lesmich50

Sorry mate, no go. Program Compatibilty Wizard won't allow the 16 bit application on my 32 bit. However info was sent to MS for their comment thanks Anyone else?

Hi people, can anyone enlighten me as to how to play ms dos games in XP? I've formatted a floppy to read ms-dos (ballistic game) but when I inset the disc (A drive) is comes up with command prompt: :A/.......... what do I tell the command prompt? Are there any websites specific to this? Cheers Mitch

Normal logic doesn't apply to HP imbedded Windows XP. Start the process in safe mode. When you get a black screen turning the PC on press F8 and go into safe mode. You'll find the system restore there. You'll have 2 options: 1. System recovery for MS, and 2. System recovery for HP. There are no restore points in safe mode for HP so a full destructive recovery is the only option. This allows you to go back to factory settings. I agree with you that engaging HP on the Help line is both expensive and fruitless as their technicians are mere plebes. Best of luck Mitch disgruntled HP user

HI Svchost.exe can be an area harbouring undected viruses that your installed antivir/mal programs haven't detected. I would suggest using some more additional antivir scanning to assure yourself that you don't have a vir/mal problem just a thought cheers Mitch

Since you scanned with MS Antispyware go to their spynet site at:http://www.spynet.com/ and see if you can get some help from this site cheers Mitch :

see if this cleaner helps: http://www.tweaknow.com/ cheers Les

OK yes I checked that site just now n something's wrong with it. Susan try something basic as well using yr START MY COMPUTER Properties, click on C Drive and go to tools and look for the 2 entries to fix fille errors and repair bad sectors Just a thought Cheers Les

For those of us not on the "take" and I only recommend free sites suggest you go to: http://www.free-codecs.com/guides/How_to_G...tomatically.htm. They shud suit yr purpose rather than pay for things cheers Les

Hi Try the Tweaking Experience Registry Guide 4.0 at:http://windowsxp.homedns.org/ Cheers Les

Try looking at this MS article: How to manage Internet settings with SP2: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;EN-US;883256 Also consider updating yr IE Cheers Les

What r u running? MSMedia10,Real Player Quictiem or something else? Also what browser do u run?

Try cleaning up with TweakNow Reg cleaner at http://www.tweaknow.com/ Cheers Les

Thanks for all yr input but here is the site that fixed the problem: http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php? driverid=52534. This is specific for HP so if anyone needs help accessing this site contact me for user name and password. It also comes with a driverguide toolkit that allows you to: # Get detailed information about your installed drivers. # Backup your drivers in case of emergency. # Search the best driver sources for updates to your specific drivers. # Identify unknown devices. # Get detailed information about the manufacturer of your device. # Backup and search for drivers for non-internet connected computers. # Backup and search for drivers for all computers on your LAN. # Compare your saved drivers to your installed drivers. # Follow an easy step by step process for finding the best driver. # Get device manufacturer links and contact info. I got this info from HP Total Care. Finally they answered one of basic my tech questions! Thanks everyone for yr input Cheers Les

Still no go, anymore ideas? B)

What driver(s) r u talking about? I searched the devic e manager and upgraded the intel graphics latest but hasn't solved the problem. anymore suggestions? Cheers Les