Computer Technical Help , Q & A
Joann: Question
I have a problem with my computer it won't cover the complete
screen of the computer.
Answer
Sounds as though
the Windows resolution is not set correctly to enable it to fit
the entire screen, if you right click on the desktop
> Select Properties > now select the Settings tab
> you’ll now see the Screen Resolution slider > move this to the
right > try a resolution of 1024 x 768 to begin with and
increase this as necessary to find the correct resolution, for
more info please visit
Our monitors page
David:
Question
I bought a Compaq Presario 1622 laptop, has windows 98
installed, here is the kicker it's in Spanish, how can I change
it to English. Thanks for any help!! David
Answer
Hi you'll either need the
English language pack, which may be hard to find or purchase an
English version of Windows 98 or even upgrade to ME, eBay would
probably be the best bet, should be very cheap.
Janet: Question
Our so called high speed is slower than dial up was. We are
paying for high speed and getting nothing. We download a movie
to watch and it stops in the middle of it and you can't get it
back. I was able to view 1 movie, used pause and lost it, then
can't get it back. Downloaded another one and can't view it. Why
is my 'high speed DSL so darn slow. I'm thinking of going back
to dial up...it's faster. it took 11 1/2 minutes to get a
connection. yeah, real fast.
Answer
firstly we need to ascertain the actual speed you are getting
from your ISP, if you go to
www.speedtest.net run the test and you see both your upload
and download speeds, if it allows you initially to run a movie
and then the connection drops, this could be an issue with your
ADSL Router/Modem dropping the connection, many routers have an
idle connection setting that can be set to disconnect if not
used for anything down to a minute, then it can be difficult to
get back online, so firstly check the speed and if it’s
significantly lower than what your paying for contact your ISP
they will be able to look into this, if you have an 8mb
connection it is very rare to get the full 8mb, but anything
under 30% of this shows there is an issue probably with the
line, so make sure you have line filters on any phone
extensions, then the issue can only be with the ISP,
if you need help logging on to your router to check the idle
timeout.
Jeremy: Question
I have an old NEC Versa 4080h laptop i picked up at a garage
sale for 15$ and was wondering if I could hook the old computer
up to my newer Acer aspire desktop to put some small games,
backgrounds, music and so forth on to my old laptop that has no
cd reader no USB port no internet hook-ups but most of the rest
the Ethernet is also very large like I have never seen
before.... can you help?
Answer
Crikey that laptops a blast from the past, I believe with this
model it has a floppy drive in the front and this can be swapped
for a cd drive, best place to look is eBay, or as it has 2
pcmcia ports you could purchase a cabled or wifi network card,
the only issue may be getting hold of the drivers if it is still
running its original Windows 95, not sure about the big Ethernet
port though
Question can I write to a CD after closing the
session
My Prob. is Regarding CD, i have 2 CD's which i had burn using
Nero 6 but i forgot to put multisession option "ON",now i am
unable to write further on the same CD's as multisession is
there any software which can multisession an already burnt CD
which does not have multisession option ON.. plz reply as soon
as possible waiting for u r reply....thank you
Answer
Unfortunately not, if the multisession option has not been
enabled and the session is closed it in effect turns a standard
CD into WORM type media (Write Once Read Many) this is a
physical change to the CD which cannot be reverted.
If however the
CD’s you are using are CD-RW then you can simply back them up
and burn them again with multisession enabled.
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