Using XP home SP3 fully updated. It seemed like this started after that last big MS update a few weeks ago. It buggered several things on my system. I just want to wipe clean and start over but I'm trying to decide on W7. MS W7 upgrade advisor says my old system will run everything fine with a couple of driver updates, so..........
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Computer
Generator
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2009-11-20
Time 12:58
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Computer:
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
User Name
Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3200+
Motherboard Name Biostar M7NCD Ultra (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400
System Memory 2048 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (02/21/05)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT (512 MB)
Monitor SyncMaster 226BW(Digital) [NoDB] (H9LP913816)
Multimedia:
Audio Adapter nVIDIA MCP2 - Audio Codec Interface
Storage:
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive WDC WD5000AAKB-00H8A0 (465 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive MAXTOR 6L040J2 (40 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Disk Drive WD 1600JB External USB Device (149 GB, USB)
Optical Drive Optiarc DVD RW AD-7190A
Optical Drive SONY DVD-ROM DDU1615 (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK