I'm finally retiring my dad's virus-laden PC running XP with a new iMac. Is there any way to migrate his old settings from the PC over to a VMWare instance of XP running on the iMac in case he must use a PC-only app after the upgrade to a new machine? [more inside]
posted on Jul 23, 2008 - 9 answers
I have an HP iPAQ 2750. Around the same time it was manufactured, lots of aftermarket hardware and software came out with promises to enhance the device. One of those applications was a GPRS/GSM plug in modem (via the CF Card slot) and software from a company called Enfora. The modem was bundled with software from a company called BVRP. There was other software without a modem which also installed phone tools on the PDA from another company called WebToGo. [more inside]
posted on Jul 16, 2008 - 3 answers
Syncing between laptops: How can I easily and automatically sync files and documents between two laptops using Bluetooth? Ideally I want to load up one machine in the vicinity of the other and have all my recent data (documents/data/RSS feeds etc.) syncronised with NO hassle.
Any good apps out there? [more inside]
posted on Jul 9, 2008 - 8 answers
I seem to have corrupted files, but don't know how to replace them. [more inside]
posted on Jun 12, 2008 - 7 answers
My co-worker asked me to help her secure her home Windows Laptop. She recently had a virus that made the computer unusable. As someone who has been using primarily OSX at home for the past year I'm behind the times in terms of Windows security. I formatted the drive and re-installed windows XP for her. I've recommended getting Firefox and AVG, but aside from that: what should she do to make her computer more resistant to viruses and spyware? [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 16 answers 
How do I hook up a homebrew HTPC to an analog TV? [more inside]
posted on Apr 25, 2008 - 6 answers
Should I reinstall XP to speed up my laptop? [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 9 answers
PC Help again again. I have an old pc with windows 2000 server installed on a 20gig SCSI drive. I am trying to install a 40 gig IDE drive that has xp on it. I don't need windows 2000 server anymore so I want the computer to boot into xp but it isn't happening for me. What am I doing wrong? [more inside]
posted on Mar 22, 2008 - 11 answers
I'd like to record live video directly from my FireWire DV camera using Windows XP. Is this possible? [more inside]
posted on Feb 18, 2008 - 4 answers
I'm trying to connect to my university's wireless network with VPN. I keep getting a 619 or 721 error. This is with a new laptop that has Windows XP Pro SP3 on it. How can I fix this problem?
posted on Feb 14, 2008 - 7 answers
How to send the "Windows Key" over VNC from from Mac to PC? [more inside]
posted on Jan 21, 2008 - 3 answers
I'm considering getting a cheap PC that I can slap Windows 98 and/or 3.1 one solely for the purposes of playing older games. Would this satisfy my needs, or is there a better option? [more inside]
posted on Jan 7, 2008 - 15 answers
How can I a) crop off the whole bottom half of a video, b) zoom in on my subject after I've already made the video, or c) hide the face of someone in the video? While I'm asking, how about taking a video made on a Canon (designed for stills, so their video actual size is small, which means it pixilates horribly when you put it on youtube) and making it stay actual size when placed on the web? I'm on a windows notebook and hoping any of this is even possible. Thanks! [more inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2007 - 5 answers
Using a no-frills but decent PC, what (cheapish) sound card and what software should I buy for my father so he can record his guitar playing and singing as well as do basic mixing and editing? [more inside]
posted on Nov 15, 2007 - 6 answers
So I just got myself a 3M ergonomic mouse yesterday. Plugged it in, worked fine, no drivers required. Now today, it's not working so good. [more inside]
posted on Nov 9, 2007 - 2 answers
Simple network rebuilding: what's the best way out of a wireless network muddle? [more inside]
posted on Sep 23, 2007 - 6 answers
Help me learn to live with Vista. Tips, modifications, downloads sought. [more inside]
posted on Sep 13, 2007 - 11 answers
(Geekfilter) Can I convert Earthlink TotalAccess (WinXP PC) Email (.dat or .csv) mailboxes to Apple Mail (.mbox) mailboxes on a Mac? (AKA: How can Earthlink be this stupid?) [more inside]
posted on Jul 9, 2007 - 5 answers
Help me to fix/setup/keep running a network of 4 computers the easy way. [more inside]
posted on Jun 3, 2007 - 4 answers
I am going to be buying/building a new computer soon to replace my Powerbook G4 and I am debating whether to get a Windozer or a new Mac. I thought I might be able to build my own X86 machine and install OSX on it using something like OSX86. Has anyone done something like this? [more inside]
posted on May 30, 2007 - 12 answers
Does anybody have any ideas of some practical jokes i can play on a colleague by remoting into his registry? [more inside]
posted on Apr 26, 2007 - 11 answers
Can I fix a corrupted XP boot by copying the system files over from another installation drive? [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2007 - 11 answers
I have a PC running Windows XP. For 2 different reasons I want to split my monitor into two independent screens which Windows would then see as completely independent i.e. in Control Panel display there are two separate monitors etc.
