Spanning large files to a CD [View all] I'm giving my trusty old Pentium II 300 to my daughter-in-law. I've put in a new CD-RW and CD, done a fresh install of W98 and all basic software. In
Symantec rebates received [View all] I can't remember for sure which these were for, but I think it was system works 2002, purchased from Amazon. A $20 and a $30 rebate were included for
Card Reader [View all] I am a professional wildlife photographer and for the past few years have been downloading my work directly from my camera, with all the associated pr
PC crashing with a corrupt C: drive. [View all] Bit of a panic on this one. With Christmas a few days away my youngest lads PC has decided to play silly buggars on me. Seeing as though he is getting
Spellcheck in OE 6 problem---fixed [View all] My system is XP, SP1, with IE6 & OE6. OE6 spellchecker is enabled, but when I use it, I get a message "spellcheck on this message was halted. Do you w
Problem when starting up. [View all] Hi
I am running Win 95B. The computer is seven years old.
Sometimes when I start my computer it hangs during the boot up.
Its been happening for some
incorrect hard drive capacity [View all] hey , i have a maxtor 40 gb drive which i have been using for a while. the capacity is usually set to about 37.2 which is correct. however, i have jus
restart prob from upgrade of puter [View all] puter keeps shutting down and restarting after upgrade of puter.
i installed the asus a7v133 mobo and 1.1ghz amd from my puter into a new case and in
Adding Password in Shared Computer [View all] Can I add an additional Password to Windows 2000?
The company I work for has just installed a new system. Each user now has a PC (IBM) and uses Wind
No pictures, just a red x [View all] I have a dell pentium 3 running windows ME. Sometimes when I click on a small picture to make it larger, all I get is a box with a red x in the top
Lots of helpful Windows tips. [View all] Found this on http://refdesk.com/ this morning. Good reading.
Steve
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CD labels: YES or NO? [View all] Somwbody says that the data are stored on the upper side of the CDs and it is no good to apply printed labels on CDs? If this is true should we apply
monitor switches off [View all] hi to you all
bought an old pentium 2, 350 mhz. 128 sdram, win98,( AT form factor )
worked ok but noticed that the psu fan did not work and consequen
Zone Alarm and Network Puzzle Solved [View all] Edit :- I think I've fixed this JP, Sonny Komet........I finally got fed up with Zone Alarm, so I've installed Kerio, and after some more fiddling add
NTSF vs Fat 32 [View all] I'm contemplating reformating my XP partition to NTFS using Partition Magic 7.0. How can I verify which programs will/will not run on this platform?
win xp refresh rate problem...please help [View all] Hello everyone. I am having an issue with Win XP and Unreal Tournament 2003. I have a Radeon 9700 Pro and I enable v-sync in the card's settings. My r
Video Card advice [View all] Hello all ,
I would like some advice as to what video card I should purchase for the home computer.
Looking for an AGP card and we do not wish to spen
can't open any programs [View all] hi... earlier today i was using the computer without any problems..a short time later,for unknown reasons,i wasnt able to open any programs ... if a c
NVIDIA Riva TNT2 model 64 and digital LCD [View all] A friend asked me if he should buy a digital or analog LCD monitor. I asked him what type of video card he had and he said NVIDIA Riva TNT2 model 64.
Hard Drive Led [View all] I just noticed that my hard drive led flashes very briefly about once per second. I can hear head movement, so the drive is definitely doing somethin
Formatting External HDD's [View all]
Does anyone know how to format an external 2.5 inch HDD that has never been formatted before?
I'm making my own external drives from hard dr
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Fisheyed [View all] I installed a new MSI video card and since installation my boot up screen has taken on a fisheyed appearance. Even the BIOS is fisheyed. When Windows
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