Are apple computers good in games?
all macs are rubbish at playing games.
most games are designed for Windows computers.
most of the games are made for a windows PC. the games that are made for mac rune just fine on an imac, but there aren't many.
For any games worth your time go with a windows PC
Do computers (artificial intelligence) 鈥榣earn from experience鈥?
Not unless they are programmed to understand something as ''experience'' and to adapt their behaviour in the light of it.
For example, a good piece of chess software might know that the last time it played a particular combination of moves, it lost eventually. So it might include this ''experience'' in deciding what moves to make in a similar position in future.
Not the computers but programmers learn from experience and they keep modifying the program as per requirement
unfortunatly no. although u can program them 2.
i really wish my laptop learnt from experience though
nope computers are as dumb as dumb can be , depends on who operates/programs them !!
No, it depends on the brainware (user)
no
By Microsoft Computers I mean computers that use Windows.
Microsoft Computers.
Apple's main core is built upon Unix, which is much more secure than what Windows is built upon.
Yeah I've always heard that PC's (comps running Windows) have 99% of viruses directed at em. I use Vista and at the moment am researching on how to keep it safe, there are ways. Both have their flaws but I've always heard that Mac's are safer...
It would definitely Micrsoft operating systems. This is due to the massive amounts of users and the security holes in most of the Windows OS'
obviously microsoft only windows. windows supports .exe files and virus are running on .exe files so microsoft computers are more risky
Apple or MAC computers use a system entirely different from windows...
Windows utilizes the use of a ''Registry'' which is something like a big log book which contains all the addresses of each file and which program uses them.
MAC on the other hand uses multiple files instead so even if a virus deletes a file, the system will still function.
Windows is more prone because once it's security is breached, one flick at the registry and it's all gone. Also, there are hundreds of thousands or millions of viruses for windows and only a few known for apple computers...
both are equally prone to viruses. The only difference is that there are more people actively looking for loopholes in the Microsoft system, and very few looking for loopholes in Apple's system.
hi do dell computers come with the vista cd software
i bought laptop 6 months old seller said it comes with all software and drivers
theres no vista cd
everything else ???
thanks for any replies
you SHOULD get a recovery disk. if not,call dell and complain,they'll send you one.
so i just got this computer from a guy who works with my dad and builds computers...well anyway, i tried to bump some jams and then this error message popped up:
''there are no active media devices available.
''
what the hell man.
i wanna jam!!!
HELP A BROTHA OUT.
:)
Did he remove the music player? Sounds to me like you're missing windows media player, or quicktime. You need a program to play the music.
Im not quite sure what your're asking, but I'll try. Im going to assume that you may not have either A) a media player downloaded to your computer or B) you may have a media device, ex. Ipod, that your computer is not recognizing. If it's A, I would recommend cnet.com which is a website that offers FREE downloads of all kinds. Including media players and audio production. Of course, Im basing this off of what I'm assuming about your question.
You have to download a media player - itunes, Windows media player, etc. Does it have swpeakers? If it doesn't, you can't jam.
you have to install a media device. if its windows get windows media player
install music player or quick time or both.
Open the PC's skin. Plug the Sound card tightly. Or try installing some software
We knida need to know how you are going about playing the music.
online, cd, etc.
You prolly need to install a software program that can play it. Windows has errything!!
You'll just have to marmalade
I want to give away some older computers and monitors.
I am in the Toronto area. They all work. Also printers for parts.
Try this http://www.era.ca/toronto.htm
I have a winxp and a wimdows vista computer .
plzz tell me how to connect both the computers so that i can transfer files from one to the other using LAN.
plzz tell me in detail.
connect both the computers with a utp cable and then right click on the network places icon on desktop and go to properties. Select auto detect settings and apply. Go to my computer properties and open computer identification tab define a computer name different for both the computers. and define same workgroup name for both the computers. Open network places and click on view workgroup computers. Also enable sharing to your partitions which you want to open on other computer.
don't bother with the lan. get youself a flash drive. you get less headache.
i love them! they are the best computers! I have an ibook (laptop) and one of their regular computers! they are awsome! and they have the best programs you can work on (in my opinion) they even have a camera in them!
I love them too! I used to think that they were a complete waste of money until I used my dads- now I have my own MacBook and can safely say it's the best purchase I've ever made.
i hated macs for years, because they ran those stupid power pc chips that just lacked the power needed in a computer. now there used in gaming consuls and are doing a great job. but i hated them for the longest time, i wouldnt use them nor repair them. but now that they've realized what they need and have turned into x86 machines and have intel chips they are better they can run windows so im all set, i would buy one but i have plentay of pc's and they can run os x too so im fine
UH NO I like the world of PCs but not with Windows installed i am a Linux convert You can get alot more power out of them and they are just more fun to build. MAC's are a retarded designer statement they are tools not designer accessories. Anwyays thats my 2 cents have fun with your MAC's
yes i like mac computers they are like the best computers in the world.. they have different programs and they even have camera in all the mac computers
they are ok. But I am fine with PC's. PC's Control 94% of the personal computer industry.
I have 2 computers and a printer. I want to connect all of them together using a router. The main computer should be connected to the router then the printer should be connected with the main computer. These work great this computer is connected to both the internet and printer and it works great
then I try to connect my laptop to this so called ''network'' and everything works fine. BUT the printer doesn't print anything I want to print can you please please help me??????????
Sounds like the printer is not shared or/and they are not in the same work group. I see that others have given you good advice on how to fix this.
You will soon get frustrated by having to switch on the computer as well as the connected printer in order to print from your laptop. I would recommend that you get a printer server that will allow you to connect your printer directly to the router. I have used an Axis variant for many years and it still works well with my old Windows XP laptop and now with my new Vista laptop.
Good luck
Go to control panel and printers.
Right click and ''Share'' the printer. It may ask you to name the printer when you do so. May not.
I cannot have 2 computers online at the same time, I have At%26T %26 a Linksys router, the laptop can't Connect wireless. If I am online on the desktop computer, then my DH (Dear Husband) cannot get on and vice Versa, has anyone else had this problem since Bellsouth became At%26T?
You need to find out if you provider (AT%26T) supports Dynamic or Static IP assignment. I am only familiar with cable modem connections, so if you have DSL it may be different, but any cable broadband provider that is worth a cent has dynamic IP assignment. If you have static you need to get the IPs from your provider and they should be able to walk you through setting them up. I am also assuming you have a Windows system, it would be different on a MAC so I need more info to give any specific hints. I find the MOST problems occur when using a desktop/tower CPU with a version of Windows BEFORE Vista, such as XP, Me, of 2000, and a laptop with wireless Vista. FYI, Vista absolutely hates being networked with non-vista machines. If you have two different Windows OSes and one of them is Vista, I recommend you upgrade the other machine to Vista as well as a first step.
well i don't know if this will help but my wife has a laptop(toshiba) running xp and i have a desk top running xp.
we have a belkin wireless router that hers picks up and i have a d-link usb wireless on mine. we use a small local company for isp and have had only a few problems due to weather.
I ask this as there are allot of Americans suddenly using the Internet, i thought they didn't have computers yet. I've even seen a couple of postings, claiming to of posted, from America, in Yahoo Q%26A, honest.
I was told the internet actually began around the mid 1940's as a military secret - a network designed so that if one site was destroyed the network could continue to operate. If so, you're ALL WRONG! ha ha
PS If they're speaking English maybe they're not real Americans at all!
PPS Perhaps America is a fiction too!
My god your thinking is almost infectious!
