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| Vista basic loosing disk space | 7/1/2008 | Brian Benosky |
Q: I have a HP laptop with Vista basic installed on it. It seems that every day my free disk space is ...
A: Vista is using the space for System Restore points and Shadow Storage. Check out the link below for ...
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| registry | 6/30/2008 | David Freitag |
Q: Under Hkey current user, software, microsoft, windows, internet settings, zonemap, domains, there is ...
A: This information is actually working in your favor. Do not delete them. If you open Internet ...
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| Gateway Go Back | 6/30/2008 | Nathaniel Seward |
Q: I recently purchased a new computer, a gateway, and remembered the good old days with my old gateway ...
A: I did have a post a few months back. Unfortunately I am not really a gateway guy so I took the ...
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| installing and uninstalling | 6/29/2008 | David Freitag |
Q: if you install a program....say a game or something for instance and then you uninstall it, is there ...
A: This varies from program to program. Some program uninstalls are very clean and leave no program ...
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| Computer shuts down while converting Video to DVD | 6/27/2008 | Brian Benosky |
Q: I have a comp running on a Core2Duo 2.66 GHZ chip with 2 GB DDR2 RAM on a Biotech motherboard with ...
A: I'm glad you got it sorted out. Not having enough thermal paste reduces the contact points between ...
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| Computer shuts down while converting Video to DVD | 6/26/2008 | Brian Benosky |
Q: I have a comp running on a Core2Duo 2.66 GHZ chip with 2 GB DDR2 RAM on a Biotech motherboard with ...
A: I will offer you some thoughts based on what you have told me. First, I'm not sure which fan you ...
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| Computer shuts down while converting Video to DVD | 6/25/2008 | Brian Benosky |
Q: I have a comp running on a Core2Duo 2.66 GHZ chip with 2 GB DDR2 RAM on a Biotech motherboard with ...
A: Assuming that you've checked for overheating and have updated drivers, there are still a few things ...
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| Delete? | 6/23/2008 | Brian Benosky |
Q: A while ago I read an expert's answer which said that when something is deleted it isn't really gone ...
A: My apologies for not getting back to you sooner, as I have had some personal issues to deal with and ...
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| windows media player | 6/19/2008 | Brian Benosky |
Q: windows media player no longer auto starts when i insert a cd or plug my phone in to download my ...
A: I have been searching around for a solution. I believe that you just need to tell windows to prompt ...
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| windows media player | 6/18/2008 | Brian Benosky |
Q: windows media player no longer auto starts when i insert a cd or plug my phone in to download my ...
A: You're not a pain at all. I'm sorry I did not understand the problem fully. I need to know which ...
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| Using laptop during lightning storm dangerous? | 6/18/2008 | Brian Benosky |
Q: I am wondering what would happen if we use a laptop during lightning storm? Is it safe if we are in ...
A: I think it is possible that you can be shocked using the laptop during a lightning storm via static ...
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| windows media player | 6/17/2008 | Brian Benosky |
Q: windows media player no longer auto starts when i insert a cd or plug my phone in to download my ...
A: Double click on My Computer. Right click your CD drive, and click on Properties. Go to the Auto ...
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| Laptop wifi signal boosters | 6/16/2008 | Nathaniel Seward |
Q: I have been searching and searching, but have had no luck in finding a signal booster for my laptop ...
A: Well it's not really a signal booster you should be looking for. It's more of a long range wifi card ...
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| Cursor opens programs automatically | 6/15/2008 | Shän Lewis |
Q: I have Windows XP. When I move the cursor over a file, it opens that file automatically. I would ...
A: Hey Mana, Thanks for asking. If you're using a laptop with a touchpad, lowering the sensitivity ...
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| Opening images | 6/12/2008 | Shän Lewis |
Q: Not sure if this is the right area to ask this question, but when I try to open any image in my ...
A: Also, thank you for letting me know about your computer experience... makes it easy for me to ...
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| General question | 6/11/2008 | Brian Benosky |
Q: I have a general question about computers. I want to have two copies of a certain file. I usually ...
A: You are correct. As the desktop is part of Windows (or any other O/S), if the O/S drive crashes, so ...
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| General question | 6/11/2008 | Shän Lewis |
Q: I have a general question about computers. I want to have two copies of a certain file. I usually ...
A: I apologize for the delayed response as I was ill recently. However, I'm doing much better. To ...
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| Opening images | 6/9/2008 | Shän Lewis |
Q: Not sure if this is the right area to ask this question, but when I try to open any image in my ...
A: Unfortunately, I have been ill recently, which caused this delayed response. However, doctors say I ...
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| laptop keyboard input needs correction | 6/8/2008 | Nathaniel Seward |
Q: Suddenly, my laptop started writing 4 when I hit the U key, 5 for I, 6 for O, 1 for J, etc. I must ...
A: Yes you did you turned on the number lock....to get it to go back to normal you should see a key ...
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| changing computers | 6/7/2008 | Brian Benosky |
Q: I have a computer that I had built, and run windows xp home basic with 2 hard drives internal and 2 ...
A: It's possible to do, yes...but it's also not that simple. The first problem that arises is booting ...
