Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Can I stop Google Chrome from updating?
Google makes it really hard to turn off auto-updates for Chrome. It should just be a check box, but they force you to edit the Windows registry to get it done. Here's a link to a site that explains the registry edit: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/disable-chrome-automatic-updates/ If you scroll down just a bit you will see they have provided a small file that will automatically change the registry key for you. Look for: Registry file to set Chrome to Manual Updates only http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/reg/chrome/chrome-manual-updates.reg Download this file. Be sure to close Chrome and any other Google program that might be open. Then right-click the file and choose MERGE. You'll be prompted with an are you sure?. Click yes, and you should see a message saying the registry has been successfully updated. Hopefully that'll stop the updates. As for Virtual Memory... VM is really just hard drive space. If XP runs out of free RAM it will start writing data onto the hard drive instead. This is a lot slower than using RAM. And, if your hard drive starts to fill up you'll see the messages of low virtual memory. The best fix for this is to add more RAM to the PC. 2nd best fix would be to free up hard drive space by uninstall unused programs and deleting unneeded data. As a last resort you can maybe manually enlarge the drive space reserved for your page file (virtual memory) - here's a site that explains how: http://www.ehow.com/how_5075320_change-virtual-memory-xp.html Donk On 10/12/2013 7:58 PM, tlr28...@gmail.com wrote: I have a Windows XP computer, and loaded Google Chrome because of the limited memory. I'm learning patience :). Unfortunately, when Chrome updates, it usually crashes and reboots. Plus Windows often complains of too low virtual memory. Is there some way to stop GC from updating? I can't remember if there is, and I have checked the program without results. Thanks, Theresa
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] help with hp g 7
I dunno then. Maybe it's the cable from the mobo to the screen? If not that, then something on the mobo. It might be un-fixable unless you take it to a pro. Sorry, Donk On 10/2/2013 9:22 PM, james barrow wrote: its not the screen, just got a replacement today, and got the same result, back light not working. *From:* Donk d.knier...@verizon.net *To:* A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Wednesday, October 2, 2013 5:21 PM *Subject:* Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] help with hp g 7 Well, it seems you've proved that the laptop itself is fine - you've just got a defective screen. It is possible to buy a brand new, original equipment, screen for your HP G7. Cost is about $70 - $100. I found a bunch on Amazon and Ebay. To be honest I've never replaced a laptop screen, but I imagine it is fairly simple. Search YouTube for instructions before you buy one so you'll know what to expect. http://bit.ly/1a0ngAX http://www.amazon.com/HP-PAVILION-G7-1075DX-SUBSTITUTE-REPLACEMENT/dp/B005L8VF8C Donk On 10/2/2013 4:07 PM, james barrow wrote: donk, i just plugged it into a tv with a hdmi, and it worked fine, what would you suggest. *From:* james barrow jjamescbar...@yahoo.com mailto:jjamescbar...@yahoo.com *To:* A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com mailto:A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com mailto:A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Wednesday, October 2, 2013 12:45 PM *Subject:* Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] help with hp g 7 hey donk, it appears to be a back light issue, it will boot up i can hear it booking, once it is booted, i can take a flash light and shine it on the back of the led, and see the windows desk top, all the leds light up like they should. and yes i can enter the bios. *From:* Donk d.knier...@verizon.net mailto:d.knier...@verizon.net *To:* A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com mailto:A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com *Sent:* Thursday, September 26, 2013 5:50 PM *Subject:* Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] help with hp g 7 Do you see led's on the keyboard lit up? Do you hear sounds as if the laptop is booting - but you can't see anything on the screen? When you say you tried 2 different screens I'm assuming you mean external monitors? When you try an external monitor be sure to press Fn + F4 to switch the display to the external monitor. Can you see anything on your screen at all when you boot? Try quickly tapping F10 right after you press the power button to see if you can enter BIOS setup. If the screen is totally black during boot, and an external monitor doesn't work, but you hear the pc booting up... there's not much you can do. It is probably a failed video chip on the motherboard. Donk On 9/25/2013 7:27 PM, jjamescbar...@yahoo.com mailto:jjamescbar...@yahoo.com wrote: hello, i have a hp g7 that the screen back light is not working, i have tried changing screens, tried 2 or 3 diff screens, tried changing the monitor cable, from the back of the screen to the mother board. with no luck, is these something going on i dont know about. the screen is a led.
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: I can't get into my Norton account. Help! Also I might have a bad HD but ...
The Norton thing just sounds like a problem with their software - not your PC. I would ask them about it. This link might work to either do a live chat or email their support team: https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/norton-core/current/contact Glad the disk check found no errors, but... 5 or 6 hours sounds like a little longer than it should have taken. Unless you've got a terabyte drive or bigger. If you still get the SMART error on bootup I would still talk to Best Buy and try to get a new drive under warranty. The running slow thing might just be because you've got a lot of programs running in the background. Go to Start and type MSCONFIG into the search box. This will open the ms config utility. Click the Startup tab. Every item with a check mark starts running at boot and keep running. Too many of these will def slow you down. If you've got a lot - maybe more than 8 or 10 - go here and look each item up to see if it's something you need to have running all the time: http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php Just type the item into the search box and it will tell you what it is. Uncheck as many items as you can then reboot and see if the pc is a little peppier. Donk On 9/29/2013 7:12 AM, seez...@att.net wrote: Thanks for your help. I haven't went back to Best Buy or communicated by phone or email yet but I will. What I did after reading your reply was I got a Norton Bootable Recovery Tool DVD from another Windows 7 computer and ran a scan based on virus definitions up to 9-20-13 and found no viruses nor anything else. Then I attempted what you suggested and checked the hard drive. The test ran for about 5 to 6 hours and found no problems (That doesn't mean there's nothing wrong with the hard drive but it was a good idea.). I still am having trouble signing in to the Norton account to get back my Norton 360. Also I can't get my virus definitions updated on the Norton Internet Security that came with the computer (The one that shows up after you do a recovery and offers you a two month free subscription.). Also at times the computer seems to be running slowly (For example, it was reacting slowly when I attempted to tell it to check the hard drive.). --- In A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com, Donk d.knieriem@... wrote: The warning error is coming from your hard drive itself - has nothing to do with Windows or software. It's a technology built into drives called SMART that is supposed to warn you before a drive totally fails - thus giving you time to back up your important data. So... if the PC is under warranty, Best Buy should absolutely install a new drive for you. It is NOT a software issue as they say. That said... it's not unheard of for SMART to give a false warning. But it's rare. What happens if you press F2, can you boot into windows? If so, I would immediately backup all my important data to a thumb drive or external hard drive, etc. After that, you have a couple options. 1. you can press F10 to enter BIOS setup. There is likely an option somewhere in there to disable SMART. Doing so will get rid of the imminent failure warning at bootup. You can then just carry on as usual and wait for the sooner-or-later total death of the drive. 2. or you can enter windows and run a test of the drive. Called a checkdisk. Start, Computer, right-click the C: drive, choose Properties, then the Tools tab. Click check this disk now. Be sure to put a check in the box to try to fix errors. This will check the drive for any bad sectors and try to repair the files. You'll get a report at the end telling how many bad sectors were found. It can take several hours to run the check - and be warned that often just running the check will be the final nail in the drive's coffin if it was starting to fail anyway. But if the check fixes the errors you will have bought yourself a little more time. From reading your post... the fact that you had to do a recover, and that you are having problems opening programs (Norton), might indicate that the drive is already in very bad shape. So the best thing to do - if you're under warranty at Best Buy - is be a little more forceful to have them give you a new drive - period! Talk to a manager. Hard drives fail unpredictably - you could not have done anything wrong to cause this - it just happens. So don't let them tell you it's your fault. Sorry. Donk On 9/27/2013 7:45 PM, seezero@... wrote: I can't get into my Norton account. After I put my email address and password, I get a small window asking about whether I want to show just secure information. Then after I make my choice (It does not matter which choice I make.), I just get a blank page. Can someone please help me?.. If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] I can't get into my Norton account. Help! Also I might have a bad HD but ...
The warning error is coming from your hard drive itself - has nothing to do with Windows or software. It's a technology built into drives called SMART that is supposed to warn you before a drive totally fails - thus giving you time to back up your important data. So... if the PC is under warranty, Best Buy should absolutely install a new drive for you. It is NOT a software issue as they say. That said... it's not unheard of for SMART to give a false warning. But it's rare. What happens if you press F2, can you boot into windows? If so, I would immediately backup all my important data to a thumb drive or external hard drive, etc. After that, you have a couple options. 1. you can press F10 to enter BIOS setup. There is likely an option somewhere in there to disable SMART. Doing so will get rid of the imminent failure warning at bootup. You can then just carry on as usual and wait for the sooner-or-later total death of the drive. 2. or you can enter windows and run a test of the drive. Called a checkdisk. Start, Computer, right-click the C: drive, choose Properties, then the Tools tab. Click check this disk now. Be sure to put a check in the box to try to fix errors. This will check the drive for any bad sectors and try to repair the files. You'll get a report at the end telling how many bad sectors were found. It can take several hours to run the check - and be warned that often just running the check will be the final nail in the drive's coffin if it was starting to fail anyway. But if the check fixes the errors you will have bought yourself a little more time. From reading your post... the fact that you had to do a recover, and that you are having problems opening programs (Norton), might indicate that the drive is already in very bad shape. So the best thing to do - if you're under warranty at Best Buy - is be a little more forceful to have them give you a new drive - period! Talk to a manager. Hard drives fail unpredictably - you could not have done anything wrong to cause this - it just happens. So don't let them tell you it's your fault. Sorry. Donk On 9/27/2013 7:45 PM, seez...@att.net wrote: I can't get into my Norton account. After I put my email address and password, I get a small window asking about whether I want to show just secure information. Then after I make my choice (It does not matter which choice I make.), I just get a blank page. Can someone please help me? I was trying to get into my account so that I could reestablish my Norton 360 that I lost when my computer crashed. I then had to recover my computer, and now whenever I start my computer, I always get a hard drive failure is imminent ... replace your hard drive error with the choices of F10 and F2. I tried taking my computer to Best Buy, and they insist that it is a software issue rather than my hard drive. My coverage is for hardware only. Can anyone please help me with this part? If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] help with hp g 7
Do you see led's on the keyboard lit up? Do you hear sounds as if the laptop is booting - but you can't see anything on the screen? When you say you tried 2 different screens I'm assuming you mean external monitors? When you try an external monitor be sure to press Fn + F4 to switch the display to the external monitor. Can you see anything on your screen at all when you boot? Try quickly tapping F10 right after you press the power button to see if you can enter BIOS setup. If the screen is totally black during boot, and an external monitor doesn't work, but you hear the pc booting up... there's not much you can do. It is probably a failed video chip on the motherboard. Donk On 9/25/2013 7:27 PM, jjamescbar...@yahoo.com wrote: hello, i have a hp g7 that the screen back light is not working, i have tried changing screens, tried 2 or 3 diff screens, tried changing the monitor cable, from the back of the screen to the mother board. with no luck, is these something going on i dont know about. the screen is a led.
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Something's wrong with my mom's Kindle Fire HD
Hi - I don't use Calibre or even have a Kindle... but I can offer a general suggestion. It sounds like the Calibre queue to send books to the Kindle has gotten clogged with too many downloads. If there is a way to clear this cache (or queue) it might solve the problem. You'd have to poke around in Calibre's settings for an option to do this. If clearing the queue isn't possible I would try uninstalling Calibre, and then downloading it again and reinstalling it. This would definitely clear the queue, and should not cause you to lose any of the book files. From what I've read, the Calibre library won't be erased, and the new installation will find it and import it. I forget what version of Windows your mom has, but generally you click Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, or Programs Features. You'll come to a list of all the programs installed on the PC. Select Calibre and then click the Uninstall or Remove button. Hope that helps, Donk On 9/19/2013 7:27 PM, seez...@att.net wrote: My mom has a Kindle Fire HD that she bought from Amazon.com, and she is having trouble transferring books from her Calibre application to her Kindle. In the past, she could just with a few simple steps get a book copied to her Kindle, and it would not take long at all. She has only had it for about 4 to 6 months. What does happen now when she tries to transfer a book from her Calibre application to her Kindle Fire HD, is that she gets a list of 3 and sometimes up to 7 different jobs in Calibre even when she is only trying to send one book. Also it takes a lot longer to get the book sent, and sometimes the book doesn't get sent at all. Instead she may get error messages. When transferring books in this manner, she has the Kindle hooked up to the laptop where the Calibre application is running by means of a USB cable made for Kindle Fire HD's. We also bought a new cable just in case the previous cable was bad. We would appreciate any help that we can get to resolve this problem. If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Problem with Gateway RW-1800C desktop
So the psu fan comes on, but absolutely nothing else happens? It def could be the motherboard. The psu checks itself and if it has no probs it sends an ok signal to the mobo to go ahead and boot. So the mobo is a prime suspect. Usually it'll do a series of beeps? Sometimes a device attached to the mobo might cause it. I would remove everything but cpu, ram, vid card, keyboard and mouse - and see if you get any action at all. If so then I'd add the device back one at a time to find the cause. Donk On 8/30/2013 10:12 PM, ktcomputersyst...@yahoo.com wrote: This machine won#39;t power up. Checked PSU, all voltages are ok; checked power switch-it is working.nbsp; Also checked all connections from PSU to mobo, no problem there. Is it possible that the soft-on feature has gone wonky, and repair will mean replacing the mobo? Thanks..Philip If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Laptop speakers stopped working
You haven't really done anything that would possibly cause your speakers (or sound chip) to break. So I would still think it's just a setting somewhere. PC makers usually put their own 3rd party sound drivers on new systems. So, I would check to see if there's another set of volume or mute options - other than XP's own settings. Look in Control Panel for a category other than XP's Sound and Audio Devices category. I have a Dell that shows a category called SigmaTel Audio. Yours may be called something different. You can look under Start, Programs too. Or even Add Remove Programs in Control Panel. Your manual would likely tell you if there's 3rd party audio drivers installed. Anyway, it wouldn't be unheard of for a separate setting to mute the speakers and/or the ear bud jack. There are situations where you want to be listening to both the speakers and the buds at the same time. Poke around. :-) Donk Also - you can uninstall Windows updates in Add/Remove Programs. In case you think it was a Windows update that broke the sound. On 8/22/2013 11:07 AM, thunderrz wrote: Turned my HP laptop with XP off Tues night and the sound was fine. Next day no sound came from the speakers. I tried system restore back to the time I had turned it on Tues, because I had done some Windows updates. Looked at all the sound and volume settings... Not mute all high. Device mgr has no X or ! But I went to the audio driver and had it reinstall. Still nothing. Sounds fine through headphones. I found a forum where a bunch of people said their sound went off after using an external speaker. I had not done that. But I tried their advice... Push headphone in and out 20-30 times. Helped them but not me. The last 2 things I had done was to connect my cell by data cable to try to add ringtones (didn't work) and get pics off. Then I updated apps on iTunes and synced my gen 4 iPod. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Once again - how can I go back to default settings on my computer?
Yeah, both those methods I mentioned will totally erase everything you've added to the computer since you bought it. I'm not sure what your original problem is, but if you can still boot into windows you can still back up your music, documents, etc., before you reformat. Depending on how much music and data you've got you can put it on a thumb drive, or external hard drive, or even upload it to a service like DropBox. I'm guessing the F1 thing you mentioned uses the manufacturer's disk image that is stored on a hidden partition of your hard drive. When you start it by pressing F1 you'll come to some menus asking what you want to do. Sometimes it will ask if you want to backup your personal data before you restore it. It will copy your data to a part of your hard drive that won't be affected by the reformat. Then after the restore it will copy the data back to where you originally had it. I've seen this in a few pc's and it worked well. You should be able to safely try the F1 thing just to see what options you have. It won't do the actual deed without asking you if you are SURE at least a couple times. Donk On 8/20/2013 11:12 PM, Cindi Wass wrote: OK, I kind of figured that, but thanks for the second opinion. :-) and for another second opinion, I guess that would erase all the music I downloaded, too. I'm not sure I want to risk that yet. I had cd's that I downloaded that I no longer have the discs of. But -- I may have to do that. Oh well. Thanks for your response. I also read that I can press F1 as soon as the computer turns on, and then do a system restore without a restore disk. I'm pretty sure I kept a restore disk but I'll have to go through all my things. From: Donk d.knier...@verizon.net To: A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 10:32 PM Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Once again - how can I go back to default settings on my computer? Sorry, but there isn't a way to go back to a date that's not listed in Windows System Restore. If you can't fix your problem in the current windows operating system, you have 2 options: 1. If your computer is a major brand like Dell, HP, Acer, etc. it probably came with a method that will quickly restore it to the way it was the day you bought it. But all data and programs you've added since you bought it will be erased and have to be re-installed. If you post the brand and model we can tell you if it has this ability. 2. If you have a Windows installation disk, you can reformat the drive and install windows from scratch. Again, this will totally erase everything on the hard drive. But it also will clean your system of any adware, viruses, and accumulated junk. So it'll run great. This method can take a while, since you have to install Windows and then download and install all the correct drivers. Donk On 8/20/2013 11:10 AM, cleanboost2 wrote: Thanks. I tried doing system restore, but it will only allow me a few weeks. How can I go back six months or more and do a restore? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Turned on computer and firefox would not run
Ok, first - I don't understand what you mean when you say I opened with explorer? I would reboot and see if the prob is fixed. If not, then be sure Firefox is closed (and Thunderbird too if you have it), then press Start, All Programs, and find Mozilla Firefox in the list. Hold down the Shift key and click to open Firefox. You should see a message saying you are entering Firefox safe mode. Hopefully your bookmarks, etc. will be there. Now close and reopen FF and see if the problem is fixed. Repost if not fixed. There are other things to try. I doubt your stuff is permanently gone. :-) Donk On 8/21/2013 11:36 AM, snowyowl5562 wrote: so I opened with explorer and now all of my internet information and bookmarks and history are gone, running windows 7 on Toshiba satellite 305 was working fine, I shut down for about an hour todo some errands was not on any unfamiliar sites. any idea how to get my info back. Tried restore to the 14th and no luck Teresa in FL If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Once again - how can I go back to default settings on my computer?
