Windows XP

I mean as a collection or something, like some ppl keep old motorcycles and old cars in their garages even though they can afford new ones?

Hello Tom's Hardware Community! My Dad has an old IBM Thinkpad Laptop running Windows XP. In the past months, the screen would just randomly black out (and stay black). But, while annoying, just closing the computer and waiting for it to go to sleep and opening it back up would make it work...

Previously i was using xp which got virus and half of my whole hard disk of different drives became empty. then i formatted C: and installed windows 7 ultimate 32bit. after about its 1 week, D: drive got access denied. permission was of full control so i did chkdsk. yes, it worked and later...

How can I view my laptop monitor and tv screen at the same time, to watch the same page, ( tv connected by vga cable. ) Thanks

I was given a Dell Latitude D600 by a family friend who was going to trash it because it will not power on, however when you plug it in using the power chord, the green battery light and others come on as if its charging or something is happening but when you hold down the power button for any...

Having issues attempting to repair an old dell laptop. Inspiron Mini 10. The first issues arose after receiving an alleged update to Firefox..They manifested themselves in an error when attempting to launch MFF. That is to say, it wouldn't start. It said the runtime was not found. I then...

I want to convert my xolo android tab into windows xp

I have an older dell vostros 1700 running xp with a core 2 duo and 2 gigs of ddr2 and was looking for a decent game to play and ran upon syberia 2 on orgin and was curious how well the system will run it

toshiba satellite running xp can see the network but will not connect to it

Hi, I know it's very old laptop with dual core, 1 gb of ram ddr2, and integrated graphics, small hdd, but for some peoples it will be good, for browsing internet, watch movies online, listen music, check fb, and etc. simply tasks. I will think reinstall xp, but I see it have more and more...

So I just built a water cooled pc with the new titan xp, 6950x, rgb trident z and we got all of our tubes bent tubes fit in the fittings and everything turns on except for the top portion of the ram. The bottom portion turns on perfect, also, when we plug it in, nothing happens. The boot menu...

I am looking for opinions. My little ASUS Eee PC 900 series notebook is running xp. Because xp is no longer supported, I was just wondering if anyone has upgraded to win 7? Is this at all possible?? Thank you.

looking to factory reset, what would be needed to update to newest version of windows?

Is anyone else having issues with the newest version of avast free version 17.2.2288 (build 17.2.34190)? I'm using this on a legacy XP SP3 computer. Anytime I create/copy/move a file onto a network share, it will lock the file and make it inaccessable to programs. I've tried this on network...

I have ThinkPad IBM I have a LG K7 phone. I can't get my ThinkPad to hook up to my LG K7 phone it says my USB my Hotspot is active but my ThinkPad isn't reading it accepting it now I'm a newbie any help would be greatly appreciated it says something about a driver but how do I get a driver on my...

Can i change Graphics Card or install 3DFX driver in Windows XP in VMware Workstation? I have nGlide but i want to know if is possible to install Voodoo driver like in PCem and DOSBox.

I have a Toshiba satellite laptop M35x-S149 running win xp pro. I install Windows XP Pro I noticed that it was missing a lot of the drivers the ethernet controller video controller Excetra.. I found and downloaded them with my flashdrive and they now seem to be working fine. I'm showing internet...

This question was address several times over the years, but I could find no recent solution, and with Win 10 in full swing, the situation has changed. I would like to use XP Mode but it's not available for Win 7 Home Premium. I have a Win 7 Home premium pc and have been running into problems...

i found a old advent laptop on xp i formatted and installed vista it wont work can anyone tell how to install an os?

hey guys i have a windows xp toshiba satellite m70 131, i have been trying to boot it to windows 7 but it doesnt work even i set boot order properly and now a second problem appears "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" is there a solution to this?

I need help getting past password for acer aspire one windows xp. Forgot my password please help

Hello, so I'm trying to help out my step brother by reformatting is ancient laptop, but it's giving me an error message during the final part of the process, deleting the partition. I initiated the reformat process from the iso file located on the harddrive which I learned wasn't possible as it...

How to turn off windows XP computer running windows when mouse does not work?

I recently downloaded and installed both the x86 version, and XP/Atom version (specifically designed to run on low-powered processors) of Pale Moon after having the browser recommended to me because of its supposedly low CPU-usage – this appealed to me because I am using an older dual-core...

My Dell D630 Windows Vista was acting up. I installed Windows XP with a disc I had from my HP, now it is missing a bunch of drivers and no internet connection. I cant log in to download the drivers

I have upgraded my Toshiba Tecra S430. It originally came with xp professional, but I have installed Windows 7...along with additional ram and a larger harddrive. One of the need drivers is called the Toshiba Common Modules driver. Windows 7 blocks this driver because of compatibility issues...

Compaq presario r3000 onstalling window xp home but no disk drivers on hard drive and corrupted files

I've got old IBM ThinkPad T40 with 9cell battery (72 Wh) Windows XP. It shows full charge capacity 11.5Wh now. From 100% to 0 it takes about 40 minutes and then laptop works another two hours. I tried three full cycles, but capacity is still the same (even little less). In BIOS I haven't found...

I tried booting windows xp disk, same error. I boot into ubuntu now. Help? I have access to system32 file, I just don't know what to do

i know in windows 7+ it comes build in the option to add a printer that is print to PDF but i need it for windows xp is there a way to add or install it on xp? thx in adv

Hello! I newly clean installed a windows xp sp3 on a desktop I've been working on for quite a while, yes, windows xp, we have no other option the pc is kind of old, (2003-ish?). Anyway, it's a desktop that has communication needs. I need options, any suggestions? We've tried installing skype...

