Hi Paris....I never thought for one minute you were being rude...At the time the group was very busy and I thought perhaps my message was over looked....I...
Hi All Need some help(and not just phycological and spelling) my mate rang me to tell me his laptop is down, cannot get into bios and when he tries to boot it...
Many times I have encountered people that are having problems with Codecs. (Normally they throw a hissy fit because their media player won't work) So members...
Pix Anything light up on the keyboard in addition to (and including) the power and battery lights? Any noises, apart from him banging his head against a hard...
System Protect (Effective System File Protection) Now this is not a substitute for good antivirus and spyware protection, but effectively supplements these,...
Your a star Paris. Will do some reading this evening, the links look perfect. Will be attempting diagnostic tomorrow or friday, so thanks for the info as it...
Hi, I have a desktop running XP that boots to this error message. Everything I've read on the internet suggest using the Recovery Console on the Windows XP CD....
Ive been checking though old floppy disks and many of them I cant access as Im getting a message that 000 file extensions are missing. Any suggestions...
Hi Guys Recently Jeanette reported this problem, now poor Kenny is having the same problem. I think the fo;;owing explains the position: Kenny The same...
Thanks for the info. Ive got a windows xp home edition cd and Im stuck with knowing what to do Ive got to Welcome to setup and Ive clicked on To repair windows...
Kenny I would cancel what you have done so far. You don't want the Recovery Console. When completed loading files, you will be presented with the "Windows ...
Hi After Ive loaded files and pressed enter to set up windows and pressed F8 I get the following (I dont seem to be getting an option to Repair at this...
Hi Paris When i got to my mates house his pc was still shuting down after 12 hours!! when i removed all power and restarted it it worked ??? I checked problems...
Pixie [:)] That's great news. Some folks swear by system restore, whereas others swear at system restore. Your friend probably thinks you are genius, well...
Hi guys Just to keep the group up to date, I have heard from Kenny, and the good news is that he has fixed his laptop (despite my advice LOL). But he has...
Good news, and thanks for the Sunday morning laugh. What a wonderful combo--a knowledgeable computer person with a sense of humor. Love it! Klara If someone...
Dang Paris... Darlin you do crack me up! All that genus and laughs to boot! The perfect man... ROFLMAO! Phil BTW... Glad Kenny is all set to go too. ... ...
Hi everyone I reformatted my c drive. I had another drive with a lot of stuff on it and now my system is saying
that it needs to be formatted that it is not. ...
You guys are billiant with your help for us who struggle with our computers and a special word of thanks to Paris who has spent lots of time helping this...
Rupert What a naughty bear U R. I think you should be Exiled to Devils Island, I know you knocked over some of those big stones on Lewis. So while they don't...
Sorry for the delay. The desktop is a HP Pavilion, XP Media Center Edition Version 2002, Service Pack 2. There are no recovery CD's and it's a used computer...
Hi everyone I reformatted my c drive. I had another drive with a lot of stuff on it and now my system is saying that the other HD needs to be formatted that it...
Paris 50lbs of what! Im sure you know as i do, if you have some pc knowledge everybody you ever met expects you to fix their pc or give advice without reward. ...
Hi Jeannette I was going to say bum, but I would have to ban myself for rude language, so I won't bother. I was hoping that you would say have XP Pro because I...
Pixie I was talking about pushing the brown envelope LOL 50 pounds sterling. But now you mentioned that strange aroma, perhaps a 50lb lead weight, and a...
Michelle I am sorry I don't really understand your message! More information would be appreciated. Especially the exact wording of what windows said,...
Sorry. When I rt click on the F drive maxtor 320gb hard drive (this use to be an
external drive) "disk in drive f not formatted" want to reformat it? Also it...