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I have put together a simple home file server PC to house all my hard drives for client use. I have built a PC with a 450watt power supply. It has 2 fans and also the CPU fan. I have one DVD rom and 4 internal hard drives.They range in size from 80gb, 20gb, 250gb and 300gb. My question is: What...

I am unable to start my firewall service and a bunch of others because of some dependencies not being started or marked for deletion? It doesnt say what depencies are causing the problems. Below is one of the errors I found in event viewer. It is listed overe 40 times in the last 2 days. By the...

Why is it that after installing 512mb ram, Windows shows only 480mb? This is a new pc I just set up without any apps on it whatsoever. My BIOS shows a full 512mb ram.

I bought a P4M800PRO-M478 from TigerDirect about 2 weeks ago. I just installed it today.When I turn on the power,all the fans kick on but I get a yellow or amber light on my monitor. Usually,when a motherboard has a problem, I always thought that it would make a beeping noise, but I dont get any...

Is there a tool that will allow me to copy all settings (outlook profiles, internet favorites)from one profile to another? I am not talking about programs because I know they must be installed seperately. What I really need is a way to copy my outlook profile over instead of recreating it. Thanks

I need some tips for making a cd for slipstreaming updates only.I saw some articles on incorporating the Windows i386 folder but I only want a cd for updates only as the pc's already have the OS on it. Thanks John

I have IE7 and I am noticing that the icons I use for the links shortcuts never stay put! They seem to randomly go back to the Internet Explorer "e" logo.No matter how many times I change some of them, they dont take. What could cause this? Thanks John

I have a 300gb hard disk that is only a year old but now all of a sudden, is not recognized by my computers bios. I have tried different IDE cables and power cables as well as jumper settings. The drive isnt making any clicking noises that are common with fried disks.My pc tries to find it but...

I was wondering if having 2 network cards on a Windows XP pc will double the bandwidth of my internet connection at home? I thought I read in PC World that this may be possible. If it is, can someone point me to the directions for enabling this once they are installed? Thanks

A friend of mine is trying to play a dvd movie in a dvd rom on his computer. A message appears that the drive is busy and it never plays. The strange thing is that not only does the dvd rom drive say busy, but also the cdrom drive which has nothing in it! The movie plays on a home dvd player and...

I have noticed that everyday when I start my laptop at work, it seems to take a good 15 minutes before I can click on any icon and have it respond.I checked for spyware, viruses and have all my XP Updates. I am running Windows XP sp2. I have looked through a lot of these forums and have not seen...

As you can see from my previous posts, I am in the process of upgrading my homebuilt pc. I would like to upgrade the processor from 1.7ghz (yes, I built this in 2002) to the max it can handle which is 2.4ghz. I can get the chip for 100 bucks. I also have 1.5 gb ram and I would like to upgrade...

I have another question. If my motherboard supports 10/100 mbps and I go and buy a 10/100/1000 card..will it help my internet speeds at all if my provider only goes to 100mbps??

I have an AOPEN AX4G PRO motherboard with a 4X AGP slot. If I wanted to put in a 8X 256MB AGP card...will it work?? Thanks John

I have an XP machine that is unable to connect to the internet. I have tried installing different browsers,different cables and still no internet. The light blinks green on back of the lan card and I am able to connect to a shared hard drive on my network. I tried using a winsock fix software...

I work for a high school as a computer tech. Whenever a lab gets a new printer, I install it under administrator and then in order for all users who have logged onto that machine to see the printer, I have to delete all profiles (sometimes more than 300 on just one pc)reboot the pc and then...

Help! I just downloaded a file from Microsofts website and set it to save in a folder on my hard drive. Since the file was big, i left my desk and returned when it was done downloading. I looked in the folder that I told it to download to and it is not there! How can I find out where it...