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I rebuilt my COMPUTER from board up trying to install win xp but the computer hangs on a the black SCREEN that says its INSPECTING hardware config.
what is the problem?Obviously it's not a software/virus issue so I'd go back to STEP one and reconnect or reseat all your hardware.

O.K....I know its suposed to send and receive but its doing it non stop like its downloading something. I will check my task manager and have NOTHING running but its WORKING so hard I can hardly surf the web. I left it connected last night to see if it would stop and its still doing it this morning. Its sent over 110 Million BYTES, & receved over 24 Million. Its like I have a leach or something. I have NO personal info on my computer, Its a OLD 166, I just surf with. It just started doing this yesterday. What could it be? I have restarted my computer and reconnected it many times & it just keeps doing it. Help please.Install and run antivirus and spyware apps found in the sticky on the Virus forum.  I'd download and update the programs then PHYSICALLY disconnect the SYSTEM from your modem.  Sounds like you've got an autodialer.

No matter what I have DONE(Norton virus scan,Spyware Doctor,Spybot search and DESTROY,cwshredder)this thing comes back.
It is a popup ad in mutliple variations from www.vv3.s13.tempx.cc
It says your PC is infected in an attempt for you to go to their site and buy software.
At times it takes over the brouser and I have to shut down.
After running virus scan on Norton I get a popup window stating that 4 viruses REMAIN and my pc is still infected.               :'(Help.michaelj1006.......You really should have posted this in the spyware and viruses section ....but ......what operating system are you using .........?
When Norton detects the 4 viruses........it must say something like Deletion failed ......but it should also name them and tell you where they are residing ......
Can you give us this info .......?
Also try this.......shut down your internet connection , reboot into safe mode ........then while in SAFE mode run Norton again and see if you can delete these pests.

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dl65  Sounds like you have a highjacker, download adware away and run scan and remove the highjacker program

pls can some 1 help me, when i turn my PC on it just constantly beeps like the sound of the boot process any 1 any idea what could be WRONG there no picture on the screen either Open your system up and reseat your video card.  Do the same with your RAM. ;Dthx joleen that DONE the trick x

OK...I just got a new COMPUTER and i was just CURIOUS how i could transfer like 2000 songs without having to burn them all on to CD's and then playing them on my Itunes.  I heard about these things called "data discs" but I have not researched them.   Please, if you have any useful information email me at [email protected]

Thank YOUYOU mean CD-R's? All you have to do is have CD burning software and burn them to the CD as Data, and not music... This should SOLVE your issue...

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my computer won't let me go furthere after i log in because it want me to register windows what should i do i have a xp home edition and i don't have any idea what caused it i did not delete anything i tried system restore and i went into safe to see if i would let me go through but nothing.    Firstly, you use punctuation to make sure that people can understand your POST.

Secondly, use a bit of common sense. Windows is occasionally quite bad when it comes to error messages, but in this instance it is even telling you what is up - you haven't registered Windows. What exactly do you expect us to do - send out our army of magic pixies to register your copy with Microsoft?Well.... All you have to do to solve this problem, is register Windows! Do you have an internet connection? If so, then that's all you need!

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Second of all the page is blank there is no WAY to know what i need to do. as for registering that labtop i already did when i bought it then suddenly it POP up this crazy MESSAGE out of no where so thanks for your help!Can you boot in safe mode?

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I've taken some photographs on my digital camera and want to download them to my pc.  When I first attached the camera to the USB lead XP detected the new hardware, but it doesn't bring up the box asking if you WOULD like to either copy the images, view as a slideshow, explore the contents etc.

I use a similar camera at work on another pc using XP and it does it first time.  Is my pc using the wrong driver?  Or do I have to do SOMETHING ELSE before it will work?  I have used the CD that came with the camera but it still won't download automatically.  I have to navigate through My Computer to the cameras drive and do it all manually.If the camera came with a cd , then install the software.xp won't always have all the drivers.mrip.......Is the camera you use at work exactly the same as yours and is that system using exactly the same software as you have installed on your home pc ?
The fact that you are able to download your images suggests to me that things are working as they should unless you have missed a setting when you setup your camera software on your home machine .

When you read the camera manual does it say that it is supposed to do this automatically ?

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dl65  
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mrip.......Is the camera you use at work exactly the same as yours and is that system using exactly the same software as you have installed on your home pc ?
The fact that you are able to download your images suggests to me that things are working as they should unless you have missed a setting when you setup your camera software on your home machine .

When you read the camera manual does it say that it is supposed to do this automatically ?

Let us know

dl65  

Hey,

My son has given me these questions to answer but i have not a clue about computers and he is at me the hole time to do them.  So i said i would just to keep the young boy happy.

Can any of you kind people help me out on this??

If so can you underline the correct answer as it would be much appreciated.

PART 1
1 - What feature of a ribbon CABLE should be noted before it is disconnected ?
•      The overall length of the cable.
•      The position of the striped edge.
•      The position of any nearby jumpers.
•      The proximity of PCI boards
2 - What produces the final output from a video board ?
•      ADC
•      PCI
•      CPU
•      DAC
3 - When cables are disconnected what should be done ?
•      Labelled to show device and orientation.
•      Coiled and rubber-banded to protect cable.
•      Attached to anti-static earth strap.
•      Ends covered in plastic bag to protect board from scratches.
4 – Which type of CPU socket is easiest to work with ?
•      LIF
•      ZIF
•      PCI
•      IDE

5 – What can sometimes indicate pin 1 ?
•      Round blob of solder.
•      Triangular blob of solder.
•      OVAL blob of solder.
•      Square blob of solder

6 – What type of system cause unacceptable flicker ?
•      Non-interlaced, low refresh rate.
•      Interlaced, low refresh rate.
•      Non-interlaced, low resolution.
•      Interlaced, low resolution.


