Computers & Internet - 5 December 2007

I have 3 laptops and I'm wondering want I should do with them.

2007-12-05 14:11:42 · 19 answers · asked by Willy Mac 78 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-12-05 14:10:14 · 8 answers · asked by curious 1 in Computer Networking

I have a Nvidia GeForce Fx 5500 AGP 8x and a Nvidia GeForce 8600GT PCI-E 16x. My motherboard is a AsRock 4 core dual sata 2 motherboard. I have 3 IDE hard disks. 3.4ghz chip. 2gb ram. Now how much wattage do i need to run my pc system.

2007-12-05 14:03:16 · 3 answers · asked by Philly 2 in Other - Hardware

it read my entire essay. Anyone have an idea what I pressed? It was very useful to hear.

2007-12-05 14:02:11 · 3 answers · asked by Aztec girl 3 in Desktops

Sometimes during a phone call (and my DSL desktop computer is on), I hear a short burst of touch tone numbers being dialed. Having occurred during two different phone calls, I'm pretty sure its a dialer virus.

However, there is no detection of such from my AVG Free edition virus scanner, Spybot Search N' Destroy or Crap Cleaner.

Is there any other way I can manually seek out and find a dialer virus? What file names and extensions should I look for?

2007-12-05 13:45:30 · 6 answers · asked by Mr. Wizard 7 in Security

By normal use I mean playing games on normal settings, work with office and dreamweaver, do some programming and some photo/maybe video editing. Not multi tasking that much.

Core 2 duo 2.0Ghz
2GB 667mhz ram
Geforce 8600m gt 256mb dedicated memory
250GB HDD(5400rpm)
15,4'' Display

I'm mostly concerned about the graphic. These are the specs and I can't upgrade them while purchasing it anymore.
The games I'm planning on running would be mostly 'The Sims 2', 'Counter Strike-Source' and 'Age of empires 3'

2007-12-05 13:40:23 · 4 answers · asked by Unbreakable 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am unable to send a PP presentation to another computer or email recipient and have it open, playing the music. The file is embedded I assume as it is about 1500KB, and using the tools/options/general tab, I have told PP to link files OVER 40000KB, as such PP should automatically embed the file. It is also a .wav file. Nothing seems to work here. I need any and all suggestions.

2007-12-05 13:36:00 · 2 answers · asked by Paul 1 in Software

I have a PC running windows Vista, but the PC has no wireless network card. Can it receive internet by being plugged into the extender via an Ethernet cord?

2007-12-05 13:33:06 · 1 answers · asked by currybrenty 2 in Computer Networking

2007-12-05 13:29:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

how reliable is geek.com? im gonna buy an 160gb ide for $49.99

2007-12-05 13:22:40 · 2 answers · asked by Gerrit 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-12-05 13:19:21 · 7 answers · asked by starnici 2 in Google

2007-12-05 13:18:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in MySpace

Several media web sites suggest downloading their plug-ins in order to view content. What is the latest info regarding whether these plug-ins have a negative effect on one's computer? Thanks.

2007-12-05 12:54:06 · 3 answers · asked by Angele Kore 2 in Security

Bought a 2nd hand cheap PC today.. can hold 2gb memory and its only got a 512mb in it..

Never seen this kind of memory before.

Will the markings on it signify a type of brand , so i can update it..

2007-12-05 12:51:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2007-12-05 12:38:10 · 8 answers · asked by Undecided 2 in Security

anything you can help me with i will be very great full..

2007-12-05 12:26:52 · 3 answers · asked by peppacherry1 1 in Software

This is the website I'm looking at.

http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=us&l=en&cs=&k=Geforce+nvidia+512&cat=prod

I need a 512MB card for a game called Crysis. Why are some cards that are 512MB priced at $70 and others at $500? They all have similar titles? 6800, 7800, 8800 Geforce, ATI,

What the hell is the difference?

2007-12-05 12:19:24 · 1 answers · asked by Star-Scream 2 in Other - Computers

When I try to start my laptop I get a weird error message that says "The application or DLL c:windows/system32/shell32.dll is not a valid windows image. please check against installation diskette". What the heck do I do now? I even tried to restore with my recovery disk and nothing happens.....HELP!