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posted on Mar 23, 2007 - 9 answers
Where has my Outlook New Mail notification on the taskbar gone? [more inside]
posted on Feb 22, 2007 - 5 answers
One of my PCs running Windows 2000 Professional has been a stable workhorse for several years. However, beginning a few days ago, it has not been booting properly - it heads to the CMOS/BIOS set up menu after the memory test rather than log in. [more inside]
posted on Feb 18, 2007 - 12 answers
Why won't the speakers on my computer at work play at full volume anymore? [more inside]
posted on Feb 10, 2007 - 12 answers
What is a good performance monitoring and optimizing program for windows xp? [more inside]
posted on Jan 3, 2007 - 10 answers
Why does my IBM laptop hate my iPod nano? [more inside]
posted on Dec 30, 2006 - 8 answers
Windows PC keeps getting slower and slower--what to do? [more inside]
posted on Dec 22, 2006 - 37 answers
Windows 2000 just decided that I'm a new user for some reason. Exciting. How can I revert back to my old account? [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2006 - 6 answers
Norton Antivirus 2007 is killing my wife's PC (I think). How do I get in there and disable/uninstall it. And what should I use instead? [more inside]
posted on Oct 29, 2006 - 27 answers
How can I watch what is being written to my hard-drive? [more inside]
posted on May 31, 2006 - 4 answers
How do I convert documents from .wps format to .doc format? [more inside]
posted on May 5, 2006 - 7 answers
I've got a tower (AMD 3000+ with a gigabyte motherboard, 3/4ths of a gig of ram, etc.) that I'm trying to set up for a media center. The thing is, the first screen (where it's checking the ram) the keyboard works fine. I can go and edit my bios settings, save and exit, etc. However, on the next screen (where I have the option of booting from CD and such) keyboard input ceases to be. [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2006 - 10 answers
FamilyEntertainmentFilter: I have three pc's, two run windows (one dual-boots XP and Blag linux) and the third is an old PII that runs Fedora. I also have three daughters who all like being on the computer at the same time.
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posted on Apr 1, 2006 - 3 answers
I have to, starting very early in the morning, and well before Friday, install Windows XP, Office 2003, and a number of small insurance applications on 9 different minitowers that are coming in. Assuming they are all exactly the same build, and hopefully, without spending any more money, what would be the quickest and most efficient way to do this? [more inside]
posted on Mar 28, 2006 - 17 answers
WindowsFilter: how can I install complex language support on my PC without a CD? [more inside]
posted on Feb 15, 2006 - 2 answers
This may be slightly premature, but would it possible to install Windows onto one of the new Macintel platforms and so have an OS X/XP dualbooting machine? [more inside]
posted on Jan 11, 2006 - 20 answers
What is the most reliable way of automatically adding album art images to iTunes on a Windows PC? [more inside]
posted on Nov 9, 2005 - 15 answers
Please help with Windows XP PC with screen resolution issues. [more inside]
posted on Nov 2, 2005 - 16 answers
How can I synchronise a local wiki installation (preferably MediaWiki) with an online server installation? [more inside]
posted on Aug 5, 2005 - 12 answers
I like watching DVDs on my PC. What program should I use for greatest enjoyment? [more inside]
posted on Jul 7, 2005 - 10 answers
So I saw an article in MAKE magazine about recording HDTV on your Mac with an "over the air" antenna....but I've never seen a detailed run through with Hardware and Software suggestions for a windows machine.....Where can I find out about this?
posted on May 26, 2005 - 2 answers
I'll be teaching a smart, almost completely computer-illiterate person the basics of navigating a PC. Does anyone know of good material that I could use? [more inside]
posted on Mar 3, 2005 - 17 answers
In this thread, people mention a few times that the Windows disk defragger is horrible and can have negative long-term effects on hard drives. What suggestions do you guys have for a defragger to use instead? Preferably freeware...
posted on Feb 10, 2005 - 14 answers
Printer filter/ I'm downsizing to travel cross country and would like to use an old Canon bubble jet (BJ10ex) with my new Dell laptop running XP. Does anyone know if this won't work? I have to wait for a USB Parallel converter cable to arrive to test it. Are there other compatibility problems I need to know about?
posted on Feb 3, 2005 - 3 answers
Windows Networking. Computer A can see B and C; computers B and C can both see A. How do I make B see C? [+]
posted on Jan 28, 2005 - 13 answers
My mother's computer has picked up a persistant trojan virus. She's over 1,000 miles away so I can't work on her PC myself, so I've been talking her through things on the phone. AVG Free 7.0 detects the virus and claims to remove it, but it always comes back the next time she scans. The only thing she can tell me about the virus is that AVG removes a file with a mixture of English and Cyrillic letters in it. Any idea how I can help her slay this thing once and for all?
