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Please note that, although we've been on the air since 1989, this log doesn't go back nearly that far!

Total number of calls to Sound Bytes in this log: 6,518

DateCallerTimeCityQuestion
2012-05-12 - 9 callers
Judy12:18:42Hilton, NYCan't read HotMail.
Jim12:27:19Greece, NYWindows XP, Outlook Express, Carbonite, are email being backed up?
Linda12:30:39Greece, NYCertificate error on iPad, coming from FaceBook? | XP desktop, afraid about WIndows 8, not being able to get WIndows 7 next year
James12:51:36Sodus Point, NYiPhone, can he upgrade to latest iOS?
Dennis12:56:42Rochester, NYEconomy windows x64, 4 GB RAM, video is slow. | Alternative to Flash?
Tony13:18:20Greece, NYNetBook, windows files missing or corrupt, no CD drive
Ernesto13:46:15Perinton, NYAsus Linux, not supported any more, upgrade?
Victor13:50:45Irondequoit, NYGarmin GPS, trying to download 25 MB map, with 12 MB free. smallest microSD card?
Dennis13:55:27Rochester, NYOpenOffice vs. LibreOffice
2012-05-05 - 11 callers
Frank12:14:20Irondequoit, NYCan he use System Restore to remove a program? | how to know what programs come with a computer?
Les 12:39:56Rochester, NYIs Kaspersky enough, or still need to run Tango?
Larry12:51:25Rochester, NYGood idea to check bank statements online often, he caught fraudulent charges.
Ed12:55:38Ithaca, NYIs AC adapter on a laptop also a surge protector? | how to send a text to a cell phone from a computer
Mike13:08:58Webster, NYHP, shortcuts on desktop, windows don't open full size.
Phil13:10:56Greece, NYre: Text to Phone, via email 5855551212@vzw.com, etc.
Marco13:17:55Charlotte, NYnew WD hard drive, loses data frequently. Still under warranty.
Joe13:27:03Cheektowaga, NYre: Text to Phone; can also use Google Voice. SMS only, not MMS. | change user agent to fake a site that require a specific browser
Sal13:34:59Fairport, NYTango different OSs?
Gerd13:39:26Victor, NYSwitched from TWC to Frontier/Dish, Lexmark won't print.
Bert13:52:47Palmyra, NYPartitioning? dual booting, how to use a 3rd OS?
2012-04-28 - 6 callers
Judy12:53:04Hilton, NYre: earphones - flat kind so can lay down - also got new speakers Logitech USB - loves them - seems to be coming out of right speaker only
Linda13:11:03Greece, NYtried to add credit card to iTunes, but kept coming back invalid | Instapaper -
Alex13:17:47Rochester, NYmidrange HP tower - sound quality is pretty lousy - thinking about upgrading -
Chuck13:26:28irondequoit, NYcleaning up computer - cleaning up all files - disk cleanup - cannot compress old files
Jon13:31:27Almira Heights, NYon Facebook - "sign up" - forgot password
Victor13:45:59irondequoit, NYCarbonized his backup, but what's the cloud
2012-04-21 - 6 callers
Tom12:27:26Rochester, NYFacebook: lots of Web sites waiting for FB plugins
Dennis12:40:06Rochester, NYW7 desktop - can't get into certain files - locked
Jason12:49:13Altoona, PAre: Dennis - how to add to Start menu | laptop - CPU fan making horrible sound | wireless WPA2 - no broadband, so router won't work
Chris12:57:19Rochester, NYre: Mac users - Sophos - also free - activity monitor - some stuff runs as root
George13:44:59Greece, NYre: bluetooth
Chris13:52:44Canandaigua, NYSteve Gibson: - did all the cloud storages on the Security Now! podcast | why use Microsoft Office?
2012-04-14 - 5 callers
Larry12:53:32Rochester, NYhow connect iPad to PC Projector
Larry13:14:03Rochester, NYre: Facebook accounts | book retailing problems
Sal13:17:28Fairport, NYiPad on projector
Linda13:28:11Greece, NYYahoo is going to sync her mail
Jerry13:50:28Greece, NYattaboy: Revo Uninstaller - new Dell super-duper-do-everything - put Revo Uninstaller in first | bought Dell on eBay - couldn't load Dell diagnostics
2012-04-07 - 4 callers
Carl12:21:15Pottstown, PAwhere to get a networking course? | want to keep track of amount of data used on Internet
Jim12:38:19Greece, NYdesktop HD corrupted
Larry13:35:28Rochester, NYMac - wireless kybd/magic mouse - keep dropping out "lost connection"
Joan13:48:59irondequoit, NYvery leary about giving credit card number - could pay bills online?
2012-03-31 - 6 callers
Ed12:31:09Ithaca, NYwhen went to donate online - no clear way to say SB - "other comments" - how put MP3 onto CD? | Yahoo mail - folder in folder?
Carl12:50:22Greece, NYbacking up - fears the off-site people
Steve12:59:08Greece, NYSamsung Galaxy Tab - can play movies? - convert? | sites w/ ads -
Victor13:10:19irondequoit, NYwhy watch movie on a 10" screen?
Steve13:33:38Greece, NYagain - unknown error has occurred - handbrake -
Mike13:53:01Gates, NYlaptop w/ Vista - can't load printer -
2012-03-24 - 4 callers
Linda12:17:11Greece, NYnetwork ready wireless printers | how connect to iPad/iPod | XP printer work with it?
Sal13:13:11Fairport, NY
Bill13:29:51irondequoit, NYWhat is Ubuntu? |
Gerd13:38:14Victor, NYwhen start HP Tower get start from CD? - hit F9 | screen - in Gmail - move the screen right or left, but can't get it centered
2012-03-17 - 6 callers
Carl12:17:57Pottstown, PAwants to start service to xfer vinyl to CD
Fritz12:27:20Canandaigua, NYGave Steve an ION about 3 years ago - how was it?
Tony12:50:50Rochester, NYcanceled Internet a long time ago, canceled all shopping sites, PayPal, etc. Forgot to toss email accounts.
James12:57:14Rochester, NYW7 IE9 - how come old tabs pop up
Victor13:18:24irondequoit, NYNeed to buy HotMail to get Incredimail? Firefox addons?
George13:56:06Greece, NYsuffering from fear of using the Internet and getting malware
2012-03-10 - 11 callers
Linda12:20:13Greece, NYiPad - App Store - wireless works fine - sometimes says no secure connection, check your date/time - it's fine, but if plays with date/time, can connect | on Web page, sometimes can't scroll for a half a second
Ron12:31:03Rochester, NYXP Home - can't get 90.1 on computer - not this one
Joe12:35:47Rochester, NYlaptop - reading a page - how bookmark a spot in the middle of the page?
Joe12:38:13Greece, NYXP - AOL - some can't read - font too small
Jim12:48:09Greece, NYW7 - bought laptop w/ Home Premium 64 - upgrade to a different one? | no Internet at home - bought Brother laser - how communicate wirelessly peer-to-peer?
Bill12:52:11Greece, NY4 USB HDs for backups and data - getting new computer -
Joe13:10:48Greece, NYtried to change font - now the program won't run
Mark13:16:06Rochester, NY2 PCs - XP, W764 - XP has PPT 2007 - W7 has PPT 2010 - connects thru router -
Pam13:29:26Avon, NYavast! upgrade - things went wonky - did repair - uninstalled avast! and installed AVG - now getting message nVidia boot agent - PXE61
Tom13:39:27Greece, NYstolen stuff from house
Steve13:56:08Rochester, NYW764 Gateway - internet connection issue - wifi at home - don't shut down - go to public wifi - always works - come home - always works - if boot at public wifi, then take it home, cannot force it to find other networks
2012-03-03 - 7 callers
Dennis12:15:23Rochester, NYhow listen to the show like he used to on cassette tapes
Russ12:18:21Batavia, NYlaptop and Droid phone - can connect laptop to phone?
Fritz13:19:04Canandaigua, NYAzure | 10 different SKUs
Mark13:30:22Livonia, NYupgrade Dell Optiplex 745 - want more RAM - 2 sticks 512 - replace w/ 2 2G sticks - pull the 2 512s? | want to put dual-monitor graphics card in
Lynn13:37:04Rochester, NY1 yr old laptop Win7 - yesterday on Web mail - console log: Mike: note prod
Julie13:46:47Largo, FLre: Total Recorder
George13:56:05Greece, NYtake an audio recording w/ still videos and put on tablet so can be played back by users who may be elderly and not very computer literate
2012-02-25 - 8 callers
Larry12:37:16Rochester, NYmember! iMac - trying to create Apple ID - could not use PayPal - used debit card - has not received any info (that he was expecting)
Gary12:50:14Greece, NYMember! Security Tango - clicked "allow" instead of "quarantine" - took to shop - cleaned it - took out all ST programs, replaced them w/ MS Security Essentials. Will there be conflicts?
Joe13:00:05Buffalo, NYGoogle - Clearwire Communications - had a 6.5% stake - sold it off. | re: Apple Store and Credit Cards
Bodan13:12:40Rochester, NYOpenOffice | update avast
Don13:15:12Hilton, NYone-time credit cards - how do I get that?
Bob Brenna!13:34:46Rochester, NY
Mark13:52:52Penfield, NYMark: Security software for iPad? Mac? | wifi radiation in the iPad
Art13:54:40Ontario, NYsome sort of bar code on his bank statement
2012-02-18 - 10 callers
Bodan12:11:53Rochester, NYrip DVDs with Windows Media Player?
Charlie12:16:29Rochester, NYmouse works funny if plugged into certain port - works fine in another port |
Dennis12:20:13Rochester, NYWin7 laptop - IE9 does not show open pages on the taskbar
Peter12:57:58Penfield, NYzip cars in Rochester? | new Top Level Domains? | Motorola/Google | URLs for streams - Nitesh streamtheworld
Ernest13:15:42Perinton, NYRAID 0 - cannot update the driver | ASUS EEE w/ Linux - trying to update Firefox
Bob13:18:55Walworth, NYprogram to print out topographic maps - starting to print only in 2 inch area
Eric13:28:50Stoughton, MABSD 0x0000024
Glynne13:37:46Pasadena, TXGot Android device - what apps are good?
Bruce13:47:04Hilton, NYAdvanced System Carefree - Active Boost? | S-Video out
George13:52:09Webster, NYimporting problem - Vets @ War Memorial
2012-02-11 - 9 callers
Linda12:23:17Greece, NYXP - only use it for putting stuff on iPad. If using iPad, deletes first 5 things in her folders.
Bill12:35:28irondequoit, NYOutlook Express - 2 IDs - wife cannot delete any messages in inbox
John12:40:45Rochester, NYin the driveway - Vista - HP laptop - when log out of Mozilla Browser, when log in says "Vprotect has stopped working - report/etc."
Bill13:00:13Rochester, NYWin7 Ultimate - 64bit - WinXP Compatibility Mode won't do scanners, etc.
Frank13:24:45irondequoit, NYCD burners - UDF file systems and CDF file system
Joe13:33:09Buffalo, NYTomTom 1 - use dban to wipe reg computer - how about TomTom?
Jim13:37:10Greece, NYdaughter has pix on computer - would like to send to Jim - best way?
Bill13:49:43irondequoit, NYfrom earlier - 2 IDs in OE -
Eric13:56:09Greece, NYKodak Z650 | camera meetup?
2012-02-04 - 6 callers
Dar12:51:36Toronto, Ontario, CAtaxpayers should rejoice that Facebook is around - close your Facebook account is a YouTube video
Sam12:57:15Rochester, NYusing Win7 - docs default to My Documents - how do I make them go to Google Docs?
Joanne13:14:02Greece, NYGoogle Calendar | iPad - want to put spreadsheets - Excel - how do I get them there?
Chris13:20:17Williamson, NYson's wife's laptop - W7 - Backdoor Trojan - cleaned some stuff, but now Start has been cleared off
Mark13:28:54Greece, NYuninstall Norton - Removal Tool or regular uninstall?
Santana13:39:23Perinton, NYold XP machine - rebuild from parts - 8 or 9 beeps - Intel motherboard - CMOS shutdown | RAID 0 - has to check for consistency
2012-01-28 - 6 callers
Linda12:30:08Greece, NYhow to get music onto Android phone?
Tom12:52:05irondequoit, NYworking as user - print file doesn't go to printer
Dar13:13:36Toronto, Ontario, CAWindows 8 - hardware firewall
Jim13:34:26Greece, NYneed to upgrade - dealing w/ lots of large images - 24M pixel - 100M - tower - i7 - photoshop - PC or Mac? - more PC friendly | what old PC software will run?
Gil13:50:17Fairport, NYusing Ubuntu for Web/email - wants to move stuff from Ubuntu to Windows - Samba doesn't always connect - XP w/ svc paks | re: Jim - sometimes, it DOES hurt to learn something!
Joan13:55:59Rush, NYHow stop printer from printing test sheet every time she turns it on and gives it a command to print - HPC3100
2012-01-21 - 4 callers
Linda12:15:37Greece, NYiPad - in iTunes in XP - on iPad, wants the same list view of name and time to play
Joe12:58:32Cheektowaga, NYre: passwords - can set up master password for form fillins
George13:33:45Greece, NYsimple to use scanner for checks?
Ben13:56:05Fairport, NYUSB on laptop - switching between mouses doesn't recognize them - plugged in and didn't work - "USB device not recognized"
2012-01-14 - 9 callers
Carl12:26:05Pottstown, PA10 yr old PC w/ 512 - slowness - something other than RAM? | cell phones - LTE - HSPA?
Ted12:35:03Fairport, NYBSoD - dual boot Vista and Mint - works great under Mint - Vista dies w/ network
Sue12:41:58Macedon, NYbuilt-in Webcam - camera lights up but she can't be seen (Skype)
Ingrid12:58:10Penfield, NYadded MSN by accident - did a Gmail address - MSN is a pain! get messages that it's not working properly
Dennis13:13:29North Chili, NYnew laptop - trial version of MSOffice - didn't want to pay - uninstalled it, installed old Office 2000 - can open old docs, but when make new doc, can't open it
Bill13:23:56irondequoit, NYwireless netbook - 2 networked computers - WRT54G Linksys router - wireless works fine - trying to get the netbook on the same network as the desktops - can see the netbook from the other two
Mike13:34:58Rochester, NYwants new printer - needs to scan multi-pg docs to PDF. Has good printer, but needs scanner
Joe13:38:14Pittsford, NYstreaming video from multiple classrooms over the Internet?
Mike13:47:29irondequoit, NYplaying CD in DVD - paused for about 7 hours - damage? | Tango - when dump temp files, some won't go
2012-01-07 - 8 callers
Victor12:28:19irondequoit, NYget rid of temp files
Joe12:35:58Orchard Park, NYre: running as an ordinary account sudowin
Rich12:50:05Rochester, NYways to write apps for Android phone?
Sandy13:11:03Webster, NYDell Inspiron - mouse wouldn't work - why USB not recognized?
