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Hi, I'm getting a message as XP SP3 starts to boot saying that windows\system32\drivers\ntfs.sys is missing or corrupt. I've done the usual copying it off the CD in the recovery console from both D:\i386 and C:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386, neither work. :doh: Also tried copying it from...

Hi, I was just using my computer (typing a Word Document and listening to some music on Spotify), and all windows became unresponsive, but the mouse continued to move (clicking anything had no effect until after the freezing when everything was clicked at once!). Do you think this suggests...

Hi, My computer is telling me when it boots that my primary HDD has SMART status BAD, and I should backup and replace the HDD. Using speedfan, I found that the error is End-to-end error count. I have no idea what this means! Speedfan Report I have another 2 HDD's, the backup and a...

Hi, I'm trying out a Beta version of Kubuntu (9.04), and I have compiz effects installed. It all looks very nice! :) However, being used to Windows, I'm used to being able to move the cursor the to very top right of the screen and clicking, and the window closing. However, this doesn't work...

I'm doing a spring clean of my PC over the half term holidays. I'm currently backing everything upto DVD (just burning the 20th DVD now). I will be re-installing Windows after this, and I want to know whether you think I should go for XP 32bit Pro or XP 64bit Pro? I've resisted 64bit before...

Hi, On my Granddads PC, the microphone input is very quiet using any microphone, on either front or back input sockets. I am 99% certain that it is not a software related problem, as I've been through every setting and option that I can see, although I am going to try removing and...

Well this afternoon I was bored, and thought I'd try to create my own "wireless network" using C#. And it worked! Basically, on one PC you select some data to transfer. It then converts it to binary, and has a grid of squares. The grid flashes black or white, for 1's or 0's. On the receiving...

Hi! I've written a program which converts a 24-bit bitmap into ASCII text. I'm doing it in C#, but trying not to use the Image or Bitmap class. I've opened the bitmap to an array of bytes, and I know that offset 18-22 is the width of the bitmap (or height, can't remember which). The only...

It's a sad day today as my Nokia N80 killed itself. 2 bits of metal inside the casing came loose, so when I opened the slider and closed it, the bits of metal cut through the connection to the sceen :doh:, hence the screen and a few buttons under the screen don't work. I'm using a 3410 for...

Anyone here tried Google Chrome yet? I'm using it at the moment, pages loads faster that FF3, although I don't like the design, and I can't find the home button :D

Not really anything worth knowing in this post :D Just thought I'd let you know that I was gutted to find that all 26 PC's in my new computing class are faster than my computer!! All have Core 2 Duo 8800's in @ 3.0GHz 6mb L2 Cache! Blisteringly fast! And, they all have 22" Widescreen LCD...

Just got my GCSE results today :) Whilst everyone else was partying, I went to work :D As a treat, I've bought myself a flashgun for my camera! RE - C Systems - A French - A English Language - A English Literature - B Geography - A Main Maths - A* All 3 Sciences (seperate) - A Mathematics...

I'm trying to sort out a Windows XP SP2 installation which seems to be faulty for no reason. A while ago, whenever Microsoft Office Excel 2003 was started it always said "Preparing to Install...", waited about 10 seconds, then started Excel. Eventually the user got annoyed with this, and...

... do you find that the processor comes out with the fan, almost as if it's glued on? This happened twice to me yesterday, with 2 different computers. I was swapping their processors, and despite both of them being clamped down, the thermal paste had dried up and glued the CPU to the heatsink...

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Hi, A friend of mine has upgraded his RAM to 2gb. Previously he had 512mb, but we checked online on the MSI website, and it stated his motherboard could support upto 2gb PC6400 RAM. He removed the 512mb module, and inserted the 2gb stick. Now when he boots, his PC doesn't recognise the hard...

Where has the subscribed threads button moved to? I can't find it! That and new posts were the only ones I used really! Thomas

Hi, I've put a SATA PCI card in an old PC (well it's not really old, an Athlon XP 3000). When I start the windows setup, I have to load the drivers from a floppy disk, and the 200GB HDD is recognised and files are copied. However, when it reboots the HDD is not recognised by the mobo, and...

I'm trying to add broadband to a small network which previously worked fine. Where the modem is now, there used to be a cable that connected the 2 routers either side. When all IP's are manually configured (dhcp off), everything is how it used to be, including no internet (even though it has to...

Hi again! Sorry to keep asking so many questions but I've searched high and low for answers and not found things. 1) Compiz Fusion. I have it enabled again at the moment, because I like the 3D cube, the rest I'm not bothered about. However, when it is enabled, some parts of the screen don't...