7 – What indicates a bad video card on start-up ?
•      One long and one short beep.
•      Two long and one short beep.
•      One long and two short beeps.
•      Two short beeps.

8 – What method is used to convert analogue sounds into digital ?
•      BITBLT
•      Sampling
•      Synthesis
•      Sequencing

9 – What sample size is the minimum necessary for multimedia ?
•      8 bit
•      16 bit
•      32 bit
•      64 bit

10 – What type of connectors are used be pass-through cables ?
•      MOLEX
•      DIN
•      BNC
•      Berg

11 – What is the maximum capacity of a DVD disk ?
•      640MG
•      4.7GB
•      9.4GB
•      17GB

12 – What format is compatible with most existing DVD players ?
•      DVD-R
•      DVD-RAM
•      DVD-RW
•      DVD+RW

13 – What does PnP require ?
•      Suitable hardware and software.
•      Suitable software only.
•      Suitable hardware only.
•      The hardware and software are irrelevant.

14 – Which I/O address range is used for the primary hard disk controller ?
•      F0-FF
•      1F0-1F8
•      170-177
•      238-23B

15 – How many DMA channels are available on the modern machines ?
•      0
•      4
•      7
•      8

16 – Which of the following is not used by PCI buses ?
•      DMA
•      IRQ addresses
•      ROM addresses
•      I/O addresses

17 – Which IRQ is allotted to the keyboard ?
•      0
•      1
•      2
•      3

18 – Which bus allows IRQ sharing ?
•      VESA
•      MCA
•      ISA
•      PCI

19 – What size is CMOS memory ?
•      64 bytes
•      64Kb
•      640Kb
•      64Mb

20 – What is the most common resource problem ?
•      DMA conflicts
•      I/O conflicts
•      ROM conflicts
•      IRQ conflicts

21 – Which IRQ should you avoid using if possible ?
•      2
•      5
•      9
•      13


PART 2
22 – Which of the following hard drive interface protocols is the most recent ?
•      ATAPI
•      EIDE
•      Fast ATA-2
•      ATA-133

23 – How many pins should the drive connector have if you are installing one of the faster drives available ?
•      40
•      66
•      80
•      100



24 – How many devices can be linked to a single IDE channel ?
•      1
•      2
•      4
•      6

25 – How are master and slave drives configured during installation ?
•      DIP switches
•      Jumpers
•      Software selection
•      Pre-configured

26 – Where is an IDE bootable drive’s start-up software located ?
•      BIOS
•      RAM
•      First sector
•      Last sector

27 – What drive information is contained in CMOS ?
•      Manufacturer
•      Interface type
•      Cable type
•      Drive type

28 – How many built in Drives types are stored in CMOS ?
•      35
•      37
•      47
•      49

29 – What is the maximum number of IDs that can be supported on a single cable with SCSI 1 and SCSI 2 ?
•      7, 15
•      8, 16
•      8, 15
•      7, 14

30 – What is the maximum data transfer rate using Fast-wide SCSI, and what bit width can it use ?
•      16 MBPs, 8 bits
•      16 MBPs, 16 bits
•      20 MBPs, 16 bits
•      40 MBPs, 16 bits

31 – How many connectors should external SCSI devices have ?
•      1
•      2
•      3
•      4

32 – How many terminators are required on a SCSI chain and what type of terminator must be used with SCSI-3 ?
•      1, passive
•      1, active
•      2, passive
•      2, active

33 – What feature allows SCSI to transfer date from peripheral to peripheral ?
•      Bus mastering
•      DMA
•      Programmed input/output
•      PCI

34 – If a SCSI hard disk is the bootable disk on a system then what ID number should it have ?
•      0
•      1
•      2
•      Doesn’t matter




35 – If there is a problem with devices connected to the SCSI host adapter then what is the best method for solving the problem ?
•      Swap device on the cable.
•      Try changing the host adapters ID.
•      Experiment with changing the devices IDs.
•      Power-down and then reboot the system.

36 – What is the configuration of a SCSI-2 cable ?
•      Centronics 50-conductor – mini DVB-50 pin connector.
•      Centronics 50-conductor – Centronics 50-conductor connection.
•      Mini DVB-50 pin connector – mini DVB-50 pin connector.
•      HP-50 connector – HP-50 connector

37 – What type of terminator is commonly used in host adapters ?
•      Centronics
•      SIPP
•      DIPP
•      DIP switch

38 – Where is the SCSI start-up software located when the system uses a bootable SCSI hard drive ?
•      CMOS
•      System BIOS
•      On-board BIOS
•      RAM

39 – If SCSI disks appear on the system but cannot be accesses what is the most likely problem ?
•      More than one device with the same ID.
•      Drivers have not been installed.
•      Passive termination is being used instead of active.
•      The cable is connected upside down.

And hers the last bit

40 – How many parallel ports is supported be Windows XP ?
•      1
•      2
•      3
•      4

41 – Which type of printer has more problems sharing the parallel port ?
•      Inkjet
•      Laser
•      Dot Matrix
•      Thermal Transfer

42 – Which version of Windows does not support USB ?
•      XP
•      2000
•      ME
•      NT

43 – What value for the hardware version shown in the general Tab of Windows Device Manager for the USB Universal Host Controller may indicate a motherboard upgrade as necessary ?
•      00
•      000
•      01
•      001

44 – If an inkjet printer appears to be working but nothing prints what is the likely cause ?
•      Cable is not connected properly.
•      Driver is not installed.
•      Cartridge is out of ink.
•      Wrong type of paper is being used.

