eSATA and Hot Swappability [View all] I have a "hot swappable" drive mystery I can't seem to resolve. Realizing that "eSATA" hardware is relatively new there isn't much technical help to b
Startup delay [View all] I have a computer here that has been displaying some weird problems for the last few months. First the hard drive went south so it was replaced with a
Surge Protection For TV [View all] How big a APC Back-UPS do I need for my TV,Home Theater and HD Cable Box?
My TV is a 46" LCD - 310 Watts
Home Theater - 110 Watts
Cable box - I don
Where Does Windows Hide It? [View all] This is driving me batty(-ier). I like to save files to the Desktop for easy access. However, lately, after I save a file to Desktop, and then look
What does my Ad Aware - Data Miner mean? [View all] I am running Ad-Aware SE. I run it every two weeks or so and I can't believe the garbage that I get. And trust me, the wife and I don't visit and rogu
Norton update failure [View all] I have been getting the following error when running Norton Live Update in NSW Premier 2006. The Symantec Security Software Update (English) refuses t
Outlook Express Slow Opening at Boot Up [View all] When I open Outlook Express for the first time after boot up, it opens very slowly. After this first time, it will open almost immediately. It start
Anybody in TechNet Plus? [View all] I was trolling around another forum yesterday and saw a thread on TechNet . After doing some quick Googling and research, I was VERY tempted to go out
Diskette Drive A Error [View all] When I boot, the computer gives me a Diskette drive A error...press Esc to resume, F1 to setup.
(There is no disk in).
What can I do?
Macromedia Adobe Flash Player 9.0 [View all] Often, when I'm viewing websites, a pop-up appears in the top margin advising that I need to install the latest version of Adobe Flash Player 9.0. I
If You Want To Dual Boot XP and Vista [View all] Spotted this on a Vista newsgroup regarding dual boot setup:
"The license for the qualifying OS that is used as the basis for the upgrade
to Vist
xp and vista [View all] Since one can get a hard drive at good prices would it be a good idea to have XP on C:\ drive and put Vista on a seperate hard drive of it own. I am t
VzFw.exe required? [View all] A friend has a Sony Viao and it has a process running--VzFw.exe--w hich eats up a lot of resources and slows her machine down.It is related to Sony's m
Just finished a new build [View all] I needed a new system for at home. I wanted something cheap and fast. I bought a shuttle via based bare bones refurb and threw in 2 gig of ram and an
Video card question [View all] When Shelly recently posted the configuration of his new computer, I noted with interest his choice for a video card: the ASUS EN 7600 PCI Express 16X
Report on Widows Defender [View all] Probably not an unbiased report but should be considered by those that think they're completely protected by it.
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