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My interest in electronics goes back 50 years. I was 3 years old when I figured out that TV and radio weren't "magic." I taught myself electronics and was fixing stuff before I was 12. I then worked as a TV and stereo repairman, as…
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- Music, art, science, computers, science fiction, pop culture, teaching, Linux
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- * AMD Athlon XP 1800+ CPU (slightly O/C'd) * GigaByte GA7-DXC MB * 768 MB PC2100 DDR RAM * Debian from…
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[color=black][size=3]I tried to get the nic on my motherboard to work and got a message that the hardware did not have a Microsoft digital signature, but I continued anyway. Ever since this attempt, I have been getting the following errors in the event viewer and my ip address is not … |
I was asked to come by a friends house to fix a monitor problem she had, but now I have one. She came to pick me up, and I put my monitor in her trunk for the ride, which was about 10 minutes. I forgot that she had a small … |
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I have a Toshiba Satelite laptop and a few days ago a single grey line appeared across the lower portion of my screen. Yesterday, another grey line appeared across the upper portion of my screen. Does anyone know what this is? |
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I have a problem with an older computer (98-99) I turn it on, and it starts to turn on, and then as soon as it starts to load a little bit it turns off, The moniter stays on though. I have Tried putting in the recovery disk but the computer … |
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How Would I take A Picture Of My Desktop And Post It At A Forum As An JPG? I'd also like to know how to turn a link into jpg, I've actually done this once in MS Paint but I don't know how I did it. Thanks in advance. |
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Hello, I have a major problem with my Win Xp Professional. Every time I enter the Internet, windows shuts my computer automatically within a minute. The message presented is as the following: "This system is shutting down. Please save all work in progress and log off. Any ansaved changes will … |
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Can anyone advise me on how to go about in using my laptop monitor as my desktop? Any advice is appreciated.[color=blue][/color] |
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I am an Accounting Professional and would like to design a webpage for myself with the kind of services I can provide and my educational qualifications. Being an absolute novice at web designing I need some tips on how to go about designing my own. All suggestions are welcome, I … |
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About half an hour ago, my computer screen started flickering. It'll flicker for about 10 seconds, then stop for a minute, and then pick up again. Anyone know why it's doing this? I ran a virus scan--no viruses. We just had a bad thunderstorm, however, and it had extreme lightning, … |
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Is it okay to run more than one antivirus software on a single machine or would than bring a conflict of some sorts while scanning for viruses. I intended to run svg (free download) and norton but am still reluctant |
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Hi there, When I boot one of my systems, the following happens once in a while. One time it just loads nicely without any noice, and the second it loads like a fan is running at full power, once the system is fully loaded the noice has reduced. I can't … |
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== I just need to know, I'm sure I'll be needing the info in the future. == Whenever I install win2k over win98/ME or I start on a clean install of win2k/XP, I always choose FAT32. This is mainly because I'm familiar with it, and NTFS can't be seen on … |
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i appologize if this is in the wrong section. Lately my computer fan has been turning on and when it runs it is very loud. I let my copmuter sit over night and i turned it on and within 10 minutes the fan came on and is loud as can … |
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I am trying to fix a computer for a friend. I have gotten different stories either it was hit by lightening or virus. I am pretty computer savvy but I have no clue on this one. When you turn it on everything appears to be right. The Compaq comes across … |
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Hello to all! First post...stand back give the newbie a little room. No telling what might happen..... OK here goes.... I own have a small home network and have recently developed a small problem to go with it. I cannot access my Hotmail or Yahoo email on any of my … |
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First, it takes forever to start up now... second I use outlook express and whenever I go to the first folder inside it, it works fun but takes a while, when I click on another folder (for example, going from INBOX to Deleted Items) it would freeze up on me … |
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I'm trying to get away from Windows, and maybe go to Linux...but I would like to experiment a bit, before I commit to a total change of OS's. Is it possible to run 2 different OS's on the same computer? If this is too vague, I can give you more … |
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Hi all, I have a little problem, I can't choose which OS I'll be using for my pc. Do you have any good experiences with any OS for personal use? specs: Intel P4 2 Ghz. 128 MB. Ram 2 Gb. Root drive 20 Gb. logical drive |
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Ok I have a KDS 19" Xtreme flat display monitor.. For some reason it has stopped displaying red.. Greens & Blues still display.. I've switched it to a second computer and it does the same thing. The monitor from the second PC works properly on first PC.. This tells me … |
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When changing the refresh rate in windows xp or the colour depth the monitor switches itself off for some reason & from time to time it starts to flicker even while booting. i have also recently flashed the BIOS to a newer version. Dont know if the cause of the … |
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My monitor displays so dark that I most can't see anything .when i play CS,I can't see the one in dark corner.Can anyone help me? |
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Ok this is strange andI'm not sure how this happens but here goes... I got an email in my hotmail account that when I click on to open flashes a black screen up really quickly (I managed to read the words 'remove' and 'disable') & makes my PC restart. Hotmail … |
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My Norton Anti virus has just expired and I wanted some ideas on a new one also a firewall that wont hog up alot of memory, resorces I dont mind paying for something if it works well |
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Some young and semingly computer savvy kids at two department stores, while I was looking for a boombox for work that would play my burned cd's, told me they write the mp3's to data files and are able to fit many more songs on a cd-r and play them on … |
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My XP system came with Norton 2003 and I have found it OK but it is due for update and several people have advised me to get another AV programme to back up Norton. Any ideas on one that is reliable, easy to set up (I have tried to download … |
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My CD-RW plays but won't burn. My computer is not detecting my CD-RW, but it detects the CD-Rom. When I go to burn a cd it just says No Device Detected. What could be wrong? Ps. I have an NEC -7900a CD-RW Drive |
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I have a very annoying problem. My CDR drive keeps opening and closing for no apparent reason. Since I don't know what causes it, I don't know how to fix it.:cry: |
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I have a Sony ICD-R100PC recorder that I purchased in 1999. The recorder comes with a data cable (parallel port) and some software (Win95/98) that allows you to download the voice files (*.ics) from the recorder onto the computer. I can get the software to "work" under Windows ME. I … |
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On the bill gates biography it says "Gates developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer" but did he use this language to make windows? |
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I am having a problem with my computer (Windows XP, 1Gig Celeron, 512 PC133 RAM) booting up. Whenever I completely power down my computer, even if it has only been on for a few minutes, I cannot immediately power up my computer. The drive lights come on, but I don't … |