Let the Americans think they invented the jet engine, radar, DNA profiling,the microwave, enigma cracking and so on. They need to feel good about themselves having elected Bush. That is most understandable.
Meanwhile, we'll carry on with more inventions for the world and give the technology away. We don't need the money. Oh, and the Americans can claim those if they want to.
(And Janet is a secret British agent, aren't you Mrs Moneypenny?)
Haha..........
Ummm Al gore invented the internet and everyone else jumped on the bandwagon. So it was America first then the british. The exact date was june 6th 1986.
I thought Al Gore invented the Internet, just before he invented Global Warming.
we are finally catching up, do you limeys still own India.?
What??? By the British? Wrong!! The US Department of Defense (DOD) had a hand in creating what we now know as the internet. It started out as ARPA, or ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency), eventually renamed to DARPANet (Devense Advanced Research Projects Agency) in 1971. That was when the DOD worked with a company called BBN (My daughter worked for this company (a backbone provider) as a network engineer in later years under a different name and knew the history well). Development began in 1969, or that's when BBN won the contract to do the work. BBN developed the @ sign for using in e-mail, which came much later. But they worked with the DOD to develop communications, which became IRC (Internet relay chat), which is still in use today. The DOD was still the sole owner of IRC until I think the early 90's. It's a chat program this still quite widely used. I use it myself. BBN became part of one of GE's operations, then split out on their own, unfortunately, under yet another name ''Genuity''. They did quite well for a while. It didn't help when they built and moved into very high-tech, state-of-the-art facility nearby in Massachusetts (Boston area). Not long after, that part the industry started having problems everywhere. High paid employees with inflated salaries because they were in such demand at the time, gradually started getting laid off over a 2-3 year period.
Apparently the abacus was the earliest and most simplified way of 'computing' mathematical problems thousands of years ago in China.
But the West did it's bit to bring it up to date in the 20th century.
Now in the 21st century, look out. The Chinese will be making and selling them around the world like wild fire.
i have seen some on currys website, are they reliable computers?
I would say it depends. You may save a little money but what you are buying is probably either a laptop that someone has ordered/bought, didn't like it and took it back. This would probably be ok. What you don't want to buy is a 3 month old laptop that's been on display/demo for the last 3 months at 11 hours a day.
My advice to you would be to put the money towards a NEW machine from somewhere like ebuyer. I got my machine from there new, for the same price that pc world were advertising as reconditioned.
Whatever you buy don't buy a packard bell, advent or dell. Buy a decent brand such as HP, Compaq or Acer. We have 2 acers in our family and they are excellent machine. We have a cheap 拢400 Acer 3692wlmi and a super fast dual core 5612wlmi.
The 3692 is great for surfing the net, office etc and is 拢369 form ebuyer. The 5612 is now 拢449 from comet.
Yep!
They are as good as the guarantee that comes with them.
You could buy a copy of Micro Mart computer magazine, it's only 拢1.99 and you will find numerous adverts. There are some excellent bargains in reconditioned as new laptops with a full warranty.Also a lot of brand new at discount prices. It's also a good magazine if you want to know a little more about how things work. Hope this helps
some of them are. I bought a lap top and it is fine. I have a friend that bought a reconditioned one and he has had nothing but trouble.
I have a Compaq Presario that has proven to be a very expensive and mostly useless paperweight. From day one, I have had NOTHING but problems with this computer. EVERYTHING has gone wrong with it and their ''tech support'' whether it is online or through the phone is all in India and Mexico. They speak very poor English and do nothing but restate the problems that I am telling them, don't listen to what I'm telling them I've already done to fix it, and never provide any solutions. I know more about my computer (and computers in general) than they do! WHY?
One thing is for sure: I will NEVER BUY AN HP AGAIN!!!!
I brought a compaq presario 2294, it was the first computer i ever brought, and let me tell you it was the biggest heap of junk that i have ever brought in my life. it burnt out about 7 months after i brought it and i ended up throwing it off a bridge, i got more fun out of doing that than i ever did with that stupid peice of machenery
Don't do that.
PCs are loaded with heaps of noxious poisons and toxins and very very bad for the environment.
Make sure it gets disposed of in a way that isn't going to cause any more harm.
i have a homework to do about controling a greenhouse via computers and i need a lot (and i mean A LOT) of infos!can anyone tell me where can i find infos?i have already google the subject with every combination of key words!not much of the results i realy need!thanks in advance...
This is not a subject I am expert in, but I did perform this search:
http://www.search.com/search?q=%22greenh...
One hit that seemed to be interesting was:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AE003
On page 9 of the same search, I saw the following promising-looking link:
http://www.eecabusiness.govt.nz/eib/eib-...
If you have time, perhaps there are places near you to visit and interview some experts. Perhaps a junior college with an agriculture program?
Best wishes with your project.
Hi I want to connect 2 computers together so that they can share a single internet connection between them can any body tell me ho to do that...............
If both PCs have a Firewire (IEEE 1394) connection you can buy a matching cable. Then designate one of the PCs as gateway (turn on Internet Connection Sharing in Control Panel/Networks).
Special networking USB cables are available but they are not reliable, slow, and expensive. The upside is that almost every PC has a USB connection.
The other option is providing the gateway PC with two networking cards and using a crossover ethernet cable between them. This is very reliable and fast, but expensive.
Your best choice is to just go out and buy a simple router. Not only does this make access very easy and reliable, you also get the benefit of a simple firewall to protect you from internet attacks.
use an ethernet cable
router, get a wireless router and a wireless usb card. Make sure your router will hold more than one port. I personally use the linksys wireless - n router and its the best.
go get a cross over cable. connect them together. make sure its a cross over!!!
Yep...
Just use a crossover cable. They are specifically designed for computer to computer connection.
But keep in mind that you will need two ethernet cards in the computer that is directly connected to the internet and that sharing internet connections over a crossover cable is usually more hassle than it is worth.
Get a router
You can put a wireless card in both computers. If only one computer has internet access then you can share that computer's internet connection. The other computer can access the internet via wireless card to the ''host'' computer that should be left on for this to work.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using...
Is there any company that is willing to give their old computers to a school. We live in the USA in the south.
go to an apple store and ask them for old computers!
they will give you them
i assure you!
Check with large businesses in your area. When you call, ask for their computer department that's in charge of PC's. I know that a local grocery chain in our area does this - they have donated used PC's to a non-profit I work with.
Lots of companies do this, but you'll have to contact many one by one, until you find one thats willing to help you.
sometime when i get on the computer after my b/f the computers history has been deleted. he always says it does it itself. and he doesnt know why. is this possible? or is he lying?
Yes, if he is using Internet Explorer. You can go to Tools, Internet Options, General tab and check the History section for the number of days pages are kept in history. Also if he runs a cache cleaning tool, he may be deleting them without realizing it.
No you must do it, go to start..control panel double clcick internet options and delete files now lok al the way down to the bottom of that window and click delete everything.
Problem solved
Yes it is possible. There is a setting in Firefox to clean all the temporary internet files every time it closes. And in Internet Explorer you can set it not to record history.
