Summary: I have been trying for several hours now to set up Ubuntu and XP as a dual boot on my Compaq v6000 laptop. During XP setup, out of frustration- I kno...
Summary: My machine completely shuts off during a virus scan. I was originally using Norton System Works 2005 and uninstalled it after having the problem. I am...
Summary: when i tried to install xp... everything was fine (compatibility test, copying setup files...) until the first reboot. after the setup rebooted the fi...
Summary: Why during installation of Windows XP using an operating system disc. does the computer shut off before I'm able to press Enter=Continue, R=Repair, F3...
Summary: *ahem* Howdy! This is my first post. :-) I have searched through the website looking for my answer, but i decided to create a new post so I could get ...
Summary: I have an HP Pavilion 7936 computer and for some reason when I leave it on for a certain amount of time the computer itself will just shut off complet...
Summary: I set Norton speed disk to defrag my computer and I forgot to turn off the energy saving settings that turn off my hard drive after 2 hrs. I left for ...
Summary: Old machine. Had XP on old drive, bought larger drive 160GB, smartdrive enabled - sees full size. Jumper set to master. Fully recognized in BIOS. Crea...
Summary: Make sure you have APM (Advanced Power Mangement) enabled in your BIOS. Here are some others: In some cases, Windows XP’s Setup program can misidentif...
Summary: I have a compaq presario 1600 laptop and am installing a copy of windows XP to a fresh hard drive (10gb). Setup allows me to partition the drive, for...
Summary: I have a AMD XP 2000+, 512 meg of DDR PC3200 ram, WD 80 gig hd at 7200 rpm, many fans to keep my cheiftec case cool, and a shuttle ak37gtr motherboard...
Summary: I've tried to install windows 2000, xp, and 98SE and 98FE. In 2000/xp, setup will run until it is done copying files, and then shutoff automatically ...
Summary: Trying to install XP Pro on an oldish custom build PC with formatted hard drive. The install gets to various points and then the monitor powers off an...
Summary: Hi, I recently finished building a pc in a really cute case that looks like a car, and it was running great for like 3 days. I went to work one day an...
Summary: I see thousands of that same "XP won't shut down" stuff all over the internet, but this one is a bit different. What happened is I recieved this Lapto...
Summary: I am trying ti install Win XP Pro sp2 on a IBM Netvista computer with an 800meg cpu and 256megs of ram. I have installed a freshly formatted 10gig HDD...
Summary: Hi, I just install a raidmax 500w PSU. Here is my system, AMD ATHLON XP 1800+, 512 MB DDR PC2100, 2 IDE DRIVES, ONE IS THE MASTER, 2 SCSI DRIVES, 1 DV...
Summary: I suddenly have the problem where as soon as XP loads, i.e - I just see the mouse, my computer just turns off. I have used two seperate hard drives wi...
Summary: I've having trouble getting my monitor to power off in XP whenever a screen saver is active. If I set the screen saver for 1 minute and then under Po...
Summary: I have had the same problem of pc shutting off by itself... is it possible that the athlon XP 1800+ is not compatible with the GeForce3 Ti200 card? O...
Summary: Hey, I'm having a problem with my computer- the power supply will randomly shut off as I am using the computer, with no shutdown sequence. There's a c...
Summary: My computer shuts off by itself. No warning, and to top it off, the error reporting system doesnt pop up after i restart. I leave for work and come ho...
Summary: My computer was working fine I got on it this morning and did some work and had to go out. When I came back it had shut down. I tried to power it ba...
Summary: "Unless you provide the model number of that Microsoft device, I have no idea what that is in that picture, and I don't see any USB connector on the c...
Summary: I had the problem of BSODs during XP pro setup at the part where XP is copying files. It would give registers of 0x0a - generic h/w registers. I was...