Bill13:16:48Greece, NYremoving self from Internet
Bill13:21:03irondequoit, NYsmall home network linsys wireless router - two computers and a Blu-Ray player wired - laptop wireless - can't see the computers that are wired
Jim13:31:01Greece, NYdot matrix printer - now printing gibberish - test print from printer fine - test print from computer gibberish
Paul13:37:18Rochester, NYreminiscing about inkjets, WD-40, and printheads
2011-12-31 - 9 callers
Dar12:26:32Toronto, Ontario, CAre: getting off the lawn - YouTube - "Get the F Off My Lawn!" - Corner Gas
Linda12:31:39Greece, NYiPad - turn preview pane off when check email? | Roku
Dan12:46:46Pittsford, NYv. large files - Mac Pro - terabyte video files - did repair disk, "Clean My Mac," etc. still sluggish, getting the beachball. Defrag?
George12:55:29Greece, NYvoice recognition - Siri? Dragon Dictate?
Dan13:00:27Webster, NY2G RAM - most new machines have 4 - Win7 - % of RAM, rarely get over 55%-60%
Marie13:12:13Chili, NYlaptop: sometimes wipes out email, jumps to something else
Larry13:17:51Rochester, NYbought an iMac - a PC person - installed Norton AV - turned on firewall - anything else? | HP deskjet D4360 -
Rick13:29:36irondequoit, NY"Friend" got Kindle Fire - what do you think of them?
Steve13:40:16Rochester, NYWin product key - is the 6 really a 9?
2011-12-17 - 9 callers
Tony and Nancy12:28:30Rochester, NYwhat about security and stuff? Want to get rid of Norton - what else should they use?
Victor12:42:06irondequoit, NYMS Security Essentials
Brian12:45:18Pavilion, NYtries to catch the show - works Saturday - bought the Annoyatron (2 of 'em)
Mark12:59:01Greece, NYthe Rocket Man commercial - Fender audio is the sponsor
Jim13:09:55Greece, NYre: commercials | bought laptop - no Internet access - go to library - how stay secure?
KC13:12:58Rochester, NYI have PC, friend has Apple - I have .flac/shn format - how save to HD so he can access them?
Tom13:25:54Bergen, NYATI All-in-Wonder Pro - driver for XP? | video won't play on HP
Joan13:29:33Rush, NYFirefox - switched from desktop to laptop - had everything reloaded - when start Firefox, Bookmark bar does not show
George13:54:57Greece, NYradioshark problem - we asked if he had the most recent version - they don't seem to label versions - power conditioning? Laptop has no other use (archival, etc., but that's it)
2011-12-10 - 6 callers
Christian12:28:18Houston, TXBlackwatch Ave lights - near Perinton Wegman's
Joe13:09:08Fairport, NYIBM had the capacity to build drives right here in NY
Julie13:14:31Largo, FLTurbo Speed Road Runner - what's the difference?
Bob13:48:31Brighton, NYHP Touch - sale starting the 14th at $99 | Trying to root Nook for Android
Wayne13:52:47Holley, NYAndroid 2.2 Craig - resistant touch, not capacitive touch
George13:56:05Greece, NYradioSHARK - record off-air broadcasts - hangs from time to time, does not record
2011-12-03 - 6 callers
Frank12:33:56Rochester, NYSONY computer - about a yr old - had TIFF photos - can't read it | SONY can't read PDFs | flash drives - require drivers to run them?
Joya12:40:07Rochester, NYcable card - Time Warner DVR box - cable card can be used to record premium cable channels on your laptop?
Al12:57:12Macedon, NYdiscarded a reset disk for one of his laptops - Acer doesn't offer it anymore - what can he do?
Lynn13:16:11Clymer, NYnew computer - needed to burn backup disks - can't find anyplace to get them again | SpinRite - 1.5TB drive - won't run SpinRite
Richmond13:27:55Rochester, NYwants new computer - AMD vs Intel?
Dennis13:32:36East Rochester, NYiMac - 19" - put disc in, started loading, after 10 mins, was still loading - tried to eject - wouldn't - can't get it out
2011-11-26 - 9 callers
Thomas12:18:58irondequoit, NYwireless mice - don't use them because they can be hacked?
Chris12:28:57Gates, NY1st gen iTouch - wasn't connected to WiFi or computer, but iTunes updated and only stuff left was a few podcasts
George12:35:13Webster, NYWin7 - when turn on, get msg: document schdsks.exe caused a serious error last time it was opened. Do you want to continue opening it? Y/N - Word failed to start correctly | will Norton stop it?
Victor12:48:40irondequoit, NYWMRT - been installed four times?
George12:56:36Brighton, MichiganWin Task Mgr - handles, threads, processes
Mark13:10:13Henrietta, NYdigitize VHS tapes?
Joe13:33:47Cheektowaga, NYre: ATandT/T-Mobile merger | re: "average" computer
Pat13:44:56Lindenville, NYre: a few weeks ago - couldn't open in Word, could in OOo. | Mythbuntu - new HD card - driver problem??
Wesley13:54:56Coleville, NYstreaming - output levels too low on some stations - including ours!
2011-11-19 - 10 callers
Ed12:15:18Gates, NYWindows E machine - host.exe problem - redirect virus, too
Bob12:32:33Chili, NYDell laptop 3-4 yrs old - Vista - can't run screensaver
Dennis12:44:09Rochester, NYre: root kit
Jim12:48:54Fairport, NYaffiliate programs?
Gary12:54:06Greece, NYXbox - DSL - Netgear router - Xbox is wired
Dave13:18:25Webster, NYViewsonic G 10.1 Android 2.2 -
Joe13:35:06Buffalo, NYre: Angry Birds
Rob Linton!13:42:14Greece, NYRe: the great, new Jazz 90.1 app!
Bob13:48:49Greece, NYre: Dr. Who
Jim13:53:35Greece, NYDell 8200 9 yrs old - screen for booting in safe mode - counting down - rebooted -
2011-11-12 - 10 callers
Jim12:14:59Greece, NYbuying laptop - what antivirus?
Gerd12:23:04Victor, NYusing Norton Internet Security 2011 - still need antivirus?
Vic12:33:01irondequoit, NYhad virus removed - using avast! suite - something better? MS Office/Bus 2010 not working - can't uninstall it
Vic12:44:20irondequoit, NYit worked!
Joe12:51:35Buffalo, NYhad Firefox 7.0.1 - newer version avail! - did the update to 8.0 - in email, clicked link and got Firefox
Steve12:59:15Walworth, NYport forwarding and IP cameras - has several cameras, can only access 2 of them | is there a better router?
text message13:05:12Rochester, NYdoes the glass on the iPhone 4G break easier than on the 3G?
Julie13:13:04Largo, FLlots of antivirus stuff - too much? ZoneAlarm, Spybot, Ccleaner, Avast!
Walter13:30:37Greece, NYLinux desktop environment?
Pat13:52:04Rochester, NYXP - locked up - turned power off - won't restart - wants to start in safe mode
2011-11-05 - 7 callers
Vic12:15:09irondequoit, NY1 Nov was last time could get on Firefox - upgraded iTunes, tried to upgrade Firefox to 4 - after 1/2 hour, gave up - Kaspersky scan
Bill12:34:03Greece, NYDad just purchased laptop - wireless /w security - easy way to run Quicken on both machines?
Al12:45:21Rochester, NYMS Malicious Software Tool | Firefox - downloads disappear
Joann13:12:45Greece, NYiPad 3?
Roger13:23:53Greece, NYcomputer died - looking for replacement - Win Word Excel Access - Webmail, gen. surfing - EasyShare
Maryann13:28:29irondequoit, NYsomeone is sending out bogus emails from a friend's computer
Dennis13:49:59Rochester, NYa tech - does fire alarm work - 50 group homes - does 1/4ly tests on form, did hard copy - now they want email - what's the smallest type of form that could be sent as PDF?
2011-10-29 - 8 callers
Rick12:36:14Rochester, NYjava: npo has no object
Linda12:59:48Greece, NYIce Cream Sandwich - how come we all don't get it?
Don13:11:59Hilton, NYre: power outage - cell phone was charged but no tower - land line worked
Ed13:29:51Henrietta, NYlaptop from big box store - add antivirus and spyware? - office starter?
George13:36:24Greece, NYhow to determine how much RAM being used -
Bruce13:39:56Hilton, NYAbits VT7 motherboard - will be able to run PCIx video card?
Karl13:47:45Pottstown, PAYahoo! email - search function? -
Charlie13:51:09Rochester, NYopenoffice questions
2011-10-22 - 7 callers
Pat12:27:21Lyndonville, NYmember! MS - tech @ small hospital in Niagara County - file share - up from Office 2003 to 2007 - about 2 yrs of docs can access fine. Older than that, takes 20-45 mins to open in Office - fine in OOo and Notepad
Dar12:40:55Toronto, Ontario, CAremind us every Sat - can listen using the Android market and download the app!
David13:04:32Rochester, NYiPad - PC user - has Excel sheet for biz - ported to Numbers - ported back - what a mess! Can one edit an Excel sheet on iPad?
Linda13:28:09Greece, NYiTouch - InstaPaper
Stephen13:32:56Rochester, NYold games worked fine under XP - Win7 - they don't work
George13:51:42Greece, NYhow much RAM is being used at any one time?
Mike13:55:22Cheektowaga, NYWBFO - syndicate? _ Port Forwarding on Netgear - RR will block those ports
2011-10-15 - 6 callers
Chris12:17:01Rochester, NYhaving problems updating iTunes - reinstall Windows? | Chrome same problem
Bud12:37:46Greece, NY70 yrs old - son gave him Apple laptop - no one teaches how to use Apple! Who? basic-before-novice instructions | son had lots of DJ stuff xfer'd to new Mac. Left a lot of junk - how do I get that off?
Judy12:55:01Hilton, NYwants to change OS - XP -
Don13:00:40Hilton, NYconverting from Mac to PC or vice-versa you can incur lots of costs in new versions of the software
Michael13:38:53Greece, NYneed computer for music - looking at iMac - friend is Windows user
Dar13:43:56Toronto, Ontario, CAsoluto - LawsonTechnology.com
2011-10-08 - 8 callers
Fritz12:27:13Canandaigua, NYre: Jobs | 2 Oct HTC vulnerability - Android at the mercy of the carrier
Joe12:34:52Rochester, NYWin7 - SP1 won't install
Dennis12:40:12Rochester, NYTook picture of 8x10 ruled lined paper, scanned, PDF'd, and it's 24M!
Richard12:54:06irondequoit, NYisn't a member because we don't play Barbra Streisand | new HP, older Dell - Dell wants to update Adobe reader all the time
Philip13:09:07Penfield, NYlaptop died - Kaspersky - trying to access password file - blew HP contact away - AVguard showed up
Zack13:12:46Brighton, NYinterest in all things zombie - zombie file in Chrome?
Carl13:18:01Pottstown, PAaudacity to record internet streams - need to record when not home
Donna13:50:24Henrietta, NYre: HP laptop - Richard - her computer wouldn't update, either
2011-10-01 - 9 callers
Bodhan12:15:23Rochester, NYbought AVG Pro, finds tracking cookies, subscription ended, can't update.
Jim12:33:36Churchville, nyMicrosoft Updates, gets notices for Office 2010, only has 2003.
Bil12:39:01Webster, NY.Net framework updates fail
Virginia12:49:50Pittsford, NYthinks has virus, OpenCloudSecurity.
Joe12:51:22Cheektowaga, NYRe: previous office 2010 updates without having 2010, has uninstalled Outlook Express, still getting updates.
Julie13:03:56Rochester, NYcan't open PDF files.
Victor13:08:40Irondequoit, NYFirefox speedy upgrades, add-ons don't work.
Tim13:45:33Rochester, NYupgrade USB 1 to USB 2 on 1998 computer?
Julie13:50:44Rochester, NYCertificate Error, cause by bad clock setting.
2011-09-24 - 11 callers
Zack12:19:07Brighton, NYbackups - backup to NAS - wants to backup the NAS to online
Brian12:31:59Rochester, NYre: Tango
Joe12:40:46Buffalo, NYGoogle+, Facebook, etc.
Steve12:53:55Rochester, NYDymo Labelmaker on Mac Tower - Lion - can't close the program
Panni12:58:00Brighton, NYLexmark 1200 printer w/ Toshiba - have changed cartridge - does scanning, won't do copies, won't print - "no connection to computer"
Judy13:23:03Hilton, NYsuperantispyware - fantastic - virt mem low
Richard13:32:39Webster, NYget phone calls from "Dell" - they can tell his computer is infected
Sal13:34:23Fairport, NYOverdrive - makes an app for iPad to get books right from Monroe County Library
Wesley13:38:18Cowlesville, NYXP SP3 - tried avast! trial - lapsed - now, on startup, reminder pops up
Don13:45:34Hilton, NYfree out-of-copyright audiobooks - librivox.org
Mike13:51:30Webster, NYXP - gets emails from Yahoo! - didn't upgrade email - have to type in email address completely - can fix?
2011-09-17 - 9 callers
Dan12:33:34GreeceQuad Core laptop that doesn't overheat.
Dave12:36:30RochesterMacbook Pro Safari always opens last web site, not home page.
Frank12:51:49Irondequoitcomputer with VIsta, photo cd, icons are too small. | program registration keeps comes up at login
Jake13:05:23Webster, NY
Jake13:06:26Webster, NYwireless router stopped working, replaced it, working worse that the old one was
Judy13:21:12Hilton, NYAVG says not fully protected,
Greg13:28:18Rochester, NYroom mate's computer can't hook up to cable to roadrunner, his can.
George13:30:51Rochester, NYDaves Basic Computer configuration out of date
Dave13:35:33Rochester, NYVista, WIndows update not working.
2011-09-10 - 5 callers
Jim12:25:32Nashua, NHComputer America - been on longer?? | GoingLinux.com
Joanne12:42:19Greece, NYalmost ready to jump into the iPad - new one - buy now or wait?
Smilee13:16:23Rochester, NYre: Zune Marketplace and putting the podcast there
Judy13:53:02Hilton, NYtrying to add new printer - it's bucking her -
Joe13:55:25Buffalo, NYG+ - circles - how do they work?
2011-09-03 - 10 callers
Brett12:17:22Rochester, NYmusician - has FireStudio - 10 in-out I/O on firewire - Win XP - got latest driver - when go to sync, hardware wizard comes up - finishes, re-detects, re-detects, then works
Zack12:29:37Brighton, NYbiometrics - keyboard biometrics? | more info about an album or artist
Stan12:35:17Webster, NYbought Lenovo - McAfee - real-time scanning not working
Robert12:40:24Rochester, NYQR codes - wants to put one that does email on a business card
Joel12:48:36Pittsford, NYOCZ solid state drive W7 w/ reg. internal HD for data - lots of suggestions for tweaks - should I?
Marie13:02:41Chili, NYlaptop - video going - planning on buying another laptop | moderate home use -
Bob13:13:24Rochester, NYHP TouchPad - good idea? | Uncle Dave liked a program for streaming video
Fritz13:25:47Canandaigua, NYre: "inside baseball" re: HP TouchPad
Ray13:44:45Greece, NYusing cable for AOL, etc. - can't get connected - "may be problem w/ firewall" - PCCillin - can't find it
George13:49:03Greece, NYSanDisk thumb drives - U3?? | diff machines - could you put QuickBooks on a thumb drive and use it on another computer?
