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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| My Connection Mystery Continued... | 5/1/2004 | Axel |
| Q: .You asked me to check what message I get when I telephone *#43#...remember? the answer is "Sorry, ... A: Hmm...strange thing. Anyway, my opinion - keep in mind that I never encountered this problem before ... | ||
| Connection Query? | 4/27/2004 | Axel |
| Q: .You replied to my original question but wanted some more information..remember? I am using a V.92 ... A: From what I can figure, your problem is not connected to the Systemworks or other stuff. I'm digging ... | ||
| Connection Query | 4/26/2004 | Axel |
| Q: I have a Laptop computer with an ordinary connection lead running from my computer into the phone ... A: It looks like your issue appear because of some settings you have on your Internet connection. In ... | ||
| hy, i have windos xp in... | 4/16/2004 | Jimmy |
| Q: hy, i have windos xp in hebrew and the text is too small how can i make it biger? everything i read ... A: probably the best & easiest option is on the desktop right click & choose properties (bottom 1) ... | ||
| Internet. | 4/15/2004 | Axel |
| Q: When I download a page from the internet that includes pictures I am able to receive and print the ... A: As you noticed, when you're saving a web page onto the hard drive, a separate folder with adjacent ... | ||
| buffer | 4/15/2004 | Axel |
| Q: Does Internet Explorer buffer its output (not display it until a certain amount of HTML has been ... A: I got the idea. I'm using a local web server ( Apache ) with PHP, Perl and MySQL installed for ... | ||
| buffer | 4/15/2004 | John W. Watson |
| Q: Does Internet Explorer buffer its output (not display it until a certain amount of HTML has been ... A: Charlie- In the future, I would appreciate less use of slight sarcasm that I detected in your ... | ||
| buffer | 4/14/2004 | Jimmy |
| Q: Does Internet Explorer buffer its output (not display it until a certain amount of HTML has been ... A: In short only text will display as it is recieved images will invariably take longer. The problem i ... | ||
| buffer | 4/14/2004 | Scottgem |
| Q: Does Internet Explorer buffer its output (not display it until a certain amount of HTML has been ... A: In a way it does, but I don't think you can control it. When you select a page to browse the page ... | ||
| buffer | 4/14/2004 | Huw |
| Q: Does Internet Explorer buffer its output (not display it until a certain amount of HTML has been ... A: Yes, IE does indeed seem to buffer its output. I think it's just the way it's coded and I have ... | ||
| buffer | 4/14/2004 | Axel |
| Q: Does Internet Explorer buffer its output (not display it until a certain amount of HTML has been ... A: The IE buffer is basically the place where browser is keeping temporary files. When you're visiting ... | ||
| Can a company retrieve its staff's Internet's illegal behaviour from the servers? | 4/12/2004 | Axel |
| Q: I usually carry out my security purchasings through my company network during office hour. Can the ... A: Basically, the servers can record every accessed IP and also they are able to log everything which ... | ||
| Can a company retrieve its staff's Internet's illegal behaviour from the servers? | 4/12/2004 | Jimmy |
| Q: I usually carry out my security purchasings through my company network during office hour. Can the ... A: The company can & often do check to see what employees are doing online during office hours or not ... | ||
| Help me out with web cam installation | 4/9/2004 | Axel |
| Q: Pls,My Pc is connected to internet and it's browsing very well. I bought a web camera but could not ... A: Basically, a webcam can be connected trough a USB port and Windows must detect it automatically. The ... | ||
| Open web sites | 4/9/2004 | Jimmy |
| Q: Out of the blue I cannot open web sites. I receive many newsletters which is no problem but in those ... A: Apologies for the delay, i have just joined this service & even I sometimes have PC issues too that ... | ||
| Outlook Express keyboard problems | 4/6/2004 | Corey Bryant |
| Q: I am a newbie, so my phrasing might be rough. I get my email on Internet Explorer AND Outlook ... A: Have you patched / updated your OS lately? On IE, go to Tools - Windows update. Also go to ... | ||
| Uploading to my first web site | 4/5/2004 | Corey Bryant |
| Q: I am a technodummie. I don't know how to upload my Quit Smoking mirror site from my computer to my ... A: As long as your coding is correct - you can upload one file at a time. Uploading the files has ... | ||
| My Computer Fax Program | 4/4/2004 | John W. Watson |
| Q: My Gateway computer has a fax program installed. It will transmit faxes to any state but will not ... A: John- Sounds to me like the number you're dialing into doesn't exist or you didn't put the 1 plus ... | ||
| Font/text size | 3/26/2004 | Huw |
| Q: For some mysterious reason the text (letter) size has changed all on it's own. The text (letter) ... A: and thanks for your question. Unfortunately this isn't really my area of expertise so I may not be ... | ||
| Internet security | 3/8/2004 | Huw |
| Q: Huw: According to the Symantec website, there are three areas one needs to cover to keep their ... A: I have lots of good news for you. Firstly, all the Internet security you need is included in Norton ... | ||