2007-12-05 12:19:03 · 5 answers · asked by Sammy&Pete 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I recently installed Windows XP on my computer, and I want to find a good firewall. But before I go and find a good free one, I want to know if Windows XP's firewall will protect me. I'm not concerned about outbound stuff because I don't use a credit card or anything, and if anyone found out my password for a site it wouldn't matter because I don't put personal info on them, and if I do, its normally not real. If you have any suggestions on a good free firewall, then let me know too.

2007-12-05 12:17:16 · 6 answers · asked by minicruzer911 3 in Security

I am aware that the two programs will try to destroy eachother, meanwhile destroying my computer. McAffe is the protection I purchased for my pc, will the Norton from Yahoo damage it? What should I do?

2007-12-05 12:15:51 · 2 answers · asked by Mrs. R 1 in Security

The windows firewall is switched off automatically every time I switch on my PC, manually I need to turn it on everytime I start my computer. Is there a way out to keep the firewall on by default.

2007-12-05 12:12:30 · 6 answers · asked by Arunmozhi Varman 1 in Security

Hey all,

My laptop screen was stepped on by somebody and it cracked the actual computer screen ... not the base but the screen and it cracked and spidered abit through the screen. There are black patches around the cracked screen but other then that the picture is fine but its hard to use with the cracks. I've heard that if I buy a screen of of Ebay and get it put in ... would it work again fine ?? Computer experts need your help!!!

2007-12-05 12:09:55 · 11 answers · asked by Kimberly 1 in Other - Computers

you can scan your files but i don't know how to scan just one or a couple files

2007-12-05 12:00:59 · 6 answers · asked by darthdudey 2 in Security

Foldrs are not opening up. On clicking a folder it displays the list of pograms for opening it,
Run comand is not visible;
Ctrl+Alt+Del

I tried avg anti virus but it was not effective against these . How to face these virus attacks without a vaccine?Is there any freeware effective against these viruses and not slowing down the computer?

2007-12-05 11:58:10 · 6 answers · asked by Sunil Tyagi 1 in Security

I am going to install CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2008, but I am currently running McAfee. So my question is to I just install CA, or do I first delete McAfee, then install CA?

2007-12-05 11:50:03 · 3 answers · asked by Cool Guy 2 in Security

If i buy a bare bones kit http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=...

And put my harddrive from my old e-machine which would fit there, and has windows XP on it....Will it boot up useing windows XP? or does windows XP have some way of knowing that the harddrive is attached to a differnt motherboard and not allow me to boot up and use it as my operating software??

alrighty I have seen that error message that windows needs to be activated....what do you do next? could I put linux on it for free and then install it on that system?

2007-12-05 11:45:33 · 3 answers · asked by agnscody@sbcglobal.net 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-12-05 11:44:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anna s 2 in Security

Why is that I print maybe 3 times a month and have to clean the ink cartridge nossiles sometimes cause it dries up so fast and it doesn't seem like a good printer? What are your impressions?

2007-12-05 11:42:11 · 6 answers · asked by DQ 1 in Printers

My laptop crap'd out on me, I need that disk. ANyone know were to get them illeglly on the net? Im broke as a joke.

I dont just need the drivers on the disk, I need the disk in general, becuase I used a program called "kill disk" and my hard drive is gone. All the partions and everything, all i get is a black screen with a blinking cursor.

P.S.
I have no floppy drive,
And it will not recognize my Windows ME disk?
Basically Im up **** creek... Thanks kill disk, really thank you...

2007-12-05 11:39:34 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I've been looking EVERYWHERE for a good place, but I can't find one. I've been lookig on Google, Ask, Yahoo, and more everyday for as long as I can remember. I'm hoping to make a layout site on Myspace, so I need a good place to make my layouts. If you know anywhere that's REALLY GOOD to make tiny default layouts, please let me know. Thanks =]].

2007-12-05 11:38:59 · 4 answers · asked by rockstargurl_15 1 in MySpace