Search results for query: *

Hi, everyone My friend has this Pentium 4 Gateway laptop with Windows XP Professional installed. One day she booted up her laptop and found that it wouldn't produce any audio any more. She has tried reinstalling the windows, but it won't work. We suspect that it is a hardware problem. The...

Hi, guys I have this 5.25 USB 2.0 external enclosure. What bothers me is that Windows (XP PROFESSIONAL) can't recognize whatever I put inside the enclosure, either it is a hard disk or a dvd-burner. The hard disk and the dvd burner are both working properly if they are attatched to another...

Hi, everyone, I have this HP computer with Windows XP professional installed working smoothly. Yesterday, I opened the computer tower to do a little cleaning(removing some dust or other stuff). I did disconnect some wires from the optical or hard drives, but I put them back, CORRECTLY. I am...

HI, everyone My brother bought from an ebay an internal dvd writer. But he intended to get an external one. I wonder if I could change the internal to external. thanks

Hey, everyone I am working on a project that requires some background in multimedia manipulation. But the various formats and one other so-called container format seem very confusing. What I have understood so far is that CONTAINER formats don't really have anything to do with the compression...

Hi, everyone I just started to learn audio and video authoring, (teach myselt though, not in any educatonal institute) but got really confused about some terminology. Would really appreciate for any help. Is codec the same as format? I saw an article saying "a video codec/format called MPEG-4...

Hi, guys, I met a serious problem and desperately need your help. Because of some unknown reasons, my computer was not able to access files from a partion of a USB external hard disk, it reported that the disk was "corrupt and unreadable." I used PartitionMagic to convert the file system of...

Hi, guys I have a Gateway laptop that recently would not make any sound at all. I have reinstalled the necessary drivers, including that ones that came with my laptop and the updated version (on spearated trials, not installed together) on a clean-installed system, but wouldn't help. I suspect...

Hi guys Just wonder if SP2 will update DirectX to 9.0c? Do it also update WMP? to what version? thanks

Hi, guys I am thinking about upgrading to Photoshop CS2 from PS 6.0. But I am concerned about the stability of the newer version on my system and what new features CS2 could actually provide. I know the best way to do this is to try it myself. But is the tryout version EXACTLY the same the...

Hi, Guys, I am planning to purchase a copy of Paint Shop Pro X. But as I did some research about this products, I found some negative comments about it. But I am not sure if they are true or just some misconceptions. Many claimed that Paint Shop Pro X (and also previous versions) didn't save...

Hi, guys, I just installed Office XP on my computer. But since I don't know how to program in VB, I didn't install the Visual Basic for Application (Something like that, don't remember the exact name.) I believe that VBA is used to write macros for the office applications.(By the way, is it...

Hi, guys, I need to creat relatively complex diagrams, but feel the tools that come with the office are really too simple for my purpose. I would like to know about some advanced alternatives that would provide advanced drawing capability and good integration with office, especially word...

Hi, guys, Just out of curiosity, I have many Microsoft products that require online activation. Just wonder what would happen if Microsoft stops providing support for those products, or even goes bankrupt.

Hi, guys, I got a problem about the mouse right click menu. When we right click our mise, we see the "New" command for creating various new documents. But the problem is I have installed many kinds of software, many of which put icons in the menu. So it takes very long for the whole menu to...

Hello, everyone, My computer system only supports ATA/33 or ATA/66 IDE interface hard disks. But the hard disks I found are mostly ATA/100. I wonder if I could install an ATA/100 hard disk on my computer. Would the new disk just operate at the speed of ATA/66, or it will generate too much heat...

I am considering buying an additional hard disk, but not sure what type of interface my computer supports. Is there anyway to find out this information? thanks

Hi, guys My system is HP Pentium III 1 GHz, with 60.0 Ultra DMA Hard drive and preinstalled Windows ME. I guess this kind of OLD system is very likely to have a limitation on the size of hard drive that could be installed. But before I knew about this issue, I had already purchased an internal...

It can be either through using a third party software or any other system change. Thanks for any input.

Hi, guys My desktop manual says that I could add an aditional internal hard drive. When I did some research online, I found two kinds of internal hard drive. http://www.cyberresearch.com/images/products/1056067572.600.jpg the link above shows a picture of an internal hard drive that is more...