45 – What type of cable is suitable for bi-directional communication with printers ?
•      IEEE 1284
•      IEEE 1482
•      IEEE 1248
•      IEEE 4128



46 – Why must care be taken when working inside a Laser printer ?
•      Easily damaged components.
•      Toxic fumes.
•      Hot surfaces.
•      Sharp edges.

47 – A vertical white strip on a laser printout indicates that the likely cause is what ?
•      Insufficient Toner.
•      Condensation on the drum.
•      Overheating of the drum.
•      Toner on corona wire.

48 – What file type format is least efficient ?
•      BMP
•      GIF
•      JPG
•      TIFF

49 – Which of the following statements is correct for a shared parallel port ?
•      The scanner should be switched on first.
•      The printer should be switched on first.
•      Both the printing and scanning can occur simultaneously.
•      The port should not be an ECP port.

50 – Which pins are the signal ground pins in 25 pin and 9 pin RS-232 connectors respectively ?
•      5, 7
•      1, 5
•      7, 5
•      5, 1

51 – What pin should pin 20 be connected to in a 25 pin DTE to 9 pin DTE null modem cable ?
•      6
•      7
•      8
•      9
52 – What name is given to the effect where data in one wire is affected by electromagnetic influences from another wire ?
•      Degaussing
•      Crostalk
•      Thermal Shock
•      Static

53 – Which module is most prone to damage from liquid spills ?
•      Floppy drive
•      Hard disk
•      Monitor
•      Keyboard

54 – Which of the following is used to help dissipate heat in addition to cooling fans ?
•      Heat channels
•      Heat ducts
•      Heat sinks
•      Heat reducers

55 – Which cables are most vulnerable to crosstalk ?
•      Speaker cables
•      Ribbon cables
•      Power cables
•      Monitor cables

56 – Which of the following is a source of potentially damaging magnetic fields ?
•      Speakers
•      Optical mice
•      Heat sinks
•      Ribbon cables

57 – What name is given to a long duration over-voltage ?
•      Spike
•      MOV
•      Surge
•      Brownout

58 – Why should connected devices be plugged into the same power circuit ?
•      To reduce the occurrence of spikes.
•      To reduce the occurrence of brownouts.
•      To prevent static imbalance.
•      To provide a common ground.

59 – What is the main route of infection for macro viruses ?
•      ftp sites
•      peer-to-peer-sharing
•      infected floppies
•      e-mails

60 – What type of virus randomly CREATES new names for itself ?
•      Logic Bomb
•      Trojan
•      Polymorphic
•      Macro

61 – What type of virus is normally limited in spread due to damage it causes to host systems ?
•      Logic Bomb
•      Trojan
•      Polymorphic
•      Macro
The answers for Q1-Q61 are as follows..

Get out of computer school and get yourself a job on a garbage truck or some other menial job preferably not one using power tools.  You are obviously too stupid to be around electricity. Quote

If so can you underline the correct answer as it would be much appreciated.

My son has given me these questions to answer but i have not a clue about computers and he is at me the hole time to do them.  So i said i would just to keep the young boy happy.

Whenever i play a mp3 on winamp the balance SHIFTS to one SIDE.  ALSO when i change the volume on the winamp the same problem occurs.  Can anyone HELP me out?more info on system used...what HAPPENS if you use wmp??and not win-amp..was the track in mono?

I have all the HARDWARE and software, but can't figure out how to make it go wireless.  What do I NEED to do?  Any SUGGESTIONS? :-/ hollandman99......How about being just a bit more specific ......For example ....what O/S are you using? Are you using Dialup , CABLE or DSL ......what hardware do you have ?  Exactly what have you done in trying to make it work ....

let us know

dl65

Hi, i have a 650 mhz system and one day it just wouldn't send signal to the monitor anyway. I had tried another monitor something happen but i try both of the monitor in a different COMPUTER and it works so i know the monitor is working. I'm a A+ certfied myself and i tried to troubleshoot the problem and i removed the battery for the CMOS and let it reset everything and the monitor get the signal again. So i tried to boot the system but then i found out it suddenly restarted on me. I replaced the VIDEO card, Harddrive, memory and remove all the floppy and cd rom drive. But it still restarted on me. I also formatted the whole drive and try to reinstall Window XP Professional. But in the middle of the PROCESS it restarted again and i couldn't get to reinstall window. Right Now everything i try to boot the computer it's either it restarted again or it went to the blue screen and say Something like if this is your first time seeing this error message please restart window again or if this problem continue try to see is there a faulty in memory, Video card and etc. But i had check all those i don't think there is any problem to it. Everything it show the LOADING Window XP screen then it either restarted or go to the blue screen. So please can someone help me with this problem.More info on ram...and motherboard....check the  serial port??I think Motherboard is some PC chips and memory is some generic 256 mb pc133 Ram. I don't think anything wrong with serial port.

