Got a frustrating if not slightly interesting problem: on XP SP3 with .NET 4.0 Full, Panda installed and ran fine for a bit. I then opened the game "Sid Meier's Civilization IV", and it ran some kind of initialization procedure involving python and xml things. After closing it, I found that Panda no longer works - a PSUAConsole.exe error window opens with no text. Restarting didn't work, and my System Restore is messed up atm, so I'm stumped. Does someone know anything about this ..read more

I was recently given an old machine that I hope to use to run some very old software. The machine was running Windows XP which was the original OS when the machine was new. For privacy reasons, the original owner wanted to remove the hard drive before giving me the machine. That was fine with me since I have several drives that I can use with the machine, and I still have a Windows XP - SP2 install disk. I have successfully reinstalled Windows from on the machine and it is running fine... Activation following xp reinstall ..read more

I am installing Windows XP x64 on an HP Laptop (DO NOT ASK WHY) and then I get to Setup is Starting Windows in the installer, "I get the BSOD saying The BIOS in this system is not fully ACPI compliant.", I press the F7 key but it goes on with these options: "Other", "ACPI Uniprossesser" and "ACPI Multiprossesser", I select ACPI Multiprossesser and it gives that same ACPI error, Uniprossesser wont work because I have 2 cores ..read more

I am installing Windows XP x64 on an HP Laptop (DO NOT ASK WHY) and then I get to Setup is Starting Windows in the installer, "I get the BSOD saying The BIOS in this system is not fully ACPI compliant.", I press the F7 key but it goes on with these options: "Other", "ACPI Uniprossesser" and "ACPI Multiprossesser", I select ACPI Multiprossesser and it gives that same ACPI error, Uniprossesser wont work because I have 2 cores ..read more

To start off, I have been a Help Desk Professional for over 20 years and a software tester for 15 years after that. I know what I'm doing (for the most part) and usually can find the answer myself due to my extensive Google-Fu. That being said, I'm trying to repair a Windows XP (that was on a drive and now is a VM) that crashed a long time ago. I have only kept it around as I have certain items of software that I no longer have the installations for but I would still like to be able to run... Manually Correcting a Registry Hive ..read more

Hello everyone, my first post. I have an old PC, it's a Dell 8400 running XP and I've not used it in a few years, it's been sitting on my desk gathering dust. I want to make sure I can copy over any files, which will mostly be photo's, to an external hard drive before I dispose of the PC. The problem is I can't seem to connect it to a monitor, I have a new Dell monitor, which only has HDMI ports, the PC only has VGA. I purchased a VGA to HDMI adapter but my monitor clearly doesn't like... Old PC and need to transfer data to external drive ..read more

Hey just found this old laptop in my house the new one i bought just got water damaged and doesn’t work anymore. Could anyone help me understand how to reset it I been trying to figure it out. Thank you ..read more

Hi i recently purchased an older dell inspiron 640m from someone and when i was ready to use it its all in japanese or chinese. i have tried everytbing to change it. This laptop was not cleaned out so i have all of the previous owners docs etc. i thoight thought i could just put my old harddrive in it and it would work but it doesnt. i really would like to upgrade to 7 or 10 but i tbought maybe fixing tbis issue first would be best. i dont know. and i forgotto add that this dells keyboard... Cant change system language from chinese to english ..read more

I just installed Windows XP SP2 on a purpose-built, air-gapped computer which I need to run some legacy video hardware. The computer is built around an ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 motherboard, and has two identical 1 TB HDDs hooked to the two motherboard SATA ports (as well as a PCI SATA expansion card for the video capture HDDs). After a few hiccups I got the OS installed properly, but I note that the system drive is on drive E:\ and drive C:\ is empty (I'm reserving it for a possible Linux... Changing System Drive Letter? And now I can't boot to Setup ..read more

I used to have no problem using my windows xp installation cd 32 bit on my presario R3000 laptop, but now I am getting the messages: 1 Apoint exe - Bad Image The application Dll .C:\windows\system.32\vxdtf DLL is not a valid windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette. And 2 Error DLL could not be found And I can not use Maxthon 5.8.3.2000 at all. the only website I can use is Tech Support Guy. I appreciate any informaton about this problem, please ..read more