Sorry, but there isn't a way to go back to a date that's not listed in Windows System Restore. If you can't fix your problem in the current windows operating system, you have 2 options: 1. If your computer is a major brand like Dell, HP, Acer, etc. it probably came with a method that will quickly restore it to the way it was the day you bought it. But all data and programs you've added since you bought it will be erased and have to be re-installed. If you post the brand and model we can tell you if it has this ability. 2. If you have a Windows installation disk, you can reformat the drive and install windows from scratch. Again, this will totally erase everything on the hard drive. But it also will clean your system of any adware, viruses, and accumulated junk. So it'll run great. This method can take a while, since you have to install Windows and then download and install all the correct drivers. Donk On 8/20/2013 11:10 AM, cleanboost2 wrote: Thanks. I tried doing system restore, but it will only allow me a few weeks. How can I go back six months or more and do a restore? If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Wireless Mouse
I don't know Linux at all, but... If it only happens in one program... check the program's settings for an option to treat a single click as a double click. If it happens in all programs try deleting and re-installing the logitech drivers. Not sure how to do this in Linux but I'm sure you know. :-) Try the mouse on any other machine - just to eliminate a defective mouse (instead of a software issue). Donk On 8/14/2013 8:54 PM, Do Good Things wrote: My mouse has developed an annoying double-click problem i.e. it double-clicks when I want a single click. I've set the double-click speed to its slowest possible setting and it persists. Any thoughts? Using: Dell Latitude E6400 Logitech Mouse Ubuntu 13.04 If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] network help
You won't mess anything up. First step is get all 3 connected to the web. When the router can see all 3 pc's you can start setting up the network 1 by 1. How many are connected to the web now? What do you mean about the adapter giving you problems? Donk On 8/11/2013 11:02 PM, Ray F wrote: New to the network stuff Only had the laptop to start but picked up the other two along the way and now that I am wireless in the house thought I would try. No idea what to do and afraid I'll mess something up. The desktop adapter gives me enough problems. - Original Message - From: Donk d.knier...@verizon.net To: A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] network help You'll be able to network any of your 3 pc's that are wireless network capable. Almost all laptops come with built-in wireless. For your other 2 pc's... the OS doesn't matter - the PC's themselves have to have a wifi card or chip in order to connect wirelessly. Of course, if they don't you can buy a little USB wifi adapter for as little $15. Plug it in and you've got wifi! For the laptop, look for a little icon light somewhere near the keyboard that looks like radar beams. Or, go to Start, and type DVMGMT.MSC to open device manager. Look for the category Network Adapters. See if there's a wifi device installed (ethernet is not wifi). Or, go to Control Panel and look at the Network And Sharing section to see if there's a wifi connection available. Many laptops that do have wifi have a little switch somewhere on the case to turn wifi on or off (be sure it is on). Look at the 2 PC's as above to see if they have wifi. Most PC's in the past 5 or 6 years come with wifi built into the motherboard chipset. Once you get all the computers connected to the Uverse router, it should handle the sharing of files, etc. between all the machines it sees. If not, repost and we can help you set up the LAN between your 3 computers. Donk On 8/11/2013 5:45 PM, Ray F wrote: actually 3 and different OS. 1 XP 1 Vista and 1 Win 7. - Original Message - From: Ray F rf6...@bellsouth.net To: A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 5:32 PM Subject: [A-1-Computer_Tech] network help If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Freeze up and lag
After the reformats and reinstalls did you install all the correct drivers? It's easy to forget the mobo chipset drivers which are very important. Check device manager for any red X's or yellow ?'s. After a clean reinstall the pc should run great. Otherwise you must have some defective hardware. Have you cleaned the dust off power supply fan and cpu and chipset and video card fans? Could be causing a heat issue after 10 minutes. Donk On 8/11/2013 7:38 PM, sport_tigger wrote: When I first start up my computer, it runs well. But after 10 minutes, it begins to slow down, freeze up for a moment, or when watching video, lags behind. I run Windows XP and use Firefox for internet. I've formatted and reinstalled Windows twice. I've used Norton Anti-virus and Systemtech 8, and scanned for malware and adware and comes up clean. I've deleted cookies numerous times (usually helps for a few minutes). I've defragged a couple of times. Is there anything else I can do to fix this? If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] network help
You'll be able to network any of your 3 pc's that are wireless network capable. Almost all laptops come with built-in wireless. For your other 2 pc's... the OS doesn't matter - the PC's themselves have to have a wifi card or chip in order to connect wirelessly. Of course, if they don't you can buy a little USB wifi adapter for as little $15. Plug it in and you've got wifi! For the laptop, look for a little icon light somewhere near the keyboard that looks like radar beams. Or, go to Start, and type DVMGMT.MSC to open device manager. Look for the category Network Adapters. See if there's a wifi device installed (ethernet is not wifi). Or, go to Control Panel and look at the Network And Sharing section to see if there's a wifi connection available. Many laptops that do have wifi have a little switch somewhere on the case to turn wifi on or off (be sure it is on). Look at the 2 PC's as above to see if they have wifi. Most PC's in the past 5 or 6 years come with wifi built into the motherboard chipset. Once you get all the computers connected to the Uverse router, it should handle the sharing of files, etc. between all the machines it sees. If not, repost and we can help you set up the LAN between your 3 computers. Donk On 8/11/2013 5:45 PM, Ray F wrote: actually 3 and different OS. 1 XP 1 Vista and 1 Win 7. - Original Message - From: Ray F rf6...@bellsouth.net To: A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 5:32 PM Subject: [A-1-Computer_Tech] network help Now that I have wifi via U Verse is it possible to set up home network? I have a desktop and a laptop. Nothing major just access files and maybe transfer one to other. Printer connected to either. Thanks for any help [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: Home page
Cool. Glad it's fixed! On 8/11/2013 9:18 PM, Tom M. wrote: Well, I labored over the prospect of reinstalling FF. I then googled Firefox repair. I found I could go to help and then troubleshoot, and in the upper right corner was a box that said reset Firefox. After I did that, all was back to normal. Obviously something got corrupted somewhere. (damn computers!) :~) Thanks for the comments! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: Home page
You can certainly try uninstalling and reinstalling FF. I think FF will automatically move your booksmarks to the new installation - but just to be safe... use FF's import and backup feature to backup the bookmarks. It will create one file in the location of your choosing, with a .json file extension. It's easy to re-import them into the new FF. You might have to reinstall any extensions or plugins, but the new FF install will usually help you do this. FF is pretty smart. :-) A glitch like you describe might be caused by FF not shutting down properly. If FF doesn't shut down correctly it will think it crashed and then open to your last session - a convenience feature. When you close FF be sure to give it a few seconds to totally close itself. Also, I would check to be sure it is closing completely by checking to see if the FF process is shut down. You didn't mention your windows version, but open FF and press Control/Alt/Delete to open Task Manager. Click on the Processes tab. You'll find the FF process in the list. Now, close FF and see if the process disappears. If not, right-click it and choose to end the process. Give it a few seconds and reopen FF. You should see your normal homepage. I guess the normal fix for this would be to reinstall FF anyway, but at least you've narrowed down the problem and can repost with that info. Donk On 8/10/2013 10:15 AM, Tom M. wrote: Hi and thanks for the responses. I looked and found that I had the previous FF version and updated to 22. However it is still doing the same thing. Believe me, I know about the options and general tab and setting the home page on opening the browser. That's the problem, I can't understand why it is going to the last page visited, no matter what it was. I'm wondering about reinstalling FF completely. Think that would help and would it change anything or cause me to lose anything? Thanks again [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Home page
What version of FireFox are you using? I have the latest version - 22.0. If you go to the Options section, click on the General tab. Here you should see a place to set which homepage you want, and you should see an option called When FireFox starts Click the little down arrow and choose: Show My Home Page. I think you have checked the option: Show my windows and tabs from my last session. Donk On 8/9/2013 9:47 AM, Tom M. wrote: I use Mozilla Foxfire for my default browser. I've always got the options set to open with my home page. I haven't changed a thing and now it always opens with the last page I visited before closing it. I've tried to jar it by changing to the default page, the foxfire page, and it will do that, but when I change back, it always keeps opening on the last page visited. Any suggestions? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Home page
Yep, you can have as many pages as you want auto open when you start FF. They each open in a different tab. :-) Donk On 8/9/2013 4:00 PM, Holly wrote: I always select the one Tom mentioned. I find it very helpful. However, if I've closed all the windows when I exit I have it set up to open certain pages. I accomplish that by opening those I want and then in the Home Page section click on Use Current Pages. Best of both worlds. Holly On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: What version of FireFox are you using? I have the latest version - 22.0. If you go to the Options section, click on the General tab. Here you should see a place to set which homepage you want, and you should see an option called When FireFox starts Click the little down arrow and choose: Show My Home Page. I think you have checked the option: Show my windows and tabs from my last session. Donk On 8/9/2013 9:47 AM, Tom M. wrote: I use Mozilla Foxfire for my default browser. I've always got the options set to open with my home page. I haven't changed a thing and now it always opens with the last page I visited before closing it. I've tried to jar it by changing to the default page, the foxfire page, and it will do that, but when I change back, it always keeps opening on the last page visited. Any suggestions? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] 4 year compaq service rant/question
Hi Theresa - no worries about taking too long. :-)And yay for David for not charging you! Intermittent probs like yours are not unusual at all. You can stop worrying about a virus - a virus would never cause the beeps. The timing of the beeps is a code, but basically you can be sure you have a major hardware problem. Could be the ram sticks. Could also be many other things - a defect somewhere on the motherboard. Could be the processor. Could even be the hard drive. If it were me... First thing I would do the next time I was able to get into windows is quickly back up my personal data. My Documents folder for sure. For Thunderbird you can copy your whole profile folder to your backup device - with you I imagine that folder will be pretty huge. :-)Here's how to find the profile folder: On Windows 7 Vista Thunderbird data is stored at: C:\Users\user name\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\ On Windows XP Thunderbird data is stored at: C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Thunderbird\ If it turns out to be that your hard drive is defective you want to get your stuff copied from it now! Second thing I would do is run a check of your hard drive. Right-click start button and choose Computer. Right-click the C: drive and choose Properties. Click the Tools tab and click Check Now. Put a check in both boxes and click OK or Start. You might be told it can't be checked until a reboot - if so just say ok and reboot. The scan will auto-start. It could take quite a while - maybe up to 2 hours. You'll eventually see a report saying no errors were found (we hope, haha). I should warn you that often, if a drive is failing, running a check disk will be the final nail in its coffin. That's why you should backup FIRST. To sum up: It's almost certainly a hardware prob (not a virus or software program). If it's the hard drive you can buy a new one for less than $100, reinstall windows, restore your backups and programs, and be 100% fine. But if it's another piece of hardware, and you can't figure out which, a new pc is likely in your near future. If you get a new PC, and your old hard drive is healthy, it's not difficult to clone your old drive onto the new one. The new one will come with software to do just that. Good luck, Donk On 8/7/2013 6:17 PM, Theresa Ramseyer wrote: Hey Donk, One of the most hair pulling things about this is that I had Thunderbird pretty much cleared out. My bad luck strikes again, I guess. The strangest thing is that I don't have anything on automatic updates, so there should have been no software changes either. Every early Tuesday morning I have diagnostics scan everything, and I have daily and weekly Avast scans going, plus I have run Bitdefender's online scan. Empire Electric did have a brownout over last weekend, but as far as I know, my computer wasn't plugged in at the time. We are having our summer-into-fall weather with big thunderstorms, why so early I don't know, and usually with those I unplug everything. Theresa On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Theresa - If I recall, your biggest problem was with your email. Couldn't get Thunderbird to sort your messages correctly, etc. Sorry you couldn't get that fixed. I don't know what else might have happened to your PC, but here are a couple thoughts: I don't think most people consider PC's disposable. Maybe what the Best Buy guy meant was that since new computers can cost as little as $500, you have to think twice about paying a shop $300 in repairs - especially if the PC is 4 or more years old. I think Best Buy charges WY too much for repairs. It sounds like your tech guy charges a lot too. I think most people have a techie type person somewhere in their orbit who will gladly help out. Is there anyone of your friends or family that knows a friend of a friend who is tech savvy and can help for free? Just a thought. I help all my relatives and friends gratis. Anyway... not knowing what your PC is doing at home but not at the shop, it's hard to suggest a fix. One free thing that would be a last resort before paying a shop money would be to reformat the hard drive and reinstall windows from scratch. Lots of times computers get s messed up with conflicting software that the only fix is to erase everything and start from scratch. In order to reformat you'll need at least a little tech savvy and a Windows disk to reinstall windows. There are a zillion good step-by-step sites that explain how to reformat and reinstall. That is the route I'd take before paying anyone anything. Most major brand PC's (like Dell, HP, Sony, etc) have an easy way to reformat and restore the PC to factory settings with a few clicks. If you provide the brand and model number of your computer we can check out if it has an easy restore function. Good luck, Donk On 8/3/2013 6:39 PM, Theresa Ramseyer wrote
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] 4 year compaq service rant/question
Hi Theresa - If I recall, your biggest problem was with your email. Couldn't get Thunderbird to sort your messages correctly, etc. Sorry you couldn't get that fixed. I don't know what else might have happened to your PC, but here are a couple thoughts: I don't think most people consider PC's disposable. Maybe what the Best Buy guy meant was that since new computers can cost as little as $500, you have to think twice about paying a shop $300 in repairs - especially if the PC is 4 or more years old. I think Best Buy charges WY too much for repairs. It sounds like your tech guy charges a lot too. I think most people have a techie type person somewhere in their orbit who will gladly help out. Is there anyone of your friends or family that knows a friend of a friend who is tech savvy and can help for free? Just a thought. I help all my relatives and friends gratis. Anyway... not knowing what your PC is doing at home but not at the shop, it's hard to suggest a fix. One free thing that would be a last resort before paying a shop money would be to reformat the hard drive and reinstall windows from scratch. Lots of times computers get s messed up with conflicting software that the only fix is to erase everything and start from scratch. In order to reformat you'll need at least a little tech savvy and a Windows disk to reinstall windows. There are a zillion good step-by-step sites that explain how to reformat and reinstall. That is the route I'd take before paying anyone anything. Most major brand PC's (like Dell, HP, Sony, etc) have an easy way to reformat and restore the PC to factory settings with a few clicks. If you provide the brand and model number of your computer we can check out if it has an easy restore function. Good luck, Donk On 8/3/2013 6:39 PM, Theresa Ramseyer wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Theresa Ramseyer tlr28...@gmail.com Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2013 17:29:39 -0500 Subject: 4 year compaq service rant/question To: a-1_computer_t...@yahoogroups.com I have a Compaq, about 4 years old, that has practically died. Thought it was memory or motherboard. Will work at the tech's office fine now, but not here. Both of us are baffled, so I stopped at Best Buy this morning and asked what they thought. He agreed, but from some of what he said, companies see computers as throwaway items now. Why? I don't anyone who can afford $300+ every year and/or $200+ for their service subscription. I know a lot of people! Not to mention that almost every computer will be sent to a service center. I'm not asking for a $100 computer, and I understand BB's reasoning. I'm just stuck between a rock and a hard place, and sick that it costs as much as my computer to see if it will act up for them - with a good chance I'll end up needing a new computer anyway. $300+ before purchasing a computer, and then when it breaks just buy a new one? Not for me or many folks I know. Thanks for listening. Theresa If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: New Computer
Win8 comes with a feature called Hyper-Virtualization. Basically this creates a virtual machine, which kind of takes a section of RAM and makes your system think it is a separate hard drive. Then, you can install XP as you normally would. Then you can install your old apps just like you normally would, but they'll go into the virtual XP. This all happens inside Win8. Supposedly, you'll be able to click the icon of an XP program and it will automatically open in the virtual XP, instead of Win8. In other words it's seamless and you won't even notice you're leaving Win8. Free virtual machine software has been around for years. Other free programs to create a VM are Oracle Virtual Box, or VMWare (I forget the company). The downside to VM's is that they are pretty geeky to set up. To be honest I've never done one, but the instructions can be a bit daunting - even the Hyper-V included with Win8. Another downside is that lots of people report they can be flakey - meaning there are glitches like XP not seeing USB devices you plug in, and possible probs with mouse operation, etc. Also, you mention games. VM's, as far as I know, don't support 3D, so most current major games won't run on them. Simple games probably will. VM's are mainly designed for developers who write programs and need to quickly test them in different operating systems. Win8 also has a compatibility mode which is much simpler to use. You just tell Win8 to run your program in XP Mode and it will try to trick the program into thinking you have XP. Win7 also has this feature, and I've tried it, but still some of my XP programs won't run - possibly they've improved it in Win8. Holly, I know you mentioned you'll have an AMD processor. Some AMD's won't support Hyper-V. If you give the exact model I can check it out. I think all Intel i-core chips will support it. You def have ample RAM and HD space to run a VM! So the main downside to using a VM for your XP apps is (for me) the installation of the VM. Here's a site with a good explanation of Hyper-V: http://windows.appstorm.net/how-to/virtualization/is-hyper-v-in-windows-8-worth-using/ But don't despair! I believe MOST of your software will run fine on Win8. Most of mine did. Holly, I'm quite certain your version of Word or MS Office will run fine - mine did. I don't think MS wanted to alienate and anger a zillion old office users, so they made sure it would work. There might be a couple apps that fail - but you can find replacements for them like I did. It'll be ok. :-) Donk Donk, You've been talking about dual booting but I've heard Win8 has a virtual machine running XP. I thought that could run my old games or programs. Is that wrong? Thanks If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] New Computer
Hi Holly - I'd like to tell you the jump from XP to Win7 or Win8 won't affect your programs or devices... but it wouldn't be true. I recently upgraded one of my own machines and was surprised how many of my old programs wouldn't run. It's the switch from XP's 32bit architecture to 64bit that really causes probs in old software and hardware. Now, LOTS of old programs will run. You can usually find out if you google is 'nameofprogram' compatible with windows 8? Or if you go to the program makers website FAQ section. Most of the apps that wouldn't run for me were old, small utilities. But there were a couple biggies that I had to find replacements for. Thank goodness MS Office XP still runs! If there are apps you simply can't do without you could set up a dual boot so you can use either Win8 or XP. If you still have your XP disks it's not hard to set up the dual boot. Have your guy create a 2nd partition on the new HD, or use one of your old hard drives. You won't be able to simply put your current XP drive in the new PC and boot into it, unfortunately. But... when I did my upgrade from XP to Win7 I had to replace quite a bit of software, and had to throw away a scanner and printer which were old but perfectly fine for me. G. Here's another thought I tell people who are upgrading to Win8. You know that Win8 is designed for touch. You can certainly use it with only keyboard and mouse, but it is totally, and excellently created for touch. I don't know if a monitor is coming with your PC, but if so, be sure to get a touch capable monitor. Touch is the future, and all the monitor makers are in the process of converting their factories to build touch monitors. Soon, I think, you won't be able to buy a non-touch monitor. Of course, you'll still need a mouse and keyboard, but often reaching up and touching the screen will become 2nd nature. The specs of your new build sound great - core i5, Gigabyte mainboard, 1 TB HD. For win8 be sure to have at least 4GB RAM. 4GB is ok, but anything you can add to that would be great. RAM is very cheap right now, so maybe get another 2GB or 4GB if possible. If you do a LOT of video or photo editing the extra RAM is more important - as well as a separate video card (instead of the one included on the mainboard). Going from XP to Win8... there is a fairly steep learning curve. It's quite a bit different - the same stuff is all there but it's in different places. Lots of people get frustrated and wanna go back. Don't be that person. Just stick with it a while and you'll soon prefer it to XP. Would you want to go back from XP to Win98? :-) So, yeah, leaving XP is a bit of a challenge and hassle. But it's just something that's gotta be done eventually - by everybody. I think you'll love your new PC! Feel free to repost with any questions or problems after you get it. Don On 7/23/2013 12:31 AM, Holly wrote: I continue to have trouble accessing my all programslist and have problems with sound. I had planned to add RAM and a new sound card in my 7 year old computer. The computer guy I spoke with said the sound might be on my motherboard and that could be a sign that it's days are numbered. I've held onto it this long because I didn't want to upgrade Windows from XP. I have so many old programs that I'm not sure will work on Windows 8. But the slowness of my computer and these other issues make me realize I have to bite the bullet and get going. I always have my computers built to my needs and have gotten an estimate. I remember reading somewhere that you should definitely not get a AMD processor and that the best was an Intel something. He has listed Intel Core i5 3330 CPU. Also a Gigabyte 1155 Motherboard. The rest seems good, a Western Digital hard drive, for example. I'm also getting a cover for one of my old hard drives that holds a lot of my art stuff so I can selectively access it without loading up my new 1 TB hard drive. Yikes! Any other tips you can give me. I'm stalling a bit because it really worries me about my programs. I can, however, keep the old one because I won't be removing the C: drive. Just my E: drive which was one from my former computer. Holly If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email:
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] New Computer
