Computers & Internet - 24 December 2007

do i upgrade?


i have a gateway, about a year and half old

its sayd i have 148 gb's

tell me plz!!

help!!!!!!!

2007-12-24 16:38:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

I have a 2002 cicero pentium 4 with upgraded RAM cards.

I recently ( 3 hours ago ) received this PCgamer magazine that included some nifty donwloadable demos for games like Call Of Duty 4, Crysis, Unreal Tournament.But I can't play any of these demos because, as they say, my graphics card isn't good enough.

I have two options.

1. Take out my RAM cards out of my PC, sell my PC, buy a new one and install my RAM cards in that one.

2. Buy and install a graphics card.


How much would each option cost, if all I want is to be able to play the recently published video games and those that are soon to be published like COD, Unreal and etc.

TO SUMMARIZE: How much would each option cost if I want to play the top-tech video games that are going to come out this winter and even later on.

2007-12-24 16:38:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

when i start my computer when main windows appears some times it shut down automatically.and some times it hangs up and then shut down.i try to reinstall window "it configures every thing. but when installation starts it stops with error it syas "it is a fatal error.and says this file cannot be installed.i tried with another cd but same problem.what u think problem is in cd or in hard disk ,please help me how can i solve this problem and reinstall window or is there any site from where i can download win xp .because stores r closed tomorrow i need to install urgently help me thanks

2007-12-24 16:36:05 · 4 answers · asked by jag 1 in Software

As there are per minute charges for using internet in normal internet connection, is there also a per minute charge for using broadband [other than the fixed monthly charges] ?

2007-12-24 16:34:26 · 2 answers · asked by Pratik Bharadia 1 in Computer Networking

2007-12-24 16:15:24 · 4 answers · asked by jfucochan 2 in Security

2007-12-24 16:14:57 · 10 answers · asked by Jewel 2 in Other - Hardware

i wanna leave an away message on still when i sign off of AIM and shut down my computer. PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HELP !

2007-12-24 16:11:07 · 5 answers · asked by thaoxox3 2 in Other - Internet

but where do i enter it? so i can go onto the net

2007-12-24 16:09:52 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

How do you get it to no show up ANYWHERE in your computer? I deleted it from the history of visited files, etc. If my parents take the computer in to be cleaned can they find it somewhere that someone was looking at this?
I am not ratting him out but will it show anywhere?
Also how come it shows like ladies in ******** (whatevere town you live in)? Does it have a tracker or something?

2007-12-24 16:09:10 · 7 answers · asked by Jamie-Lynn 3 in Other - Computers

Is there anyway to protect my personal folders from copying. I want to make the folder readable by others and prevent it from copying and deleting.

2007-12-24 16:08:49 · 2 answers · asked by Suresh 1 in Security

Apparently my signal strength is low...

but when I was using it yesterday it was "good."
:/
It's even gone up to "very good" before.

But right now, it's on low.
And it's annoying.

Slowing down everything, pages takes so long to load.

]:
What's the problem?

2007-12-24 16:07:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computer Networking

I plan to buy a new pc which give me the option of having windows xp or windows vista, Id like the new windows but i want to be able to play my old games.

2007-12-24 16:04:43 · 5 answers · asked by ? 2 in Software

what does it mean when your computer beeps 4 times first beep is long. then last 3 are fast. my computer is not loading up. any help will be appreciated.

2007-12-24 16:00:07 · 4 answers · asked by guyofquestions 1 in Desktops

2007-12-24 15:57:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

I have a HP Photosmart C4280 scanner/copier/printer All-in-One, and the scanner is terrible! The printer and copier is good, but I need a scanner.

I'm not looking for all-in-ones... just a scanner. I have a HP laptop, and I need suggestions badly. I'm not a millionare, so please don't suggest expensive ones.

Please leave a link (if there is one) with your suggestion.

Thank you.

2007-12-24 15:57:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Scanners

I really want a mac because they have cameras already made in the laptop, but I just wanted some other opinions so I know what to buy.
Thanks

2007-12-24 15:56:10 · 7 answers · asked by Bk 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

A Blue Screen of Death (also known as a stop error, BSOD or bluescreen) is an error screen displayed by certain operating systems, most notably Microsoft Windows, after encountering a critical system error which can cause the system to shut down to prevent damage. Bluescreens can be caused by poorly written device drivers, faulty memory, a corrupt Registry, or incompatible DLLs. Bluescreens have been present in all Windows-based operating systems since Windows 3.1; OS/2 and MS-DOS suffered the Black Screen of Death, and early builds of Windows Vista displayed the Red Screen of Death after a boot loader error.