I have upgraded to XP and wish to transfer all my digital camera photo's to CDs using one CD-RW for each catagory and then being able to ADD to that catagory as APPROPRIATE. Using AC-DC I sorted them into seven catagories. I intended to use Nero to BURN the files in each separate catagory to each DESIGNATED disk. I am unable to find out how to do this as I can't locate the correct file or whatever to carry out the process. is there a method or a better method to do the whole process?. I'm completely new at this . help appreciated
LisaAssuming you have a CD burner just COPY and paste the files to the CD.

when i am downloading a file my modem slow down let say i am downloading a 5 meg file my pc download it at 2.99kb but then it go lower 2.88kb 2.40 kb until it reach 1.30 kb and then it WONT go up.before it use to be stable and go up to 5.10kb is there a program i could get to fix this problem.Have you scanned for viruses and spyware? Also, TRY repairing your internet CONNECTION by doing this... LOOK at the bottom-right of your screen, and right click on the Local Area connection icon..... When you right-click on it, click Repair. This might take a minute, but it will work...

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I was wondering how I can get a good, loud amplified sound with a microphone attached to my 35M series Toshiba Laptop. The speakers already pre-installed in the Laptop are very poor and low sounding. I don't think I have enough HOLES in the system to accommodate the microphone line and a bought speaker connection. HELP!!!  I would really LIKE to use my laptop as a karaoke, but don't know where to start or what is the cheapest route. Thanks a lot   Try turning up the volume... IS it set to the maximum amplification? Also, seeing as you are trying to RECORD a VERY loud sound, try SCREAMING into your mic.....  

[glb]Flame[/glb]I'm not joking. I need to know how can I upgrade my laptop so I can use a microphone to it. I'm a singer and thought it CONVENIENT if I was able to bring my laptop around by plugging it and popping a karaoke CD and SING through the mic.Well.... Like I said... Turn up the volume on the computer... Is the volume turned up all the way? Also, if you do not have enought room, or enought ports on the laptop for these connections, then you are out of luck...

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Does anyone know if I can back up The SIMS Double Deluxe game so I can restart at the same position after REINSTALLING the game on a new hard drive?  If so what files do I need to back up and re-install?

Thanks

Rob
Yes! Just copy all of your folders named userdata , and burn them onto a CD, or onto FLASH memory, ETC. (These userdata folders might contain numbers... Copy them anyway... BASICALLY, ANY folder with the name userdata)

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I'll give it a go.

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Hi I  need help with this question. It is for my computer CLASS. Can some one help me thank you. MIMI


When unistalling an application it is crucial to the health of you SYSTEM that you do not simple go into the Windows Explorer and delete the file for an application. What PROBLEMS could you happening by using this approch???Well.... You could delete an important file, that your file needs... Here is an example.... It is not an example that shows an important file being deleted, but it is still an example... Say you install a PROGRAM, and that program has images inside that are icons for soem of your folders... Well, say you deleted the program and ALL of its contents... Those pictures would be gone, and your folders could become corrupt... Understand now? The whole idea is that important files are hidden EVERYWHERE, so you never KNOW what risks you are taking until it is too late...

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I need some help bad!  My computer was running slow so I decided to delete everything off of it and start over to try and make it run faster.  Well the comptuer is about 6 years old and in the beginning had Windows 98 SE as the OS and then about a YEAR ago I updated it to Windows XP Professional.  I had Norton on the computer and went to the "wipe all" section and told it to wipe the C: drive and when I restarted the comptuer it says NTLDR is missing and won't let me do anything.  Does anyone now what to do?  I would greatly apprectiate some help, thanks.

                                                        JonJon Spencer.......If I'm reading you right , you have deleted everything on your drive and will have to reinstall your operating system........However in your case you updated from Win98SE so you will have to load it first and then load the Win XP pro upgrade cd.
I would use your Win 98 boot disk and format your C drive to be sure its clean .

dl65  Well thank you!!  I appreciate the help i just have one more question how do i go about formatting the C: drive I'm not sure how to do that... One real easy way is to figure out what manufacturer your hard drive is. Then download there software to do it such as for a Maxtor drive they have a program called MaxBlast 3 that will do everything for you.

If you do not want to go that route. I Believe you make a bootable floppy. Be sure to copy format.exe onto the disk.

I believe it is:
format /s c:  or is it format c: /s  for win98. In dos you simply can type the command such as format then put a /? after it and it will describe how to use the exe. Like this:
format /?

Cheers-- oh and anybody CORRECT me if I am wrong. Quote

...how do i go about formatting the C: drive ...(

My father passed away and I have his old laptop. Problem is, I can't log on since I don't have his username and/or password. How do I bypass this and still keep his old files?Lori.clark......Sorry to hear about your Dad .
What make of laptop is it and do you know what operating system is loaded on it .........will it load the O/S at all or is the password on the bios ?

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dl65  It's a dell laptop and it's a windows 98 system.    in a windows 98 system, just try hitting cancel or the little x button. It may just let you log in anyway.
Let us kow how it worked out.i have a hp PAVILION n3250 laptop and i had BOUGHT it at a PAWN shop.wellit has a bios pass word and i cant seem to get past it.help me please Quote

i have a hp pavilion n3250 laptop and i had bought it at a pawn shop.wellit has a bios pass word and i cant seem to get past it.help me please

For almost anything I do (MOVE my mouse, arrow keys, press keys, all of this) I hear a SQUEAK out of my speakers, or of my headset. This is real wierd, is this SOMETHING off of windows or is there some kind of static at my house or something?Strange... Do you have antivirus protection? ALSO, which video CARD do you have?

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Hello,
In Oct. my computer crashed and was subsequently rebuilt.  I have Windows XP on an EMachine. 70G hard drive, 256 RAM, Intel Celeron Processor, 766mhz and I don't know what other info I should list.
I am not ABLE to record on the Windows Sound recorder nor on the recorder in my e-mail software, Incredimail.  This was not the case prior to the crash.  The individual who did the repairs insists that he has to have more money even for a simple question about the new OS.  

