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I have a Plll computer at home running XP Home Edition on a wireless network. Recently, I had a problem staying conected to Yahoo so did a restore to latest working configuration. Now, the machine will boot up and run IF it is not connected to the Internet. If connected to the Internet, the...

Does anyone know where I can find a graphic description of the various backplate configurations used by various manufacturrs beginning with 486 up through Pentium III? I know for instance there are Marl and Venus configurations for ATX. There may be more and certainly there are many beginning...

I have an older Dell machine (Optiplex GXM 5166) that has no drives installed so no OS is installed. The machine boots up withoug any error codes but I can not access the Bios to find out anything about the machine. I have tried pressing every key and combo I can think of on startup but can...

I have a box full of memory sticks, mostly SIMMs with a few DIMMSs thrown in. Is there any way to identify what kind of memorey they are? I can install in a computer and find the size but can not tell if they are FP, EDO, parity, non-parity etc. Most have few if any markings identifying size...

I have had IBM clones for years but know diddly about Macs. I just inherited a Powermac 7200/120 and would like to add some additional memory. Does a Mac use the same memory as an IBM clone? Additionally, can you swap CDROMS, floppy drives, etc between machines? Dont want to start a big...

I just reinstalled XP Home Edition when I ran into problems. I ran FDisk and did a complete install.. Install was from a factory recovery disk, 2003 version. What are the critical patches that I need? Many thanks.

I have a Dell Optiplex GX1, PIII that came with Win 98, upgraded to XP. When it tries to boot, I get the following message: PXE-E61:Media test failure,check cable. PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE What cable is it referencing? Thanks in advance!

I have a Dell Pentium laptop with a CD drive but no Floppy drive. I need to reinstall 98SE and have a Dell Reinstall CD. The CD has no bootable file to install. Since I have no floppy drive, how can I install the OS? The HD was f-disked prior to starting. Thanks for your help!

Short of using fdisk, how can I permanently delete files so that they can not be recovered? I understand that even if you delete a file and empty the wastebasket, the file may still exist somewhere and can be recovered.

I have a HD with Win 98 OS. I installed a 2nd HD as a slave and coppied some programs over to the 1st HD by dragging/dropping. I then removed the 2nd HD so now I only have 1 drive. The second HD that I removed contained Win 98SE which I aso coppied over to the 1s drive. Although I have only...

I have a few photos in BMP format that I would like to convert to JPG or JPEG format. Any ideas? Thanks for any suggestions. (Not sure where best to post this ?)

I have a homebuilt PII systerm based on a Soyho MD. I had a CD ROM installed with the audio cable attached to the Sound Card. I just installed a CD-RW but have no place to connect an audio cable. There is no connection on the MB and the Sound Card connection is already occupied. Suggestions...

I have acquired a 15g SCCI drive that I plan to install in a PII machine that I am building for my grandson running Win 98. This will be the only HD installed along with a CD ROM drive. I do not have any instructions as I asquired the drive used. How do I go about installing the drive, what...

I know this question has been addressed before but I can not find the post! When Win 95 loads on my homebuilt, I get a message that I need to enter acommand interruptor (or something similar) such as Command.Com right after Win 95 appears to have loaded (the Windows screen comes up). Entering...

Can anyone explain what a null modem cable is for and how does it work? Can it be used to drag programs/files from one computer to another? Is any software needed? I have a cable and need to transfer some programs and files from one PC to another and wondered if this would work. Thanks for...