Is there any computer based replacement for doing numerical engineering problems by hand? [more inside]
posted by stepheno on Nov 17, 2009 - 22 answers

How do I go about figuring out what is causing my cable (or power) troubles and hopefully fix it? [more inside]
posted by NoraCharles on Nov 6, 2009 - 6 answers

I cannot unlock the trunk on my car! [more inside]
posted by zerobyproxy on Oct 29, 2009 - 2 answers

I sent a mushy, gushy, soul-ripping, erotically explicit love letter via overseas Express Mail--to a slightly wrong address. "Attempted Delivery Notice": should I hope it comes back and edit it, or should I plunge ahead and make sure it gets there? [more inside]
posted by aquafortis on Sep 21, 2009 - 11 answers

How do I get my life on track with high debt and a chronic medical condition? [more inside]
posted by thegreatcokeolympics on Sep 19, 2009 - 9 answers

My 1994 Jetta is sputtering and shutting off on startup. What could the problem be? [more inside]
posted by *lostatsea* on Sep 13, 2009 - 10 answers

Although I have downloaded torrents successfully before, I can't get my current system to work. Everything proceeds fine until the actual download - which is stuck at 0.0%. [more inside]
posted by ACF on Aug 18, 2009 - 9 answers

What demon has possessed my girlfriend's Verizon ENV2 (AKA LG VX9011) and reduced it to a mostly deaf and mute state? How do we exorcise this malevolent presence? [more inside]
posted by de void on Aug 3, 2009 - 10 answers

Powerbook G4 won't boot up. I hear the chime, get a gray screen, but NO apple logo or spinning wheel. [more inside]
posted by DiscourseMarker on Jul 20, 2009 - 17 answers

My Kindle ebook reader crashes and requires resetting during my commute home. Any ideas why? [more inside]
posted by Harvey Jerkwater on Jun 29, 2009 - 1 answer

Sound trouble on Acer Aspire One netbook: Was working perctly, suddenly it's unlistenably lagging/stuttering. [more inside]
posted by kaspen on Jun 25, 2009 - 3 answers

Doesn't the underfur removed by a Furminator serve as insulation, waterproofing, and buoyancy for a dog, especially a water dog like a Lab? She never wants to get out of the water and I'm afraid she'll get too cold.
posted by edaphon on Jun 21, 2009 - 5 answers

Is there any further action I can take to recoup the financial loss and and deal with the emotional frustration resulting from my university's swine-flu-panic decision to cancel a much-anticipated field research opportunity? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 10, 2009 - 6 answers

Firefox add-ons have stopped working - help! [more inside]
posted by altolinguistic on Jun 9, 2009 - 6 answers

The power connect for my motherboard is partially burned! Should I replace the plug, the whole PSU or the entire motherboard? [more inside]
posted by GuyZero on Jun 8, 2009 - 12 answers

What the heck is wrong with my car? And no, you are not my mechanic. [more inside]
posted by WickedPissah on May 31, 2009 - 13 answers

What causes inconsistent water flow from my kitchen sink? [more inside]
posted by boby on May 24, 2009 - 4 answers

How to fix laptop keyboard keys that fell off? [more inside]
posted by macsigler on May 20, 2009 - 7 answers

Help me develop topics for a high school course on problem solving. [more inside]
posted by etc. on May 12, 2009 - 16 answers

Hi this problem occurs on my wife's PC where her Outlook 2007 (Gmail) & Live Messenger (Version 2009) password settings occasionally get 'reset'. It happens maybe once a month. How do I prevent this from happening? [more inside]
posted by thomasck on May 10, 2009 - 1 answer

Sansa e280 problem. Corrupted files. When I turn it on, logo wipes on, holds a few seconds, fades to white, repeats endlessly. Following forum directions for reformatting, I remove battery, slide switch to Hold, connect to computer. Purple ring lights up, screen displays Shutting Down message, e280 shuts down. Alternately, I slide switch off Hold, but then it loops as described in third sentence. Sandisk tech support isn't responding. Any ideas?
posted by markcmyers on Apr 24, 2009 - 5 answers

What's going on with Gmail? [more inside]
posted by setanor on Apr 9, 2009 - 47 answers

Having problems viewing my Joomla built website in IE. Works fine in Firefox. The Website is at www.alchemicalnursery.org Are there any tools for diagnosing this? Or does anyone have any knowledge of what the problem might be.
posted by franklen on Apr 2, 2009 - 6 answers

I seem to have stepped on some people's toes pretty hard-- how do I fix this? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 31, 2009 - 17 answers

What has caused a sudden failure of my wife's laptop? [more inside]
posted by gene_machine on Mar 23, 2009 - 5 answers

Where does passion reside? [more inside]
posted by bettershredder on Mar 19, 2009 - 21 answers

Is it a VIRUS? [more inside]
posted by seeminglyshy on Mar 11, 2009 - 14 answers

Whenever I try to write in really small characters in Photoshop, or, come to think of it, save anything small (like an company logo for email signatures) - it comes out all blurred. I'm saving as non-interlaced PNG but I think the same would happen if it were a JPEG. I've had this problem for quite a while, through several different versions of Photoshop. At the moment I'm on CS4. Photoshop isn't really my thing, I use it for touching up digital photos, not creating logos - but it would be great to get this resolved once and for all: how can I create tiny images without pixelation/blurring. Any help appreciated! Thank you!
posted by dance on Jan 30, 2009 - 11 answers

weird linux cursor problem. I'm having this problem with an ssh terminal where the cursor won't advance past the last character in a line, so I can't change or delete the last character. [more inside]
posted by alkupe on Jan 16, 2009 - 14 answers

