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Installing Microsoft Windows Updates - ... your computer’s BIOS all require periodic updates that allow them to interact with new products that weren’t available when they were f...
Updating the BIOS under Windows XP - ...allow it to recognize and support the newer hardware or software.
For example, if Intel or AMD adds features to new CPU chips, or if a new and be...
Viruses, Worms, and Trojan Horses - ... be to blame. Sometimes, though, there are no visible signs. For example, a virus could quietly fill up your hard drive with garbage data, or spywar...
Firewall Software under Windows XP - ...o has ever had to deal with identity theft can tell you, taking back control of your life after someone has stolen your credit
card numbers, co...
Internet connection and Windows XP - ... way, it’s just a matter of keystrokes and mouse clicks to view it on the screen or listen to it through speakers plugged into your computer.
...
How to setup a local network in Windows XP - ...ely simple to set up a network, but a network is always more complicated than an isolated,
stand-alone computer. Network problems don’t oft...
Windows XP activation and hardware problems - ...side your computer. Most of these problems have relatively easy solutions if you know where to look.
Finding and fixing hardware problems requ...
Installing a New Hard Drive on Windows XP Professional - ...ata, and you shouldn’t do anything to the drive that might erase or damage any more data.
When your boot drive (almost always the C: dri...
How to recover data from a corrupted hard drive using Windows XP Pro - ...one. Before you spend that money, try the techniques in this section to read your files with special recovery software. The most important thing to ...
How to move a hard drive to a new computer under Windows XP - ...software that you installed on the old computer. Unless the old and new computers are exactly the same make and model or they use exactly the same m...
Adding more RAM under Windows XP - ...is article contains specific advice about fixing many of the most common devices and components in and around your computer.
Memory ...
Mouse, Keyboard, Motherboard and Power Supply Problems - ... tear the whole computer apart, it can be done. Just follow the instructions that come with motherboard, take your time, and double-check all the li...
Using a printer on Windows XP Professional - .../strong>
Sometimes the printer’s options and configuration settings will return to the correct values after you turn off the printer ...
Windows XP Professional technical support - ...ge Base, and a Google search only produces pleas from other people who are facing the same problem.
Now what?
It’s time to ask for help...
Creating a backup of your system under Windows XP - ...he advice in this article contains anything that does much good.
At some point in the process of troubleshooting, the amount of wasted time an...
Reinstalling Windows XP Professional - ...u have either the full Windows XP CD or an upgrade disk, follow these steps to reinstall Windows:
1. Turn on the computer and place the Win...
How to Back Up Your Data using Windows XP - ...as well as they should. It’s the same with a computer.
If you don’t make backup copies of your data, defragment the hard drive, and ...
What to do to optimise your Windows XP operating system - ... disk. But when you delete a file, the drive returns the space that the file had occupied to its “bank” of space available for new files...
Windows XP Device Manager error codes - ...Manager) and double-click the name of
a device with a yellow exclamation point (!) or a red X superimposed on the icon at the left of the devic...
What Windows XP does and does not - ...Windows has limitations. It also may help you communicate with the
geeky rescue team that tries to bail you out, whether you rely on the store
...
Upgrade another version of Windows to Windows XP - ... A Brain Transplant
If your current machine runs Windows 98 or ME, you can upgrade to
Windows XP by simply starting Windows, inserting the W...
How to activate Windows XP - ...led “BIOS locking” to make sure that the copy
of Windows XP that ships with a PC stays tied to that specific PC, forever
and ever....
Buttons and pointers in Windows XP - ...holes, and come back only to discover
that the busy pointer is still there, chances are pretty good that
Windows is hung. (That&rsquo...
Starting with the Start Button using Windows XP - ...em>To change the name or picture of the current user.. - To remove a program from the “pinned” programs list or the...
Personalizing Your Windows XP Desktop and background - ... eXPerience and you
can take control of every piece. I show you how in this article.
I’ve also included a discussion of Desktop Themes...
Controlling Icons under Windows XP - ...the
Recycle Bin: Bliss and a Recycle Bin. Who could ask for more?
If you bought a PC with Windows XP preloaded, you probably have so many
i...
