Ok, I just signed up for Earthlink DSL. I'm running Windows ME. I have McAfee anti-virus. So, after I get things hooked up in a few weeks (hopefully) what do I need to do next? I really haven't done any research into firewalls because I have been on dial-up and I have always heard the hackers...

I have a five year old Compaq with 128MB of memory (shared with video memory.) It has Windows ME installed so you know that It's crashing like crazy. Before I spend the money on a new computer I thought I would look into upgrading the memory. So: how hard is it to take out the old memory and...

Finally my local phone company (SBC) if offering DSL in my area. At least that's what their web site says when I punch in my phone number Ok, they offer two packages - one is $19.95 and up to 1.5Mbps with free activation and modem. The other is 29.99 and up to 3.0Mbps with free activation and...

Just when I got a hand on that dang yenk format now I find something called "rar." What in the heck is this? And is there a good free program to open up these files?

I currently have Window Media Player 9 installed on my computer. No matter what I try it will not open up tho. So, can I just go to the Microsoft website and download Windows Media Player 9 again? Or do I need to uninstall media player 9 first? When I go to the install/uninstall program I...

How do I download/decode PAR files? What's the difference between PAR and RAR? Any free programs that allow me to download PAR files? Thanks!

My Compaq Presario 5000 Series is having it's first major hardware problem since I got the thing five years ago. A few days ago I booted it up in the morning and I heard a strange noise. It did not stop. It was kind of a grinding noise. Like something was stuck on. This was early in the...

I have a five year old Compaq Presario 5000 Series desk top. The floppy drive is screwed up. I want to turn the floppy completely off. I don't want Windows or whatever to check the floppy drive when I start it up. So, how do I go about this? Do I need to access the bios? How do I do that? ...

Ok, I was just at my brothers house and he showed me the modem that's in his Dell laptop. I was surprised at how small it was. It went out and Dell is sending him another one. It's almost the size of a stick of gum. Now, I have a Compaq Presario desktop and I have never opened it up before...

Ok, here is what I want to do: you know that you can pick any web page for a home page in Internet Explorer or leave it blank. Well I want my hope page to be a picture on my hard drive. Is that possible? Whenever I open Internet Explorer I want a picture from the My Pictures folder to pop up. Can...

Anybody know where I can get free and nice backgrounds for my desk top? In particular, I'm looking for backgrounds that actually move. Say for example, a background of stars that move across the screen. Thanks!

I've been looking at the computers on the Compaq and Dell web sites more and more. Also been looking at the computers being sold on amazon.com. I've been looking at new computers for the last six months. Once I upgrade to DSL I would like to take my main computer (my Compaq Presario) and...

I'm trying to install a Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 PC Card Model No: NP100 in a Compaq Presario Notebook model 1200-XL118 running Windows 2000 Professional with service pack 3. When Win2K starts up, the new hardward wizard detects the pc card but under the wrong name. Then when I try...

Does Compaq support XP on the Presario 5140? When switched to XP the USB ports no longer work. I went to the download Drivers site, and put in the model number and only shows Windows 98 and Windows 95... Am I out of luck on this? :crybaby:

Compaq Presario 5140 Anybody hear of this one. I do a normal shutdown sequence, Start-Shut Down-Wait for Ok-Then press button on front for about 3 seconds. Everything is off, no lights on front panel, computer quiet. Then for no apparent reason it starts up on its own after 30 minutes. I checked...

I have a 5wv235 (serial # 8047FPP410C9 )Presario with the original 10GB Hard Drive. I updated recently to windows XP- SP1 ( the original operating system was windows 2000 or ME not sure). Never upgraded the BIOS because apparently no-one is available for windows XP. Current Bios date: 10/12/00. I...

any experts out there know what mother board this has and possible prossesor upgrade path there is it has sempron 3000 works ok with memory and video upgrade but is a prossesor upgrade posible. dont know what socket it is? help thanks in advance

Hey People, I need help for a compaq 4409CL pc. It's running Win Xp home edition. I can get to the Desktop but there is no taskbar, no icons nothing except the wallpaper. I cannot right click on the desktop. I have tried the restore CD nothing happens. the only way to get to anything is by doing a...

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Hi, my Armada M700 stopped working. I shut it down and when i tried to restart a few days later it was dead. When I restart, only the Battery-LED is flashing 8 times. Nothing else happens. I tried to start only on battery and even without battery but the effect is always the same. Any...