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• Can I restore my Toshiba laptop back to factory settings without the restore CD?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: Is there any way to completely reset a Toshiba Satellite with Windows ME back to factory default settings? How do I do this without the OS disk. I don’t understand how to use a startup disk.
  9 hours ago

• How come the Smart Wizard CD tells me my NIC has an error and suggests rebooting my computer?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: I’m trying to set up the WNR2000 wireless router with the Smart Wizard CD. When I get to the 2nd step it says that my NIC has an error and suggests restarting my computer. I restart my computer and the same thing happens. What should I do?
  9 hours ago

• (AAPL) Dubai’s Debt Crisis Primes the Panic Pump

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 164
  by Ryan Cole, Investment U Research Dubai reminded the world last week: this crisis isn’t over. With a surprise debt restructuring request by Dubai World – Dubai’s corporate front – and a plea from the tiny UAE for creditors to accept delayed payment, nervous global markets swiftly headed into reverse. ...
  9 hours ago

• Is there anyway to undelete an email after deleting using shift + delete?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: I need software for undeleting. I deleted (shift+del) a .pst file and I need it back. Unfortunately, I did not select the option of “leave a copy on the server.”Its pretty important as it is my wife’s boss’s email.
  10 hours ago

• Death By Update? Microsoft Investigating “Black Screen of Death”

  
  BlueBadger.com — Authority: 122
  Did you load Windows 7 in the very recent past? Did you then update it with the latest security patch? Did your screen disappear or turn black? If so, then you aren’t alone. It seems the latest security update from Microsoft may cause the user’s screen to be nothing but black after logging on. And the “black ...
  17 hours ago

• Fix new monitor resolution

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: I just connected a 19″ Acer monitor to my computer and I cannot change the screen resolution. I am using Microsoft Windows XP and when I go into the screen settings the slider will not go any higher but I know the monitor supports higher resolutions. What do I have to do to resolve [...]
  21 hours ago

• Is there a way to use digital paper without actually using paper?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: There are things like Pulse and Solidtek where you write on paper and you can digitally upload it to your computer. Is there anything where you can do the same thing without paper? Like an electronic notebook that you can just hit save and start a new paper?
  1 day ago

• How can I completely remove privacy shredder?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: I installed a trial version of a program called privacy shredder. I have uninstalled the program from the add/remove section of my computer however I still have annoying pop-ups coming up asking me to register the program and it is still appearing on my toolbar. How can I completely remove this annoying program ...
  1 day ago

• How come Microsoft Excel wont start and complains about sku111.cab?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: I have booted up my desktop today and my MS Office Pro 2003 will not allow Excel because I do not have a sku111.cab file. How do I get this without the original CD?
  1 day ago

• How do I fix an exception Privileged instruction from JavaSrvc.exe?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: Using an Aspire 3050 with Windows XP and the following error pops up before I even get to log into my account:—JavaSrvc.exeThe exception Privileged instruction. (0xc0000096) occurred in the application at location 0×0061f8fb.—–This error freezes the computer to the point where I can’t even click on the ...
  1 day ago

• Dell Computers

  
  COMPUTER TROUBLESHOOTING — Authority: 133
  Dell Inc.is a multinational technology corporation that develops, manufactures, sells, and supports personal computers and other computer -related products. Based in Round Rock, Texas, Dell employs more than 76,500 people worldwide as of 2009. Dell grew during the 1980s and 1990s to become the largest seller of ...
  1 day ago

• Cyber Monday Comes But Once A Year

  
  BlueBadger.com — Authority: 122
  You’ve been scouring the web looking for the biggest and best deals just for today. And so have we. Now through Christmas, along with providing you with the most relevant technical information you really should know as a computer user, we’re going to also point you to some really great deals. Believe us, there’s ...
  1 day ago

• View mini disc video

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: I have a Canon DC410 which uses mini discs. When I put the disc in my computer I don’t have anything that will open it. What can I do to get the video from the disc onto my computer?A: You will first have to confirm that you are putting the disc in a [...]
  1 day ago

• How do I get back to my original system boot after restoring to factory settings?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: To recover my hard drive I backed up the entire drive. Then I did a factory settings recovery, then I restored the backup. Can I get back to original system boot?
  1 day ago

• How come my MacBook is running so slow?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: I have a MacBook OS X Version 10.6 with a 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 1 GB memory that I bought a little over a year ago.My computer sometimes runs so slowly that I think I am in danger of getting so frustrated I throw the thing out the window. What gives? [...]
  1 day ago

• How can I fix a Windows XP boot fault with hal.dll missing or corrupt?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: I have a old Windows XP PC displaying a boot fault of :<windows root>\system32\hal.dll missing or corrupt.I have my laptop (which I’m using) but can anyone tell me a simple-ish way of fixing this please as I’m at my wits end and ready to give up.
  1 day ago

• How come my computer does nothing why I try to edit JPEG files?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: I have Windows XP and for some reason I can no longer edit a scanned and filed JPEG document. I have done this many times, now no matter which way I click to edit them, from file, right click or the edit icon on below the picture, I get the hourglass for a few [...]
  1 day ago

• How do I change my license servers?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: I want to change license server role from my DC to a member server which its name is srv2. My DC computer name is srv1.I used active directory sites and services to change the role. I run this console as administrator ( Run as ).In srv2 I tried to use licensing logging in administrator [...]
  2 days ago

• How come my Internet gets disconnected when I turn on my external hard drive?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: Once I turn on my external hard drive I cannot access the Internet anymore. Any idea how to fix it?
  3 days ago

• How do I send college transcripts via email in a file under 3MB?

  
  Ask A Geek — Authority: 145
  Q: How do I send college transcripts via email in a file under 3MB?
  3 days ago

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