I have checked and rechecked all of the settings from the speaker on the task bar to the settings in the control panel.  All drivers check fine, everything that I have found to check and have been advised to check I have done repeatedly.  I tried to UPDATE the drivers but it read that I have the best ones already.
I have Intel (r) Integrated Audio sound device.  I know nothing about the insides of a PC.  My headset worked prior to the crash as does a little mic that I have.  I don't know what else to check or where else to look.  Any new thoughts  or IDEAS or directions would be wonderful especially if they solved this problem.  Someone SUGGESTED that something could have been left unplugged but I took the cover off the CPU and saw nothing obvious.  
I can't see the back of the jacks for my headset from inside the CPU as there is a metal plate over them setting about an inch back.  This plate has small holes in it here and there but not enough for me to see the exact back of the two ports which are on the front of the CPU below the off button.
The headset is a Verbatim and is quite new.  It was sent to me by a friend in Australia and it worked fine before the meltdown.
Thanks in advance for any help at all.  I have been working on this for weeks with nothing gained so far.

FayeControl Panel---Sounds and Multimedia---Audio tab

Look in Sound Recording, does it show a Preferred Device?  If, yes, click Volume, then Options, then Properties.  Recording should be checked, then check all boxes in bottom window.  Line-In and Microphone should not be muted.  Adjust volume controls.Thank you kindly for your reply.   There is only the default device.  Intel Integrated Audio.

FayeHey - did you get fixed?  I don't do "recording", so I'm not the best responder for your situation.  Even so, it sounds to me like the most probable cause of your problem is that your microphone (or whatever you use to record) is not plugged into the proper connection of your SOUND CARD.  
If you can look on the back of your computer (no need to take cover off), you will recognize (or perhaps you are already familiar with) your Sound Card slot because the speaker SYSTEM is plugged into it.  On this card there are several "holes" (jacks) for plugging in speakers and microphone.  All sound cards I've ever seen have icons etched in, showing the purpose of each hole.  ONE of the holes will show a tiny microphone.  Make sure your microphone is plugged in there.

I just had another idea.  Are you plugging into the FRONT of your computer (front of a CDROM drive)?  If so, this is a different problem and a different solution.  Did the fellow who "rebuilt" your system do any work INSIDE the computer case?  If so,  he might have DISCONNECTED your CDROM from your Sound Card.  Let me know.

If neither of the above is your problem let me know.  I will work with you if you like.
Hello I have a problem with my computer lap top.
By mistake yesterday I lost sound I cant play music or DVD. When i checked on contrl panel I wanted to set sound but it was grayed I couldn't manage to set it.
on sound setting panel I got a notice saying that no audio device what can i do now? please help me.

My job GAVE me a computer they replaced with new one.  Everyone in the office GOT one, but now I can't seem to get rid of the administrator.  Is there any way I can "wipe out" the need of the previous administrator?  It won't let me INSTALL the WIRELESS card I just purchased, so I can't access the internet.  I promise you that I didn't illegally obtain this computer, but that it used to belong to the company.  Do I need to take it to a computer store to RESTORE the computer to its original condition when purchased?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.If this is now your computer to do with as you please then you'll want to format and start fresh.  You never know what nasties may be left behind by the previous owner.

I want to use the number side of the keyboard for all those MARKINGS and signs....can anyone help?Here is one of several sites for symbols.

http://www.bbsinc.com/symbol.html

To make this WORK, select the symbol from the list and NOTE the number to the right.

When typying the symbol, the hold down the "Alt" key and type a 0 (zero) plus the 3 numbers.

Alt+0189 = ½

Alt+0162 = ¢

My 2½¢  Ooops, I worded that a little WRONG, not all of the symbol numbers are 3 DIGIT.

I have windows xp home edition and have over 178000 files in it . Many of these files are empty or DUPLICATES .I just like to know if there is a safe way of removing the excess files WITHOUT harming my windows xp operating SYSTEM? sared.......Are these REDUNDANT files ,ONES that you have created ...or something else ?   If they are files related to yourvoperating system ..leave them .....if they aren't ......delete them .........use the recycle bin ,and if its a needed file you can smply put it back.

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Hi, I have a comcast DSL connection. WOULD it be possible to hook up a second computer on the same line or do I have to pay extra?Thanks for any information.   tikitot.......what does your SERVICE PROVIDER SAY ? They make the rules . The service provider I have allows that but each isp is differant .........Do you have a ROUTER ?

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Listen up! I see that someone on this forum does not know this already, so I guess I will just have to make a world announcement about it... Today, someone asked about "defacing" web sites... Incase everyone does not know what "defacing" is, it MEANS to HACK. Now, my point about this whole message, is to say this, "WE WILL NOT HELP ANYONE WHO IS ASKING US ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO HACK! This forum was made to help people! Not to hurt them!" Now, my FIRST webiste was hacked, so I get really ANGRY when someone ELSE tries to do the same thing! So PLEASE, if you want to kno how to hack, take it away from this forum. Thankyou  

[glb]Flame[/glb]Actually, a HACKER is simply a very advanced computer programmer. The name goes way back to the invention of the internet.

Not to be confused with a cracker, who is merely a thirteen year old who gets off on breaking into computers. The twats.

