it cant b...

I attempted to install a software pkg. Part of the install process required an upgrade to this dll,
so I accepted the new dll. The install fails to function, however, and this dll seems to be messing
up a bunch of other software on the Laptop. So the question is : How do I revert back to the old
OLEAUT32.DLL??? System is Windows 98se on a compaq 1230...

Hey everyone, I have one more question. I have just purchased a windows media PC with the ability of
recording TV shows. Now, out of curiousity, is there a possible wireless setup that would enable me
to view the prerecorded shows in a different room? In other words, without the use of wires, is
there some kind of imitated gateway or router sort of thing that'll 'transfer' the
prerecorded show which originates from my computer in one room to another computer ( or simply a
television ) in another room? If there is no such thing, is there an alternate way to vi...

At least I think thats what the problem is. Anyway i'll start at the beginning. I purchased a
Samsung writemaster DVD burner and installed it with the relavent drivers off the samsung website.
Immediately after that blue screen errors started appearing on startup. The error message was this:
BAD_POOL_CALLER 0x000000c2 (0x00000007, 0x00000cd4, 0x11111111, 0x818CAC48) However this would only
occur occasionally and as the DVD burner worked fine when XP did load sucessfully I decided I could
live with it... A problem then occured where I couldn't access the admi...

It has become common problem in my office. Some floppies do not open in Windows XP and it shows
error, Cyclic Redundancy check error, what does it mean ? If I use the same floppy on another
computer having windows '98 it opens all the files and sometimes some of the files. The same
floppy when formated with windows XP starts working, which were showing the error earlier....

Hello all, I don't know what's up with my system. It doesn't load to any of the windows
that I freshly install. I am using a Seagate 160Gig Ultra ATA. I installed windows XP on it,
whenever I get to the Windows XP with the running back and forth bar underneath. THe blue screen
comes up with this error: UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME HOWEVER, when I use my 6Gig Western Digital and
install XP and it WORKS!!! ... I Can log on windows w/out problem. ---System Spect---
Motherboard: Soyo Dragon 2 plus (New BIOS installed) CPU: P4 2.8Ghz Mem: 1012MB (2 x...

there were major problems with my computer (reasons don't matter) and i couldn't reformat it
the right way... (by popping in the xp disk). so i put it in another computer as a secondary drive
in a different computer, and it was successful. those of you who are experienced with OEM disks
are probably expecting the horrors i am about to relate to you... as anyone with a speck of
knowledge about hardware knows, there is no way to COMPLETELY erase a hard drive, no matter which
way you reformat it. so, when i booted up my computer again, it gave me a message "NTLD...

While setting up my new machine last night... I stumbled upon a feature of Windows I have missed for
years. Right click on the desktop. Properties > Appearance > Effects... Check the box for "Use the
following method to smooth edges of screen fonts" and change it from "Standard" to "Clear Type"
Press OK Press Apply The text looks much crisper on my machine now. I run Windows at 1600x1200 on a
21" Trinitron. Webpages, icon text, everything seems much better than with "standard" smooth edges.
Check it out. You may really like it....