2011-08-27 - 7 callers
Chris12:15:08Gates, NYhas archival DVD from prints - Snapfish - when play on DVD on big screen or laptop, they look terrible - everywhere else it looks great
Marie12:20:35Chili, NYlaptop 5-yrs-old picture goes away and vertical lines - cursor freezes | Apple will be okay
Doug12:52:57Pittsford, NYHP Laptop XPSP3 - Media Center - boots to black screen w/ multimedia icons
Steve13:04:22Walworth, NYXPSP3 - won't finish bootup
Carl13:07:10Pottstown, PAre: texting
Dar13:11:27Ontario, CArunpee | for flats/slow leaks - Gunk brand puncture seal | make sure the tube is at the 12 o'clock position
Linda13:20:29Greece, NYcomment: Oprah Network - Life 2.0 Ch 436 - about Second Life! | how buy apps w/o putting credit card on phone? | password to get to phone?
2011-08-20 - 5 callers
Lynn12:43:10Clymer, NYpower supply: check voltage under load or open? | is there good software tester for IDE controller? | what's a good ebook for tech manuals for a reading-impaired person?
Jim13:10:36Syracuse, NYThunderbird - can't add email addresses to address book
Rich13:20:00irondequoit, NYold desktop - want to sell - best way to get rid of data? | looking for netbook - suggestions?
Dennis13:29:13Rochester, NYW7 desktop - MSOffice07 trial - uninstall - keep getting updates!
George13:55:27Greece, NYdesktop XP Home - opening Outlook - sometimes takes forever to come up -
2011-08-13 - 2 callers
Joe13:13:17Buffalo, NYre: poll - Facebook privacy and oxymoron? | any experience w/ APUs? | what's the minimum acceptable graphics RAM?
George13:51:25Greece, NYrecord radio programs from the Internet
2011-08-06 - 10 callers
Carl12:11:26Pottstown, PAuses IE8 - recommend a good popup blocker
Tom12:39:15Rochester, NYG+
Maryann12:55:45irondequoit, NYDarik's Boot and Nuke
Nick13:14:34Rochester, NYwants to learn how to install/reinstall Vista - enjoys working with them
Linda13:20:06Greece, NYMicrosoft must think everybody's got a lot of money (re: XP)|XP Desktop - rarely use - worked great - next day, it was rebooting itself | why is Win7 laptop as slow as XP?
Gil13:32:16Webster, NYre: Nick - do all the backups, then take old HD out, put new HD in, install | listens often on Ustream - hears a harmonic oscillation on Ustream | moving, would like to put in home audio system that works thru iPad/iTunes
Dennis13:35:04Rochester, NYre: Nick - get the drivers before you do anything else
Ed13:45:43Ithaca, NYMac 10.5.2 - what's involved in upgrading to Lion? | program that would collect podcasts on a thumbdrive?
Henry13:50:30Brighton, NYWin7 - wireless Linksys adapter - doesn't work - WMP54G
Henry13:55:18Rochester, NYre: backups - what's the folder to back up?
2011-07-30 - 5 callers
Eric12:16:07Gaithersburg, MDVista -> 7Pro - D: drive - updated always? | has a program doesn't have the disks for - can make disk image?
K.C12:29:31Rochester, NYWin7 iPhone 3GS - iPad2 - how sync bkmarks from phone to iPad?
Larry12:46:31Penfield, NYCanon flatbed scanner - parallel port - bought laptop W7, USB
Sal13:09:36Fairport, NYchanges re: patents being awarded to Apple?
Victor13:17:50irondequoit, NYWiFi - getting laptop - how close do you have to be?
2011-07-23 - 10 callers
Chris12:12:41Colorado Springs, CO3G on iPad - trying to send pix - VERY slow on 3G!
Jim12:18:04Rochester, NYproblem getting on Internet - Dell - reloaded Windows - RR - Ubuntu goes fine | how shut off McAfee?
Dennis12:29:17Rochester, NYturntable - rip vinyl?
Lou12:34:28Fairport, NYfried computer? power went out, no surge protector - startup, turns off, power light stays on
John12:48:27Henrietta, NYre: Lou - back up your computer first thing!
Fritz13:06:15Canandaigua, NYre: data usage -
Don13:14:05Hilton, NYre: wireless usage - has Android at Niagara on the Lake - had used $2 of roaming data!
Linda13:27:36Greece, NYthanks for last week - everything came back | trying to get TV stations on the smartphone | loves Lookout
Gil13:32:53Webster, NYvery apropos I brought up the heat problem in computers - heat is higher in the computer than in the air
Joe13:51:22Cheektowaga, NYhappy that Linus is bumping the version number up | 500GB discs
2011-07-16 - 9 callers
Linda12:22:55Greece, NYre: cell phone | new Android phone - can't install any stuff
Chris12:31:46Gates, NYiTouch, iPad - in airports - WiFi - no DNS or router info
Jim12:35:29Rochester, NYbeen looking for inkjet printer that will do CDs and DVDs directly
Joe12:54:52Buffalo, NYre: texting while driving | re: Netflix bills
Vic13:12:47irondequoit, NYre: distracted driving
George13:20:05Rochester, NYre: Vic | G+?
George13:33:26Greece, NYActiveX?
Skip13:37:48Henrietta, NYhow get rid of G+? | MS Update/Win update - ActiveX control - XP
Wayne13:52:50Holley, NYNook -> WiFi problems -
2011-07-09 - 7 callers
Dar12:27:51Toronto, Ontario, CAsmartphones - can die | Chrome Extensions
Bodan12:32:51Rochester, NYGoogle+ - Photo ownership | Firefox 5
Linda12:47:03Greece, NYAndroid phone - Boost mobile - $50/mo unlimited - Android 2.2 OS - Samsung Galaxy Prevail
Carl12:52:00Pottstown, PAwhen see "listen live," how do you know the actual URL?
Carl13:23:02Greece, NYUbuntu - error: no such partition - GRUB rescue
Joe13:30:28Buffalo, NYre: Carl from Greece: Download the DVD of Ubuntu then you have all the software on the one disk - WUBI
Peter13:50:22Penfield, NYre: Carl from Pottstown - httpfox FF addon | G+ TOS |
2011-07-02 - 11 callers
Maxine12:43:19Greece, NYUbuntu 11.4 - wireless printer won't work
Victor12:50:06irondequoit, NYDave: did you test Firefox 5?
Joe13:07:58Rochester, NYRe: virus that hides everything - has encountered it - has an elegant solution
Jim13:11:22Nashua, NHgot a popup (computer infected) - ran Avast!, etc. - ran ccleaner, etc.
Peter13:20:16Penfield, NYre: Final Cut Pro
Gerd13:28:24Victor, NYplease talk about backup
Victor13:30:01irondequoit, NYhappy with Firefox 5 - some addons not compatible
Gil13:33:38Webster, NYcurious about recommendation - iPad with iTunes on XP - what's the best/most compatible calendar? | comments on iPad to control music remotely?
Roy13:37:51Pittsford, NYall of a sudden, a number of apps have stopped working - streaming - WinAmp, Firefox, etc. won't stream
John13:46:10Rochester, NYdual-boot kinda guy - create small (10G) partition, put Linux on it, can help with bootup problems
Nick13:53:58irondequoit, NYlaptop - net connection issue - has router at foot of basement stairs - very successful using laptop everywhere - also in garage, but intermittently - can't get connection in garage - daughter's laptop works great
2011-06-25 - 10 callers
Gary12:25:56Rochester, NYnew Toshiba laptop -W7 - wife has Vista - desktop has XP - printer on desktop
Vic12:28:14irondequoit, NYW7 64 - HP printer - Firefox 3 worked, FF4 didn't print |
Gil12:42:51Webster, NYinstalled Ubuntu on friend's laptop - laptop has run out of space - installed w/ Windows as dual boot
Bodan12:53:40Rochester, NYnew work computer - Acer Veriton - what do we think?
Jim12:57:48irondequoit, NYcomputer messed up - replaced motherboard - now it's worse
Steven13:10:34Rochester, NYre: subscribe to Web site for guitar - video stutters - forum says it's not him; site says it's him
Linda13:23:26Greece, NYiPod shuffle (from last week) - reset as told to - still get playlist 1, playlist 2
Ernesto13:26:36Perinton, NYW7 phone - ATandT - thought it would be more versatile - can't install med programs
Bear13:46:14Pittsford, NYOS X app - Sleepytime 1.0 - freeware - listens to talk shows -
Dar13:49:21Toronto, Ontario, CAAndroid App: Android Assistant - 14 features! -
2011-06-18 - 9 callers
Linda12:12:19Greece, NYIE9 - what do you think? | shuffle with playlist - doesn't name the songs
Carl12:16:49Pottstown, PAresume question - orig typed on typewriter - OCR'd it - tried to edit - didn't go very well
Steve12:52:57Rochester, NYcreated Web site with NVU - used WYSIWYG - lots of links
Steve12:59:17Rochester, NYonline guitar teaching - streaming video - many others having same problem - Macbook Pro FF4 - they stop - Safari doesn't work either
Mike13:09:27Bristol, NYre: Verizon hotspot and Thunderbolt phone | ping problem - VPN won't stay open - DSL ping 60ms, hotspot 150-250ms which is too slow
Victor13:13:16irondequoit, NYIncredimail - click on link and can send to Incredimail - in Word, it goes to OE
Joe13:20:16Cheektowaga, NYInternet Provider caps - TW is thinking about doing that again
Peter13:33:00Penfield, NYfollowup from a few weeks ago - Powerbook G4 - iTunes 9 - just wanted to play 1 song, not the history - the search bar was a good suggestion - found two other things that can be done | re: cellular ISPs
Burt13:45:28Palmyra, NYgrabbed wrong USB stick to dump ISO image onto - can I clean that up?
2011-06-11 - 6 callers
Bodan12:29:21Rochester, NYhow did Dave get lucky enough to announce Girls with Guitars?
Carl12:54:04Rochester, NYDell a960 printer -> Win7 64-bit - won't work - driver avail?
Dave12:57:33Rush, NYAMD XP Pro - blue screened last week - ATAPI.SYS - safe mode wouldn't work - reboot could get to login screen - start to come up, blue screen
Art13:20:13Victor, NYgiven HP Pavilion Laptop - defunct, probably - screen so dark, can't see anything
Big Bill13:47:39Webster, NYHP Pavilion A1023C - Win7 - device manager says happy - gets no sound when plug in speakers - front jack works
Skip13:53:06Henrietta, NYcan't get Java to work on some games - was working | trying to do NYS sales tax -
2011-06-04 - 3 callers
Sal12:57:50Fairport, NYMacDefender: saw the popup - tried to mimic Finder window
Howard13:36:45irondequoit, NYXP - sometimes double-click on icon doesn't open - right-click on icon, drop-down always opens | auto-off - monitor shuts off, hard drive doesn't
Charlie13:46:45Rochester, NYmsg: need USB drivers - why would I need USB drivers?
2011-05-28 - 7 callers
Rich12:20:16irondequoit, NYre: getting online wirelessly at work - W7 - laptop - server 2003 at work - when see net, 2 connections - might work for second or two - seeing both at same time
Peter12:33:39Penfield, NYiTunes - when play song from folder and song finishes, autoplays other songs - how stop that? | got shipment from Amazon w/ his phone number on it!
Gil13:03:06Webster, NYre: app vs application | has iPad2 - loves it! - wants to remote desktop
Victor13:07:44irondequoit, NYRe: Ask Nick!
Lynn13:41:47Clymer, NYVista - when boot, gets to login window, pointer freezes - few times, USB mouse worked - hid-compatible instead of PS/2 mouse | doubled files on each machine
Jason13:45:15Altoona, PAre: Lynn - run cable from KVM switch to USB adapter to the computer
Gerd13:50:50Victor, NYXP Pro - driver reviver program - vga-compatible - won't download it
2011-05-21 - 5 callers
Steve12:32:26Rochester, NYolder computer from 2003 - WinXPHome - dead - now what?
Jeff12:48:43Rochester, NYNetflix - SONY Bravia TV - buffering problem - switched to Apple TV - no problem
Steve13:33:29Mendon, NYplace in Old Forge, camera in it, RR, wireless router, connect camera recorder, internet phone - when power goes off, gets different IP address
Steve13:40:09irondequoit, NYre: Google Town Hall - only give you your preferential political opinions?
Dennis13:51:18Rochester, NYWin7 - Firefox 4 - can't do banking
2011-05-14 - 6 callers
Bob12:18:19Rush, NYre: Total Recorder
George12:35:52Greece, NYuses RadioShark - has a loud background hum - powered down the computer - won't come back up | could not read XP Home disc
Ernesto12:41:11Perinton, NY3T drive - only 2T in Windows
Bill13:00:06irondequoit, NYwhat format should he save music in? has an iPod
Robert13:12:55Rochester, NYiPhone - wife getting new phone - looking at iPhone and Android - concerned about no Flash on iPhone
Richard13:36:02irondequoit, NYrequirement of email address and a password is making him crazy
2011-05-07 - 12 callers
Don12:15:59Hilton, NYviruses on Linux?| 32 or 64?
KC12:18:38Rochester, NYbuilt board - runs hot - different programs read different temps - which accurate?
Linda12:30:42Greece, NYusing Mozilla - trying Google Chrome - can't figure it out
Bruce12:33:51Hilton, NYW7 repair CD - what order for boot in BIOS?
Howard12:51:12irondequoit, NYTango - AVG - several files were locked
Chick12:55:15irondequoit, NYinstaller from Dell - reinstalled OS | cost of recovery?
Don13:10:37Hilton, NYinstalling 64-bit Ubuntu - allocate drive space
Victor13:12:09irondequoit, NYFirefox 4.0 could not print - does 4.0.1 fix that?
Joe13:16:06Rochester, NYweb sites are being flashed based - hate it
Ed13:19:24Ithaca, NYnew laptop - what programs should I put on it first? How xfer bookmarks and passwords
Blaine13:51:18Rochester, NYHP Pavilion slimline - want to install an intensive program - want to max RAM
Bodan13:54:48Rochester, NYLumix camera
2011-04-30 - 11 callers
Jim12:28:22Nashua, NHLibre Office -
Jim12:33:37Webster, NYmaking movie w/ MSN MovieMaker - when working w/ music, it freezes
Leah12:43:40Rush, NYscareware - can't get rid of it
Sal12:59:59Fairport, NYstudy: using 3 random American words is a good password
Aaron13:15:15Livonia, NYre: SETI
Victor13:16:09carCCleaner, etc. - Glary Utilities
Joe13:32:02Henrietta, NYloves this station
Fritz13:34:12Canandaigua, NYre: 3-word random password - Steve Gibson doesn't like it | password
Marsha13:48:57Greece, NYLenovo Laptop - ATandT communications manager - what could I use instead? | can I take IE off my computer?
Jason13:51:41Altoona, PAis shutting down the Allen array going to affect the Aricebo array?
Scott13:55:24Buffalo, NYBonvibre! last Wed's South Park was about people who don't read the EULA
2011-04-23 - 5 callers
Ed12:14:09Ithaca, NYBoth Mac and PC - ext. HD for backup - same drive for both computers?