My MS Word 2002 (and office 2002) works fine under win7 (and I would assume win8). Photoshop 7.0 works fine too - but I don't use any plug-ins, so can't vouch for them. The old games and stuff are a crap shoot - you won't know till you try - unless you can find someone on google who's already tried it. Yeah, dual booting is a hassle, but if there's an app you absolutely must have... that's a way to keep it. 1TB is wy more than enough to dual boot! You can always get a touch monitor when your current ones die. They're a bit hard to find right now, but soon they'll be all over the place and cheap. That tile thing you see in Win8 is really optional - there's a fairly normal desktop right underneath it. But touch isn't only for the tiles... it's for all facets of computing. Since you do a lot of graphics stuff... ask your guy about the onboard video chip on the Gigabyte MB. You'll prob be fine with the extra ram and an i5, but a good graphics card has it's own processor and would be super fast. Plus, if you work in really high resolutions, be sure the onboard vid will support those. Here's hoping every single thing you have will run under win8! (ha, as if). :-) Donk On 7/23/2013 6:24 PM, Holly wrote: Thanks, Donk. I'm getting 8G RAM because I plan to keep this machine for a long time and I do a lot of art and graphics. I'm not doing the touch screen thing. I have two Samsung monitors I've had for a long time and I don't want to go that route. I've avoided the Smart Phone and text thing. I have enough addictions without adding that. Also, I'm one of those old-timey Microsoft haters so the only thing I have is Windows normally. I did some work where I had to do stuff for some other people and got a Word program just for that. So the old Word programs won't work on 8? I'll take your advice and Google my programs. I have a couple of games I'd really like to keep, a great Bridge one where I can play duplicate with the computer and a real MahJongg one not the matchy thing. I'll try to see if they can be upgraded or something. I work so much in Paint Shop Pro and use Photoshop plugins, most of them free. I'll check with my community to see what happens to them. I remember when I had a computer built when I still lived in Georgia I tried the dual boot thing but I actually ended up not using it. So, I'll have to really think about that. With 1 TB I guess I could try it again. By the way, the computer guy said he could set the machine up so I'd have the usual start menu, etc. Guess I'm stubborn but I use a program called Winkey where I have keystrokes to bring up my programs. He said there was a feature like that in Windows 8, Like to have my photographs on my desktop so don't have many icons cluttering up the screen, this touch screen thing would really clutter it up. There's another program I'll probably lose which is called John's Background Switcher than slide shows my photos or whatever I want. Still thinking about it but it'll probably happen pretty soon. Holly On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Holly - I'd like to tell you the jump from XP to Win7 or Win8 won't affect your programs or devices... but it wouldn't be true. I recently upgraded one of my own machines and was surprised how many of my old programs wouldn't run. It's the switch from XP's 32bit architecture to 64bit that really causes probs in old software and hardware. Now, LOTS of old programs will run. You can usually find out if you google is 'nameofprogram' compatible with windows 8? Or if you go to the program makers website FAQ section. Most of the apps that wouldn't run for me were old, small utilities. But there were a couple biggies that I had to find replacements for. Thank goodness MS Office XP still runs! If there are apps you simply can't do without you could set up a dual boot so you can use either Win8 or XP. If you still have your XP disks it's not hard to set up the dual boot. Have your guy create a 2nd partition on the new HD, or use one of your old hard drives. You won't be able to simply put your current XP drive in the new PC and boot into it, unfortunately. But... when I did my upgrade from XP to Win7 I had to replace quite a bit of software, and had to throw away a scanner and printer which were old but perfectly fine for me. G. Here's another thought I tell people who are upgrading to Win8. You know that Win8 is designed for touch. You can certainly use it with only keyboard and mouse, but it is totally, and excellently created for touch. I don't know if a monitor is coming with your PC, but if so, be sure to get a touch capable monitor. Touch is the future, and all the monitor makers are in the process of converting their factories to build touch monitors. Soon, I think, you won't be able to buy a non-touch monitor. Of course, you'll still need a mouse
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Please help if you can
Here are a couple things you can try (I would do them in the order provided): 1. Try reinstalling the mouse drivers. Go to Start, and type DEVMGMT.MSC into the search box to open device manager. Double click the category for Mice And Pointing Devices. Right-click on your mouse and choose Remove or Uninstall from the popup menu. Click OK. Then reboot. As windows boots you'll see a message like ... Found New Hardware Be sure to wait until you see the message Your new hardware is installed and ready to use. Hopefully that will fix the problem. 2. If you remember when the problem started you can try Windows System Restore to go back to a previous date. You didn't mention your version of windows, but go to Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Restore. You'll be given a list of dates with restore points - if one of the dates is previous to when the prob started, choose it and follow the instructions. You won't lose any personal data, but you might have to re-install any programs you've added since that date. Donk On 7/15/2013 1:24 PM, Janie Whitmore wrote: Yes. I have a new mouse on it and it is still freezing From: Do Good Things mper...@gmail.com To: A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 6:53 AM Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Please help if you can Have you taken the ball completely out and gently scraped the rollers inside the mouse? On Jul 14, 2013 6:26 AM, Clara Whitmore angelicbab...@yahoo.com wrote: ** My mouse freezes after about fifteen minutes of being on the computer. I have tried cleaning it and everything and still keeps doing it. What else can I do [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Outlook Express storage folder
Yeah Pat, Microsoft has always had those files hidden by default because they don't think their customers are intelligent enough to not screw things up. After a fresh install changing that setting is one of the first things you've got to do. Here are some other normal chores not to forget after a fresh install: 1. Install drivers for the chipset - very important, even if the PC seems to run ok. 2. Make sure all devices are working properly in device manager (Start, Run, type DEVMGMT.MSC). If you see any yellow !, or red X, you need to install correct drivers. 3. If you use any anti-virus and firewall get them installed soon. I recommend the built-in Windows firewall, and Microsoft Security Essentials for anti-virus. Both free downloads from MS. Donk On 7/5/2013 1:40 PM, PatB wrote: GASP!! I figured it out! I allowed hidden files to be viewed and there is the file path I need! Sheesh. I thought my emails were sitting in limbo somewhere. Thanks for being there anyway. :) patb - Original Message - From: PatB To: A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 9:36 AM Subject: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Outlook Express storage folder Hi, Due to the unresolvable ati2dvag.dll errors, I had to have a clean reinstall of Windows done, which caused more problems, of course. The most important one is the Outlook Express storage folder. I always knew how to back up my messages and transfer them to a different computer and such. Outlook Express had to be reinstalled too and I imported my saved messages, but the directory path is nowhere to be found. I've done a thorough search. Now I cannot save my messages! This is the correct file path, which I have used before: C:/Documents and Settings/Pat/Local Settings/Application Data/Identities/long number/Microsoft/Outlook Express I get this far before there is nothing more: C:/Documents and Settings/Pat/ Help! patb [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Outlook Express storage folder
If device manager doesn't show any problems your guy has already installed the chipset drivers - so no worries there. I used to use AVG, but MS Security Essentials runs so well and is so un-intrusive I switched to it. Who else knows better how to protect windows than Microsoft? You can get it at the Microsoft website if you decide to try it. Totally free - and absolutely NO nags - unlike all other AV apps. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5201 Donk On 7/5/2013 2:54 PM, PatB wrote: Thanks so much. #1. I'd like to trust my professional 'puter guy did this, but I don't know specifically. But you'll have to 'splain it to me since that's a new one for me. #2. Done! All is good. #3. I know I have to do this. He advised against AVG because it runs ALL the time, slowing down the machine, so I'm rethinking that (sacrificing the paid time I still have) and will probably go to Essentials, which seems adqeuate. patb - Original Message - From: Donk To: A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Outlook Express storage folder Yeah Pat, Microsoft has always had those files hidden by default because they don't think their customers are intelligent enough to not screw things up. After a fresh install changing that setting is one of the first things you've got to do. Here are some other normal chores not to forget after a fresh install: 1. Install drivers for the chipset - very important, even if the PC seems to run ok. 2. Make sure all devices are working properly in device manager (Start, Run, type DEVMGMT.MSC). If you see any yellow !, or red X, you need to install correct drivers. 3. If you use any anti-virus and firewall get them installed soon. I recommend the built-in Windows firewall, and Microsoft Security Essentials for anti-virus. Both free downloads from MS. Donk On 7/5/2013 1:40 PM, PatB wrote: GASP!! I figured it out! I allowed hidden files to be viewed and there is the file path I need! Sheesh. I thought my emails were sitting in limbo somewhere. Thanks for being there anyway. :) patb - Original Message - From: PatB To: A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 9:36 AM Subject: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Outlook Express storage folder Hi, Due to the unresolvable ati2dvag.dll errors, I had to have a clean reinstall of Windows done, which caused more problems, of course. The most important one is the Outlook Express storage folder. I always knew how to back up my messages and transfer them to a different computer and such. Outlook Express had to be reinstalled too and I imported my saved messages, but the directory path is nowhere to be found. I've done a thorough search. Now I cannot save my messages! This is the correct file path, which I have used before: C:/Documents and Settings/Pat/Local Settings/Application Data/Identities/long number/Microsoft/Outlook Express I get this far before there is nothing more: C:/Documents and Settings/Pat/ Help! patb [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: internet via laptop.
Is the tablet in range of the office wi-fi network? If so, you only need to find the network listed in your tablet's settings, and... connect to it. Donk On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Bernard Andrades berna...@gmail.comwrote: Dear Friends, Sorry as the last line in my email was not clear. I want to connect the tablet to the laptop's internet. Thank you once again for your suggestions. On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Bernard Andrades berna...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, I have a laptop with windows xp sp3 and its connected to internet. its connected to office network. I have assignment to connect the tablet android to access internet via bluetooth or wifi but secured network. Kindly advice. Thanking you in advance. -- -- If you do not like to receive this daily mail please send a mail to berna...@gmail.com with the subject 'un-subscribe your name your email address' [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] internet via laptop.
Not sure I totally understand your question, but to connect an Android tablet to a wi-fi network you only need to access the Wireless settings on the tablet. Not sure what tablet you have, but look for an option on the tablet to change the settings - it will probably have a little icon shaped like a gear. Once in wi-fi settings you'll see an option to view all available wi-fi networks. Pick your office network from the list and you'll be prompted to enter the password for your network. Get this from the IT person in your office if you aren't sure what it is. Donk On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Bernard Andrades berna...@gmail.comwrote: Dear Friends, I have a laptop with windows xp sp3 and its connected to internet. its connected to office network. I have assignment to connect the tablet android to access internet via bluetooth or wifi but secured network. Kindly advice. Thanking you in advance. -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Printing problems with Brother MFC-J615W when using Win.8
I don't have a version of Win8 handy, but I'll suggest a couple things to try: First I'll assume you are using Internet Explorer browser? There are actually 2 versions of IE in Win8. Try printing from the desktop version instead of the version found in the charms area. A common tip to print just the selected areas of a web page... highlight an area that you want to print, press Control and P to open the print dialogue. Somewhere in the dialogue you should see an option to print only the selected area. Not sure why she can't paste parts of the page into Paint (or a word processor)? What happens when you try to copy/paste a page. A not-so-good work around might be to use the Print Screen on the top right of your keyboard. It will copy the entire contents of the current monitor screen into the clipboard. Now you can Paste that image into a word processor like Wordpad to print it. Donk On 6/19/2013 5:48 PM, seez...@att.net wrote: My mom and I are having trouble with her Brother MFC-J615W printer when she is using Windows 8. It prints just fine but whenever she has to print a web page, she only can go to the charms area and select devices and then her printer which is working wireless through a home network (Network Magic by Cisco) to print a web page. She can't do it any other way. She can't even paste parts of the web page to the application Paint to prepare for printing. When she uses the charms to print, she ends up printing the whole web page whenever she just wants to print parts of it. Most times she ends up printing twice as many or more pages than she wanted to. She is having trouble in being selective in what she prints from the web page. Please help us figure this out. When she had Windows 7, she had no problem whatsoever. If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: Cell phones
It's ok with me if you send it Theresa. I did some quick searching for unlocked android slider phones. I could only find 2 models of Android sliders, but unfortunately they aren't unlocked. They are tied to Virgin Mobile Pre-paid and (I think) can not be unlocked at all. I actually owned and used this one on Virgin Mobile for a while: http://amzn.to/11kucYv It is a very nice android phone with all the android features. I am still a Virgin Mobile pre-paid customer but with a newer phone. VM has some pretty nice pre-paid plans at good prices. No contract at all, no monthly bill, no federal fees or taxes. Here's the other android slider I found - also with Virgin Mobile: http://amzn.to/11VnbwW This was the only android flip phone (clam shell) I could find at all. They are pretty rare: http://pocketnow.com/android/sharp-introduces-world-first-android-clamshell-smartphone Donk On 6/17/2013 5:56 PM, Theresa wrote: 1. I'm looking at getting a new cell phone too, and appreciate this thread. Never thought about the slider vs. clam shell before, for example. I love the clamshell style. 2. I would like to forward this thread to a friend of mine, who had shoulder and arm surgery earlier this year. She could really use the voice to text option, and I'd like for her to see the slider vs. clamshell difference. I have no idea what her current phone is. Would anyone have a problem with me sending their posts on to her? Thanks, Theresa On 6/16/2013 15:17, Christopher Range wrote: I need to get a new cell phone. The deciding factors are: If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] 2nd Data Hard drive
First make sure the boot order in BIOS setup is set to look at your original hard drive first. In some BIOS you can even eliminate a drive from the bootup list all together. Have you looked at the data drive in Win8's Disk Management utility? On the Apps screen open Run, then type DISKMGMT.MSC. Take a look at the fixed disks. Your original boot disk will likely be labelled Disk 0, and your data disk maybe Disk 1. Does your data disk show more than 1 partition? If so, try deleting any extra partitions - you can likely combine the extra space into the main partition. Donk On 6/16/2013 2:35 AM, alcala94109 wrote: Information: XPS8500 purchased 5/1413. WIN8 12GB Memory After buying the computer, transferred my data drive from my previous HP PC to this XPS. The drive is a WDC WD2002FAEX. It's plugged into SATA port 2 on the motherboard, did not change any of the existing drive connections for OS drive or DVD drive. No OS or other boot files are installed on this data drive. When I reboot the PC, the system recognizes the data drive as the OS drive, and obviously fails. If I power down the PC, disconnect the power and SATA cable from the data drive, and then power up the PC without the data drive connected, the system correctly goes to the OS drive and loads the OS. If I then power down the PC and reconnect the data drive, the system will correctly go to the OS drive and load the OS, and recognize the data drive as a data drive. If for any reason I reboot the PC then it again will try to load the OS from the data drive. I have been on the phone with Dell support, they remoted in and everything is correctly configured, latest drivers, etc., but are not finding a similar issue anywhere in their support logs. The time they remoted in the system showed the data drive correctly It is still an open ticket with Dell support. Any thoughts on this? First time I have encountered this situation, and have been able to transfer data HDs between systems before. Thanks! If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Cell phones
The ultimate cell phone info website used to be Howard Forums: http://www.howardforums.com/content.php But they don't seem to offer a tool to compare features - which I assume is what you are looking for. I know you want a slider, but they are getting harder to find. Is it just for the physical keyboard? The future is smartphones. I would suggest you buy any Android GSM unlocked smartphone. You can easily get used to the onscreen keyboard - if not, there are dozens of free keyboards you can download from the android play store. You will find one you like. Avoid iPhone, they are locked to the one or two keyboards in iOS. Android is a lot freer and more open for developers to create useful apps. The king of current android phones would be the Samsung Galaxy S3 or S4, and the HTC One. But really, any android smartphone will have all the features of the Android OS right out of the box - you can hardly go wrong. Donk On 6/16/2013 4:17 PM, Christopher Range wrote: I need to get a new cell phone. The deciding factors are: 1. Style-Slider 2. Camera-Yes 3. Network-GSM 4. Buttons on front like the Samsung Gravity-No 5. Blackberry-No 6. Unlocked-Yes Does anyone know of a website, where I can do a search by those criteria? I have been looking all over the Net, and can't find a website that does that. Unless you look of the websites' of the respective cell phone providers. Christopher If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Cell phones
I should also mention that android phones come with quite sophisticated voice recognition. At almost any screen that requires text input you have the option of tapping the screen once and speaking what you want to type. The results are not quite 100% accurate, but I'd say approaching 90%. For example, you can send a text by simply tapping the screen once and saying Send text to 'john doe', What time are we supposed to meet for dinner?. The text window will open addressed to 'john doe', with the body text already filled in. You can just tap Send to send the text. Works the same for email. I very seldom have to use the onscreen keyboard at all. You can use your voice to search the web, create to-do lists, add calendar entries. If you need directions you can just say, Navigate to 123 Main Street, and you'll get voice instructions to your destination. I'm just saying that smartphones have made major accessibility advances for handicapped people. There are screen reader apps to read aloud what is on the screen, magnification apps for enlarging text and images, etc., etc. Here's a video demonstrating some of Google Voice's features: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=yj7Fx-7ZLis#! But ultimately you've got to stick with what you are comfortable with. There are still some models of slider phones available and they are usually a lot less expensive than a newer smartphone. Donk On 6/16/2013 10:14 PM, Christopher Range wrote: On 6/16/2013 9:18 PM, Donk wrote: The ultimate cell phone info website used to be Howard Forums: http://www.howardforums.com/content.php But they don't seem to offer a tool to compare features - which I assume is what you are looking for. I know you want a slider, but they are getting harder to find. Is it just for the physical keyboard? The future is smartphones. I would suggest you buy any Android GSM unlocked smartphone. You can easily get used to the onscreen keyboard - if not, there are dozens of free keyboards you can download from the android play store. You will find one you like. Avoid iPhone, they are locked to the one or two keyboards in iOS. Android is a lot freer and more open for developers to create useful apps. The king of current android phones would be the Samsung Galaxy S3 or S4, and the HTC One. But really, any android smartphone will have all the features of the Android OS right out of the box - you can hardly go wrong. Donk There are several reasons for wanting the 'slider' style: 1. I have Epilepsy and the 'touchscreen' of cell phones' like the IPhone requires even greater eye-hand coordination. The 'slider' phones' allow me to operate them with one hand. I used to have one of the 'flip' phones'. Which due to the acute need for eye-hand coordination, I dropped several times, despite using two hands. 2. Since I am an avid cyclist, the case of the 'slider' phones' protects the keypad when I have to put my cell phone in my hippack before I go out on the road. I have no interest in the Android phones. Christopher If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Cell phones
Yes, all phones that use Google's Android operating system are smartphones. But not all smartphones are Androids... the 4 categories of smartphones are: 1. Android - using Google's Android OS 2. iPhone - using Apple's iOS 3. Windows Phones - using Microsoft's Mobile Windows OS 4. Blackberry - using Blackberry's own proprietary OS They are all quite amazing smartphones, but at this point Androids are the most advanced and easy to use. Donk On 6/16/2013 9:50 PM, Cindi Wass wrote: Are all android phones smartphones? From: Donk d.knier...@verizon.net To: A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Cell phones The ultimate cell phone info website used to be Howard Forums: http://www.howardforums.com/content.php But they don't seem to offer a tool to compare features - which I assume is what you are looking for. I know you want a slider, but they are getting harder to find. Is it just for the physical keyboard? The future is smartphones. I would suggest you buy any Android GSM unlocked smartphone. You can easily get used to the onscreen keyboard - if not, there are dozens of free keyboards you can download from the android play store. You will find one you like. Avoid iPhone, they are locked to the one or two keyboards in iOS. Android is a lot freer and more open for developers to create useful apps. The king of current android phones would be the Samsung Galaxy S3 or S4, and the HTC One. But really, any android smartphone will have all the features of the Android OS right out of the box - you can hardly go wrong. Donk On 6/16/2013 4:17 PM, Christopher Range wrote: I need to get a new cell phone. The deciding factors are: 1. Style-Slider 2. Camera-Yes 3. Network-GSM 4. Buttons on front like the Samsung Gravity-No 5. Blackberry-No 6. Unlocked-Yes Does anyone know of a website, where I can do a search by those criteria? I have been looking all over the Net, and can't find a website that does that. Unless you look of the websites' of the respective cell phone providers. Christopher If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] No Program List
To get to safe mode: Reboot and keep quickly tapping the F8 key until you see the start menu. Then choose Safe Mode. Donk On Jun 12, 2013 7:01 PM, Holly hkl...@gmail.com wrote: I seem to come up with these really strange things. Now it's the fact that when I click on Start/All Programs the list doesn't come up any more. I like to have a pretty clear desktop and so don't have icons for everything. I do have WinZip installed and have some shortcuts for most things but to access some programs easily I need the list. Any ideas? Holly -- ~ Remember ~ If you forward this, PLEASE REMOVE all email addresses before you send it on and use the BCC area when forwarding to several people at once. HELP DESTROY Spam Reply to hkl...@gmail.com View all my websites from http://www.hollyscloset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] No Program List
I forgot to mention you can also get to System Restore from Start, All PROGRAMS, Accessories, System Tools. Donk On Jun 13, 2013 8:25 AM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: To get to safe mode: Reboot and keep quickly tapping the F8 key until you see the start menu. Then choose Safe Mode. Donk On Jun 12, 2013 7:01 PM, Holly hkl...@gmail.com wrote: I seem to come up with these really strange things. Now it's the fact that when I click on Start/All Programs the list doesn't come up any more. I like to have a pretty clear desktop and so don't have icons for everything. I do have WinZip installed and have some shortcuts for most things but to access some programs easily I need the list. Any ideas? Holly -- ~ Remember ~ If you forward this, PLEASE REMOVE all email addresses before you send it on and use the BCC area when forwarding to several people at once. HELP DESTROY Spam Reply to hkl...@gmail.com View all my websites from http://www.hollyscloset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Missing All Programs List