Well, you can set your computer to delete all of your history automatically after a day, but if this happens every single time, then I would say that he's deleting HIS history. Of course he knows why it's happening, lol. I'm sure that he doesn't want to lie about the content he's looking at, but he also doesn't want to admit it to you either. From personal experience, believe me when I say that you don't want to see what he's looking at either! If you have importaint websites that you access from the history, then you could just bookmark them, so that it doesn't matter if the history gets deleted. Until then, try not to give him a hard time about this, because it will make him NOT want to be open with you about anything at all. Try to be understanding that guys are guys, and they WILL look at things online that turn them on. Porn is a tool for men, rather than something that is a necessity for them. Sometimes their imagination just doesn't cut it for them. One thing you've GOT to remember is that it doesn't replace you. NO MAN WITH A PULSE would choose pictures over the real thing. It took me a long time to realize that, but once I did, it made mine and my husband's relationship just THAT MUCH better. I hope that I could help...
it depends what history exactly you're referring to but NO!!! Even when you deliberately format (which is erase!!) every thing on your hard drive on purpose, there would be absolutely no way for you to sign on, you wouldn't have a single thing on your computer. Except it's really not even totally erased for those who have the desire (or need, like in law enforcement or someone who's far too snoopy with too much time looking for something that's none of their business anyway!) there is still something on that hard drive!
We now have TWO desktop computers in one house. But we only have one cable dsl box and line, and we have a router. Is it possible to somehow run BOTH computers on the one internet line? And if so any suggestions would be so helpful.
Since you are using a router then it's simple. You'll need a CAT 5 cable long enough to go from the network card on your second computer to your router. Once that's done reboot your system so that the computer sees you are connected to the router and your router should assign your second computer an IP address and you should be able to go out on the internet
Of course you can. From your description you appear to have all the parts needed.
The internet feed from your ISP is terminated with a modem than has an ethernet hand off. This should be pugged into the WAN (or Internet as the name may be) port of the Router. If the router has only one LAN port, you will need a network switch. You plug the LAN port of the router to the network switch and you plug each pc's LAN port into other ports of the network switch. In all cases you use straight CAT5 patch cables. Now if your router has more than one LAN port, it actually is a switch / router and you do not need a separate network switch - just connect the pcs to the LAN ports.
Make sure you have properly configured the Router as the manual will direct you. You should now be able to access the Internet from both pcs and share files between the pcs.
If you are having a problem with one or more pc, review the router configuration steps as this is where the problem is.
Keep in mind that you must shut off the modem for at least 0.5 minutes before you connect the router to the modem. After at least 0.5 min after starting the modem, you can start up the router; also wait at least 0.5 min after starting the router to start the pcs.
Im buying a new computer rite now, and they asked me if i wanted bluetooth on it. What would it be used for on computers??
If it is a desktop, then no, desktops dont come with bluetooth.
If it is a laptop, you have two options:
with Bluetooth, perhaps you pay $20-30 dollars more with a built-in bluetooth device.
Choose not to have bluetooth:
you can buy a bluetooth USB dongle for $7-10 dollars on eBay yourself. you must plug in the dongle for Bluetooth to work.
it depends on what you expect to use it for. If you want to connect your phone to your pc wirelessly for file transfer or you have a pair of Bluetooth A2DP headphones for music then perhaps you'll want Bluetooth built in. If you use Bluetooth infrequently for the occasional contact sync on your mobile then go for the dongle option.
Bluetooth is used mostly for connectivity between mobile devices, you can't use it for internet like a 801bg wireless network.
yes get it. if you have a phone with bluetooth you can use it to transfer stuff such as pics, audio and vids. you may even be able to use a stereo bluetooth headset instead of headphones on ur pc.
try this if you have for questions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth
The main use of Bluetooth is for wireless keyboards, a wireless mouse, wireless speakers etc. It has a very short range, maybe 25 feet max in good weather. It is not used for wireless internet.
don't buy one with a bluetooth because its NOT a bluetooth its only an on and off switch when the bluetooth device is plugged into the usb port, i think these manufactures want suing misleading the public making them think its an actual bluetooth device
I'm trying to set up a network of 2 computers in my office so that we can work on the same programs/files of one of the computers and use the same printer. I have connected the 2 to a linksys router and both are able to access the internet but we can't get them linked to share files/programs. When we ran network setup wizard, it said something about a backup or start up floppy disk...we don't have a floppy drive. CAN WE STILL CONNECT THE TWO COMPUTERS????? PLEASE HELP!!!!
You don't really need to use the network setup wizard disk.
Make sure both computers are part of the same workgroup and they will be able to communicate (ie: networked)
They have to be running the same operating system. If you have one XP and one Vista you can use the XP cd ro run the setup wizard on Vista. Otherwise you gotta have a floppy.
On both machines, right click my computer then click properties. Click the computer name tab then click the change button. Input a name for each computer then click workgroup and name them the same workgroup. Then you can right click files that you want to share and set up the sharing option.
plug the printer into one of the computers install the software, log on to that computer, and assuming it's windows 2000 or newer, open up your printers folder in the control panel, right click on the printers icon, select properties, and turn on sharing. You may have to reboot both computers, maybe not, but the other computer should see a printer. Xp or better, it will automatically see the printer on the other computer, might ask for a driver disk. after that you should be good.
Yes...the reason it asks about floppy drives is..the network wizard has the option of saving your settings from one computer to the other one, on the floppy disc...instead of you doing it manually.
Make sure both machiones have the same workgroup name. check this by right-clicking on My Computer %26gt; Properties %26gt; computer Name...Click change button if necessary. Good idea to disable Windows firewall while configuring your network.
yea. just run the network setup wizard in the control panel under network connections
You really don't need a floppy drive for networking... I don't know what that was about.
me and my dad mess around on the computers we are hooked up on the same network...Is there anyway i can get into his computer? he got into mine but wont tell me how
It has to do with enabling folder and drive sharing across the network. Read up on sharing folders on a network.
you need to enable remote access on his computer.
i have internet on 1 computer and i am using wireless adapter and i want to connect another computer by using ETHERNET cable so i can have internet on 2 computers.Please tell me[ STEP BY STEP]
You must first have an extra ethernet connection on the back of your router. Do you? If so connect the router to the ethernet port on your computer and run network setup wizard.
Computers are supposed to be used for running programs that do engineering and accounting megatasks.
It just seems ludicrous to advertise a computer that is 'great for games, MySpace, and mp3 music'. This is a serious WTF?
I bought my computer for it's superior Yahoo! Answers abilities.
It's all marketing speak.
Most people that buy a computer, do it for entertainment. It another place to go to spend time. The funner thing is pretty much ANY computer you buy can do MySpace and Mp3! Those really shouldn't be a selling point.
Hy Friends again!! :)
I have a question (hmm, crazy not?? :D)
How can i see Traffic from other Users-Computer? Hm, hard to explain... so: There are 5 Computers in our network (We have a SpeedTouch 510 Router) and we can download in month 10Gb, but, for example my brother download 6Gb, that isnt fair for the other ones, not? So how can i have a look, how much this people download? I dont think that this is illegal because i only use it for our home.Is there a programm out there or something like that? I mean, there are so many programms to look at the Traffic for my own computer from a SNMP server (router), so there must be something, not?
Anyway, i hope you understand me, and i do nothing wrong, but we have controll that traffic problem...
so please help :%26#125;
Johnny
Looking at the spec for the router -- it looks like it have a management interface -- so my first suggestion is to look at manual for the router to see if the SMNP interface or the HTTP interface have counters for the amount of traffic from each machine.
Otherwise there are programs such as tcpdump on Linux which will allow you to sniff all packet that are broadcast on the network -- however if you and your brother are connected to different ports on the hub-then the traffic may not be broadcast at all.
If so, you can only do one of two things:
Either get a different switch with a management protocol that measure the amount of traffic per port, or
Alternatively, get a different (unlimited) package from your ISP
For me would be 2 laptops and 5 computers soo......7 computers total!
At least 20, my parents run a computer company from home that why there are so many
I just have one,it's in my living room.