Is my g4 iBook forked? [more inside]
posted by tylerfulltilt on Jan 12, 2009 - 13 answers

HP laptop video card issues filter: Video problem with my HP dv6000 (dv6810us) - artifacts appear then increase while watching Hulu, after 30-45 minutes the computer freezes then restarts. Pausing the video then letting the computer sleep for a couple minutes resolves the issue for another 20 minutes of video watching, then it repeats ... bad integrated video? Bad VRAM? Evil monkey? [more inside]
posted by unclezeb on Dec 29, 2008 - 12 answers

New DVD box set (the Flintstones!). It won't play on my DVD player ("Incompatible disc") but plays fine on my PC. Why? [more inside]
posted by GuyZero on Dec 26, 2008 - 7 answers

Mac OS X / Microsoft Office 2004 (Excel) crash and failed file recovery has left excel in an endless loop of restore and crash. Can anyone help me to find and delete the (unwanted) auto-saved excel sheet that is causing this problem? [more inside]
posted by urban greeting on Dec 4, 2008 - 3 answers

What do I do about sharing internet with housemates who kill it? Will a router with QoS solve the problem? Should I talk to them and ask them to change their settings on whatever programs they are using? Are there any tools I can use to which person is killing the internet and what program it is? [more inside]
posted by sando on Oct 2, 2008 - 11 answers

Apple iMac G5 (4 years old) dies during bootup [more inside]
posted by Wilder on Sep 4, 2008 - 9 answers

Help me with a weird Windows install problem. [more inside]
posted by Electrius on Aug 21, 2008 - 10 answers

Can I get my WD external hard drive back to the way it was? [more inside]
posted by droplet on Aug 19, 2008 - 8 answers

Autofocus no longer works on my Nikon D50, nor on my Nikkor 18-200 VR lens. [more inside]
posted by popechunk on Aug 15, 2008 - 8 answers

When downloading a file from Rapidshare sometimes the default video player on my computer (windows xp) switches to something called “Nero Cover Designer,” and I cannot play the video. I have Nero software, and can’t seem to stop my computer defaulting to this, no matter how many times I go into the control panel and try to ensure all files go via windows media player. I am not at all I.T. savvy, so any suggestions in the most simple language possible would be much appreciated.
posted by ricardo on Aug 15, 2008 - 4 answers

Despite having no training whatsoever, I've gradually become 'the IT guy' at work. I want to get organized and begin building a documentation file but I have no idea where to start. [more inside]
posted by wabashbdw on Aug 4, 2008 - 18 answers

My 80gig iPod suddenly tells me that it has only 50.8 MB free, when I have nowhere near that much on the device. Itunes shows the numbers correctly, but the device reports otherwise. Is it OK? [more inside]
posted by Ironmouth on Jul 22, 2008 - 8 answers

When I turn on my air conditioning in my car (or any source of air; like the heat, etc.) I can hear a flapping sound, like a plastic bag or something. I'm wondering if anyone knows what that might be caused by, how to fix, where to look, or who to ask. Thanks!
posted by socialpsychologist on Jun 30, 2008 - 8 answers

External hard showing "weird". Better known as, sharing an external/portable hard drive between osx and winxp. [more inside]
posted by jadepearl on Jun 23, 2008 - 10 answers

I am a useless procrastinator, I see it happening, and I can see the outcome but I can't help it, I feel out of control almost. It's something I tend to deal with okay at work (a more direct task-based environment I guess) but at home it's terrible. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 16, 2008 - 24 answers

Why can't I connect to the internet when using the XP partition of my Macbook? [more inside]
posted by hector horace on May 22, 2008 - 4 answers

I can't get my Mac laptop's internal speakers to work -- they just stopped one day. When I press the volume adjust buttons, the little bars don't move, and the classic circle-with-bar-through-it appears. I've checked the volume in System Preferences, and the "mute" button is not selected by accident. [more inside]
posted by chinese_fashion on May 17, 2008 - 9 answers

Help! Why is my Gmail, accessed through my Macbook's Mail application, occasionally not sending emails, even though they're listed as "sent"? [more inside]
posted by airguitar2 on May 12, 2008 - 7 answers

Why is my WordPress 404.php not working? If I try to visit a non-existent page, instead of getting the 404 page it gives me a page with all my static pages concatenated. [more inside]
posted by krunk on May 6, 2008 - 5 answers

My boss and I are both going crazy because I can't sync with her Outlook calendar on my own computer and her Blackberry won't sync with her Outlook. If she tries to download her new schedule to the Blackberry, it will erase her schedule on the hand-held instead! Help!! [more inside]
posted by parmanparman on Apr 28, 2008 - 4 answers

I keep losing the same buckle filling again and again. Should I just suck it up and tell my dentist to give me a cap instead? [more inside]
posted by Unicorn on the cob on Apr 28, 2008 - 7 answers