Re: Off topic: Windows
- From: "Dave Baker" <DaveBaker@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 14:14:31 +0100
"The Todal" <deadmailbox@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sorry to post off topic but there are several people here whose advice I
would trust on computer-related matters.
Scenario: family member has a Dell laptop which is working reasonably fine
(though is now out of warranty and any support would have to be paid for),
but the owner of said laptop, hoping to improve matters, puts his Windows
installation disk in, and runs through the Windows XP installation program
after which the USB ports are behaving erratically, not detecting the
mouse or printer.
I have tried a few things without success. It just seems to be the USB
ports that are the problem but I don't know what other latent problems
there might be. I am inclined to reformat the HD and reinstall XP. There
really isn't likely to be another way of fixing it, is there?
Might be several ways. Try this first if the mouse works for long enough to
allow you to do so.
Go into Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, System, Device Manager,
USB Controllers and run Troubleshoot. See what it tells you.
Try booting in Safe Mode if the mouse won't work at all.
Google for "XP System Restore". XP allows you to restore the operating
system to an earlier configuration so you should be able to put it back the
way it was before this reinstall.
--
Dave Baker
www.pumaracing.co.uk
"Why," said Ford squatting down beside him and shivering, "are you lying
face down in the dust?"
"It's a very effective way of being wretched," said Marvin.
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