Yes, doing the system restore can take quite a while until you reboot and get back to the desktop. It sounds like it was successful as far as fixing your system files and getting the All Programs menu back. It shouldn't cause any problems like you describe with Gmail. Is anything besides Gmail running really slowly? Like, can you access other websites at normal speed? And, is the computer only slow when you are doing stuff online - is it normal speed for running programs like Wordpad, games, etc.? If it is only Gmail that is running slow, try this... Go to Start, Run and type firefox -safe-mode, but without the quotation marks. This will start Firefox without any extensions or add-ons. See if Gmail works better now. Maybe it is an extension or add-on that is causing your Gmail probs - just have to figure out which one. Donk On 6/13/2013 5:26 PM, hklass wrote: Donk, I'm responding to you on the site because I can't respond from my gmail account. To recap the situation, we were in the process of opening in Safe Mode to see if the Program list was available from there. I had asked how to open in Safe Mode and you responded to hit F8 until it opened. Then you responded about accessing from the Accessories folder which I couldn't do because I didn't have the list. Okay, this morning when I opened my computer I had the message asking if I wanted to open in Safe Mode or go to Restore. I decided to go Safe Mode to see if the list was there and it was. Then I went to restore from accessories on the list and restored back to June 4. The computer closed and then opened and, after a considerable wait, the list appeared. Happy Day. Okay, I started to do my usual and opened Firefox to check my gmail accounts and everything was super slow (actually it's been that way for a couple of days)and although I finally opened gmail and looked at my messages I haven't been able to reply. It says Loading rich text and shows Loading but nothing happens. I'm able to open my forums but can't reply to emails. I've been aware that I probably need more Ram since I currently have 2G and my computer will take 4G. Also my sound card is failing or has failed. If I could remember how to open the box I could probably take care of this but in the meantime I don't really want to be without the computer for any length of time. Sorry this is so long. I'm running XP and that's the reason I'm hanging on because so many of my programs won't run with the newer Windows versions. I usually get a new computer built every five years and it's at least six now. Okay, I have Trend Micro on my computer and a Spy program and the scans don't show anything wrong but do you think it's some failing on the computer itself Holly If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Missing All Programs List
Glad gmail is working better now - might have been a temporary glitch on their side. Suggestions about your PC? I agree you might wanna stick with XP for a while. When I finally upgraded to Win7 64-bit, there were quite a few programs I had to trash. Most of my programs still worked, but a few didn't. Plus, I had to trash a printer and some other hardware that didn't have Win7 drivers. I think the main prob is that I got the 64bit version - instead of the 32-bit, but 64-bit is where the future is heading so no point buying a 32 bit version. I was going to say that 2GB of ram should be fine for you... but then you mentioned you do a lot of graphic work and open lots of browser tabs. So... I do think adding some ram would help speed things up. Of course you know that a main reason for a slow computer is stuff running in the background. So go to Start, type MSCONFIG, click the Startup tab and take a look at how many programs have check marks next to them. Each one of these starts running at bootup, and uses up system resources. Uncheck any that you don't absolutely need running all the time (most can be manually started when you need them). Here's a website that will explain what each one does: http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php Just type the program name into the search box. Donk On 6/13/2013 6:24 PM, Holly wrote: Guess what, I left the computer for a while and gmail is working now. I guess it wouldn't hurt if you gave me suggestions about my computer though because it's been very slow lately. I do a lot of artwork and have a lot of tabs open in Firefox and often two incidents of it with several tabs. Thanks for all your help, as always. Holly On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 4:26 PM, hklass hkl...@gmail.com wrote: Donk, I'm responding to you on the site because I can't respond from my gmail account. To recap the situation, we were in the process of opening in Safe Mode to see if the Program list was available from there. I had asked how to open in Safe Mode and you responded to hit F8 until it opened. Then you responded about accessing from the Accessories folder which I couldn't do because I didn't have the list. Okay, this morning when I opened my computer I had the message asking if I wanted to open in Safe Mode or go to Restore. I decided to go Safe Mode to see if the list was there and it was. Then I went to restore from accessories on the list and restored back to June 4. The computer closed and then opened and, after a considerable wait, the list appeared. Happy Day. Okay, I started to do my usual and opened Firefox to check my gmail accounts and everything was super slow (actually it's been that way for a couple of days)and although I finally opened gmail and looked at my messages I haven't been able to reply. It says Loading rich text and shows Loading but nothing happens. I'm able to open my forums but can't reply to emails. I've been aware that I probably need more Ram since I currently have 2G and my computer will take 4G. Also my sound card is failing or has failed. If I could remember how to open the box I could probably take care of this but in the meantime I don't really want to be without the computer for any length of time. Sorry this is so long. I'm running XP and that's the reason I'm hanging on because so many of my programs won't run with the newer Windows versions. I usually get a new computer built every five years and it's at least six now. Okay, I have Trend Micro on my computer and a Spy program and the scans don't show anything wrong but do you think it's some failing on the computer itself Holly If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Site for watching TV episodes on Line
Yeah, Hulu is good - there's some free stuff there. And almost every network offers a few to many of their shows for free (with commercials of course). Like CBS, NBC, ABC, TBS, Comedy Central, all the Public Broadcasting stations (Austin City Limits!), etc. etc. etc. Amazon.com has some free streaming content. And if you have a Verizon or Comcast account, their sites also offer some free streaming content. Be very careful because if you google free tv you'll find a zillion sites saying you can watch movies and tv shows for free, but they will put merciless adware on your system, or demand a credit card - NOT free. Donk On 6/12/2013 6:20 PM, catrina_satc2000 wrote: I know there is a site you can watch tv episodes that I have missed on Line But I cannot find the link now Does anyone have a link to watch tv episodes on line? Catrina If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] No Program List
Hi Holly - Sometimes the list of programs can take a few seconds to appear - have you given it time to populate with the list? If not, how about using System Restore to go back to a date previous to when this problem started. Start, type RSTRUI.EXE in the run/search window. Other than that, your symptom likely indicates a pretty serious problem with your windows system files - or a virus. Have you tried booting into Safe Mode to see if the list appears normally? If so, it might indicate you've got a background program or virus interfering with the appearance of the list. Donk On 6/12/2013 7:01 PM, Holly wrote: I seem to come up with these really strange things. Now it's the fact that when I click on Start/All Programs the list doesn't come up any more. I like to have a pretty clear desktop and so don't have icons for everything. I do have WinZip installed and have some shortcuts for most things but to access some programs easily I need the list. Any ideas? Holly If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: Email program suggestion?
Theresa - have you tried Gmail's offline mode? It should fit your situation pretty well. It even has a flaky connection setting for slow or bad connections. I've heard it is very good for syncing your online mail with the offline client it puts on your computer. If a connection is lost during sync, it will simply re-start from where it left off the next time you connect. In the offline client you can read, search, sort, compose, etc. your messages. Any outbound messages will automatically be sent next time you connect. Basically, it is just a desktop, or phone/tablet gmail client like Tbird. It is mainly designed to work with the Chrome browser, but I think Firefox and Internet Explorer have plug-ins for it too. I've never tried it but it sounds good. You can install it from your main Gmail page. Donk On 6/10/2013 1:32 AM, Theresa wrote: Holly - Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't use just gmail for a couple of reasons. #1 is I would have to be online, and that's something I'm really trying to cut back on. I have gotten into the very bad habit of letting one link lead to another and another and another - and before I realize it, I've spent hours or a good chunk of time surfing when I should have been doing multiple other things. I love learning new things - I just don't/can't trust myself. #2. I keep my parent's account, and another that we share. They don't want the hassle of going online. I keep trying to get them into the computer classes at the Community Center, so they will see and hear different angles on the idea. #3 And, really, I like the idea of not having to go online every time I need an email. I can search and read and answer offline, and, I admit, I'm on a few lists like Flylady, which help me with being organized and decluttered. I do need to finish switching everything over to gmail. Right now my main gmail account picks up from Earthlink. However, even if we ever get moved, Earthlink is still only dial-up in that area, and I may have to switch providers if I want to get around that. We will be about eight blocks from the local cable provider, but their accounts are pretty expensive. With Gmail it doesn't matter what ISP account I have with whom. That's nice. If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Email program suggestion? - just about ready to scream
Hi Theresa - Yep, I remember your probs with Tbird, and how you've tried everything but voodoo to fix them. What about what Holly said, just going with Gmail and skipping the desktop client all together? Gmail can def handle huge volumes of mail. It doesn't have all the features of a desktop client, but you can still set up filters, etc. I'm still almost certain that your probs with not having Tbird sync with Gmail is caused by a slow dialup connection. So if you go strictly with the cloud you'll eliminate the need to sync at all. Have you looked at Yahoo! email? I use their basic version and it is ok - but for your volume of mail and feature needs you'd want to go with their paid version. Offers 200 filters, forwarding, POP too (if you want it), no ads, an offline mode, etc. And it's only $19.99 for a year. http://mailplus.mail.yahoo.com/ They also have a pretty nice Android smartphone, tablet app. Not sure about iPhone. Donk On 6/8/2013 8:40 PM, Theresa wrote: No, you don't have to close your ears, I'll scream quietly, I promise. :-) While I used to love my Thunderbird email program, I started looking through the folders tonight. It's been a few days since I really checked to see what I've received. I don't have a clue about what the program is doing/has done. Several emails I have multiple copies for, some as many as five; the filters work when they want to, and aren't even unchecking as they used to when there was a problem. I spent at least 15 minutes again today deleting emails from Gmail online because either it or Tbird or both can't receive/send the message that messages have been deleted - so when Tbird picks up, the messages are still in Gmail (we decided once that it was probably dial-ups fault - and I have POP3). I have, while Tbird was off, gone in under Windows Explorer and looked at the data folders - there are folders and emails in there that I deleted ages ago, from all 3 of the accounts that I get. You all know how I feel about not being able to automatically sort the filters. HP's diagnostics says my hard drive passes all the tests. I scan regularly with my avast!, and ran the online scanner with bit defender a couple of days ago, and both report that I am clean. Getting ready to run bd again, because avast!'s daily run says I'm fine. I loved Eudora. For a long while Tbird was a great replacement. (I'm running Windows 7 Home, by the way.) I get 2-400 emails a day. I love that Thunderbird is non-Microsoft. I like the ease of transferring and adding and subtracting folders. I like the relative ease of backing up my filters and data. I wanted/want something that's actually being worked on, for support. Any suggestions for replacement? I would definitely appreciate them. I have several folders, and definitely some to keep emails, so I don't feel I can just try programs randomly. I want something reliable, not Microsoft, where I can sort filters automatically, it won't lose emails, backs up at least decently well, can handle several accounts (at least 3) with many emails a day, and sorts/filters like it's supposed to. I suppose I'm looking for a dream program? Thanks Theresa If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] How can at I remove Lexmark LEXPPS.EXE files from a dell desktop
I assume you've tried looking in Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, for any mention of Lexmark and Brother - and uninstalling whatever you find? Then, in Control Panel under the Devices And Printers category (not sure which version of Windows you've got) you can right-click and Remove the printers. Then, if you are having trouble removing specific files you can try doing it from Safe Mode. Windows won't let you delete files that are in use. Then, if you seriously want to nuke any files you can try one of the free file removal tools available, like... Delete Doctor: http://www.download3k.com/Install-Delete-Doctor.html This is a tiny utility that I've found to be extremely effective at getting rid of stubborn files. Be sure NOT to click on the big, green DOWNLOAD buttons - they are advertisements. Just click on one of the mirror sites to start the download. Donk On 6/8/2013 10:42 AM, snowyowl5562 wrote: was given a dell inspiron with windows xp it had a lexmark and a brother printer installed at one time and now I am having trouble removing all the files from hard drive I have gone to search and tried to remove it but it won't let me I really want to remove this file and all others associated with the printers no longer being used Thank you Teresa in FL If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Default User Account
This solution has worked for some people: 1. Go to Start, Run and type in control userpasswords2. 2. Put a check in the box that says users must enter a username and password to use this computer. 3. Click reset password to set the administrator password. Leave the fields blank. Click apply and okay. 4. Go to users accounts in control panel, click on change the way users log on \ off. 5. Put a check in the welcome screen box and then apply options. 6. Log off or reboot and you should come directly to your own profile. Donk On 6/4/2013 5:07 PM, ws wrote: I have several problems with my desktop. I'll start with what should be the easiest. This is my own pc at home with XP Pro, nobody else uses it. Before I did a Windows Update, starting up the computer brought me directly to the desktop I usually work on. After the update g it loaded the Welcome screen, which I finally got rid of. But it still brings me to the desktop of Administrator, which is not the user I use, which is called Pat. I've been all around the User Accounts window and menus and don't see how to change it back again. I hope I explained this properly so you know what I'm talking about. Thanks. pat If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] ati2dvag
Hi Pat - I don't know about definitive insight... but here are some suggestions: 1. In XP it is possible to uninstall windows updates. Since your problems started after the latest update you could try uninstalling it. Go to Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. At the bottom of the list you should see all the Microsoft updates listed. Choose the latest one and uninstall it. 2. Similar to uninstalling the last update, XP has a utility called System Restore. It will take your PC back to a previous date. You won't lose any personal data, but any programs you installed since that date might have to be re-installed. Go to Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Restore. See if there is a date listed that is previous to when you started having any problems. If so, follow the instructions to restore to that date. (This will get rid of any MS updates added since that date too). 3. Since the blue screen mentions your video card/chip (ATI) - I would try reinstalling the driver for it. Go to Device Manager (Start, Run, type DEVMGMT.MSC), and right click on your video chip listed under Display Adapters. Choose remove or uninstall from the popup menu, click ok, and then reboot. XP will find new hardware during boot. Wait till you get to the desktop and see a message like your new hardware has been installed and is ready to use 4. The sum of your symptoms - blue screens, failure to boot, hanging and freezing - could point to a serious hard drive problem. I would immediately back up any important personal data like photos, music, documents, and then run a check disk on the hard drive. Go to Start, My Computer. Right-click the C: drive, choose Properties. Click the TOOLS tab and click the Check Now button. Be sure to put check mark in both boxes to auto fix any errors. You'll likely be asked to schedule the run for the next reboot. So reboot and the check will start. Could take an hour or two so be patient. 5. If you have a brand name computer (like Dell, HP, Acer, Sony, etc. etc.) there is very likely a simple way for you to restore it to factory settings. In other words, with a few clicks and a maybe 15 minutes, it will restore the PC to exactly the way it was the day you got it from the store. Of course this WILL erase EVERYTHING you've added to it since then. So back up all your important data. But after doing this your machine will purr just like it did the day you got it. This may save you a trip to the repair shop and some expense! If you post the brand/model of the PC we can find instructions on how you can start the factory reset. Hope some of these suggestions help, Donk On 6/5/2013 7:03 PM, PatB wrote: This showed up after a Windows Update, thankyouverymuch. 1. ati2dvag with a blue screen comes up, completely freezing the computer. device driver got stuck in an infinite loop ... I have to turn it off manually. I've tried a number of Google suggestions that I'm comfortable with to no avail. I have scanned with all the cleaners I have. There are many more suggestions I'm not comfortable trying. 2. At the same time the above began, windows started hanging up/freezing more and more frequently. It happens when web surfing and rarely other programs freeze as well - MSWord, Adobe Reader. Two times on restart I only got a black screen; rebooted again and it worked normally. Rarely, all on its own, the machine will stop running and reboot itself. Do you have any more definitive insight into this? I'm about to take it to a local shop but would rather save the dollars if I can. Thanks so much. pat [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] moving hdd to another PC
My experience with doing this is that it only worked about 1 in 5 times. I've tried it at least 5 times and only once did I get the new PC to boot. After booting I had to spend about 2 hours cleaning up device manager and getting the correct drivers installed. The other times the PC simply wouldn't boot - either it would continually freeze shortly after POST, or it would freeze immediately after POST showing nothing but a blank screen. So, I would say that it's worth a try, but don't get your hopes up too high. I think your best bet is to go into Device Manager immediately before your final shutdown, and uninstall some of the drivers - such as Display and Audio adapters, and network adapters. Then shutdown and do the move. When you first boot the new PC, if it freezes, try rebooting into Safe Mode (continually tap F8 during boot). Then maybe you can do some more cleaning up in Device Manager. Hopefully it will not choke when it finds all the strange new devices and will install some of the new drivers for you. The product key will be the least thing to worry about - you can deal with that after you get all the drivers installed and the PC working correctly. Sometimes Windows won't even complain that you're on a new machine (especially if you're on an older version of windows), and even if it does a simple call to Microsoft will fix it. Wishing you luck! If you get a chance... post back and let us know how it went. :-) Donk On 6/4/2013 11:16 AM, ger_ila wrote: Hi, just wondering if it's possible to take a hdd, loaded with o/s, from one PC and use it in another PC, different make, as primary (only) drive. I understand it's the boot files that present the problem, but how is it overcome? Obviously the product key would need changing. If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] info/advice needed
I think most any usb barcode scanner will work. If you put the cursor into a Excell cell, and then scan a barcode, the info from the code should appear in the cell. But... I dunno if you'll be able to get the different results from a single code to appear in separate cells? It might just put ALL the info from a code into one cell - and you'll have to copy/paste it into the cells you want (serial number, manufacturer, price, etc). It might require specialized software to automatically separate the data into different fields. I know a librarian who uses a scanner to scan circulation info from books - but she uses a special library program to sort the data. But then... I've never actually used a scanner so I'm mostly just guessing. Donk On 5/24/2013 6:54 PM, james b wrote: ok guys here is my situation, i am working for a company that installs exede, and i have to do a inventory of all my equipment that i have at my house once a week, it all has bar codes and then has the information on it, my question is could, can i get a barcode scanner, scan all this in and put it into a exel doc. and make it easyier to do for me, because i have 12 to 20 units a week and it gets to be a pain to punch it all in. If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] info/advice needed
XMDP sounds like an Excel expert. Excel is a pretty amazing program. You probably 'will' be able to get it set up to import your scanned data just the way you want - so I'd say go for it! Donk On 5/25/2013 11:50 AM, xmdp wrote: If all the data gets put into one cell and has to be separated, you can use the spreadsheet's 'Text to Columns' feature to parse out the data into columns. It will take a little practice to determine if selecting 'fixed width' or 'delimited columns' is most suitable but well worth the effort if you have a lot of data to process. On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 2:22 AM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** I think most any usb barcode scanner will work. If you put the cursor into a Excell cell, and then scan a barcode, the info from the code should appear in the cell. But... I dunno if you'll be able to get the different results from a single code to appear in separate cells? It might just put ALL the info from a code into one cell - and you'll have to copy/paste it into the cells you want (serial number, manufacturer, price, etc). It might require specialized software to automatically separate the data into different fields. I know a librarian who uses a scanner to scan circulation info from books - but she uses a special library program to sort the data. But then... I've never actually used a scanner so I'm mostly just guessing. Donk On 5/24/2013 6:54 PM, james b wrote: ok guys here is my situation, i am working for a company that installs exede, and i have to do a inventory of all my equipment that i have at my house once a week, it all has bar codes and then has the information on it, my question is could, can i get a barcode scanner, scan all this in and put it into a exel doc. and make it easyier to do for me, because i have 12 to 20 units a week and it gets to be a pain to punch it all in. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Problem with Google Email Password
Well, if a hacker has compromised your gmail account and had enough time, he/she likely changed ALL your recovery info including your security questions and recovery phone number. If you are sure this is what happened, sadly, there's not much you can do. Here's a google site that helps explain what happened, and there's a link there to their Account Recovery Form. So fill out the form and hopefully they'll either get you back in, or at least delete the account: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/50270?hl=en If you do get back in of course re-set all your security info, but make sure the hacker hasn't left himself a back door by allowing multi logins, or message filters, etc. Good luck, Donk On 5/22/2013 10:06 AM, susieque22002 wrote: Every incoming and outgoing email is automatically sending blank (with my signature) emails to all of my contacts. The hacker seems to have changed my password as well, so I am not even able to change my password. When I have tried to retrieve my password, I have not gotten any response on my alternate email address or on my cell phone. HOW can I change my password?? There doesn't seem to be any way to contact Google about this, either. Do I need to change to a different email provider? If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Laptop mic not working
The fact that the internal mic sometimes records - even though it is barely audible - might be a clue that the drivers are corrupted. At any rate, the first thing I would do would be to go to Device Manager and remove (uninstall) the audio drivers for the internal sound chip. Then reboot and let XP re-install them. Wait until you see the message your device drivers have been installed and your device is now ready to use (or similar). There shouldn't be a problem having 2 mics installed - I switch between mine all the time. Donk On 5/22/2013 12:18 PM, thunderrz wrote: I have an HP laptop with winXP sp3. It has no webcam but I used to Skype using the internal mic. I bought a cheap webcam with mic and it works fine. But even though I didn't change any settings the internal mic stopped working. I looked at the volume settings which are loud. If it records at all the sound is barely audible. I clicked the taskbar icon and put a check in the mic box. Can't think of anything else, can you? I don't turn the laptop on very often but will try any suggestions get back to you ASAP. This happened over a year ago so forget about system restore. Thanks. If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Enlarging certain pages when I need to
I'm think maybe the magnifier you had in Vista was a 3rd party app? Or maybe you are referring to a feature in whatever browser you were using? Anyway, Win7 does have a nice little magnifier utility built-in. Go to Start button and type magnifier in the search box. At the top of the window the word Magnifier will appear. Click on the word and drag it down to anywhere on your taskbar and it will be permanently pinned there for future use. When you want to zoom in on any screen just click on the magnifier icon on the taskbar. Experiment with it - it is totally customizable. Donk On 5/19/2013 10:54 AM, snowyowl5562 wrote: When I had widows vista I had an arrow in bottom right corner of screen that I could use to enlarge a page when I needed to. Now with windows 7 I don't have it. Any idea how to get it back, I don't want to use the magnifier option. I have already increased my DPI to large but still want thelittle slide that goes up to 200 Teresa in Fl If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] possible processor upgrade?
