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  1. rigger321

    Windows XP will not boot

    Joey, yes. i have also tried all of the other configurations in there aswell (i think one said somthing about boot logging etc) but all either hang or make the laptop re-start. thanks for your efforts tho. i was wondering wether i should get in touch with HP and see if its possible to get the...
  2. rigger321

    Windows XP will not boot

    Hey all. i have a HP laptop. i left it on all of last night as i was downloading a film. when i looked at it this morning the screen was blank and the laptop would not respond. i forced it to shut down by holding down the power button, but now the computer hangs during startup (when the windows...
  3. rigger321

    DVDRAM drive not functioning correctly

    i managed to get some technical support from HP and have managed o fix the problem, just incase anyone else is having similar problems here is a link to the microsoft page that fixed the problem. http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/3/2/2326455e-a840-4c61-bc28-3afa1820b240/AutoFix.exe
  4. rigger321

    DVDRAM drive not functioning correctly

    oh yea, i also cant use XP to burn data discs, as it says that there is no blank disc inserted (again this used to work fine) yet i can use third party software to create discs successfully? anyone else as confused as me??
  5. rigger321

    DVDRAM drive not functioning correctly

    i have a HP laptop with a 'HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4082N' drive in. recently when inserting things such as audio cd's or dvd's the drive fails to recognise them (in my computer the drive looks empty whereas before the icon would change signifying a disc in the drive) yet if i double click on the...
  6. rigger321

    Partitioned hard drive

    the computer is indeed an ACER. and i have discovered that there are three partitions. the first of which is in FAT format and is around 3 gigs in size. im guessing that this is teh recovery partition that cmeagan was talking about? there are also 2 more partitions that are in the FAT32 format...
  7. rigger321

    Partitioned hard drive

    thanks, i see how that would help, i dont suppose theres any free programs i could use to do this is there? or an inbuilt microsoft one?
  8. rigger321

    Partitioned hard drive

    i just bought a new computer which came with a 200gig hard drive but it was partitioned into 2 sections. i thought it would be a good idea to delete the extra partition and have one big C partition... but instead i have deleated the extra partition and been left with 1 100gig partition and...
  9. rigger321

    command prompt?

    Thanks both for your replies, i dont have a boot disk for ME and am not entirely sure how to get hold of one. but i believe ive made some progress with the situation. i managed to get the computer to boot up in safe mode and went to the DOS style program (under start->programs->accessories) the...
  10. rigger321

    command prompt?

    hey all. i got what seems to be a fairly major problem with my home PC (having to write this from my laptop). Anyway heres the story. Last night i tried to shut my computer down, everything was fine untill i noticed a little white curser blinking at the top left hand side of the screen. i left...
  11. rigger321

    hijackthis log

    Thats excellent! Thanks guys.
  12. rigger321

    Live counter not visible on Explorer 6

    ??? i have internet explorer 6 and i can see it just fine. although i did notice that java started running when i viewed your web page. have you tried installing Sun Microsystems Java, from here http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp . i have found from personal experiance that it is better...
  13. rigger321

    hijackthis log

    hi all, i was wondering if anyone could help me with this log. I have goten rid of most of the nasties but i think i still have too many programs running and i am unsure as to which are un-necesary. what would you reccomend i remove from startup? Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at...
  14. rigger321

    Delete history from Internet Explorer

    note: the first script works fine
  15. rigger321

    Delete history from Internet Explorer

    thanks for your help, i have upraded WSH to 5.6 and restarted the computer (as requested) but i still get the same error Line: 386 Char: 70 Error: unterminated string constant Code: 800A0409 Source: Microsoft VBScript compilation error Any other ideas?
  16. rigger321

    Delete history from Internet Explorer

    just to be sure is this the program i should download bearing in mind im using ME? Microsoft Windows Script 5.6 (Windows 9x, Me, NT4)
  17. rigger321

    Delete history from Internet Explorer

    i manged to get it going but it seems that i get the same error http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7055/error8ul.gif
  18. rigger321

    Delete history from Internet Explorer

    i cannot get the script to work either, although i think its down to my own stupidity. This is what i done - hopefully someone can tell me where im going wrong. first of all im using ME... is that why it wont work? anyway i saved the script in notepad and changed the file name to script.vbs...
  19. rigger321

    stupid question?

    anyone know if there is a way to make internet explorer windows always open maximized? whenever i click on a link for some reason i get this little tiny window up and i always have to maximise it before i can read it. any help appreciated.
  20. rigger321

    USB power loss

    Thanks once again for your help. Just wondering why do you hate recomending a BIOS update? Im inclined to think that maybe the USB bus is faulty, but obviously i could be wrong. when i had a look inside the machine i was expecting the USB bus to have its own little circuit board so that it...

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