my brother wants to borrow my XP disc to load onto his computer, I told him this is a no no as I heard it can lead to problems with Microsoft if you connect up to the internet, does anyone know specifically what will happen?
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When i tryed installing a new dvd rom on my computer, it installs drivers for a cd rom instead.
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I told her to install the drivers for the graphics card. She's tried twice; each time it goes through the driver installation, and tells her to restart. Upon restarting, it goes to the Windows loading screen, and then (as best I can tell from what she's telling me) the monitor looses signal from the PC. Screen goes black, monitor light goes from green to orange. Computer is still on; it doesn't restart. She can only get back in via safe mode...........
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