Heartofgold

I can't get into the bios to change the boot order.

Right now i can only get into Safe Mode. I'm not use to doing anything in this setting. Will I still be able to use fdisk? Under the Safe Mode. it says that it does not reconized fdisk command??? If I let the computer start normally, here's what happens. It starts up shows the bios settings, "which I haven't been able to get in using the delete button." then it shows the Intel Motherboard background pic, then it shows the XP logos loading, then it shows a black screen and never goes beyond that. I would like to get it to work for them to show them it's a better OS, but I need help.

I'm doing this for a friend. All they want to do is use two programs that they already have that will only work on Windows 98SE. They don't care about XP at all. I tried to convince them, but it comes down to their computer. Thanks for the help, I'll try the fdisk thing. Let you know how it goes.

I have a computer that I want to use for my business. It will not access the internet. I want to take Windows XP Pro off of it to install Win 98 SE. How do I go about getting rid of XP Pro?

Didn't make a difference, after 10 minutes or so of no activity on the internet, I have to restart computer to get back online. I'm running Windows XP Home

Well I checked and sure enough, it was checked off to save power. I will try again tomorrow to see if it makes a different. THanks for the help

I am not on dail-up, I have high speed cable.

still not workin

Crap, it's still happening!!

I tried using winsock repair and it seems to work http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html

I was having problems with my computer so I decided to use the recovery mode on my HP pavilion a527x computer with XP home edition. Everything went great, I did the one without reformatting the harddrive and losing everything. Since then if I don't do anything on the internet for awhile, when I click on some link to access the internet I can't get on and then I have to reboot the computer to get on the internet again. It sucks

Give SilverHaze420 a cigar. Thank you for solving this problem for me. After downloading the latest drivers for my logitech mouse and keyboard I can shut down properly.

I already have the microsoft anti-spyware program, ran it and also other programs such as ad-aware etc. I have, Have all the latest updates downloaded and installed so that won't help me but thank you

Yes I am using the mouse and keyboard. Will go to check it out

No, I do not have symantec norton internet security installed. I did do a System Restore back to a time when I didn't have this problem, but it's still happening now. If I go into Safe Mode, then I can shut down the normal way

I am now gettinga blue screen when I try to shutdown. It says A problwm has been detected and windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer Error Driver_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL ***STOP: 0x000000D1 ( 0x0000002B, 0x00000002, 0X00000000, 0xF7B1F9B0 ) *** kbdclass.sys - Address F7B1F9B0 base at F7B1F000, Datestamp 41107b08 Don't know what it means? After if I press the off button on the CPU it shutdowns the computer. If I restart and then press to shutdown, this same warning comes up and then if I press the button it shuts down This is waht the Event Viewer Shows Windows saved user WINXP\Owner registry while an application or service was still using the registry during log off. The memory used by the user's registry has not been freed. The registry will be unloaded when it is no longer in use. This is often caused by services running as a user account, try configuring the services to run in either the LocalService or NetworkService account. For more information, see Help and Support Center at

I can't believe this. Out of the blue now, I can't shut down my computer. I haven't done anything different to my computer. I usually leave it on, but I went away last weekend so I shut it down and now after I restarted it, it will not shut down I have to hold the button down until it does.

Well it's F#$@ked again. Don't know what to do now.

Well its workin again. I took the card back out, cleaned it again, blew out the slot and then reinstalled it makin sure that it seated properly. It's been workin great now for over a week. Thanks all for your suggestions etc.

CRAP!!!! I was using the computer to scan pictures, after scanning about 60 pics all of a sudden the screen froze. I tried everything including the three finger salute, but nothing would restart it, so I shut down the computer and restarted it and now I'm back to no display at all.

Thanks yusmol I took the old card (the original one) out of the slot. I then blew the slot with air and some dirt came out. I then used an eraser on the tips of the card and then reseated it. WOW It works now with no problems

I have now tried three different monitors and two different video cards and still nothing shows up on the display. Anyone out there can help me please This has never happened before.

I have clean and reseated the card a number of times. I have checked the pins on the cable coming from the monitor. There is power coming to the monitor, but nothing, I repeat nothing shows up on the screen.

I'm running PIII 733E with 256 memory. I have two hard drives - 3.8 and a 40 gig. I have a 17 inch Acer Monitor. A couple days ago, I restarted my computer and I couldn't see anything on the monitor. Then I left it for a couple hours and restarted it and then the monitor came on and I could use the computer. Yesterday I restarted again and nothing. I had a ATI Radeon Vidoe card in it. I took it out and put in an ATI 128 Radeon Vidoe card with TV in&out. I still could not see the monitor, as if it wasn't turned on. I replaced the monitor with a regular 15 inch monitor and again nothing. Any ideas Heartofgold