computers

crosses in boxes and cannot see the pictures. What should I be doing? Help, anyone?

First of all -- I love mac computers -- but the program that allows me to switch between mac and windows is not easy to use, and ever since my puter was loaded with the 3rd version of xp updates, it's been a mess. One thing about this macbook is that it's small, and this is the first time I've realized that a laptop is not a real good idea if you're on your puter a lot. So I like much more these laptops that have larger screens and larger keyboards with more room. My hands are a wreck from squeezing them together to type on this keyboard all day long.

So -- I could use a mac desktop, which are beautiful, but expensive.

Also, I need to buy a used computer this time, unfortunately. Still, I can get the 2G of memory, and then buy it after that, no?

I just like things running smoothly. And guess there's no way to avoid it, I'm finally going to have to take on Vista. Is is still a bitch, or have they worked out the quirks?

Are puters gonna get much less expensive?

As far as I know the best we can do is make a chess master or fighter plane.

well ive had my dell for about 5-6 years now, and i noticed when i moved that 1/2 my ports in the bk of my comp dont wk. now i am noticing that my internet keeps dropping connection and i have to unplug and plug back in my router (which is brand new) in order for the internet to work. a couple of months ago a surge from a storm fired my internet cables and had to be replaced along w/ the router. put now everytime i unplug something from the back of my computer the port no longer works.....do i need to consider getting a new computer, i work form home and reliable internet is a must....ive had my cable compnay check my internet and they cant find any problems....

When I turn my windows vista dell on, it used to automatically connect to the internet. I have having ISP issues and in troubleshooting, somehow changed a setting so that now every time I restart the computer, I have to open Manage Network Connections and manually connect the wired DSL broadband connection. How can I make it so it happens automatically? It's not a hardware issue, as soon as I open Manage Network Connections and say connect, it works perfectly until the next restart. I can go in and of IE or Firefox. But once i shutdown/restart, don't get internet until I go back into Manage Network Connections. It's frustrating to have to take this extra step each time. Advice please!!

When I'm cruising around Askville I frequently get a binging sound followed by a message saying I had an "Ajax Error". The messages usually come in multiples of 3 or 4 and are difficult to clear from my screen so I can get on to the next exiting adventure on the 'Ville.

I'm looking at some new high performance desk top PC's. The best prices are the ones that are offered in "Kit Form" and I have a minimal amount of experience with desk top mechanics/electronics. However, at work, I have had to exchange hard drives on our HP desk tops from time to time and it didn't appear to be very hard if everything was plug-in and simple solder work, (particularly with good instructions).

Does anyone who has done this kind of thing have any opinions on the difficulty level, (say a scale from 1 to 5, 5 being the hardest)?

I don't know if this would help you in your answer but I have a high mechanical aptitude, (25+ years in many high precision giant and micro machining projects), and a basic understanding of micro electronics, (ie; capacitors, resistors, diodes, transistors, etc.), as well as about 20 years using solder irons on small electronics found in most pc boards.

I'm a Photo-Artist and use a large number of image editing software. But I also use a very power-demanding painting program, (Corel X), and between all of these, (and others), I plan to buy a desk top PC very soon to handle it. I presently use an HP Laptop, (Pavilion dv9700 series), that has Vista Home Premium SP 2 64 bit. It also has an AMD Turion TL-60 2.00GHz and has about 4gigs of RAM.

The desk tops I'm looking at have AMD processors with about 2.66 to 3.0GHz's and 6 to 8 gigs of RAM coupled with Windows 7 home premium 64 bit O/S. Basically I looking for "Gamer" PC speeds, (I'm no gamer).
I hate the customer service that I get from HP and won't bore you all with the nightmarish so called "Tech Support" stories that I have but I just wanted to point out that in the TOP 5 Class please consider customer service/tech support an important point.

So, does anyone know what the TOP 5 Desk top PC names are, ($600. limit)? I heard Acer and T-Rex were good. Is that true?

Our 501 (C) 4 civic organization is proposing to contract with a major bill board advertiser for seven bill boards across the State of Georgia and wish to track each one's effectiveness through our District web site. Is there a way to associate the inquiries coming into our District web site with the geographic location of each bill board?

For example, provide a map of the State on the District web site divided up into seven zones - each of which represents a specific bill board in each of the specific zones. If an inquirer is prompted by a bill board to go to our District web site and "click" on a specific zone can that "hit" on that zone be tracked?

Best regards,

Bo Mullins

I can't seem to figure out how to make a previous basic version Windows Media Player my default player on XP. Other aggressive players like QuickTime keep taking over my computer. I seem to remember that I figured out where to go to do this once before, but I can't remember where I went. Control Panel and "programs/accessories" don't seem to offer any options for this.

i have Acesonic KM-111 and windows VISTA on my laptop, i tried ways to record voice back to LAPTOP but i am unable to do it. can anyone please tell STEPS how to do this?

i am able to see the USB speakers & USB microphones but not able to hear the voice from laptop and record back or may be i am not aware of how to this ?

please tell me if you know how to do KM-111 & laptop with windows vista setup.

Thanks in advance.. hope to hear from someone.

-Tapan

hiya just wanted to know what the best 500gb (or more) external drive was for under £100 and i have some questions

might use for storage or for games =)

is a fan necessary? because it increases life span or something,,,but none of the websites state whether or not it has a fan or not

is is better to have more cache or less cache?

and i need sumthing fast must run on windows , (mac not compulsory but isnt hurt=)

What I want to find out is that it runs scans on my system almost everyday,8.5 would run a scan maybe once a week,it never finds anything just tells me I had a bunch of warnings ,the problem is when it runs a scan it kinda slows down my OS and really screws up things like playing chess.com is this normal and why would it run so many scans I have had AVG9.0 for about 2 weeks .

Personas are themes that change your browser appearance. Currently I am wearing California Sunset. I like changing them every day. Which one are you wearing?

Please get rid of the extras!

we decorated our office last week with yellow balloons,we didn't entirely filled them up with air,so there's still space for them to expand, but recently we've noticed they're getting bigger & bigger & some has exploded!Can someone please explain why they became bigger rather than become smaller?

i was hooking a tack up and after i conected the wires and tried to turn the car on, it would turn on then idel real rough then shut right off!

would you wave to him? Would he annoy you if he got in your row boat?

DESPERATELY seeking an inexpensive Hi-8 Videotape player...any suggestions?

I'm constantly running into questions, my own and others', where I'll see two, three, or more answers that are nothing but blatant copy-and-paste jobs. They don't give any actual input, often don't credit their plagiarized sources, and nine times out of ten, the information they decided to clutter the question with has very little or nothing to do with the actual question or working towards an answer for the inquiring party.

WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS?

I know there is the abuse reporting system, but how well is it really working? Half of the questions I read have this problem and I'm getting sick of it. It's bad enough that many questions would appear to have been written by a 7 year-old, but these answers are further frustration. How can pasting a page from wikipedia answer an opinion-seeking question? I come here to kill time and feel useful when I can help somebody with something.

So help me if someone threadcraps here, I don't know what I'll do...

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every s1 and g10 is listed except that one model. it has to be an oversight, right?