Microsoft Windows XP Help???

Question

Hi all you computer people. I was wondering if any of you out there have advice on the following probleme. My Hp lap top did not start for some reason and I lost my recovery disk. I git windows XP PRO and formatied the HD and installed a fresh copy of Windows Pro. There are a few probelemes.
One probleme is I have o sound
Seconds problem is, I can't seem to connet to the internet. I tried my own wireless network and nothing. Under control pannel>Internet connection etc the is no icons for local or wireless networks. I seem to rember that i need to cinfihure my wireless card or something, but how? My XO Pro is a new fresh copy and I tried reinstalling it. the copy is only about 560MB so, I think that might be the Probleme.

If anyone has any info or advice, please contact me or post it on the snwer list.

Thnaks for your understanding.

Answer 1

Most HP and Compaq notebook PCs manufactured between 2001 and 2005 are shipped with an Operating System Disc (OSD) that contains a full version of the Windows XP operating system. Depending on the notebook model, the disc may be a CD or a DVD. This disc is useful when your notebook PC has software problems that require the operating system to be repaired or reinstalled. Follow the steps in this document to repair or reinstall Windows XP if necessary.
Repair Windows using the Operating System CD-ROM
Windows XP can be repaired using the OSD included with your notebook PC. Follow the steps below to repair your operating system. These steps will not result in the loss of data.
Connect the AC adapter and turn on the notebook PC.
Insert the OSD into the CD or DVD drive.
Press and hold the Power button for five seconds to turn off the notebook.
Press the Power button again to start the notebook.
Press any key to boot from CD when prompted. The Welcome to Setup screen is displayed.
Press the Enter key to continue. A Licensing Agreement screen is displayed.
Press the F8 key to accept the agreement and continue. The Setup window is displayed.
Press R to repair the selected Windows installation. The repair process might take several minutes to complete. The notebook restarts into Windows after the process is complete.
Reinstall Windows using the Operating System Disc
Windows XP can be reinstalled using the OSD included with your notebook PC. Reinstalling the operating system may be necessary if repairing or otherwise restoring Windows does not fix the problem. Reinstalling Windows is not the same process as repairing Windows.
WARNING: Personal data and software you have installed on the notebook will be lost during the OSD reinstall. HP recommends that you make a backup copy of all personal data before beginning this process. For information on creating a backup copy of your data see Microsoft's Backup Basics (in English).

Follow the steps below to reinstall your operating system:
Connect the AC adapter and turn on the notebook PC.
Insert the OSD into the CD or DVD drive.
Press and hold the Power button for five seconds to turn off the notebook.
Press the Power button again to start the notebook.
Press any key to boot from CD when prompted. The Welcome to Setup screen is displayed.
Press the Enter key to continue. A Licensing Agreement screen is displayed.
Press the F8 key to accept the agreement and continue. The Setup window is displayed.
Press the Esc key to continue installing a fresh copy of the operating system without repairing.
Press Enter to setup the operating system.
Press C to continue using this partition.
Select Format the partition using the NTFS file system (Quick) and press Enter. A caution is displayed that formatting this drive will delete all current files.
To cancel this procedure press the Esc key on the keyboard.
To continue with reformatting your hard drive press the F key on your keyboard.
The reinstallation process begins and may take several minutes to complete. The notebook restarts into Windows after the process is complete.
NOTE: When prompted for the product key, refer to the Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity located on the bottom of the notebook

Answer 2

Microsoft XP is a standalone Software. It is the Operating System necessary to make your Laptop computer Work. Normally you may have Windows XP installed and then the Laptop Vendor at his own prerogative or at your request may install Microsoft Office ( Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access FrontPage etc. belong in here.) on your Laptop. It is not necessary that just because you bought a brand new Laptop it has to come installed with Microsoft Office as well. Surely some kind of Office should have been installed. You should ask your Laptop Vendor as to what happened. It is possible that the vendor did not install Office Program because he would have to buy it separately as office Suite too, is a stand-alone Program. It is also a possibility that there is some version of Office installed on your Laptop and that the Vendor just did not create an Icon for it on the desktop. Do a ' search ' within your laptop and see if it has Corel WordPerfect or some such version of Word ( and other such programs ) are installed.

Answer 3

If you're not getting sound, it's probably because you deleted the driver program that XP Pro needs in order to get the speakers working... and chances are, if you can't connect to the Internet, the problem is simmilar. If your modem doesn't have the programs it needs to connect to the Internet, then the modem won't work at all. I know you can download the programs you need from the Internet, then put them in the computer you need them in, so it will run properly, but unfortunately, I don't have knowledge as to where you can find those programs.

I run Windows XP, too, but I have the Home Edition... nothing all that special... but my computer is a Dell model. I don't know if there are any differences in programming between Dell and HP, so I can't help you any more than this; but see if you can find out if the hypothetical problems I listed above are correct... if not, then I don't know.

Answer 4

Well your first problem sound: It seems you have to download the driver for the sound on your system. Most hp laptops have soundmax integrated audio in them so you can try downloading the driver from www.soundmax.com.

The second problem i.e networking: The copy of win dat you have is an old version hence it doesn't have wireless networking available on it. If you are using a genuine Ms Win xp copy then you can rectify this by downloadin the sp2 final. And if you are using a pirated copy then ask your vendor to provide you with a sp2 integrated win xp cd.
This should solve the problem.

Answer 5

I just called my DSL Tech support today, Tuesday at Noon, and they helped me clearly set the connection settings up.

Setting up a new connection you need to select: "Never dial a connection." and make sure in the Advanced part that none of boxes are checked. Your DSL service provider should be able to make sure I remember all the correct steps.

You will need to reinstall your sound card drivers or update the drivers through the guided steps from inside the Device Manager.

Answer 6

Godd chance that neither the wireless or wired ethernet drivers got installed. You need to go to the HP website and find the drivers for the hardware you have. This will apply to sound as well.

Answer 7

You will need to go to Microsoft and download the sound drivers and you need to install the Internet provider program as well as any other programs which you had on the computer. Good luck.

Answer 8

You must install the drivers if you have a fresh installation of windows xp.
once you install the drivers. you'll have sound and internet.

Answer 9

connect your computer manually to the ethernet port. then redownload all the drivers for all your hardware through controll pannel add hardware

Answer 10

You must re-install all your drivers. They were deleted with everything else when you reformated.