Computers & Internet - 29 November 2007

I mainly just want to use a lap-top for word processing and printing. But if my access to the internet ceases away from home, I may have to establish a connection and access at home.
(As I wouldn't be able to afford the expense of broadband, I would need to purchase a pre-paid dial up connection instead)
However I don't use the internet for games, video editing, graphics, etc.

I could buy either 1 of 2 HP Compaq Presario's
The cheaper one, is the C710TU with:
Celeron M 530 (533 MHz) processor and 512 RAM

compared to the C719TU model with:
Duo Core Processor and 1 GB of RAM.

(Both come with Windows Vista - one of the Home Editions/versions)

2007-11-29 23:42:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

My husband dropped off my laptop to be fixed at The Computer Guys. The only thing wrong with it was that it was not holding a charge. The DC connector was broken inside the computer, but everything else worked perfectly. When we got the computer back from The Computer Guys, we were told that the CPU was burnt. Since everything worked prior to us giving in the laptop, we didn't think it would effect the laptop's performance, so we didn't authorize any further repair. But, when we tried to turn on the computer, the screen wouldn't work. When we called The Computer Guys and inquired about this, they said that it was because the CPU was burnt. We called back later and spoke to a "help desk" person that said he wanted to "make things right" but when we brought in the computer and he examined it, he too said that it was the CPU. When my husband inquired as to how this could happen whereas it was working perfectly prior to our giving it to them for the DC connector repair, we got the run around. I tried talking to the company several times, I tried going to mediation through the Better Business Bureau, but in the end I was left with rude remarks from the business owner, a company that didn't want to own up to the fact that they burned my CPU while soldering the DC connector, a repair bill for $150.00 and the cost of buying a new laptop. While relating my bad experience to a coworker, my husband learned that he too had had a bad experience with this company. We really wish we had known that prior to bringing our laptop in for repair to The Computer Guys. My advise is to go elsewhere. This company does not care about you, they screw up the work, don't admit fault and then use lies to try and make you look like you're trying to pull something over on them. Stay away from The Computer Guys.

2007-11-29 23:28:10 · 2 answers · asked by Bowling chick 3 in Other - Computers

I and my friend want to share some files (It is huge and wont go in E-Mails)... I don't like uploading in free websites and he, unable to download, the file getting deleted and again uploading.....

What is the best and fastest software that we can use to access each others' files and computers?

2007-11-29 23:25:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Computers

2007-11-29 23:25:38 · 6 answers · asked by kevsully2000 1 in Other - Computers

I have two PC's on a network, one of them needs to access files from the other. When I ping the slave machine the PC gets a reply but I cannot see the hard drive to be able to get the files I need. I have created a shared folder for these files
and my mac can see the PC shared folder. What am I doing wrong.

2007-11-29 23:12:24 · 2 answers · asked by morrie 2 in Computer Networking

the more the better

2007-11-29 23:01:10 · 6 answers · asked by :) 1 in Other - Hardware

2007-11-29 23:00:55 · 1 answers · asked by 0 6 in Software

Given the relation Parts containing the attributes PartName, and SupplierID as well as teh relation Suppliers containing the attributes SupplierID, Address, FaxNumber, write an SQL statement to obtain the supplier identifications and fax numbers for all the suppliers that supply the part whose part number is X4J26

2007-11-29 22:39:11 · 3 answers · asked by Cap10kirk 3 in Programming & Design

after using it for about 1/2 hour my cptr auto shut down and reboot again and will operate normally, sometime after reboot again it will shut down again after say 25 mint. could it be over heat? wrong BIOS set up? really stress me up!

2007-11-29 22:37:40 · 8 answers · asked by chocolover 1 in Desktops

i want to have a program that analyses when i enter "a" it says 1,"b" it says 2,..."z" it says 26.so i really need it 4 2day.

2007-11-29 22:36:50 · 1 answers · asked by dereje T 2 in Software

2007-11-29 22:27:02 · 8 answers · asked by Pavan Murthy 1 in YouTube

when i bought the sandisk usb flash disk they told me that i could scan, lock,... but when i open the disk it has 0 bytes used space so how come it operate this work and asked myself what is so special about sandisk???

