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I want to upgrade my Sony Vaio Notobook memory and add an cdrw drive. I'm confused about the memory, do the laptop only have 1 slot for memory? I have 128 MB installed, need to upgrade to 256MB. Would I need to buy another 128MB or 256MB? Also, I want to add an cdrw drive, can I add an external...

John, I'm going to see if this works this time. I'll let you know. Thanks

I don't really want to take it to a repair shop because they charge too much. I just need to know which of the suggestions I should try first. Do I need to update the bios or the chipset?

So, basically I need to update the bios. I got alot of suggestions but I don't understand which one to do first or what. Tell me what exactly do I need to do so I can get 256 colors. Thanks guys for your help but I got a little confused with all the different suggestions.

I tried to find the driver for my video card. When I ran the Belarc Advisor it says "Standard PCI Graphics Adapter". Where do you find a driver for a stardard graphics card? Here is a copy of the report from Belarc Advisor. Operating System Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222) Processor a 200...

I have run belarc advisor and I was putting the information from the report in my last response. I just need to know what information exactly you need for me to post. If you need to know main circuit board, memory modules, printers, multimedia, etc.

I'm still having the same problem with changing my display to get 256 colors. I'm trying to update my video display driver but it says I have a Standard PCI Graphics Adapter. How to I find an update for this? Here are my specs. Windows 98 SE Micro-Star Pentium w/MMX 200 MHZ 4 GB Hard Drive 160...

Thanks, I'm going to try AVG antivirus.

I'm having a problem with viruses on my computer. Everytime I download email my computer gets a virus from email. I don't open any attachments. I get email from someone who is saying it is a microsoft update, I have never opened this email. I have Norton Antivirus but it doesn't pick up every...

Thanks everyone for the help. I fixed it by doing the sfc /scannow. Thanks again.

How do I disable Windows Messenger? I checked the event viewer, I have a warning for W32Time. This is the decription of the warning: The time service has not been able to synchronize the system time for 49152 seconds because none of the time providers has been able to provide a usable time...

I have Windows XP Outlook Express 6. Do I need to reinstall OE?

When I click Outlook Express to open it, it starts to open but it never opens. It only gets to the welcome screen of outlook express before it closes down. Can someone help me with this problem?

There's nothing wrong with the cd drive, it has been checked. My cds do not autorun for some reason. I have already changed the properties, but nothing works. If anyone can help me to get the cd drive to autorun it would be appreciated.

Yes, I tried to read the cd on my laptop cd drive. And it worked fine, it autorun with no problem and I could see the contents of the cd. I inserted another cd that I brought and it still didn't autorun, and I couldn't view the files. Yes, I have installed all the latest drivers and patches for...