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    Packard Bell modem

    there is also a website called http://www.driverguide.com/ which should have a very large selection of new & legacy device drivers. You may find it there.
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    IBM Hard Drives

    nice one EmbraceIT, but there is a chance and i would be interested in the challange. micker377 and tf1 are right. the computer does not support 2gb , that is for sure. you have to configure it manually for a size around 127mb because the format that supports 2.1gb was invented around 1998 or...
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    Computer locks up on HP Logo when booted... help please.

    3. I unplugged all the USB cables except for the mouse and keyboard. I would unplug them too! my computer locked up with my usb mouse the first time after i installed winxp on it. so unplug everything. It could be that a device connected to your system freezes it during POST (the hardware test...
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    Install porblem on Sony Cybershot DSC-s50

    You say you have connected the camera after you installed the drivers. You should try to connect it before you install them. Therefore, uninstall the drivers and restart, then connect the camera. When the prompt for 'device detected' appears, close it, and then install the drivers while the...
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    CPU domination by apps

    thanx! thats just what i needed.
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    Something for the paranoid?

    haha thats very very funny, but you know what, it also has some truth in it. There is no question as to whether Microsoft can return private information under XP. Yes it can. The better question is "does it do so?" exactly, but this question has more then one answer; also, an...
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    XP interactive logon message

    hmm i dont know if you can insert a picture inside a text message but, do you want to change the background image that appears during logon, at the logon screen? you can do that using x-setup, which you can get here: http://www.x-setup.net/downloads/home.asp?lang=EN otherwise im not sure what...
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    CPU domination by apps

    thx guys, that seems to solve the problem, i'll just uninstall msmsgs and that should do it. however, can i have programs with focus get high priority for cpu activity? because that would pretty much solve the problem once and for all. i dont even mind these programs getting idle cpu cycles...
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    CPU domination by apps

    when either one starts they use 85-90% - which is pretty much everything. Im pretty sure my system is clean because i got norton AV 2k3 and ad-aware se installed. yeah and i disalbed msn messanger from starting up, and the process msmsgs still starts. in fact when i end the process it restarts...
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    XP Pro "hangs" when re-boot attempted after shutdown using "Hiber

    didn't microsoft release a patch some time ago specifically for PCs that hybernate with ram>=1GB? the problem was similar to yours, so's you pc updated?
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    CPU domination by apps

    Hi all, I have a 700mhz celeron/ winXP, and some programs keep dominating the processing time. mostly, it is msmsgs.exe rundll32.exe (and im pretty sure its nvidia's nview panel thing, but i'd like to keep using it) what can i do about it? its very annoying and the only way to stop it is to...

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