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jrbarnett: when i open the recycle bin it's empty. but i noticed if i dend a file to the recycle bin and right click empty recycle bin, it says "would you like to delete the 2 files..." so there is another file in there. and i think it's THE windows folder because its the only windows...

im having a problem with the winxp recycle bin. the bin is empty but the icon indicates that it is full. when i right click "empty recycle bin" it says: are you sure you want to delete "WINDOWS"? im now scared to delete anything in the fear that it will take my windows...

I re-installed the detonator drivers and all is now well. Thanx for the help

hmm just a suggestion but if you ctrl+alt+del zone alarm, i think the truevector service (the zone alarm firewall service) blocks off all access to networks as a security feature. what you want to do is right click on the zone alarm icon in the systray, and click on "shutdown zonealarm...

bcastner: the runas seemed to work, but for some reason i still can't change the settings when logged in as the built in administrator account :/

bcastner: i checked the policies and there is no restrictions set, and i tried those reg entries, and they didn't work. funny enough i havent had any trouble with any of the other control panel applets, all this started when i used my tv as the only display (windows has correctly identified that...

I'm logged in as a local admin (using the default admin account, which i checked still does have admin privelages) and im not joined to a domain on this machine.

For some reason win xp won't let me change the resolution on my gfx card from 800 x 600 (GF4 Ti4200 128mb) the problem started when i had my pc running from a tv using the tv-out connection. the monitor and card are both capable of supporting higher resolutions, and have done so before. the...

very wierd! i could find no mention of this on google, but may i suggest using a ps/2 mouse if it is possible

you sure can

i found this in another post (credit to comtech) http://www.geocities.com/jad1097/BIOSPASS.html

Motherboard monitor can do the job of the VIA hardware monitor (especially as the VIA one does not work in winxp)http://mbm.livewiredev.com/ is the url

Quote: "1.2's and 1.4's came in both flavours, 200 & 266fsb But I am faily sure the 1.333 only came with 266fsb" How odd, makes me glad that i bought a 1.333 instead of a 1.4 :) at the time i couldnt see the point of paying £20 more for 70mhz extra power

What is the fsb speed of an athlon t'bird 1333mhz processor?

BoulderBum: The windows 2000 disk can only grant you access to the recovery console, and then only if you have the "Recovery console: Allow automatic administrative login" option in in the group policy editor (start>run gpedit.msc) to enabled

Oh sorry i forgot to mention that yes i have checked the game websites for patches + faq's etc and my problem is not mentioned.

i have the same kind of problem with boot disks getting my xp password at lan parties :( but i found a solution to this: a removable hard drive rack :D just take your hard drive with you and see if he get into your system!

... or change the permissions on the file so everybody is denied full access (presuming you are an administrator) and reboot, set the permissions back and it *should* be deletable

I am using the latest Nvidia drivers (43.45) and i can recreate the bluescreen by running dxdiag and doing a directdraw test, and the error has survived through 3 clean reinstalls :/

I'm getting the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL bluescreen every time i try to play certain games i.e Morrowind. It mentioned the driver file sbpci.sys , which was my soundcard so i removed it and rebooted. still gives me the same bluescreen :/ but this time with nv4_disp.dll (nvidia display driver if...