| BLANK EMAILS | 2/29/2004 | John W. Watson |
| Q: Question- Regardless of the regular spam guards that I have in place (the ones that yahoo offers ... A: Jason- My suggestion is to get an email program that let's you preview an email before you open it. ... | ||
| Searching the Internet for Essay question | 2/24/2004 | John W. Watson |
| Q: Edu. in the web site address is a sign that it is reliable. Any others? Which ones are not ... A: Va. Hart- Edu means it is an education institution such as a college or university. Gov means it's ... | ||
| web building getting started | 2/19/2004 | Corey Bryant |
| Q: I would like to build a web site i already found a website that gives instruction.What I would like ... A: A web hosting basically hosts your site. Maybe think of this way - a server is a house & a web ... | ||
| Where to Buy Website Address | 2/17/2004 | Scottgem |
| Q: I wish to buy a website name. Will write the HTML for it later, but first wish to acquire the URL ... A: Yes you can transfer it. In fact onedollarhosting should handle that for you. Transferring a domain ... | ||
| Where to Buy Website Address | 2/16/2004 | Scottgem |
| Q: I wish to buy a website name. Will write the HTML for it later, but first wish to acquire the URL ... A: There are several domain registrars out there. Personally I like GoDaddy.com. Hope this helps, ... | ||
| outlook express | 2/10/2004 | Vernon |
| Q: i don't use it anymore one of my e-mails got stuck in the out box and everytime i turn on outlook ... A: Probably some damage to the Outbox file or to the Folders.dbx file that keeps track of all the ... | ||
| uploading files to my website | 2/10/2004 | Fungai James Tichawangana |
| Q: i got an account with fat cow - i bought the domain name - i created a -coming soon- page in my ... A: Sorry this took so long to answer. You can download an FTP program from the Internet quite easily. ... | ||
| ad-aware | 2/7/2004 | Huw |
| Q: I've ran a scan with ad-aware and it found 145items--now I don't know what to do --get rid of them ... A: First of all, well done for choosing to run Ad-Aware. Removing spyware from your computer is ... | ||
| scan disc | 2/3/2004 | Lorry |
| Q: Lorry. Thx again for your quick reply to my recent question re scan disc//cleanup & defrag. One ... A: yes Automatically fix errors should be checked when you scan the disk. Glad to hear that you don't ... | ||
| system tools | 2/2/2004 | Lorry |
| Q: I am 66 and trying to teach myself how to learn the computer so please bear with me. Is there any ... A: The first thing you want to do is run Disk Cleanup. The next would be to ScanDisk. Why? Why bother ... | ||
| Internet browsing | 12/23/2003 | Vernon |
| Q: I have a friend who has a 5-year-old Gateway computer. He gets the internet through a dial-up ... A: There might be some slight improvement, but the main bottleneck is almost certainly the dial-up ... | ||
| internet explorer | 12/19/2003 | Vernon |
| Q: I'm running a computer with windows ME. Lately, everytime I turn on the computer it goes through ... A: Since you've already checked your Internet Connections options, this is probably NOT an issue with ... | ||
| Backing Up Information | 11/20/2003 | Vernon |
| Q: If I have information on a floppy & the same information on my computer is lost in a "crash" (as has ... A: You can copy anything from a floppy onto your hard drive, if the floppy disk is not damaged. Floppy ... | ||
| Background (Wall Paper) | 11/20/2003 | Vernon |
| Q: I have changed my wall paper numerous times. When I find one I like I just click & install it. My ... A: - No, it's not necessary, but it does waste disk space. - By not deleting files you no longer want, ... | ||
| background color of web page | 11/14/2003 | Ashley |
| Q: i am a senior citizen who has had a dell xp computer since april. since i am visually impaired the ... A: I don't know of why this would do this. How are you setting the background? You may already know ... | ||
| TASKBAR - moving it ! | 10/31/2003 | Huw |
| Q: I feel like a tv commercial. (Help!, I've moved it and can't move it back.) SOMEHOW, my taskbar is ... A: You don't mention which operating system you're using, but with every version of Windows I've used ... | ||
| Hello, Thank you first of... | 10/18/2003 | Huw |
| Q: My question consists of two parts. First: i am trying to shop around for a dial up internet service ... A: For a start, I am in the UK and so the advice I can give on American ISPs is unfortunately limited. ... | ||
| help | 10/11/2003 | Lorry |
| Q: mike asking another beginner's question! I'm assuming that when asked 'do you want to open this ... A: Let's say you downloaded a program, sometimes it is a good idea to save it to disk, that way you can ... | ||
| hello, thank you first of... | 10/10/2003 | Invisibleman |
| Q: how can i delete the internet addresses i have typed or viewed on my computer from my computer's ... A: use any of the tools below http://www.webroot.com/wb/downloads/index.php Window Washer V4.8 ... | ||
| closing open programs! | 10/4/2003 | Lorry |
| Q: lorry hi, i'm an absolute beginner! before down loading something from the net, i'm generally asked ... A: The icons for the programs that are running are located over by the Start button. The usual programs ... | ||
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