My Toshiba satellite m35-s456 will not boot from any drive. In bios (phoenix 1.5) it shows no bootable drives. I've tried to boot from USB,optical drive which spins and lights up but after about 10 seconds the light just stays on and, the HD also spins with the HD light also stays on. When I...

All my wireless devices work 2 laptops windows 7 and xp, samsung smart tv, and iphone.I have.as my provider Century Link. The lap top I was given now will sometimes detect more that none wireless network but when I click on the bubble in the task bar the search screen says no wireless networks...

hi sir, i want to take a new laptop core i3 or core i5 laptop, can i install windows xp 32 bit on it. bcoz the software i use is FabriWin, which only runs on windows xp, can i install xp on 5th generation new laptop? or suggest me new laptop with good configuration which will support windows xp.

i tried to install norton antivirus but its giving me a message that there was some sort of error but won't tell me why. when i try to send the error report to norton tells me that another error occurred and the error report wasn't sent

I have a magnavox tv it says I can connect a computer so I did when it first came on it was great I saw my logo on tv but bam. It went off says not available what can I di

What are the requirements to download sims 4 on window xp laptop

Hi there, Before anyone comments asking why, it is for nostalgia and I suppose better performance (Maybe). (I'm really looking for an answer not why). I am looking to install either 32 or 64 bit Windows XP pro on my Acer Aspire E14 (E5-411-C9KS), simply for nostalgia and maybe better...

I press one key 'a' and get 'as' with Word 2007. 'Q' and w' both produce 'qw' when pressed.

I need to I hack into a Dell Inspiron 600M notebook PC. I do not know the username or password. I think that it is running Windows XP. It belonged to my sister that committed suicide. My mother wants to know what was going through her head. How can I hack into this PC? Thank you for your help.

I am having a DELL Venue 7 tablet with Android OS.I want to connect to my Windows XP ,PC. DELL does not support Windows XP.Is there any software available which I can down load.Any Web link will be appreciated. Thanks, V.Muralidharan E-mail address removed for your security. I selected as...

My laptop keeps typing "9" by itself, and freezes for several mins... What could be the problem?

I have this laptop but there seems to be some problem with the optical drive - it doesn't play/recognize discs. I downloaded a media player to play DVDs but games still don't play. Does anyone know a way to get physical game to work on this make of laptop?

How do I go about upgrading my wife's Dell Inspiron 1545 from Windows XP to Windows 7 Home Premium?

Need to know what supply voltage needed for laptop Toshiba protege m100 win xp

hi does anyone has the problem receiving a file or anything from skype in windows xp...i have a problem went i sent to other people the can receive but if i want to receive the file i cannot receive. it show download but nothing can be download. please help i'm using windows xp for my old pc at...

Yesterday I took my laptop into a PC for your shop is run by a oriental man if you know what that word means then is been under a rock. For some time the F key on my Dell Latitude D630 has been broken for some time and I was using an external keyboard to type. The first PC repair shop that I...

Oookaaay… after spending two days on the web looking for an answer, I’m at my wits end. I have an Acer Aspire One AOD 250 running XP SP3. The HD died and I replaced it and restored XP. So far so good. Except that the sound is coming though crackley and tinny and buzzy. I ran a movie, and the...

Hello there, Well as the title says, I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop with Windows XP that I am looking to optimize and increase performance. Aside from being my only computer right now, I sort of want to take this task on as a pet project and as a way to learn some new things. So that...

Ok here is the deal. Windows has be come more and more demanding with Windows updates lately.Especially with Windows 10 And it's ad's and bugs. Here is a list of things to get windows updates off line.You can store all the updates and a copy of windows install on a flash drive i would...

my laptop shut off itself in middle while installing window xp please help mi understand what may the problem

Hello, I am having problems with opening my file for the updated adobe flash player. I have xp on my laptop. I can download it with no problem but when I go into the file I cannot open it to run the program. I hope you can help me. Thank you.

i want to install windows XP pro service pack 3 in my Asus k53S laptop. It has i3 processor, 2.30 Ghz, 4gb ram, 64bit operating system.

i just had a new battery installed but there is a pop up error message that shows windows could not load the installer for battery

I have an old Gateway M465-E MA6 laptop that is pretty old. I have had this computer for good part of 5 years. (It has sat up for about 2 of those years)Though I know that it is towards the end of its life span I recently wanted to pull it down and give it a new OS and give it to my girlfriend...

In recent weeks, I have suffered a tsunami of slow running scrips (on Firefox) that freeze my Internet session. Stopping the scripts only freezes things tighter. I wind up going to the Task Manager to kill the session. What is going on? Is my experience unusual?

I have WIndows XP on my Dell Inspiron 5100 can I upgrade to Windows 7?

I have been holding out with Win XP untill now but my old PC went bye bye. I got a refurbished one with Windows 10 and so far have been able to make it behave fairly similar to XP (to prevent my old mind from exploding). I cannot seem to find out, however, how to make it remember folder size...

MSE wont run on it and the old defender that i used to have is gone. Is there a 'decent' free antivirus / malware that is not a major resource hog?

What is the keyboard command for sending an e-mail using Outlook Express in Windows XP ?