Selecting Screen Savers on Windows XP operating system - ... with manufacturing
buggy whips on the obsolescence scale. Still, screen savers are amusing. To
select a screen saver:
1. Rig...
Windows XP Pro and Desktop Themes - ...a base color for the
desktop, background, settings for fonts and colors of the working windows,
pictures for the reserved Windows icons (Recyc...
Pinning to the Start menu in Windows XP - ...quo;t know why, but Microsoft calls this “pinning” kind of a wimpy name for the most powerful feature on the Start menu, eh? If yo...
Windows XP and Quick Launch Toolbar - ...f icons that sits next to
the Start button, where you can stick shortcuts to start all of your favorite
programs. It’s one of the handie...
Avoiding Microsoft Passport - ...l e-mail service,
open a bank account, trade stock, and on and on.
Here’s the downside of Microsoft Passport: How much do you trust...
Managing Files and Folders - ...his article tells how to recover a file or folder you deleted accidentally.
Using Windows Explorer
Computer geeks refer to the way Windows int...
How to share files and folders in Windows XP - ...ferent things in different contexts, and the devil (as you surely
know by now) can be in Windows’ details. Here’s a quick guide to the...
How do I locate files in Windows XP. Search Companion. - ...e name Search Companion and a cloying mascot, a mutt
called Rover. This article explains how to make Rover sit up, heel, fetch,
and . . . ...
Adding and Removing Programs using Windows XP - ...ystem. This short article explains precisely what to do.
Installing and Removing Programs
Windows XP includes a one-stop shopping point for a...
Update your Windows XP version - ...ing Windows Update
Windows XP has many reasons to be so insistent in its desire to phone
home and update itself. Windows Update helps you do ...
Performing Periodic Maintenance of your operating system - ...ne of them runs automatically every time
your system shuts down unexpectedly, like when the dog finally bites through
the power cord: The next...
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Instant Messaging under Windows XP. AOL, Yahoo and MSN messengers (06/16/2007)
(...) AOL Instant Messenger (often called AIM) has some really neat features. It can tell you when your chat buddies sign on, even before they send you an online “Hello.” If your chat buddies sign off, you know that, too. (...)
(...) AOL Instant Messenger (often called AIM) has some really neat features. It can tell you when your chat buddies sign on, even before they send you an online “Hello.” If your chat buddies sign off, you know that, too. (...)
What are newsgroups and how to subscribe to one (06/16/2007)
(...) To configure your newsreader program, ask your Internet Service Provider (ISP) for the name of its news server, the program that stores newsgroup postings for you to download. Newsgroup “netiquette” Here are some other suggestions for getting along with others in newsgroups: - Don’t post to the whole group if you’re sending a follow-up intended solely for the author of the original article. Instead, reply via e-mail. (...)
(...) To configure your newsreader program, ask your Internet Service Provider (ISP) for the name of its news server, the program that stores newsgroup postings for you to download. Newsgroup “netiquette” Here are some other suggestions for getting along with others in newsgroups: - Don’t post to the whole group if you’re sending a follow-up intended solely for the author of the original article. Instead, reply via e-mail. (...)
Guidelines for Creating a Successful Web Site (06/16/2007)
(...) Don’t create a “me, too” Web site that offers nothing but information that is already available elsewhere. Instead, strive for unique information that people can find only on your Web site.- Make it look good. (...)
(...) Don’t create a “me, too” Web site that offers nothing but information that is already available elsewhere. Instead, strive for unique information that people can find only on your Web site.- Make it look good. (...)
Worksheet in Excel 2003 (06/16/2007)
(...) With this technique, you edit the data on the Formula bar. If nothing happens when you double-click, or if pressing F2 lands the cursor in the Formula bar, not a cell, somebody has been fooling with Edit settings. Choose Tools -> Options, select the Edit tab in the Options dialog box, and select the Edit Data Directly in Cell check box. (...)
(...) With this technique, you edit the data on the Formula bar. If nothing happens when you double-click, or if pressing F2 lands the cursor in the Formula bar, not a cell, somebody has been fooling with Edit settings. Choose Tools -> Options, select the Edit tab in the Options dialog box, and select the Edit Data Directly in Cell check box. (...)
