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Hello experts - might I ask you for some help, please? I'm trying to upgrade the video card in a Dell Dimension 4550 desktop (2.66 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, AGP and PCI slots only) running Windows XP). It worked just fine with an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (until that card's fan went out and the...

Hi all, I'm hoping you can help with a perplexing, and annoying problem... I have a 80 GB Seagate IDE hard drive (3.5"), bought last year, installed in an external USB enclosure. It works great, and I regularly use it for backing up and transferring data. The problem is that, all too often...

Hello all, I've run into a bizarre problem with a friend's computer (PC, about 2 years old, WinXP, DSL Internet connection) and Internet Explorer. If I type a Web site name (google.com, www.utexas.edu) into the address box, IE just sits there doing nothing and never connects to the site. If I...

Hi all, I'm hoping you can help me on a problem that's rather stumping me. I'm trying to print from a Windows XP system to a LaserJet 2200D that has a JetDirect 600n EIO server plugged into it. The computer and printer are both serviced by a Linksys router. The problem is, basically, I...

Hello O Experts, I am helping a friend of mine set up his iMac (flatpanel, OS 10.3.9, 128 MB RAM) for recording audio. He purchased and installed an iMic for this purpose. We are having problems with the device, however... First, the input audio will not "play through" to the speakers -...

Hi O Experts, Can any of you suggest a good way to clean the inside of a computer? I've got a 4-year old PC that has some dust buildup on the inside, and I'd like to clean it up. I was thinking of using a vacuum cleaner and one of those "canned air" canisters... is that reasonable? Thanks...

Hi all, I have a Dell Dimension 2100 desktop, originally bought 4 years ago. It now has a 20 GB IBM IDE hard drive. I'd now like to add another similar-capacity drive (20 or 40 GB). It's been a while since I bought a drive for such systems, and last time I did so, all I needed to do was make...

Hi everyone, Is there a software solution for finding out which region a DVD belongs to? Background: I bought two DVDs from a small theatre company in Europe; they play fine on my German laptop, but won't play on any of my US friends' DVD players. My laptop is, however, set to Region 1 -...

Hi all, I have a colleague who has a relatively modern laptop (Medion, 1.9 GHz, WinXP) with SiS video which apparently has dual monitor function - i.e., you plug a monitor / projector into the onboard VGA connector, and the laptop treats it as an independent second monitor. (You see this in...

Hi everyone, I've got a modern PC (Pentium 4 2.80 GHz, 1 GB RAM) running Windows XP Pro Ver 2002 SP 2. It's used in a lab environment, and when not gathering data, it provides us with music from a large (1300 songs) MP3 collection. We use the playlist function in Windows Media Player (version...

Hello all, I have a Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop with Win2k on it. When I first bought and configured it, I anticipated wanting a Win2k/Linux dual-boot configuration - to be done later. Following the advice of several Internet resources, I partitioned my 27 GB hard drive with the intent to leave...

Hello all, I'm hoping you can help me with this problem that has completely stymied me... A friend of mine has a PC (AMD Athlon 1.86GHz, 512 MB RAM, "modern", WinXP Pro Version 2002 SP 1); for Web browsing, he uses Internet Explorer 6 as well as another Web browser called Avant. He connects...

Hello fellow Tek-Tippers, A friend of mine recently asked me to recommend a good laptop she could use for audio and video editing. Yes, she is specifically looking for a LAPTOP (not a desktop) solution. From things I'd heard & read, I'd formed the opinion that "laptop" and "A/V editing" are...

Hello o fellow tippers, I'm using Word 2002, and often use the Insert Graphic... From File... command. What's really been bugging me lately is that the resulting file-open dialog box always shows the files in icon view. Considering that I sometimes have to scroll through hundreds of graphic...

Hello everyone, I need help with a baffling modem problem. I have an Elsa MicroLink 56k Fun IIa modem, external, serial (not USB), connected to a PC running Windows XP Pro. This modem used to work fine for connecting to the Internet. Last week, it ceased to function properly. Namely, it...

Hi all, Let's say I wanted to buy a cheap (less than $150) digital camera (for photos, not a Webcam). What models in this price range are known to be "good"? Or, maybe a better question - are there any models that are famous for being utterly terrible and to be avoided like the...

Hi everyone, I imagine anyone who's used a modem has heard the sounds it makes as it establishes a connection (assuming the modem speaker is on, of course). I've always been curious as to what those sounds mean. Now I don't mean what each millisecond of the sound means. But there seems to be...

Hello all, I have a Linux system (2.4GHz, Asus P4PE MOBO, BIOS version 1002 running SuSE Professional 8.2) used in a lab environment, and want to use it to control several devices that communicate over a serial port. For the purposes of this question, what I need is the equivalent of...

Hello all, I'm hoping you can help me with a floppy drive issue. I have a PC system (P4 2.4GHz, Asus P4SBX-X MB, 512MB RAM, 40 GB HD) operating under Windows XP. Under Windows XP, the 3.5" floppy drive behaves strangely. That is: 1) It can read the contents of a diskette and show them...