I gave my mouse pad the finger
Does anyone know why the pointer doesn’t move with a very sweaty or wet finger?
A mouse pad even a dog could use.
They could make a special keyboard for people with developmental disabilities. It would have a larger mouse pad with a much larger pointer and have special programs with easier things to click on.
Or they could do that to experiment with animals to see if you could train them to do simple internet surfing. A chimpanzee could do it I bet.
A dog could use his nose to move a dogee pointer to click on big pictures of treats and click on his favorite.
I’ll bet they do it, and you’ll see it on 20/20 soon. A chimp will be surfing!
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best hard drive set up?
I am trying to figure out the best configuration for my hard drives. Right now I have a 640 GB drive with one partition, and everything just sits on there. I just bought a 750 GB drive and I am considering my options on how to format it.
I am thinking:
drive one
- partition for system files and data
drive two
- partition for temp and swap files
- partition for drive 1’s backup
what do you think? Is it a waste to dedicate the majority of the second drive for backup?
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Wireless N speeds
So, I just bought a Linksys router (WRT160N) with wireless N. I’m noticing that my Dell laptop with the Intel 4965 wireless N adapter is only getting 54Mbps. Is there anything I can do to help increase that? I just upgraded my drivers to the latest version, but that’s not helping. I’m also running DD-WRT on the router.
Oh, my desktop with the Linksys network adapter is getting around 270Mbps.
I’ve read numerous problems with 4965 AGN cards not working with linksys N. Not sure on the answer.
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Stupid MobileMe shit from Apple
God, it pisses me off that Apple installed this shitty MobileMe software with their iTunes 7.7 update. If you have installed that, but haven’t noticed, it is sneakily installed with the latest version of iTunes. To uninstall it, go to Add/Remove Programs or Programs and Features in Vista, then remove the Apple Mobile Device Support.
It is annoying because there is a lot I like about Apple as a company, but this is really bad form.
you know i’m not an apple hater, but i’ve read a lot of bad shit about MobileMe and it pissed me off when i stumbled on that crap on my Vista laptop. man, i’m already nervous enough about this thing falling on its ass without companies sneaking their crappy software in too.
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IMB Thinkpad T42 Running Slow
My mom has a T42 that is running really slowly. It takes nearly 4 minutes to boot up, takes a few minutes to connect to the internet, and just runs everything slowly. I’ve done the usual anti-virus scan, spyware scan, registry clean, and defrag routine with hardly any improvement. What else can I do to make this thing speed up?
A defrag could help speed things up. So would installing CCleaner and letting it have a go. A last resort could be having to wipe everything clean and reinstall the entire OS altogether.
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PC wont boot
I recently moved, so my pc was not powered on or connected to a powerstrip for a few days. I booted it up and it got stuck on the windows loading screen, i left it but after ~15 min I turned the computer off and now the power on light does not come on the HDD light does not come on, the only thing that happends is i can hear the fans spin up and the light on the DVD drive comes on for a second. I cant even get the EVGA splash screen or to the BOIS and the monitor says there is no connection. halp me.
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Video Card question
I have a Raideon(sp?) 9600 128MB card in my computer right now…
I just got a computer from a friend who didn’t want it anymore and he has a Gxforce(sp?) 5500 256MB video card in his….
Would that be a better video card for me to use? Would I be able to just unplug mine and plug that one in? Plug and play i think they call it?
The 9600, assuming it’s not the SE, would be better.
That being said, yes you could swap the cards out however it would be best to first completely remove the ATI drivers and of course install the nVidia drivers. Driver Cleaner Pro is great for really cleaning out drivers.
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Computer does not recognize USB *HELP*
Hello,
I just bought a wireless mouse for my HP DV8210US and for some reason every time I plug in the USB device into my USB port the computer comes up with an error message that says "Does not recognize device". Any help as to solve this problem would be appreciated. Thanks guys.
Tried to put in a 2gb flash drive and the comp wouldn’t recognize as well. I tried to put it in all the USB ports, but it seems the comp just doesn’t want to work!
make sure you have drivers installed for it. you can tell windows to look online for usb drivers… It’s the only thing I tell windows to automatically do. Otherwise you might have to enable or change options in bios under integrated peripherals.
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how to password protect a folder and/or drive
I have 2 drives on my computer. One I use for music/video/backup. Is there a way to password protect that drive from other accounts on my computer?
right-click, properties.. security tab. remove all users listed except yourself. Be very careful though you may lose access completely if you don’t ensure you are on that list with full access
there is no security tab. I see general, tools, hardware, sharing, quota.
Simple file sharing?
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