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"Me in a Nutshell" Bio: 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 well as audio recording engineering and industrial electronics repair.

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Thirty years ago this spring, my friend Roger Gregory showed me the book "Computer Lib/Dream Machines" by Ted Nelson (the inventor of the term "hypertext"). Roger soon became lead programmer for Ted's Xanadu Hypertext Project (Google on "curse of Xanadu" for more), and I was on the road to learning about personal computers years before they were available.

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I was using QDOS a year before it became PC-DOS, on the Zenith Z-100 a year before IBM partially copied it as the IBM PC. I was a warranty repairman for Zenith PCs in the mid-80s.

Computers I have owned include the Commodore KIM-1, VIC-20, 64, and Amiga. I have belonged to several user groups, and wrote and edited newsletters and acted as disk librarian. I ran a BBS and wrote and edited manuals for a software firm.

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Currently, my system is running mostly Debian Linux installed from Knoppix, with Windows 98 and XP in the mix.

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I will do my best to apply my broad background to the problems presented here. I may not always be right, but we can solve problems and learn together -- and that's what it's all about!
Computer Specs and OS Flavor: * AMD Athlon XP 1800+ CPU (slightly O/C'd)
* GigaByte GA7-DXC MB
* 768 MB PC2100 DDR RAM
* Debian from Kanotix + Win XP
* Dell/Philips D1028 monitor
Interests: Music, art, science, computers, science fiction, pop culture, teaching, Linux
Location: Royal Oak, Michigan
Primary Role: Electronic/computer tech/writer/teacher
Signature: -- Michael Rudas
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way (article by Eric Raymond).
Dealing with Malware
My Articles page.
My Best-of-Breed Free Software for Windows list
Other Windows- & Microsoft-related links
The Audio Tech's Page
My blog
The Oak Park Computer Club
PenguiCon 4.0 Open Source & Science Fiction convention, April 21-23, 2006.
Knoppix Linux (CD-bootable) download. information, & support.

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Total Up-Votes Received: 17
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Members Who've Up-Voted: 12
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Forum threads marked solved after TallCool1 replied to them: 45
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Windows NT / 2000 / XP	251 posts	Solved threads	Upvoted posts
Web Browsers	128 posts	Solved threads	Upvoted posts
Monitors, Displays and Video Cards	89 posts	Solved threads	Upvoted posts
Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties	78 posts	Solved threads	Upvoted posts
Windows 95 / 98 / Me	68 posts	Solved threads	Upvoted posts
Motherboards, CPUs and RAM	49 posts	Solved threads	Upvoted posts
Troubleshooting Dead Machines	46 posts	Solved threads	Upvoted posts
Storage	36 posts	Solved threads	Upvoted posts
Linux Applications and Software	21 posts	Solved threads	Upvoted posts
USB Devices and other Peripherals	18 posts	Solved threads	Upvoted posts

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	Horizontal lines across...	Aug 2nd, 2011 3:34 am
	Horizontal lines across...	Mar 14th, 2010 12:18 am	u r really cool man. I've had this problem & tried everything. I'm in uk and a pc tech person told I need a new lcd display. I my self tried ram exchange and opened up the laptop. but pressing the screen as u hav told worked like magic. Thanks a lot
	MSN Messenger 4.7,...	Sep 1st, 2008 8:59 am
	Bootable Win98 CD?	Apr 17th, 2007 11:21 pm
	Horizontal lines across...	Sep 10th, 2006 7:34 am	Thanx for this advice
	Which OS do you suggest?	Aug 16th, 2005 8:44 am
	Unwanted file in run menu	Apr 24th, 2005 10:11 am
	Restarting a windows...	Apr 24th, 2005 10:06 am
	dual boot winxp and...	Apr 21st, 2005 12:37 pm
	internet explorer won't...	Apr 18th, 2005 8:44 am
	was windows made with...	Apr 2nd, 2005 8:37 am
	PC Spontaneously...	Oct 18th, 2004 11:35 pm	Pinpointed the problem and the best way to fix it.
	Windows 98, Freezes...	Oct 4th, 2004 3:23 am	Thanks! Your Idea Worked Great!
	HijackThis log	Oct 2nd, 2004 5:23 pm	Your assist is valued and appreciated
	Need a new powersupply	Sep 28th, 2004 5:42 am	Good info. - dlh

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