That 2.6Ghz processor on Amazon will physically fit your mobo, but I'm not sure your BIOS will support it. I found the specs of your mobo here: http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/Intel2/4006181R/4006181Rnv.shtml http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/Intel2/4006181R/4006181Rsp2.shtml And it seems to say the max processor speed supported is the dual core 2.0 Ghz. So, unless Gateway or Intel (it's an Intel mobo) provide a BIOS update it would be a big gamble to buy the chip and have it maybe not recognized. If you can return it for a refund - no problem. The latest BIOS update on the Gateway site is dated July 2010, see here: http://support.gateway.com/us/en/product/default.aspx?tab=1modelId=2940 So you can check your BIOS version with the version listed there. If the one on the website is newer than yours you can flash it. Somewhere it should tell you the specs of the new BIOS, but I couldn't see it anywhere on the web site. When you download the BIOS file there may be a read me file that will tell you what processors the new BIOS will support before you do the flash. As for the fan... doesn't that box on Amazon come with a fan and heatsink? If not, you can try it with your old fan - if it overheats just buy a a new fan. Good luck, Donk On 5/16/2013 10:05 AM, kevin19_89 wrote: i have gateway gt5464 dual core computer. its a 1.6 ghz on each core. i found this on amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GGU09O/sr=8-16/qid=1368712964/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8me=qid=1368712964seller=sr=8-16 should this fit mine? i have stock heatsink/fan will that be enough to cool that processor if it will fit or will i need a bigger fan/heatsink? thanks If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Sound
Simplest fix is to try windows built-in System Restore. Tell it to go back to a date previous to when the problem started. Find it under start, programs, accessories, system tools. If that fails you can try reinstalling the drivers from device manager. Good luck, Donk On May 13, 2013 12:23 AM, Christopher Range lcms0...@comcast.net wrote: Somehow, I disabled my sound by accident. I have gone through it several times, and still can't figure out what I did to disable it. I am stumped. Christopher If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Just lost everything in my inbobx on my yahoo mail
Yahoo is a web based email service... so your email is kept on the cloud. So, as far as I know, nothing you could have done with Win7 could have erased your mail. It's almost certainly gotta still be there at Yahoo. And rebooting can't hurt a thing. I suggest you try again logging into your Yahoo account and poking around to find your mail. If you did a fresh install of Win7 (not the upgrade) all of your cookies will be gone (unless you re-installed a backup of your browser's settings), so your browser might not take you directly to it like it used to. Win7 is great once you get used to it and get it configured the way it works best for you. Good luck, Donk PS: I'm sure you know this, but... if you go to the main Yahoo site ( http://www.yahoo.com/ ), you'll have to find the My Yahoo link and then log into your account to get your email. On 5/12/2013 2:02 PM, snowyowl5562 wrote: Just got windows 7 after having some weird thing with my partitions wipe me out, Well i went in took a shower and now my yahoo mail inbox is empty. I had over 100 emails in it. Any ideas i hate to reboot and loose more. Thank you Teresa in FL If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Looking for advice about cooling fans
Hi - I don't have a lot of experience with different models or brands. But I bought an Antec cooler pad and was quite amazed at how well it works. Here it is on Amazon.com: http://amzn.to/10rQyHZ It has 2 70mm fans that draw hot air from the bottom of the laptop and blow it mostly out the sides of the cooler. Mostly I use it sitting on a desk or other surface, but it can be used on your lap too. Gets all its power from a USB port, and runs pretty quiet. Cooling pads without fans are a lot cheaper but I've never tried one so I can't comment on them. But this pad works really well for me. Good luck, Donk On 5/8/2013 7:46 AM, snowyowl5562 wrote: My laptop went into partition problems so luckily I found a local guy and he came to my house and fixed everything even gave me windows 7. Now I need to buy a cooling fan(pad) not sure what I should get. I live in south Florida and hate running Air Conditioner and it gets pretty warm in my computer room. Any suggestions on these. Running Tosiba L305 15 inch. I was watching a travel one on ebay funds are tight, and it is only $3.99 here is link http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Folding-2-Fan-Laptop-PC-Cooling-Cooler-Pad-B\ k-/300552907729?_trksid=e17001.m7_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn\ %3D5%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7511749722152797352_qi=RTM759773 Thank you Teresa in FL If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] About my mom's new laptop with Windows 8 (email especially)
As for the email problem... Win8 comes with a new email application tailored to the new tiled interface of Win8. If your mom wants to use the same Windows Live email that she had on the old computer, she'll have to download the free Windows Live Essentials package from microsoft: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/essentials-home Once it is downloaded and installed, it should function exactly as it did on her old computer. Here's a youtube video showing how to download and install Windows Live Mail in Win8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=_YbZlD2bo_s As for the printer prob... I'm thinking that knowing which browser she uses would help solve it? Also, it sounds like she is printing over a wireless network through another computer? Does the Brother printer have wireless support built into it? If so, it would be better to install the Brother drivers directly onto the new laptop and print directly to the printer. Good luck, Donk On 5/3/2013 3:38 PM, seez...@att.net wrote: Recently my mom bought a new laptop (HP ENVY, 15.6 diagonal, 8GB Memory, 750 GB HD, and m6-1225dx and is also a touch screen) with Windows 8 already installed. At first, my mom had a lot of trouble adjusting to the differences between Windows 8 and Windows 7. She prefers to use the mouse to operate her computer. She has mostly gotten used to the changes. There are a few more things that need to be dealt with. Can anyone help us please? First of all, my mom has had trouble with the email. When she had Windows Live on the computer that had Windows 7, she was able to make as many folders in her email account as she wanted to and make as many rules as she wanted to concerning what passed as nonjunk mail. She also could look at the headings of each of her emails without having to also look at the body of any of them. Also she usually was able to clearly see the whole title of the headings of each of her emails without having to extrapolate for the rest of the headings with the cursor. She has Buckeye Cable as her internet provider. For some reason, my mom can't do any of these things with the email program that came with the new computer. She tried to install the original email program that she had on her old computer but the installation never happened or did not happen the way it did on her old computer. Also when she tries to delete or even just look at some of her emails, some of her emails get deleted without her trying to delete them. In other words, the email program or the computer is deleting the email on its own. Another area of concerning involves network printing. The nice thing with the new printer (Brother is that it will send data to her printer wirelessly as long as the old computer and printer is on. She tends to have a problem when she only wants to print certain pages of a document that is on a website. There are a lot of times when the printer ends up printing the whole document instead. For example, my mom will have the printer print pages 8 to 14 of a 20-page document but instead of getting just those pages, she gets all 20 pages. Thanks. If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] SpeedyFox - a neat little program I found for Thunderbird and Firefox - was What sites do you use when researching software decisions?
Thanks Theresa. SpeedyFox does seem to be freeware. Did it try to install any adware or toolbars? It's apparently a pretty new app - not many reviews on it yet. But if you say it works well with Tbird I'll take your word for it. Donk On 4/21/2013 6:09 PM, Theresa wrote: Hi :), Thought I'd share instead of ask. I googled some form of Thunderbird replacements last night, and came across a little program called SpeedyFox, that cleans up and out the databases etc. for Thunderbird and Firefox for Windows. I downloaded and ran it. It works quickly and well, debloated my Thunderbird files down to 3-something GB instead of 7-something, and both programs work much better and quicker. Thought I would pass it along for you to consider and maybe recommend. Some small payback for all the questions I've asked! I have no connection except I tried and so far have liked it. Have a great weekend! Theresa If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] What sites do you use when researching software decisions?
Hi - I know exactly what you mean about finding unbiased reviews. It's easier for hardware... I would look at Gizmodo, and Tom's Hardware, and Anandtec, etc. But for software there's no specific site I use. All the search engines have been gamed to find sponsored review sites. If you use the word review in your google search you're almost certain to get all results for biased, commercially oriented review sites. So, I usually spend lots of time quickly looking at a lot of the results and determining which are truly unbiased (not too hard to tell usually). I do find that sites with user reviews are a big help - as long as there are LOTS of reviews for a certain product the results can't be padded too badly. You can assume there'll always be many bad reviews, so you balance the good reviews with more weight. Oddly enough, for software, CNet's Download.com site is usually a good source for software reviews. Their editor reviews seem to be pretty fair, and there are usually quite a few user reviews for each title. http://download.cnet.com/windows/ Windows 8 is fine IMHO. It is honestly just windows as usual when you get past the new metro interface. I actually like it. But I would wait till touch monitors are more readily available (and cheaper). Win8 is very cool on a touch screen - you'll find yourself using touch more than you think you might. I believe touch is the future of desktop computing (combined with mouse keyboard). Thunderbird - I've been using it for years with mostly no probs, but... I have waaay less emails than you do. TB is basically a home user type app, and I think your volume of email traffic (thousands) might be choking it? Corporations with very high volume email needs will have dedicated exchange servers or whatever. One thing I've learned to do with TB is to NEVER update. I turn off auto-update. If I get it working fine I don't want a new update to eff it up. :-) Google Reader - Yeah, google is really pissing off a lot of people by discontinuing this. I believe it will be folded into G+ with all the current features? But I don't use it so I don't know. Some people seem to like Feedly. http://www.feedly.com/ Microsoft Office - well, the main substitute for office has always been http://www.openoffice.org/ . Nearly all the features of MS Office, and updated and lovingly cared for by a bunch of open source volunteers. Hope all that helps you a little bit at least. :-) Donk On 4/20/2013 11:12 AM, Theresa wrote: Morning :) I'm not sure how to ask this. Some of the changes/upcoming changes in the programs that I use mean that I need to look for replacements. I want to find review places that I can trust, which means that you and other professionals that I know go to check. Customer and consumer reviews are great, but sometimes I read and wonder how much truth is there. I would like recommendations, please, of 2-5 sites that I could use for research without much bias. I am leaning towards long-term goal being get out of Windows all together. I don't like what I'm hearing and seeing about Windows 8. Don't want and can't afford to go to Apple. Short and immediate term goals are to find a replacement for Thunderbird 8, for Googlereader, and possibly for Microsoft Office 2003. The most insistent is for Tbird 8, while I love it, I'm having more and more problems, and I want to find something with the same files (sbd, msf), to make changing easier. I definitely want a program with an automatic or one-click filter sorting and that can easily handle three different accounts with several thousand email in each. I wish I had time and ability to thoroughly research everything, but I don't. I am getting confused and a bit overwhelmed from looking at several sites for several things, and am looking for a few good bedrock sites to keep referring to. Thanks Theresa If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Downloaded a sewing pattern but is can only be saved as a Vcard file
Hi - is there any way you can post a link to the pattern you downloaded? Vcard's are kinda like digital business cards and have the file extension .vcf. I can't imagine why a pattern file would try to open as a vcard file... unless you downloaded the wrong file, or your windows file associations are messed up. Posting a link would help us figure that out. Also would help to know what version of windows you use? WinXP, Vista, Win7, Win8, etc. Good luck, Donk On 4/19/2013 3:56 PM, snowyowl5562 wrote: I am new to this one Any help Thank you Teresa in FL If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Fw: Your crop tank top sewing pattern
Hi - There's no link to any website or pattern in your email? Was the pattern attached to your email? Or did you go to the website and download it? Good luck, Donk On 4/19/2013 9:22 PM, t wrote: - Forwarded Message - From: Sew in Love r...@sewinlove.com.au To: snowyowl5...@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 3:35 PM Subject: Your crop tank top sewing pattern Here is your free download, Crop tank top sewing pattern. Thanks for signing up and enjoy your sewing! For your records, here is a copy of the information you submitted to us... * Email Address: snowyowl5...@yahoo.com * First Name: teresa If at any time you wish to stop receiving our emails, you can: unsubscribe here You may also contact us at: r...@sewinlove.com.au [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Dual Monitors
Hi Holly - Firstly, if you post the brand/model of your pc we can help you find the correct drivers for your nvidia card/chip. If it is a custom built system we'll need to know which nvidia card or chip you have and get the drivers from the nvidia support site (instead of your pc maker's site). After we get that info, I would go into Contol Panel, Add/Remove Programs, and look for any nvidia related programs - such as the NCP (as you abbreviated it) and uninstall them before adding the new drivers since you were getting errors about having 2 versions of NCP running. But first the brand/model... Good luck, Donk On 4/14/2013 4:47 PM, Holly wrote: Hi, I thought I'd get a jump on things since my computer couldn't find the drivers and so went to download the new one. Unfortunately, (as is my usual experience) they came up with a thing about having to have Java on my computer although I do have the latest version but I reinstalled it anyway and went back but it still came up with missing the Java and I can't get any farther. By the way, I now have two primary monitors since it evidently doesn't recognize my Multi-Mon program, That may be fixed when I get the driver though. Oh, and another by the way, the text is fine now. I'm not sure about the screen resolution because things look kind of pulled out but that may be normal and I just don't remember. My screens are wide-angle. Okay, how to we get the new driver? Holly PS: I want to be sure you know, once again you are saving my life or at least it looks like we're heading that way. I was going to say I love you but that may be going too far. On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: It sounds like your video drivers are corrupted or otherwise screwed up. I would try re-installing the drivers. Try the easiest way first: Start Button, click Run, and type DEVMGMT.MSC in the run box to open Device Manager. Double click the Display Adapter category. Right-click the NVidia entry and choose Uninstall or Remove. Click OK back to the desktop and reboot. Let it boot all the way to the desktop and wait till you see the message Your new hardware is installed and ready to use. Hopefully that'll fix the display prob and maybe the text prob too. :-) If not we can try downloading the newest drivers from the NVidia site or your computer maker's support site. Or uninstalling all the NVidia stuff on the computer. Good luck, Donk On 4/13/2013 8:54 PM, Holly wrote: I wrote this response to you a few minutes ago and then it disappeared. I'll try again and will save every couple of sentences. I'm still sticking with XP because I have so many programs that won't work with the new versions. I checked the Display Setting and the picture shows the proper number on the correct monitors but when I click identify the numbers appear on the wrong monitors. This is so strange because it was fine until yesterday and I don't think it happened when I booted up but sometime during the day. I then went to NVIDIA Control Panel (instead of typing this out I'll call it NCP, okay?) and received two error messages one right after the other without me doing anything. They were: Can't open NCP because an older version is already running. Close the NCP that is currently running, then try again. and then, The NCP extension cannot be created Possible reasons include: Version mismatch. Reinstalling display drivers may solve the problem. As you can imagine I have no idea how to close the NCP and then what do you do about a version mismatch. I will wait until we figure this one out before pursuing the raggedy print and another issue I have with javascript. This monitor thing is the primary part of my life that's driving me crazy. Holly [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Dual Monitors
Hi Holly - I'm looking on the nvidia site and I think I came up with a different driver than you? Here's the one I found: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-307.83-whql-driver.html It says the size of this is 103MB, whereas you said the size of yours was 148.55. I'm not sure why there would be a discrepancy. Mine says it supports the 7300SE and 7200GS, which is exactly what you said your report shows. Did you maybe select the WinXP 64bit drivers? I'm pretty sure you have WinXP 32bit. You can tell by right-clicking My Computer and looking at the computer properties tab. If it's 64 bit it will say 64 bit. Anyway, when you get the correct drivers go ahead and uninstall the nvidia thing from add/remove programs, and be sure to uninstall (remove) the nvidia drivers from device manager, and then double click the driver file you downloaded and follow their instructions. Hopefully that'll do it. Good luck, Donk On 4/14/2013 6:31 PM, Holly wrote: Yes, I just looked and it says it supports the 7300 GS. I guess my next step is to uninstall the nView thing and then install? Holly On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Holly hkl...@gmail.com wrote: I went back to the NVIDIA site and the reason I was getting the Java thing was that I was trying to get them to automatically find the driver. I did the manual thing and, of course, it's all Greek to me but I came up with this and have downloaded it. GeForce 307.83 Driver Version 307.83 - WHQL Release Date 2013-02-26 0:00:00 Operating System Windows XP Language English (US) File Size 148.55 MB Do you think this is what I need? Holly On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Holly hkl...@gmail.com wrote: I thought we were in trouble. I did the uninstall you recommended and didn't record the full name of the program and it no longer appears on my computer. Fortunately, I recently printed a System Resources Report and, there it is NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS My computer is custom built running XP as I mentioned before. On Add/Remove Programs NVIDIA nView 135.50 is listed. No NCP. Holly On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Holly - Firstly, if you post the brand/model of your pc we can help you find the correct drivers for your nvidia card/chip. If it is a custom built system we'll need to know which nvidia card or chip you have and get the drivers from the nvidia support site (instead of your pc maker's site). After we get that info, I would go into Contol Panel, Add/Remove Programs, and look for any nvidia related programs - such as the NCP (as you abbreviated it) and uninstall them before adding the new drivers since you were getting errors about having 2 versions of NCP running. But first the brand/model... Good luck, Donk On 4/14/2013 4:47 PM, Holly wrote: Hi, I thought I'd get a jump on things since my computer couldn't find the drivers and so went to download the new one. Unfortunately, (as is my usual experience) they came up with a thing about having to have Java on my computer although I do have the latest version but I reinstalled it anyway and went back but it still came up with missing the Java and I can't get any farther. By the way, I now have two primary monitors since it evidently doesn't recognize my Multi-Mon program, That may be fixed when I get the driver though. Oh, and another by the way, the text is fine now. I'm not sure about the screen resolution because things look kind of pulled out but that may be normal and I just don't remember. My screens are wide-angle. Okay, how to we get the new driver? Holly PS: I want to be sure you know, once again you are saving my life or at least it looks like we're heading that way. I was going to say I love you but that may be going too far. On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: It sounds like your video drivers are corrupted or otherwise screwed up. I would try re-installing the drivers. Try the easiest way first: Start Button, click Run, and type DEVMGMT.MSC in the run box to open Device Manager. Double click the Display Adapter category. Right-click the NVidia entry and choose Uninstall or Remove. Click OK back to the desktop and reboot. Let it boot all the way to the desktop and wait till you see the message Your new hardware is installed and ready to use. Hopefully that'll fix the display prob and maybe the text prob too. :-) If not we can try downloading the newest drivers from the NVidia site or your computer maker's support site. Or uninstalling all the NVidia stuff on the computer. Good luck, Donk On 4/13/2013 8:54 PM, Holly wrote: I wrote this response to you a few minutes ago and then it disappeared. I'll try again and will save every couple of sentences. I'm still sticking with XP because I have so many programs that won't work with the new versions. I checked the Display Setting and the picture shows
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Dual Monitors
