I got a hand-me-down Acer with the external DVD/floopy drive.  I'm
trying to install the MS Streets & Trips 2001 with the option to
install the run CD to the hard drive so I don't need to pull out the
external drive all the time.

I'm hoping to tap the infinite resources represented in here... I've bought
myself a second hand Acer Travelmate 735TLV from work to use as a writing
computre, chucked WinXP Pro onto it, and all seems fine, except one vitally
important thing.  When I plug a USB thumb drive into it ...

I live in Sweden, and I bought a Acer Aspire 1632WLC.
I have problems when I connect it to my TV.
I only got a black and white picture on the TV-screen.
I can see the XP Home Windows, and I can look at DVD films, but only in