Computers & Internet - 4 October 2007

please can you explain

2007-10-04 06:11:40 · 14 answers · asked by Learner 1 in Software

ok my sister gave me her old computer for my kids to use and we hooked it up to a router from the modem like we were supposed to. I have norton security on both computers,i have defragmented and disk cleanup both computers. we have verizon dsl high speed internet. now the problem is both computers are freezing on us and slow to connect to sites now?? I don't know what else to do with it? Please tell me how to make them both right! anyone out there know? i hope so and so does my kids! thank you!

2007-10-04 06:10:09 · 4 answers · asked by PAM 3 in Computer Networking

I had an HP 722C but the cartridges cost more than many new printers. I need something to tide me over until I can afford to update my computer. Thanks.

2007-10-04 06:04:19 · 4 answers · asked by pandorakat 2 in Printers

2007-10-04 05:47:26 · 6 answers · asked by solsticeph 1 in Computer Networking

I found my favorite perfume on ebay that I couldent find it in nordstrom and macys... so I fear if after I bought it it doesnt smell like the real one that I had...

2007-10-04 05:43:56 · 12 answers · asked by mr_michaelj 1 in Other - Internet

2007-10-04 05:42:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

My laptop has this orange tint to the screen in the bottom left corner. Sometimes the location changes and it will be along the left side or the right side of the screen but it always settles in the bottom left. It's just starting to drive me up the wall so I wanted to see if I could figure out what it is.

-It's on a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop appx. 3 years old.

2007-10-04 05:38:40 · 4 answers · asked by Krista 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

When I go to power on the computer nothing happens. Yesterday the power light would turn on and the fans would turn on for a few seconds then everything would go off again.
I took out the power supply and tried it in a computer that only has a cdrom (no HD) and it worked everything powered on...
Am I right in assuming that this may be the mother board? Any help would be most appreciated!

Here are my comp specs:
Pentium D 3.0 Ghz
Asus P5LD2 Deluxe
Maxtor 250 GB @ 7200rpm
Nvidia 256mb 7300 LE GeForce

Im not sure what the number of watts are for the power supply, but Im assuming it was enough as the computer was working fine before.

Thanks in advance.

2007-10-04 05:36:03 · 7 answers · asked by MKH11 2 in Desktops

2007-10-04 05:26:13 · 3 answers · asked by Rinkal P 1 in Other - Computers

2007-10-04 05:24:01 · 2 answers · asked by xavierknx 1 in Desktops

I have plent black ink and i am tryin to print in black and white but my printer wont let me. It comes up with a message saying i need more blue and yellow, even though it has no colour in it and i have already changed it to use black ink only. Help, anyone? thanks! =)))

2007-10-04 05:22:32 · 5 answers · asked by Louisa 2 in Printers

2007-10-04 05:21:33 · 4 answers · asked by joshuaw 1 in Programming & Design

Can you configure this WIC card for Dial in service or is dial out only?

2007-10-04 05:19:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computer Networking

i don't know why i am getting this problem while typing in my computer. when i type " i get @ and when i type @ i get " instead. is there any relation with hot keys or any other problems? how can i correct this? thank you.

-i am using SONY VAIO VGN-C31GH.

2007-10-04 05:08:45 · 4 answers · asked by GHOTANE_ D 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-10-04 04:56:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

my 3 year old somehow managed to remove the "enter" button from the keyboard.

I have the removed piece, which has a silver 3-sided rectangle underneath it. I can see on the keyboard where the 2 short sides of the rectangle slide into spots, but that doesn't completely fix it.

anyone know just how this works?

2007-10-04 04:52:14 · 3 answers · asked by beach answerer 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-10-04 04:51:04 · 15 answers · asked by nekel39669 1 in MySpace

I have a webcam and I have no idea how it works. Can someone please help?

2007-10-04 04:50:59 · 2 answers · asked by Ziffon 1 in Add-ons

Which one of these is both an input and output device?

floppy disk drive
a keyboard
a plotter
a CD-ROM drive

2007-10-04 04:48:54 · 10 answers · asked by jammey h 2 in Other - Hardware

I paid the earth to get pgp encryption the newest desktop version my question is can i trust it to keep my files safe?.
I read that places like witness protection use pgp.