Two! But one is slow and crappy. Gee, do you like own a computer lab? Haha.
:]
just 2 pc and laptop
Two desktops, and one laptop. ;-) . So, 3.
I am trying to network two offices that are 150 miles apart. I have been told to use a VPN router to best accomplish this but I am not sure how I can do this. In my new office there is only 1 computer at the second, and it has a static ip address on a cable modem. My main office has 3 computers networked together sharing a cable modem. I need to be able to set up a Map drive from my server in my main office that can be used by a program in my new office. Please email me with any specifics you need to give a best answer. Thanks!
Two easy options for you.
One http://www.hamachi.cc/
a software VPN client that will allow you to create a logical VPN connection from PC to PC
Second
Buy two Linksys RVL200 VPN routers.
Replace the router servicing the 3 computers and put the second single machine behind one of these. Once you set these up via the web GUI they will automatically VPN to each other and all the machines should see each other like they were in the same room. This is nice because you can add and remove machines with very little configuration or setup. Secondly this is the fast of the two options since the router does all the encryption and decryptions.
Caviats!: You IP address may change, unless you are paying for static IP address from your ISP. If this happens the tunnel will be broken because each RVL200 needs to know the distant end IP address of each other.
Both computers are xp (one home and one prof.). All i really want is to file share. both are connected to a WLAN router. Both are laptops - one dell with full Wifi and one Toshiba with a bluetooth adapter. what settings do i have to change so that the files that i have cleared for sharing can be seen with the other computer? i apologize in advance for the dumb question, but i am stuck!
First of all it is not posible to connect your laptop specifically, your toshiba, to a router via bluetooth adapter as you have mentioned above. But assuming, base from what you have said, both your laptop is capable of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) meaning they have both a wireless adapter
First, make sure that both computer are in the same workgroup. Read the instruction below on how to check and change workgroup.
Note: Perform on both computer.
To Check:
Right-Click My Computer -%26gt; Properties -%26gt; Click Computer
Name Tab. Compare Workgroup value if it has the
same value as the other computer in your network if not read
below.
To Change:
Click the Change button under Computer Name Tab -%26gt; Select
Workgroup and specify a value. Be sure that it has the same value as the other computer -%26gt; Restart both PC's
If I need to buy a new computer and I want it to run WindowsXP, what is my choice if computers with Vista are no longer compatible with the programs that work with my XP? (I'd like to buy stock in that company, lol)
The problem isn't finding a new computer which can run Windows XP. Any computer that can run Vista can also run Windows XP. The problem is finding a new computer with Windows XP pre installed. These days, the vast majority of computer vendors are selling their computers with Windows Vista pre installed, which means you need to buy a copy of Windows XP - that's an extra $100. Some vendors are holding out and continue to sell computers with Windows XP and not Vista pre installed, though Microsoft wants this to stop by year's end. To the best of my knowledge, Dell is one of the few vendors who are still selling computers with Windows XP pre installed.
Dell will still sell you a computer with XP, so I would go there if this is what you want. But just as a piece of information, almost all programs that run in XP will work in Vista, I know this becasue unlike a lot of people who spread this rumor about Vista, I actually own it and use it. I attempted to install about 100 programs in it designed for XP, and only 1 did not work, and it was a very small and old program that hadn't been update with a Vista driver.
All can still run XP.
Don't listen to bs.
forget vista...just use xp, rest is marketingnonsense
Can I connect two computers using their modems? What should I do? I have two computers which are located of about 150 meters away. I know it is impractical to use LAN cable to connect them. And I don't want to use wireless LAN. What exactly should I do? Can I use telephone line? Just line...
Even if you could get two modems to talk together using a long crossover telephone line with no dial-tone, I doubt there'd be any useful networking protocols that would work across the link.
You'd be better off with a straight ''null-modem'' serial cable (no actual modems, just COM1 ports). I know that XP has (had?) a ''Direct Cable Connection'' under Network Connections, New Connection Wizard, Advanced Connection, but it isn't active for me.
You'd have to put male DB9 connectors (using pins 3, 4 and 9, I think. Look it up!) on the ends of a wire (could be phone wire or Cat5.) Be sure and test it before you invest too heavily in pulling a cable!
Good Luck.
Ok install a NIC (Network interface Card) in each computer then use a crossover cable. (Network cable can go up to 500Metres before a repeater is needed)
peer to peer network
Just because you WANT to do something doesn't mean that it's practical or advisable.
Buy a couple of $10 network cards and a $5 hub off of ebay and do it right.
I assume that the 'Modems' you refer to are phone line modems.
They will not connect to each other. To connect to each other you need a common access point (Router, Hub, etc.). This will require a network adapter and a router or hub.
Otherwise to connect to the internet as independent PC's you need a second phone line or only one in use at a time.
Good Luck
Just what acaip said
okay...this might be a weird question but if someone could answer that would be great.
If you email someone from 2 different computers do they know? Like how can you read the modem number? When you send an email do they know what the number is. I know there is some type of number your computer has, and some websites know it when you join. I just don't understand if just a normal person emailing through like yahoo or aol would know what your number is. Sorry if this is confusing!
Thanks
As far as I understand, no one will be able to find out whether the e mail is sent from two different computers. There are many cyber cafes and you can log on to your e mail (or website) from different cyber cafe at different time and also send e mails.
Yes.. You can get that information by opening the email properties in outlook express. It will tell both ISP number, the from and to parties involved. Right click on the email choose properties.
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I'm trying to learn the basic of computers. Can anybody give me some advice on some good websites that detail the basics of computer knowledge.
Wikipedia is good...so is webopedia...and also howitworks.com.
l337haxors.com
Here's a good one for getting started, it's new but it has a few great basic tutorials for routine maint., light scribe, linux desktop and server installation. This guy will even write tutorials for you if you join the forum and request it!! Yes it is free!!!!
http://www.hollandpcservice.com
Look at the forum link, they are in the forum.
try www.howstuffworks.com hope this helps
Do you need help because the computer is brand new to you, or do you want to know how it works?
You can try:
pcworld.com
www.microsoft.com (for Microsoft software)
meanwhile, use your delete key with GREAT CARE
I love computers. I love them so much I'm thinking of studying something computer related in college, not sure what it is yet. I Don't really know the difference between computer science and computer engineering and what not. I really need some help.
Computer Science (CS) mainly deals with software (basic and advance programming, operating systems, theories of computing, etc.) while Computer Engineering (CE) deals with mainly the hardware components of the computer (circuits, electronic devices, etc.). Computer Engineering is, in many ways, parallel to Electrical Engineering.
Even though CS handles software and CE handles hardware, you'll still learn some basics of circuits in CS and some programming in CE.
Despite the differences, both Computer Science and Engineering depend on each other. Without software, the computer is nothing but an empty shell and without hardware, software cannot exist.
I think the engineer thing would be prettty cool simply b/c engineers are really an in demand career.
I don't know what elective to take!!! =X Help me!! I LOVE woodshop, but all my friends say computers is better......woodshop or computers????
You can't be on YA in woodshop!
Computers by far...no question.
For trying to get job skills I would recommend the computer. If you are looking at an elective that can be a hobby I would say woodshop.