Holly, You didn't mention your version of Windows? I assume you've gone into Control Panel, Display Settings and tried setting the monitor numbers back there? If that didn't work, look for your display adapter's advanced settings. Might be called nVidia, or GeForce, or Radeon, etc. You might find it in control panel, or there might be a tiny icon for it in your lower right screen's system tray. But sometimes your video card will have its own monitor settings that will override the ones in Windows. Good luck, Donk PS: See if a reboot doesn't fix your raggedy text prob with FireFox. If not, try typing in Notepad or Wordpad just to be sure it is a FireFox problem. If it is universal, then maybe your video card or chip is having issues. Repost with results. On 4/13/2013 2:13 PM, Holly wrote: I have two Samsung monitors and the one on the left has been set as the primary and the one on the right the secondary. All of a sudden yesterday when I started up they are reversed. I've looked everywhere I can think of to see how to change it mostly because the tight one is older and is a bit narrower. If this weren't the case I could just move them around on my desktop except the cord to the left one isn't long enough for me to get it where it needs to be. Do you have any ideas about how this might have happened and how I can get it back to where it's been for several years. Another issue which appears to be a Google/gmail one is that this text I'm trying to type is really raggedy. Doesn't appear to be happening anywhere else except here. Thank you so much for your help. Holly If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Trying to set up a flat screen monitor to my laptop No signal
First thing I would try would be to make sure the external monitor port is enabled. Check in Vista's control panel display settings, and check in your laptop's BIOS settings (I think you press F2 at bootup on Sattelites?). Also, your laptop has a function key that will toggle between the built-in screen and the external monitor. Maybe Fn + F5 keys? Check your manual. Good luck, Donk On 4/13/2013 4:00 PM, snowyowl5562 wrote: emachines monitor to toshiba satelite l305 Vista I also tried to put a compaq 1725 on and got the no signal message but about a year ago the compq did work on this laptop any idea of what I can try to make them work Thank you Teresa in FL If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Dual Monitors
It sounds like your video drivers are corrupted or otherwise screwed up. I would try re-installing the drivers. Try the easiest way first: Start Button, click Run, and type DEVMGMT.MSC in the run box to open Device Manager. Double click the Display Adapter category. Right-click the NVidia entry and choose Uninstall or Remove. Click OK back to the desktop and reboot. Let it boot all the way to the desktop and wait till you see the message Your new hardware is installed and ready to use. Hopefully that'll fix the display prob and maybe the text prob too. :-) If not we can try downloading the newest drivers from the NVidia site or your computer maker's support site. Or uninstalling all the NVidia stuff on the computer. Good luck, Donk On 4/13/2013 8:54 PM, Holly wrote: I wrote this response to you a few minutes ago and then it disappeared. I'll try again and will save every couple of sentences. I'm still sticking with XP because I have so many programs that won't work with the new versions. I checked the Display Setting and the picture shows the proper number on the correct monitors but when I click identify the numbers appear on the wrong monitors. This is so strange because it was fine until yesterday and I don't think it happened when I booted up but sometime during the day. I then went to NVIDIA Control Panel (instead of typing this out I'll call it NCP, okay?) and received two error messages one right after the other without me doing anything. They were: Can't open NCP because an older version is already running. Close the NCP that is currently running, then try again. and then, The NCP extension cannot be created Possible reasons include: Version mismatch. Reinstalling display drivers may solve the problem. As you can imagine I have no idea how to close the NCP and then what do you do about a version mismatch. I will wait until we figure this one out before pursuing the raggedy print and another issue I have with javascript. This monitor thing is the primary part of my life that's driving me crazy. Holly [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Java question - xajax
Hi Theresa - Dunno if it will help much, but I'll paste the Coriolanus search results at the bottom of the email. Here are some things I would try to fix your problem: * The page works fine for me on Firefox 19.0.2. My version is a bit newer so you might first want to try updating your firefox: Click the Firefox button at top of page, go to Help, then About, and click the Check For Updates button. * Check to see if you have your javascript plugin enabled: Click FF button, click the Plugins category, look for Java Deployment Toolkit and make sure it is enabled. I actually don't know what this does, heh, but I have it and my FF is working ok. :-) * You can always do the age old work-around of going to the page in Internet Explorer. Just click the Start button and type Internet Explorer into the search box. This will also narrow the prob down to FF (if it works in IE) and you can repost and tell us. Good luck, Donk The search results I promised: Search Results Coriolanus http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=733 Coriolanus 2003... Location: Education http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=7 Research and Scholarship - 2013 Blackfriars Conference http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=68 *Show Archives Cor.* Last Edited: 06-17-10 Spring Thesis Festival - Session 3 http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=638 Spring Thesis Festival - Session 3... Location: *Spring Thesis Festival - Session 3* Last Edited: 03-29-10 Bloody Good Quotes http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=507 Bloody Good Quotes... Location: News http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=9 Announcements http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=188 2009 Announcements http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=307 *Bloody Good Quotes* Last Edited: 08-19-09 Collaboration http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=1094 Rehearsal Tools of the ASC -- Collaboration Til at the last I seemed his follower, not his partner; And he wag'd me with his countenance as if I had been mercenary. - Aufidius, Coriolanus, V.vi.38-41 It has become a part of the modern mindset to imagine the early... Location: Education http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=7 Research and Scholarship - 2013 Blackfriars Conference http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=68 Rehearsal Tools of the ASC http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=1091 *Collaboration* Last Edited: 01-25-11 History http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=50 History... Location: About http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=5 *History* Last Edited: 06-25-08 Let's Go Camping! http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=481 It's September, and the end of summer is coming! After checking out our summer season, why not brave the wilderness with a camping adventure. Try some of these Shakespeare's quotes around the campfire: Beyond the river we'll encamp ourselve, And onto to-morrow, bid them march away. Henry V : III... Location: News http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=9 Announcements http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=188 2009 Announcements http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=307 *Camping* Last Edited: 08-12-09 Sasha Olinick http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=15 Sasha Olinick... Location: About http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=5 Actors http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=194 Actor Bios http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=10 Old Bios http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=563 *Sasha Olinick* Last Edited: 06-24-08 Shakespeare Picks Men's NCAA Champion http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=399 Will is feeling pretty poorly about his Final Four picks because he called only three of the four. Assured that no one would use any of his further predictions to bet real money, he made his picks for the NCAA national championship Location: News http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=9 Announcements http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=188 2009 Announcements http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=307 *Shakespeare Picks Men's NCAA Champion* Last Edited: 04-01-09 Shakespeare Quotes for Your Fourth of July Party http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=469 Shakespeare Quotes for Your Fourth of July Party... Location: News http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=9 Announcements http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=188 2009 Announcements http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com/v.php?pg=307 *Shakespeare Quotes for Your Fourth of July Party* Last Edited: 07-01-09 William Shakespeare Plays Bard Ball http://www.americanshakespearecenter.com
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] HP Wireless Printer will not print
Go here and download the driver for your specific version of Windows: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=4110396lc=encc=usdlc= I forget, but I think you said you have Win7? If so, be sure to get either 32bit or 64bit, depending on what you have. Look under Start, Computer, System Properties. Good luck, Donk On 4/9/2013 7:11 PM, Janice D wrote: laserjet prof P1102w If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] HP Wireless Printer will not print
Janice - I'm thinking that ALL that other stuff - like checking and re-checking the network - could have been avoided if we had just looked in Device Manager first and seen the drivers were missing. Oh well... glad it's fixed! Good luck, Donk On 4/9/2013 8:43 PM, Janice D wrote: OMG! ! ! ! What a frustrating project this was..BUT I did it! My biggest problem is I don't remember what I did. I have to follow step by step directions written out or I forget. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! ! ! I could not have done it without all your help. Janice On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 7:28 PM, xmdp mper...@gmail.com wrote: ** A plumber's torch held durectly under the printer for about 30 seconds should just about take care of things... ;-) Sounds like you just have to re-install the drivers but first, disconnect the printer then go to control panel and remove the printer. Next, just because you are dealing with WinBlows, I'd re-boot, re-connect the printer and follow the prompts. Make sure you are online in the unlikely event the drivers are not already on your computer. Keep us posted. There are at least 200 people watching and waiting for the next episode of, The Mystery of the Precocious Printer. On Apr 9, 2013 7:11 PM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: I'm back. I got a night off so I'm back to trying this again. When I went to printers and devices my laptop had a yellow triangle. I clicked on it and it said: HP laserjet prof P1102w doesn't have a driver (not fixed) HP laserjet prof P1102w doesn't have a driver (not fixed) Hardware changes might not have been detected (detected) What do I do now? Janice On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 6:43 AM, xmdp mper...@gmail.com wrote: ** I know this is a long shot but have you checked thst the print que is empty? That's the only thing I haven't seen mentioned. On Apr 3, 2013 11:08 PM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: I have to continue this quest after tax season. My second job is exhausting me. I really want to get this going right or find out if the wireless is dead. I'll let you know. Thank you for all your help. Janice On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:44 AM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** Well, if the HP utility says all is ok... I'm thinking maybe the printer's wireless is dead. Dunno what else could be the problem. It's just odd that it can connect to the network, but then doesn't get the signal to print. It's your call on doing a system restore. Microsoft says, It won't affect your documents, pictures, or other data. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/system-restore What you might lose are any programs you've installed since the date you choose. I've done it many times without any probs, but... you never know when something could go wrong. Good luck, Donk It's your call on the restore. On 3/30/2013 2:21 AM, Janice D wrote: I appreciate all your suggestions. I downloaded the utility and it says everything is ok. I am so afraid I'm going to lose something I need if I do a recovery. What a pain this is. Janice On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** I haven't given up yet Janice. :-) Here are a couple more things you should try: 1. I think someone else posted a link to this HP utility to troubleshoot network printer problems. Download this small utility and run it to see if it can figure out what the problem is: http://bit.ly/105DVOy 2. Since the printer did work fine at one time, could you try using Win7's System Restore to go back to a date when the printer worked? Start button, type system restore. Hope they work! Good luck, Donk On 3/29/2013 1:59 PM, Janice D wrote: Yes my printer is there. That should be good, right? On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** Janice - You never answered the question... If you open Wordpad (start button, type Wordpad) and create a document... what happens when you try to print it? Is your printer listed as a choice to print to? On Mar 29, 2013 12:00 AM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: I have checked and double checked and the pc and printer are both on the same network. I installed driver and re-configured. The sheet prints out you have installed this properly yet still will not print wireless. Could it just be broke? Janice On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** -- Thank you. Janice [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links [Non-text
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Having trouble viewing certain video on Yahoo sites
Try going here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html and clicking the little box for Never Ask Again. Good luck, Donk On 4/2/2013 7:46 PM, snowyowl5562 wrote: I.yimg is requestin permission If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Lenovo B575 Laptop won't POST
Yes, it sure sounds like a catastrophic hardware failure. No HD light blink at all? I would try tapping the BIOS entry or Lenovo setup keys... but if you still get nothing there's not much else you can do. Good luck, Donk On 4/2/2013 8:16 PM, ktcomputersystems wrote: I have a Lenovo B575 laptop that refuses to POST. I have checked the charger/power supply and it is working; the power light comes on, the processor fan runs, but there is no other sign of life (display is blank, no HD activity light, etc). Also, will not boot from a Windows install disk. Likely cause is dead MoBo? If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] HP Wireless Printer will not print
Well, if the HP utility says all is ok... I'm thinking maybe the printer's wireless is dead. Dunno what else could be the problem. It's just odd that it can connect to the network, but then doesn't get the signal to print. It's your call on doing a system restore. Microsoft says, It won't affect your documents, pictures, or other data. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/system-restore What you might lose are any programs you've installed since the date you choose. I've done it many times without any probs, but... you never know when something could go wrong. Good luck, Donk It's your call on the restore. On 3/30/2013 2:21 AM, Janice D wrote: I appreciate all your suggestions. I downloaded the utility and it says everything is ok. I am so afraid I'm going to lose something I need if I do a recovery. What a pain this is. Janice On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** I haven't given up yet Janice. :-) Here are a couple more things you should try: 1. I think someone else posted a link to this HP utility to troubleshoot network printer problems. Download this small utility and run it to see if it can figure out what the problem is: http://bit.ly/105DVOy 2. Since the printer did work fine at one time, could you try using Win7's System Restore to go back to a date when the printer worked? Start button, type system restore. Hope they work! Good luck, Donk On 3/29/2013 1:59 PM, Janice D wrote: Yes my printer is there. That should be good, right? On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** Janice - You never answered the question... If you open Wordpad (start button, type Wordpad) and create a document... what happens when you try to print it? Is your printer listed as a choice to print to? On Mar 29, 2013 12:00 AM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: I have checked and double checked and the pc and printer are both on the same network. I installed driver and re-configured. The sheet prints out you have installed this properly yet still will not print wireless. Could it just be broke? Janice On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] HP Wireless Printer will not print
Janice - You never answered the question... If you open Wordpad (start button, type Wordpad) and create a document... what happens when you try to print it? Is your printer listed as a choice to print to? On Mar 29, 2013 12:00 AM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: I have checked and double checked and the pc and printer are both on the same network. I installed driver and re-configured. The sheet prints out you have installed this properly yet still will not print wireless. Could it just be broke? Janice On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** Hey Janice - If Device Manager shows that you have a problem with the printer drivers, here's a link to the HP support site to download new drivers: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=4110396lc=encc=usdlc= If you're not sure if you've got 64 or 32 bit, just go to Start, right-click Computer, and choose Properties from the popup menu. It'll tell you there. Good luck, Donk On 3/25/2013 12:21 AM, Janice D wrote: When I tried to re-do it again after watching the video again, It said I was successful but the printer is not communicating with the computer. I double and tripled check and my computer is on Janice network and the printer is on Janice network. I did find out that my security password is wpa. The wep does not take on the configure screen. Something seems wrong with that. Janice On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 11:31 PM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: The laptop is connected to Janice and when I go to start - HP wireless configuration - I click yes to allow changes to computer then click on next to guide through setup and bullet the Advanced and next. The list of networks that pop up has Janice and I clicked that. Janice is the network with 80-100% and all the others say 20%. The Wireless Credentrials screen comes up. It has Janice in the Network Name (SSID) and Security Mode: WEP. Then there is a WEP Key 1 and I put in the wireless network key that is on the router. The message that comes up is: Invalid or incorrect pass-phrase entered. If I put in my security code, it accepts it and says Congratulations print your test page I printed the test page but when I disconnect the usb cable, it doesn't print. Anything else I can do? On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** Janice - it is possible that ATT changed the name of your network (SSID) when they installed your service, but... the ultimate goal here is to get the printer and your computer on the same network - no matter what its name is. So when you go to Networks And Sharing Center on the laptop and click Connect to a Network you will see a list of wireless networks. And when you go through the printer installation process (while it's connected to the laptop via USB) you see a list of wireless networks to connect to. You want to put the printer on the same network as your laptop. If ATT changed the SSID to your name, then in the list of networks on the printer you should see network with your name? If so, try connecting to it. Good luck, Donk On 3/23/2013 11:45 PM, Janice D wrote: I re-configured the printer to be the same wep as the laptop. It said it was successful but when I tried to print wireless, no luck. HELP! On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: -- Thank you. Janice [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] HP Wireless Printer will not print
I haven't given up yet Janice. :-) Here are a couple more things you should try: 1. I think someone else posted a link to this HP utility to troubleshoot network printer problems. Download this small utility and run it to see if it can figure out what the problem is: http://bit.ly/105DVOy 2. Since the printer did work fine at one time, could you try using Win7's System Restore to go back to a date when the printer worked? Start button, type system restore. Hope they work! Good luck, Donk On 3/29/2013 1:59 PM, Janice D wrote: Yes my printer is there. That should be good, right? On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** Janice - You never answered the question... If you open Wordpad (start button, type Wordpad) and create a document... what happens when you try to print it? Is your printer listed as a choice to print to? On Mar 29, 2013 12:00 AM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: I have checked and double checked and the pc and printer are both on the same network. I installed driver and re-configured. The sheet prints out you have installed this properly yet still will not print wireless. Could it just be broke? Janice On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] what causes this bsod and question about xbox live
