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I'm running Debian on an old laptop with a wireless card. How can I "search" for available networks? (In windows, I can bring up a screen that shows all the networks it can see)

I have AOL on XP Pro, and just ran Avast. Now I can't get AOL mail. I can bring up AOL's main screen, but when I check to log in, the login screen won't come up. Any thoughts?

I have AOL for my e-mail, and I have the free AOL, which is internet only. That is, I use MS Explorer and go to www.aol.com to get my e-mail. I don't use AOL's browser. I am running XP Pro. If I am viewing another website, and click on an e-mail address, up pops Outlook Express, with the...

I can't change the background - when I right click on the background, then go to Properties, then the Desktop tab, all of the selections in the scroll box are disabled. Also, IE won't save my default website, it goes to blank.

I am running XP Pro, and have no audio at all. I tried all the tips in: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=917841 and http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=384988 Any ideas?

I have a Canon BJC-5100 (similar to 5000) and Canon has no drivers for XP for this printer. Some of the sites suggest using a Win 2000 driver and modifying it with "BJCAngel", a special script. I have an IBM Thinkpad T30, and tried installing the W2K driver, but it would not install. Anybody...

I have a Tyan Trinity 400, model S1854 When I boot up, the keyboard is not found - Del or F1 keys do not work. In addition, the usual blinking of the num/alpha/scroll lock lights does not happen. I've done the bios reset, any suggestions? What do those fuses by the cpu do? cheers, Mike

Does anyone have any experience with any motherboards that support Celeron and registered PC133 SD ram? I have some of these, and want to use them up. The Tyan Thunder HESL is one, but it is a two-socket board. I only need one 370 socket (Celeron is a sole-processor chip - two won't work)...

I have a small column of cells - say a1 through A10 I want to rotate these, so that A10 is now a1, A9 is A2, etc. I have plenty of room - I can do this in two steps, if need be. cheers, Mike

What are the "official" specs for Cat 5 wire? In other words, how many feet (or meters) for 100 Mb/s How many feet for 10 Mb/s thanks, Mike

I'm in win2000 sp3. I try to install Internet explorer, but an error message tells me: A previous install requires a reboot. Setup will stop" or something like that. I try to reboot, but still get the message when I try reinstalling IE. Is there a registry key to delete ? (Don't say...

I'm using Windows 2000 and AOL 8.0 I'd like to get the SP 3 for Win 2k, but when I try to download it using the AOL browser, all I get is a screen of charavcters, boxes, etc. It looks like a binary file in notepad, or another editor. Any ideas? cheers, Mike

I have two Win 98 machines - one is quite basic and it runs about 48 kernel threads - about the only unusual stuf is taht it has the dsl software, and it's the NAT machine with browsegate running. The second machine has all my "stuff" and runs 170 threads. Can I kill individual...

Can anyone point me to a good reference (book, website, etc.) that explains the NT 4 BSOD? What the info is, what to use it for, where it gets logged, etc. Thanks

I am running Internet Explorer 6.0 and Windows 98 Second Edition. When I click on a Javascript object, I get an error message, instead of the new window which is supposed to launch. I have gone through the security tab and enabled all the scripting and java, etc. options (and rebooted, too)...

I have Excel 97. I want to do some simple animation to demonstrate trains on railroad tracks. Basically, black boxes will move from cell to cell. What I want to do is 1. Recalculate over and over - on 1 second intervals, or more often. 2. Make a cell black or white, depending on the...

I am trying to add a local printer to Windows 98 Second Ed. The printer and cable are fine (tested on another computer), and I removed the parallel port and all other printers from the W98 installation. I can add teh printer, and associated ports, but when I print a test page, or anything...

I am running two computers - one with NT 4.o Enterprise Server, the other with Windows 98 Second Edition. The First one (NT Server) is connected to my DSL provider and I can access it fine (which is how I am sending this). The second NIC is configured 192.168.119.1 (subnet 255.255.255.0) and...

I have AOL and Win 98. Suppose I open www.dice.com in IE and find a job - with an e-mail link like goodjob@headhunter.com If I click on this link, I am asked to set up e-mail and the Wizard wants an incoming (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) mailbox server and an outgoing - SMTP - server. What do I enter...

I have my home computer set up to dial into work and to use my work Outlook account. So, when I am logged in, and click on an e-mail address, Outlook is launched as my default e-mail server. However, when I am logged in to AOL, and not work, when I click on an e-mail address, I still launch...