Woodshop
probably computers because i don't know what wood shop is
computer
Computers you can learn on your own, but woodshop will be something not too may people will know how to do and will give you a unique ability. Go for woodshop
Go for Woodshop!! If that is your hearts desire~~follow it!! And the best of everything to you!!
ilke coputer its better but wood shope is good to me
I was terminated for the allegation of an inmate providing technical assistance on a state computer. In reality the inmates had been allowed to use a free standing computer for years to input culinary and inmate property info. We copied the programs and put them into the staff computers. None of the staff members knew how to use the property program. I was the property officer for 3 months before I knew of the property program. I wanted to use it and thought it would be a great aid for property. The inmate showed me how to use the program. That is what I was terminated for. The regulation reads: An inmate shall not be called upon under any cicumstance to provide technical assistance or otherwise assist staff with the resolution or attempted resolution of any computer problems, computer system problems.
The problem I am having is that the computer was not broken. nothing technical happened, we were in transition from inmate to officer use. No training provided for this program.
Any interpretation involving computers is technical assistance. Nevertheless, you can file a protest for illegal dismissal if the allegation is not true or very technical to merit a termination.
6. As soon as you have one, a better one is just around the corner.
5. No one but the creator understands the internal logic.
4. Even your smallest mistakes are immediately committed to memory for future reference.
3. The native language used to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
2. The message ''Bad Command or File Name'' is about as informative as ''If you don't know why I'm mad at you, then I'm certainly not going to tell you''.
And the number one reason computers are female...
1. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half of your paycheck on accessories for it!
ahhh so true, but you missed the fact that you think you can't live without them and if they break, you spend all your spare time trying to get another!
good one babe
Very good! And it certainly explains why mine's always crashing!
Ohhhhh, so true, bless you.........
Nice one. Have a *
That's great and original!
TRUE!!!!!!!!!
Excellent!
yeah and i every time i try to turn mine on it freezes on me
You are a real star you hit the nail on d head there.it is very true
Didn't like it. But I like what the guy said about it freezes when he turns it on. That was funny. LOL
okay aren't u a female?? So your degrading yourself
Its confusing that you are a women and are so sexist... What happened to girl power?
true alright!!!!
Haha! =D
LMAO!
At work I have three computers at three different work stations. I bounce arounf from all three all day. I use messenger all day but have to sign in everytime i get to one because it says that another computer has logged you out. I want to by pass all that and just sign in on all three at the same time.
Ok, try this.
Go to your email, and search for the My Account Bar, click this.
In The side bar Public Information look for ''Public Profiles'' click on this.
This will bring you to the public profiles page. From here you can choose to create a new public profile. Which means your user name, example: JohhnyFly_69 has several user profiles under this name. Johnjon_69, JohnnyFly_6969, and so forth. I THINK I have logged onto one of each name before. It's been a while..I just tried but messenger is being an asshat, and not even getting past the logging in screen :-/
So create another subname, but do NOT click on the box make my default profile. I hope this helps..
Question says it all... I am starting a small business where I must network 24 computers together... I have a couple of options on the table, but I would like to see if anyone has any ideas.
1. They must all be networked in one network
2. The connection must be fast (not fast for internet, just for the network)
3. All 24 computers must be able to be on the network simultaneously (this is a must)
I am using Cat6 unshielded wiring (thanks to location and business type, shielded is not a necessity). Performance is key issue, so all suggestions are greatly appreciated.
There's NO WAY I'd suggest wireless - it's subject to interference from everything from cordless phones to microwaves and other devices. Further, even when there is no interference, you typically see AT BEST 60% of the advertised performance. So a 54 Mb G router would see perhaps 30 Mbit throughput.
A wired connection using even 100 Mbit NICs would perform better, typically seeing 80% throughput, or almost 3x the performance of wireless. (TYPICALLY - your milage may vary).
I would suggest, if network performance is a top priority, get a QUALITY server with a SERVER CLASS Network Adapter and a MANAGED Gigabit Network Switch. Plug AT LEAST the server into a Gigabit port on the switch - the workstations can do 100 Mbit, though you can do Gigabit on them too (costs will be higher if you use an all Gigabit switch).
I heard that only Dell monitors will work with Dell computers. Is this true? If I bought a ViewSonic Monitor, would it work on a Dell computer?
Monitors are interchangeable. They use the standard VGA, DVI, or HDMI connections.
I work in a lab with a mix of Dell, HP, IBM, Sun, and even some old Gateway computers and we setup a wide variety of hardware configurations.
No. I gave my father a 19'' flat Dell monitor for his HP computer. It worked just fine. No problems!
Also, my husband has a flat non-Dell monitor brand for his Dell computer and again, no problems whatsoever!
no itys not true, not only ...but you have to pay attention what type of connection you have old standard VGA, or any other connectionm DVI or other
one of my friends has a dell monitor hooked up to his Mac, the only issue you have to worry about is the type of connections both pieces have (VGA, DVI, etc) and even then there are adapters you can use.
I have cox cable, two different computers with two different modens. Cox wants to charge me two fee for two modens. Is such a thing as a ''spliter'' to transfer use just one modem and get two computers working at same time? We had wireless interent and found it slow and pretty bad to conect. Back to old cable things. Thansks
I used to use dual modems.
It can connect 2 modems with separate logins at the same time.
Install 2 modems, configuring each through Dialup Networking to dial in separately.
Good luck.
You can use a router. They will tell you that you can't but you can. Even if there is MAC address security all you have to do is read in your routers help manual how to clone the mac address of the primary pc. Then COX's network will see your router as your primary pc and will never know about the second one. They will not help you do this, but it is perfectly legal as long as you are paying for at least one connection.
Hm... It seems like you could use a router. I did not get enough details from your set up. but here is a typical scenario. The modem is the main internet entrance. By connecting it to a router it will open up more ports so that you can in theory use it to connect to more computers. Thus, by passing the need to get more modems. I did some research because I actually never did a cable Network setup but it is not too different from a regular network. Just slightly different. So here you go. Are you ready for this? :%26gt;)
Hi
I have a computer training center .I have 3 computer sites with average 8 copmueter in each site. but now it isnt many customer for learning IT in my city.
I must use my computer and earn money in other ways.
I thought and changed one of my sites to a cofeenet for test , but it didnt yield as I expected.
now , what can I do with my computers for earning money? Is there another policy ? Is there another element that I can change my sites to that and get profit?
thanks a lot
(excuse me if I want to say me if this article has english writing fault or wrong)
You can just start a cyber cafe.
Or you can create sites like http://dmmteam.com , http://xhackerz.com, or make it a forum or you can sell things!
i can't for the life of me figure this out. when i plug my mp3 into my computer the computer recognizes it but has different file names and there is no way to put music on it. when i plug it into my dads computer it works just fine. i can't think of a single thing that is different between our computers other than mine is a desktop and doesn't have as much ram.
i have a sandisk sansa and have been to their site and they are no help. they say i don't need to download software because i have windows xp.
The file system (eg. FAT, NTFS) used by your desktop may not be supported by your player to sync info between the two devices. Check yours and your father's computers' hard disk file system in My Computer under the Details section on the left panel.
Dont give me anything talking about how humans created computers or that humans dominate computers in everyway. Give me something new about how computers created humans.
Read Zacharia Sitchen!
They must have had a virus.
R U O K ?
WE CREATE BEHAVIOR, SANITY, SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS.
THIS HAS BEEN ANOTHER PRODUCT OF THE S3 PLAN
ooooooooookay...
Ask Al Gore. I;ve heard that he invented the internet.