If the govrnment or some authority who has the resources or some high powered ranking person or professor got hold on my laptop and tried to decrypt it without the pgp decryption password could they do it.
I use a 30 digit code of uper and lower case letters and also numbers so could it be cracked by anyone if so how long would it take to crack would it be a life time like pgp claim?.

I take my laptop everywhere with me and it has important files and my life on this laptop so if anyone ever got hold of it i would not want my data stolen this included my bank details etc.

2007-10-04 04:48:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Security

this laptop i want looks perfect , it has a T7250 Core 2 Duo Processor, 2.0 ghz, 2 gb ram but upgradeable to 4gb and 250 hard drive, the only problem is that it spins at 4200 rpm. my question is that if i upgrade to 4 gb of ram, will that kinda speed up the hard drive in any way, or is just gonna perform that way regardless?

2007-10-04 04:45:38 · 4 answers · asked by metabolicx_7 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

Ok Here is what I want to do. It is working but I am sure I am not doing it right.

I have a XP and a Vista computer. Both of them have wireless adapters and are connected to the net through my Wireless AP and router. I want to connect these two computers directly to share files as going through the router is very slow and unreliable. I have connected them both using a crossover cable and assigned two static IP addressses to them that are not in the DHCP range for the wireless connections.

Now how do I make sure that internet is accessed only through the wireless connection? Sometimes, I get a network error pop-up on the Vista machine saying the IP address is already in use. Any idea what is going on and what is the best way to avoid any problems and achieve the desired result.

Thanks for your time.

2007-10-04 04:40:34 · 4 answers · asked by NetNoob 2 in Computer Networking

as soon as i type the first letter, the url will appear.

2007-10-04 04:38:52 · 9 answers · asked by JAMIE G 2 in Security

It looks like the SD Card got corrupted. I need something free to allow me to repair it (mark the unreadable clusters as bad).

Please help!

Thank you!

2007-10-04 04:37:25 · 3 answers · asked by Robintel 4 in Add-ons

All of sudden in my word documents, a sign IIP in mirrorised form have appeared.I mean P looks like 9 with 2 close lines like 1. I also see a lot of 90 degree arrows showing left. Why and how to do away this, I have a lot of paper work so someone please help me?
Thanks

2007-10-04 04:35:42 · 5 answers · asked by Suresh Kumar K 1 in Programming & Design

So... I installed an SMTP program (surgeMail) on my computer so that I can send email using myself as the outgoing server. I plan to prank my friend by sending him a fake email. I understand the whole SMTP protocol and commands and what not, but I'm hoping to find an easier way then typing everything in manually in telnet. I've found that if you make a typo... it's irreversible. Is there a way I can write a batch file or some other sort of script file to make this easier? What about in C#? Is there an easy way to do it that way? I know I could use sockets, but I'm hoping for something a bit easier/user-friendly. Any ideas?

Note: It successfully sends the email when I manually type it in error-free in telnet (telnet localhost 25). I'm trying to remove the possibility of error by having everything pre-typed and programmatically feed the commands to telnet.

2007-10-04 04:34:55 · 3 answers · asked by coreyog 3 in Programming & Design

2007-10-04 04:34:44 · 9 answers · asked by bronzemodel 2 in Other - Internet

when i go to the yahoo music video page the page launches but on the bottom i get "error page", or sometimes "page opening with errors". what does that mean and how do i fix it? thanks for all answers in laymans terms that i can understand.

2007-10-04 04:32:02 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Programming & Design

2007-10-04 04:31:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

A few months ago i bought a Dell Inspiron 3000 cpu and it was already working on Windows98,until yesterday when i decided to upgrade to Windows Xp. I load the cd,the screen pops up and i click "Install Windows XP". After about 2 minutes of loading a message pops up saying "Setup information file D:\I386\DOSNET.INF is invalid. This is frustrating me to 9th power. I NEED HELP!!!

2007-10-04 04:30:14 · 5 answers · asked by Trisha91 2 in Software