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  1. PCVirgin

    Windows 7 upgrade has now lost CD/DVD drive on laptop

    I recently upgraded my 3 year old HP laptop from Windows Vista to Windows 7 Ultimate. Subsequently to this upgrade the laptop no longer recognises the CD/DVD drive. I've ene removed said drive, started, shut down and restarted laptop, added drive and it still does not recognise it. Can anyone...
  2. PCVirgin

    Conencting a 1TB internal hard drive

    Can replace my existing 200GB hard drive on a 2004 Desktop PC with a 1TB hard drive? If so what will I need to upgrade said PC (apart from the new hard drive)? I am currently running Windows XP with 1GB of RAM and a 1.83ghz processor. Thanks
  3. PCVirgin

    Copying bookmarked data from 1 Word doc to another

    I am new to VBA and I hope I have posted this in the right forum. I am trying to copy text from one opened Word document to another using a macro. In the macro I check to see if the source document is opened then move the data at each specified bookmark to another specified bookmark in the...
  4. PCVirgin

    Copying data from a checkbox using bookmarks

    I am new to VBA and I hope I have posted this in the right forum. I am trying to copy text from one opened Word document to another using a macro. In the macro I check to see if the source document is opened then move the data at each specified bookmark to another specified bookmark in the...
  5. PCVirgin

    Using a hard drive as a USB flash drive

    I have two notebook Hitachi Travelstar hard drive disks that I want to use as USB flash drives. I have two hard drive cases with USB attachments. I enclosed each hard drive to a case and attached the USB cable and then connected to the PC. Unfortunately the PC cannot see either drive. Even...
  6. PCVirgin

    Adding a PS2 to a wireless network

    I have a secure wireless network with 3 PC connected. I have recently purchased a Linksys wireless ethernet bridge to connect my PS2 to the network. The sales pitch says, as the wireless bridge has 'no' software it can EASILY be connected to any network on any platform. I physically connected...
  7. PCVirgin

    Installation problem

    I have a desktop with WIN XP XP2 installed. Recently I installed and un-installed IE7. Since then (or is it just coincidental) I cannot install any software on the desktop. if I download something from the net I get "security settings do not allow this action" and from my virtual desktop, I...
  8. PCVirgin

    Failure to boot laptop

    I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 using WIN XP SP2. I was using it yesterday when suddenly the whole machine froze. I could not use any of the QWERTY keys. I did a forced re-boot and all I see now is a black screen with the cursor flashing. I do not get as far as the Dell screen, nor do I have the use...
  9. PCVirgin

    Auto Filter problems with EXCEL 2003

    I have a spreadsheet with 19650 rows and 4 columns. Some of data in the columns is repeated as they are split by a company name. Like SUV is here. eg FORD EXPLORER SUV 7seater FORD EXPEDITION SUV 7seater FORD MUSTANG COUPE 4seater GMC YUKON SUV 7seater VW TUREAG SUV...
  10. PCVirgin

    Removing a Network from a WIN98 PC

    I had installed a network card on a WIN98 destop PC. This worked 'ok' and was useful for a time. I have now moved on to a WIN XP desktop and WIN XP notebook using a LINKSYS wireless connection as a network. The problem now is that the old WIN98 machine doesnt work too well now that the network...
  11. PCVirgin

    XP Service pack 2 nightmare

    Scenario: I had a Dell Laptop in perfectly good working order and I was prompted to install XP SP2. Once installed the machine went into meltdown. Nothing worked, so I tried to uninstall SP2. This only half worked. I went into panic mode (and before you say why not just restore, I forgot)and...
  12. PCVirgin

    Smarttest (AVG -Viacom)

    Does anyone know where I can find some instructions on the NET on how to use the damn thing?
  13. PCVirgin

    PC Re-booting continually

    When I try to shutdown my WIN98 desktop my machine goes throught the usual process all the way to a black screen and then re-boots itself! It's driving me insane. I have run SCANDISK in windows and in DOS to no avail. The only way to turn the thing off now is to physically switch it off - which...
  14. PCVirgin

    Problems installing a network card

    Once upon a time there was a working WIN98 desktop until I decided to install a network card to it. Problem 1: The infamous "VFAT initialisation failed" error appeared after re-booting. I looked up 'all' the Tek-tips on the subject and none of them helped so I uninstalled the newtwork...
  15. PCVirgin

    Slow booting problems

    Once upon a time there was a working WIN98 desktop until I decided to install a network card to it. Problem 1: The infamous "VFAT initialisation failed" error appeared after re-booting. I looked up 'all' the Tek-tips on the subject and none of them helped so I uninstalled the newtwork...

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