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What is the correct method to remove/wipe Windows 7 Beta for a clean install of Windows 7 RC on a multi-boot system. At present I have four OS partitions, one of which is Win 7 Beta on drive H:, and three XP home on drives E: F: and G:, the Win 7 boot-loader gives the option of loading Win 7 or...

I installed Windows 7 on my desktop computer of 2001 vintage. This has an AMD Athlon 1500mhz CPU with 1.5 gigs of memory. Windows 7 was a clean install on it's own partition, there are two other partitions each with XP SP3 Home. The Internet connection is via a Realtek PCI card, then thro' a...

How do I make all my files accessible in Windows 7? I have tried various methods without success.

I am currently running SS 9.8 on XP. I would like to know if there are any problems when running SS 9.8 on Vista. toolman59

I had a query regarding "Hibernate fix KB909095" was it part of XP SP3? I found this article that answered my query. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946480/ I thought it might be helpful as it lists all the fixes included in XP SP3. toolman59

I am having continuous Internet connection problems, firstly getting a connection, when I eventually connect the connection drops out at random intervals. The event viewer lists the following problems. Event Type: Warning Event Source: Srv Event Category: None Event ID: 2012 Description...

I have just installed a Netgear USB2.0 Adapter WG111v2, I was surprised to find the Netgear software had changed my Logon to a Domain type Logon box. I found a solution to this problem at the following links. http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=216556...

Does anyone know of a free Windows viewer to handle .MAP extension files used with Sat Nav systems. toolman59

If I start XP in safe mode there are no "Dial Up" settings loaded, what is required to establish a "Dial Up" connection in Safe Mode? Thanks toolman59

I found this site when I was looking for info on DOS commands. http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm#02 Might be of use if like me, you forget the command syntax. toolman59

This multi-boot system has three XP Home SP1 OSs plus Recovery Console. One OS has stopped "booting up" for whatever reason, it stalls at the second Windows screen. The following actions have been tried without success. 1 Chkdsk /r and defrag 2 Last good known system 3 Safe Mode 4 Debug and...

Having bought a new DVD writer, any suggestions for the best layout of hardware on the following system. Hardware: 200GB Maxtor DMA 6 40GB Maxtor DMA 5 CD/DVD ROM CD writer Zip internal 250MB DVD 16x writer Available connections: IDE, usual Master and Secondary with slaves Promise Ultra...

The following error is a permanent entry in the event viewer Event Type: Error Event Source: ACPI Event Category: None Event ID: 4 Date: 14/11/2004 Time: 17:56:26 User: N/A Computer: NOVATECH Description: AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address (0x71), which...

The forum thread order will only display in date order. Until recently I could sort the threads in any of the listed orders. I am running XP Home with SP2. Toolman59

Viglin Standard 101/102 KB After installing SP2 some of the keys are not correct. Double checked regional settings all set for UK. Examples:"=@, @=", Pound sign=#, #=\, also with BIOS Num lock set to "off", Num lock still is set to "on" after booting. Same driver as SP1 which worked OK. I have...

I am adding a second internal HD to my setup. What are the best options for connecting the hardware to to the IDE channels? My current intention is to connect up as follows: HD0 primary master HD1 secondary master CD writer primary slave DVD drive secondary slave HD1 will contain a partition...

At present my HD contains three OSs - Win 98 C: FAT32 - two installations of WIN XP home on E: and F: both NTFS. Due to problems arising from program installs on Win 98 this OS is not working very well and does not respond to a new install over the top. Will the following recovery plan work...

I am about to move my computer to a new location in the house, is it possible with suitable hardware to operate the modem like a cordless phone? This is a desktop system with one user and no network connections. I really don't want to run new phone cable at this time as I am not sure where the...

I have formatted a 128mb SD card in Windows XP, now I cannot format it in the camera (Pentax Optio 550). The camera says that it is unformatted and is unable to reformat. Is there any way to get the card back to a state that the camera recognises? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Toolman59

The Event viewer consistently flags up the following errors at boot up: Application error Event Type: Error Event Source: TrueVector Service Event Category: None Event ID: 5007 Description: TrueVector engine: File "K:\WINDOWS\Internet Logs\XPALL22AUG03.ldb" was corrupt and has been copied to...