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Recent content by rew

  1. rew

    new hard-drive, new os

    have you been into bios to identify the 8gb drive?
  2. rew

    Do I have faulty memory ????

    had the same problem with the same mobo as you! crap board get a n abit or a gigabyte board
  3. rew

    OEM version of XP Home

    you will need more ram than 128 if you want your system to run! 128 is minimum requirements for xp
  4. rew

    XP sooo Slooow :-(

    clean hdd up and defrag
  5. rew

    Try This Ms Site

    Are You fed up of having to download the updates after youve had to do a full format? if so then Try this Ms Site Ive found! save all your updates onto a hdd or cd before you format and reload after you have finished http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp?corporate=true its not...
  6. rew

    XP activation

    if all goes to plan it fools the computer to thinking that activation is completed so you will have a working copy. found this out on this site http://www.onecomputerguy.com/windowsxp_tips.htm its about halfway down the page
  7. rew

    XP activation

    You can set WindowsXP to assume the online registration has been completed. Run Regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion Create a String Value called RegDone Give it a value of 1
  8. rew

    XP Home freeze on laptop

    format the hdd and restart from scratch
  9. rew

    Missing 'Marscore.dll' file

    another case of an upgrade from 98/98se/me going wrong format and install the full version of xp
  10. rew

    Hardware Upgrade and now XP Pro will not boot

    XP is very tempremental especially when you change your mobo and processor! Every board and pro has an individual code and xp looks for that code when it boots so new mobo and porocessor = new codes and no boot. reformat and you will be alright
  11. rew

    No video output with new barebones and radeon 7500 AGP

    you can use a pc 100 with a pc 133 as the latter will drop down to 100megs but what is the point of having sdram on a p4 board! it defeats the object as was noted by someone else on the xp forum! make sure the ram is seated home fully
  12. rew

    No video output with new barebones and radeon 7500 AGP

    could be a power supply fault! mine did the same thing when i installed a new mobo! the fans switched on and powered the board but no video came up! worth a look
  13. rew

    PC 266 or PC133 faster?

    pc 266 is faster by a few milliseconds only!
  14. rew

    k7s5a won't shutdown

    Have you been into bios (restart and press delete key on reboot? try changing the settings in there! if your not up to the job write down the changes you make as you do them so you can undo if you fail
  15. rew

    disk doctor

    try nortons utilities 2003. works great on my system

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