Computers & Internet - 12 August 2007

This problem started when I switched from McAffee to Norton Internet Security/Virus detection. May or may not be related to this change.

The browser (I use firefox, but it happens to whatever the default browser is) launches with every mouse movement ... a new window, which means very quickly I can have 50-100 browser windows opened, and it is darn difficult to do anything else on the computer!

I have a laptop, and this does NOT happen when using the touchpad, only when using an attached mouse, or my graphics tablet. This is a problem though, as I like to dock my laptop.

I have run numerous spyware, registry checkers, anti-virus, done research online, and everything I can think of, including a complete reformat, which did not solve the problem.

Any experienced suggestions greatly appreciated.
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2007-08-12 15:50:28 · 4 answers · asked by Pichi 7 in Security

Can a local Adobe Acrobat Writer "printer" be shared with other computers across a network that do not have Adobe Acrobat Developer (not Adobe Reader) installed, and have it be successfully used on those other machines?

I used to be able to do this prior to Windows 2000, but when we moved to 2000 it would no longer work. I've never tried it on XP.

2007-08-12 15:44:38 · 2 answers · asked by lpa53 2 in Software

The computer was working fine last night no noises or anything, and this morning our whole town block had a black out and the lights went out for about 2 minutes. When we turned it back on the buzzing noise started. I checked the back fans, they are working fine. I spoke to a person who works with comps and he said from hearing the noise that he thought maybe it was the front fan. My uncle thought maybe the harddrive was messed up. If the hard drive is messed up wouldn't the comp not work properly? Do you have any idea what this noise could be?

2007-08-12 15:44:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i have a dell dimension e310 i hate the integrated graphics card so i want to grade the one i have in mind is the EVGA e-GeForce 7600 GS (PCI-E, 512MB) i know i would have to upgrade the power supply but other then that do i have a match
if i dont have a match can someone reccomend a graphics card thanks

2007-08-12 15:41:46 · 5 answers · asked by gman 1 in Add-ons

Whats Windows Vista like? What are the new features since Windows XP? What are the diffrences between Basic, Premium, and Ultamite (besides the fact that Basic is the least and Ultamite is the best), and what does each do??

2007-08-12 15:41:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

My computer is three and half years old, is it time for me to upgrade my computer or buy a new one?

2007-08-12 15:38:23 · 11 answers · asked by curious 1 in Desktops

Planning to buy a computer : Need some help!!!?
I’m planning to buy a Desktop unfortunately I’m not a computer expert so I really need some help please.
My question is that if I but a computer either from Circuit City, Best Buy or Fry’s what softwares are already include in the computer? Do I have to buy security software, office productivity software like Microsoft office Home & Student, Digital Media software etc?
I’m asking this because for Dell computers I need to buy all these softwares apparently MS Word is not include.

Please inform me
Thank you..

2007-08-12 15:34:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

whats the problem? the past week i have been trying to connect. and i try to search for a song and nothing comes up and it only has one bar. my friend next door has the exact same problem. is this happening to everyone?

2007-08-12 15:32:53 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

when im in one web site and try to open another i lose the first one

2007-08-12 15:31:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Internet

When will Google Maps update?

2007-08-12 15:31:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Google

I am driving myself crazy and to keep a really long story short.. here are the basics... I am trying to locate someone that I have not heard from in years. Most of the people I know haven't spoken to this person in atleast a year. His ex-step brother is on life support and will be taken off tomorrow so I need to reach him pretty bad.

He is supposedly in the St. Louis Illinois area or maybe Houston.. and was in the Austin area about 2 years ago. No myspace page, nothing. I have tried every look up that I can and no luck. He is approximately 28 or 29. His father lives in either Baytown or Texas City area. His name is Douglas Joe Walker but he goes by DJ. He is originally from the Baytown TX area. He went to several schools here and was raised here. He is not on classmates.com either.... any luck on other ways I could find him? I am thinking I am kind of sh*t out of luck here but we would like him to be able to say goodbye.

2007-08-12 15:26:15 · 3 answers · asked by Jennifer M 2 in Other - Computers

the website NAME, etc
will it cost me anything to run the site thro my machine?

what about the website name - if its a .co.uk/ com / org etc?

2007-08-12 15:25:30 · 3 answers · asked by Soylent 4 in Other - Computers

i have 1 GB ram and would like to kno if it is worth upgrading to 2?

2007-08-12 15:23:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

How is it done?
Can i learn from scratch? What books do i need to read?

Any help please thanks.

2007-08-12 15:23:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

If I where to make a website in Microsoft word how do I accually get it on the internet for FREE!!!!?!?!?PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!I need to know immediantly!!!!!!

