Archive for December, 2007

No picture in Windows Media Player

Monday, December 31st, 2007 Posted in Windows Vista, Windows XP, software | No Comments »

I recently had problems with my computer. Have down loaded new virus scanners etc but my problem is now with Windows Media Played 9. When I run ... Read more..

Removing damaged programs

Monday, December 31st, 2007 Posted in Windows XP, software | No Comments »

I have been using Pinnacle V 8 for video editing but I have edited program but due to a fault I am unable to render my final edit as ... Read more..

How to get rid of Viagra spam

Monday, December 31st, 2007 Posted in spam | No Comments »

We keep getting emails trying to sell us Viagra and also many wanting us to establish personal contact with the sender. I have checked and discovered that it is useless ... Read more..

“No audio output device installed” error

Monday, December 31st, 2007 Posted in Windows Vista | 1 Comment »

My new computer has no sound. It has no external speakers but the built in speaker was fine to begin with. Then we intalled Adobe Shockplayer and Spybot, and the ... Read more..

I’ve lost my Windows password

Sunday, December 30th, 2007 Posted in Windows Vista, Windows XP, security | 1 Comment »

My son has a computer running Windows 2000 Professional. He created a user name and password to to prevent a minor from accessing the computer. On closing it down ... Read more..

“You might not have permission to use this network resource” error

Sunday, December 30th, 2007 Posted in Internet, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows Vista, Windows XP, security | 1 Comment »

Have updated to Norton 360 on main computer now can't access this computer on my network places Office Computer operates on Windows XP Notebook on Windows XP Professional and currently using ... Read more..

How to find your IP address

Saturday, December 29th, 2007 Posted in Internet, Windows Vista, Windows XP | No Comments »

I've been told to find my IP address. What is it and how do I find it? IP stands for Internet Protocol, it's the way computers talk to each other over ... Read more..

Securing a wireless network

Saturday, December 29th, 2007 Posted in networking, wireless | 2 Comments »

I have home networked 2 computers, both running Windows XP, with a router. The router (Netgear) has both cable and wireless capabilities. I use the cable networking. I know my teenage ... Read more..

Buying a Sun workstation

Friday, December 28th, 2007 Posted in Buying a computer | No Comments »

Hi Paul, have read your article on buying a computer and noted the strong leaning towards MAC. What is the industry particularly your thoughts on purchasing a Sun entry ... Read more..

Retrospect backup problems: tbuffer.cpp-373

Friday, December 28th, 2007 Posted in Windows Vista, Windows XP, software | 1 Comment »

I have I Dantz Retrospect Backup Program and recently I receive the following message every day. I assume my back up is not working properly. Message: Retrospect has encountered a ... Read more..

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