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will not work.
ive had this laptop for at least two months.
we dont have wireless internet hooked up to it.
but usually at night ill bring it in my room and get on the internet, but tonight it wont work. ive tried everything to connect it. & i hate being in the living room on the computer because everyone is in my business.
someone please tell me how to connect it.
my laptop is an acer, windows vista basic.
intel celeron m.
when i try to connect to the internet which is linksys, it says connected with limited access.
but i have NO access whatsoever. but then it shows that i can get on, but then it goes back to not letting me.
at the bottom is shows the two computers with a yeild sign or something, but when im connected it shows like and earth symbol on the computers.
please help me.
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When it says connected with limited access, try to ping the router. To do this go to start > run > type 'cmd' without the quotes. When the black window opens type 'ping 192.168.1.1' without the quotes. If you get a reply, then type 'ipconfig' without quotes. If your address is 192.168.something.something then you've got an address and you network is fux0rd beyond the router. If you don't have an address like the example, try typing ipconfig /release and then ipconfig /renew
If it wont let you do this because of administrative access rights, go into your control panel, go to user accounts, uncheck the box that says something like 'user account protection' and try again.
A limited connection means you computer can communicate with the router (usually) but isn't getting a response from dns servers or any other host beyond the gateway (router).
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how do you COMPLETELY PERMANENTLY delete a picture off of your computer wiht no way of bring it back?!?! plz help asap thank you! (link)
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Wow....just wow....People, don't answer a question unless you can provide correct information.
When you delete a file, Windows takes the easy path. It doesn’t overwrite or blank out the file’s data. Instead, the OS zeroes out the FAT values for the clusters containing the data and changes the first letter of the file’s name in the disk directory.
To actually delete a file so that it is unrecoverable, you will need to overwrite it with random 1's and 0's. Many programs will do this, spybot search and destroy has an option to securely delete files. It's available free on the internet.
*Note: A previous answer stated that you may use the defragmentation utility in Windows to delete a file, while this is true, defragging will overwrite the file, it takes a long time and isn't really practical.
**www.smartcomputing.com
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Okay, so my AVG Free already expired. I tried updating it but then this dialogue box appeared saying that the download cannot continue because some files were corrupt and everything.... Now I have a prob cuz my computer is infected with virus and I can't take it off!
I really, really need some advice on what antivirus to get as soon as possible. And please, I need a FREE one.... (link)
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Wait....what?
Quote: "Okay, so my AVG Free already expired."
So a free program has expired on you...
Anyway, try uninstalling AVG then reinstalling it, if that doesn't work, try avast. The problem with these free antivirus programs is that they're passive scanners. (although I believe AVG has some active aspect to it) You need to actually purchase or **illegally download an active scanner such as Nortons Antivirus or Mcafee or even Kaspersky to keep the computer clean.
The problem with passive scanners is that you have to manually run them, this means that they can't catch a virus until it's on the system and/or running. Then, in some cases they can't get rid of it because it's being used by the OS and access to it has been denied. An active scanner will actively can you files and watch for viruses. It will get rid of them before they have a chance to do any damage.
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Hey everytime like when I use the mouse the cursor like moves in random places and not going in the direction it's supposed to go. It like moves on its own sometimes. Well it happens only sometimes but now its happening more often and its getting annoying. Whats the problem? (link)
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Is it an optical, laser, or ball mouse. If it's a ball mouse, try removing the ball and cleaning the rollers and the ball itself.
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Hello, my conflict is to find out what kind've laptop would be good for me. I wanted to use it to store school stuff on it, play a few computer games and just use it as a personal computer for myself. My price range is $600-1200. I know that toshibas and panasonic and dell computers are good, but i dont know haha. I just need some opinions. (link)
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I work at Circuit City in the computers department, we've got a Toshiba with a Core 2 Duo 5500, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, and 128 shared VRAM for about $900 dollars after mail in rebates.
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Toshiba-Satellite-15-4-Widescreen-Notebook-PC-A105-S4384/sem/rpsm/oid/162246/catOid/-12963/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
It's a great deal. Get it.
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I want to get someone a computer for Christmas Im thinking a laptop enless they're worse then a desktop. So would it be better to get a laptop or a desk top and what ones would be good to get like the brand processor stuff like that?/? (link)
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Wow, every other answer was garbage. I'll see if I can clear this up.
