Computers & Internet - 18 September 2007

I've been living with dial-up at home for the longest time and I'm tired of it. AT&T (my phone company) says they can't help me because my area doesn't have enough of something (can't remember what they said exactly).

I have Dish Network which offers internet, but it's way too expensive. The only other option is cable.....but I'm locked in to the satellite contract for another 6 months.

What are my options here........any advice?

Thanks.

2007-09-18 05:47:24 · 12 answers · asked by primoa1970 7 in Computer Networking

Hello everyone.
Im having LCD PC monitor (TFT). Today morning I found that Its screen has got a patch at the bottom. Even the set-up bar is not visible because of it. The patch's hiding almost 1/4th of the screen. Its monsoon here.So Is It because of the moisture? If not then what else it could be? And most important what do i do now?How do i get my screen back?
Thanks for helping.

2007-09-18 05:46:23 · 1 answers · asked by Z....... 2 in Monitors

the toolbar is called mirar and my advise is stay away from this crap. Cant find it anywhere that allows me to delete off my computer. How can i get rid of this crap? PLEASE HELP!!!!!

2007-09-18 05:45:29 · 11 answers · asked by SHELEKTRA 1 in Software

i install the dvd-r to burn some files in dvd but windows not regonised. il hve to copy of dvd to empty dvd disc but when i put dvd disc nothing happen...only cd can copy for it...
i put one in master and other in slave still not regonised my dvd ...
need ur help very badly....
tnxs

sorry for my english

2007-09-18 05:40:44 · 6 answers · asked by micheal collins 3 in Add-ons

My free space on my c drive decreases everytime i remove items from my computer??? like pics, music , etc..?

why??????

2007-09-18 05:37:36 · 2 answers · asked by xrandomnessx 2 in Other - Hardware

It sent me a spam email, from my own email address!!!


My mom had this same problem as well -- Does anyone know what the heck is going on here?

We dont' have spyware or anything, I don't think....

2007-09-18 05:36:09 · 5 answers · asked by -Incline- 4 in Security

I'm looking to buy an external hard drive for my Mac G5. Should I go with Western Digital or LaCie?

2007-09-18 05:35:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I have a 6,000 kbps internet connection and a typical ping around 200 for my online gaming. Is this an appropriate ping for the connection speed? If not, what are some general tips to lower my ping?

2007-09-18 05:33:24 · 3 answers · asked by carlos705 3 in Computer Networking

2007-09-18 05:28:18 · 4 answers · asked by ? 1 in Software

My laptop has a white line running a across the screen horizontally, do you know hot to fix this or what it may be that caused it?

2007-09-18 05:25:45 · 9 answers · asked by Lewis A 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

My monitor has a blue hue. I switched monitors and second monitor also has a blue hue so it's definatly not a bent prong on the monitor it has to do with my computer. Any thoughts?

2007-09-18 05:23:37 · 2 answers · asked by Kevin Clary 1 in Monitors

Background is blank and computor won't let me select a new one. It seems to be frozen.

2007-09-18 05:14:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-09-18 05:05:40 · 3 answers · asked by thomas p 1 in Desktops

old version.

2007-09-18 04:50:01 · 6 answers · asked by gazhumphrey 3 in Software

I get errror msg. saying please insert an appendable data disc that is CD media or DVD write once media. What am I doing wrong? I want to be able to listen to the Cd, in my car not in the computer and unless I can finalize it it will not work. Can anyone help??? Please???

2007-09-18 04:40:51 · 1 answers · asked by teresa m 7 in Software

2007-09-18 04:27:52 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Internet

i did a system restore and now my speakers wont work....how can i get them to work again.

2007-09-18 04:12:44 · 9 answers · asked by Amy W 1 in Add-ons

I have one computer with cable broadband and on the other I use dial-up. I use a thumbdrive to transfer large files from one to the other, but this seems silly. The only information I can get from the ISP is that do-it-yourself networking is not supported. (They charge a ridiculous price to do it for you, of course.)

2007-09-18 04:12:05 · 8 answers · asked by RedEagleLaughing 1 in Computer Networking

We have a broadband internet connection at home, but we just have one computer connected to the internet, I am going to have internet in my room, which is upstairs, and I want to make my network connection (or whatever it is called) really private. How can I do that?
I know they got to get the wire up to my room from the router downstairs, but how do I set it private, I dont want to share any files with the computer downstairs, nor to view their files or my files, how can I do that?

In fact, I dont want to share/ let them or me view someone's else files...

2007-09-18 04:09:56 · 7 answers · asked by Wrakmo! 3 in Computer Networking

Specifically, with hotmail? If it is possible, how do I change me settings to alert me when an email has been read?

2007-09-18 04:08:56 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in MSN

2007-09-18 04:05:56 · 4 answers · asked by pokey 1 in Computer Networking

2007-09-18 04:04:47 · 2 answers · asked by Andrew P 1 in Security

I use MS excel 2003 all the time for work, and usually the files are quite big, 50 -100 Mb. When I run calculation, it often causes my computer to freeze for about 1-2 hours. The computer I use has 2 gig ram.

Can anyone let me know if anything I can to do solve this problem? What about Excel 2007?
Can anyone let me know

2007-09-18 04:03:35 · 6 answers · asked by thx no more 2 in Software

my laptop refuses to start at all. When the start button is clicked, it gives a black screen with white writing that says there has been an error starting up and gives 4 different options on how to start up. All three options end up displaying a bunch of code then freezes when clicked. The last option restarts the laptop then displays a blue screen that discribes the error, but this only appears for a few seconds so reading exactly what it says is impossible. Has anyone experienced this before? I would really appreciate any kind of help..

2007-09-18 04:02:31 · 6 answers · asked by Saida 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi. I want to make my page to play some music (if the user wants). I store some free-sharing music in my site's ftp, and I know that music playing can be made using tag. That will not be the problem I guess.. But there are some following things: I want to add to my database what files of audio are in my website, so I would be able to play them randomisly and depending on what style user likes. The problem is that: how can I make music allways going on (even if user is exploring my website and going from one page to another) - I do not want the music being interupted? Is there any sollution? Thank you. Please help me!

2007-09-18 04:02:21 · 3 answers · asked by kolibrizas 3 in Programming & Design

My loony friend says that he has but i think this is a bunch of bull **** , please tell me if this is true or not thanks

2007-09-18 03:58:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Is there a limit to the number of USB Hubs you can link together? For example, could you plug one 7 port USB hub into one USB port on your computer, then plug another 7 port USB hub into the original 7 port hub? Im talking about daisy chaining Usb hubs, so that potentially you've got 13 USB devices going into the one USB port on your PC.

2007-09-18 03:56:15 · 7 answers · asked by mallybb298 3 in Add-ons

How can I look at what is in there and keep what needs to be in there and delete what needs to go.
Why did they make the d: drive the systems recovery it used to be the cd and dvd drive

2007-09-18 03:54:24 · 3 answers · asked by jjojo4262 1 in Other - Hardware

I have an old desktop PC that presently has 2 sticks of 128MB of RAM. There is one extra slot for RAM. I still have the motherboard manual that says that each slot can run a maximum of 128MB in each socket. My question is, can I run a higher than 128MB of memory in each slot? I would like to have a total of 1GB, if possible, but afraid to buy that much if it will not work. These are PCI133, 168 pin sticks.

2007-09-18 03:52:53 · 7 answers · asked by mudturtle74 2 in Desktops

2007-09-18 03:47:49 · 5 answers · asked by skorpia 1 in Add-ons