Computers & Internet - 27 November 2007

Here's my bro's question: I have my Wii and PC connected via ethernet and i didn't use the wireless feature, i really don't know much about wireless networking but i prefer having them wired since they're just 2 feet away from each other, i hid the SSID or i think i didn't broadcast it, but didn't have time to do the WEP/WPA encryption and also i'm new at doing that, my question is DOES MY ROUTER STILL SENDS WIRELESS SIGNALS AND IF MY SSID IS HIDDEN/NOT BROADCASTED, BUT NOT ENCRYPTED DOES THAT MEAN I'M SAFE OR DO I STILL NEED TO ENCRYPT, i just want to have my wii and pc online at the same time and i really didn't need a wireless router but my wife had got a good deal for a router and it was wireless, I JUST FEEL UNSAFE WITH WIRELESS BEC. OF HACKERS AND PLUS I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT COMPUTERS AND WIRELESS

2007-11-27 03:06:50 · 4 answers · asked by Kulit 1 in Computer Networking

2007-11-27 03:05:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Computers

other possible damage I may attained?

2007-11-27 02:56:20 · 7 answers · asked by prima q 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-27 02:49:29 · 7 answers · asked by brownidgurl 3 in Add-ons

Does anyone know if a 15.4 inch WXGA TFT wide viewing angle (1280 x 800) display used in the HP Compaq Presario R3000 is compatible and will fit in the C500?

2007-11-27 02:47:50 · 3 answers · asked by nc_qtpie27 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Is there a free software that removes a virus not just scans for it

2007-11-27 02:44:19 · 10 answers · asked by chelle B 4 in Security

My laptop motherboard was damaged, i purchased a new laptop, but i wanted to know how can i retrieve the data from my old one, cause when i try to turn it it on it just starts for about 5 sec.

2007-11-27 02:43:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

get limewire or anything else to download, some people say i need to call the phone company that i have my internet with an ask them maybe i need to upgrade my dsl this computer is so new to me i just don't understand it

2007-11-27 02:38:40 · 4 answers · asked by jenniferrosa_2006 2 in Software

2007-11-27 02:32:29 · 5 answers · asked by thursday84 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-27 02:31:39 · 6 answers · asked by ace 1 in Desktops

i am doing a game, a car has to be drag through a coarse and not touch the barriers.
but how can i move the car by picking it up witht he mouse and then draging it, as you would go outside slideshow.

2007-11-27 02:31:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

2007-11-27 02:30:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anand D 1 in Programming & Design

can someone explain whats is gateway and primary and secondary DNS without technical terms. what is the functionality of DNS on my tcp/ip properties??

2007-11-27 02:29:45 · 2 answers · asked by frank r 1 in Computer Networking

For example a gaming site and without downloading anything from that web site?

2007-11-27 02:29:45 · 10 answers · asked by Louise H 3 in Programming & Design

How do I clear what is on it and put me on there?
Make it simple please as i am not the cleverest person in the world. Thanks a lot

2007-11-27 02:25:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

I read an interesting article indicating the XP SP3 improves MS Office performance by 10% while Vista SP1 has no performance improvement. Any beta testers out there know if this performance difference applies to non-MS applications too?

I have several PCs and my entire family plays World of Warcraft on them. The oldest PC (about 6 years old - AMD Athlon 3000XP, 1GB RAM, ATI RADEON Pro 9000 ) runs XP and keeps up with the newest PCs (three of them @ less than 3 months old - AMD X2 3600+, 1GB RAM, nVidia 8600GT) running Vista. I'm actually surprised at times how much game lag I see on the newer PCs given the increased hardware specs. Does Windows XP out perform Vista enough to make it the strongest competitor to Windows Vista?

Computer World Article:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9048658&source=rss_news50

2007-11-27 02:25:09 · 3 answers · asked by Jim Maryland 7 in Software

2007-11-27 02:16:09 · 2 answers · asked by Lana M 1 in Security

I just wanted to know, how do i find out if my computer has a static or a dynamic ip address ? Is ther a website to visit or a program to download or ne thing that could tell me that ?

