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Well QL takes up 1" of the task bar and the new pinning takes up 1/2" per item and by clicking one it will open the prog in the same spot on the taskbar as it was located wile pinned so it takes up more roomand moves them more out towerds the clock so I conceder that not only scattered, but useless to me
Sorry for late reply
Tapping delete key opens up my bios menu, yes. I have set CD/DVD as first boot device. i rebooted my computer with XP CD, nothing happenned. yes, thats what my computer looks like when i restart yea andd im already using an old PS2 keyboard.
i hope there is a solution to my problem, i really despise w7 right now
Excellent reply ... the detail really helps ... and don't worry about the "late" reply. Actually, I am glad you have a life. You are welcome to come back here at your convenience.
OK, good ... you can edit the bios, ps2 keyboard, CD-ROM first boot device. But you say "nothing happens"? Please be more helpful here. When you reboot the computer, it should go through its boot process routine, check memory, search for hard drives etc. Then you should get a "boot to CD" message followed by a "press any key to boot from CD"? That can not be "nothing happens". If the computer can not find something to boot to, it will say it has to have a bootable device to continue.
Or, when you reboot the computer, continue tapping the F12 key (like you did to enter the bios) until the "Boot Menu" appears. When you select to boot from the CD what happens? What message do you get next, if any?
If you have another bootable CD, what happens when you boot with that in the CD Drive and reboot the computer? Will the computer boot to it?
Do you have a SATA DVD Drive? Does it have a thin cable plugged into the motherboard? (If it is an IDE Drive, it will have a wide cable) If it is SATA, turn off the computer power and plug the cable into a different connector on the motherboard, switch connections with another drive if there arn't any open ones.
oo when i enter boot setup it says "To boot from CD:" but it would usually say "To boot from CD: press any key to boot w/e" but now it just says "To boot from CD:" then blank. i only have one cd drive, my cd drive can run movies and everything else so im sure its fine. also i have tried other CDs they have the same problem as the "To boot from CD:"
umm im not sure what a SATA DVD drive is
but! i have reformatted in the past but this problem occurs when i reformatted to w7. i don't know if its windows 7 problem or me, but i couldnt reformat after i installed windows 7, i have reformatted in the past, yes many times.
your so helpful thank you very much but nothing seems to work
Well ... if your current DVD drive is not booting ANY CDs, then the only step I can think of is to try a different Drive. If you have any friends with extra parts laying around, or can borrow a CD Drive from someone, you could connect a known good CD-Rom in place of the DVD. The XP install disk is a bootable CD so all you need to reinstall XP is a CD-Rom. If you have no other option, CD-Roms are not that expensive to purchase. Then after XP is up and running, you can connect the DVD back up and see if is working or not?
Cheers!
Robert
No key is deactivated in the process. It is simply illegal to continue to use the upgraded copy of XP if the Windows 7 installation is in use. The EULA does not address this situation where the user does not want Windows 7 any longer, but I can assure you that the XP key will still work. It will, however, probably require a phone activation with Microsoft.