Linda13:00:12Greece, NYfriend's son - 14 yrs old - wants to buy notebook - Windows Starter
Vic13:05:41irondequoit, NYre: PhoneZoo - phone only; can't download the ringtones?
Jim13:34:53Greece, NYreplaced UPS batteries - what should be plugged in
George13:55:56Greece, NYfree TurboTax from a company - would like to keep a copy | if can, what prevents from selling it?
2011-04-16 - 10 callers
James12:42:32re: last week question
Harvey12:42:59Walworth, NYre: burning CDs on to multiple CDs
Bob12:45:53Greece, NYnew laptop - username/password - sometimes says "must be admin"
Scott12:51:13Buffalo, NYre: adding a radio station to iTunes
Jerry12:55:01Rochester, NYre: big MS download - one of them failed - 1603 error code
Rich13:12:21Rochester, NYkeeping passwords in Firefox - good/bad idea?
Joan13:17:38irondequoit, NYhave laptop - spy program running - in email - "System Security Alert"
Joel13:34:10Pittsford, NYprogram to schedule recording audio streams?
George13:38:12Greece, NYhow send email? IE - pull-down lets you get to previous addresses - how scrub some out? | how make contribution
Gerd13:50:17Pittsford, NYcould not get on Windows because file missing - did restore disk - did only the first part - everything was working to some degree - GMail doesn't fill the screen - need lower arrows to go back and forth
2011-04-09 - 3 callers
Linda12:47:26Greece, NYhow do I permanently delete music from iTunes?
Bill13:00:16irondequoit, NYfile sync? | network drive?
David13:45:36West Henrietta, NYmanaging font files
2011-04-02 - 7 callers
Adrian12:20:54Webster, NYfan failure - sys went to 72 deg C - both drives come up as normal, but RAID stripe has failed
KC12:29:24Rochester, NYwants front-open bezel case so can clean intakes
Vic12:36:14irondequoit, NYupdated to Firefox 4 - can't print - is IE9 safe enough to download
Joanne12:39:24Greece, NYYahoo! mail - popup window - right at top of screen -
Jim12:51:05Greece, NYXP RadioShark - in startup menu - sometimes misses a program - thinks something is updating system, reboots, and RadioShark won't start until he logs in
George13:32:34Greece, NYlaptop cordless mouse cursor hangs up - got worse over a week - shutdown/reboot fixed it - tried in another machine worked fine - tried diff port - worked fine
Gil13:50:01Webster, NYwas on Sargon II - saw ad for date w/ Rob in Latinum. Interesting effects in Firefox - on Win - refresh/reload some screens don't reload | iPad2 - read PDF files - what's best way get large PDFs to iPad?
2011-03-26 - 9 callers
Chris12:22:18Gates, NYArchival DVDs, are they worth it?
Dar13:06:00Toronto, Ontario, Canadapledged to station; square trade warranties; michale robertson: apple app store
Fritz13:08:58Canandaigua, NYpledged; can remove old Java updates?
Rich13:11:16Rochester, NYNetgear router goes offline frequently
James13:28:22Rochester, NYnew laptop came with Kasperski, is it enough?
Ed13:30:46Ithaca, NYspoken word podcasts, MP3 player to play faster without changing pitch?
Ralph13:36:54Bridgeport, VAMacbook Pro 2009, getting distortion while scrolling
Vic13:52:21Dayton, OHreference to removing Java; use program JavaRA; Secunia has online plugin scanner.
Vito13:53:27Chili, NYdownload ZoneAlarm, then upgrade and don't like it, can downgrade from upgrade
2011-03-19 - 12 callers
Bill12:16:32Rochester, NYhow download and burn YouTube to DVD?
Ron12:24:22Greece, NYSAM's - doing computer recycling today for free!
Ted12:29:58Spencerport, NYThunderbird - new PC - xfered default from old to new - addresses came over okay - when add new contact, it's gone
KC12:34:18Rochester, NYCobian backup - differential backup takes hours to run
Victor12:37:09irondequoit, NYKeeps baby aspirin at computer, in car, etc. | Firefox - sometimes go to IE - what About IE9? Safe?
Bodan12:48:29Rochester, NYre: recycling - how concerned should you be to drop off laptop - getting info off hard drive
Joel12:51:19Pittsford, NYlooking for program to record whenever he wants to set it up
Dennis13:16:40Henrietta, NYiPad w/ 3G - can't make calls - 3rd party tools like Skype - dial out thru headset?
Chris13:21:49Gates, NYnew laptop - music over - restoring shuffle, iTouch, iPad - podcasts go over fine; music "could not be used - orig file could not be found" - quick way to get all the songs?
Charlie13:29:03Rochester, NYIE9 - not compatible w/ CA software
Gil13:36:06Greece, NYfriend got email from him, but it wasn't from him - AOL
Tom13:50:57irondequoit, NYworking as user, not admin - can't print - XP
2011-02-26 - 9 callers
Carl12:13:20Pottstown, PAburning CD-R - d/l a radio show, too big to fit on disc - what to do?
Bodan12:26:30Rochester, NYOpera - friend suggested he try it
Dar12:31:46Toronto, Ontario, CAre: Opera - it rocks
Chris12:34:53Gates, NYiPad - import pix and vid? - many choices - which is best?
Zak12:40:41Brighton, NYoptional update - SQL Srvr 2008 SP2
Linda12:47:36Greece, NYAVG Internet Security - would you like this person to get on your computer?
Jim12:54:25Nashua, NHPhoenix Viewer and Linux
Bill13:30:38Rochester, NYuse of XP for home server?
George13:50:05Greece, NYwants to build library of video clips - few secs to couple minutes - off broadcast TV to DVD - find odd file names - .but, .ifo, .vob
2011-02-19 - 11 callers
Bodan12:17:49Rochester, NYSkype - upgraded to latest - when try to video call, no video - can't start video renderer - DirectX?
jgalloway8112:28:42Rochester, NYupgrade virtualbox on Mint - still in Windows mode????
jgalloway8112:30:08Altoona, PAwas trying to upgrade
Ray12:35:40Webster, NYstruggling to make a wireless connection - remodeling basement - wife's computer on 2nd fl - Netgear N150 -
Victor12:39:34irondequoit, NYre: last week - flash drive wouldn't open - W7 - Properties - compatibility
Larry12:49:22Webster, NYCanon scanner W7 laptop - TWAIN driver??
Sebastian12:55:31Rochester, NYvisual and audio artist - portable product that he can do some work on? - mix music and video - review and bit of editing
Ted13:28:36Churchville, NYfloppy drive no longer recognized
Craig13:34:54Rochester, NYlives too far from free WiFi - how get it?
Gil13:46:23Webster, NYre: Craig's WiFi - better access from a distance
Joe13:54:03Buffalo, NYre: Internet kill switch: absolutely horrible idea
2011-02-12 - 13 callers
Carl12:11:12Pottstown, PA512M RAM - when run out, HD is used to supplement
Brian12:18:56Rochester, NYXP was wired, now wireless. But machine won't see it
Cindy12:29:29Queensbury, NYmp3 player always too loud - put it down to 1, still too loud - down any more it goes off - sandisk
Linda12:35:36Greece, NYdo I need AVG? | new monitor - words are not dark enough | iTouch - full battery yesterday AM - didn't use it - by night, empty battery
Vic12:42:30irondequoit, NYstartup: adobe reader, java, installshield, - need?
Jim12:46:02Geneva, NYdesktop - shift key doesn't work for certain apps - Quicken - works okay in Word - just the one on the right
Frank12:52:33irondequoit, NYloves our enthusiasm - doesn't understand a thing we do | when are we going to teach classes? Wants intermediate classes - not too basic, not too advanced
Big Jim12:54:25Charlotte, NYdiff between locked or unlocked smartphone
Dar13:11:45Toronto, Ontario, CAspectrum.ieee.org - day of the living dead - the izombie apocalypse is upon us
Joanne13:21:29Greece, NYP key - sticks
Richard13:33:14Webster, NYhaving trouble upgrading Vista to Win7
Mike13:44:53Rochester, NYhow convert MP4 on Windows to MPEG on Xbox?
Joe13:52:06Buffalo, NYInternet Historical Moment - no more IPv4
2011-02-05 - 10 callers
Joel12:20:07Pittsford, NYhow to move mail from Mac Mail to Outlook 2010
Tom12:33:29Penfield, NYhas a Macbook and Ubuntu laptops Linksys 54G - called Linksys - linksys w/ lock - strong signal - linksys w/o lock w/ weak signal | Linux Tango - no viruses - rkhunter
Galloway8112:50:16Altoona, PAwhat happened to the Altoona LUG?
Michael12:55:23Penfield, NYclock time going slow
Gil13:07:51Webster, NYre: Michael - two clock programs? | re: people programming their own devices - how interested are people in investing the time it takes to learn to program their own devices?
Al13:13:55Penfield, NYPhotoshop Elements and Premier user groups? | developing own apps
Vic13:18:45irondequoit, NYHP update window - nothing to click on! | flash drive - recognized - but can't open
Steve13:20:38Victor, NYHyperstudio is still around
Ed13:30:01Ithaca, NYThinkpad XP Avast! tries to update every time he connects to the Internet | when take laptop out, cold
Jim13:36:29Henrietta, NYXP 2 yrs old - simple browsing - antivirus, antispyware - not an admin - still gets bad stuff installed
2011-01-29 - 7 callers
Brian12:13:49Rochester, NYre: last week - reset connection from home to public | how wipe hard drive?
Carl12:19:59Yuma, AZMedia Center - Live Mode - HD runs along with it
Jennifer12:46:54Rochester, NYMP3 - compatibility of players - uses Real Player
Linda12:55:32Greece, NYre: WinXP -> Win7 - having trouble - need to do something about IP address?
George13:30:51Greece, NYdifficulty downloading email Outlook 2K3 - F9 just sits and grinds away - 80% of time it times out - timed out waiting for response from POP server
Bob13:35:43irondequoit, NYDSL - too far away?
Gilbert13:51:11Webster, NYworking up to buying iPad - wifi - mobile hotspots - what about 'em?
2011-01-22 - 12 callers
Chris12:16:32Gates, NYthanks re: couple weeks back - slow iPad | Carbonite - user or admin? | revo uninstall HP bloatware? | webcam - where is it?
Brian12:26:46Rochester, NYToshiba W7 - worked great - until Tuesday - ran the Tango
Kevin12:34:50Clifton Springs, NYwireless router - intermittent drops - 30%-50% of the time
Carl12:39:26Pottstown, PAAOL - has been spoofed
Ron12:48:03Rochester, NYXP Home - Lexmark 7100 allin1 - replaced color cart - fine for email - not Word or Web
Rich12:51:18irondequoit, NYthumb drive - "playing around" - back up then delete - now they're gone
BT13:08:59Rochester, NY7 yr old Sony VAIO - freezes -
Victor13:18:46irondequoit, NYopenoffice.org - text document - ccleaner - cleaned it out??
Chris13:29:14Gates, NYiPad - PrintCentral - HP PhotoSmart - error processing CUPS data
Dana13:34:27Victor, NYabout a year ago, Steve talked him into a Mac Mini - on PC, msconfig or C-A-D for what's running - something similar?
Chris13:39:04Williamson, NY80072-exe
Larry13:49:28Rochester, NYbattery life?
2011-01-15 - 11 callers
Bob12:28:06Rush, NYLinux: inherited old computer - would like to get feet wet -
Jim12:31:49Fairport, NYwhat are the best practices for backup?
Bodan12:35:18Rochester, NYre: last week's false positive in SuperAntiSpyware
Dennis12:40:41Rochester, NYIE and FF 3.6.13
Nick12:46:54Brighton, NYregarding LUGOR meeting
Dave13:10:12Bloomfield, NYInternet via Verizon USB modem - 5G limit - overage charges - something happening when he starts up
Lynette13:28:23Brighton, NYnew video card upgrade to w7, office 2010 - TV tuner - Windows Media Center only finding over-the-air broadcast
Stan13:31:03Greece, NYproblem reading email - some kind of error - wants name and password
Chuck13:34:10Holley, NYAVG 2011, error - connection failed - needs proxy?
Cindy13:38:41Queensbury, NYthanks! re: msconfig | Outlook at work - at temp job, get same email on two computers
Gerd13:50:04Victor, NYSuperAntiSpyware - tried to download a program that is being prevented
2011-01-08 - 11 callers
Zack12:28:21Brighton, NYHD: W7 laptop - single HD - C: and D: partitions | when copy to trash, get a popup
Marie12:36:13Chili, NYwireless - if laptop set up from outside, sometimes works, sometimes doesn't | if on email or site w/ logout, if you don't is that a problem?
Carolyn12:46:44Greece, NYbackup software for Ubuntu - Back in Time
Chris12:56:32Greece, NYiPad - want update to OS4 - not enough space on laptop - moved iTunes to external - updated shuffle and iTouch, iPad won't work - still says not enough space | would a new computer with dual hard drives still work with Carbonite?
Linda13:11:00Greece, NYnew laptop Seagate 500G external HD - desktop has 500G D: drive w/ iTunes - friend - when moved library to another drive, iTunes lost it - what did she do wrong? | Professor Teaches series - good?
Henry13:16:12Rochester, NYmemory: older desktop - 7 yrs old - XP - 512M - slow - want to add memory - manual says 2 slots -
Cheryl13:20:21Rochester, NYdon't run as admin? - seems to be doing that on new laptop - how do I make a new admin?
Bodan13:31:25Rochester, NYresponse from webmail ppl - some responses from Webmail get security warning - wants out opinions of their solution | SuperAntiSpyware - Rogue.Palladium
Dave13:39:45Henrietta, NYG5 - made mistake? Suitcase - system fonts - had conflict w/ Helvetica font - running OS 4.11 - library file folder - two Helveticas System has 3 Helvs | can iPod Touch sync w/ 4.11?
Jim13:45:51Greece, NYwhen reboot - error - avgrsx.exe - unable to okay component - msdcp80.dll not found
Tony13:48:10Rochester, NYiMac email - try to send link from page - can't create message because Safari can't find email app | when try to send attachment - "you need to set a program"
2010-12-11 - 10 callers
Steve12:34:51Rochester, NYDell laptop - cannot install non-Microsoft software (iTunes, Photoshop)
Scott12:35:55Buffalo, NYWoz carries 6 cell phones!
Fritz12:40:35Canandaigua, NYbought wife new printer/copier/scanner - copier cost $40, cartridges cost $50
Zack12:46:23Brighton, NYDroid2 - streaming over smartphone?
Bodan12:56:25Rochester, NYemail via Web site - changed it - almost every email gives security warning | Chrome notebook
Jim13:18:11Churchville, NYOutlook 2003 on XP and Win7 machines - move from one to the other
Tom13:26:57Walcott, NYFirefox - used to be able to type name in and not hit .com - now goes to search
Lisa13:34:21Webster, NYfamily member using iPad - Ymail - contacts don't show up
Steve13:38:42Walworth, NYMac Mini - Tiger - can't see movies/pix - called last week - still can't
Gerd13:45:42Victor, NYevery 2nd/3rd time boots, sched task mgr is off - has to start it up again | avast - every once in a while will have red X - real time shield is off
2010-12-04 - 13 callers
Dan12:12:35Rochester, NYXP desk, W7 laptop - thumb drives - tango on thumb drive?