And that was a public service broadcast BROUGHT to you by Tiny Personal Firewall

Some how...My shaw secure isn't working...FIRST when I first used it, I tried using the password to undo a parental block that I did not set and it did not work!  
And then after that..I couldn't use my subscription code... then the message "Virus FOUND!" pops up almost every minute! and it pops up about the same virus...I need help..;-;Izuma......Well ..it seems to me that you should be contacting Shaw.......You should be able to go to shaw on line ..log into your account and revise your settings given you are allowed to do so .......as far as the viruses ...maybe your infected and the virus has disabled your ability to get to shaw on line .........Are you using Shaw antivirus PROTECTION as well .........
Go to another pc and D/l and save to either a floppy or a CD  STINGER then run it on your pc .........when its clean ...try going back on line and try resetting your Shaw settings
Perhaps next TIME post in the appropriate place ......
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anyone tell me how to put a timer on minor user for a two hour interval at designated time by me (ADMINISTRATOR) Computer will automatically log her off whether she is ready or not. i must prohibit her spending too much time on computer SINCE she cannot police herself.capricorn0156........ Here's something which MAY do the JOB .... http://www.fspro.net/aboss/    

It says it will do what you want .....and theres a free trial as well

Here's one that completely free ...GIVE it a try and let us know ....  http://www.dirfile.com/freeware/time-limit.htm

let us know

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i was wondering if anyone on here is either A+, C++, N+, S+, or cisco certified and how HARD are the tests. i plan on taking my A+ TEST at the end of the semester and also what would be best getting to have a job in the computer industryI don't have any of those qualifications so I couldn't give you details on that side of things. I will however pass on some advice my Computing teacher once GAME me.

Get a degree in computing. If you get a degree in games design (for arguements sake), you are pretty much LOCKED into the games industry, unless you want to go back and retrain. With a more general degree you'll be just as qualified and have more options for the future.

Hope that helps.Check out www.techexams.net they have a lot fo great information about getting certified. I want to get my net+. Good Luck!!

Daughter & I have a Mustek 1200 UB Plus SCANNER, we have had it for nearly two years now. First had it on WinME O/S & it worked perfectly. Daughter then upgraded me to win2000 & ever since then we have been getting the following message every time we try to scan "There is no document in your scanner". We looked on the net & it seemed it was a problem with Win2000 so daughter PUT WinME back on my pc. Yet we still get the same problem everytime we try to scan in WinMe now does anyone have any IDEA of what could be wrong.  

Also, we used other imaging programs but when they scan, the image comes out in random streaks of red, GREEN and blue.  Reinstall Win2k, WinME is just plain Bad.  DOWNLOAD drivers for your Mustek 1200UB scanner.
http://www.mustek.com/download/driv_scanr/english/1200ub.html

i recently installed win 98 to my computer but i only have 16 colors

plz help me

wats wrong and how do i fix itInstall videocard drivers.i don't know what video card i have

how can itell and i have a spare video card somewhere would that say the amke and model on itYou want to tell what videocard is installed by taking a completely different card that you have lying around.....? :'


Go to Start -> Run and type Dxdiag and go to the MONITOR tab to see what card is installed.have you tried going int control panel ...display...settings..
see if you can change the color choices...then LOOK in advances at the various tabstype dxdiag in the run box.. run the test.....as raptor has quoted... the  graphics DRIVER are missing... win9x installs defaults drivers...you will not get beyond 16 colours with out the driverscheck as to what version of Direct-X you have.  Try installing the latest ONE .Ussually, when computer starts, the first thing that appears on the screen is the graphic card description. If it does not, then you'll have to open the computer chase, find the video card (if it is integrated on motherboard you will find on motherboard's MANUAL) and see what is written on it. Then make a search on www.google.com or www.altavista.com and see the results.Please look at the date of the posts in the thread prior to responding to one that is 2 months old!!!

I have two questions I need help with on Word 95;

1.  Since I recently formatted my Dell P200/Win98se, my docs now seem to have become "read only" files and I can't make any changes on them (i.e.  updating my resume).  How did I do that, and how do I undo that?

2.  Win98 or Word95 always defaults to a checkered red underline below printed website addresses and email addresses.  Then when I try to CUT and PASTE to a Word95 document, they print out as ERROR, BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.  I know this has something to do with bookmarks, hyperlinks, or macros, but I'm unable to correct so these items will actually carry over to the page I'm printing.

Thanks for any help.

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I have two questions I need help with on Word 95;
 
1.  Since I recently formatted my Dell P200/Win98se, my docs now seem to have become "read only" files and I can't make any changes on them (i.e.  updating my resume).  How did I do that, and how do I undo that?
 
2.  Win98 or Word95 always defaults to a checkered red underline below printed website addresses and email addresses.  Then when I try to cut and paste to a Word95 document, they print out as ERROR, BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.  I know this has something to do with bookmarks, hyperlinks, or macros, but I'm unable to correct so these items will actually carry over to the page I'm printing.
 
Thanks for any help.
 

I have a karaoke system that a friend of MINE MADE for me that runs on winamp..it crashed the other day and nothing worked we got EVERYTHING to work except that when we PLAY the winamp with a karaoke song the graphics will not show on a SPLIT screen everything else shows that it is working.. but no graphics...please help I am desperateHave you disabled wmp..

When I first turn my computer on, the tower has what I would call a "normal" noise.  Randomly, it will go into what I call, "high gear," and sound as if it is working very hard.  This can last for a few minutes to several hours.  It will do this on and off whenever I have the computer on.  There seems to be no rhyme or reason to why it is doing this.  My worst fear is that someone has found a way to tap into my computer and is accessing it for whatever reason.  Does anyone know why this is happening?  Is it harmful to my computer?  Is there a way to make it stop?
Thank you.If this occurs when you are offline (or disconnected from a network) then you can rule out the cracker theory. You're PC has to be online for someone to access it.

