Recent content by lisadell

This could possibly have something to do with your phone line. Did you always have trouble with this particular phoneline. If it used to work fine, what changed? Did you add any phones or change any phone cables in the house? Try these: Put telephone on the loop with your modem. Use handset...

Find your motherboard manufacturer and model number. Go to motherboards.org and use the mobot search to find your board. This will give you links to find and download your motherboard manual. I have always found what I am looking for here. You will get information on where the jumper for...

I agree with most of the previous advice. Just a couple more things to keep in mind. If you buy local, have a system custom built for your needs. Spend time shopping around and check for best service agreement. When you go into a shop the first question you should be asked is what you want...

Advice: Before you format your drive, make sure this is the problem. Try to get another drive that has same OS and see if it will boot up your machine. You should be able to borrow one from a friend, or maybe from your workplace. Formatting you drive sounds like a quick and easy fix, but if it...

Forget opening them in Outlook. Select the attachment and check properties (right click) to see what kind of file it is. Save to your drive. Open the application you need to view the file, then do a file - open to find and open the file. If the file was created with an application that you...

Press <CTRL> <ENTER> to bypass startup password. If this doesn't work, Panasonic should have a manual for this laptop to physically reset the password. Don't scrap the laptop. If you can't find how to do it, send me an email and I will find out for you. Lisa Merchant L&M Computer Services

You can either: 1. network computers together. Lots of inexpensive kits you can buy to do this. You have a lot more control of this Database if it resides on one of your local systems. Also, you don't have to worry about not having or losing internet connection. Go to a computer store and...

I would not remove the battery. Your motherboard manual should have instructions on how to manually reset the password. There may be a separate switch or jumber just for the password. I would check there before clearing whole CMOS. If you don't have a manual, they are easy to find on the...

Do not delete the temp folder. It is part of the Windows operating system and is there for a reason. You can delete files with extension .tmp, but only delete files that are older than current date. I would not go into DOS and delete any files that are part of the operating system unless you...