Hello, I have Pentium II/488MHz/128MB RAM (Dell) unused comp lying around, and I was planning to use this as either a file server or a media storage comp. For this purpose, I got on this deal: http://shop4.outpost.com/product/3983238 It is a Hitachi 250GB UATA100 8MB Buffer Hard Drive. I was...

Hi all I have Norton Internet Security 2005 but I want to update my antivirus to prehaps Norton 2009 from...

I am looking for a WiFi broadband router to access the Internet for 2 PC. there is a lot out there; will a unit that is ADSL2+ work on a standard run-of-the-mill broadband connection? thanks --

not sure if this is the right group to ask about this. I've been looking at some modular desk workstation. wood finish would be cherry. I'm not sure how this one will be set up. Looking at a J or C or U configuration depending on how one looks at it. 1st wall, 34" 2nd wall, 136"

Can anyone tell me if hard drive spindle speed is an important factor to consider when purchasing a hard drive? Or should I just concentrate on average latency, average access, and max. full seek time? I ask because two hard drives with a data rate of 80mps can differ in these other...

Hello. I have a decade old APC Back-UPS ES-750(BE750G) with its old replaced dead battery #2. Since it's a very old model, I want to see if there's a better one out there. I don't like its lack of detailed status on its physical device like my vertical APC Back-UPS XS 1500 (model: BX1500G). I...

I have both HDMI (HDTV) and VGA (monitor) connected to my new 64-bit W10 Pro PC (Intel Core i5-10400 Comet Lake 2.9GHz 6-Core LGA 1200 CPU (includes Intel UHD 630 GPU), ASRock H510M-HDV/M.2 Intel LGA 1200 microATX motherboard, MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti DirectX 11.2 N750TI-2GD5/OC (2 GB of...

Blue Screen of Death caused by Amazon Kindle for PC software in Windows 8.1, with a modern computer system (few years old). Happens every so often, and I'm fairly certain it's caused by this program, which takes forever to synch, and further fails to download all books properly (some reside on...

Hi All, I'm gonna build my first pc from scratch, anyone know where to get all the parts cheaply in the UK, I know both those words "cheap" and "UK" don't go together but if its cheaper than this www.novatech.co.uk I will be very happy. Thanks in advance Mark

Serious question - why is SP2 so big? It's about (80 to 100 MB for users fully up to date with XP patches and is 200 plus MB for those who haven't been applying patches. Let's say it is a average minimum of 90 MB. That is very big. Why is it so large?

I was looking up a wrestler via Google image links when some malicious software took over my system. (Which is why I'm writing this from the library). Now when my system is connected to the internet the only page that will display is a mock FBI page attempting to extort money from me...

Over the past few years the capacity of disk drives (and the amount of space typically used on them) has greatly increased, and now it is getting more and more difficult to figure out how to back up these drives. What type of hardware (and software) do you use on your systems for backup? Up to...

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39163/ I think the PC is more important than ever. You?

Over the years, the Raspberry Pi has helped children learn to code and has powered many homebrew projects around the world, but some users have often lamented at the lack Windows support. Luckily, now that the Raspberry Pi 2 is here, that's all about to change. Microsoft has announced that it...

Computer in question had a problem when it last ran... Computer froze and the only way they could shut it down was to unplug it. When they tried to power it up again, nothing would happen. They took it to the person who built it who proclaims, it's fried. She got it back from him (minus...

Hello, Today 29 june 2015 after installing Microsoft Windows 7 updates the Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro Soundblaster 7.1 stopped working. (No more sound, no more audio devices available for console launcher, software for soundblaster). The update process went as follows: I accidently clicked...

Considering the fact a mainboard is a very complex part of a computer that you would want to know is factory fresh, how come mainboard boxes are not factory sealed? If that's because configuring has to be done after the factory, how come the company that configures the thing does not seal the...

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 15:47:28 +0100, Lem wrote: snip Am I being too complacent? I've never used one. I've never had a surge blow anything either. My next door neigbour as one for her PC, but makes SFA difference. Of

OK, live and learn. Repost since my first post got lost when Firefox unexpectedly disappeared from my Linux screen. But not blaming Linux (Damn Small Linux) since I have a Pentium II with 1 GB (!) hd and a few sticks of RAM. Can't expect much. Anyway, like I was saying I did get the Linux box...

Is there a generally-accepted best angle for the slope of a regular keyboard? One web page says this: ------------------ BEGIN QUOTE ----------------- "angle of the keyboard relative to the angle of the wrist. Most keyboards slope upwards from front to back, and this means that users bend...