What Windows XP does and does not (06/15/2007)
(...) That’s hardware. - Software: Everything else e-mail messages, that letter to your Aunt Martha, pictures of your last vacation, programs like Microsoft Office. If you have a roll of film developed and put on a CD, the shiny, round CD is hardware you can touch it but the pictures themselves are software. (...)
(...) That’s hardware. - Software: Everything else e-mail messages, that letter to your Aunt Martha, pictures of your last vacation, programs like Microsoft Office. If you have a roll of film developed and put on a CD, the shiny, round CD is hardware you can touch it but the pictures themselves are software. (...)
Upgrade another version of Windows to Windows XP (06/15/2007)
(...) 3. Click Windows XP, and then click Add/Remove. 4. (...)
(...) 3. Click Windows XP, and then click Add/Remove. 4. (...)
How to activate Windows XP (06/15/2007)
(...) Later, the Product Activation program looks at various serial numbers inside your PC the processor, network card, and disk drives, among others mixes them together, and produces a second 25-character code that identifies your PC. Those 50 characters, taken together, are called the Installation ID. 2. (...)
(...) Later, the Product Activation program looks at various serial numbers inside your PC the processor, network card, and disk drives, among others mixes them together, and produces a second 25-character code that identifies your PC. Those 50 characters, taken together, are called the Installation ID. 2. (...)
Buttons and pointers in Windows XP (06/15/2007)
(...) Usually you can use some combination of the Shift and Ctrl keys to convince the program to behave itself: Hold down the Ctrl key while resizing, for example, and the program may start stretching the picture instead of cropping it. Experiment. If all else fails, you can always start over again. (...)
(...) Usually you can use some combination of the Shift and Ctrl keys to convince the program to behave itself: Hold down the Ctrl key while resizing, for example, and the program may start stretching the picture instead of cropping it. Experiment. If all else fails, you can always start over again. (...)
Starting with the Start Button using Windows XP (06/15/2007)
(...) Nope, I’m not exaggerating. I keep expecting to bump into a Windows XP machine with fly-out Start menu entries that read, oh, “Surveys have shown -> Near and far -> That people who drive like crazy -> Are -> Burma Shave.” You can always delete those pesky Start menu billboards by right-clicking on them and choosing Remove from This List. (...)
(...) Nope, I’m not exaggerating. I keep expecting to bump into a Windows XP machine with fly-out Start menu entries that read, oh, “Surveys have shown -> Near and far -> That people who drive like crazy -> Are -> Burma Shave.” You can always delete those pesky Start menu billboards by right-clicking on them and choosing Remove from This List. (...)
Personalizing Your Windows XP Desktop and background (06/15/2007)
(...) For a quick change of pace, Desktop Themes change all seven layers, all at once. I talk about Desktop Themes later in this article in “Using Desktop Themes.” Here are the seven settings that control how Windows dishes up your desktop: - At the very bottom, the Windows desktop has a base color, which is a solid color that you see only if you don’t have a background or if your chosen background doesn’t fill up the entire screen. (...)
(...) For a quick change of pace, Desktop Themes change all seven layers, all at once. I talk about Desktop Themes later in this article in “Using Desktop Themes.” Here are the seven settings that control how Windows dishes up your desktop: - At the very bottom, the Windows desktop has a base color, which is a solid color that you see only if you don’t have a background or if your chosen background doesn’t fill up the entire screen. (...)
Controlling Icons under Windows XP (06/15/2007)
(...) - Auto Arrange icons that is, have Windows keep them arranged in an orderly fashion, with the first icon in the upper-left corner, the second one directly below the first one, the third below it, and so on. - If you don’t want them arranged automatically, at least you can have Windows Align to Grid, so you can see all of them without one appearing directly on top of the other. In general, you can remove an icon from the Windows desktop by rightclicking on it and choosing Delete, or by clicking on it once and pressing the Delete key. (...)
(...) - Auto Arrange icons that is, have Windows keep them arranged in an orderly fashion, with the first icon in the upper-left corner, the second one directly below the first one, the third below it, and so on. - If you don’t want them arranged automatically, at least you can have Windows Align to Grid, so you can see all of them without one appearing directly on top of the other. In general, you can remove an icon from the Windows desktop by rightclicking on it and choosing Delete, or by clicking on it once and pressing the Delete key. (...)
