My computer is showing that I'm connected to the Internet, but it's not actually connecting. My usual trouble shooting tricks aren't working, so does anyone have any ideas? [more inside]
posted on Jul 23, 2008 - 8 answers 
Just installed latest Java RE 6 update 5 and IE7 crashes on opening. Have restored system and cancelled Java updates (for now) but....anyone else had this problem? Did you find a fix? I'm running Vista Ultimate on a Dell Inspiron 530 about 9 months old. Grateful for any thoughts....
posted on Jul 18, 2008 - 3 answers
Activities for weeklong 7th grade computer class? [more inside]
posted on Jul 6, 2008 - 19 answers
Any advice on coming to terms with not being able to surf the internet or keep up with the news for the next year? [more inside]
posted on Jul 3, 2008 - 14 answers
We're having some problems with our wireless network, and I can't figure out what the problem is. [more inside]
posted on Jun 21, 2008 - 8 answers
Is there a good program to monitor progress in various TV shows? I.e. what episode I'm on in shows if watching multiple shows in different seasons irregularly. [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2008 - 11 answers
How can I create a social networking site? I am in Southern California (Inland Empire/Orange County) and interested in building a social networking/message board/blog site along the lines of Sermo or Metafilter that isn't really about customizable media and meeting friends, as much as it is for people within a certain specialty, let's say the veterinary community, to share their ideas about their expertise with peers, receive newsletters relevant to their work, and ask for their peers' opinions or advice. [more inside]
posted on Apr 12, 2008 - 10 answers
I want to download an institutional web page and change it a little bit for a job interview. I have Frontpage and NVU. But when I try to capture the page my computer bogs down and stops responding. Help! [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2008 - 3 answers
When my browsing and downloading is "encrypted," who or what am I protecting myself from? [more inside]
posted on Jan 9, 2008 - 18 answers
Can I get a wired (ethernet) connection off a wireless network? [more inside]
posted on Dec 2, 2007 - 13 answers
I'm looking for a way to place a browser window into a PowerPoint slide so that I can access web pages during my presentation and have them updated in real time.
I've played around a bit with LiveWeb, which has behaved a bit erratically, and am hesitating before plunking down money for something like T-Dog's PowerPoint Web Browser. It doesn't need to have terribly robust browser capabilities - an address bar, forward/backward buttons and a "refresh" button should suffice.
Anyway, I'd love to hear people's advice - the simpler, the better; I am a confirmed non-geek. If it matters (and I assume it does), I'm running Windows XP and PowerPoint 2003.
Thanks in advance for your answers to my first-ever Ask MeFi question!
posted on Oct 9, 2007 - 5 answers
My new computer only has 1394 ethernet. My home network is set up with a router... and apparently 1394 cannot connect through a router. Is there a way to get to my internet connection that I don't know about? [more inside]
posted on Oct 6, 2007 - 9 answers
What free software do you use to filter the internet for kids? [more inside]
posted on Sep 1, 2007 - 19 answers
I want to archive my personal documents like birth certificate, mark sheet, bond, bank statement details etc by scanning them and storing in the internet.
I thought i will scan and store them in my email accounts.
(like yahoo etc)
However i am not sure, whether storing those documents
in yahoo email etc is safe.
Can some one suggest a good safe option, where i can
scan documents and put them in internet not accessible
to others.
Are there any free encryption software which encrypts
the documents and stores them.
It is okay, if some budget software is also available,
instead of freeware.
posted on Sep 1, 2007 - 17 answers
Need help sharing an EVDO broadband connection among multiple computers [more inside]
posted on Aug 22, 2007 - 3 answers
Does anyone know of a way to create a line graph using html or javascript? [more inside]
posted on Jul 30, 2007 - 6 answers
Who do you recommend for website design in the Orlando, Tampa, Lakeland, FL area? [more inside]
posted on May 28, 2007 - 4 answers
What's the easiest, most secure way to map a network drive over the Internet? [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2007 - 10 answers
I think the title explains it all:
I'm looking to get a list of all files in a specific directory from a web server- www.site.com/docs/. The thing is, there's an index.htm file in that directory so if I browse to it, I just get the index file. Is there any way to find out the names of all files in that directory, scripting or otherwise? [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2007 - 13 answers
I have some contacts on AIM, others on Google Talk, others on MSN messenger. Ideally I'd like to set up an account on all of these, and then if someone sends me a message on one it would be forwarded to the other one I happened to be logged in on; i.e., they send me a message on Google talk and it's automagically forwarded to my MSN messenger account. C'mon MeFites, let's get the construction paper & string & build this thing!
