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if anybody can help please? i am running nero ver 6.3.1.26 and in cd 4.3.11.1 on desk top and laptop, both with windows xp ser pack 2. my external writer Freecom on the lap top formats CD -RW as INCDFS format and sucessfully enables me to drag and drop files onto the cd-rw and erase files. My desktop internal LG 16X Double layer DVD/Cd RW, however formats the same make of cd-rw as UDFRDR which does not allow me to drag and drop, erase etc as it gives the message the disk is write protected. Is there a way i can format my disks on the desk top to recognise the incdfs format. i was hoping with using the same software on both machines i could swap the same disk between the …

I've been trying to burn some data to DVDs using a DVD writer I'm borrowing from my roomate, and am experiencing some problems. The first disc burned fine, but subsequent discs have failed early in the burn with 'power calibration failure' errors. I've tried several discs (all from the same spindle, though), as well as restarting the burning app (Nero 5), restarting the machine, and reseating all of the drive connectors. Any thoughts as to what might cause an error like that?

hi my name is milton i recently bought a nero dvd-r and i am having trouble copying a movie i'm using verbatim 8x dvd+r and my drive ejects my blank dvd-r disc and on my screen is no room on disc use dvd+r9 is it possible that i'm not using the right speed to fit a movie on the blank disc if so how do i change recording speed :(

when trying to install my hp psc 2410xi photosmart all-in-one to my computer ( running Windows ME) I recieve the following message "fatal error during install M:\setup\hpznfx01.exe-1ENU-f C:\Windows\hpoins03.dat-validate no-w 4..." anyone know whats going on?Also would like to state at this time I`m some what computer stooopid...thanks for any and all help...

Hello everyone I've some problem I'm having a problem with accessing user group information in the Computer Management tool. If I right click on a user name in Computer Management (Local) / System Tools / Local Users and Groups / Users, and select Properties and Member Of, I get the following error message in a dialog box titled "Local Users and Groups": "The following error occurred while attempting to read the properties for the user "user-name": The Server service is not started." I'm running Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2. My system is not on a domain. I'm logged on as an administrator. I've heard about solution that I've to start Server S…

I am running XP Home sp1 and my Gforce2 mx400 video card has been working fine since I bought it (more than 6 months). Now XP shows there is a driver problem. I unistalled the driver and downloaded the current driver from Nividia. When the computer is restarted xp starts to load until it gets to the point of loading the video driver then it restarts everytime. I can only get in with safemode. I uninstalled the card in safemode and restarted. The machine restarts, windows finds the card and installs it fine, until a reboot and the same problem happens again. Help, what can I do? :confused:

Hello, I have Win Xp with 2 hard drives. My fist HD is a SATA and that shows up as drive C: It is recognized as secondary Master. My second HD (my old one) is a UDMA connected to either the primary IDE or the secondary IDE connnector either as master or slave. It either does not show up at all, or I get the windows blue screen. I got a "Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools" CD with my SATA, but when I load it, I get a "corrupted file" error msg. How can a commmercial disk have corrupted files? Jim

Good day, I have a BENQ DVD+RW model DW800A and it can only read & write normal CD's. When inserting a DVD movie or empty DVD+RW disks nothing happens it can't see them at all. Is there a remedy or is the drive faulty? :confused:

Well the thing is this, i've been trying to install Avery's DesignPro 5.0. But EVERYTIME I run the installer package I get the following (3) errors in order......(1) "DesignPro 5.0 Media Edition Install Time Error. Please Contact Customer Support". (2) "DesignPro 5.0 Media Edition Error. Error 1722......There is a problem with this windows installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact support personnel or package vendor". (3) "Error 1603 Fatal error during installation. Consult windows installer help (Msi.chm) or MSDN for more info". The last error happens during the installers attempt to rollback. I have done EVERYTHING to t…

Good day, I have a BENQ DVD+RW model DW800A and it can only read & write normal CD's. When inserting a DVD movie or empty DVD+RW disks nothing happens it can't see them at all. Is there a remedy or is the drive faulty?

I have used my Restore numeruos times, but now I have problem. I get a RUNDLL error msg that reads: An exception occured while trying to run "C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll,control_rundll "C:\WINDOWS\system32\system.cpl",system" Has anyone run into this and found a fix?

Hi guys, I live my pc downloading when I go away. There is 2 users on my pc (xp home edition) but when I live it working alone it logs off and go back to teh main screen where you select teh users. How can I make it stay log on my user name until I decide so....