Steve12:21:59Walworth, NYMac mini w/ Tiger - Thunderbird - mail is gone - browsers - like starting from scratch - iTunes doesn't know him - installed LogMeIn
Cindy12:29:24Queensbury, NYhow stop things from starting when you start computer?
Jim12:36:30Fairport, NYfather in law - windows - too much ongoing maintenance needed
Linda12:47:05Greece, NYgot new computer - when create shortcuts - goes to default - not the actual icon
Robin12:48:20Rochester, NY
Bill13:10:35Ontario, NYiTunes duplicates
Bill13:12:32irondequoit, NYOE - crashed a couple of times -
Dennis13:23:30Rochester, NYW7 - IE or FF - in IE, can access Thunderbird from inside - not so FF
Chuck13:26:52Penfield, NYupgrading BIOS - flashing in Windows - locked up
Jim13:34:21Greece, NYprinter plugged into surge protector - UPS in surge protector, computer in UPS
Richard13:39:42irondequoit, NY Toshiba Qosimo 05 - vertical lines on screen - diff colors | WinXP lately requires login password | MS not supporting XP except for SP3
George13:50:49Greece, NYhow protect flash drives?
2010-11-27 - 17 callers
Ron12:14:53Rochester, NYthunderbird - upgrade flash - 3.15 - don't like it - can't get back to inbox - many problems
Stan12:19:28Greece, NYHP Photosmart uninstalled - tried to reinstall - error - HP mailed a program - tried downloading program - got error message
John12:27:23Rochester, NYDell Dimension 3000 2G, XP sometimes doing something simple hourglass on for a minute or two - router logs look clear - remote packet capture v.0
Zack12:31:40Brighton, NYdrive indexing? | laptop battery mgmt -
Tom12:46:45Newark, NYbought new Kimball XD Reader - trouble w/ MP3
Gary12:49:33Greece, NYWin7 - documents and settings
Fred12:51:59Rochester, NYnetbooks - Acer - XP -
Mark13:09:32Penfield, NY9 yr old son - into computers - can't find book or class locally for kids
Joe13:12:05Rochester, NYhow get rid of AVG popup? | re: Gary
Jim13:17:39Rochester, NYbox popup - upgrade Adobe flash - gets error
Bruce13:31:21Sodus, NYlogging in as user v admin
Ed13:34:01Ithaca, NYMacbook Pro 10.5.2 - battery dying
Dave13:36:25Bloomfield, NYDell Laptop low-end Vostro - XP - tango - delay when type letters before show up on screen - every program
Ed13:38:26Ithaca, NYagain... re: battery - only 46 cycles
Norman13:47:56Fairport, NYOffice 2010 - load over 2003?
Steve13:51:51Greece, NYXP - selective startup - msconfig
Mike13:56:08Livonia, NYfamily computer - games -
2010-11-20 - 9 callers
Lynn12:43:19Clymer, NYIPv4 vs. IPv6
Victor12:47:24irondequoit, NYkim commando did a study of the tablets
Henry12:58:05Brighton, NY2003 P4 when boot mouse would work for few seconds then start to freeze - now freezes immediately - works in safe mode
Linda13:11:23Greece, NYdesktop old - getting laptop from Christmas - HP pavilion or SONY
Dar13:20:03Toronto, Ontario, Canadaregarding cars
George13:31:23Greece, NYvideo editors - Adobe Elements - other irfanview
Gil13:37:34Webster, NYused irfanview - how do we know they don't do nasty things behind the curtain?
Don13:45:22Hilton, NYre: irfanview - also get the additions
Bob13:54:45irondequoit, NYTJ Maxx and Marshall's are carrying iPad for very low price - legit?
2010-11-06 - 14 callers
Cheryl12:31:37Rochester, NYlinksys wireless N - desktop, laptop, iTouch - changed the password, can't get on
Don12:36:26Webster, NYLogitech phone calls and Skype - Logitech is fine - Skype: can't start video renderer - valid DirectX?
Victor12:40:13irondequoit, NYopinions on Airport Extreme Router? FSecure
Sean12:53:23Seneca Falls, NYusing regular phone - smartphones - require data plan - is one phone using more data than another?
Bob13:00:05Rochester, NYThinkpad T22 - XP window error 0188B (bad) CRC2
Bob13:09:25Victor, NYhave camera - trying to do photo editing - movie editing - using freeware programs
Joe13:11:59Greece, NYtrying to upload video and pics - AOL - XP - RR light - can't upload more than 25M
Stan13:17:18Greece, NYXP 3 - Tango - went to avast! - could not download Flash or something to help clean computer | tango disk - was set for dialup?
Don13:26:10Hilton, NYre: Joe from Greece - IrfanView, Paint Shop Pro
Gil13:33:51Webster, NYads - Ustream - Google ads at bottom - where do they come from?
Bodan13:42:13Rochester, NYre: Tango - avast! has upgraded - new logo, new voice - any benefit to pay the money?
Cheryl13:44:41Rochester, NYfrom earlier - both our suggestions worked
Mark13:47:56irondequoit, NYcomputer shuts down w/ no warning - nothing in logs
Big Bill13:52:39Webster, NYantivirus 2010 | Microsoft Security Essentials
2010-10-23 - 7 callers
Victoria12:29:53Rochester, NYtestimonial for Dave | internet via "local landline telephone company" - having trouble with "local cable-based internet provider" - what other alternatives?
Don12:48:46Hilton, NYre: Clearwire - updated his modem - 3-6Mbps, bursts of 10 down - 1 Mbps up - $55/mo
Sal12:53:07Fairport, NYwhat do we mean "lock down" the Mac App store?
George13:11:06Greece, NYcomputers made w/o CD drives - can I back up my downloaded software?
Linda13:32:18Greece, NYTwitter on iPhone goes to MySpace every time? | have articles on iPod Touch - can move them to iPad? | what do we think of the iPad?
Jason13:46:28Altoona, PAthanks for Firefox - gave Linux a shot - FoxMarks -> XMarks -
Gil13:50:58Webster, NYppl aren't calling in - must be a signal problem!
2010-10-16 - 10 callers
Colleen12:34:19Perry, NYNotebook display has shrunk 1 inch each side - display settings did nothing
Joanne12:51:45Greece, NYYahoo! acct got hacked. How do I make contact w Yahoo?
Jim13:09:50Greece, NYPop up - ZoneAlarm CFD.exe | Chrome - ESL acct - if print, get only 5.25 inch width - if use "printer friendly" version, no way to print
Dan13:23:53Webster, NYwrites software - XP deploys - Win7 - one of the DLL files won't automatically register
Judy13:27:26Rochester, NYWin7 Office 2007 screen reader - print envelope from Word - computer freezes
Joel13:29:38Pittsford, NYnew computer/monitor - shading around text - red around bold, a little green on some others - diff monitor, same problem ATI 5770 card
William13:35:22Greece, NYThunderbird - when click once on email, sometimes opens, sometimes doesn't
Gil13:49:12Webster, NY4G services - what are they?
Don13:52:14Geneva, NYemachine - W7 - loves it - Windows Live mail - wants to get rid of request to sign up for Instant Messenger
Paul13:53:55Rochester, NYW7 - good book?
2010-10-09 - 8 callers
Tom12:37:56Rochester, NYBoss bought him a flat-panel TV for a monitor - nVidia 6600 - dual monitor
Bodan12:48:57Rochester, NYFfox - has popup blocker - still getting pop unders
Gil12:58:49Webster, NYre: OS updates - back in 2001, XP was released - every year we get updates - 9 yrs and still not fixed!
Vic13:08:53irondequoit, NYPCTools due to expire - uses MS Security Essentials - machine is faster
Todd13:14:35Webster, NYTeam Fortress 2 - DirectX 8.1 and support for FSE
George13:18:54Greece, NYlast week virt mem too low -
Rich13:36:51Rochester, NYfreeware - AVG, SuperAntiSpyware, Malwarebytes, AdAware | more than one spyware program?
Joe13:54:13Buffalo, NYMS Security Essentials | ATandT GSM - voice/data simultaneous - true? Others can't? | v expensive to text | LTE support IPv6 natively?
2010-10-02 - 7 callers
Carl12:10:47Pottstown, PAXP Home - auto updates on - no SP3
George13:14:27Greece, NYWindows XP: virt memory minimum too low
Zack13:15:37Rochester, NYGibson's Web site - Port Scan
Doug13:27:39Rochester, NYexternal Seagate - USB - set up laptop/desktop sharing - also laptop could see the Seagate
Al13:31:11Macedon, NYlaptop - old, slow, not using - Acer - can beef it up?
Chris13:47:02Greece, NYreconnected iPad - keeps getting timed out - Apple suggested turn off Kaspersky - worked - should I have to do that? | lots of pix on iPad - now all are in one big file on iPad - why? | backs up first before can do anything else
Dennis13:50:06Rochester, NYGibson Research - Win7 Premium -
2010-09-25 - 10 callers
Bill12:15:06Hamlin, NYVPN connections - 2 locations - work (successful: Cisco) - can't get the other one - error 619
Rick12:24:09irondequoit, NYthe fireman - downloaded new bios - flash only plays for 3 secs
Richard12:37:25West Irondequoit, NYDLink router 2.4 and 5 GHz | stream movie from upstairs to downstairs
Joanne12:53:19Greece, NYwhat laptops should I get for my children?
Rick13:08:11irondequoit, NYsolved it! Chrome worked.
Chuck13:10:51Holly, NYXP SP2 startup: error loading DERODI2.DLL
Tim13:12:52Webster, NYXP - if reinstall Win over Win, have to reinstall other software?
Sal13:17:24Fairport, NYlast security update for OS X - scanner is gone - can't find any scanner
Jim13:29:45Churchville, NYHP laptop 6 mo old - terado tunneling adapter not working
Bohdan13:34:28Rochester, NYfriends in Connecticut love the Tango! | free SuperAntiSpyware
2010-09-18 - 6 callers
Mike12:13:45Perinton, NYMacBook Pro - Boot Camp - Winclone - has dropped off face of the Earth - what happened to it?
Walter12:36:45Greece, NYtwo weeks ago - Ubuntu freezing - we were right - swollen capacitor | older laptop - external modem - parallel port printer
George12:50:57Greece, NYre: virtualizing - what is it?
Rich13:25:51irondequoit, NYre: 3-secs of video from last week: did all the downloads - trying to d/l Adobe Flash "download did not pass integrated check"
Joe13:40:26Fairport, NYRoku?
Sal13:48:18Fairport, NYrent TV shows, too
2010-09-04 - 12 callers
Walter12:19:31Greece, NYspare older computer Ubuntu 8.04 - started freezing - d/ling updates - froze -
Mike12:39:27Caledonia, NYoverclocking? nVidia GForce 2G - processor is 1.7G dual-core Pentium - a lot of online gaming
Martin12:47:03Rochester, NYliked CardFile - now using Ubuntu - using Tomboy
Rich12:53:05irondequoit, NYWin7 on laptop - had Vista - youtube played fine, but since W7 don't - has updated drivers - freezes after a few seconds
Cindy13:00:33Queensbury, NYTW All-in-One - incl Digital Phone - turns of wireless router when not home - turns off the phone!
Rich13:14:51irondequoit, NYre: Cindy - encryption? | router upstairs, laptop downstairs | re: bloatware and trialware - some are pre-installed | laptop and desktop will freeze
Dan13:20:47Henrietta, NYPalm Centro smartphone - problem syncing w/ Win7
Tom13:29:11Wolcott, NYNetbook - XP - ZoneAlarm - .NET wants to update | new Dell Studio - gets very hot
Joe13:34:05Cheektowaga, NYre: wireless - don't broadcast SSID | Ubuntu - mixing video hardware?
Don13:37:37Hilton, NYmoved from Centro to Pre - XP would not recognize it
Skip13:49:00West Henrietta, NYwhole day of problems - security suite - that's out - java wasn't working to play games - fixed that - IE - bang - suddenly was in Chrome - XP | two licenses for XP - both ended up on one license
Bob13:53:41Pittsford, NYtwo computers - desktop works great - need new - i7 chip - USB 3??? | old computer - CD burner and DVD burner -
2010-08-28 - 11 callers
Tom12:27:26Penfield, NYUbuntu - root kits eximmca openssl warnings | clamtk
Joe12:30:33Pittsford, NYInet security scams - learning center for older adults - popups that say computer infected
Bill12:36:17Byron, NYFake Antivirus 2010 - won't let antivirus run
Ron12:52:12Greece, NYdisabled neighbor - laptop - computer illiterate - Dell - Windows - IE8 - Vista - MS security essentials - antivirus and Windows Defender turned off | root kit?
Bill12:59:34Rochester, NYbackup -
Alex13:12:27carXP vs. 7 -
Gerd13:20:39Victor, NYXP Pro SP3 - Ubuntu, Linux, Chrome... ???
Dick13:28:09Greece, NYhad machine in to get it fixed, now can't get it running - can hook wired, can't hook wireless
Don13:35:54Hilton, NYXP support disappearing - keeping W7 computer clean - not going onto network except for updates -
Ed13:41:15Ithaca, NYThinkPad laptop - won't play MP3s or CDs
Dennis13:45:03Rochester, NYUbuntu?
2010-08-21 - 14 callers
Chris12:14:25Hamburg, NYListening to a podcast about iPad 3G. unlimited data plan? | sort apps to stay on the page
Jim12:30:17Rochester, NYFree Game web site, download.com. | anti-malware for Mac?
Dennis12:32:39Rochester, NYDesktop w/ Win 7, laptop w/ XP , printer won't work with Win 7. how to share between them.
Zach12:35:54Rochester, NYNAS devices, powers itself down. how to transfer to new NAS.
Anthony12:40:13Rochester, NYhow to clear flash cookies
Dar12:49:21Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBleachbit, free cleaning program. | CrapCleaner crashes.
Sam12:54:29Rochester, NYMagic Jack call ID says Batavia | unplugs peripherals, Magic Jack needs to be restarted.
Anthony13:07:18Rochester, NYtrying to Install XP Home, not accepting product key.
Dave13:14:32Greece, NYstrange folders in WIndows directory, "NTServicePackUninstall$", 131 similar folders.
Jim13:19:01Greece, NYThumbdrives, lost one and found it later, could someone read it.
Dave13:23:52Rochester, NYtwo files won't clean with Security Tango, scan stalls for 40 minutes.
Steve13:27:43Fairport, NYcan't remove fake AV Security Suite
Richard13:44:59Rochester, NYAnimal story, cat pried off key caps on a laptop.
Lee13:56:08Rochester, NYRecycle electronics?
2010-08-14 - 7 callers
Dick12:11:15Greece, NYupgraded IE6 -> IE8 on Friday the 13th! No icons, no start bar. Not even in Safe Mode.
Jim13:07:57Nashua, NHLinux - pctech101.com or on-disk.com
Dar13:22:11Toronto, Ontario, Canadare: security: the TPMS sensor - can track all kinds of things tinyurl.com/32bfkng | cost of textbooks -
Julie13:25:55Rochester, NYaudible - new to it - way to convert audible to CDs?