posted on Apr 19, 2007 - 19 answers
What would you say is the best way to have 10 domains access one database? [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2007 - 14 answers
How can I continue to operate my one-man software business while out of the country for 3 months? [more inside]
posted on Mar 12, 2007 - 7 answers
How can you stop banner ads from animating? Or just remove them altogether? [more inside]
posted on Jan 13, 2007 - 25 answers
Computer & Internet news round-up 2006. What do you consider to be the biggest or most interesting tech and web news of the last year? [more inside]
posted on Dec 31, 2006 - 4 answers
A few months ago my grandparents bought a computer. To help them fix problems without us driving all the way out to their house every time something comes up, I'd like to install something that would allow us to view their screen and control their mouse and keyboard from home. Both systems involved would be running Windows XP Home Edition, and we both have broadband connections. What is the best, preferably free, way to do this?
posted on Dec 25, 2006 - 34 answers
How does a typical RSS feed behaves over time, as the content grows? [more inside]
posted on Nov 8, 2006 - 5 answers
Mac OS X security question: it may be that one of our employees is illicitly logging in remotely to one of our computers. [more inside]
posted on Nov 2, 2006 - 13 answers
Need a little help with javascript.. [more inside]
posted on Sep 29, 2006 - 8 answers
On the network, cant hit the internet [more inside]
posted on Sep 9, 2006 - 3 answers
I am having a really strange connectivity problem. My computer won't connect to some sites. [more inside]
posted on Sep 8, 2006 - 13 answers
Where can I find "low-tech" jobs online?
We just had a baby and so my wife has to stay at home and take care of him.
However, she still has some free time and she would like to do some stuff from home. She's a medical doctor with a bit of IT experience (mostly as a user, though). So I was thinking to find her some work online, maybe entering some data or as a translator (she speaks English and German, German is her mother-tongue) or maybe other "low-tech" jobs like this...
So do you have any idea where can I find such jobs?
Thanks!
posted on Jul 27, 2006 - 14 answers
Looking for a free app that can enable/disable the proxy settings in Internet Explorer on a timer. [more inside]
posted on Jul 25, 2006 - 5 answers
Are there any free/open source web app load testing tools that also handle javascript? [more inside]
posted on Jun 15, 2006 - 3 answers
Is it possible make a browser window go full screen? Not "fake full screen," but full-on, PowerPoint style full screen mode? [more inside]
posted on May 30, 2006 - 16 answers
Help this ignoramus understand his netgear admin log. [more inside]
posted on May 28, 2006 - 9 answers
so my friend is trying to locate an online service whereby one can type a message to a phone number over the web, and an operator than reads that message to the other end over the phone. So essentially its a computer text-to-voice over phone service, it may be intended for deaf-blind individuals. any ideas?
posted on May 6, 2006 - 13 answers
What is the best morning routine, especially for someone who is (a) in college and (b) wants to fight something starting to look like internet addiction? [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2006 - 12 answers
DNS Problems:Can ping outside address but can't resolve DNS [more inside]
posted on Mar 1, 2006 - 13 answers
What websites will my 80-year-old grandfather love? [more inside]
posted on Feb 12, 2006 - 37 answers
Wuz she hax0r3d?
Scenarios that explain this situation, please: Someone (not I) tries to connect to the 'Net on her AOHell account & gets an error message, the gist of which is "Ain't gonna log you on; reppy5 is already logged on to your account at another location." reppy5 is not one of the accounts/screen-names she has ever created. Has she been hacked? Used as a zombie? Hacked by a zombie? A zombie for what, for spam? [more inside]
posted on Feb 3, 2006 - 12 answers
3D printing. Does anyone offer it online, at a consumer level price, in the UK? [more inside]
posted on Jan 26, 2006 - 5 answers
Can I make a profile in Firefox that will only surf to sites on an approved list? [more inside]
posted on Dec 28, 2005 - 4 answers
All about blogs. - I, like many others, began blogging on blogger... I find that I want to do more with my blog and I would like to move to a better service... I love Typepad but I do not want to pay for ithe service..... I have heard good things about Wordpress.... any other suggestions...??
