Recent content by dexterdoo

No, I'm not on a domain. I'm going to experiment with this a little more (on a test machine of course)! Thanks guys. :-)

Well I am running SP3 but like I said, I've never had this happen before on any SP3 machine?

When I turn on the computer it stops at the Welcome screen and has one name, Administrator. I click on it (no password needed) and the computer starts normally. Then I decided I wanted to bypass the Welcome screen and instead boot right into Windows XP Pro. So I did control userpasswords2...

Great posts! Based on what I've read here I think I'll just buy an SATA DVD. Thanks guys! :-)

My motherboard only has one PATA port and the rest are SATA. Will having my DVD burner as a slave on the same cable effect the performance of the hard drive in ANY way? I've gotten a lot of guesses, but I can do that! Does anyone KNOW for sure? Thanks :-)

I have a Dell D620 laptop that won’t boot into XP. It’s starts to, but keeps looping between the Boot Options screen. I tried ALL of the options and the drive tested ok and passed all virus and malware scans. Neither Recovery Console's fixboot nor fixmbr would correct the problem. Is there no...

Thanks for the tips, Ben! I'll give it a shot.

Yes, trying to go into Safe Mode just returns you back to that same screen. Won't go! So you think the Repair Install option will fix the boot sector on the drive?

I have a Dell D620 laptop that won’t boot into Windows XP. It starts to, but when it hits the Windows screen it just loops right back to the Boot Options screen! So far I’ve ran a virus scan on the hard drive which came up clean and I checked the drive with “chkdsk” and all tests were passed...

You are right,Ed! I have the same program on my computer and I found it in the registry and I remember that the empty folder does remain after uninstalling. Thanks much! :o)

A friend of mine says I never installed a program on his computer but I'm pretty sure I did and he removed it and just doesn't remember. Is there any type of log in XP the could prove who's right???

Both! At any rate, Your suggestion worked! I reset everything in the bios again but this time I actually had to remove the battery AND UNPLUG the power cord in order for the bios clock to reset! Just using the jumper and even removing the battery would not reset time/date??? Weird! Well thanks...

I had rebooted with the cable connected several times and that had no effect. :O)

Yes, I did.... I'll try it again now though and post the results.

I have an IBM Netvista 42u desktop with a system clock problem. When you shut the computer down the clock also stops. Power up and the clock starts again right where it left off! So far I've installed a brand new cmos battery and flashed it with the latest bios. Still,no change. I've searched...