Windows XP

AHCI install .. windows crashes when starting during install ...
I'm trying to install the ahci driver using the original windows disk and a floppy to my intel / gigabyte mb system .. as is . due to a slight over sight . In have windows xop-pro installed with qty 2 sata drives . but running the ide drivers Ive made the driver floppy using the mb driver dis... 23 Jan 2010 16:35

ONLY 33 MORE DAYS 2 GO UNTIL OPEN SOURCE LINUX UBUNTU 10.04 LONG TERM SUPPORT ALPHA 3!
JUST FYI! ... 23 Jan 2010 16:35

Wi-fi failed connection
I have a Toshiba R150 laptop pc and set up wireless connection at home and works correctly. I also use it at various locations without any issues. Recently, I encountered failure connection in two locations where are at our suppliers. The first one was that I could not connect to the AP with given password. I we... 24 Jan 2010 12:28

How To Create Recovery Partition On Hard Drive
Hi: I have somehow in the process of cloning my hard drive wiped out the Recovery Partition on a Sony VGC-RA716G desktop running XP (MCE2005) SP3. Hard drive is a Western Digital WDC WD2500BB 250 GB. I have the Sony Recovery DVD's so is there someway I can use them to create the Recovery Partition back ... 9 Feb 2010 01:51

Run-time error 5:Invalid procedure call or argument
Run-time error 5:Invalid procedure call or argument I have been running a small app to backup OE for years (same app without updates its) and now all of a sudden I am getting the above error message. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this message to pop up? Oh, the app is Outlook Express Freeby B... 2 Feb 2010 17:38

Make Windows Explorer open in a certain spot
Screen shot: http://i47.tinypic.com/33jlqfq.jpg Because I use VNC with a larger screen than my remote monitor, I have to scroll down and to the right. When I open Explorer it is always too high and to the left. Is there any way to force Explorer to open in a different spot? I have set the settings in the ... 22 Jan 2010 16:22

Custom Paste Function in Context menu
Windows XP Home Is there any way to customise the context menu (the one obtained when the mouse is right clicked) to give it a "paste" function - eg to paste frequently used data such as an email address. donwb ... 22 Jan 2010 12:58

What to do when it ask for amrt.msi?
What is amrt.msi? When I tried to install Eudora 7.1 on a new netbook with XP home, it said "THE FEATURE YOU ARE TRYING TO USE IS ON A NETWORK RESOURCE THAT IS UNAVAILABLE." Since I couldn't find amrt.msi, the only other choice was to cancel the install. I guess since Eudora is so unreliant on Windows, the... 22 Jan 2010 12:58

Boot Problem
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:39:01 +1300, Alex <Alex(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Hi, I've seen a number of posts on the groups with the problem of a XP pc booting to a blue screen (non BSOD) and a black screen in safe mode. Basically just before the login box. We now have 2 pc's experiencing the pro... 21 Jan 2010 22:34

AXWIN Frame Window error
Getting: AXWIN Frame Window SVCHOST.exe application error on Windows XP Home edition system. Event log shows error code 1000. This occured after system was infected with malware or a virus. Ran several virus scans and ran Netsky removal tool. When I click OK the system hangs. Cannot shutdown. Have to turn power of... 21 Jan 2010 21:28