posted on Jan 24, 2005 - 15 answers
Macmini alternatives. I was considering purchasing a Mac Mini to make it a relatively inexpensive home media center, but after upgrading the hard drive to 80GB, adding Bluetooth for a wireless keyboard & mouse, buying the wireless keyboard & mouse, adding 802.11g for home networking, etc the $499 price tag was closer to $850 or more. Can anyone recommend a Windows box manufacturer who makes small form factor PCs for this kind of application?
posted on Jan 20, 2005 - 26 answers
YetAnotherQuestionAboutVideoCardsFilter: I am going to buy a new computer for browsing/photo editing/mp3 playing/excel editing/cd burning. I am _NOT_ going to be playing games on the machine. Does it matter what video card I get? I'm tempted to get an ATI Radeon 9200SE since it doesn't have a fan and I want a quiet PC.
posted on Jan 11, 2005 - 10 answers
Laptop Clean XP Install:
1] My (on board?) sound card is unrecognised. How do I find out what drivers to use?
2] What programs do you really think I need? I already have VNC, VLC, Firefox, Thunderbird and AVG installed. What else should I add? (Freeware/OS appriciated but not needed.)
posted on Dec 16, 2004 - 9 answers
Can you advise on printing to a Windows PC printer from a Mac OSX machine, over a network? [more inside...]
posted on Dec 1, 2004 - 9 answers
I know there are batch renaming utilities, but I'm looking for a more general batch-file management tool. I'm in the middle of a big job that involves all sorts of renaming and rearranging of file / folder structures. For instance, I have a hundred folders, each of which contains a subfolder called Images. Within Images, there are three jpegs. I need to delete the Images folders but not the jpegs. The jpegs need to be moved up-one-level into the main folders. Another task involved copying a single html file into all 100 folders. This is all using WinXP.
posted on Sep 29, 2004 - 6 answers
In iTunes, why do songs I uncheck not play during shuffled playback? I just want to uncheck songs I don't want on the iPod and let 'em play normally in the library. It's easier than making a playlist for the iPod each time I add new albums. Alternatively, how do you manage your library when it exceeds the size of your iPod?
posted on Sep 12, 2004 - 12 answers
Is there a shortcut or a teeny tiny lil app for Windows XP, that will let me put my PC monitor on standby with just one click. I don't want to turn the power off, just put it on standby.
posted on Aug 8, 2004 - 17 answers
I have a PC with WinXP Pro. She has an iBook with Mac OS X. Together they fight crime share a router. e:\ is where I shove all my porn music. How can I make this available to her to copy what she wants to her machine or her ipod?
posted on Aug 7, 2004 - 5 answers
is there a way to get free or low cost open source alternatives to
dream weaver, that would still run on a windows box? I've got dreamweaver
at the office, but didn't bite the big one to buy it for my personal
machine.
posted on Jul 16, 2004 - 9 answers
I'm contemplating the Switch. It's been 10 years since I've used a Mac, is it time to go back? Looking for advice from longtime Windows users who switched to Mac, and no I'm really not trying to make a commercial... [mi]
posted on Jun 10, 2004 - 32 answers
HELP, I'm stuck in meatspace. My home PC, on start-up,
1. Goes to the "Windows was not properly shut down" type screen...
2. ...where it gives me the choices of "Last Known Good Configuration" or "Start Windows Normally" etc, then...
3. ...no matter what choice I make, it eventually gives me a flash of blue screen with white print that is gone too quickly to read but starts with "STOP" and contains the word "registry."
4. Then it starts over at step 1 above. Repeat again and again.
5. Am I screwed? ...a little more inside.
posted on Jun 1, 2004 - 10 answers
My s.o. needs help with a technical problem on his home PC: "I cannot open any eBay page on my Internet Explorer. This just started last night. I can open all other internet pages, just none related to eBay. Is there a virus that specifically prevents people from opening eBay pages? This is really frustrating, I have run virus and spyware checks and found nothing, but I cannot think of anything else that could prevent access to a certain domain. Please help."
Anybody got any ideas (besides, obviously, switching to a Mac)?
posted on Apr 26, 2004 - 9 answers
Can anyone recommend a better alternative to Windows Task Manager?
posted on Mar 24, 2004 - 7 answers
Am I facing possible computer death? I have a five year old PC with Windows 98. It started acting buggy a few weeks ago and now freezes a few minutes after startup or even during startup.... more inside.
posted on Mar 11, 2004 - 12 answers
windows media player attack !
I cant change the brightness settings etc when i play a dvd.
posted on Feb 5, 2004 - 2 answers
I used to use winVNC to access my home PC from any web enabled computer. [more...]
posted on Jan 3, 2004 - 14 answers