2007-08-12 15:20:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Programming & Design

How Far will the best Wireless Router reach

2007-08-12 15:19:17 · 3 answers · asked by Chi-mo 1 in Computer Networking

2007-08-12 15:19:12 · 2 answers · asked by sonjaeverett@sbcglobal.net 1 in Add-ons

I’m planning to buy a Desktop unfortunately I’m not a computer expert so I really need some help please.
My question is that if I but a computer either from Circuit City, Best Buy or Fry’s what softwares are already include in the computer? Do I have to buy security software, office productivity software like Microsoft office Home & Student, Digital Media software etc?
I’m asking this because for Dell computers I need to buy all these softwares apparently MS Word is not include.

Please inform me
Thank you..

2007-08-12 15:19:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

2007-08-12 15:16:39 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

After building my own computer on start up I get the message "Isolinux 1.68 0x3c7f7718 Isolinux failed to get sector size assuming 0800". I have XP Pro I want to install but it doesn't seem to be able to see it. It keeps trying to boot from the hard drive which of course has nothing on it. Going into cmos shows that it recognizes everything correctly, hard drive, floppy drive, cd drive, memory, processor ect. but it won't boot from the XP disk which is in the CD drive.

2007-08-12 15:16:27 · 6 answers · asked by dony686 2 in Add-ons

I did not pay on it, I believe it was due in June. But I would like to reopen and reuse it. How can I go about this?

2007-08-12 15:15:34 · 2 answers · asked by KaGee 1 in Security

I currently got another DSL modem from my ISP and I am on a 3 mbps down and a 1 mbps up DSL connection and my DSL modem seems to loose speed the longer it is on, about every week I have to reboot it, then after it restarts I have my full speed again, so I really think it is the modem. I also have a problem sometimes with a program that uses allot of connection threads like P2P, sometimes my DSL modem will just freeze and I have to restart it to get back online. It also has nothing to do with my router, I will check and I will still have a steady ping to my router and full connection to it, so I was wondering if anybody knows what is a good DSL modem that maybe will resolve this issue I am having. I would also like a feature that let's me access the DSL modem local to be able to do restarts on it.

2007-08-12 15:06:10 · 4 answers · asked by newport9756 1 in Computer Networking

I want to order Halo 3 which comes out on 9/25.Will I get it wtihin a 20 day period ? Ive never preordered something on Amazon so I want to make sure that the game will come to my house undamaged.

2007-08-12 15:05:34 · 5 answers · asked by stewie9rulez3000 2 in Other - Internet

well the deal is i just installed the microsoft word 2007 and i not used to it.. the first time i used it it was working perfectly fine but then the next day and after that, when i need to use it, like type something it wouldn't allow me and it kept saying "This modification is not allowed because it is locked" and from what i remember the first time i ever used it i never locked anything! can someone help me!!

2007-08-12 15:00:46 · 2 answers · asked by smplytffny 2 in Software

I've had so much trouble with the Internet that at times I feel like giving it up altogether. It's causing nothing but tears, frustration, anger at the people who are hacking into my computer.
I've only just had it rebooted and now it's started again!
I've got stronger protection on my computer, but still they get in!
My computer is my 'eye to the world' as because of health reasons I stay home. I used to love the computer, now since this has been happening it has really spoilt it. We only go on the Internet occassionally. I used to really enjoy Forwards, and Messengers and Fun Trivia to name a few. Now they have gone, to make me feel safer. I had all our email addresses tested and it wasn't coming from us.
I changed our name and company for our joint address, and now somehow they have one of my own email addresses and while doing emails they are breaking in and ads come through, then I lose the email altogether which I am working on. Can anything be done?
Sincere thanks
Mary
Mar

2007-08-12 14:56:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Computers

I have reset the modem, unplugged the wire, replaced the wire and renewed my IP... What's left? I am on windows XP home edition (if that makes a difference)

2007-08-12 14:55:52 · 6 answers · asked by Mac 2 in Computer Networking

I prefer to use Opera and Firefox. I used to like Netscape as well, but have drifted away from it. I find them all fairly useful, but as I share a computer, I like to leave others to use Internet Explorer. BTW I love tabbed browsing which I have only discovered this year.

2007-08-12 14:54:16 · 16 answers · asked by the man 3 in Other - Internet

what is the best (fairly cheap) webcam that I can buy at walmart? anyone actually have one from there that they like/love? me and my cousin want to keep in touch more with webcams but dont want to spend a fortune on one but we dont want it to be a peice of junk! and i'm visiting her small town and walmart is the only store!

2007-08-12 14:46:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

The company I work for just installed a Netgear Wireless Router in my office. They say they are monitoring our website activity and we can't get online anymore. Well, there is nothing to do at my store for hours at a time but get online(ebay, news, etc). Is there any way(other than have netgear login and change settings)for me to disable the website monitoring?

Thanks in advance

2007-08-12 14:45:11 · 13 answers · asked by RestaurantConsultant 2 in Computer Networking

i am not that good with computers but need to know how to change them from bitmap format to jpeg format, please

2007-08-12 14:44:05 · 6 answers · asked by fay2dev 1 in Scanners