I am trying to find a free third party process viewer for Win98SE. But I do not know where to start looking. Any help in locating one, even if it is trial use (so long as the trial period is free), would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Truly, K

When I try to play any type of video my computer freezes and I have to reboot. I get the following in the ACEEventlog: 1/29/2005 10:03:19 PM --- [Domain]: RT_GraphicsCaste.Caste --- [Type]: Error --- [ProcessID]: 3764 --- [ThreadName]: --- [Assembly]: CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime, Version=1.1.1816.25946, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba9c70f846762e --- [Namespace]: ATI.ACE.CLI.Aspect.DeviceDFP.Graphics.Runtime.RT_DeviceDFP --- [Method]: Parse --- [Message]: iDEMDriverSettings.GetDFPDisplayConfig failed with status -5 Any Ideas what is causing my problem? THX in advance.

i bought a PNY Verto Geforcefx 5200 a few months ago, and it worked fine with the old driver, but when i installed the lastest one, my cpu crashed and re-starts itself after 10 sec. in to a game like Half-Life 2, or AOM (age of mythology). what could the problem be?... these games worked when i was running the old driver... why does it not work now?... any help guys? :confused: :confused: :confused:

I have had an external HDD that i put together for several months now, and it has always worked fine. the other night it started making bad noises and wasn't recognized by windows, or rather is recognized but doesn't "install" (shows up in device manger with an "!"). As i was trying to find if the error was with the drive (seagate Baracudda ST3200822A 200gb ata-100) or the enclosure (kingwin KH-350U-S) i found that the drive works fine when just hooked up to the ide channel on my motherboard, and the enclosure works just fine with another drive (old WD 120 gb ata-100). putting them back together the way i want it goes back the the same problem (wierd noises, not instal…

Iam trying to get my scanner to load when turning on my computer.It use to load but something changed the settings and now stimon i.e.still imaging monitor is not in the start-up tab in msconfig but is still on my system(win98se). How can I get stimon back into the proper place? Thanks, norm1

Hi, I just wanted to know is anyone could help me, I'm kind of scared. The thing is I had this computer AMD Athlon 2800+, 768 ram, a7v600x asus mobo, 80 gb hdd and gforce fx 5200. It had no problem, but i wanted a better video card, so I bought a radeon 9800 pro, I instaled and the pc started working perfect, I used it for almost 24 hours without gaming much, I just entered the games to see the difference but didn't play more than a couple minutes because i didn't have the time. I saw all the radeon demos and everything was ok, but then when i started playing NFSU2 about 10 minutes into the game the computer turned off and the power supply got broken, it said 420 w, th…

Hi all. I recently perchased a philips pcs 605, and came acropper. I uninstalled and disabled my onboard audio in the Bios, and installed the card. Now, at random points in films, tracks or watever, the computer totally freezes. I am really stuck and have tried the phiips tech support with no joy (including changing the Irq and the Latency). The problem though is that if i change the latency, my Tv tuner card stops working. Any suggestions here or @ my email (mart_oliver@yahoo.com) would b very greatful. Thanks Mart My system is: Athlon xp 2600+ Kt6 Delta Mobo Geforce FX 5600 256Mg Emprex DVD burner Windows Xp Build 2600 512 mgs Pc 27…

hello everyone, I've encountered a frustating problem. A friend of mine wanted me to update his computer and the first thing i did was to run a windows update since it appeared to me that it has not been done in awhile. After installing the updates and restarting, I noticed that the computer was slightly slower and I was no longer able to connect to the internet. I went into run cmd and pinged some website addresses. The computer had no problem sending data, but received only the packets that the ping sent. I am wondering if it's the updates that messed up the connection. Please help! Thanks. Sam edit: I went into the system information and he is runn…

Hi all, I'm new here, and this seems like a good place to get some support so I'll just go right ahead and explain what my problem is. Well, here's what im trying to do. I have a Mobile Phone that has bluetooth. I have a bluetooth adapter on my PC. I have set it up so my phone D+ Connects (Direct connects, if you will) to my BlueTooth adapter on my PC. Then the PC routs this BlueTooth adapter to a vitrual com port. I have set up my PC to recieve incomming connections from this Com port. With this done, my phone and PC become their own little LAN. But I want my phone to join in on my home LAN, so I have to use NAT routing through my PC's NIC. Now, to share my …

I have a Dell PC from 2001 which came with some MSN modem connection wizard...I never used it... I now have cable and I've tried to connect to the net... An error message keeps coming up when I try to make a new connection.... It keeps telling me the Icwconn1 caused an error in ICWUTIL.DLL. What am I doing wrong... Please help. Thanks, CS.

Hi, has anyone ever used Acer computers? Are they reliable and trustworthy? ( http://www.shopacer.co.uk) Thanks alot.

Hi guys This is my first posting here, If i have not posted in the right category, I am extremely apologise. I wish to purchase New PC with HT technology MB, So i decided to go with Asus P5gd1-vm 915 chipset, I wish to have 2.4 MHz CPU, but somebody told me its not supported, is it correct ? Please guide me which CPU (MHz) are supported with this MB, and normal ATX Cabinet will do for this or I have to purchase extra big Cabinet for such type of MB Please help! Thank you Kashyap P.S. - I am planning to buy Cabinet of Iball (612 Ivory) type.

Hi has anyone ever heard of this card? can ne1 give me any info on it? Ta