Okay, I go to a school where all of the computers are running Windows XP like they have year, and I got a look at the system info and it says that they still have 30 days to activate Windows. This amazes me as they have been running Windows XP all year. Not only that, but there is no icon in the task bar saying to activate Windows. Is it illegal for the school to do this? I don't think that it is as each computer has an individual activation key code. Though I don't really care if it is illegal, how are they managing to do it? Hope that someone can shed some light on this situation. Thanks in advance for the answers.
they are (im guessing) virtural machines,....
each time they are turned off each night, they 'refresh' to a prior set state.
hope this helps
I think they do something in the Windowses.and the timer must be stop.i think this is essential to buy new CD key's though Microsoft.
They probably have a corporate version or the student teacher edition. Those are the only two versions of windows that I see do that. Either way is legal.
they must be using deepfreeze.. look for an ice covered computer icon , next to the clock
They are on a network XP was activated when it was installed on the server(s). The 30 day activation only applies to single PC's.
does bootcamp on mac computers really work??? is it suitable?? does it harm the computer (does it make the computer run slower????) please help! thanks.
The latest version of Bootcamp that comes with Leopard runs great. It doesn't hurt or slow down the computer. You have to install your own copy of XP or Vista, they are not included. Latest test show that Vista runs faster on a Mac than on a PC. You would need to install an anti-virus program on the Windows side, that would slow the computer down a bit.
How do I hook two computers together and make them see each other to play a game, in the same house in the same room? What exactly do I need. Both computers have win xp. For three or more do I use a hub?
You would use a cross over cable between the network cards of the CPU's which you should be able to get at radio shack. Also the CPU's should be on the same networks.
Example
IP Addr 192.168.1.1 for CPU 1
IP Addr 192.168.1.2 for CPU 2
subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
cross over for similar devices, straight through if u have a hub/switch in the middle. Run the network wizard and it will take care of IP addresses. Report It
Well, basically you can buy a cable, although there are a lot of wireless options now, then after you conect the two computers, don't worry, your computer has only one jack that will fix with the inlet of this cable.
then go on Windows Xp where it says ''Create a small lan or bussness'', folow the instructions, basically just let the things as prederterninated, at the end say no to create a diskette.
Repeat the procedure in the other computer, restart and this would be all.
You need an ethernet cable and you just attatch it to the ethernet port. Ethernet is the phone cord type connector, but it has more prongs so the ends are longer.
If I were to download a song from itunes would there be a limit to how many computers I can save the song on? Because I get a new computer every four years and I don't want to loose all my songs after 10 years
5 computers and an unlimited number of iPods. There's a workaround though:
Burn the song onto a CD using iTunes. Insert the CD back into the computer and import the song back into iTunes, now your newly imported song is DRM free and ready to be on an unlimited number of computers and iPods.
as many as you want if you take apple's protection off the itunes, and move/copy them to a windows folder.
i want to say 5
The itunes digital rights management system allows you to play your song on up to 5 different computers.
That said, itunes has the ability to deauthorize old computers and reset the count of machines.
3-5 i believe/ go to iTunes-FAQ
You can have your same account on up to 5 computers. If you exceed that, I recommend that you burn all your songs on a disc and do it that way. You will have to put all the song names and stuff which might take a while.
what are the different types of computers
example:dell,emachines,etc.
plz put the history of the types of computers you name.
umm.. if u r asking for your home work i do not think that the brands is what u are looking for
if u are asking for some advise for what kind of pc to buy dont worry about the brands and worry about the proseser speed and ram (memory) o and a 80gb hard drive is more than unof i got a 100 gb hard drive and i only use a bout 20-30 gb and with ram and proseser the more the marer 512 ram will work (if u are on a budjet 0
The ones that work, and the ones that don't, Mr. Cheat!
Dell they rock. my family has 10 dell computers. 7 of them r laptops.
Imacs, well, in my opinion, they suck
google it!
Desktop
Laptop
Pocket Pc's
Dell, emachines and HP are brands names.
I have an IBM Thinkpad and loooove it.
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/
aww man i cant paste it on cause its too much writing hers the source
choose me as best answer please:)
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~l4blackledge...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_hist...
Toshiba
www.lost.eu/6a002
thank you!
HP - it rocks! Do your own homework.
please gimme suggestions,ideas on topics related to computers.......is voter machine a good mini project....only on computer working???? please help!!
http://sourcecodesworld.com
how about setting up a RAID 5 Array with about eight 40GB hard drives which are practically dirt cheap and a RAID 5 Array with eight 40s is much more reliable than a single 320GB hard drive because it costs more to replace a 320 than a single 40GB and not only that RAID 5 is so cool that if one drive is to fail you can pretty much toss it and get a new one and not even lose any data...
But anyways thats one of my projects...
hay try this link..
http://www.howstuffworks.com
cheers
will school computer will upgrade to vista? i got to my school and we got vista optional computers?
That just means they have enough memory to support Vista. I think schools will be slow to convert because it is expensive. It will make them able to do a lot of nice things (like Macs do now). They will be safer like Macs too (so maybe there will be some incentive to switch).
Hmm....well most school computers aren't compatible with WIndows Vista, but the ones that are within a Year or two they might switch to Vista because i'm sure the security on it would be phoneminal
I think there is no need to upgrade.
Also, in order to upgrade to vista and work properly, you need to change the harder of the PCs so a bigger budget for the school with no real direct interest.
Vista is good for DirectX 10 etc... and besides graphics and games, I guess you wont need that kinf of stuff at school ;)
so my opinio, NO UPGRADES
There are a lot of things to think about when upgrading networked computers like your computers at school, so probably not for a while.
u have to ask ur school
but the answer might not be positive as win vista require HUGE memory to run and great display capabilities
Only if they have the money and the school board allows it.
it depends.
Don think so. First it's gonna be troublesome for them and it's gonna involve some $$. Second, the security in vista aint real tight...(as far as i noe)
mabyee in schools that have the money, but windows xp will continue for quite a while .
how do i connect to other computers in the same workgroupon an ad-hoc network when their computer keeps requesting a password even though they havnt assigned one? i dont get it. we are in the same workgroup and everything seems correct. the thing is that even when someone tries to connect to my computer it requests a password and i didnt asign one either??? whats the go?
1) Check this article to make sure you set up ad-hoc wireless network correctly: http://www.home-network-help.com/ad-hoc-...
2) There are 2 types of folder/file sharing.
Simple file sharing (default)
Check how to do it here: http://www.home-network-help.com/file-sh...
The other type of file sharing is sharing with user/group permissions. Check this out.. maybe you have enabled this..
Check how to do it here: http://www.home-network-help.com/share-f...
Hope this helps..
picoHat
We were looking into buying a couple more laptop computers for our home. We would be using it for buisness things and regular stuff like games and email. What kind of computer should i look into?
Apple = Best for Graphics
Dell = Best for Business
Alienware = Best for Gaming
http://www.apple.com
http://www.Dell.com
http://www.alienware.com
Dittonon Anthony.
That almost sums it up. But recently dell bought out alienware, so I don't know how that will afffect the quality.
But alienware makes really good quality laptops for gaming.
If i were you, i would check into buying a dell. However, now is not a good time to buy a computer seeing as how a new Windows operating system will be released in the beginning of 2007. If you still decide to purchase one now, see if it available for upgrading to windows VISTA. Hope my advice helps.
I build my own computers from parts I purchase. I would like to start selling them on Ebay and such, if possible. I want to sell the computers with Windows installed. Does this mean i have to sell the computer with Windows installed, and buy one brand new copy of windows with every PC that I want to sell. Please leave regards as to what other technicalities that I would have to look out for if I am able to do this.
The first respondent has some valid points.
If you do go ahead with the project be sure to buy OEM licensed copies of Windows rather than the retail boxes.
They will cost much less %26 as a PC manufacturer you are legally entitled to buy %26 sell this type of licensing.
