[Can't install XP with AHCI enabled in BIOS]

Hi Chris,

Build the system on IDE, install the sata drivers with the OS and then apply the reg entries below necessary to make the drive run in sata mode.

Reboot, change the BIOS to sata and you have what you want.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976

cheers

[Moving the beginning of a Partition]

My understanding is that actuator type drives (non stepper) land on the inner part of the drive.

Drives that I have pulled apart have had their heads landed on the inner part of the platter.

And this article indicates the same:-

http://www.datarecoverysoftware1.com/data-recovery-glossary/landing-zone.html

Cheers

[malware cleaner removed essential files - trying to repair]

>"The ordinal 681 could not be located in the dynamic link library iertutil.dll".

This error occurs when you downgrade a dll to a lower version and an entry point is missing.

Cheers

[Help regarding {x64} or getosver()]

What error message are you getting?

[bottleneck]

The slowest item in a windows pc is the HDD.

[automatically enable/disable internet connection]

That will only disable the NIC, not the internet connection.

Your problem is the modem / router and the phone line, and seeing you have been talking to "customer service", I recommend that you talk to them again about how to resolve the problem.

[Does any computer hardware have built-in power protection?]

>Does any computer hardware (motherboard, CPU or RAM) have built-in power protection (brownouts, surges, spikes or blackouts)?

No, that cost money

>Also, is it true that UPSes - specifically standby UPSes - only protect against data loss, but not hardware damage?

Depends on the UPS, you would need to read the fine print.

The more you pay, the more protection you would expect.

[(SOLVED) pagefile]

Normally c:\ but its a hidden file.

[Word 2007 files take forever to open in Vista (was: Will an SSD help?)]

I would try a defrag first. As you have the timings already, it is an ideal time to try.

Cheers

Derek

[New PC problems - BSOD every day...please help :( Minidumps attached]

Don't use hibernation for the moment, wait till we have finished with the BSOD's.

[BSOD after sysprepping]

Is there anything I have to do in my sysprep.xml file to make this happen as well?

If you are using ghost, you *must* ghost from the real hardware.

The cannot install the device driver for a boot device, it *must* be already installed in the image.

Cheers

Derek

[Quick Launch - Finally the solution!]

This is the one that I used?

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/888-quick-launch-enable-disable.html

[XP defrag problem]

Yeah, NTFS is notorious for fragmentation. Try mydefrag (google it) which should help.

Compared to what?

Derek

[BSoD problem]

Upgrade your video drivers.

[My computer screen went all black]

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[How does powerline networking work.]

All powerline networking is encrypted, the worst encryption is 56 bit.

I use EoP here, and I get 4 times the speed of wireless G.

My worst run where wireless does not work at all is at 16 mbps.

EoP for me is very reliable unlike wireless.

Derek

[Network or Server]

>Whats the (BEST) solution to my problem?

I use logmein free to control remote machines.

You could set up different logins for each user to use.

This setup only allows one person at a time though.

Derek

[Extremely High Memory Usage]

How much ram do you have in the machine?

Derek

[Confused about firewire]

What are you going to do with it?

[Unicode search with Explorer]

Are you able to search unicode files with the explorer search?

I can not get it to work.

Derek

[BSOD: irql_not_less_than_equal]

To answer the above poster's questions, I have an Nforce4 Ultra (AMD)motherboard with built-in networking. The NIC shows up as an "NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller". The default installed driver is apparently provided by Microsoft, with a driver date of 6/21/2006 and a driver version of 6.2.0.126. In the driver details, there is only one file and its named nvm60x32.sys and is listed as being provided by NVIDIA Corporation and has a version of 6.02.00.1126. As for my router, its a humble D-Link DI604. Computer is an Athlon X2 dual-core 3800. Other than that, I can't think of much to say. The system basically works fine as long as I don't sleep. For the moment, I've just disabled sleep entirely but that's not such a great solution.

from http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&...mp;aq=f&oq=

[Review this system (top quality)]

>ASUS SABERTOOTH 55i LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard

6GB of ram is normally for a 1366 board, only dual channel with 1156.

[Overclocking my desktop, Is is possible and how?]

H Adrian,

With overclocking, you never know until you try.

I found many sources on google.

http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&num=20...bb74ba78ee8f406

Derek

[Windows Networking]

For a 100mbps network the absolute maximum throughput will be 12MB/s (b=bits, B=bytes)

If you want 25MB/s you will need gigabit hardware.

[Boot into PXE and install XP unattended from share]

Windows 2000 or windows 2003 server will enable you to pxe a scripted install.