I know this is kind of off topic, but has anyone tried the install either Linux or Windows on a 4 gb USB Flash drive and then boot their computer from it? If so, what would be the procedure and how would be of a benefit? William

I am having an issue with Vista(6.0.6000) when i access my DVD drive with my Dell system. (Desktop Dimension 9150, with _NEC DVD+-RW ND-3530A ATA Device) Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys (6.0.6000.16386, 65.50 KB (67,072 bytes), 02/11/2006 08:51) The system will lock up (freeze) not responing to any mouse or keyboard input, then eventually reset back to the BIOS.

hi guys i have just bought a new acer aspire 5310 and tryed to load a music cd in to the drive and it wont play i have tryed auto play and been into media player had a look but cant see n e thing can you please help??? -- thank you willy

I have recently purchased a new HP Pavilion Notebook with Vista Home Premium on it. I have a second Monitor, color, made by Trinitron in 1998. It worked fine as a second monitor on my old laptop running XP. When I connected it to my new laptop, it works fine while it is booting up, showing everything fine. Shortly after it reaches the point where my desktop has appeared, the picture starts...

Hi! I'm using Vista Home Premium with an internal Broadcom Bluetooth device. When I'm trying to send a file to my mobile phone, the phone can be found, I am asked to set a key for the transmission (on Windows), but then nothing happens, and I get the error message "The process can't be executed because the user is not authenticated" (Maybe it's not really that message in English, I...

Hi, the creative drivers for my Audigy 2 works fine under pre-rc1 but not under RC1 I'm using RC1 x64 version versus x32 for the pre-rc1 release. anyone as the same issue?

I used to have no problem with my various usb memory products and vista apart from slow file copying but now whenever I insert anything usb memory related I get the format question and if I do accept to format then it just freezes and never completes. I have a 2GB SD card that works fine on Windows XP and my Treo but will not work with Vista and experience the format question everytime it is...

Initially my dvd writer on my Acer Aspire notebook works fine, but when I active media center on Vista it is no longer recongised as a writer. It shows an error "no burner attached'. In de device manager it shows as a CD-Rom and reports errors with the driver but when I try to update the driver it reports I already have the latest version. I had to go back to factory reset to get it working...

i turn my hp laptop on, but the screen is black! it's running but nothing appears. already had hp tech support replace the hard drive and worked for a few months then all of a sudden this similar situation happens. not sure what to do and just need some advice! hp wants $140 to fix it supposedly they can do it all over the phone? --...

Hi all - I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 which I've been using with XP for years but just upgraded to Vista Business Edition last week. The OS has been running smoothly so far, but I'm having one specific problem: when I close the lid on the notebook, the screen no longer shuts off. I don't want the computer to go to sleep--I just want it to shut off the LCD. Any ideas what might be going...

How is one supposed to check for errors on, and reformat, a USB flash disk? I assume these things all have some specialized geometry, and a standard command line CHKDSK or format is going to mess them up? -- Will

Vista appears to have done away with the Ports applet in Control Panel. When using a USB to serial adapter, how do I determine the actual serial port number? Every time I plug it in I get a different serial port number, so I need to be able to rediscover the serial port taken on an ongoing basis. -- Will

Can anyone tell me if it's possible and economical to have wireless broadband without having a fixed land line connected because i'm sick of paying the line rental on a phone that i just about never use. I sometimes think we pay through the nose for communication that's not really up to speed in Australia.

Does anyone know what a "failed to read from VOB file" means when backing up a bought dvd and how to get around it? I am using DVD43 with Nero, but it does the same thing with shrink, just takes longer.

Device Manager shows something on my system doesnt have drivers for it. Now I would assume its something to do with the Asus Motherboard ( A8n32-sli deluxe ). The location is PCI standard ISA bridge. Waste of time asking Asus as they only seem to be worried about products in the last month or so. Now should I be worried ? Will it slow my system down ? Any idea what it is ?

Does anyone know where i can go to download a cracked version of anydvd?

1) On Vista Home Premium, with Nvidia GeForce 6150 LE, Dungeon Siege II does not show red dot enemies in the small map Viewer! It is rather slower than on MCE2005 also. Would be happy to learn how to correct this if there is a way. Tried the Beta Driver as well, no change. 2) MCE2005 Realtek Audio worked great for Quad setting with Yamaha home stereo in blue line in plug. Realtek High Def...

Use the onboard sound that came with my motherboard but cant get the back speakers to work with Vista. Now maybe its REaltek problem with drivers still not up standard for Vista. details are : Aduio driver version 6.0.1.6123 Aduio controller : nVidia ( 0059 ) Audio codec : ALC850 Any solutions or is it a case of sitting back and being patient

Ok, Vista installs its drivers and it works but I cant get the CD Label Print to work. Actually it wouldn't let the auto run work so I installed Label Print by exploring the CD and finding the exe program. Now the problem is that this program comes up with a message that it needs a compatible printer to work........it doesn't recognise the Vista drivers I would assume. Now this is the only...

I noticed that SanDisk released a solid state hard drive replacement that they are claiming sustains 60MB+ / second throughputs. Has anyone tried installing Vista to one of these? http://www.sandisk.com/OEM/ProductCatalog(1321)-SanDisk_SSD_SATA_5000_25.aspx Do these kinds of SSD drives suffer from the same limitations that flash memory drives do in that too much write activity wears them...