If the person already has a desktop and it's relatively new (came with XP) then they probably don't need a new desktop. You do need to keep in mind the pros and cons of desktops and laptops.
Real quick though: Somebody below said that laptops are faster....WTF? Laptops are the same thing as desktops, there's no real hardware difference other then that it's squeezed in a small case. System speed is going to depend on hardware speed. Faster processor, faster/more RAM, motherboard bus speed, hard drive RPM, etc. To be honest, desktops have the possibility to be much faster then most laptops due to the fact that they're far more expandable.
Pros and Cons
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Laptop
pro: portability
con: little expandability
Desktop
pro: expandability
con: little portability
^See what i'm saying. Pretty much the same. Now, on to what you need to know to decide what to purchase. Do they play games? If so, gaming laptops will usually run you around $2000+, while you can spend $800 on a desktop and purchase a graphics card for it and be good to go.
Some people will argue "I want wireless, my desktop can't use wireless internet"
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I'm thinking about living in an apartment complex next year that doesn't have Internet access. They have cable TV and said that I could get Road Runner.
I don't want to pay for someone to come install it for me. I've heard that it's pretty simple to do it yourself and this diagram makes perfect sense to me. http://content.rr.com/rdrun/qa.htm#14
I just don't understand what the first step would involve with the coaxial cable being split outside.
Would it be easy for me to hook it up myself? How do I do it? An answer from someone that has done it before would be wonderful.
If I do choose to have a technician install it, how much would it cost? The website doesn't say.
Thanks!
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Use a splitter, although it's easier if you let them come out and dedicate a wall jack to internet, run that to the modem. Once you've done that, you'll want to use what's called a router, wireless, wired, that's your choice. Fact: A switch is not a router, the only similarity is that they both have one port dedicated to the outgoing internet connection. A switch is usually used to create network segments.
A basic router will cost 40-60 dollars. If you have a choice on manufacturer, go with Linksys, it's a division of Cisco and Cisco has credibility...a lot of it.
If you want to use a wireless network to keep from having ethernet cables renning all over the floor, you'll need some sort of wireless network interface device for you desktops as most of them will not come with one. You can grab a USB wireless adapter which simply plugs into a USB port on your computer, or go with the more permanent solution and buy an internal wireless NIC that will fit into one of your expansion slots. Best Buy, Circuit City, etc. will carry what your looking for.
Once you set up the wireless network you'll want to secure it. To keep from having your neighbors using up all of your tasty bandwidth you should disable SSID broadcasting, enable MAC filtering to allow only and put in the MAC addresses of your NIC's. If you're going to be paying any bills online or doing anything private, you should using some sort of encryption, i'm going to recommend WPA-PSK over WEP simply because it's better. Most network devices supports this, warning: anything with 'speedbooster' doesn't support WPA-PSK and you'll have to go with the weaker WEP.
Good luck setting it up and i'll be glad to answer any more questions.
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Sory this is in the wrong category. But I need help.
I was in music class yesterday and we were bringing in different cds that we wanted to hear. So a kid in my class brought a cd that he made with his own rap voice in it. To me that was really cool. He even has his own music page in myspace where in cds he has his own music. How did he do that?. How can you put your own voice in a cd?. Like any artist does. Is there any easy way to do it?. Please help thanks! (link)
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Answerer before me: FAIL.
Download the instrumental version of a song, that means it's just the music, no lyrics. Get an audio mixing program such as cool edit, buy a microphone, plug it in.....the rest is pretty clear.
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ok so when ever i go to the bathroom or something like that i notice this white goopy stuff in my underwear, like coming from my vagina. sometimes theres a lot and it grosses me out. i dont know what it is, but how do i get rid of it or most of it? like make it stop?
ive had sex before, but im not pregnant..if that helps
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......-_-
It's called sperm. Next time have him use protection.
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MY BF of two weeks is coming over tommorow and i AM FREaKING OUT!!! I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT WERE GONNA DO. I need help from everybody! What are we gonna do? Im really really really nervous around him and clam up and am uncomfortable i need ideas on waht to do and what movies to watch (LONG MOVIES.ANY HElp on waht to do/ how to act/ ad how to relaz would be VERY MUCH APPRECIATED (link)
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Best advice that I can give you?...Be nude when you open the door, the rest of it will sort of fall into place.
