BartsPE-Builder – Burning an image

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

Name: Harold Caller
I’m using a notebook-PC with single read/burn CD drive. The MS install stuff is on a cd. Should I swap out the original MS cd with a blank while PEbuilder is creating the ISO-image, so it’s ready to burn when the image is finished?

I don’t actually think that it accesses the CD during [...]

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Boot up error drive not found

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Name: Eric
Hi Guys,
When I boot up my computer, which has been going slower and slower, I get this error message “Secondary drive 1 not found. Strike the F1 ket to continue, F2 to run the setup utility. What do I need to do to fix that? Then there is the problem that [...]

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Halo Patch for S3

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Name: sydney collins
Halo:Combat evolved is not running on my system because of my incompatible graphics drive. I learnt that there is a patch available but I don’t know where to download. Pls help

First Recommendation: Get a new graphics card. S3 has been out of the mainstream since, well, the days of 3DFX. That’s been a [...]

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Windows huge

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Name: Frank Ferus
The windows on my PC are huge, like in safe mode.
How do I get them to normal size?

Your display resolution is set to a low level, likely 640×480 (if it’s just like safe mode) or 800×600.
To set them normal do the following:
1. Right click on the desktop
2. Click on Properties
3. Select the Settings [...]

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No icons or start menu

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Name: Machelle S
when the computer was restarted the screensaver came up but nothing else no shortcut icons or start toolbar cannot retrieve any files

By “screensaver” I assume you mean the desktop background based on what you’re describing.
What appears to be happening is that your Explorer Shell is not loading, or not finishing loading. Windows is [...]

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Laptop Battery

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Name: Betsy
We have an HP Pavilion laptop, about 2 yrs old. We just replaced the battery, charged it up and it worked fine. Then we left it on the counter, unplugged, and when we tried to power it up today it was dead. Plugged it in and it is fine and the battery is charging. [...]

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Forgotten Password

Monday, August 28th, 2006

Name: lynnora
i have forgotten my windows password and didn’t create a back-up cd, just wanted to know what my options are, please help ;) thanks
Best Wishes, Lynnora Lourenco

The first, and easiest way to make the correction is to boot to safe mode, and log in as the administrator. The vast majority of machines don’t [...]

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Key problem

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

I am having a problem with one of my letter key one won’t type or not working. I have a Dell Latitude

99% of the time it’s a problem with the keyboard itself. Try hooking up a different keyboard to the machine and see what happens. If it’s still an issue then it could be a [...]

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