The term "Blue Screen of Death" originated during OS/2 pre-release development activities at Lattice Inc, the makers of an early Windows and OS/2 C compiler. During porting of Lattice's other tools, developers encountered the stop screen when NULL pointers were dereferenced either in application code or when unexpectedly passed into system API calls. During reviews of progress and feedback to IBM Austin, the developers described the stop screen as the Blue Screen of Death to denote the screen and the finality of the experience.

2007-12-24 15:53:56 · 4 answers · asked by Luke 3 in Software

I connect my linksys wrt54g router to my computer and dsl modem all the lights are on but my computer cant connect to the internet.Im using windows vista and it says on the box vista is supported could it be that when i connect it says connect 3. Its connecting wired but i want to hook up my wii to the internet and need it to connect to the computer first. Is there a phone number i could call i dont like doing technical support over the internet. Please help.

2007-12-24 15:53:51 · 2 answers · asked by s 3 in Computer Networking

For some reason, when I opened internet explorer today my taskbar changed. Now, the only buttons it has is back, forward, refresh and stop. It no longer has the "home" button or the star for the "favorites" button.... why is this and how do I get them back?

2007-12-24 15:53:30 · 2 answers · asked by SC82 3 in Other - Computers

how do i get to the program that i can pick a date and anything that happened on my computer after date will be deleted?

2007-12-24 15:50:16 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

So, I forgot my password because I just changed it. I don't want to reinstall the OS, but I also have an extra XP OS. I've heard there's a way to get your admin account back by using 2 OS's. How do u do that? I can get onto standard user accounts but not my administrator one. I really don't want to reinstall the OS, so can u help me?

2007-12-24 15:49:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Security

Im interested in others. im getting tired of myspace.

2007-12-24 15:49:18 · 18 answers · asked by nyghtmareinmi 2 in MySpace

hi..pls tell how i can make my website approved for adsense i have tried a lot but i was always rejected .... for one or many reasons i badly want it anyone who has their site approved by adsense program help me and suggest me a topic to build my website upon or.. giv me urls of website that wud help me in this topic..
thanks...

2007-12-24 15:43:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Google

i recently bought one and plugged it in my usb port of my laptop and have no idea how to make it work or save any of my files.

i can't call customer support because it's christmas, and none of the links to the sites are working.

can you send me a [working] link to the FAQs or troubleshooting part of the lexar website?

or if not, can you [in a nutshell] tell me how to work this thing?

thank you!!!

2007-12-24 15:41:57 · 6 answers · asked by cheyennejohnandyoko 2 in Add-ons

2007-12-24 15:32:53 · 2 answers · asked by sammi 7 in Other - Computers

My dad just insists on it, and I hate having to put it back every time

2007-12-24 15:25:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Security

is it possible for a eee pc to have windows xp operating system? i'm thinking about purchasing a eee pc. but instead of linux, i want windows xp. if it is possible, how can i get it to be windows xp and not linux?

2007-12-24 15:17:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-12-24 15:15:27 · 3 answers · asked by nagomitokeisuke 1 in Other - Hardware

ok I bought I new computer with Vista Home Premium runs good and I kinda like it....but for some reason I find myself missing Windows XP a lot...I liked the look of it a lot more...and it is not as resource consuming as vista...so is it worth it to buy XP and should I get OEM or full version and how much am I lookin at spending...I am really unsure of this...I get paid thursday so I could do it then it would break me a little but thats ok I still live at home (just got out of high school last year) and don't have any bills to pay except putting money on my gas card and paying Dell...any way, any answers would be great

2007-12-24 15:09:10 · 4 answers · asked by Raymond K 1 in Software

is there a mini plug to connect to the wire
router?

thus, I would not interrupt the 2 pcs on my shared
dsl line and the laptop could share the DSL
via wireless [through some gizmo I plug
into the wired router?].

2007-12-24 15:07:43 · 7 answers · asked by kemperk 7 in Computer Networking