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| Photo Storage | 6/4/2008 | Nathaniel Seward |
Q: I hope this is the right place to ask this question! I have thousands of photos stored on my ...
A: Ok without the use of a CD burner, I would say the easiest way is to use what is called a jumpdrive ...
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| Vista help | 6/1/2008 | Brian Benosky |
Q: The whole screen is like it desktop, internet explorer any icons everything. How do i get it back ...
A: It sounds like your display resolution was lowered for some reason. To change it back, right click ...
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| Vista help | 6/1/2008 | Nathaniel Seward |
Q: The whole screen is like it desktop, internet explorer any icons everything. How do i get it back ...
A: right click anywhere on the desktop and select graphics options....where it says setting make sure ...
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| Copy Editing Software | 5/30/2008 | Nathaniel Seward |
Q: I want to set myself up as a freelance online copy editor. Basically, I'll be correcting things ...
A: Well when speaking of text editing I keep thinking of Microsoft Word. I'm not sure if this type of ...
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| CD drive | 5/29/2008 | Brian Benosky |
Q: I have a Dell Dimension desktop computer and am trying to burn a music cd onto a blank CD and have ...
A: Without the exact model, I can't tell you much, except that you should put the music cd into the ...
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| dial up box | 5/29/2008 | Nathaniel Seward |
Q: I have 2 questions, different comp. one is using ME and when the dial up box comes up (analog) the ...
A: to address the issue of the checkmarks you should create a new connection and set it up ...
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| Saving my favorites on NETZERO | 5/27/2008 | John |
Q: I know this is probably easy for you...but I don't know how to do it...I have a laptop...I've saved ...
A: Go to drive C: then click on Documents and Settings You will then see a folder called all users ...
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| how much memory | 5/23/2008 | David Freitag |
Q: My family sings gospel music and we're wanting to try using a laptop as our accompaniment. I have a ...
A: Can you provide me with some specifics about your sound system so that I can suggest a method of ...
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| AC adapter for HP Compaq nx7300 | 5/21/2008 | David Freitag |
Q: A shortAC adaptors for HP Compaq nx 7300 have two output voltages: The first voltage is about ...
A: WB says; Your inference about the direction of current flow sounds correct - it could still be part ...
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| Taking screen shots in XP | 5/21/2008 | David Freitag |
Q: We made a graphic editor in Turboc.My OS is win Xp.How do i take screen shots of my ...
A: Try ctl+printscreen and see if that works. If it doesn't you should try a screen clip capture ...
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| AC adapter for HP Compaq nx7300 | 5/20/2008 | David Freitag |
Q: A shortAC adaptors for HP Compaq nx 7300 have two output voltages: The first voltage is about ...
A: One of the experts that I know said; When you say: 'It seems that the input resistance of the ...
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| AC adapter for HP Compaq nx7300 | 5/20/2008 | David Freitag |
Q: A shortAC adaptors for HP Compaq nx 7300 have two output voltages: The first voltage is about ...
A: I need to look into this. I will get back to you shortly. Best, David Does the cord coming from ...
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| windows vista | 5/14/2008 | Nathaniel Seward |
Q: Q-1 Everytime windows vista starts the internet explorer, the task bar (I think it's called the ...
A: sorry for the late response......go to start then in the search type system configuration and go to ...
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| cdrw | 5/14/2008 | David Freitag |
Q: I am having trouble with my CD RW. My computer HELP doesn't do the job. I am using a locally ...
A: After further investigation I came to the following conclusion; Packet writing software for XP is ...
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| ac adapter | 5/11/2008 | Brian Benosky |
Q: ) I have broken cables in my ac adapter for my laptop causing it to charge intermittently. The ...
A: I'm not exactly sure which part you are referring to. If you can send a link to a general picture, ...
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| How can I change a WINRar file into a utz file? | 5/10/2008 | Nathaniel Seward |
Q: I have a SonyEricsson P990i mobile phone and I have downloaded many zipped WINRar files as themes to ...
A: Well the problem to begin with is the utz files are used by symbian which Is a mobile phone OS....I ...
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| How can I change a WINRar file into a utz file? | 5/10/2008 | Brian Benosky |
Q: I have a SonyEricsson P990i mobile phone and I have downloaded many zipped WINRar files as themes to ...
A: After the download your theme, display the extensions files on Windows (Go to Folder Settings and ...
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| Noise | 5/8/2008 | Nathaniel Seward |
Q: I want to ask you why do my computer is so noisy when I turn it on? It diminishes after some time, ...
A: Usually noise especially a loud humming or rubbing noise. It usually indicates a hard drive that is ...
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| wiping my laptop clean | 5/5/2008 | David Freitag |
Q: I have a laptop thats in a bit of a mess after being used by a few less than tech savy people. I ...
A: You can always reinstall the operating system. However, you would have to reinstall all your ...
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| windows 98 | 5/5/2008 | Nathaniel Seward |
Q: What command would reinstall the boot files on a window 98 pc. Thank you ANSWER: it should be ...
A: To reinstall them you should need a boot disk...not just the Win 98 cd. A boot disk is a floppy disk ...
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