How would one go about checking for a failing power supply? Also, is there
another way to check CPU temp. other than with a tool from the motherboard?
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Better Days!

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my mouse is activating a right click without me pressing pad .it is a
optical mouse. hope it is not a virus?any help wellcome

When I right click an icon in the system tray, the task bar properties menu
comes up along with the shortcut menu for the application icon I clicked.
How do I get this to stop???? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Discovered that my 3 yr old VAIO will only identify my external burner (ie;
3 yr old USB PlugnPlay firmwareless LG-DVDRAM GSA-5160D SUPER writer) in My
Computer window's "name" column as DVD-RAM Drive (H:) only after re-booting
while the burner is online and powered up.

Some combination(s) of either XPH, the laptop, program preferences, program
hogware-ed-ness, or most likely 'simple' registry issues are preventing the
burner from being consistently/properly named as mentioned in the My
Computer drive name column.

As trivial as this next part is (likely a normal thing), but regardless of
how the burner is introduced to the laptop, whenever there is no disk in the
burner, the drive's properties seem to oddly illustrates the drive disk as
totally blue (as if the drive was 100%% used), but tossed this in here so's
to maybe if that too isn't detecting the drive properly, it might point to
base issues with the laptop, XPH or SP2.

Note also that if the burner is disconnected (even using "safely remove
hardware"), thereafter when the burner's powered off, re-introduced to the
laptop, burner then powered back on, the drive name's only then always
identified as "CD Drive".

I used to have MSN as my default search, when I typed in the address line.
Now, Verizon/Yahoo search comes up. I don't have Yahoo toolbar installed.
How do I set the default so when I search from the address lines MSN comes up?

I have a problem with setting Windows Desktop Search folders. Which
newsgroup is the best to start a thread?

regards,

I was wondering why when I put the Windows XP installation disk into my
Compaq Evo N800c I get the message that tells me it can not proceed because
Vista is installed on it.

In order to install my LEGAL Vista OS, I had to increase RAM from 256MB
(which was in the computer when I purchased it) to 1GB. Then I was successful
in installing Vista, no problems.

But can anyone tell me how to either re-install XP, or make my computer able
to run both XP and Vista (Dual Booting, I think it's referred to as).

I want to know too, if it is possible to make a backup copy of the OS
installation disk for future use if the need arises.

For several years, I have a Canon scanner and printer installed. Both work
fine. However, some of the image editors could not "find" this scanner on my
system. In Device Manager, under the Imaging Devices only Logitech Cam is
listed. Under ports - Communication port (com1) and ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
are listed. There is no question mark or warning anywhere.
May someone please tell me how to make this scanner "visible" for all
imaging programs.

hello everyone. i need your help. i just had a new operating system
installed...xp pro. my windows now look very ugly. there is a white
background on all the windows i open...almost all the writing is in blue...it
just looks really ugly and generic. i cant seem to figure out how to adjust
the look. all of my websites come up with this look and, it seems that all
the verbage seems to drop off in the middle of a sentence. i know the fix is
easy but i'm a little frustrated right now to figure it out. please help if
you can.