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HTTP Error 400 when loading sites like Hotmail and MSN
Name: Alyssa I keep getting an ERROR 400 message on some sites i try to get to! They are very common sites like MSN and Hotmail. I have a brand new HP laptop, Vista, Windows IE. I have no clue how to get this error message to stop! Please help! I am using Trend Micro [...]
Asus splits into three different companies – Motherboards are now branded “Pegatron”
I have been a fan of Asus motherboards for as long as I have been building computers. Only once have I ever built a machine with a non-Asus mobo and that’s not an experience that I’d like to repeat. So, I was understandably.. surprised when I heard the announcement that Asustek is splitting into three [...]
What is better: Cable or DSL?
Name: Kraig Henderson Hello, my family and I have just moved to a new neighborhood and are shopping around for a new ISP. Dial-Up is not an option because it’s too slow. Qwest offers DSL in our area and there is Comcast offering cable. I have heard bad things about both cable and DSL broadband [...]
What Size Widescreen Monitor Should I Get?
Name: Larry Adams I have been shopping around for a new screen for a while now because my LCD monitor I have is going out (the backlight is going bad, I think). At first I was just going to go get the same screen I had before but it looks like these new widescreen monitors [...]
How do I make my computer act like a TiVo?
Name: Andrew Harris Hi Tweaks, I have seem some computers that you can watch TV on and want to know how I can make my PC do that too. I have an HP Pavillion and would like for it to be like a TiVo. We don’t watch much television at my house but there are [...]
How do I setup dual monitors in Windows Vista?
Here’s a little walkthrough on how to setup dual monitors in Windows Vista. I figured I’d throw this together as I finally got around to purchasing another display after I prematurely sold off my Samsung 740N that I had setup as a secondary display. If you’ve not tried a dual monitor setup before, then I [...]
HP Pavillion A704W – Powers on, but does not boot
Name: Michelle Terral HP Pavillion a704w when turned on fans come on but will not boot, no beeps at all what could be the problem? This is a desktop, was trying to connect it to wireless network with my other computers and it froze when i tried to restart it at first all it did [...]
What is better – A laser printer, or an inkjet?
Name: Mary Carlton Hi, I have been considering getting a new printer for a while now and have heard about laser printers and that they are better. Is this true that they print lots more documents before they run out of ink? I am going to school and have to print things out all the [...]