Jason13:31:50Webster, NYre: Dave - calls the police for child porn
Ed13:49:27Henrietta, NYYahoo - dialer demons - someone got into contact list and sent out Apple spam
Chris13:53:35Williamson, NYHP Pavilion XP - can't navigate away from orig page in IE or FF - can't open shortcuts unless right-click
2010-08-07 - 8 callers
Chris12:29:52Gates, NYiTouch - audiobooks? - doesn't want to have to hook it up to the computer first
John12:33:00Rochester, NYlaptop - Win7 - "made me smile" - Norton - Tango - Panda - problem running both at once?
Don12:34:43Hilton, NYre: Chris - PD free books - Librivox.org - lots of PD books
Bodan13:22:44Rochester, NYTWRR: 1 Sept - increase price to $54.95/mo
Dennis13:35:35Rochester, NYAndroid??
George13:40:10Greece, NYdiff btwn Web browser and Search engine?
Cornelius13:50:41Penfield, NYAndroid - primarily a programming device - Apple too hard to deal with | TW, Verizon, Android
Tom13:54:11Rochester, NYDell - Windows - McAfee - MS Security Tool: 26 viruses
2010-07-31 - 6 callers
Peg12:25:35Pittsford, NY5 yr old Dell - trying to play video - constant buffering - RR -
Jim12:48:48Churchville, NYwireless router - new laptop - NetGear N - Pogo - crashes constantly - loses connection | laptop has both 64-bit and 32-bit
Don13:06:51Hilton, NYhow check your Internet speed?
Howard13:15:30irondequoit, NYXP - loading error - | wireless Kensington kybd/mouse - email button, web button
Tony13:18:53Rochester, NYiMac - how create bookmark folder? - Safari | cookies, beacons, Flash cookies - how get rid of?
Victor13:28:35irondequoit, NYchicken wire in walls - wireless problem
2010-07-24 - 7 callers
Thomas12:33:45Newark, NYcouldn't get wireless to notebook - turns out it was his security cameras. When they were on, it interfered.|XP - HD quit - Dell - new HD - when try to install XP, stops on setup
Joe12:46:36Rochester, NYre: Thomas - if Dell BIOS lets you change to IDE if have ASUS motherboard | Thunderbird - turn off confirmation window?
Bodan12:49:40Rochester, NYxlsx???
Josh12:59:59West Irondequoit, NYlooking for program - video production - interviews - need translate to text
Chris13:04:57Gates, NYiPad - wanted it for picture format - any way to save email picture to iPad?
Sal13:10:27Fairport, NYApple has PDF for iPad
Bert13:31:51Palmyra, NYre: Facebook - zero time!
2010-07-17 - 5 callers
Bear12:34:07Pittsford, NYWin, Mac, Linux - Mac wallpaper changer - doesn't work well - random - has 200 wallpapers - many repeats - sequence doesn't work
Adrian13:05:50Bergen, NYre: Bear - try iPhoto - use that folder
Lynn13:34:45Clymer, NYgot DSL downloaded - frugal install?
Sal13:40:23Fairport, NYAndroid ubiquitous? What about iPhone?
Ed13:47:43Gates, NYgame - can d/l Las Vegas slots portion okay - but when try to d/l slots, get exception
2010-07-10 - 7 callers
Jim12:51:06Gates, NYGF in market for laptop - v light | thumb drive problem - XP - plug in - when go to dismount, "in use try again later"
Joe13:06:27Greece, NYVJ - re: last week AVG free - threatfire stopped him - how uninstall?
Stan13:28:11Greece, NYWin XP SP2 - what were you talking about? | Danced the Tango w/ dialup thing
Kevin13:39:06Greece, NYSP3? Didn't catch top of show
Sean13:41:02Rochester, NYrecommends Roku - loves it -
Lorraine13:50:45irondequoit, NYALSO did not hear the top of the show - what about wireless security?
Ed13:55:03Henrietta, NYlooking at Toshiba laptop - 6 mo free spyware, etc.
2010-07-03 - 11 callers
Jack12:12:36irondequoit, NYScrewed up gf's computer - wanted Firefox - have ZoneAlarm - told ZA to disallow FF
Mark12:15:08irondequoit, NYXP - tried to get SP3 - tried installing as admin - gets quite a ways thru and access denied
Zack12:17:07Brighton, NYhas a Vaio! registered it and never heard from Sony about the recall
Dave12:20:50Bloomfield, NYcan't get DSL or cable - using Verizon USB modem - lost connectivity - avast! will connect; nothing else does
BT12:41:55Rochester, NYcannot get email - Sony Vaio - 7 yrs old - system crash - recovery
Gil12:56:57Webster, NYre: bad capacitors - save self a lot of grief by looking for swollen tops - once it fails, you don't know what else you're going to lose - sometimes, when they vent, small film of white powder | new boards use "low ESR" capacitor | advise for myriad o
Dave13:09:26Rochester, NYSnow Leopard - prob w/ trash - tries to delete right away - home folder problem?
Mike13:12:45Akron, NYtrying to do port forwarding; will only let one IP address forward
Cindy13:24:43Lake Luzerne, NYFF - turn on computer, turn on Juice -
Tony13:32:45Rochester, NYiMac - trying to send attachment to friend w/ PC - no luck - friend can't open it - PDF file | Airport Extreme connected to PC - can use Internet, can't use FF
Vito13:38:44Chili, NYGreat show - trying to update to SP3 - component file does not match verification information
2010-06-26 - 8 callers
Chris12:20:48Brighton, NYobserved that most drivers hold phone w/ left hand while they're talking or texting
Debby12:28:59Webster, NYiTunes - Secunia says iTunes vulnerable and should be updated - "Older version of Bonjour cannot be removed" - can't remove because don't have either MSI - Revo didn't work
Tom12:34:45Penfield, NYerror message for Dell Support Center - can't run Quicken
Gil12:39:42Webster, NYusually ppl are deaf in off ear | any anecdotal experience w/ i7? computational intensive
Joel12:48:27Pittsford, NYre: iPhone 4 - got it Wednesday - has had no problems - holds it down further so that doesn't bridge antennae
Cindy13:27:08Lake George, NYWMP - got rid of "really want to delete this?" - want it back
Brian13:33:04Hilton, NYlaptop processor running overtime - fan never turns off, processor runs hot, video makes it run even hotter
Ed13:50:55Rochester, NYre: Cindy
2010-06-19 - 8 callers
Zack12:17:39Brighton, NYexternal enclosure for HD? | wife's AOL hijacked?
Kathy12:29:03Ontario, NYnew computer - strange issues - play a lot of Facebook games (Farmville) - animation stops unless mouse is moving - browsers crash - either IE of FF
Joe12:32:04Fairport, NYa problem with "a friend's" computer - did Tango - worked fine - brought back to friend - BSD
Chris Reich12:33:17Brighton, NYwill send Steve the backup copy
Brian13:05:00Mumford, NYvision problems - low vision software? Went to ABVI, got magnifiers, using magnifier on Windows
Dar13:06:32Toronto, Ontario, CanadaVinux.org
George13:24:30Greece, NYyears ago on DOS, ability to print file directory
Judy13:53:01Hilton, NYwant to clean up files - under Favorites, list is 10 miles long | computer is slow - how get out of defrag
2010-06-12 - 12 callers
Ruth12:21:31Ontario, NYTango in safe mode - all AVG files come up locked - not tested
Dave12:25:47Bloomfield, NYaudio equalizer program w/o audio editor
Walter12:30:07Greece, NYThanks, Nick! re: Puppy Linux - was using 11-yr-old laptop on Xubuntu, but update didn't work, Lucid Puppy works great! | Any experience w/ power line Ethernet?
Dar12:34:43Toronto, Ontario, Canadare: Puppy Linux and Ethernet over Power - EoP: screws up shortwave
Sean12:53:13Rochester, NYW7 Dell - 4G - nVidia video card - doesn't recognize 3D accel - did driver update
Steve12:57:07Mendon, NYno high-speed - too far from the road - cellular? Clearwire? Satellite?
Dennis13:00:49Rochester, NYdesktops/laptops/98/XP/7 - want to collect all bookmarks and send to W7 Firefox
Angel13:07:24Rochester, NYlooking for free space, accidentally uninstalled printer - XP
Ed13:10:59Trumansburg, NYYahoo! Firefox getting email, window says disconnected from chat
Bodan13:15:53Rochester, NYpresent from MS - 11 updates! Superantispyware - lately, get additional tracking cookie makes him reboot - adobe flash tracking cookie
Mike13:45:44Chili, NYrecommendation: refill laser cartridges or not?
Joe13:50:57Fairport, NYshopping for power supply - 2006 computer - no serial ATA connectors - can fit older ones?
2010-06-05 - 9 callers
Jeff12:28:51Brighton, NYXP - couldn't load desktop - had image on backup - tried to reinstall w/ Acronis
John12:35:59Rochester, NYCD/DVD - can read, but cannot write or burn - CAN burn easyshare and iTunes
Cindy12:38:28Queensbury, NYin Colonie, NY today - set default on printer to BW? Kodak All-in-1
Tony12:55:45Brockport, NYcannot send email from Frontier
Richmond13:00:13Rochester, NYenhanced antennas on wireless routers?
Donna13:14:11Henrietta, NYmajor boot issues - mb? - Dave did wk in Dec - sporadic shutdowns - reinstalled Win - new fan - powers off
Roger13:32:25Greece, NYFirefox - EarthLink for email - EL was home page - also had bookmark bar - bar is gone
Marv13:46:59Rochester, NYdifferent Tango software for Win7?
Dennis13:54:13Henrietta, NYATandT data plan change?
2010-05-29 - 8 callers
Bernice12:11:08Brighton, NYscreen switched 90 deg
Mike12:17:58Penfield, NYAcer EeePC - out of warranty - 1.5 yrs old - wouldn't read mouse anymore - incl touchpad mouse
Don12:30:09Hilton, NYnew PC - HP quadcore 64-bit W7 - how do I set up email?
Gary12:36:57Rochester, NYSeagate HD - replaced - recoverable - bought USB external - recognizes it -
John12:53:48Rockville, MDBernice is his grandmother! Comments: building new PC - AMD quad-core - got Win7 running - Win virt PC - XP mode - has OE - his Eeepc's mouse stopped working, too! dual mons | built-in sound bad -
Louis13:08:59Rochester, NYbuys MP3s from Amazon
Dale13:18:14Rochester, NYlaptop/desktop both connected to Internet and each other - how stop them from talking to each other temporarily?
George13:51:43Greece, NYcursor wouldn't move on laptop - took to Dave - it got fixed - what happened?
2010-05-22 - 12 callers
Zack12:20:04Rochester, NYre: W7-64 - wking well on laptop - problem w/ HP printer software | GPS software - Garmin Nuvi -
Bodan12:26:01Rochester, NYaddress wasn't working - what changed?
Frank12:28:38Greece, NYSnow Leopard - some programs don't run anymore (e.g. Toast 6)
Cindy12:33:31Queensbury, NYFirefox on W7 - right-click - says "send link" - Gmail and Yahoo! mail only
Ron12:48:13Rochester, NYXP Home - Thunderbird - needs to forward the folder
Gordon12:56:04Pittsford, NYlaptop - Lenovo ThinkPad R62i - when restart, wireless not connected | new thunderbird - can't send
Mike13:10:37Rochester, NYwants laptop for someone going into MS program - wireless - research | W7 vs XP
Mark13:15:29Perinton, NYUNR - can't get Broadcom 802g won't work
Cindy13:34:32Queensbury, NYuses FB - loves it | didn't work
Chris13:36:40Rochester, NYre: FB - impressed by level of granularity is remarkable
Seth13:48:48Brighton, NYDSL - has been intermittent - drops out, becomes slow - if move DSL modem to different phone jacks, works great - can I get a wireless solution? - has a thing from Ncomputing - one can be on computer, one can be on sep screen (term srvr)
Gordon13:51:08Pittsford, NYhow authenticate?
2010-05-15 - 7 callers
Zack12:18:18Brighton, NYDSL modem - replace?
Kelly12:35:23Fairport, NYSymantec AV on Mac - weekly updates, many scans during the week - after a restart, it seems to get stuck on something - Documents-To-Go.sit. Can't find it on the computer.
Gil12:58:27Webster, NYreplace C: drive w/ 10K drive or SSD drive?
Dennis13:26:27Henrietta, NYdescribing bytes, kilo, mega, etc. how do you describe to non-geeks?
Jim13:40:52Nashua, NHre: last night in SL: tools -> folder options -> restore defaults | disappearing icons -> | OOo - lots better, free, boss using Win for yrs; she tried OOo - she loves it!
Gil13:50:25Webster, NYre: MS file formats vs. Google Docs - MS gave us a target to aim for
Ernesto13:56:30Perinton, NYEepc - trying to get flash to work
2010-05-08 - 4 callers
Don13:09:20Hilton, NYwhen click on folder on left, Windows, opens fine - if click on folder on right, open w/ some program (e.g. Photo Viewer) | Google Chrome disappears overnight
Tony13:13:41Greece, NYHow put bookmark on desktop of Droid
Joe13:28:48Greece, NYXP Pro AMD 4K 2G - startup problem - takes 12 mins to start - AVG, Malwarebytes, etc. - danced the Tango - after RAM check, goes black, box comes up w/ progress bar
Henry13:49:27Rochester, NYWindows update - 7yr old PC 3G, 512M, Win Home SP2 - Firefox as main browser - could still go into Control Panel and use Win update or Security Center - upgraded FF to 2.6.3 - now opens Firefox |
2010-05-01 - 9 callers
Walt12:14:19Charlotte, NYwireless router - Cisco N router -
Tim12:31:04Fairport, NYHP Pavilion XP - reinstall?
Jim12:50:39Charleston, SCThe Incredible - SL - your support and downloads - 1.23 still avail!
Burt12:56:09Palmyra, NYUbuntu - 5/6 yrs now - usually did a clean install instead of upgrade
Cindy13:08:55Queensbury, NYthanks for using right phrasing on poll! Jayne's song?
John13:11:21Rochester, NY5 yr old PC 160M HD - reformatted more than 50 times - in trouble?
Gerd 13:18:36Victor, NYXP Pro - Lexmark X7170 - worked great up to 1 wk ago - can't even copy stuff much less print from the computer - says problems w/ cartridges - they're new - printer seems to be printing, but nothing comes to paper
Jim13:27:20Fairport, NY2 HDs on computer - main and old main - old had password - can't get at the files
Kevin13:53:29Greece, NYTango - MalWarebytes - found Registry problem - should he deal w/ it?
2010-04-24 - 14 callers
12:25:47Rochester, NYSpyBot no longer on Tango?
Keith12:40:06Joplin, MOswitching to wireless adapter, setup runs, device manager shows problem
Gordon12:54:26Pittsford, NYOn Jazz web site, can't find way to listen live
13:04:31Rochester, NYtrying to Waltz, can't download some of the files, don't show up in safe boot.
Barb13:07:20Rochester, NYtrying to download Malware Bytes, won't install.
