Computers & Internet - 25 August 2007

Iam in Los Angeles for the next two days. I'd like to buy 1 ram card for my Acer aspire 4220 notebook. I need your help.

1.Where are the notebook hardware stores that are close to the Airport that will have this ram card? I really need this card asap. My Vista Home Basic OS is too slow with only one 512 MB in it.

2.Will the 220-240 volts that run my notebook here in Fiji drastically affect the 512MB Ram card I buy from the USA considering their 110-120 volts. Please let me know as soon as you can. All help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

2007-08-25 23:40:58 · 3 answers · asked by frederick s 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I'm not a tech-y person.

I have a new ASUS laptop. Do i need to accept the ASUS LIVE UPDATES that would allow me to update my BIOS?
and if i updated it, what's going to happen and how to proceed from there?

Thanks a lot.

2007-08-25 23:37:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a neighbor across the street that is a theft. He's been in my house before, but I can't prove it. I have to work a lot of hours away from home and I would like something I can take with me to watch my house with. I know there is software that I can buy and record to a PC, but I want something that I can watch and wait around the corner so I can catch him in that act. He knows my schedule and he waits until I go to work and then he and some friend of his that act as a lot out goes into my house. I want something I can catch him with before they get by across the street.

2007-08-25 23:17:01 · 1 answers · asked by Penny 1 in Security

Can I have Kaspersky Internet Sec. 7.0 and SpyBot S&D on the same system? will this cause any problems?

2007-08-25 22:36:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Security

2007-08-25 22:18:20 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

and what does a vaccum for a PC looks like answering by means of picture and reasonable reason/s will be chosen as best answer

2007-08-25 22:12:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Soo the icons on my screen as well ad everything else except for the font has gotten way bigger! And I tried resizing it from the control panel, and it says that I need to restart it to take affect. But the problem is, it goes back to the big icons. And it wont change to the little icons. How can I make it so that it changes and it stays that way? Please help me!

2007-08-25 22:11:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

Hi-i just bought a new Lite-on DVD ROM drive for my PC and there is no stereo audio output cable supplied to connect to my M/B--can anyone please let me know if the drive will give audio output just by connecting only the data cable +power supply cable?Thanks---best wishes to all

2007-08-25 22:10:46 · 7 answers · asked by Jamal 6 in Other - Hardware

2007-08-25 22:10:43 · 5 answers · asked by sandeep r 2 in Other - Computers

2007-08-25 22:02:43 · 4 answers · asked by Cadbury 1 in Computer Networking

Hello, I want to preform a reformat on my computer but I tested my computer first and found that the hard-drive has an 'HD521-2W' error. I looked it up and found that the hard drive is failing basicly... a few questions

1) Is what i looked up true? That the hard-drive is failing?
1a) Can i possibly fix it on my own without opening the computer up.

2) How would I go about replacing the hard drive and installing it again with the OS and everything I'd need to have a functional computer?

2007-08-25 21:57:48 · 4 answers · asked by rich11399 2 in Other - Hardware

I just watched a report about the new google sky program available to anyone.
looks really cool. It is like google earth only it goes out into the planets, stars, galaxies etc. Also it will show the constellations. What is the favorite spot out there you have viewed so far?

2007-08-25 21:51:17 · 2 answers · asked by stump the bump 2 in Google

Did any of you get spam claiming that youre on a video on youtube? LOL And then they want you to click on a link to view it?

2007-08-25 21:38:15 · 3 answers · asked by zooz 2 in YouTube

I've tried programs and registry edits like this one: http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/12/disable-windows-hotkeys.html
nothing seems to work! I've restarted the computer after i did the little NoWinKeys=1 thing, STILL didn't work, im running windows xp media center edition, not sure if that has anything to do with it, but it still won't work!

2007-08-25 21:34:10 · 3 answers · asked by John 6 in Software

My computer has been infected by a trojan virus called infostealer.lineage. I can't seem to get it off my computer, i've tried using Norton and Trend Micro, Ad-Aware SE, Spy Bot, Windows Defender, AVG Anti-Spyware and I still can't seem to get rid of it. A message keeps popping up saying my computer has been infected by a trojan virus, but when i try to get rid of it, none of my anti-virus programs can seem to detect or get rid of it. If anyone knows how to properly remove it from my computer please let me know!!

2007-08-25 21:29:20 · 12 answers · asked by chubbyman7 2 in Security

I have got both Xilisoft and IMTOO video converters. I have downloaded a movie and want to convert the .dat file into .avi. Even though both these formats are supported by the software, every time I go to convert the file, both programs display 'Fail' in the status column. Why is this???

