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    Laptop recommendation for college student?

    Hi. I was just wondering if anyone could suggest a good laptop for my sister who is heading off to college in August. i was looking at the dell inspiron 15 and studio 15. She will just need it for internet and word processing. would like it to be as light as possible - but not to sure...
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    Need Help - trying to reformat XP

    I am trying to reformat a Gateway computer that has XP. It had a virus on it...I managed to get all my stuff off of it, and am ready to reformat. We had this same problem with a laptop in the house and had no problem reformatting. But i put in the drivers disc (which it says to put in...
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    Winzip Repair Tool - Free?

    Hi. I have a backup of a site that i really need to use, but the winzip file is corrupt! Does anyone know of a FREE tool i can download to repair it? i've found some but not free ones...any free ones out there? thanks!
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    Strong signal on laptop, but can't access internet

    I have a dell laptop with Vista on it. It has always worked fine. connected to the network in our house and got on the internet. Our internet was down a couple of days ago for a while. And since then, the laptop hasn't worked. It says it is getting a strong signal - but can't see the...
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    Linksys adapter not working on my Gateway XP media center...

    I am setting up a new computer in our house. The new computer is a Gateway with XP Media Center Edition. I have the network all set up on our other computers and it all works fine...we have two other computers and two laptops working on the network. I took a linksys adapter from one of the...
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    Connected to Network but can't get on internet ???

    I have had everything working fine with my wireless network. We have three pcs, and three laptops all have been able to get to the network and on the internet. Yesterday my newest laptop (with vista), was connected to the network but would not get on the internet. it had an X in the network...
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    Network Vista Desktop with XP laptop - please help!

    Hi. I am trying to network my dad's laptop (xp) with the vista desktop they just got. the router is hooked up to the desktop. the internet connection works on the laptop. but i can NOT get it to network. i don't know if it's some sort of security he put on his netgear or what....but i have...
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    Can't see vista laptop on network, please help!

    I am trying to network two laptops with a pc. one of the laptops has xp, one has vista. The main desktop with the router has different user accounts setup (not sure if that matters but i've never set one up with different user accounts. i have renamed the workgroup on each computer to the...
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    HP Compaq dc7600 keeps rebooting!

    It just keeps rebooting, XP will load, will get to my desktop, and sometimes i don't even have to touch it, and it will just reboot???? I took out the video card to see if that was the problem, still doing it. i did notice the fan on the motherboard is not turning, is it suppose to be, could...
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    F10 not loading Recovery....

    I have a HP Pavilion7915 that has the recovery on a different partition...I am supposed to be able to hit F10 when the blue screen is up on startup - and it is suppose to go to the recovery screen. But it's not working!! i've tried and tried, even tried F11, and pretty much everything else...
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    Reformatted my computer, now internet not working....

    HI, i reformatted my computer last night and now i can't get the internet to work. I had a router all setup and working previously. But since it wasn't working, i unplugged it, and now just have the dsl modem plugged into my computer (ethernet), the wall, and phone jack. i checked my network...
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    My Aunt can't see site...don't understand why, please help!!!

    I just built a site (about my niece&nephew) and my aunt can not see it, she just gets IE's page can't be displayed.....Everyone else can see it. Her internet works fine otherwise. Does anyone know what this could be??? She has two other computers in the house and they can't see it either...
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    Other computers on network can't open my Shared Docs...please Help!

    I just reformatted my computer (xp pro). first thing i did was create another user- administrator account so as not to use the default. i have norton, did all the windows updates available....and i'm having a problem with the shared documents. no other computer on our network can open my...
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    Linksys Wireless Adapter Question...

    I am trying to re-set up my wireless network (we moved and i had it setup before, but i can't exactly remember how I did it:) I had a router on my computer, and then i had two pcs with wireless network adapters, and one laptop, with a wireless card installed. It was all working great. My...
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    Internet on the road....

    Can someone tell me about getting wireless internet for your laptop on the road (in the car)? through cell phone companies i guess it is. i've heard something about it, but would like to find out more...can someone point me to a website, which companies have it? verizon? thanks
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    Installing 98 on Sony Vaio with XP...help

    Hi. I am about to try to install Win98 on a Sony Vaio PCV-RS 314P that has XP on it....need help! first i don't know much so if there is anything specific i should know (like if this is not possible :).....i have been trying to find the 98 drivers for that model, will they even exist? and if...
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    Email Validator ??s

    Hi, i am looking for a good Email Validator program we can use on our mailing lists. And also i have a question about a program i have now, i'm using a free one that will let you validate up to 500 at a time, if i buy it you can do unlimited...could using it to verify get you put on the...
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    ACT 4.0 & Winfax 10 --question

    Hi...I am trying to setup winfax on a computer. I have it all setup, just like i do on other machines i have-all preferences and setup the same....however, i am using a newer version of winfax on this one. When I go to send my fax using the lookup i have open in ACT, the lookup folder on the...
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    Ticketmaster site won't open....help???

    Ok, my internet works....every other site works...even the other ticketmaster sites for other countries...but if i go to ticketmaster.com it won't load....I just get the page cannot be displayed page. and it does this on EVERY computer in the house (computers are networked wirelessly). does...
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    ACT 2000 problem...it won't open!

    Hi. we have ACT 2000 on all of our computers here.....well all of a sudden it won't open on my computer (and one more here)....We both ran Norton's liveupdate today, not sure if it started after that though. When i click on it, it brings up the opening screen, and sometimes opens, but then it...
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    ACT 2000...won't open! please help

    Hi. we have ACT 2000 on all of our computers here.....well all of a sudden it won't open on my computer (and one more here)....We both ran Norton's liveupdate today, not sure if it started after that though. When i click on it, it brings up the opening screen, and sometimes opens, but then it...
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    Trying to install linksys wireless adapter

    I am trying to reinstall a linksys Wireless G (WUSB54G) adapter..i have the cd, but when i do it it says its missing file m4301A from the cd...how can the file be missing from the CD....what do i do? can't find anything about it on the internet. thanks
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    Please help, wireless networking after running recovery of XP....

    Hi. I just ran a system recovery on a computer in my house running XP (wanted to reformat but can not find the discs). Anyway, i ran the recovery, and everything seemed back the way it was, and the computer was running much better. but when i plugged in the wireless network thing it won't...
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    WLAN disabled??? help!

    Hi. my mom just got a new laptop, it's a compaq presario....it has been working perfectly, it found the wireless network connection (from the router on my computer) right when she took it out of the box and the internet had been working fine. but all of a sudden it isn't working. the wlan...
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    networking 98 pc to XP laptop...

    I am trying to network a pc that has windows 98 to a brand new laptop with XP. i had to install a network card in the pc, i hooked up the router. the internet is working on the pc, and the laptop is reading the signal from the router, says the signal is excellent, but the computers can't see...
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    Clear and easy explanation needed!

    Hi. I am a novice at networking. I have two computers in the same room, i am going to want them to share a printer. Can someone please give me a good explanation of the easiest (and not to expensive) way to do this. What will I need? Thanks!!!