John13:14:56Rochester, NYafter tango, can't uninstall programs
Victor13:19:26Rochester, NYMicrosoft FIx It center?
Frank13:27:33Rochester, NYAcer laptop, doesn't work with battery installed
Bob13:31:36Fairport, NYSpinrite can be installed on Floppy, CD, or USB FlashDrive.
Dan13:36:00Rochester, NYWindows Waltz instructions need updating.
Sal13:40:07Fairport, NYrobot to test smart phone touch accuracy.
Steve13:44:14Rochester, NYnew digital camera, new hd tv, wants to connect them
Rick13:51:03Rochester, NYold floppy disks, can't read any more
Kevin13:51:35Greece, NYold Thinkpad, recently the battery doesn't last very long.
2010-04-17 - 11 callers
Tom12:13:30Newark, NYNotebook WiFi - works OK everywhere else, doesn't work at his home.
Cheryl12:19:23Gates, NYMonitor, leaves on overnight when computer turns off. now it takes long time to turn on.
Victor12:29:21Rochester, NYFirefox, on startup, gets home page, but address bar is blank
Geraldine12:33:11Rochester, NYCan't dance Tango, Stinger isn't free. (Fake Stinger?)
Brenda12:50:52Fairport, NYWIndows 7 - Recommend the Tango?
Doug12:54:16Rochester, NYold Dell, old iMac, got a new iMac. how to kill the data.
Phil13:05:08Pittsford, NYThanks, advice fixed a problem from a couple weeks ago
Cathy13:07:48Ontario, NYWindows Home 7 32-bit, USB flash drive, reformatted NTFS, can't use as backup
John13:18:02Rochester, NYlooking for program to list running processes
Tony13:19:08Rochester, NYNetbook, pictures from camera, on SSD, how to copy to thumb drive
Joe13:28:59Rochester, NYAVG causing internet connection errors?
2010-04-10 - 12 callers
Cheryl12:21:06Webster, NYWaltz - d/l Stinger, can't find in safe mode
Thomas12:31:52Newark, NYDell - hard drive fail - 2 HDs - one does not have power cord connected | laptop w/ no wireless
Bodan12:40:23Rochester, NY2 browsers - IE, FFx - IE -> Jazz Listen Live - RealPlayer opens; it works.
Jim12:51:02Nashua, NHre: Bodan - Tools for each media player | brand new Stinger - works great!
Dennis12:56:22Rochester, NYW7 - Home Premium - backwards compatible? - old printer |
Ernesto13:07:13Perinton, NYW7 64-bit - 32-bit keep crashing -
Tom13:12:54Webster, NYDroid! - Pandora - charges will apply | vehicle repair... YouTube video - executable popped up - he ran it! | firewall
Carl13:17:17Rochester, NYserious dead crash - had to pull power cord to get it back up | enjoys the show!
Norm13:29:30Fairport, NYGeForce 210 grfx - XP - starts out very slowly -
Joan13:34:48Rush, NYvirus prob - last 2 days - Phoenix setup util -
Lawrence13:39:12Gates, NYSSD drives?
Bodan13:47:14Rochester, NYfixed it; doesn't know how - updated Qtime; it was fine again.
2010-04-03 - 6 callers
Dar12:36:29Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMember!
Philip12:45:59Pittsford, NYMEMBER XP SP3 - can't do updates 0xc800042d
John13:12:36Rochester, NYMEMBER! Ubuntu 9.04 - upgraded to 9.10 Lost trackpad
Scott13:14:28Buffalo, NY2nd life app for itouch?
Cindy13:35:46Queensbury, NYMEMBER! wrote a month ago about getting song off Firefly DVD - MP3 DVD ripper - now trying on desktop -
Thomas13:56:54Newark, NYHP computer - HP laptop - trouble w/ wireless connection
2010-03-27 - 5 callers
Hank12:17:38Rochester, NYW7 Office Home Premium - often, buttons are dead
Dan12:32:11Webster, NYW7 - connect to FTP site -
John12:36:44Lima, NYVista - Skype - won't recognize video
Joe12:54:56Rochester, NYWD 500G stand-alone HD - 1 yr old - USB - recognizes for 5 secs, then doesn't recognize it
Burt13:26:38Palmyra, NYMEMBER! Haiku OS?
2010-03-20 - 10 callers
Frank12:24:55irondequoit, NYMEMBER! Camera card - deleted the images - restored - what program did that?
Cindy12:30:04Queensbury, NYemail re: Firefly DVD - can't get the song off it
Bodan12:38:14Rochester, NYMEMBER! PC turned off - Dell XP Home SP3 - avast! update - then had intermittent connection problems to Internet
Tom12:48:23Penfield, NYMEMBER! Linux Lambada - Ubuntu 9.10 -
Linda13:21:53Henrietta, NYMEMBER! Mac - sitting w/ cat - sleep mode - booted and rebooted from sleep mode, several times | password keeper for Mac?
Gary13:30:26Greece, NYMEMBER! wife's computer - desktop - Intel mbrd P4 XP Home SP3 - front USB ports don't recognize camera - back works
Glenn13:46:01Rochester, NYBIG MEMBER! - still gets extra Web page - Security Tango
Betty13:47:30Rochester, NYBIG MEMBER!!
Patricia13:52:38Clifton Springs, NYMEMBER! - MP4 format - convert to play on standard DVD
Glenn13:57:40Rochester, NY
2010-03-13 - 9 callers
Ralph12:15:27Rochester, NYpublic access WIFI security - joined the broadband revolution - tested speed - used to dial local number - now, w/ broadband, is wireless safe?
Mark12:28:28Manlius, NYcomment: doesn't think gov should have anything to do w/ getting ppl broadband | Lexmark laser printer - sometimes prints - renamed files, reinstalled, same thing
Mike12:35:06Pittsford, NYHP 5220 laptop - 4 yrs old - 3-4 mo ago, when turned on, bottom 3rd of screen bad - repair or replace?
David12:40:15Bergen, NYafter reboot after SuperAntiSpyware found some trojans - no apps worked, run didn't work, open didn't work. Can get them to run by opening document or right-click start - unassociated file type
Sammy13:00:11Greece, NYWin7 and media players - winamp - loads on 7, but needs latest directX
Harold13:09:21Hamlin, NYTango - run on each user?
Joe13:13:03Mt. Morris, NYcouldn't figure out how to print directory - Karen's Print Directory did it | thnking Mac - what is the software needed to exchange Office documents?
Steve13:30:44Rochester, NYfriend going to Israel - can't upload easily - want camera w/ SD card - can share
Colleen13:52:07Perry, NYHP laptop - R key fell off | when we started broadcasting on 90.1?
2010-03-06 - 9 callers
Art12:26:05Summerfield, FLcan't get on net - downloaded driver on the other machine, but can't install it
Miguel12:32:48Tucson, AZthanks for a great show!
Tom12:52:25Newark, NYgot new HP - tried to put Thunderbird - called Verizon - wanted to charge $80 to put it back in | MSN email printing problem - can't print whole message
Paul13:07:12Albion, NYtrojan? when log in to certain sites like eBay and a financial site, when put in uname/pwd, a diff screen pops up
Jim13:10:46irondequoit, NYcomputer at work - W2K - when turns on, shoots out page that was printed previously
Elmer13:16:24Greece, NYThanks for the Tango! | using Eudora
Dave13:32:20Henrietta, NYG5 - hit and miss - 10.4.11 - photog send images on DVD - first booted fine, 2nd didn't show up - a day later, it would show up - when burn DVD, sometimes it doesn't show up | Norton AV - every few months get alert re: stopping portscan
Dave13:50:07Webster, NYInspiron Laptop Vista SP2 - if leave alone for 15-20 mins, reboots - when shuts down, reboots - when sleeps will reboot | when reboot, media center store update has failed
Chris13:53:36Williamson, NYIntel mb - 3G P4 processor - how tell if any good or not?
2010-02-27 - 11 callers
Dave12:20:29Utica, NYmultitasker - PC-based laptop, Apple desktop - "clean up" programs -> spyware? | MS Office for Mac
Joanne12:28:04Geece, NYGoing to Ireland, England, Europe - cell phone, laptop, camera - how power everything?
Josh12:35:01Farmington, NYwhat is "hide" in the Security Tango?
Bodan12:43:08Rochester, NYmany updates for Windows | how come no one program in the Tango picks up everything?
Richmond13:03:50Rochester, NYccleaner as part of Tango | can't connect XP to Win7 | pure Vista machine -> upgrade to 7?
Sheila13:04:53Charlotte, NYthanks, Dave! V patience, helpful, gentle - computer running great!
Joe13:14:18Rochester, NYmost convenient way to overwrite deleted content?
Richmond13:18:12Rochester, NYccleaner has a secure wipe, too - DOD and Gutman levels
John13:27:19Hilton, NYre: overwriting deleted programs - revo has an "evidence remover" - takes several hours - ccleaner - has a quicker overwrite - eraser has different levels
Tom13:36:20Penfield, NYUbuntu user since Christmas - has clamtk - runs it in his home directory
Lynn13:50:14Clymer, NYhow run spinrite on USB drive? | want to put a couple drive and run Cobian backup software - save everything as a big wad, or as indiv files?
2010-02-20 - 11 callers
Sam12:12:39Greece, NYlaptop - when boot "rondo - error LSRT.NJO | IE - warning - tracking cookie - threat removed
Tom12:20:10Penfield, NYUbuntu/Firefox - on the Jazz 90.1 site - when go to on the air, soundbytes, go back to our Web page
Rich12:29:01Rochester, NYre: Tom - see ubuntugeek | mplayer - problems - uninstalled - use Xine
Al12:39:23Greece, NYDell Mini 9 w/ XP Home - wireless sometimes drops - card seems to shut down
Earl12:52:09Chicago, ILeMachine - 0 avail disk space - locks up the computer - won't record restore points
Dorie13:09:50Omaha, NEBuzz - Twitterverse got a little crazy - seems like a little overkill
Howard13:14:18irondequoit, NYSkype - privacy statement - check bank account, etc.
Mark13:18:26Rochester, NYcrashing - home theatre - Acer Intel Quad Core Intel Radeon - 3G - memory mgmt problem IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL
Victor13:26:50irondequoit, NYRoboform icon - on upgrade, lost the icon
Hank13:29:47Penfield, NYXP Home SP3 modem ISP - stack overflow error
Ted13:37:54Fairport, NYbuilding PC - wants legit OS7 - OEM says only install once?
2010-02-13 - 8 callers
John12:32:14Honeoye Falls, NY7 yrs digital photos - puts them on CD/DVD - stockpile of those
Jim12:38:32Nashua, NHre: SL iPod - sync'd photos, it wiped out his music - tried it again today, and it all worked fine. | when in Westbrook MA - RR offered 2G speed! | iTunes - want to put music on - can do whole album at once?
Don12:51:06Webster, NYLogitech Webcam - when plugged in, printer won't work.
Bodan12:56:47Rochester, NYlast week: Buffalo Airport Web site problem | Facebook: downloaded pics won't open in MS Picture viewer
Patty13:11:29Rochester, NYtrying to recover Toshiba Satellite - surfing unprotected - can't even get to the recovery disks
Don13:18:04Hilton, NYstarted losing emails - ran Tango - ran it twice - still losing them
Joe13:31:06Holly, NYWindows Live Mail - contacts keep disappearing
Don13:45:05Hilton, NYused to buy computers and calculators for Kodak - first elect calc cost $1,000
2010-02-06 - 11 callers
Rich12:13:14irondequoit, NYre: last week, Dave didn't want the Internet on his phone - his girlfriend was in same position - she called the 800 number and they took it off
Bodan12:19:13Rochester, NYre: Firefox - having trouble with one Web page - loads ok in IE
Chris12:29:50Orchard Park, NYiTouch - app update problems - Apple couldn't help her - she dumped the apps - podcasts are running in fast mode
Cindy12:36:48Queensbury, NYFirefox - getting used to a few diff things - when download, takes several tries to "catch it" - gets download box | Shop tab not updated?
Zack12:46:39Brighton, NYhas his accounts and financial stuff - lots of passwords
Ken12:56:11Webster, NYshedding light - re: Cindy - Revo red X - Revo setup - icon has a little X on it
Sam13:10:47West Henrietta, NYNorton 360 - what's the best protection? Gets a lot of popups.
Fritz13:14:10Canandaigua, NYthe red x is definitely part of the icon | got the Sound Bytes Polo for Christmas! | Thanks Steve - 10.3 NeoOffice
Bill13:22:06Marion, NYhis father has BioStar motherboard - Vista32 - 500G HD - but only shows 120G | wants another bare bones - MSI motherboard - Athlon Quad Core, etc. Lots of specs. Good?
Phil13:28:59from his carMac backup - have external HD - want to back up to DVD for directories larger than a DVD - span multiple disks?
Steve13:38:22Rush, NYwant to go from camera to TV w/o computer
2010-01-30 - 9 callers
Vito12:19:26Chili, NYHD gone corrupt XP Home - built using upgrade CD from previous system. How use upgrade CD to repair?
Bruce12:28:06Williamson, NYrepairs - had work done - some problems when got home - loose zip tie was flopping around -
Tom12:31:46Fairport, NYfrom last week - programs that update but don't replace the old one
Don12:53:04West Henrietta, NYThunderbird - if mark emails as junk, when does it delete?
Cindy13:00:32Queensbury, NYlast week told her how to create autoplay list - not working because play list not library
George13:13:46Auburn, NYold computer - want to use Ubuntu - 9.10 works fine, until try to improve video resolution | QuickTime - Windows - Firefox
Mike13:21:50irondequoit, NYhave a great computer, but it's a Mac. I like gaming - Mac doesn't have a lot of games. Should I install Boot Camp.
Matt13:45:22Penfield, NYChrome - hard to save stuff
Bear13:49:56Pittsford, NYgetting ready to move to Win7. Have a lot of apps in XP - most of the machines seem to be 64 bit
2010-01-23 - 15 callers
Jack12:21:26Exit 16, Harriman, NYThunderbird, can't send mail when using cellular card. | Toshiba Satellite, upgraded to Win 7, internal speakers don't work, external do.
Tom12:29:56Newark, NYre: last week, booting a Dell - recovery console will repair Windows - skipped - | talked to HP re: new computer - they do not send any disks
Tom12:33:53Hilton, NYthinking of buying new computer - all data very hard to compare
Harvey12:37:47Webster, NYgoing from XP to W7 -
Scott12:47:53Buffalo, NYbonvibre! trying to reformat external HD of wife - opp cannot be completed code -50 iMac 10.6 - using disk utils
Art12:52:55Rochester, NYdata recovery - failed hard drive
Cindy13:01:12Queensbury, NYnew laptop W7 WMP12 desktop w/ W7 and unknown WMP - "Recently Added"
Steve13:09:20Pittsford, NYstorage - do a lot of video/audio editing - 4 RAID 5 terabyte drives - get a Drobo?