2007-11-29 22:26:11 · 1 answers · asked by dereje T 2 in Add-ons

I had been an Internet Explorer user for years until recently in my discussions with a couple of true computer technical experts, I heard that the insider's choice of browsers was Mozilla Foxfire over Internet Explorer. So I downloaded Mozilla Foxfire and have been using it for a couple of weeks, but recently got bumped out of Yahoo! Answers for some Mozilla Foxfire technical glitch that caused me to lose my work, and it ticked me off!

I've not really come to the point where I fully appreciate why Mozilla Foxfire is all that much better. Do you know why it is supposedly better? What are the features or advantages I'm not seeing or focusing on? You may think Internet Explorer is actually better. Right now, I'm sitting on the fence on this issue and can use either one as both are loaded on my computer.

I'm looking for informed responses and not just guesses so if you do have technical know-how in this area, I would appreciate hearing from you. Thanks in advance for ur response

2007-11-29 22:21:31 · 10 answers · asked by John S. 5 in Software

Back in the day, when I was at school, it was all BBC Acorns, Commodore 64's etc. And computer lessons had students just typing lots of ones and zeros. I realise that is some 20+ years ago now, but is binary still really important in computers?

2007-11-29 22:14:09 · 9 answers · asked by Spawnee 5 in Programming & Design

ive tried typing in universal studios hollywood, colonial street but i cant find anything
please help someone!

2007-11-29 22:08:48 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Google

hi everybody,

I want to download any folder lock software, in which i can preserve my important files and noone can open or see these files. I want to download it, but not for trial period. Becz after trial period it does not works.
Pls. tell me any folder lock software for free of cost forever.
Or please me is there any possiblity that i can give password for my folder, like a files.

2007-11-29 21:59:46 · 6 answers · asked by Raghubir S 1 in Security

is it fine to have eset smart security at the same time having kaspesky internet security? but i wont run them together..

2007-11-29 21:57:19 · 12 answers · asked by cyrax_07 1 in Security

my computer has been having these recovery tihngs that say "we have copied this and the file was saved" and then at the same time the "please send error report" thing came up does this mean something is wrong with the computer or have i got a virus or something??

its been doin it since we had a blackout 8 hours ago

2007-11-29 21:49:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Security

2007-11-29 21:42:29 · 9 answers · asked by claredmj 1 in Security

I want to have a business network with the Windows Server acting as the DHCP server while using a Cable Internet connection running through a Linksys router and allowing NON business computers internet access.

I want to be able to share internet access with business network computers and non business computers.

The server should act as a DHCP server to business network computers and the Linksys router to non-business computers as well as wireless computers.

Is it possible??

Is there another way to do it?
I need the wireless internet access and need to provide internet access to personal computers that should not have access to the business network.

How can I do this?/

2007-11-29 21:25:46 · 3 answers · asked by x-EL_TRI-x-DAGR81JCD-x 5 in Computer Networking

I provide live desktop support to a few of my customers and wondered if any web based virus scanners were really effective enough to use in a business environment?

Thanks

2007-11-29 21:22:34 · 7 answers · asked by Leeeee 2 in Security

i need this for five minutes time because im asking in my ICT lesson...please help!

2007-11-29 20:48:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computer Networking

why cant i use the laptop touch pad when i have gloves on or something similar? is it to do with grip?

just wondering...

2007-11-29 20:46:23 · 5 answers · asked by PalominoxLove 2 in Other - Computers

2007-11-29 20:45:11 · 5 answers · asked by sudheer k 1 in Computer Networking

do all the facilities available in windows are available in linux redhat?

2007-11-29 20:36:52 · 3 answers · asked by humtydumty 1 in Software

What type of paper should i use if I want to print out stickers on an ink jet printer and apply them on my car window? I do not want the rain to smudge them or ruin my car. Help appreciated.

2007-11-29 20:10:20 · 3 answers · asked by Steven R 1 in Printers

what does bit stands for?what uses does it made in a graphic card?then how can we know that bit size in built-in graphic card in certain motherboard if we havent the manual of said mobo?

2007-11-29 19:52:12 · 5 answers · asked by roda 1 in Add-ons

any ideas? :) I just want a way to be able to add content to the VERY bottom of a page; below the comments!

2007-11-29 19:28:46 · 2 answers · asked by pkirsch 2 in MySpace

Any ideas on how i could fix it, ive tried restarting it but it stayed the same

2007-11-29 19:22:27 · 3 answers · asked by Clarky-7 1 in Monitors

2007-11-29 19:22:09 · 9 answers · asked by Jack R 1 in Desktops