Selecting Screen Savers on Windows XP operating system (06/15/2007)
(...) If the user who was logged on has an account that requires a password, she will have to re-enter the password in order to get back into Windows. • If On Resume, Display Welcome Screen is not checked, when the computer wakes up, it returns to the state it was in when the screen saver started. The user who was logged on remains logged on. (...)
(...) If the user who was logged on has an account that requires a password, she will have to re-enter the password in order to get back into Windows. • If On Resume, Display Welcome Screen is not checked, when the computer wakes up, it returns to the state it was in when the screen saver started. The user who was logged on remains logged on. (...)
Windows XP Pro and Desktop Themes (06/15/2007)
(...) 3. Choose a theme from the Themes box. When you bring in a theme, it replaces all seven of the desktop levels I discuss in this article, plus the sound scheme you may have had in place. (...)
(...) 3. Choose a theme from the Themes box. When you bring in a theme, it replaces all seven of the desktop levels I discuss in this article, plus the sound scheme you may have had in place. (...)
Pinning to the Start menu in Windows XP (06/15/2007)
(...) Here’s how you pin Word 2003 (the word processing program from Microsoft Office 2003) on your Start menu. The procedure for any other program works similarly: 1. Both Word 2003 and Outlook 2003 are on the All Programs menu, so pinning them is easy. (...)
(...) Here’s how you pin Word 2003 (the word processing program from Microsoft Office 2003) on your Start menu. The procedure for any other program works similarly: 1. Both Word 2003 and Outlook 2003 are on the All Programs menu, so pinning them is easy. (...)
Windows XP and Quick Launch Toolbar (06/15/2007)
(...) Here’s how to avoid the problem in the first place: 1. Make sure the Quick Launch Toolbar is showing (right-click any open spot down on the Windows taskbar and choose Toolbars -> Quick Launch). 2. (...)
(...) Here’s how to avoid the problem in the first place: 1. Make sure the Quick Launch Toolbar is showing (right-click any open spot down on the Windows taskbar and choose Toolbars -> Quick Launch). 2. (...)
Avoiding Microsoft Passport (06/15/2007)
(...) What’s a person to do? Many folks strike a balance between privacy and convenience by getting a Passport, but being very vigilant about the kinds of information they hand over to Microsoft’s ever-expanding database. You may find that a workable solution, too. Just be aware that Passport data collection can be a two-way street: If you use a Passport to get onto a site, there’s a chance that the site will send gathered information back to Microsoft. (...)
(...) What’s a person to do? Many folks strike a balance between privacy and convenience by getting a Passport, but being very vigilant about the kinds of information they hand over to Microsoft’s ever-expanding database. You may find that a workable solution, too. Just be aware that Passport data collection can be a two-way street: If you use a Passport to get onto a site, there’s a chance that the site will send gathered information back to Microsoft. (...)
Managing Files and Folders (06/15/2007)
(...) Now that we have the terminology turned right-side-out, you can easily understand where Windows Explorer fits into the Grand Scheme of WinThings. Windows Explorer lies at the center of the stupid computer interface. When you want to work with Windows ask it where it stuck your wedding pictures, show it how to mangle your files, tell it (literally) where to go you usually use Windows Explorer. (...)
(...) Now that we have the terminology turned right-side-out, you can easily understand where Windows Explorer fits into the Grand Scheme of WinThings. Windows Explorer lies at the center of the stupid computer interface. When you want to work with Windows ask it where it stuck your wedding pictures, show it how to mangle your files, tell it (literally) where to go you usually use Windows Explorer. (...)
How to share files and folders in Windows XP (06/15/2007)
(...) Windows has a folder called Shared Documents that looks and acts a lot like My Documents. Inside Shared Documents, for example, you find folders called Shared Music and Shared Pictures. The Shared Documents folder has three cool but minor characteristics that make it a special place: - Windows Explorer makes it easy to get to the Shared Documents folder with a link to Shared Documents in the Other Places box on the left side of the screen. (...)
(...) Windows has a folder called Shared Documents that looks and acts a lot like My Documents. Inside Shared Documents, for example, you find folders called Shared Music and Shared Pictures. The Shared Documents folder has three cool but minor characteristics that make it a special place: - Windows Explorer makes it easy to get to the Shared Documents folder with a link to Shared Documents in the Other Places box on the left side of the screen. (...)
