Archive for the "Computers Other" Category

1
Feb

Look, before anyone starts, I purchase music. I have tons of CDs/MP3s from the artists I like to support. I don't DL all the time, but I just wanna know if this is illegal.
Sources please
Answer: If you own the music then you are legally able to have one backup copy, or virtual copy. […]

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1
Feb

like ó, á, ñ, etc, I mean I have the ability to copy and paste them from an on the web character map but that's more trouble than it's worth, how can you make those letters with the keyboard?
Answer: There's some keyboard combos for what you want to do. This pages lists most of them:
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/inter…

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1
Feb

I've got an old, slow laptop which frequently grinds to a stop whenever I'm trying to run multiple programs. Usually, I get a notification from Microsoft which states, “You chose to end the non-responsive program (insert name),” and an invitation to send the info to Microsoft. My questions are: 1. Does anybody out there […]

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29
Jan

power off by holding the power button down or if it's not an ipod touch hold the middle button down at the same time as the down button on the click wheel.
Answer: if it is an ipod touch then hold down the button on the botton and the sleep button. if it is a regular […]

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29
Jan

What to do when your anti-virus software does not detect any threats but you’re getting virus type pop-ups?
I have Avast running on my laptop (vista) & got a virus. The firewall notification came up & I just clicked X out of it & proceeded to the Anti-virus software to see what it was. It said […]

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29
Jan

Do I really have a virus, or is this a scam?
So I was just on the internet, and then suddenly, everything like stopped working for a minute. And then a message came up saying something like “Warning!!! A threat has been detected. Please install anti-virus.” It then automatically opened up “my computer” and it showed […]

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29
Jan

You don't need to know why, but I need to delete all my computer's search history. Is there any way to do this so its deleted permanently? Like so there’s no way to ever find it again?… PLease I need to know…
Answer: Click on History at the top of your screen , next to View, […]

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29
Jan

Word states to add a circumflex, you have to use the combination CTRL+SHIFT+^+the letter.
it stated it could produce lower case or upper case.
well, it only does uppercase because obviously i'm pressing the shift key.
anyway to get around this?
thanks.
Answer: Release the CTRL and SHIFT when you type the letter. In other words,
CTRL/SHIFT/^   u gets […]

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18
Apr

I want to backup a lot of specific files to cd or dvd. Should I leave these files as zip or 7z, or should I extract them and then burn them to disc?
Answer: Leave them as a zip to not only conserve space but the integrity of the files. You can always extract them […]

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18
Apr

I just reformatted my personal and upgraded some stuffs.
After reformat, The anti virus cannot update it self..saying that there is a missing link..I'm using avast by the way ..and when i try to download another type of anti virus, like avira and etc icannot access the web page, its like ive been block from entering […]

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