Anyway, try updating virus and adware scanners and install a firewall.SLH.......Are you online or off-line when these activities occur?  Are you using dialup or hispeed ..?

What are you using for a firewall ?

What O/S are you using ?

let us know

DL65  Is this the fan you are talking about? If it sounds like a plane passing by, then you will know... lol   If so, then just open the computer case up, ground the electricity from your body, and clean the fan out...

[glb]Flame[/glb]Thank you so much for responding to me.  I'll try to answer all of your questions.  This happens both when I am on and off line.  I am connected through my cable company though, so does this mean I am online all of the time.

I always update and run my virus, adware and spybot scans.  I have McAfee Personal Firewall.

It is awfully loud, so I will try to clean out the fan.  Thanks for the suggesion.  Any more ideas?SLH......If you are going to clean out your pc as flame suggests....purchase a can off compressed duster or something similar.......pay particular attention to the heat SINK...( the thing that the fan sits on ) ......when you blow the dust off the fan blades ...use a chop stick or something ( non-metalic ) to prevent the fan from spining while you blow it out .......( the pc is turned off of course ) ....... Now ....when you say your pc is running when your not using it ....are you seeing hard drive activity ( the led light on the case flashing on and off )
Yes , you are online all the time unless you shutoff the connection in the control panel .

let us know

dl65 MAKE SURE THAT: When you go to clean out your fan, ALWAYS ground the electricity from your body BEFORE touching ANY system components! Good luck...

[glb]Flame[/glb]I know that I should probably know this, but I don't.....HOW do you ground the electricity from your body?
Thanks!
OK... What you have to do it touch the inner metal frame of the computer... So you will take your computer, and put it on a table OVER a tile surface... Next, take off the cover FRO your computer... Next, touch the inner metal frame of your computer... That's all!

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a friend came over to get my computer working again...it is, but my start MENU is now very small and my displays(for instance), mail page are so big they don't fit on the screen.....i don't know how to fix this...i'm not very computer literate.......thank youWhat is your resolution set to? Right-click on the desktop, hit properties, click on the settings TAB... Now, what is your resolution set to? Also, what PROBLEM(s) were you having earlier that made your friend come over to fix it?

[glb]Flame[/glb]please be patient with me...i'm a computer idiot.....screen area SAYS 640x480 pixels......the original problem was that i had accidentally deleted a system file and couldn't get on at all....OK... That resolution IS on the big side, but might be ok to use... Now, do you know how big your monitor is? (17 inches, etc.)

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UPdated form ME to XP. AOL says i need a dail-up NUMBER. ANY suggestion? KEITH CHAMBERS.......What method of CONNECTING to the Internet do you use ?
When you installed XP.........you have to tell it how you connect and if your using Dialup ....you would enter WHATEVER number your modem had been using to connect ........( I assume that was AOL )  

let us KNOW

dl65  AOL COMES with its own set of access numbers... All you have to do is select the numbers in your area...

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I wonder if anyone else has had the following problem with AOL's emailing feature. AOL lists partial email addresses for listed names. By filling out a form in three parts, one can have AOL send an email MESSAGE. The third part involves AWAITING an email from AOL that contains an URL. That email never arrives in my mailbox. I've called them many times and it is never fixed.Easy. Dump AOHell and sign up to a PROPER ISP. If you've called so often their CUSTOMER service can't be all that good anyway.

I bought a belkin wireless ROUTER and wireless notebook card, I connected my main PC through wires. ALTHOUGH I can access the internet on both I dont KNOW how to share files (computers dont seem to see one another.) The thing I most want to do is play netwok games but again the computers dont see one another. PLEASE HELP.  The computers now see one another, changed Unplug and Play and norton firewall settings. Unfortunatly though one computer (the cabled one) can access the shared folders the laptop however cannot as the following message comes up. The cabled computer is called wired by the way. "Wired is not accesable. You MIGHT not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions
Access is DENIED."Windows Help--->Internet Connection SharingThanks that has seemed to have solved THAT problem (see new post)

i have p-1V PC, 128 MB DDR RAM 1.7GHZ FROM 2 YEAR. FROM SOME TIME I HAVE NOTICE THAT THE SPEED OF MY PC GEETING SLOW. PLZ TELL ME WHAT IS THE CAUSES OF THAT. AND ALSO TELL ME THE SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM.anish garg....I can sum it up in two (2) words .......

.....................BETTER MAINTAINENCE.......................

Scan for spyware , ADWARE , malware ....................
Empty temp Internet files , Run a defrag................
Clean the dust out of the interior of the case ........
Scan for viruses and worms ...................................

Well that was more than two words ,but I hope you get the idea.

let US know

dl65  Also, download the registry mechanic, or some other name of software (that fixes your registry), and let it fix some problems...

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The text on some pages is hugh and i can't read it, how do i MAKE it SMALLER?   thanks so much If you are USING Internet Explorer, then click on view on the standard toolbar, and then point to text SIZE, and click on the size that you want...

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???I have searched all over in everything in my puter and cannot find the problem. I have a new mother board so all should be WORKING just fine. I have noise in my speakers but GET no SOUND except for that. IF i have that much shouldnt I be able to get everything? Is just a BUZZING sound. Can anyone please help me? Thanks.have you loaded the system?Have you loaded the drivers?

