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claims and testimonials made. Really unbelievable. One said the cleaner he tried
External HDD not seen [View all] I was working on a client's PC yesterday which was a new install of XP Home SP-2. It was "bare bones" in that there were no apps or even motherboard d
Toshiba satellite pro date/time problem [View all] Hi,
I have a rather old Toshiba satellite pro 4280. It works very well except it no longer keeps the proper date/time. Is that a problem anyone has
accessing the web on holiday [View all] Hi this may be slightly off topic, but here goes:
We are planning a trip to Europe in the next 6 months or so. We need internet access to check bank
Can't download Adobe Flash Player [View all] I've been trying to download Flash player for two days, but for some reason it isn't being downloaded. It's not in the Downloads folder and a search
Problem with XP Folder View [View all] I have the following problem with a new PC running WinXP Home:
Anytime I click on a folder in XP to open it, it opens up the search view in the exp
Download TV Tuner software? [View all] In light of my earlier "I hate ATI" software thread, I have given up on ATI software. But it got me thinking, is the AIW card I have that bad? Or is
Want Cooler PC [View all] Dell 8400 3.2 P4 w/ Geforce 256 6800. PC is enclosed on the sides, open front and back, in a cabinet. When in the cabinet the fans sometimes run hard,
internet scrabble sites [View all] A senior relative has asked me if there are any safe internet Scrabble sites and I don't know the answer. This is my sister and she is gun-shy since s
SATA/IDE questions [View all] My MB has both IDE and SATA inputs. My COMBO CDRW/DVD drive is capable of both SATA and IDE. Right now I have 2 HD's on IDE 1 and the Combo CD drive
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My Vista Ultimate arrived today [View all] I hope to have time to install it tomorrow, But I have a few questions for anyone who installed Vista and was running Norton System Works 2006.
I r
COM Surrogate has encountered an error [View all] Hi everyone. I am running Windows XP SP2 and WMP 11. I am currently having the following problem with WMP.
About half the time I close WMP I get
Shaky mouse pointer [View all] I'm having a strange mouse issue. All of a sudden, my pointer has become unsteady, it shakes around almost as if it's vibrating, even if the mouse is
Firefox and Thunderbird [View all] As most of you know I have re-built my PC and had to install new OS on new HDD. I have my old HDD setup as slave. How can I pull my Thunderbird Addres
Vista DVD Slideshow [View all] Has anyone found a DVD Slideshow program that works in Vista?
I downloaded the new update version of Arcsoft DVD slideshow that was supposed to mak
Vista license key question [View all] I have a Vista Business key that was intended to be used to install 64-bit Vista on my desktop. After reading a bit about compatibility problems in th
a8v-vm sata won't work [View all]
Have a brand new mobo and sata drive.I can't load windows xp home because computer doesn't see sata. My mother board manuel says to install the win
ASUS A8V-VM [View all] It's been awhile since I've been here, and kind of fell out ocf the PC loop nowadays. I am about to purchase a new little setup since I just fried my
LAN Cable Length [View all] Can anyone tell me what the maximum length of a LAN cable can be? I want to hook a computer up to my router that is in another room. It will be at l
Default Browser Problem In Vista [View all] If I am using FireFox as my browser and I click on a link from within FireFox it opens in FireFox but if I click on a link from like Yahoo Messenger o
dreamweaver 8 - active X [View all] I am fooling around with Dreamweaver 8 trying to make a
simple web site. I began buy useing one of their starter page
templates... I actually mad
Comcast ups speed? [View all] I just discovered that my Comcast internet service has been quietly increased from the previous 6Mb/s to 8Mb/s. the upload speed is still 384KB/s. P