Yeah, it does appear that your blue screen is related to a video issue. Hard to tell exactly what the problem is. But if you are running S2 on the integrated intel video chip that's built onto the mobo I'm not too surprised you're having troubles. I mean, S2 doesn't require cutting edge hardware, but those intel chips use shared ram with the cpu and are very low end. Since you say S2 had been running fine I would think maybe the vid chip has started overheating? I would try running the game with the side of the case open and a fan blowing into it - just to see if heat is the issue. Can you think of anything (software or hardware) that you changed on the system right before S2 started not loading? You could do a system restore to a date before the prob started if possible. Might have been a scheduled MS windows update that mucked things up. Check add/remove programs for any update that was done after the prob started - and uninstall it. Also I'd try... go to Start, MSConfig, click Startup tab and disable almost everything - reboot and try loading the game. Might be a background program that's causing the problem. If the game ran once, I guess it should run again unless there was a change made to the system. I dunno much about Xbox. You should google for xbox help forums or something and maybe find an xbox forum to post your question. Good luck, Donk On 3/26/2013 10:45 PM, kevin19_89 wrote: tried to load starcraft 2 on my computer gateway gt5464, which i have upgraded the ram from 1gig to 2gig and it plays just fine. recently its not been loading and i get the bsod and get this: 0x00EA (0x8975c630, 0x8a4e26d8, 0xba4ebcbc, 0x0001) error was from igxprd32 from my research i think its from my graphics which i thought maybe my integrated graphics card isnt good enough for the game but ive played it just fine with it. what exacly is the igxprd32 and how can it be fixed? my next question is we just got high speed where i live and its from radio towers. its called atlink. we got a 1.5 mbps download and 1.5mbps upload. i have a low ping which runs between 65-100 is that fast enough to play xbox live? main games i play are halo 3, halo reach, and halo 4. ive never played xbox live and thought maybe yall have and can give me an idea if you think it will. I am running a dynamic ip and my friend says they get error messages about saying it may not play on it, but he has never had any problems thanks a lot for your help in advance If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] HP Wireless Printer will not print
Oh, so maybe it's just a driver problem. Go to Start, type Device Manager, and see if your printer shows a problem with the driver. If so, you can go to the hp support site and download the latest driver. Be sure to get the win7 driver and choose either 64 or 32 bit - whichever you have. On Mar 26, 2013 12:38 AM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: While I was trying to print while the usb was in, there was an exclamation mark on my laptop. I clicked on it and it said not connected to printer. I clicked troubleshoot and it said missing driver. So I clicked apply fix and it would not apply. What a very long headache. Janice On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** Ok. Wow, this is getting crazy, lol. I'm thinking maybe your firewall is blocking communication to the printer. Do you know what firewall you have? Norton, AVG, McCaffee, Zone Alarm? Or are you using the windows built-in firewall? Go to Start, and type fire wall into the search box. You should get a result like allow program through windows firewall. Click it and see if your HP printer is listed - if so, check it for both private and public. It might just be labelled something like network printer instead of HP printer. If you don't see anything in the list, click the allow another program button, and see if you can find the printer in that list. If you've got a firewall other than Windows built-in one, you'll have to look for the option to allow exceptions in it. Post the name of the firewall if you know it and I can look up how to do it. The thing you said about... /I did find out that my security password is wpa. The wep does not take on the configure screen. /I'm not sure what you mean? Do you mean that the printer configuration sheet that you print says the printer is using WPA? But your laptop uses a WEP key? Good luck, Donk On 3/25/2013 12:21 AM, Janice D wrote: When I tried to re-do it again after watching the video again, It said I was successful but the printer is not communicating with the computer. I double and tripled check and my computer is on Janice network and the printer is on Janice network. I did find out that my security password is wpa. The wep does not take on the configure screen. Something seems wrong with that. Janice On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 11:31 PM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: The laptop is connected to Janice and when I go to start - HP wireless configuration - I click yes to allow changes to computer then click on next to guide through setup and bullet the Advanced and next. The list of networks that pop up has Janice and I clicked that. Janice is the network with 80-100% and all the others say 20%. The Wireless Credentrials screen comes up. It has Janice in the Network Name (SSID) and Security Mode: WEP. Then there is a WEP Key 1 and I put in the wireless network key that is on the router. The message that comes up is: Invalid or incorrect pass-phrase entered. If I put in my security code, it accepts it and says Congratulations print your test page I printed the test page but when I disconnect the usb cable, it doesn't print. Anything else I can do? On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** Janice - it is possible that ATT changed the name of your network (SSID) when they installed your service, but... the ultimate goal here is to get the printer and your computer on the same network - no matter what its name is. So when you go to Networks And Sharing Center on the laptop and click Connect to a Network you will see a list of wireless networks. And when you go through the printer installation process (while it's connected to the laptop via USB) you see a list of wireless networks to connect to. You want to put the printer on the same network as your laptop. If ATT changed the SSID to your name, then in the list of networks on the printer you should see network with your name? If so, try connecting to it. Good luck, Donk On 3/23/2013 11:45 PM, Janice D wrote: I re-configured the printer to be the same wep as the laptop. It said it was successful but when I tried to print wireless, no luck. HELP! On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** To see what network your PC is on: Click the Start button. In the Search Programs and Files window type Network and Sharing Center. Then press Enter. Now you should see icons for your PC, the network name, and the Internet icon. The icon between your PC and the internet is your network's name (ssid). Is this the same network you saw and connected to when you had your printer hooked up with the usb cable during installation? It should be. Good luck, Donk
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] HP Wireless Printer will not print
Hey Janice - If Device Manager shows that you have a problem with the printer drivers, here's a link to the HP support site to download new drivers: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=4110396lc=encc=usdlc= If you're not sure if you've got 64 or 32 bit, just go to Start, right-click Computer, and choose Properties from the popup menu. It'll tell you there. Good luck, Donk On 3/25/2013 12:21 AM, Janice D wrote: When I tried to re-do it again after watching the video again, It said I was successful but the printer is not communicating with the computer. I double and tripled check and my computer is on Janice network and the printer is on Janice network. I did find out that my security password is wpa. The wep does not take on the configure screen. Something seems wrong with that. Janice On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 11:31 PM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: The laptop is connected to Janice and when I go to start - HP wireless configuration - I click yes to allow changes to computer then click on next to guide through setup and bullet the Advanced and next. The list of networks that pop up has Janice and I clicked that. Janice is the network with 80-100% and all the others say 20%. The Wireless Credentrials screen comes up. It has Janice in the Network Name (SSID) and Security Mode: WEP. Then there is a WEP Key 1 and I put in the wireless network key that is on the router. The message that comes up is: Invalid or incorrect pass-phrase entered. If I put in my security code, it accepts it and says Congratulations print your test page I printed the test page but when I disconnect the usb cable, it doesn't print. Anything else I can do? On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** Janice - it is possible that ATT changed the name of your network (SSID) when they installed your service, but... the ultimate goal here is to get the printer and your computer on the same network - no matter what its name is. So when you go to Networks And Sharing Center on the laptop and click Connect to a Network you will see a list of wireless networks. And when you go through the printer installation process (while it's connected to the laptop via USB) you see a list of wireless networks to connect to. You want to put the printer on the same network as your laptop. If ATT changed the SSID to your name, then in the list of networks on the printer you should see network with your name? If so, try connecting to it. Good luck, Donk On 3/23/2013 11:45 PM, Janice D wrote: I re-configured the printer to be the same wep as the laptop. It said it was successful but when I tried to print wireless, no luck. HELP! On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] HP Wireless Printer will not print
Ok. Wow, this is getting crazy, lol. I'm thinking maybe your firewall is blocking communication to the printer. Do you know what firewall you have? Norton, AVG, McCaffee, Zone Alarm? Or are you using the windows built-in firewall? Go to Start, and type fire wall into the search box. You should get a result like allow program through windows firewall. Click it and see if your HP printer is listed - if so, check it for both private and public. It might just be labelled something like network printer instead of HP printer. If you don't see anything in the list, click the allow another program button, and see if you can find the printer in that list. If you've got a firewall other than Windows built-in one, you'll have to look for the option to allow exceptions in it. Post the name of the firewall if you know it and I can look up how to do it. The thing you said about... /I did find out that my security password is wpa. The wep does not take on the configure screen. /I'm not sure what you mean? Do you mean that the printer configuration sheet that you print says the printer is using WPA? But your laptop uses a WEP key? Good luck, Donk On 3/25/2013 12:21 AM, Janice D wrote: When I tried to re-do it again after watching the video again, It said I was successful but the printer is not communicating with the computer. I double and tripled check and my computer is on Janice network and the printer is on Janice network. I did find out that my security password is wpa. The wep does not take on the configure screen. Something seems wrong with that. Janice On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 11:31 PM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: The laptop is connected to Janice and when I go to start - HP wireless configuration - I click yes to allow changes to computer then click on next to guide through setup and bullet the Advanced and next. The list of networks that pop up has Janice and I clicked that. Janice is the network with 80-100% and all the others say 20%. The Wireless Credentrials screen comes up. It has Janice in the Network Name (SSID) and Security Mode: WEP. Then there is a WEP Key 1 and I put in the wireless network key that is on the router. The message that comes up is: Invalid or incorrect pass-phrase entered. If I put in my security code, it accepts it and says Congratulations print your test page I printed the test page but when I disconnect the usb cable, it doesn't print. Anything else I can do? On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** Janice - it is possible that ATT changed the name of your network (SSID) when they installed your service, but... the ultimate goal here is to get the printer and your computer on the same network - no matter what its name is. So when you go to Networks And Sharing Center on the laptop and click Connect to a Network you will see a list of wireless networks. And when you go through the printer installation process (while it's connected to the laptop via USB) you see a list of wireless networks to connect to. You want to put the printer on the same network as your laptop. If ATT changed the SSID to your name, then in the list of networks on the printer you should see network with your name? If so, try connecting to it. Good luck, Donk On 3/23/2013 11:45 PM, Janice D wrote: I re-configured the printer to be the same wep as the laptop. It said it was successful but when I tried to print wireless, no luck. HELP! On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** To see what network your PC is on: Click the Start button. In the Search Programs and Files window type Network and Sharing Center. Then press Enter. Now you should see icons for your PC, the network name, and the Internet icon. The icon between your PC and the internet is your network's name (ssid). Is this the same network you saw and connected to when you had your printer hooked up with the usb cable during installation? It should be. Good luck, Donk On 3/22/2013 11:38 PM, Janice D wrote: Here is the message I got after going through all the steps: The printer was able to successfully connect to the wireless network using the wireless credentials provided. However, this computer is unable to communicate with the printer. Please verify that the printer is on the same network as this computer and try again. How do I check they are on the same network? Thank you guys for all your help, Janice On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I have windows 7 and I did put the wep key from the router in there. Still nothing. I'm going to try it again. Janice On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** You might be talking about your windows homegroup password? No, that's not your WEP. Look on your router... on the bottom or back of it there is a label that will say WEP KEY
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Just given a hp photosmart p1000 not compatible with vista
Well, that's an old printer, and apparently HP never wrote Vista drivers for it, so you are outta luck there. But... some people said they had success using drivers for the HP deskjet 970Cse or 970Cxi. Go to Control Panel and choose add a printer. When it asks for the driver click 'choose from list'. See if any HP Deskjet 970 is listed and give them a try. Can't hurt. (I don't have a Vista machine here so I can't give exact instructions on how to find the Add a Printer option. But I'm sure you can get to it from Control Panel somewhere.) If those drivers don't work you are pretty much outta luck. When I upgraded from XP to Win7 I had to trash my perfectly good Canon inkjet (plus I had just bought 2 new spare cartridges). G Good luck, Donk On 3/25/2013 12:30 PM, snowyowl5562 wrote: Is there a way to make it compatible that won't cost me any money Running Toshiba Satellite L305 with Windows Vista 32 Bit Thank you Teresa If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] HP Wireless Printer will not print
Are you 100% sure you typed in the WEP key exactly right? It is case sensitive so any capitals have to be capitals. Also be sure you're not typing a zero for the letter O, and vice-versa. Good luck, Donk On 3/24/2013 12:08 AM, Janice D wrote: I went to network and sharing center. I clicked on the wireless network and put in the wep that is on the router and it says, error. Janice On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** Hmmm... not sure what's going on. But the printer is on the correct network, and you want to get your laptop there too. Go to Start Button, type Network And Sharing Center. Click the link called Connect to a network. You should get a popup window showing any available wireless networks in your area. The one your printer is on (the SSID from your router) should be listed. Just double click it, and enter the WEP key. That should do it. Good luck, Donk On 3/23/2013 11:19 PM, Janice D wrote: Hi Donk, No it is not. The ssid for the laptop says my name and the one for the printer is what is on the router. Now what do I do? Thank you.' Janice On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** To see what network your PC is on: Click the Start button. In the Search Programs and Files window type Network and Sharing Center. Then press Enter. Now you should see icons for your PC, the network name, and the Internet icon. The icon between your PC and the internet is your network's name (ssid). Is this the same network you saw and connected to when you had your printer hooked up with the usb cable during installation? It should be. Good luck, Donk On 3/22/2013 11:38 PM, Janice D wrote: Here is the message I got after going through all the steps: The printer was able to successfully connect to the wireless network using the wireless credentials provided. However, this computer is unable to communicate with the printer. Please verify that the printer is on the same network as this computer and try again. How do I check they are on the same network? Thank you guys for all your help, Janice On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I have windows 7 and I did put the wep key from the router in there. Still nothing. I'm going to try it again. Janice On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** You might be talking about your windows homegroup password? No, that's not your WEP. Look on your router... on the bottom or back of it there is a label that will say WEP KEY. Do you have Windows 7? Good luck, Donk On 3/22/2013 8:14 PM, Janice D wrote: It's the configuration where I think I'm getting messed up. I have a group password. Is that my wep? On Mar 22, 2013 7:09 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** Janice - here's a nice 3 minute video on how to connect your printer to the wireless network. They make it look super easy. :-) http://yhoo.it/Yx1yyh You haven't told us what version of windows you are using? Maybe the prob isn't with the network connection, but with your windows installation. What program are you using to try to print? Have you tried opening Wordpad (listed under your programs menu) and typing a quick test document to print? When you click the Print option in Wordpad is your printer listed there? Give it a try... Good luck, Donk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links -- Thank you. Janice If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] HP Wireless Printer will not print
Janice - it is possible that ATT changed the name of your network (SSID) when they installed your service, but... the ultimate goal here is to get the printer and your computer on the same network - no matter what its name is. So when you go to Networks And Sharing Center on the laptop and click Connect to a Network you will see a list of wireless networks. And when you go through the printer installation process (while it's connected to the laptop via USB) you see a list of wireless networks to connect to. You want to put the printer on the same network as your laptop. If ATT changed the SSID to your name, then in the list of networks on the printer you should see network with your name? If so, try connecting to it. Good luck, Donk On 3/23/2013 11:45 PM, Janice D wrote: I re-configured the printer to be the same wep as the laptop. It said it was successful but when I tried to print wireless, no luck. HELP! On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** To see what network your PC is on: Click the Start button. In the Search Programs and Files window type Network and Sharing Center. Then press Enter. Now you should see icons for your PC, the network name, and the Internet icon. The icon between your PC and the internet is your network's name (ssid). Is this the same network you saw and connected to when you had your printer hooked up with the usb cable during installation? It should be. Good luck, Donk On 3/22/2013 11:38 PM, Janice D wrote: Here is the message I got after going through all the steps: The printer was able to successfully connect to the wireless network using the wireless credentials provided. However, this computer is unable to communicate with the printer. Please verify that the printer is on the same network as this computer and try again. How do I check they are on the same network? Thank you guys for all your help, Janice On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I have windows 7 and I did put the wep key from the router in there. Still nothing. I'm going to try it again. Janice On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** You might be talking about your windows homegroup password? No, that's not your WEP. Look on your router... on the bottom or back of it there is a label that will say WEP KEY. Do you have Windows 7? Good luck, Donk On 3/22/2013 8:14 PM, Janice D wrote: It's the configuration where I think I'm getting messed up. I have a group password. Is that my wep? On Mar 22, 2013 7:09 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** Janice - here's a nice 3 minute video on how to connect your printer to the wireless network. They make it look super easy. :-) http://yhoo.it/Yx1yyh You haven't told us what version of windows you are using? Maybe the prob isn't with the network connection, but with your windows installation. What program are you using to try to print? Have you tried opening Wordpad (listed under your programs menu) and typing a quick test document to print? When you click the Print option in Wordpad is your printer listed there? Give it a try... Good luck, Donk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links -- Thank you. Janice If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] HP Wireless Printer will not print
To see what network your PC is on: Click the Start button. In the Search Programs and Files window type Network and Sharing Center. Then press Enter. Now you should see icons for your PC, the network name, and the Internet icon. The icon between your PC and the internet is your network's name (ssid). Is this the same network you saw and connected to when you had your printer hooked up with the usb cable during installation? It should be. Good luck, Donk On 3/22/2013 11:38 PM, Janice D wrote: Here is the message I got after going through all the steps: The printer was able to successfully connect to the wireless network using the wireless credentials provided. However, this computer is unable to communicate with the printer. Please verify that the printer is on the same network as this computer and try again. How do I check they are on the same network? Thank you guys for all your help, Janice On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I have windows 7 and I did put the wep key from the router in there. Still nothing. I'm going to try it again. Janice On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** You might be talking about your windows homegroup password? No, that's not your WEP. Look on your router... on the bottom or back of it there is a label that will say WEP KEY. Do you have Windows 7? Good luck, Donk On 3/22/2013 8:14 PM, Janice D wrote: It's the configuration where I think I'm getting messed up. I have a group password. Is that my wep? On Mar 22, 2013 7:09 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** Janice - here's a nice 3 minute video on how to connect your printer to the wireless network. They make it look super easy. :-) http://yhoo.it/Yx1yyh You haven't told us what version of windows you are using? Maybe the prob isn't with the network connection, but with your windows installation. What program are you using to try to print? Have you tried opening Wordpad (listed under your programs menu) and typing a quick test document to print? When you click the Print option in Wordpad is your printer listed there? Give it a try... Good luck, Donk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links -- Thank you. Janice If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Video Card ??
