169 IP Address Bill , you are most precise and correct. my aim here was to make life simple for this computer user. People somehow...
Simply reboot the computer. Printers as well seem to have trouble when coming out of standby mode.
Wireless Setup First of all buy a wireless router. You will find them on sale at this time of year. Most brands are ok. If you use the one...
reinstall quicktime , then uninstall See as admin if you can install the quicktime. Then reboot and try to uninstall. Usually solves the problem.
High Speed Cable Resource You can check out this site for help: www.askmarvin.ca As well it could be a spyware / virus problem on your...
GMail invites Yes the invites still work. When you send it to your own account think it labels it as an email from "self ". Should take no...
Nero Blocked Site Two pop up blockers running ( the windows sp2 one and something like a google toolbar or sonme unknown toolbar /spyware...
169 IP Address Check the wires and connections. Make sure the DHCP in the router is turned on. A 169 ..... IP indicates that no connection is...
Try installing the program Network Magic to set up your network. link: http://www.networkmagic.com/download/
Right click on the "Neighborhood Network" icon on your desktop. It is one of the two settings. Must of gotten changed somehow.
Alternatively you could run the program "Disk Doctor" in Norton Utilities.
Add/Remove Windows Components As well you can add Explorer through the add / remove programs console in the control panel. It is the second area...
Booting Windows off a USB Flash Drive If you have a newer computer (P4 etc) that will boot off the USB I have seen it done with Linux. Has this...
also you should be able to remove the update by either using system restore in the start > all programs > accessories > system tools > system...
Safe Mode Try to to into "safe mode ". You do this by tapping repeatedly either F5 or F8 repeatedly when windows begins to start up ( after...
Fun and games. Remember to start the install at the dos prompt a: you type the word setup ( every other companies install in the days of dos...
Another Wonderfull Marketing Decission The explanation for the change to a non upgradeable firmware non Linux propiertary bios was that someone...
first check to see in the device manager if your sound devices are installed. If they are installed they should be listed , no exclamation or...
Upgrading Linksys WRT54G for advanced firmware It all depends on the version of the Linksys WRT54G you have. The newer version ( version 5) of...
Hope that you have not lost your mind yet !!!
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