Ravencajun, I have a question for you. I have my removable disk in and it won't let me safely remove it. The device generic volume cannot be stopped right now keeps coming up. I have my pictures on there and don't want to lose them. I use Ulead Photo Explorer to view them, I have been deleting extra copys on there. I did go to Task Manager and clicked applications and two things were running in there. 1.)Safely remove hardware icon gone in XP C 2.)Ulead Photo Explorer 8.0 F:\ Running. If I stop them will I lose my pictures? Please, could you give me advice on this problem. Thank you.

right when you plug something into your usb ports then it will pop up down in the systray. be sure you right click on that flash drive and let your AV scan it prior to running just in case it could have an infection, many are running into infections traveling on usb flash drives.

You shouldn't have to open two breakers. The rangetop should be connected to a double-pole breaker (twice the width of the other breakers). If it isn't, it was installed in violation of code. (I've seen a 240v central air-con unit improperly wired to two separate breakers.) To test, set meter on 200 volts range or higher. Touch one probe of the voltmeter to the metal junction box. Touch the other to the red and black wires in turn. You should read close to zero volts, or at least something under about 20 volts. If both are zero or nearly so, as a backup check, set the meter to 500 volts or higher. Touch one probe to red and the other to black. You should again read only a very small voltage reading, if any. It's safer and better, IMO, to test with a test light or Wiggy, for several reasons.

If the wire is a tap to feed an outlet, no. Even in knob & tube taps ended in boxes. The K&T branch circuit can end in 'space' (and they often did) at a knob (round porcelain fixture with a nail through the center. K&T was insulated, but the old rubber insulation is very often dried out and brittle, especially if the copper wires are old enough to not be solder dipped (AKA 'lead plated'). The rubber reacts with the copper to harden and shrink. Solder dipping the wires before applying the rubber was the 'fix' for that particular problem, and even persisted into early AC wire to keep the rubber insulation separated from the copper wire.