I recently reloaded my computer. I'm now trying to drag an icon from the
desktop to the task bar. When I put in on the task bar I get a
"notification" Circle with a line thru it. A "You Can't Do This"

I was able to do this prior to reloading my computer. What Do I need to
change?

I recently purchased DVD-R's and discovered that Nec the manufacturer of my
DVD Drive does not support HP brand DVD-R but will support DVD+R! The
person I purchased the DVD Disks from (EBAY) is suggesting I get a firmware
update which may or may not correct the problem..

If a tech here says this is ok to do.. I will attempt this.. (I always check
with this group before I attempt something I have never done before) My
question is, is there something else I could do to safeguard my computer
before I start?

http://support.necam.com/optical/downloads/flashfirmware/readme.asp?ID=4

I have discovered that the DVD drive in question is the master, and know I
must disable the slave before I attempt this.. and I'm familiar with Device
Manager..

Any help appreciated, TIA Rainy

Ps. I have come across other DVD's which do not seem to be compatible with
my DVD so fixing this would be a good thing for me..

Windows XP Home
SP2
_NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A [CD-ROM drive]

Can anyone tell how to find out if the cd/dvd drivers in win xp are 16 or 32
bit and how to update them if it can be done . Thanks, Harryb45

I'm trying to hook my pc to a TV.

The TV has rca phono looking plugs for audio/visual.

Is this plug mono? It would seem so. The mono thing would be because the
center and ground----one channel?

Hi. I had a person set up my computer so that I have a C drive for the
important stuff, and a D drive for everything else. Needless to say, C drive
is now full and cannot defrag, and D drive is 75%% empty. What is the best
way to transfer information from C drive to D drive so I can defrag.
Also asking me to chkdsk before I defrag, and I can't find this command
anywhere. Any suggestions? If I transfer files from C drive to D drive, do
I run any risk of not being able to access these files later if they are not
esential files?
Thanks

BEE

All of a sudden, I'm getting the following message on my Properties
window for my CD-RW drive:

"A driver (service) for this device has been disabled. An alternate
driver may be providing this functionality. (Code 32)"

It doesn't show up in Windows Explorer, and does appear in
Administrative Tools->Device Manager with a yellow trouble icon.

Uninstalling, then allowing rebooting and having Windows detect, then
re-install does not improve the situation.

I'm running XP Home on a Dell desktop machine.

Thanks in advance for your help.

update thinks my Windows XP SP2 is a "macintosh" computer!

I have tried a number of fixes but still get turned away.
(suspects: BIOS, uniblue, java)
running IE7

Sometimes when i use the "Windows + L" short for change user on Win XP Home
(danish) the graphic changes for the normal 1024x768 32 bit color to 640x400
4 bit color. It is then not posibble to chance the settings back only a
restart can bring it back to normal. I hope someone outhrere can help

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