Pricing of OEM :
http://www.nextag.com/vista-oem/search-h...
http://www.nextag.com/Microsoft-Windows-...
People overpay on eBay all the time. I saw one guy sell Vaio notebooks over %26 over again at $1000 more than they cost elsewhere.
I salute your initiative .... just don't mortgage your home to start this project. Begin small %26 invest your profits into growing your business.
regards,
Philip T
Here's the deal (from someone who's done it): companies like Dell, Gateway, HP... well, you get the idea, buy millions of parts, every month... so how much cheaper do you think you can buy your mobo, or video card for, than they do? Answer... you can't! Think about the time %26 cost at building a machine (about a $3000 machine can be built for half or less) but can you sell it for that $3000? Ans. NO! why? becuase (and this is where they kill us) the Monitors, Keyboards, speakers, etc). They also get those things for pennies on the dollar; we just plain can't, and it's difficult to compete! Now, selling on Ebay? it's a crap shoot. You may be able to get good deal on monitors, buying in bulk, but can you compete with users who don't know the difference? no! That's why these companies can advertise absolute crap computers for $499 or less, and ppl will buy them... then complain that their systems are slooooooow.
right i have a bt home hub and a router i use the bt home hub with my computers but now want to connect one of my computers to the other router while the other computer is using the bt home hub... if that makes any sense to you....thanks
just connect the hub to the router and connect both pc's to it
Connect your computers to hub and your hub to router with a straight through cable then assign an ip address from same subnet to computers .then assign and configure another ip address to one of the computer and Ethernet port of router from differed subnet .Do not forget that you most configure your router in a appropriate way.
Back in the 1990's we went from 100Mhz to about 1.1Ghz. I could easily see the progress computers were making back then. Now, every time I check the latest computers they all top out at around 3.06Ghz. Surely, I MUST be missing something?
Well there are physical limitations on how fast a clock signal can be. I think both AMD and Intel realized that you can improve the speed of a CPU without adding more speed to the clock. They are improving on things like true threading of execution and shortening of execution pipes. To prove the point, a 1.5 Ghz Intel Pentium M processor was ''faster'' than a 3.0 Ghz Pentium 4. I don't think you'll see another clock speed jump anytime soon but you will see faster CPUs.
Yes, AMD made the jump for 64 bit processors, and Intel is still behind somehow. In the meanwhile, Microsoft came out with XP 64bit, so the trend will go in that direction. Belive me, 3 GHz is too much power for too many applications today...
the Pentium 5 and 6 if you will are the dual core and Pentium extreme processors check out Intel.com for all the info
Newest processors that I have seen being sold are running around 3.7MHz (Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965 Presler 1066MHz FSB LGA 775 Processor Model BX80553965). The main reason why in my opinion as why they have not jumped up higher like you were describing is that there has been a lot of development into 64 bit processors verses the standard 32 bit that most systems run on today. The technological jump from moving from 32 to 64 bit processors is light years higher then continuing to make 32 bit processors running at 4-8 Ghz by increasing the allowed RAM for a computer from 4GB today to ''17,179,869,184 gigabytes or 16 exabytes of RAM''!!!!!!!!
I want all 4 of these computers to be connected to the internet. Do I need an adaptor for each computer?
Hi,
You would need a wireless router (connects through USB port) for the computer that the internet comes directly through from your ISP, and wireless adapters for all the other computers. Some laptops have built in wireless networking features, and you could just enable those to get wireless internet on them after installing the wireless router. You would need an adapter for each of the computers that do not have built-in wireless networking capabilities, excluding the one that is directly connected to the internet line, and for that one you would need a router.
You probably also want a relatively fast internet connection because if you do not have one, it would make the wireless connection very slow, and it would not give very good internet on any of the computers, because the bandwidth of the internet connection would be distributed between multiple computers. Hope this helps!
--rbedi100
I have a problem with three client computers connected both on the network and the internet. First of all the three cannot connect to the server computer in the lab which runs windows xp professional for internet however the server properly connects to the internet.
Secondly of the three the two have limited or no connectivity.
Ever since I sent my querries to the answers community I have always been dealt a good deal. I appreciate the everything you do but urgent help is needed. Jamesmicoff help me too.
Please re-write your question in unambiguous English and we can help you better
which internet connection you have %26 how your network in design? it is wired or wifi network?
The Internet connection sharing service on the host must be running.
There is a wizard that can help you do this. It is under programs, accessories.
Run this on the host only or it's a real mess to reconfigure.
In control panel, Internet connections, disable file and print sharing and client for Microsoft networks on the host only. On the advanced tab, enable the firewall and connection sharing.
On the clients, in control panel, network and Internet connections, make sure the TCP/IP protocol is installed.
Select properties and select obtain an IP address automatically.
There are lots opportunities for problems in network setup, far to many to list here but chances are good this will work if the network cards in all the machines are Windows compliant.
Don't forget you also need to set up shares to be able to access each others files or disks.
(a) What is the probability that more than 4 of the 6 will be defective?
(b) How many of the 6 computers do you expect to be bad at the time of testing?
(c) Suppsoe there are 50 computers in the lab and the probability that a computer is virus free is 4%. Using 2 methods, calculate the probability of 6 students using the lab and escaping the virus plague. That is, what is the probability of exactly 6 diskettes remaining virus free if all 50 PC's were used (by students with diskettes) in a lab tutorial?
(a) ((6!/(5!1!)) * (.23^5)*(.77^1)) + ((6!(6!1!)) * (.23^6)*(.77^0)) = .31216% approximately.
(b) 6*.23 = 1.38
(c) ((50!/(44!6!))*(.04^6) = 6.5% approximately.
i would want to be able to have 3 different computers queue up music to one central computer and have that central computer play the resulting playlist...any programs that can help?
not that i know of but u can tranfer the music to one single comp and que it up using windows media player actually now that i think about yes u can just make a new playlist in media player then add the new music to it the other comp will have to be on though for this to work email me for more info if ur puzled
same difference
Absolutely. There is no one way. If you have computers on a network, turn on file sharing on each. At that point you can access the playlist from any PC on the network. Use the Windows network setup wizard to accomplish this.
you can use lan or wifi to network your computers and you can share your music with your sharing folders for all information about wifi networking go to http://www.wifilegends.6x.to
I believe you can use a LAN (Local Area Network) hub to do what you want. I have never had the need to use one, but if you ask a local computer store in your area, they should be able to help you get the equipment, and with setup. Just make sure to put your music into shared files on all the computers. You could also use memory sticks to transfer music file between computers, which would probably be a cheaper alternative to a LAN hub. Of course, if you have ohter uses for network the computers, like multiplayer gaming, go with the hub. That would be good for LAN parties.
Currently i am going to setup a small office involving 15 computers. Is there necessary for me to buy 15 OEM license of Windows XP Profesional or i just need to buy one and then install to all 15 computers? And, is there any 'group license' that will be cheaper then 15 OEM license? Thanks.
using the same license for all 15 computers is not wise because Microsoft recently updated their Windows genuine advantage program to exclude the other 14 computers from getting updates. The program then accuses you of piracy, and posts signs all over your computer that ''this copy of windows may be counterfeit (including posting signs on the boot and lo gin screens)
it may be sensible to go with a version of Linux, depending on the needs of the office.
check out all the links below (1 copy of xandros can be installed on all the computers and is the most compatible with windows applications)
This site might help:
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/howto...
has information of volume licensing.