How do I locate files in Windows XP. Search Companion. (06/15/2007)
(...) (The end of this article explains how to make Rover disappear.) If the Search Companion screen looks familiar, it should. In fact, Search Companion is a pane inside Windows Explorer. (...)
(...) (The end of this article explains how to make Rover disappear.) If the Search Companion screen looks familiar, it should. In fact, Search Companion is a pane inside Windows Explorer. (...)
Adding and Removing Programs using Windows XP (06/15/2007)
(...) If you can see the kind of grand scale I’m talking about: In Add or Remove Programs, you may tell Excel that you want to use its Analysis Pack for financial analysis. Similarly, you may use Add or Remove Programs to completely obliterate Office’s Speech Recognition capabilities. That’s the kind of large-scale capability I’m talking about. (...)
(...) If you can see the kind of grand scale I’m talking about: In Add or Remove Programs, you may tell Excel that you want to use its Analysis Pack for financial analysis. Similarly, you may use Add or Remove Programs to completely obliterate Office’s Speech Recognition capabilities. That’s the kind of large-scale capability I’m talking about. (...)
Update your Windows XP version (06/15/2007)
(...) Microsoft continually refines (and in some cases improves) its Help system. Windows Update ensures that you have the latest Help files installed and ready to go the next time you dive into the Help and Support Center. All of this benefit comes at no price: There’s no charge (although you do have to be connected to the Internet); you needn’t register your copy of Windows to take advantage of Windows Update; and no information about your machine is sent to Microsoft when you use it, aside from the obvious catalog of Windows components necessary for Update to do its job. (...)
(...) Microsoft continually refines (and in some cases improves) its Help system. Windows Update ensures that you have the latest Help files installed and ready to go the next time you dive into the Help and Support Center. All of this benefit comes at no price: There’s no charge (although you do have to be connected to the Internet); you needn’t register your copy of Windows to take advantage of Windows Update; and no information about your machine is sent to Microsoft when you use it, aside from the obvious catalog of Windows components necessary for Update to do its job. (...)
Performing Periodic Maintenance of your operating system (06/15/2007)
(...) 2. Right-click the drive that’s malfunctioning and click Properties. 3. (...)
(...) 2. Right-click the drive that’s malfunctioning and click Properties. 3. (...)
Zipping and Compression using Windows XP Professional (06/15/2007)
(...) The net result, overall, is a big reduction in file size. It’s complicated, and the mathematics involved gets quite interesting. Windows XP’s two file compression techniques are as follows: - Files can be compressed and placed in a “Compressed (zipped) Folder,” with an icon to match. (...)
(...) The net result, overall, is a big reduction in file size. It’s complicated, and the mathematics involved gets quite interesting. Windows XP’s two file compression techniques are as follows: - Files can be compressed and placed in a “Compressed (zipped) Folder,” with an icon to match. (...)
Windows XP and Media Player (06/15/2007)
(...) (If you have run WMP recently, it’s in the Start menu’s short list, and you can much more easily choose Start -> Windows Media Player.) Click the Media Guide button on the left side of the WMP window. The Media Guide hooks into www. (...)
(...) (If you have run WMP recently, it’s in the Start menu’s short list, and you can much more easily choose Start -> Windows Media Player.) Click the Media Guide button on the left side of the WMP window. The Media Guide hooks into www. (...)
Adding and deleting a track to a playlist in Windows Media Player (06/15/2007)
(...) If you have a lot of playlists, WMP displays only the first few of them in the drop-down list. If the one you want isn’t there, click the last list item, Additional Playlists. This opens a scrolling list of all playlists. (...)
(...) If you have a lot of playlists, WMP displays only the first few of them in the drop-down list. If the one you want isn’t there, click the last list item, Additional Playlists. This opens a scrolling list of all playlists. (...)
Understanding CDs and CDRWs (06/15/2007)
(...) WMP cannot add data to a partially recorded CD-RW. Before you can reuse a CD-RW, you must erase it, like this: 1. Put the CD-RW in the CD writer. (...)
(...) WMP cannot add data to a partially recorded CD-RW. Before you can reuse a CD-RW, you must erase it, like this: 1. Put the CD-RW in the CD writer. (...)