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My period hasnt been on for two months. I have not had sex with a boy, never. what could be my problem. Please help (link)
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You may have been abducted by aliens at which point they will have implanted an alien 'sperm' inside of you and you are getting ready to experience the joy of producing extraterrestrial offspring at the expense of your life. Enjoy.
P.S. you should see a doctor, not a normal one in a lab coat but one that's in a dark room off of a dark ally in a dark city. He can help. Tell him family_guy sent you.
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There is a guy in my grade who 'is like in love with me' according to his friends. However, we have never talked or been introduced and do not have any classes together. The only time I see him is when we are in the halls. I was wondering, how can I get him to talk to me?
I would really like to meet him and I know he likes me.
I have previously asked this question but it was too long. Sorry for the repeat.
Thanks so much (link)
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Ways to get him to talk to you....
1) Walk up to him completely nude
2) Grab his 'jank'
3) Walk up and say 'Hi, I couldn't think of a way to talk to you so I went online and somebody told me to say this.'
In all seriousness, this is the internet, and you just used it to get 'relationship assistance', you are officially a cybernerd and shouldn't associate with real people anyway.
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Hey. I was wondering how to change my username on myspace because they gave me this number which I don't really like at all. haha, thanks (link)
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You could create a new one and the maybe you wont suck so much at life.
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recently ive had this feeling that one of my best friends doesnt seem to be my best friend anymore its like he's moved on to someone else [im a girl, hes a guy] he doesnt talk to me the way he used too. hes moved on to some other girl [he's gay]and it sucks. everything he used to tell me he tells her instead and it kills me.Ive tries to talk to him about this but he denies it and says he loves us the same and that im over eacting but i know im not ive known him for half my life and hes known her for a year, i really dont want to loose him.What do you think i should do? (link)
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I think you need to learn how to spell 'lose'.
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Hey everyone! Well, I've never heard of limewire until the other day from a friend. So, I started to use it but my parents are concerened that it is illegal. is it leagal? cause some people at school say it is leagal and others say it is illegal. i need to know! wut happenes if you use it and it is illegal??thanks!! (link)
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LimeWire is legal, the concern is focused towards what you use it for. If you download music and you haven't paid for it in some way(CD, itunes, etc) then you have officially stolen that song which is.....illegal. Same thing goes for downloading movies, software, games, etc.
Basically, if you're using it to download anything that you would normally have to pay for, then yes, you are breaking the law. People have been taken to court for this so don't be an ass. The use of the program however, is legal in and of itself.
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I just cant download torrents. I start the hole process and it never starts itself. The speed is 0kbps even after hours or even days. (link)
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Have you tried port forwarding? What client are you using?
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Hey! I recently removed a bunch of programs that I thought were unwanted from my Windows XP. Well now my internet explorer has disappeared. The shortcut still says internet but the internet explorer icon has been replaced with a picture of the world. When I click on it, it opens my internet options. Can someone tell me how to get my internet explorer back without wiping out my computer? Please and Thank You! (link)
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Start > All Programs > *right click Internet Explorer > Send to desktop (create shortcut)
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What are good firewalls that are downloadable from the internet? I want to give my computer extra protection so I'm thinking of downloading one. Also what are good pop-up blockers (downloadable)?
I'd really appreciate any answers ;). (link)
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zone alarm is free.
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp
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I'm looking to buy a laptop. I download a lot of music. How many GB's are ideal? (link)
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If you're worried about music storage, then take this into consideration, 1 gigabyte is approximately 1024 megabytes, we'll round this down to 1000 to make the calculations easier. Your average song is about 4 megabytes, usually less, that's 250 songs per gigabyte, multiply that times 20 and you get 5,000 songs, that's a lot of music. If you still think you need more space, an 80 gigabyte drive will hold 20,000 songs, 160 gigabyte, 40,000 songs...you get the point. Now, I didn't take into account your OS install or other applications, regardless, if music is your top priority, 80 gigabytes will do just fine.
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ok well my brother says he can get on my windows xp name without knowing my password. can he really do that? if so, how? (link)
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Yes, Windows does keep an Administrative account active in safe mode by default, however, it is possible to remove this account. There is also another way, it's more advanced then the administrative account, but you failed to mention whether or not your brother was computer suave or not. This 'method' involves stealing the SAM file and cracking it to get the passwords. Any more information will turn this into a tutorial, if anybody really wants to know how, simple google the string, 'cracking the SAM'.
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