Also, I read that it was possible to move my blogspot entries to my new blog, can anyone guide me through this process or can anyone refer me to a site that does? TIA!
posted on Dec 23, 2005 - 18 answers
What websites would you write yourself a note to remember if your entire memory of the internet was about to be erased? [more inside]
posted on Dec 6, 2005 - 32 answers
I'm using FireFox 1.07 for Windows XP. Previously, when I typed "dict [word]" into the address bar, FireFox would take me to the dictionary.com definition for [word]. Now typing in the same command just takes me to the first result of a Google search for "dict [word]," the same as if I typed anything into the address bar. Recently all my Firefox bookmarks disappeared as well. I haven't updated Firefox or changed anything that I know of. What happened, and how do I restore the old functionality?
posted on Nov 29, 2005 - 10 answers
SysAdmin Filter: How much do system administrators REALLY know? [more inside]
posted on Nov 14, 2005 - 23 answers
Is there a nationwide (where nation = United States) service which provides wireless Internet coverage? [more inside]
posted on Sep 28, 2005 - 11 answers
Home PC WAN-filter: Setting up a home broadband network with a cable modem, PC, & Linksys WRT54G... [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2005 - 13 answers
The company I work for has offered to pay for some website building/computer training. Help me to figure out what to learn. [more inside]
posted on Sep 9, 2005 - 9 answers
My girlfriend's computer (to which I am networked) can't access her own web site since yesterday. Called friends, they can still see her site, and her hostserver says there is no problem on their side. We don't have any firewall up, and Norton Antivirus has never been a problem... [more inside]
posted on Sep 3, 2005 - 8 answers
My 4 year old has outgrown the internet. [more inside]
posted on Jul 27, 2005 - 12 answers
Just recently I started collaborating on projects with the web developers at the ad agency I work for - and quickly realized that I am out of my depth. [more inside]
posted on Jul 19, 2005 - 9 answers
I am interested in developing three new blogs, all for business purposes. I have the business mind and the game plan, but don't have enough time to learn how to use systems like Movable Type or Word Press. Does anyone know where I can get some help?
posted on Jul 14, 2005 - 6 answers
What WYSIWYG HTML / Web page Editor will you recommend? [more inside]
posted on Jul 5, 2005 - 17 answers
My 80 year old Mom would like to learn to use a laptop. She is homebound and so classes are out of the question, and I live on the other side of the country. Any suggestions for books, tutorial programs, etc? She is very very intimidated (and anxious by nature) so the more basic the better. She understands the concepts of what the internet is and what a web page is and what links are, it's the actual turning on booting up double clicking mechanics of use that's scaring her. Anyone have resources that worked with their parents? (Sorry if we've been through this, I can't find it if so).
posted on Jun 9, 2005 - 18 answers
I’ve been assigned to evaluate the feasibility of using Lucene for our website, a large, high-use government site with rapidly-changing data. [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2005 - 3 answers
ecommerce software directions say:
"chmod 644 etc/config.php
chmod 755 ."
I set set chmod 644 for the first folder. What is "."? In other words, how do I "chmod 755 ." from above?
This is ecommerce software, so permissions probably are more important than usual. I just had a hard time finding what the "." refers to when googling.
posted on Apr 5, 2005 - 8 answers
I need a free, easy-to-install program to analyze server logs. [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2005 - 7 answers
Can CSS be used to transform an unordered list of links into a horizontal navigation bar which occupies a fixed (total) width but has equidistant padding between each link, regardless of content length? ( css layout tooth-grinding insanity )
posted on Feb 13, 2005 - 10 answers
Laptops (again). I want to buy one. Specifically, I want to know which laptop is the best for multi-track audio editing (and why). Aditionally, which software should I use if I want to create stories "pro" enough for radio journalism? Do I have to get pricey studio stuff? Finally, when people out there submit already-produced audio stories to say BBC, NPR, PRI, Pacifica . . . is there a simple way to send the files via email? What kind of file would it have to be?
posted on Feb 13, 2005 - 9 answers
What free hit counter do you guys recommend for a blog?
posted on Feb 9, 2005 - 7 answers
What's the cheapest way to get an SSL certificate (for serving HTTPS connections)? Obviously I'd want the company selling these certs to be listed in most browsers as a trusted authority.
posted on Dec 23, 2004 - 12 answers
Say you've got a domain and a server, but the account didn't come with any POP3 setup. Assuming you're not going to abandon that hosting provider for one reason or another, what's the best 3rd party POP account provider? And is this a huge headache?
