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• IDE to SATA II

  Just got the cables to plug my new SATA drive in and was wondering that when I remove my old ide drive do I have to change the jumpers on my slave IDE to master for it to work? Before that I've just got to slipstream SP3 with my original XP disk!!

• An IO Error occurred!

  Hello, I was trying to upload a file the other day and got this error message "An IO error occurred". I know it's not a problem with the file or the website as I was able to upload it fine from my laptop. The desktop I have was an old one from work so I think it is maybe some restriction the IT dept put on the system but I…

• How to login to a server via SSH from anywhere?

  I am trying to figure out the best way to login to a server via SSH from anywhere in the world (using, internet cafes, mobile phone etc,) however the server has a firewall and only permits named IPs through. I heard there are online services whereby you login to, and form there on you can surf with your preassigned IP…

• Error message- Direct X 9.OC compatible graphics adapters

  Hi, My SIL asked me to have a look at her pc as they were having major problems with getting games to load, using media player, itunes to mp3 player especially. I'm not techie at all with things like this, but agreed to see what it was doing - or not doing as the case is in reality! They have Windows XP with AVG anti virus…

• Activate Windows error message/alert

  Help please!!! I have a PC that is a few years old which I bought new with Windows XP Home installed upon it (bought from an independent retailer). Last night I installed XP Home Service Pack 2. The install went fine. However, I'm now receiving the following "Activate Windows" error message/alert: According to our records,…

• internet explorer

  having a problem with internet explorer.am with virgin media,log on ok then while viewing web page it fades out ,and says internet explorer not responding,but if i klik on internet explorer again it comes back on .it has only just started to do this ,have had pc 5 months with no problem any ideas :mad:

• TROJAN HORSE - idiots guide needed to repair computer

  last Friday came home from work to find my son struggling to remove trojan horse from computer - I tried running another scan on the free avg8.0 that I had loaded but it runs for so long detecting various threats then the computer closes out to protect itself - i also tried system restore to no avail - as we had to leave…