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  1. scissorman

    SFC, Recovery discs, and corrupted user profiles!

    I am trying to sort out my brothers PC which runs XP. I started sfc and was prompted to insert the winXP disc. The only disc supplied with his machine is a 'Medion Product recovery CD-ROM' , which I inserted. Unfortunately, the files that are needed to replace his damaged and corrupted files...
  2. scissorman

    Control panel items missing! Can I reinstall them, and how?

    My installation of WinME seems to have lost 2 options in the control panel - 'sounds' and 'multimedia'. Last seen about a week ago, now missing! I wanted to adjust the sound hardware acceleration due to problems in a game and they are nowhere to be found.All that I have is 'Audio Control'...
  3. scissorman

    CD writer no longer recognised

    Having problems with an LG CDRW GCE 8160B writer, Took it out to try on a friends machine and all fine. When i go to install back in my machine it is shown as 'other device'. It plays discs fine, but is not recognised as a writing device. It has worked for 12 months and installed easily before...
  4. scissorman

    CD writer software/drive not working?

    Running WinME with DirectX 8.1. I have a LGE CD RW GCE8160B cd writer and have been using Roxio ECDC 5.1 with great success for over a year now. I went to use the writer today and got the message "Creator API" 'Easy CD creation engine initialization has failed: (could not initialise...
  5. scissorman

    USB Gamepad installation problems

    I run WinME (OEM version). I have always had major problems with installing USB devices, as my machine seems to have great difficulty finding the necessary files. I have an 8 button 2 axis usb joypad, made by PC Line, tournament 8 model. It's a cheap pad but the children like it.It is not...
  6. scissorman

    Which graphics card?

    I have a choice between a PNY Verto GeForce Ti4200 with 64mb ram, and a Gainward GeForce 4 Ultra/650 TV/DVI card. I haven't been able to see any comparison tests for the cards and wondered if they would differ that much? From what I can read about the Gainward it also appears to be a Ti4200...
  7. scissorman

    Installing new chipset drivers

    About to install new 4 in 1 chipset drivers to remedy some errors and problems I keep getting. Last time I did it was a total nightmare, losing my graphics card drivers, and most of my peripherals. Was I doing something wrong or is this par for the course when you install these things?
  8. scissorman

    GeForce Ti4200 displ;ay problems

    Using a PNY GeForce Ti4200 64mb with Detonator drivers 30.82 running under WiME - occasionally when I load a game, the initial loading screen will appear, then the screen will go a murky grey colour and the computer freezes. I have to then reboot and run scandisk before I can use the computer...
  9. scissorman

    Which processor can I upgrade to?

    I have a QDI motherboard, model K7V8363 kinetiz 7B/E, with Bios V3.3LCP apr02,2001. At present it has a 900Mhz Duron processor on it, and SiSoft tells me that it is Socket A. I have been to the QDI site and it shows that I can increase the processor to a 1400, but after that the FSB is shown as...
  10. scissorman

    GeForce 4 Ti4200 settings and tweaks

    Anyone got any good recs for settings for my graphics card to enable it to run games as smoothly as possible? I am puzzled about vsync/anti-aliasing/quincunx? etc - what is best to switch off, and what gives you the biggest frame rate drops?
  11. scissorman

    Reinstalling OEM WinME disaster.

    Reinstalled an OEM copy of WinME yesterday, following the manufacturers instructions to the letter - what a disaster! I spent 14 hours yesterday trying to get it to work - even now, I keep getting 'add new hardware' wizard starting up, for 'unknown device' or 'other device'. I cannot seem to...
  12. scissorman

    USB drivers and plug and play

    I have bought a Ferrari 360 Modena wheel and I am suffering no end of trouble trying to install it. I first tried to install it by way of USB - when I plug the wheel in my system recognises it then launches the 'add new hardware' wizard, and tries to look for software. It finds none and...

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