Introducing Windows Movie Maker (06/15/2007)
(...) You can play movie clips in the right pane, which is called the monitor. Below the three panes is the workspace. As you assemble movie clips into a whole movie, this area displays the state of your work and lets you control it. (...)
(...) You can play movie clips in the right pane, which is called the monitor. Below the three panes is the workspace. As you assemble movie clips into a whole movie, this area displays the state of your work and lets you control it. (...)
Assembling a movie clip in Windows XP (06/15/2007)
(...) Choose a clip from one of your collections and drag it to the workspace at the bottom of the window. An image of the clip appears at the beginning of the workspace. 3. (...)
(...) Choose a clip from one of your collections and drag it to the workspace at the bottom of the window. An image of the clip appears at the beginning of the workspace. 3. (...)
Splitting and combining clips (06/15/2007)
(...) Set the monitor’s seek bar pointer to the position where you want the split to occur. 3. Click the monitor’s Split button. (...)
(...) Set the monitor’s seek bar pointer to the position where you want the split to occur. 3. Click the monitor’s Split button. (...)
Working with Digital Pictures using Windows XP (06/15/2007)
(...) -You can use an Internet camera (a “Webcam”) to feed live images directly into your computer and capture them as either still frames or movie clips. When I talk about Internet cameras here, I’m talking about the ones that have to be tethered to a computer. They have no capability to store images. (...)
(...) -You can use an Internet camera (a “Webcam”) to feed live images directly into your computer and capture them as either still frames or movie clips. When I talk about Internet cameras here, I’m talking about the ones that have to be tethered to a computer. They have no capability to store images. (...)
Moving Images to Your Computer (06/15/2007)
(...) Use the Scanner and Camera Wizard to transfer images stored in the memory of a digital camera to your PC or to capture still images from an Internet camera: 1. Plug the camera into the appropriate port on your computer. If it’s a digital camera, turn it on. (...)
(...) Use the Scanner and Camera Wizard to transfer images stored in the memory of a digital camera to your PC or to capture still images from an Internet camera: 1. Plug the camera into the appropriate port on your computer. If it’s a digital camera, turn it on. (...)
Photo Printing Wizard in Windows XP (06/15/2007)
(...) Click Next. The wizard displays thumbnails of the pictures in the folder. Above each picture is a check box. (...)
(...) Click Next. The wizard displays thumbnails of the pictures in the folder. Above each picture is a check box. (...)
PCs and Peripherals Starting with the Basics (06/15/2007)
(...) There’s no reason to walk around with this stuff tattooed on your arm; you certainly don’t need to know these technicalities just to check your e-mail or use Microsoft Word. However, when you grow more knowledgeable about Windows and your PC, you’ll find that these terms crop up in your computer conversations more and more often. Hardware In the PC world, hardware is any piece of circuitry or any component of your computer that has a physical structure. (...)
(...) There’s no reason to walk around with this stuff tattooed on your arm; you certainly don’t need to know these technicalities just to check your e-mail or use Microsoft Word. However, when you grow more knowledgeable about Windows and your PC, you’ll find that these terms crop up in your computer conversations more and more often. Hardware In the PC world, hardware is any piece of circuitry or any component of your computer that has a physical structure. (...)
Custom colors in Windows XP (06/15/2007)
(...) but that’s another article entirely. The monitor Today’s monitors come in two different varieties: - The traditional CRT monitor: The cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor is big, brassy, and less expensive to buy than a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor, but it uses more electricity, gets hot while you use it, and emits all sorts of radiation. (Nothing harmful, mind you, but it’s there all the same. (...)
(...) but that’s another article entirely. The monitor Today’s monitors come in two different varieties: - The traditional CRT monitor: The cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor is big, brassy, and less expensive to buy than a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor, but it uses more electricity, gets hot while you use it, and emits all sorts of radiation. (Nothing harmful, mind you, but it’s there all the same. (...)
Taking care of your operating system (06/15/2007)
(...) To be honest, your PC couldn’t care less but it’s a good bet that many of the programs that you want to run are designed for Windows, and much of the hardware you add to your PC either won’t work or will be harder to configure if you use another operating system. Therefore, I heartily suggest that you stick with Windows XP: The various flavors of Windows are the choice of the vast majority of PC owners. Additional Toys Your PC Will Enjoy You’ve bought your PC congratulations! or you’ve decided to finally turn on that totem pole of a desktop computer that you’ve been looking at for the last six months. (...)