posted on Dec 12, 2004 - 8 answers
Since I put in a Linksys Firewall/Router on my Cable connection, I cannot access Hotmail...it just times out [more inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2004 - 4 answers
I'm looking at different anti-spam systems, and one of these is a challenge-response system. Anybody know of an open-source, free, or relatively cheap challenge-response system that I could try? I run a couple of mail servers for a public school district, and we're always looking for ways to deal with spam.
posted on Nov 28, 2004 - 10 answers
I am taking a brain-painful networking class (hint: it's all about the routers, baby!) and the studying is intense. It's hard, but I'm holding my own. I see questions here on AskMe that bring really cool answers from lots of folks, with a lot of repeat answerers, which leads me to ask, How Did You Learn What You Know About Computers/the Internet? Was it in school? Did you apprentice with someone who had m4d sk1lz? Did you teach yourself? Other?
posted on Oct 11, 2004 - 18 answers
How come many lyrics sites try to install virii? LyricsDepot.com, eLyrics.com, LyricsFreak.com and so forth all suggest you download their dubious-sounding "plug-in".
posted on Sep 10, 2004 - 20 answers
Catalog spam. I ordered a bed frame online, and was pleased with the result. Since then, however, I've been getting a catalog of some sort or another (Pottery Barn, Anthropologie, Linens & Things, etc) almost every day - sometimes more than one. It's driving me crazy. Is there anything I can do short of changing address?
posted on Aug 10, 2004 - 4 answers
ASCII/Unicode conversions/importing into MT problems...[mi]
posted on Jun 29, 2004 - 3 answers
I've got a .mac account, and I'm attempting to put some MP3s in my Public folder (via iDisk Utility)--but they show up on the page with a .mp3-binhex.hqx suffix. How do I get them to be downloadable as straight-up .mp3 files, or at least .mp3-link.mp3 files? Thanks.
posted on Jun 10, 2004 - 4 answers
Looking for advice for replacing the floppy disk as an authentication factor for logging onto a client-server non web-based system. Anyone have any bright ideas? [Details within]
posted on May 13, 2004 - 10 answers
I'm considering buying a DSL modem outright, to take care of that pesky rental charge each month from my ISP. Does the make and brand of modem make much of a difference in terms of reliability and speed, or are the ISP and phone lines in between more of a determining factor?
posted on May 5, 2004 - 3 answers
Every day for the last three weeks or so Sygate Personal Firewall Pro has blocked twenty or more port scans. In the past I would be scanned maybe once or twice a week. What has changed? I change my IP address from time to time and I know my box is secure and isn't worth hacking anyway. What gives? I'm getting tired of the blinking icon.
posted on Apr 3, 2004 - 17 answers
Browser questions: (1) are there any browsers that have word-wrap options? I find that when I read certain pages, specifically Usenet via Google Groups, each line runs way past the edge of the screen, and I have to scroll to the right to read. (2) Are there any browsers that have word-wrap options for print? I'm tired of having to remember to set orientation to landscape so the right edge of text doesn't get cut off.
posted on Mar 24, 2004 - 6 answers
Problem sharing internet connection on home Windows XP / ME network question. [more inside]
posted on Feb 23, 2004 - 8 answers
I'm considering buying a domain, and setting up a personal site. This wouldn't be a problem, really, except that I've got over five years of content on my current personal site in various formats, and I don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past. [Very long, very geeky details inside. Not for the faint of heart.]
posted on Feb 5, 2004 - 7 answers
Inside, I've posted a question about computer programming, regarding organizing class libraries and packages -- and also regarding good programming practices.
posted on Feb 4, 2004 - 7 answers
Can anyone in the UK recommend a good dial-up provider and give an indication of the cost?
posted on Jan 28, 2004 - 6 answers
Is there a way, without constant human intervention, to (1) mine either Google News, Yahoo News, or the AP for new obituaries and (2) drop the name, age, blurb, and URL into a database?
posted on Jan 23, 2004 - 6 answers
While shopping around for domain names/ registration, I continually come across "already owned" names that are generating generic pages on domain registration sites. ie: "dotster" or "buydomains.com". My question - is there a way to buy these obviously un-used domains? Am I supposed to contact the hosting page? Are these domains , in fact, for sale?
posted on Jan 8, 2004 - 9 answers
Can anyone recommend a good web host based in the Uk?
posted on Dec 31, 2003 - 7 answers