2007-11-27 02:16:03 · 4 answers · asked by Pv1999 1 in Computer Networking

2007-11-27 02:08:59 · 3 answers · asked by felicia a 1 in Computer Networking

what does product key mean? it ask me to "type 25-character Product Key" when i install the Microsoft Powerpoint

2007-11-27 02:06:50 · 5 answers · asked by Cavaliers 5 in Software

Is there a "network" on yahoo that one can use temporarily?

2007-11-27 02:06:40 · 6 answers · asked by dbmath2 1 in Desktops

I have the online protection from AT&T Yahoo! I put the AGV on there to get rid of a virus/trojan. Now when I start up I'm getting a message that I need to remove the AGV to run the AT&T virus software? I'm not sure what to do. I'm also getting a message that windows can't find C:\windows\system32\proper.exe so I think I still have something on my computer that I need to get off. I guess this is two questions, but I'd appreciate any help on this.

2007-11-27 02:06:29 · 11 answers · asked by kat 7 in Security

I took some photos on a digital SLR at maximum resolution. These won't open on Microsoft Photo Editor because they are too large. Can I reduce the size in any way? Would need to do so outside Photo Editor, since I can't open the pictures.
I have been able to open these pictures with Internet Explorer, but can't print them properly... only the top left hand corner comes into the print view, and that's all that will print. Is there any way I can get Internet Explorer to print these in full? I've been in Page Set-Up and in the Print... tabs, but can't find anything that causes the full picture to display for printing (in Print Preview).
As a result of inability to open in Photo Editor, and to change print set-up in Internet Explorer, I have been unable to print these pictures, which is what I want to do... can you help?

2007-11-27 02:05:01 · 6 answers · asked by Graeme P 2 in Software

Is it C++, java or anything else like oracle, vb, html, vbscript, asp etc. or any other . Also suggest a good book for that.

2007-11-27 01:59:51 · 7 answers · asked by Sahil R 1 in Programming & Design

2007-11-27 01:56:10 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Security

I have an old computer, a pentium 3 and recently downloaded internet explorer 7.0. However when I did this, I did this through the yahoo website. In addition to internet explorer I also downloaded yahoo spyware. The problem I have is that I have tried to delete this application but my "control panel" is locked out. I keep getting a message that "The administrator has disabled this feature". I cannot get into my control panel or remove this software without getting an error message. On top of that, I keep getting the icon that my computer has spyware and it needs to be scanned. I have no idea what to do. I even tried to do a system restore and format my harddrive and still unable to do this.

Any suggestions would help.

thanks.
Alan

2007-11-27 01:54:51 · 7 answers · asked by Chris R 2 in Security

Add/Remove program isn't working ?

2007-11-27 01:48:43 · 3 answers · asked by phill322 1 in Software

i afraid the page that i bookmarked for mozilla firefox and favorites for IE dissapear , in case if i format my computer or cause of viruses , so where i can find the bookmarks for mozilla and favorites for IE from the computer ?
Thanks in advance , really appreciate your help

2007-11-27 01:45:42 · 2 answers · asked by Me M 1 in Other - Computers

just yesterday i purchased a new graphics card (an ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO, AGP). its seemed to install fine, and i was able to download the software from the CD, and then change the graphics preferences from the control center. But when i tried to play World of Warcraft, the screen came back to my desktop with an error saying "world of warcraft could not start up 3D acceleration".

it wasnt only this game, however...i cannot play any game that requires DirectX. I made sure i had DirectX 9.0C installed, and i tested it and everything.

one thing i found, however, was while testing it, the test failed on Direct 3D. it said "test failed at step 8 (creating 3D devices)."

i unplugged the graphics card, and tried it that way...and it works! world of warcraft plays...and there is no error code in Direct 3D, but with the card in, my games wont play.

help!

2007-11-27 01:39:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

I've got a spreadsheet, for my income and expenses. How do I calculate the number of, say, Fridays in each month. I currently have a list in a seperate file that I'm accessing with the vlookup function. It works fine, but is there an easier way?

2007-11-27 01:31:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Programming & Design