2007-08-25 21:25:14 · 5 answers · asked by JC 1 in Software

I have a HP Pavillion a1310n with a 200 gb hard drive that has Xp Media Edition on it and running the hard drive from two wires that I have no clue of to turn on the hard drive. Ok I have a 20 gb hard drive that has Vista ultimate on it and when I hook it up to the IDE cables and unplug the unknown cables to the 200 gb hard drive, the 20 gb hard drive works. Basically what im tryin to say is how do I hook the 2 up without getting the blue error screen.

2007-08-25 21:24:34 · 3 answers · asked by mustangridah314 2 in Other - Hardware

they block youtube : I try it already with a webbased proxy ...... it WORK but it doesn't play the video ( keep me asking about the flash player , but this one i instalate allready )
Who can tell me what to do

2007-08-25 21:21:28 · 1 answers · asked by rene Y 1 in Security

2007-08-25 21:17:42 · 2 answers · asked by tomar 1 in Programming & Design

Okay so everytime I try and make a youtube music video for a tv show/movie the quality comes out blurry on youtube so it looks like crap. I'm using windows movie maker so I'm not sure if maybe my settings are wrong or the program itself is just crappy. I was wondering if anyone knows how I can fix my videos so they aren't blurry? Also, I'd appreciate it if maybe you could recommend some movie making programs that are good? And the music I get never sounds great either, so where do you all get your clips/episodes/movies and music from? If you can answer all of these questoins or most of them, then thanks in advance.

2007-08-25 21:13:00 · 3 answers · asked by Aika. 5 in YouTube

Ok so basically my laptop was working fine yesterday and i was using the internet etc & Ive never had any problems with it before. I shut it down properly and everything. This morning i went on it and it said _Operating system not found. So i rebooted it this time with the windows xp disk in, and that all loaded fine. I went to re-install windows XP and it said i had no hard disk /no hard disk installed!! Now when i turn it on i cant even load the xp disk on it, it just says TOSHIBA, then goes on to saying- "_ no operating system found"! This has never happened before and it always works smoothly! Please tell me if there is an easy way of fixing this! This laptop is a Toshiba S1000-Z2 ! PLEASE help! (and only if you KNOW what you are talking about) (Btw this laptop has always run on xp and is fairly new)

2007-08-25 21:06:50 · 7 answers · asked by Em 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

in your opinion what is the best Linux for games movies and music

2007-08-25 21:00:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

does nvidia mx4000 support pixel shader 1.1?

2007-08-25 20:56:17 · 2 answers · asked by Mazzer M 1 in Add-ons

i currently have a wifi thats 54 mbps or w.e
i saw this one that runs at 108 mbps...would getting this make my downloads faster? wats the difference if it doesnt?

2007-08-25 20:33:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

One evening i was using my desktop and it turned itself off. When i came to turn it on it wouldn't. I tried to do a partial recovery but the system didn't like it.

As i had not backed up my files i couldn't do a full recovery. I wass advised have the data saved to disk and then do a full recovery.

When the chap came round he advised that i could do it that way but the pc would not last and i would have to buy a new one. He advised that it would take about 2 hours to do this which would mean a payment of around £100.00.

Instead he told me to get a new hard drive which would be only one call out fee of 49.50 + VAT and the hard drive of 77.00 + VAT.

He told me i could fit it and he would help over the phone or he would come. He made the decision to come and do it and then charged another visit of 49.50 + VT for something i could have done myself.
I was understood he wasn't charging for the 2nd visit as he never said and he didn't fix it the first time. Is this a rip off? Ta

2007-08-25 20:30:13 · 21 answers · asked by peachy 3 in Desktops

i just made a slideshow, and posted it on youtube.(its my first video) and i can't figure out how to change the default still for the video. can anyone explain it to me?

2007-08-25 20:19:38 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in YouTube

I got this version of Office XP Pro but it's in another language. All the menus, everything. Is it possible at all to change it to English or is it a whole other foreign language version that is not changeable? OS is Vista Biz

2007-08-25 19:52:31 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

Yahoo and Gmail suck.

2007-08-25 19:32:15 · 1 answers · asked by Karasu 1 in Other - Computers

what do i need to do that?

2007-08-25 19:29:41 · 2 answers · asked by konaBoi4life 2 in YouTube

2007-08-25 19:28:26 · 23 answers · asked by adams girl 2 in Software