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Thanx skilcom, Found out that some the NEC chips used in these and other series of Toshiba laptops has a problem that can't be fixed. They (Toshiba)said "the only known solution for these laptops is to purchase a usb pcmcia card". Hewlett Packard also on their site said the same thing...

Hi TTer's, I have a Toshiba 465cdx satellite pro laptop and just got a HP 845c printer. I install the drivers and the printer works just fine. But when I shutdown and reboot later I get an error message that says "there was an error writing to usb /deskjet 845c_/th1771d6nosx for the...

Thanx Pudda, I really can't figure this out. It's a Toshiba 465CDX laptop and a Hewllet Packard deskjet 845c. I did read about an NEC chip that had a problem but I don't no if it applies here. Checked out the the usb in device manager it says "NEC open host controller=E-5-E11 Display +...

Hey TTFers,I have a Toshiba satellite pro laptop and just got a HP 845c printer. I install the drivers and the printer works just fine. But when I shutdown and reboot later and try to print I get an error message that says "there was an error writing to usb /deskjet 845c_/th1771d6nosx for...

They are both academic editions (full versions) but one doesn't time out. I think it was the proffesional one (it has access 97, the other doesn't). I will give it a try. I have a 50/50 chance of being right. Thanx for the info.

Hi, I have 2 office 97, one standard and one professional. One of them gave me a nag screen and stopped at 50 uses, the other one didn't but I can't remember which one because it was last year. Anyone know? I also have office 2000 but it give me the nag screen "50 uses only". Can't...

Thanx paparazi, that is what i needed to know. I'll go with ethernet.

Hi, A friend just got aol dsl broadband (I know I tried to tell him). The modem has the normal ethernet connection but it also has a usb. Is this so you can choose which way you want to connect. He has usb and ethernet on his mobo. As always Thanx

Hey linney, I'll give memtest 86 a try and see what happens. I really appreciate the info, Thanx. I'll let you know what happens.

Hi all, My pc just started to freeze the other day. I haven't changed anything. Sometimes it will run for 10 min. sometimes it happens when I boot. I have to use the power button or pull the plug. It won't ctrl, alt, del or reset. I have XP home OS, Soyo Dragon plus mobo, Athlon XP 1800, 512...

Thanx everyone, I tried DiskGo (like EZ-Max) that came with the Fujitsu drive and it would not work. When I would go to make the partitions it would give me the choice to make 1, 2, 3, etc, but would still read the wrong amount of drive space available. So when it would make the partitions they...

Thanx rwise2112, I'll look for a bios upgrade, if that doesn't help I'll get a IDE controller. thanx again

Thanx Mulga, I'll give it a try.

Hi all, My bios will only recognize 2012mb of my hd. I tried different hard drives same thing. When I tried it in my pc it says 6 gigs (which it is), but back in the other pc it says 2012.I tried auto and user defining the hd in the bios but it won't go over 2012. The bios is an AMI 8132 1999...

Thanx edfair, you nailed it. I put in a momentary contact switch and it works fine. thanx etrix