(...) To be honest, your PC couldn’t care less but it’s a good bet that many of the programs that you want to run are designed for Windows, and much of the hardware you add to your PC either won’t work or will be harder to configure if you use another operating system. Therefore, I heartily suggest that you stick with Windows XP: The various flavors of Windows are the choice of the vast majority of PC owners. Additional Toys Your PC Will Enjoy You’ve bought your PC congratulations! or you’ve decided to finally turn on that totem pole of a desktop computer that you’ve been looking at for the last six months. (...)
Game Controllers and External Drives in Windows XP (06/15/2007)
(...) Consider the Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback steering wheel, which has the same optical tracking mechanism as today’s optical mice and trackballs. It even has its own onboard processor, which keeps track of what’s happening within the game and activates the wheel’s internal motors to provide the matching feedback. (Naturally, it also has programmable buttons. (...)
(...) Consider the Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback steering wheel, which has the same optical tracking mechanism as today’s optical mice and trackballs. It even has its own onboard processor, which keeps track of what’s happening within the game and activates the wheel’s internal motors to provide the matching feedback. (Naturally, it also has programmable buttons. (...)
Surge Protectors and UPS Units (06/15/2007)
(...) Don’t forget, however, that a honking big cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor will use much more power than the PC itself, so you should allow for it when deciding on which UPS to buy. If you’re using a dialup or digital subscriber line (DSL) modem connection, make sure that you get a surge protector or UPS that will also protect your modem from electrical surges that juice can travel just as easily across a phone line as across your power line. Connectors, Ports, and Sundry Openings In the beginning (okay, last century), there was the serial port and the parallel port who would have needed anything else? If you could afford a printer back then, it was connected to the parallel port, and your modem (or perhaps your mouse) was hooked to your serial port. (...)
(...) Don’t forget, however, that a honking big cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor will use much more power than the PC itself, so you should allow for it when deciding on which UPS to buy. If you’re using a dialup or digital subscriber line (DSL) modem connection, make sure that you get a surge protector or UPS that will also protect your modem from electrical surges that juice can travel just as easily across a phone line as across your power line. Connectors, Ports, and Sundry Openings In the beginning (okay, last century), there was the serial port and the parallel port who would have needed anything else? If you could afford a printer back then, it was connected to the parallel port, and your modem (or perhaps your mouse) was hooked to your serial port. (...)
Maintaining Your Hardware (06/15/2007)
(...) ) Here are the guidelines that you should follow when moving your PC: - Never move your PC until it’s completely powered down. In this case, move means any movement whatsoever (even nudging your PC’s case a few inches across your desktop). - Never move your desktop PC if it is running. (...)
(...) ) Here are the guidelines that you should follow when moving your PC: - Never move your PC until it’s completely powered down. In this case, move means any movement whatsoever (even nudging your PC’s case a few inches across your desktop). - Never move your desktop PC if it is running. (...)
Should you refill used inkjet cartridges. Scanners. (06/15/2007)
(...) The only real advantage to refilling cartridges is the money that you save over buying a new cartridge. As a fellow inkjet owner myself, I feel your pain when you’re standing in the checkout line at Wal- Mart with a $40 cartridge in your hand. However, here are the reasons why I buy new cartridges consider these the facts that you won’t see when that refill kit TV commercial appears for the umpteenth time: - You’ll probably get messy. (...)
(...) The only real advantage to refilling cartridges is the money that you save over buying a new cartridge. As a fellow inkjet owner myself, I feel your pain when you’re standing in the checkout line at Wal- Mart with a $40 cartridge in your hand. However, here are the reasons why I buy new cartridges consider these the facts that you won’t see when that refill kit TV commercial appears for the umpteenth time: - You’ll probably get messy. (...)
Rotating and cropping images using a scanner in Windows XP (06/15/2007)
(...) 3. Select either the Left or the Right radio button to specify the direction of rotation. 4. (...)
(...) 3. Select either the Left or the Right radio button to specify the direction of rotation. 4. (...)
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