setup menu

Hi, I am attempting to reinstall windows xp home on my mom’s Dell 740 optiplex computer with the Dell reinstallation CD that came when unit was purchased. All her files were copied to a flash drive & no need to recover data. Have done this in past without any problems but this time I can’t seem...

I have this with my win 7 machine. Ione of my computers stops as it's being started. as it is coming up, in the upper right of the screen is: F1 setup...

So you just installed Windows 8 Preview and have discovered the Start screen but no 'Start menu' or button as such. Well this guide will show you how to quickly configure your Start screen as if it was your old Win 7 start menu. This is by no means the only way and is just one way of using...

On some newer systems (even home built), the function key message for entering Setup (or any other message) disappears before you get a chance to read it and some monitors are slow to display text when powering up the system, so you may have to reboot to read it again. So, during the boot...

When you activate "Administrative Tools" to show up in Menu Start, you get this nice list of tools. I am trying to create the same kind of shortcut there right under it, but looks like the area is blocked, you can't drop anything in this area of start menu, unless there is a trick to do it. I...