Need help with Laptop and Windows Xp

Hello, I have a pretty good problem on hand, I recently bought a used laptop, and in order to have everything in my name I copied a verison of Windows Xp Professional on it, and now its not reconizing the Modem, or the built in Camera, it didnt have any desktop items, but they are in the start-up file, The windows it had on it before was Xp Home edition, would this make a big difference? What should I do to get the built in hardware to work, the person I bought it from did not have any disk with it..Please help, Thanks

 

What do you mean by "I copied a verison of Windows Xp Professional on it"?

 

Well I mean I installed Windows Xp Pro on it, sorry, when it comes to this kind of thing im pretty lost, what should I do to get my modem and built in camera back? Thanks

 

Go to your device manager and see if this hardware is a.present and b.has any exclamation or crosses over them.

From the device manager you can troubleshoot both devices which may resolve your problem or check the drivers.

Device Mang: right click My Comp > Properties > Hardware (tab) > Device Manager

 

Was it done as a fresh/clean installation with a hard drive format? Otherwise, you may have created some conflicts as upgrade installations can be a bummer sometimes. Check the device manager to see if the devices are listed and have no problems. Problems will be indicated by a yellow exclamatrion mark.

 

Thanks, I did that and it says I need to be connected to the internet for it to search for software, Im starting to wonder if it even has a modem installed in it, it has a slot for a phone line, but the person who had it before I think they used wireless internet.. it has a place on the front that says Magic Gate. Im not sure Thanks for your help

 

Hello, Yes it has Yellow marks beside them in the device manager, this really stinks, But i think it install properly. Thanks

 

Do you mean a jack (female plug), if so this will be the modem (laptop modems are very small). Even if previous owner used wireless this doesn't mean that modem was removed!! You can have and or use both, just the wireless offers greater flexibility and potential speed.

Try the trouble shooting in the Device Manager but use the installation disk as the source (XP Pro).

 

It sounds like just a driver problem. The Manufacturer website should have the drivers available for download.

What was the ServicePack installed on the XP Home and what is the ServicePack you now have with the Xp Pro installation. If you went from Xp Home SP2 to XP Pro SP1 or older, that may have caused your problem. You may be able to uninstall the Pro upgrade.

 

Yes I did go from Xp Home SP2 to a older verison of Xp pro, a friend give me that disk 2 years ago. I might have deleted the entire windows xp home, because some how I got into the C: drive and deleted it, Lord only knows what I did.. Looks like Im going to have to spend money to buy windows? Thanks for all your help, anything else please let me know. Oh and about the modem, Not sure if its a female plug? but my phone line did plug into, just isnt recognizing the modem to get online, I do believe it is just a driver problem, just unsure how to fix it since I dont have a proper disk, and I cant get online for updates..

 

Also I had a question about the memory on this laptop I bought, it says

Intel(R) M Processor 1.86GHz
1.86 GHz
0.99 GB of RAM

Does that mean I dont have much memory or what? This is the first time I have every had a laptop, so I dont know?

 

Now when I try to go into Remote Desktop Connection it tells me The Domain does not contain any Terminal Servers, What does that mean?

 

also when i tried to set up my internet connection it says Unavailable - Device missing. does that mean the modem is gone or just the driver? Please help, sorry so many questions

 

Download EVEREST from this site and look under Motherboard > Memory.

Have you tried to troubleshoot your modem in the Device Manager!?!