You should be able to use any PCIexp 16 video card in any PC with a PCIexp 16 slot. The PCIexp1 slot won't hold any video card (too short). But before you buy a card be sure to read its system requirements on the box! It doesn't matter if a card has ddr3 or other vram, and it doesn't matter how much vram it has. But the more the better. :-) I like to buy from brick and mortar stores: Microcenter, Best Buy, Staples, Office Depot, hhGregg, etc. But online you get a better, usually cheaper, selection. Like Amazon.com, TigerDirect.com, NewEgg.com (but NewEgg charges a restocking fee for returns so I don't use them anymore). Good luck, Donk On 3/23/2013 1:28 AM, PeterS wrote: Dear Friends - Can you help? Looking to upgrade some PC's I put together awhile ago when ddr, ddr2 dual channel ddr2 was the latest memory configuration. Would like to add video cards to upgrade? In the 512 to 1 gb range if possible? Where might I be able to find a source? Also can dd3 cards be used in the system? MB have PCIEX1 PCIEXP 16 slots. Hope this helps Thank you very much for taking to time to assist with this matter! PS If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] HP Wireless Printer will not print
Hmmm... not sure what's going on. But the printer is on the correct network, and you want to get your laptop there too. Go to Start Button, type Network And Sharing Center. Click the link called Connect to a network. You should get a popup window showing any available wireless networks in your area. The one your printer is on (the SSID from your router) should be listed. Just double click it, and enter the WEP key. That should do it. Good luck, Donk On 3/23/2013 11:19 PM, Janice D wrote: Hi Donk, No it is not. The ssid for the laptop says my name and the one for the printer is what is on the router. Now what do I do? Thank you.' Janice On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** To see what network your PC is on: Click the Start button. In the Search Programs and Files window type Network and Sharing Center. Then press Enter. Now you should see icons for your PC, the network name, and the Internet icon. The icon between your PC and the internet is your network's name (ssid). Is this the same network you saw and connected to when you had your printer hooked up with the usb cable during installation? It should be. Good luck, Donk On 3/22/2013 11:38 PM, Janice D wrote: Here is the message I got after going through all the steps: The printer was able to successfully connect to the wireless network using the wireless credentials provided. However, this computer is unable to communicate with the printer. Please verify that the printer is on the same network as this computer and try again. How do I check they are on the same network? Thank you guys for all your help, Janice On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Janice D jsd...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I have windows 7 and I did put the wep key from the router in there. Still nothing. I'm going to try it again. Janice On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** You might be talking about your windows homegroup password? No, that's not your WEP. Look on your router... on the bottom or back of it there is a label that will say WEP KEY. Do you have Windows 7? Good luck, Donk On 3/22/2013 8:14 PM, Janice D wrote: It's the configuration where I think I'm getting messed up. I have a group password. Is that my wep? On Mar 22, 2013 7:09 PM, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: ** Janice - here's a nice 3 minute video on how to connect your printer to the wireless network. They make it look super easy. :-) http://yhoo.it/Yx1yyh You haven't told us what version of windows you are using? Maybe the prob isn't with the network connection, but with your windows installation. What program are you using to try to print? Have you tried opening Wordpad (listed under your programs menu) and typing a quick test document to print? When you click the Print option in Wordpad is your printer listed there? Give it a try... Good luck, Donk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links -- Thank you. Janice If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] HP Wireless Printer will not print
Janice - here's a nice 3 minute video on how to connect your printer to the wireless network. They make it look super easy. :-) http://yhoo.it/Yx1yyh You haven't told us what version of windows you are using? Maybe the prob isn't with the network connection, but with your windows installation. What program are you using to try to print? Have you tried opening Wordpad (listed under your programs menu) and typing a quick test document to print? When you click the Print option in Wordpad is your printer listed there? Give it a try... Good luck, Donk If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Trojan virus on pc
I don't think putting the Norton disk in will do anything. What you should try is running a virus scan with Norton in safe mode. If you start the system in Safe Mode it might be easier to start a scan. Just shut down the computer, then press the power button and keep rapidly tapping the F8 key until you come to the boot menu. Choose Safe Mode and you will be taken to the safe mode desktop. Open the Norton program and tell it to run a scan. Might take a long time - 3 hours or more depending on your HD size, etc. It sounds like your system is pretty seriously infected, and even running anti-virus scans might not be able to clean it. Most systems sold these days have an easy, built-in way to erase the HD to totally get rid of any viruses, and restore the computer to the way it was the day you bought it. It'll only take a few clicks and maybe 30 minutes. But... you will lose EVERYTHING you've added since the day you bought it. You'll have to reinstall any programs you added since then, and your personal data will be gone. If you post the manufacturer and model of the computer we can tell you if it's possible, and how to restore it to factory defaults. Good luck, Donk On 3/21/2013 12:58 PM, Philomena Jones wrote: I have Norton but the screen is running constantly with garbage..If I put the Norton disk in will it stop and hopefully a menu will appear to remove the trojan virus... Phil [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] HP Wireless Printer will not print
Your router might have just lost the printer. First thing to try would be to reboot your PC, the printer, and your wireless router. The router should have an on off switch. Just switch it off, wait about 30 seconds, then switch it back on. It'll take a minute or two to reconnect to the WAN, then turn on your printer and see if the printer connects to the network again. On your printer press the Setup button, then choose the network icon. You should see a list of all the wifi networks in your area. Choose yours and enter the SSID key to connect to it. Most HP's have an option called Wireless Network Test somewhere in the menus on the little lcd screen on the printer. Run this test and it will print the results and give you a clue to what the problem is. Good luck, Donk On 3/16/2013 12:31 PM, JSD412 wrote: laserjet P1102w If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] HP Wireless Printer will not print
Sorry, I have a similar looking printer but it's not laser and has a small screen. I think to tell if your printer is recognized on the network you'll have to connect it to the laptop with the USB cable and basically re-install it. Here are the instructions from the user manual: Configure the network product Use the Wireless Configuration utility Use the Wireless Configuration utility to configure the product to print on a wireless network. 1. Connect the wireless product to the computer through a USB cable. 2. Click the Start button, and then click the Programs or All Programs menu item. 3. Click the HP menu item, and then click the HP LaserJet Professional P1100 Printer series menu item. 4. Click the Wireless Configuration menu item. 5. Follow the onscreen instructions to configure the product to print on a wireless network. Restore default wireless settings 1. Turn the product off. 2. Press and hold the wireless button and the cancel button, and then turn the product on. 3. Hold the buttons until all the lights blink in unison, and then release the buttons. View or change network settings Use the embedded Web server to view or change IP configuration settings. 1. Print a configuration page, and locate the IP address. ? If you are using IPv4, the IP address contains only digits. It has this format: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ? If you are using IPv6, the IP address is a hexadecimal combination of characters and digits. It has a format similar to this: ::::: 2. To open the embedded Web server, type the IP address into the address line of a Web browser. 3. Click the Networking tab to obtain network information. You can change settings as needed. Good luck, Donk On 3/17/2013 6:33 PM, Janice D wrote: laserjet P1102w [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Yahoo not working properly
Great news! I hope you got ALL the bugs. Sometimes if a trojan escaped the virus scan it will start to bring in the malware again and eventually you start to have the problems again. But... fingers crossed. About the IE9 installation problem... take a look at this Microsoft Knowledge Base article about installation problems: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2409098 The first thing is to make sure you've got Vista with Service Pack 2 installed. Start, right-click My Computer, click Properties. You should see Vista listed as your operating system and you should also see Service Pack 2 if it is indeed installed. Then check the other reasons MS says you might be having problems. You can get SP2 simply by updating your computer with all the MS updates. In control panel find the Windows Update section and tell it to load any pending updates you might have missed. (I'm working from memory, haven't used Vista for a while so my instructions might be a little off). Don On 3/7/2013 11:31 AM, t wrote: Donk had to run security scan twice but it seems to be working properly now. What I am not sure of how to do is install explorer 9, I downloaded the upgrade but it tells me can not continue because there is another version being used. How do I delete all of explorer and still get on line. I feel stupid asking this I know it is easy. Thank you Teresa --- On Tue, 3/5/13, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: From: Donk d.knier...@verizon.net Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Yahoo not working properly To: A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 8:33 PM Hi Teresa - From the description of your symptoms I have to tell you that a virus infection is very likely. Having your browser redirect you to pages other than the ones you want is a definite, classic, sign of an infection. I'm guessing that the pages it takes you to are maybe link farms (pages full of nothing but links), or maybe anti-virus software offers? At any rate, having your browser redirected is almost a sure sign of a virus or malware on your PC. And these things always get worse until eventually you won't be able to do anything on the computer. The first thing I would do is to backup any personal files - like pictures, music, documents, email, bookmarks, etc. that you wouldn't want to lose. Back them up onto a thumb drive, or external hard drive, or cloud site, etc. Whatever you have available. It's very rare that malware will jump onto a backup drive, so you should be ok backing them up. Next, I would reboot into Safe Mode and run a FULL scan with MS Security Essentials. Don't do the quick scan. The full scan can take hours - maybe 3 or 4 - but it will find things the quick scan will miss. To get into Safe Mode shut down, then press the power button and immediately start quickly tapping the F8 key till you see a boot menu. Choose Safe Menu and you'll be taken to the Safe Mode desktop. From here just click on the MS Security Essentials icon, and choose the FULL scan option. When it's done you'll get a report and can choose to clean the infections it finds. Then you can reboot into normal Windows and hopefully you'll be ok. But... in my experience with browser hijackers, you might not be able to clean the infections, and will have to reformat the hard drive to be 100% sure you are clean. Luckily, most Toshiba models include a hidden hard drive partition that will let you restore the laptop to factory defaults in a matter of a few clicks and 15 or 20 minutes. Be aware that doing this will restore the laptop to the exact state it was the day you bought it out of the box. Any programs, or data, you've added since then will be gone forever. So, you'll have to re-install any programs you want that didn't come installed on the laptop. Doing this might seem drastic, but there are 2 wonderful benefits: 1. any malware or viruses will be absolutely nuked and gone! 2. any accumulated junk or garbage programs that have accumulated on the laptop over the years will be gone, and the machine will run like it did the day you got it shiny and new! But... let's hope that the virus scan will clean you up. If you have any questions... just repost. Good luck, Donk On 3/5/2013 9:05 AM, snowyowl5562 wrote: Toshiba Satelite L305 Vista Home for the past few days maybe more my yahoo email does not want to work right. I have to refresh the page and the delete and back to messages button works sometimes. Also the web page frame is usually cark blue and now it is almost gray in color. I have run 3 virus scans and nothing was found even thogh I am having some problems with search links going to websites not related to what I click on. I used Microsoft security essentials and micrsft vrus scan. Don't know hat else to do Thanks Teresa in FL If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Yahoo not working properly
Hi Teresa - From the description of your symptoms I have to tell you that a virus infection is very likely. Having your browser redirect you to pages other than the ones you want is a definite, classic, sign of an infection. I'm guessing that the pages it takes you to are maybe link farms (pages full of nothing but links), or maybe anti-virus software offers? At any rate, having your browser redirected is almost a sure sign of a virus or malware on your PC. And these things always get worse until eventually you won't be able to do anything on the computer. The first thing I would do is to backup any personal files - like pictures, music, documents, email, bookmarks, etc. that you wouldn't want to lose. Back them up onto a thumb drive, or external hard drive, or cloud site, etc. Whatever you have available. It's very rare that malware will jump onto a backup drive, so you should be ok backing them up. Next, I would reboot into Safe Mode and run a FULL scan with MS Security Essentials. Don't do the quick scan. The full scan can take hours - maybe 3 or 4 - but it will find things the quick scan will miss. To get into Safe Mode shut down, then press the power button and immediately start quickly tapping the F8 key till you see a boot menu. Choose Safe Menu and you'll be taken to the Safe Mode desktop. From here just click on the MS Security Essentials icon, and choose the FULL scan option. When it's done you'll get a report and can choose to clean the infections it finds. Then you can reboot into normal Windows and hopefully you'll be ok. But... in my experience with browser hijackers, you might not be able to clean the infections, and will have to reformat the hard drive to be 100% sure you are clean. Luckily, most Toshiba models include a hidden hard drive partition that will let you restore the laptop to factory defaults in a matter of a few clicks and 15 or 20 minutes. Be aware that doing this will restore the laptop to the exact state it was the day you bought it out of the box. Any programs, or data, you've added since then will be gone forever. So, you'll have to re-install any programs you want that didn't come installed on the laptop. Doing this might seem drastic, but there are 2 wonderful benefits: 1. any malware or viruses will be absolutely nuked and gone! 2. any accumulated junk or garbage programs that have accumulated on the laptop over the years will be gone, and the machine will run like it did the day you got it shiny and new! But... let's hope that the virus scan will clean you up. If you have any questions... just repost. Good luck, Donk On 3/5/2013 9:05 AM, snowyowl5562 wrote: Toshiba Satelite L305 Vista Home for the past few days maybe more my yahoo email does not want to work right. I have to refresh the page and the delete and back to messages button works sometimes. Also the web page frame is usually cark blue and now it is almost gray in color. I have run 3 virus scans and nothing was found even thogh I am having some problems with search links going to websites not related to what I click on. I used Microsoft security essentials and micrsft vrus scan. Don't know hat else to do Thanks Teresa in FL If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: eMachines D3123 recovery partition
Your only option might be to ask EM for a factory recover disk. I dunno if they'll charge you - prob will. Sorry - I just noticed the link I sent for the Ebay disk was drivers only - won't recover the OS. But if you look at your manual (available on the EM support site), it says that a disk is required to access the recovery partition. Good luck, Donk On 2/24/2013 11:32 AM, a4f4ah64 wrote: Not really a fix as I discovered most of the 1.7 GB is under a folder that has the name APPS so the remaining space is not enough for windows. There is /i386 folder but not much is in it. Maybe someday someone will figure how to make this eMachines recovery partition act normal and do a disc-to-disc recovery like just about every computer is now on the planet. --- In A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com, a4f4ah64 a4f4ah64@... wrote: I may have found a fix at ftp://ftp.senecadata.com/Support/PC%20Angel/WinXP%20Application%20Recovery/ In the instructions it shows an image of the same menu folder. --- In A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com, Donk d.knieriem@ wrote: I can't explain why... but apparently Emachines wanted to require you to insert their recover CD in order to restore from the recovery partition. I doubt you'll have any luck hacking the partition - might be compressed with proprietary software (but that wouldn't explain the huge size, heh). Anyway, you can check ebay for a restore CD. Here's one I found that might be worth a try - only $5 with free shipping: http://bit.ly/13314Gz Good luck, Donk On 2/18/2013 10:17 PM, a4f4ah64 wrote: eMachines D3123 If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Need help downloading and opening some files from this web site.
The unzip utility is built-in, so you can't find it to open it. When you
right-click on your .zip file you should see extract all option in the
pop up menu. If you don't see that option somehow the .zip file
association has gotten lost.
There is a file that will fix this. It's a tiny file that will
re-register the .zip file association in Vista. I'll try to attach the
file to this email - but I'm not sure Yahoo Groups will allow
attachments. If not I can send it to your personal address if you
want... snowyowl5...@yahoo.com ?
Don't double click the file. To run it you should right-click it and
choose MERGE from the popup menu.
Hopefully this will work.
Good luck,
Donk
On 2/22/2013 10:05 AM, t wrote:
Hi Donk fjor some reason I can't find the unzip program in my vista any ideas
on how to find it or replace it?
Thanks Teresa
--- On Thu, 2/21/13, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote:
From: Donk d.knier...@verizon.net
Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Need help downloading and opening some files
from this web site.
To: A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 10:27 PM
Hi -
Yes, the file you download is in .zip format, meaning that it is
compressed. Acrobat can't open a .zip file so you'll have to un-zip the
file first. Vista has a built-in utility to unzip files:
Try downloading the file and then right-clicking it. From the popup
menu choose extract all. Then just follow the directions. A folder
called PatchworkPouffeDiags will be created in the same folder that you
downloaded the .zip file to. A .pdf file called
PatchworkPouffeDiags.pdf will be created. Double-click this file to open
it in Acrobat.
That should do it.
Good luck,
Donk
On 2/21/2013 10:49 AM, snowyowl5562 wrote:
http://www.crafts-beautiful.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/37926/?utm_s\
ource=sewnewsletterutm_medium=201303utm_campaign=monthly
http://www.crafts-beautiful.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/37926/?utm_\
source=sewnewsletterutm_medium=201303utm_campaign=monthly
I don't know if it is age or medications I have to take but I know it is
a simple thing. I am trying to open the Patchwork Pouffe pattern under
Templates and Motifs
It downloads and then Adobe Acrobat tries to open it, and it is not
supported.
Running Vista on Toshiba satellite L305. I think I need the winzip file
but Idon't seem to have it.
Thank you
Teresa in FL
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Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Need help downloading and opening some files from this web site.
You're welcome Teresa! On 2/22/2013 8:30 PM, t wrote: Donk you are great. It all worked perfectly. Thank you once again Teresa --- On Fri, 2/22/13, t snowyowl5...@yahoo.com wrote: From: t snowyowl5...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Need help downloading and opening some files from this web site. To: A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, February 22, 2013, 10:05 AM Hi Donk fjor some reason I can't find the unzip program in my vista any ideas on how to find it or replace it? Thanks Teresa --- On Thu, 2/21/13, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: From: Donk d.knier...@verizon.net Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Need help downloading and opening some files from this web site. To: A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013, 10:27 PM Hi - Yes, the file you download is in .zip format, meaning that it is compressed. Acrobat can't open a .zip file so you'll have to un-zip the file first. Vista has a built-in utility to unzip files: Try downloading the file and then right-clicking it. From the popup menu choose extract all. Then just follow the directions. A folder called PatchworkPouffeDiags will be created in the same folder that you downloaded the .zip file to. A .pdf file called PatchworkPouffeDiags.pdf will be created. Double-click this file to open it in Acrobat. That should do it. Good luck, Donk On 2/21/2013 10:49 AM, snowyowl5562 wrote: http://www.crafts-beautiful.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/37926/?utm_s\ ource=sewnewsletterutm_medium=201303utm_campaign=monthly http://www.crafts-beautiful.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/37926/?utm_\ source=sewnewsletterutm_medium=201303utm_campaign=monthly I don't know if it is age or medications I have to take but I know it is a simple thing. I am trying to open the Patchwork Pouffe pattern under Templates and Motifs It downloads and then Adobe Acrobat tries to open it, and it is not supported. Running Vista on Toshiba satellite L305. I think I need the winzip file but Idon't seem to have it. Thank you Teresa in FL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Need help downloading and opening some files from this web site.
Hi - Yes, the file you download is in .zip format, meaning that it is compressed. Acrobat can't open a .zip file so you'll have to un-zip the file first. Vista has a built-in utility to unzip files: Try downloading the file and then right-clicking it. From the popup menu choose extract all. Then just follow the directions. A folder called PatchworkPouffeDiags will be created in the same folder that you downloaded the .zip file to. A .pdf file called PatchworkPouffeDiags.pdf will be created. Double-click this file to open it in Acrobat. That should do it. Good luck, Donk On 2/21/2013 10:49 AM, snowyowl5562 wrote: http://www.crafts-beautiful.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/37926/?utm_s\ ource=sewnewsletterutm_medium=201303utm_campaign=monthly http://www.crafts-beautiful.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/37926/?utm_\ source=sewnewsletterutm_medium=201303utm_campaign=monthly I don't know if it is age or medications I have to take but I know it is a simple thing. I am trying to open the Patchwork Pouffe pattern under Templates and Motifs It downloads and then Adobe Acrobat tries to open it, and it is not supported. Running Vista on Toshiba satellite L305. I think I need the winzip file but Idon't seem to have it. Thank you Teresa in FL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] eMachines D3123 recovery partition
I can't explain why... but apparently Emachines wanted to require you to insert their recover CD in order to restore from the recovery partition. I doubt you'll have any luck hacking the partition - might be compressed with proprietary software (but that wouldn't explain the huge size, heh). Anyway, you can check ebay for a restore CD. Here's one I found that might be worth a try - only $5 with free shipping: http://bit.ly/13314Gz Good luck, Donk On 2/18/2013 10:17 PM, a4f4ah64 wrote: eMachines D3123 If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] What is AC technology
Wireless AC is the next generation of wi-fi protocols. 802.11n is now the latest available and any new router you buy will support it. Before that it was 802.11g, then 802.11b, etc. But 802.11ac routers are starting to hit the market. I dunno much about the ac standard except that it is faster than n, with a longer range, and operates on the 5GHz band instead of the 2.4GHz band that most current routers use. I think what all this means is that the ac routers will be able to handle streaming in your home (like movies, music, etc) to many devices better (like phones, tablets, pc's, TV's etc.). And it will have a longer range if you have a big house. Also, since most routers, phones, and other appliances now use 2.4GHz band, there'll be less chance of interference with your (or your neighbor's) appliances since the 5GHz band is lots less crowded. But, to take advantage you'll have to wait for devices that are compatible with the AC standard. Some smart TV's are now coming out that use it. It'll be quite a while before most devices support it. IMHO, upgrading to a AC router right now is a waste of time and money. Eventually, it will be standard on any router or device you buy. Might as well wait. Good luck, Donk On 2/13/2013 10:46 PM, Cindi Wass wrote: I am reading ads for AC technology, ultimate wifi coverage, 3X faster, next generation wi-fi, it says. What is it, and how is it used? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] disk imaging?
Acronis True Image is a full featured program that'll clone your drive and MUCH more (it's not free). But before I got Acronis I used to use the free cloning apps supplied by the maker of what ever hard drive I was trying to clone. Not sure if they still do it, but go to the support site of one of the manufacturers of a drive you are working with and see if they still offer download of a cloning app. These always worked great for me. Seagate's app is called Seatools Western Digital offers a proprietary free version of Acronis (I assume it'll only work if one of the drives is WD.) Etc., etc. Good luck, Donk On 1/21/2013 5:03 PM, ger_ila wrote: Can anyone suggest or recommend the best way to image/clone a hdd? I want to get an image of a disk with nothing more on it than the OS and it must be bootable, all for reasons too boring and not really relevant. I've been looking at xxclone but just wondering if a recommendation by experience might save some time. If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] GMail refuses to delete my messages
Wow, so you are in Joplin, MO? Hope you weren't affected by the tornadoes last year - that looked horrible. Once you get in range of Cable One you'll have broadband and be much, much, much happier. :-) I don't see why, if you stay connected after TB downloads your mail, the mail wouldn't be deleted from gmail's server. Have you called your ISP and asked them about it? And also complained about rain affecting your service? I would think the onus is on THEM to be sure you have good service and are a happy customer. Just sayin' Good luck, Donk On 1/10/2013 7:57 AM, Theresa Ramseyer wrote: Thanks Donk, That's probably it or a good part of it. I get frustrated with these connections sometimes. We have 2 lines that I can use, but one's our main landline. Weather really affects it, especially rain. Guess what's coming? Several years ago there was a movement to get all the phone lines here buried, but nothing ever came of it. I would love to move up to Earthlink's lowest high speed, but would lose it when we finish moving. For some reason, Earthlink has decided to not return high speed to Joplin after the tornado, probably because we'll be only a few blocks from Cable One. I hope the lines are better soon. Theresa On 1/9/13, Donk d.knier...@verizon.net wrote: Since you say that sometimes the emails are deleted from gmail, I'm guessing that your dialup speed might have something to do with the problem - not a setting. Try staying online a while after the messages are downloaded so TB has a chance to confirm to gmail that the messages have been received (don't log off right away). Also, in the TB options settings there is an option to leave messages on the server. So you can try un-checking that. If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Problem with a mahjong game not working on dell laptop windows 8
Hello - well, first of all the game was written before Win8, and your friend's Dell is likely a 64bit (instead of 32bit) computer, so there's a chance the game simply is not supported under Windows 8. But try running it in Compatibility Mode for Windows 7 or XP. The game probably created a desktop shortcut which you click to run it? If so, right-click on that shortcut and you'll get a popup menu. Click the Compatibility tab, and then check the box to run the program in a mode for Windows XP. Click OK to go back to the desktop and give it a try. If it still won't run, try a couple different compatibility modes (Win8, WinXP SP2, etc.). Hopefully one of them will work. If you don't have a shortcut on the desktop, repost for instructions on how to create one. Good luck, Donk On 1/7/2013 12:06 PM, snowyowl5562 wrote: the game is Hoyle Majong. I installed into a friends computer and it calls for the disk to be in the drive to work but the game just doesn't play. It is 2010 software has windows 7 and xp on the label Any idea what I can do Thank you Teresa If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Servads.com n' Domains.A
I assume you've tried running most of the free anti-virus apps. Have you run Malwarebytes? It's free and is good. Best to run these in Safe Mode when possible. If you are at all computer savvy you might consider just reformatting or restoring the pc to factory defaults (if possible). You should still be able to back up your stuff safely. I don't think Servads will jump onto your backup drive, and I can't find much about Domains.A, but most current viruses/malware won't hop onto other drives. But of course only back up personal data - not the entire operating system. I've had a little luck sometimes by pressing Ctrl/Alt/Delete and clicking the Processes tab. Look at all the running processes and google each one to see if it is legit. If not, disable it. You can spend HOURS doing stuff like that - and still not get the pc clean. That's why a restore might be the best option. Good luck, Donk On 1/8/2013 3:16 AM, Chris Range wrote: I have been trying to get rid of these two viruses, without any luck. A lot of the programs suggested to get rid of them, require purchasing the program, or the program didn't work. There has got to be something simpler than that. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Christopher If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