Realistically, you only need one, however that IS illegal and constitutes software piracy and could end up costing much more that the 15 licenses. You can get discounts from an authorized dealer, Otherwise, if these are NEW PCs, why not just be sure that those that you purchase include XP Pro as the Preloaded OS.
Try CDW for pricing
So i really am getting into Computers alot now and was wondering about some shows i can watch maybe on Youtube that are about computers or revolve around them, and i don't mean those documentaries, i want a show that teachers about them or is about them but has some action and adventure in it,any suggestions?
There is something on YouTube. Check out live.Carrillo.
He has a bunch of short videos that show all kinds of things for beginners right on up to the geeks. Some of it you might like some may not apply to your needs. Either way, you can pick and choose.
Hope this helps.
The legendary computer geek Lockergnome regulary posts video commentaries on YouTube...and former TechTV stalwarts Leo Laruche (sp) and Kevin Rose have podcasts on iTunes.
I asked this question and I know about a router(and wireless) but the computers are in two totally different areas-so I cant have blue ethernet cables everywhere!One telephone point is really far away from the main telephone point here in the UK-and the other computer is upstairs!
Is there another way of doing this?
A wireless router will handle upstairs/downstairs just fine so long as you don't have metal floors or have100 ft ceilings
Cost is about $50 US
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Okay. Depending on how far apart the two computers are in your home, a wireless hub is your only option. And considering that your broadband provider is already providing you with a wireless router then you just need to purchase two wireless network cards for each PC.
You may also need to set up a network hub so that both PCs will have access the router.
I had a network set up, but then my family moved, and we rewired everything. Then 4 of the computers had their hard-drives wiped and we bought another. I have 6 in total. How do I put them all on the network again? Should I delete whatever broken connections I have between the computers? (Some of the computers can acess one or two other machines, but the computers don't ''recognize'' eachother. I made a floppy disk in the setup wizard but the newer computers don't have a floppy drive. I used my Windows XP CD to try and link the machines but I'm not really sure what I'm doing. Also, can I connect 5 PCs with XP to the network and add a 6th that has Vista?
Other info: We share an internet connection through a cable modem, and the internet is working on all 6, but not the file and printer sharing (I can't send a file from one computer to another without a CD, email, or a flashdrive)
Thanks in advance!
Make sure those other PCs are on the same IP segment as the other computers. example: 192.168.1.xxx.
If you do file sharing make sure you have it turned on, on all the PCs. You can turn this on by right-clicking my computer and going to Sharing and Security (XP)
Yes, you can connect a Vista machine with an XP machine on the network. They both use the same network protocol so there shouldn't be any issues with that.
Why not try use the flashdrive to transfer the Wizard settings to the other PCs.
Make sure all computers are in the same WORKGROUP. Chances are the 4 computers whos hard drives were wiped now have the default workgroup name of WORKGROUP or something like that.
To check/change workgroup name, right-click My Computer and click properties. On the Computer Name tab, check the workgroup name, they all need to be the same.
once that is done, feel free to share out folders to your likeing.
I am interested in the Eclipse Matrix i67n88-vsta, and I was going to puchase it, but the reviews on ciao claimed that customer support and help is bad for this store (eclipse-computers.com) . Has anyone bought from here? Are they good systems. what are the estimated building/delivery times for the systems and are the warranties and technical support good enough?
i use eclipse, mainly coz its on my doorstep, but the joke is you need to take a flask and sandwiches... 40 guys queueing, 2 guys on the counter... NOT GOOD...
the after sales service is nigh on non existent, and if you do leave your PC with them, it may be many weeks before you see it again...
nowadays i use micom international. also in coventry... but might as well be on another planet... fast friendly service, and if you buy the components off him, they'll build it for 20 quid... and they offer a 3 day turnaround. they also do mail order.
google Eclipse Computers (of Coventry) and they seem to
have a terrible reputation
''The Trading Standards say this is illegal ''
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/for... Report It
I saw a post on Y|A a month ago or so and it was scathing of Eclipse Computers... so I probably wouldn't.
I'm more likely to go Dell or Apple than build my next machine...
We're about to switch over from DSL to Cable through Comcast. We have a server and three computers. My question would be, do we need a wireless airport for all three computers to hook into the internet or does the server connect to the internet, and the three computers are hooked to the internet because they're hooked into the server. I hope I didn't confuse you with this question because I'm confused! Please let me know what you think. Thanks much!
You can share your connection through the server, so long as you have a router. To have all 3 computers wirelessly connected, you must have 1, a wireless capable cable modem, or 2, a wireless capable router.
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the computers have made everything mechanical. human resource has lost its value. man does not even mind to even a simple calculation by his own. dont you feel a day would come when even human brains will be controlled by computers?
yep...its getting scary. I watched this video that showed that by 2024 we will have made a 1000$ computer that will surpass the human mind. amazingly creepy....
I installed Supreme Commander on my computer, and want to install it on my Dad's computer. (both computers within 10 feet of each other.) I wanted to know if it's illegal. My friend says it is.
sure. if you bought the software its yours so you can do whatever you want. you own the license.
oh and but... some games require the CD to start the game.
so you can't make a copy of the cd. but you can start it first on one machine, then remove the cd and then start it on the other machine, thats if you both want to play game at same time.
most sierra games are that way.
absolutely not. As long as you dont burn it and sell it to the masses its totally legal.
I HAVE A WIRELESS LAN IN MY OFFICE (CONTAINING 7 COMPUTERS)THAT I NEED TO SET UP, BUT AFTER CONNECTING COMPUTERS TO THE WIRELESS LAN AND SETTING UP A WORKGROUP, I STILL CANNOT ACCESS REMOTE COMPUTERS IN THE WORK GROUP. THE COMPUTERS CANNOT SEE THEMSELVES.
The Workgroup NAME on each computer needs to be the same.
IF you are assigning Static IP address, they have to be in the same range. I.E. 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.8
Open the command prompt Start - Run - Cmd and type
IPCONFIG /All on each computer. Take note of the IP Address assigned to each computer. Then on each try pinging the others. I.E. on the pc with ip of 192.168.0.1 type PING 192.168.0.2. If that is good then you have a good connection.
Turn off all your 3rd party firewalls and default your XP firewall.
I assume you are using XP PRO. XP HOME has a limit of five the number of pc's on a network. If you have 7 pc's they all should be XP PRO. Even one XP Home machine will gum up the works when you exceed five.
Several factors could cause this.. to start with, are you using Norton AV with firewall? Try turning off all firewalls, Windows included? Did you enable sharing? Can you see all the computer names in My Network Places?
I realize all the PC's are hosed right now.. but concentrate on just 2 of them. Use Google instead of Yahoo Answers because you'll get good answers much quicker.
I have 2 computers and an xbox. Computer 1 works on the internet at all times, but computer 2 and the xbox can't be online at the same time. They all have different IP addresses. Anyone know a simple solution? I am computer stupid so try and make it as easy to follow as possible.
i dont know really
Did you configure your multiport router correctly???
I have two computers. I have purchased two Windows XP. One for each. I have heard that you are allowed to use each purchased Win XP on at most two computers. Is this true that I only need one Licence for both PC's?
One License one PC (at a time).
I have XP Home and tryed to get it to work on my ''server'' secant computer and Microsoft would not let me.
one.. think of it as a book!
Just one, you can run up to two processors per licenced workstation.
they tell you only 1 but what they dont know wont hurt them .it all has to do with them wanting more money
i was told by microsoft 3 times
one for each system, its own license. you can reintall but on the same system.
simple, 1. Legally.
unless you have a multi user license then the answer is one and thats all
