Software - July 2007

Recently several of my Microsoft Word documents have not been able to be opened. Their icons on my My Documents folder and such have become semi-transparent and their names have been replaced with other keys (for example, 'Evolution' is now '~$olution'). They cannot be opened and if so, they are opened as word documents with little squares instead of letters.
I have a feeling this might have been caused by my upgrade of Windows Media Player but I can't be sure.
What is the source of the problem and how can I fix it?

2007-07-21 05:11:24 · 6 answers · asked by bloodylocksbathory 1

I have a few torrents i'd like to download, and there fairly big videos and games i've got in torrent format.

I currently have BitTorrent, as my client. Although from a quick google search it appears azureus (sp) and uTorrent are the best 2.
Should i get these programs or are these programs just got beter search facilities for more torrents etc.

Main question : Is there a difference in speed between different clients, and if not is there anyway i could make it go any faster. Or is it all to do with the bandwidth its downloading the download from?.

2007-07-21 04:42:13 · 4 answers · asked by ChrisW 3

2007-07-21 04:37:37 · 9 answers · asked by ? 2

Just bought a GQ that has a full Vista recovery OS. However I am putting Windows XP pro on that computer. Can I put Vista on my other computer with the GQ Vista Code? My other computer is made by me.

2007-07-21 03:31:42 · 2 answers · asked by yazyazoo 1

2007-07-21 03:30:14 · 14 answers · asked by chase 2

one of them is limewire and I can't open it for some reason, (normally double click)...how do I take the highlight off please?

2007-07-21 03:17:34 · 2 answers · asked by Keith W 2

My iMac's software seems to be going crazy. Sometimes it randomly erases characters (For example, it won't show "W"s on a webpage.) and sometimes seems to put in random backspaces so that words overlap. It's done this in Safari, Firefox, Opera and Preview (in a PDF). Oddly, this has happened on another iMac of mine, too. Relaunching the troublesome application seems to help, but normally only fixes the problem for less than a minute. This is driving me crazy. Please help!

2007-07-21 03:07:35 · 5 answers · asked by hac 3

I have downloaded Quick Time on my computer but don't know if I ever use it or if I even need it.

2007-07-21 03:01:50 · 0 answers · asked by jobe_l@sbcglobal.net 1

2007-07-21 00:14:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

How can I get them faster?

2007-07-20 21:34:55 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm trying to compress large avi files from my canon digital camera.

Digital Media Converter 2.7 works well, but is $39.
AVI Recomp is free, but does not do batch processing.

2007-07-20 21:23:17 · 2 answers · asked by ****** 2

2007-07-20 20:25:48 · 3 answers · asked by Rooky R 1

Some of the pictures I have saved in my computer are gone.
I don't know if this is just a co-incidence or not, but I've been editing a picture on this site
http://pixer.us/
and have had problems saving the picture.
Later, I was altering a picture with MS Paint and when I saved that picture, a window opened up and said that a"sharing violation" had occurred while accessing that file.
What's a "Sharing violation?" (This has never happened to me before) But twice when I tried to save the picture A window opened up saying "moving files" and that's when many of my pictures gone missing (I can't find them.) The scary part is that I'm sure I clicked "save" when I selected a file to save it into.
The next day (at the time of writing) when I turned my computer on, my the picture I use as my screensaver is gone. (That's not one of the pictures which went missing either.)
I can't figure out what happened, maybe it's something from the site I mentioned.

2007-07-20 19:08:14 · 6 answers · asked by J.D.S. 4

2007-07-20 18:58:38 · 1 answers · asked by grom_hellscream713 1

I have accidently removed one or some of the components needed for my operating system or somthing on my hard drive, which is now resulting in error messsages.

2007-07-20 17:36:58 · 2 answers · asked by klwinchobee 1

i dont know the port number to the ghutella network? how can i find it ? and connect fully to use limewire ..thanks

2007-07-20 15:15:00 · 2 answers · asked by da ddddddd 1

me and my pals got it from the school and we have no needs at all. Wish to offload it, but ebay says it's prohibited. Am from Asia and can't fund much auctions that get us registered.

2007-07-20 14:49:39 · 2 answers · asked by quan q 2

I am trying to fix a cell that has a $/sq ft figure for a construction loan that is constant with a number of units that changes by column. What is the calculation to keep the $/sq ft constant while changing the cell value for the # of units?

2007-07-20 13:15:12 · 6 answers · asked by Sharon S 1

I just bought a new computer that came with Windows Vista installed on it. I am considering running XP on it instead. My old computer has a product key for XP, and I'm under the impression that since I have the product key, I have a license for XP. Is it possible to get just the software for XP that will work with my key? I'm hoping to find the software relatively cheap instead of buying a fully licensed version.

2007-07-20 12:50:36 · 5 answers · asked by Euler 2

for a not too techinical person too :), thanks!

2007-07-20 12:43:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-20 12:41:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

almost all programs that i try to install will download and run at first but, when i close the program there is no i-con anywere to re-open or run the program, including programs that are vista compatible, firefox,thunderbid, etc. the program folder is empty. although it is listed in the add or remove program list.any help????

2007-07-20 12:34:26 · 1 answers · asked by syrsweep1 2

1.i make movies and i need my clips will i lose them
2.i have pictures of my 2 year old i cannot lose them
3.pretty much "my documents" will i lose them?
4.will it bring back anyold files i got rid off.
5.will it delete my browser/browser settings.
6.will it remove fonts
7.what types of programs will it remove cause i use movie maker and other programs
8.will it effect my browser history (remembered passwords)
9.will i have to re create accounts
10.will it make my computer faster
whoever answers most gets the pionts

2007-07-20 12:22:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Anyone know the answer to this? Or any of the other P2P networks that charge for software without advertisements that promote illegal activity, please dont reply without a source and make sure to list that source.

2007-07-20 11:56:02 · 8 answers · asked by kloops1 4

I have two computers and one computer has Solitaire, and the other doesn't. (I am going to get rid of the one computer that has it in the near future). Can I copy the game from my old computer to the new one? How? My methods aren't working.

2007-07-20 11:54:41 · 2 answers · asked by adodd8 2

2007-07-20 11:54:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a job interview next week and want to be prepared.

2007-07-20 10:42:15 · 6 answers · asked by iwsyu 1

It found a trojan horse pack and tried to heal it but i couldn't so what should i do? I deleted it in the end, is that a good thing to do? It was a python 2.2.3 program.

What is a better anti virus program as well as a anti-spyware one.

2007-07-20 10:31:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok i downloaded a RAR game off bit torrent
and i dont kno how to get my game out so i can play it
can some1 help me

2007-07-20 10:29:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-20 09:24:01 · 5 answers · asked by Mer0pe 2