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About Me

A real family man. One wife, six sons and one daughter, 45 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren
Hoping to live a long life in health with my family.

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Bugs (I'm an entomologist), Bees (hobbyist beekeeper), Do-It-Yourselfer (construction, maintenance,…
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Well I just started eating dinner and thought this would be a neat topic. Everyone knows we love to eat while on the computer; two birds, one chair. I'll start it off: Deli Sandwiches, macaroni salad, potato salad and a Pepsi :)

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When booting up my Acer Aspire 1690 laptop the fan starts but then quits after about 5 seconds. The system starts up nicely (OS starts up) it just doesn't have a fan anymore which basically renders the laptop useless. I already tried to clean the fan with compressed air and …

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After my desktop computer was updated in March 2020 (Win 10 home automatic update), it lost the ability to communicate with my home network. The network is detectable and functions properly with my laptop --it's only the desktop computer that can't detect or connect to the network. I\ve tried many …

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This past summer I was "treated" to an automatic update by my Win 10 OS (updated for free from Win 7). Ever since then my computer has been an unending source of operational frustrations: 1. My Logitech webcam (C260) has become non-operational. 2. My DVD drive stopped reading disks. 3. …

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Hi Everybody I know only two advantages of it. 1. Query resolutions, and 2. To increase backlinks I want ot know that if there is any other benefit of doing forum posting? If there is anyone expert to provide me answers of this question. Looking forward to your support.

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Well this seems the best place to start... I have a Gateway GT5622 Desk top computer My problem started about a month ago, my fan that is seated on the heatsink and the motherboard started to be very loud, i thought that it was getting hot so we cleaned the …

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Well i havent posted here for a while lol....but im hopefully going to get back into posting here in the forums. Anyways, I recently downloaded WOW with a 10 day trial version for free, Due to the fact i dont have a credit card and I'm not going to ask …

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I read a report about Skype doubling its connection fee. I personally have never used Skype nor have I found a use for Skype. Have you used Skype either for business or pleasure?

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I usually listen to music while I'm browsing here, what are you listening to right now? EL-P - Fantastic Damage

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i really don't know what caused the problem. My browser cant anymore play sounds/music, like in youtube. i can see it playing. but there's no sound. During the my windows startup, there's nto starup sound anymore. I tried using other browser like firefox, no effect. i've downloaded the shockwave player …

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hi everyone...i'm michelle ariba from negros occidental Philippines....i'm still a student at Mount Carmel College...hope to knw u mre guys...

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I had no problems connecting to wi-fi with my Ubuntu OS. The first time I set up, my computer effortlessly identified and connected to my home network. However, I would like to scan the air to find out if there are any other networks in my range. How does one …

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I am using a Windows XP SP3. It is about two months that I am faced with this problem. Whenever I turn off my computer it restarts again and this happens repetitively. I think the problem started when once I unintentionally or mistkenly clicked the "Switch To" or "New Task" …

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Hi everyone I was wondering if age makes a difference in computer programming. I'm in furniture manufacturing and retail at the moment, but I've always enjoyed computers. Have been doing some C# for about 6 months, and having fun as I learn. My question really is: Am I too old …

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Have you read this? [url]http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/10/shuttleworth-unity-shell-will-be-default-desktop-in-ubuntu-1104.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss[/url]

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Is democracy more or less efficient as a form of government than dictatorship? What are your thoughts?

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I have a compaq 2200 and have not used it since July. I put another battery in; the power was low which is strange as it was plugged in. This battery charged and I did a few things. I then got a blue screen that said windows discovered a problem …

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Hi all, Afraid I'm not going to be much help just yet. Am learning C++ and Java. Used to be a Cobol Mainframe programmer in a previous life and I'm having a hard time with OOP. So I mostly come here to get answers to how to do something or …

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Just joined the forum very much an ameteur on the pc so liable to have some problems. I am retired live in uk midlands

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Dear Community, I hope someone could give me a few pointers to help me out. Basically, I have an e-Machines PC. 3.2Ghz, 2 E-IDE Hard drives. I normally leave the PC running overnight. We awoke the other morning to find it switched off. Hitting the power button caused the hard …

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Hi anyone help please, we have a Dell Inspiron 1525, was working fine then power started to flicker, it would go off then after a short time come back on again, this went on for a few weeks, then went off all togeather, not a scrap of power, green led …

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Anyone else dress up for Halloween? If so, then post your pictures here. This is how I looked at my WalMart job today (3 pm - 10 pm)

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So, we have an internet cafe. and we have the "SERVER" to log in and log out the customers. So, the server can connect to the clients. The problem is. i can't connect to the internet.. I rebooted the pc. and still, i cant connect to the internet. I cant …

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My Sony vaio vgn laptop just stopped working yesterday. The screen is blank on start up but the power and battery light are on? I tried taking out battery and starting with power adapter but still no life. Please please help.

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I am using intel 845G motherboard(2 GHz). On my ram, DDR333 is written, what does that mean? does that mean DDR1, DDR2 or DDR3?? i want to buy a new ram. which ram would be compatible for my motherboard. and what are the other factors that i have to look …

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I have a LaserJet 3390 that won't pick up paper from the tray. I hear it grinding and spinning for a few seconds (normal sounds) but then gives up with this message "no paper pickup". I can manually feed with tray 2, which is single sheet fed. I've opened up …

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Unfortunately need some help here with what probably is a simple problem. Recently my son turned off his desktop at the wall while it was running. Since then when we try to restart the computer it will not boot. The screen remains blank, the hard disk does not start, and …

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