[glb]Flame[/glb]How do u do that? I am not very knowledgable about that part of puters. Just your basic things. ThanksWell.... Ordinarily your COMPUTER manufacturer will provie you with some CDs for your sound card, etc. You need teh one for the sound card, so you can reinstall your drivers...

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Not sure where to put this post so here goes. I have an 2.6 P4, 1 GIG mem, 6800 Oc, 120 HD, WinXP SP2. When on the INTERNET sometimes I get a restart right in the middle of something, a lil sporatic, nuthing  that I'm doin the same, then get the old "this SYS has recovered from a serious error" msg. Also while playing some games, (majesty, singles, etc.) I   will get a restart or at LEAST a " singles.exe has encountered a prob and must close" msg.  It will restart the System or  shutoff a game at differing times and under differing moments so I am really unsure of the prob. Please help as I am not the most puter savvy guy.

ThxYou didn't mention whether you've scanned for viruses so I'll assume you haven't.  Scan for viruses and ad/spyware.  It seems to me that either netsky or sasser was responsible a while back for restarts.  Give it a shot and let us know.Well..... Have you tried updating your video card drivers? You can get them from the video card MANUFACTURER's website... Also, have you been keeping up with your Windows Updates?

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Because my Internet Explorer has been hijacked, I down loaded the new Mozilla Foxfire browser. It seemed to work - favorites got transferred and I was able to move around the web. Subsequently, after establishing my DSL connection to EarthLink, I click on the Foxfire desktop shortcut (previously, I would click on the IE icon) and the connection is denied. The message is that my proxy server settings are not correct. Earthlink so far has refused to help saying that it does not support Mozilla. Any ideas as to what to do?youll have to reinstall the mozilla firefox... although mozilla firefox doesnt have all the features that IE have.. i suggest you downlowd Internet Explorer 6.0 in the internet... that would be better... anyways its free. =) Quote

although mozilla firefox doesnt have all the features that IE have

I have an Hp all in one and I need to know how to print only what I need or SECTIONS of page, partial pages, even one page out of 10! I may just want a picture, but it prints the whole page. Any way to separtate parts of pages and cancel what you don't need? If I cancel or shut off it prints when TURNED on. A lot of waste. Thankyou for any INFO!  Ernie ([email protected])File--Print--Page Range

Hi,
when i boot my computer (running xp pro) it gets to verifying dmi pool as normal. and then tells me windows did not start succesfully and makes me CHOOSE between booting in safe mode, last known good CONFIG, or start windows normally. everything i choose leads me back to the same screen.  any suggestions?
thanks
Tomtf195......You will probably have to try a repair......
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winxppro/installxpcdrepair/index.htm  
This page will take you through it step by step.
Good Luck

dl65  thanks.  i changed it to boot up the cd drive primerily but when i boot up it still goes to this same screen. only change is that right after it says verifying dmi pool, it says very quickly "boot from ATAPI CD-ROM" then goes to the same screen with the SELECTIONS i mentioned previously.tf195....thats fine but you have to put your XP pro disk in the cd ....Reboot ....and then follow the instructions for a restore ....its all outlined in the page I gave you above ....

dl65  the xp disk was in the cd drive.REBOOT with the disk in ......thats what i didand NOTHING happened ?

Do you have more than 1 cd drive ......
Do you still have the bios set to boot from the cd drive ?
still goes to this same screen. only change is that right after it says verifying dmi pool, it says very quickly "boot from ATAPI CD-ROM" then goes to the same screen with the selections i mentioned previously.just rebooted for the 5th time, and it decided to tell me "disk boot failure" right after the varifying dmi pool data, also says INSERT system disk and press enter.  the disk is in the drive, when i press enter the light on the cd drive flashes, but nothing happensIs your Win XP pro an original or a copy ?
originalby any chance do you have anything in the floppy drive ?nothingalso says insert system disk and press enter.  the disk is in the drive, when i press enter the light on the cd drive flashes,

Was there any hard drive activity ..because it should have been scanning your system to see what it needs

I'm just wondering if anyone has any experiance in creating Fractals?
I've had a bit of a search on the net and come up with a few things but has anyone got any experience in Making them?

To narrow it down a bit i'd like to find out how difficult they are to make and any recommendations about SOFTWARE or hardware requirements WOULD be helpfull.  



Don't know if this will help, but the ODP has a nice list of sites which may help:

http://www.dmoz.com/Science/Math/Chaos_and_Fractals/

At the bottom half of the page you'll find MANY LINKS to the heavier mathmatics side of things, and at the top of the page you can go to the "software" section for a few apps to help, as well as a few tutorials.Great link.....

Theres certainly enough there to get me started

CHEERS

we have 7 units of computer in a computer cafe.... the problem is the server,, too slow because it is a PENTIUM 2 and it has 256 sdram memory.... so now i want to transfer it to the other unit which is a pentium 4 and it has 256 ddram memory.... can any one give me the procedure or steps on how to do these... thank you....Ok. What I want you to do is connect them both together via ethernet network. When you do this, and establish the network do the following... Click Start -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Files and Setting Transfer Wizard. After just follow the on-screen instructions, anf you SHOULD be set. (MAKE sure that the files are being transported to the NEW server) Let us know what happens!

[glb]Flame[/glb]i was unable to do that... we are using windows98SE OPERATING system all of the 7 units.... i didnt found the files and setting wizard and i think thats for windows XP... any other options???Well..... Have you contacted the manufacturer of your system for more information? I personally use Windows XP, and do not know 98SE that well..... Sorry that I could not be of more help...  

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