Scott13:12:23Buffalo, NYrebooted as Steve suggested - turned external on - same result
Bill13:16:51irondequoit, NYremote access - has own IP address, plug in network, can talk to it on own network, but can't get thru outside own network
Howard13:20:18Penfield, NYThinkPad T40 - sometimes boots up
John13:27:38Hilton, NYwould Office 2000 work w/ 64-bit W7? | OpenOffice? | FileHippo.com has an update checker
Jamie13:34:35Prince Edward, Ontario, Canadastarted Fri - IE8 w/ XP - can go to most Web sites w/ problems - "this tab being recovered" twice - then lose it - works in Compatibility Mode
Paul13:49:40Henrietta, NYOpenOffice - awesome! | Toshiba laptop - Vista- some WP and Internet - should I upgrade to W7?
Melissa13:50:53Rochester, NYaddress of the fellow who has the computer shop
2010-01-16 - 10 callers
Valaina12:13:49Virginianetbook - when log in for first time - always have updates - IE - tries to do update - checks for malware - gets hung up | when start FF, has to make the toolbars appear
Bodan12:31:05Rochester, NYAdobe Reader - autoupdated - 8.2.0 at work is 9 | Adobe ARM and ReaderSL autostart | Logitech Web Cam update changed desktop icon
Michelle12:37:21Livingston, NJoff 280 - Adobe and Windows 7 - either Acrobat or Reader - IE tries to shut down
Tom12:49:40Lincoln, NEVista - apparently hides USB ports and other ports from user programs - small devel board is USB - when plug in, Vista says "new device," loads driver - program says no ports - USB can't talk to it
Tom12:58:25Newark, NYDell won't boot - config.sys corrupted - can boot w/ SystemWorks boot disk - can't get to backups on D: | graphics card going, too
Don13:10:47Hilton, NYre: updating Adobe Flash Player - figured out how to tell which version he has
Tom13:18:13Penfield, NYre: last week - notebook w/ Win7 and Ubuntu - when installed Ubuntu, didn't resize Win7 - Ubuntu partition small - resized - working good - using Ubuntu full time - d/l'd SL - has install icon - spring w/ shelf on it -
Dar13:27:20Toronto, Ontario, Canadare: our Rant - Ken Starks - The Thin Line Between Victim and Idiot - Linux Gazette (.net) | Lenovo touch pad from CES - designed by Richard Sapper - born 1932
Bob13:33:34Greece, NYcalling on Droid! worry about viruses?
Jason13:40:45Altoona, PAre: article from Dar - really harder to write viruses for Linux?
2010-01-09 - 10 callers
Jim16:20:08Rochester, NYKodak EasyShare - picture takes up whole screen
Carl16:21:21Pottstown, PAmedical newsletters - print - flatbed scanner - one big PDF - add new ones every month
Tom16:23:29Penfield, NYHP notebook Win7 Home Premium - Ubuntu 9.10 - last update caused problem - can't run Ubuntu - did the grub change | how use iPod with Ubuntu | back up to F: drive
Tom16:24:01Rochester, NY3 apps - OE, IE, Excel - directdbnotifywndproc
Dan16:25:54Webster, NYwhen reboot, 1st scr - doesn't start - goes black - Partition Commander repair disk - set C: inactive/active - works for a while
Mikia (Micah?)16:26:50Saginaw, TXany way to hear you in Texas
Betty16:27:05Fairport, NYCA Internet Security Suite
Dan16:27:36Rochester, NYsaving home page gadgets in Google - W64 | Google Chrome?
Judy16:27:53Hilton, NYwhere to go to learn about technology?
Rich16:28:14Rochester, NYW7 - full install - Norton work w/ Win7?
2010-01-02 - 11 callers
Duke12:17:36Greece, NYvundo trojan
Scott12:23:40Buffalo, NYbonvibre! Time Machine - only thing running - Time Machine failed - couldn't create a backup folder
Judy12:31:33Hilton, NYnetwork connections - view - toolbars - 7 | MSN | how move Start bar
Vic12:35:52irondequoit, NYwife unplugged flash drive - safely unplug is not there - just unplug?
John12:47:40Ontario, NYVista/Win7 upgrade - daughter's laptop - Vista Business - $39 student upgrade - says can't put 7 Home Premium over Vista Business
Bruce12:54:02Macedon, NY6 yr old computer - upgrade to newer monitor? | if getting no hits in av, am I clean?
Alan13:08:06Fairport, NYdon't use MEMTEST86; use PRIME95
George13:09:05Rochester, NYif replace computer but keep old drives, do I need to reinstall Windows?
Gerd13:19:40Victor, NYUSB removal process - what happens if remove w/o process? He did that, and now his computer is "shot."
Steve13:30:57Rochester, NYre: Dalai Lama -
Marty13:34:28Charlotte, NYre: switching to Ubuntu - took the plunge - piece of cake
2009-12-26 - 10 callers
Linda12:20:56Greece, NY"friend" wants to buy computer - laptop or desktop better? - has computer | OpenOffice.org?
Kevin12:51:14Greece, NYbackup software for external drive on network
Donval12:51:29Hilton, NYmemtest86?
Bill12:57:34Fairport, NYbios update - now fan runs all the time
Tom13:15:29Avon, NYwants to build a gaming machine - budget around $3500...
Ed13:18:20Henrietta, NYusing library computer - friend sent attachment - want to save or whatever - blocked
Elaine13:24:14Rochester, NYFarmer Elaine
Sal13:28:56Fairport, NYproblems migrating to new Mac
Mike13:38:14Greece, NY2 yr old HP Pavilion laptop - cannot check for updates - tries, gets error msg - Vista - bought Win7 | XP machine - Firefox - Webcam - prevented from autoreload
Burt13:40:10Palmyra, NYbought used computer from friend - got room on HD for dual boot - has Vista home Premium - 102G free -
2009-12-19 - 10 callers
Linda12:11:05Greece, NY320G ClickFree USB - ran out of room - bought 750G - won't work
Chris12:31:53Williamson, NYHP laptop - Win7 - D: has HP recovery - backed up to external HD - would like to wipe out D:
Vic12:35:59irondequoit, NYFirefox - go to beta? | went to clean up system tray: MSConfig - app failed to start: MFC42U.dll not found
Bodan13:16:08Rochester, NYhow tweak 10-yr-old laptop - IBM ThinkPad - sometimes have to use dial-up modem - 98SE - 300 MHz - 256M
Danny13:31:28Greece, NYDad installed Linux on her computer - changed screensaver -
Walter13:35:35Greece, NYre: Bodan - definitely use Puppy Linux - use the old edition | older iMac w/ Motorola chipset
Dave13:39:04Fairport, NYlaptop won't boot in safe mode - get blue screen
Joel13:46:22Pittsford, NYSteve: trying to install XP in VirualBox on iMac - get XP licensing agreement - need to hit F8 - can't!
Steve13:50:21Rochester, NYconsidering buying used notebook - how eliminate OS and wipe out all data?
Joe13:56:16Fairport, NYput the iPhone on the sniper rifle!
2009-12-12 - 12 callers
Linda12:14:45Greece, NYhad Nero 7 - can burn DVDs, but can't play them - best free recommendation for burn/play?
Sam12:27:06West Henrietta, NYWin7 - trying to xfer off of 98 | fax w/o land line?
Richmond12:45:04Public Marketbelieve that all co's are going to go to pay-for-play data plans | Android vs. iPhone | USB3?
Dotty12:47:05Pittsford, NYSenior Net?
Dan12:52:09Webster, NYupgrade to Win7? But graphics doesn't support full Win7 experience. Have PCI Express X16 connector -
Tom12:59:45Walcott, NYDSL problem? Desktop and 2 laptops - sometimes, load page, doesn't go anywhere
Sal13:11:49Fairport, NYFrontier and TW hijacking browser to their search page
Jim13:14:43Rochester, NYcouldn't get stuff off 98 -
Bill13:27:29Irondequoit, NYhd died - bought refurb'd HP - smaller HD, 1G RAM - moved RAM from old machine, now it crashes again | boots to splash page, then loads XP - sometimes goes to that page and just sits
Dick13:30:06Greece, NYblue screen on Dell - made slave drive and retrieved data - can't get rid of Blue Screen
Mike13:32:43Gates, NYwhich version of Win7 to upgrade to?
Dar13:41:46Toronto, Ontario, CanadaWin - 2 steps forward, 3 back - Google of Steve Gibson lets loose on Windows
2009-12-05 - 8 callers
Todd12:25:56Gates, NYnew phone - Verizon- big MP3 player - doesn't support Mac - how link?
Bodan12:28:52Rochester, NYadd-ons and browser extensions for Firefox - Skype - update avail - suddenly browser highlighter came in -
Dan12:33:00MacDougal, NYDell Laptop Vista - up to date AV - went to start - code - missing file: 0X - SP2 number - took HD out of machine - still having trouble getting data off
Bob12:50:15Rochester, NYordered from Tiger Direct - $25 - USB to IDE/SATA adapter - backs up all his data on to old drives and puts them in a safe deposit box!
Joanne12:54:17Greece, NYExcel - want to make print bigger in the row | Avery Labels -
Tom13:30:44Perinton, NYDell Inspiron 2002 - minimum resolution, minimum color - when reboot goes to max resolution and color
Jerry13:40:23Greece, NYWord doc - when open, get paragraph sign
Larry13:45:35Spencerport, NY64-bit W7 - had XP w/ Ubuntu disk - wants 64-bit
2009-11-28 - 11 callers
Ed12:09:33Rochester, NYDell XP - "operating system not found" | If new computer,
Linda12:15:38Greece, NYGateway Netbook w/ XP - SD card w/ programs on it - move programs from old PC? | Itunes updates - freezes all the time
Tom12:18:35Greece, NYRevo Uninstaller - use that or Windows uninstaller? | shutdown notice: O or DDE
Joan12:27:16Rush, NYAVG: resident shield alert - multiple detection alert -
Henry12:38:33Brighton, NYFirefox and Thunderbird - FF: links slow to load - progress bar slow sometimes stops in the middle - link often does not complete
Terry12:45:57Penfield, NYIE having problem - debug or close |
Mark13:10:40Albion, NYswitched to Firefox - can't figure out how to access email | prob install ZA
Marty13:19:37Charlotte, NYubuntu - tried it -
Bill13:27:47Webster, NYFirefox - love it - when boot and open FF, takes 45 secs - prob lot of ppl have - FF preloader - 1st time open, opens in upper left small portion of toolbar, when click, has Lycos search engine w/ search in it
Sal13:44:20Fairport, NY
Judy13:51:17Hilton, NYJudy the Senior - silly question - desktop icons - words are white - how change?
2009-11-21 - 10 callers
Linda12:21:03Greece, NYhad trouble w/ Mozilla - uninstalled, reinstalled, all okay | friend wants to buy computer - wants Gateway - drivers come from Gateway
Bodan12:29:02Rochester, NYTango: changed from Ad-Aware to SuperAntiSpyware. Big update yesterday for SuperAntiSpyware - now has ladybug in the toolbar - wants to start when computer starts.
Al12:32:12Rochester, NYgets hard drive space low message every time start machine
Gudy12:51:44Houghton, NYcan't download - is it the firewall, or what?
Ron13:05:54Greece, NYAcer Esprit laptop - media test failure check cable
Nick13:10:09Rochester, NYbought camcorder in 99 want to play back via laptop - some simple editing - xfer to DVD - don't have right connections | 80G HD - running slow - 6G left
Keith13:18:23Bloomfield, NYPC and laptop on network - laptop giving aggravation - only way could copy data files off laptop was via PC thru network - now can't open files on thumb drive | thinking about Mac or new tires for sports car - what's the learning curve?
Mark13:29:33Albion, NYfirewall problem - ZA - XP Home - could not get out anywhere on the Internet - something squirrelly w/ ZA - when turned off, turned on Windows FW all okay - uninstalled w/ Revo - installed new - says not authorized - have to log in as admin | windows secu
Dar13:39:32Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTech Republic: Linux Consultant: the Maytag Repairman of the Computer World
Joel13:49:30Pittsford, NYminor annoyance: W7 - monitor dual DVI card - unless monitor is on when computer comes on, won't recognize the monitor - when sleeps won't recognize when comes back
2009-11-14 - 12 callers
Anesto12:12:59Perinton, NYOutlook - everything being deleted and thrown into spam -
Linda12:16:23Greece, NYcongrats for making your goal - she became a member!
Vito12:29:01Cheektowaga, NY8G flash drive - ext2 or ext3 file system - make small vfat partition
Jim12:38:24Rochester, NYput DSL on his computer - doesn't write to HD -
Joel12:40:15Pittsford, NYlive streaming?
Gurd12:47:00Victor, NYcan't figure out how to get the live stream
Ernesto12:57:36Perinton, NYre: advertising on desktop - who wants that? | Outlook - deletes
Linda13:26:03Greece, NYtried in SL -
Fritz13:30:32Canandaigua, NYLeo LaPorte - MacBreak - Paul Thurrotte - Win7 didn't get mentioned once!
Joe13:36:05Rochester, NYswitched to Avast! Want to buy? | danced Tango - had trouble - ran AV - now, when start machine, when go to main page, icons not there. Log off/on, icons are there.
Ron13:38:23Rochester, NYon Web, some print out very small
Burt13:55:21Palmyra, NYLinux tutorial?
2009-11-07 - 9 callers
Linda12:11:50Greece, NYno credit card | found Mac CDs | Win7
Larry12:14:32Spencerport, NYboth laptop and desktop - Windows Explorer - extremely slow - click on folder CPU goes to 100%
Larry12:36:15Spencerport, NYboth laptop and desktop - Windows Explorer - extremely slow - click on folder CPU goes to 100%
Bill12:41:54Pittsford, NYsecure computer at work - email - Mac at home - OS about 5 yrs old - no email address - secondary computer - TW - Mac upstairs - she gets all email etc. upstairs - only does Web purchasing - how secure is that? Brokerage accounts?
Edward12:54:46Henrietta, NYif I use Yahoo, do I still need antivirus?
James13:37:04Rochester, NYDSL - how to make a CD
Steve13:42:02Greece, NYbegged for us! - Win update, uninstalled Norton, didn't reboot right away - browsing commercial sites for a product they need - FF disappears - wouldn't restart - some times items hadn't run - reboots - XP - first screen - blanks - pointer comes up - n
Sal13:45:53Fairport, NYit's not "Mighty Mouse;" it's "Magic Mouse."
Fred13:56:04Macedon, NYcomputer died - had good XP HD - can put that in new computer?
2009-10-31 - 7 callers
Lucien12:33:38Rochester, NYFriend of Dave's | Win7: bought new Compaq w/ Vista - waiting for upgrade - bought computer 3 wks ago - may get it btween 30 Oct - 8 Nov - sounds like a disaster -
Dennis12:57:23Rochester, NYmember! why aren't the other listeners calling?
Bohdan13:19:03Rochester, NYhappy member! last week: running CA AV re: TW - anchoring down a lot of programs and pictures - antivirus can be snoozed
Al13:35:33Penfield, NYmember! Canon HD video recorder - Adobe Premier Elements - other ppl can have 5Mb video w/ good quality, his is terrible
Don13:45:37Hilton, NYmember! Droid - has Palm Central -
Jim13:48:54Greece, NYmember! 64-bit? problem w/ conversing w/ older programs?
Lynn13:56:29Spencerport, NYwant new computer - what proc speed, RAM?
2009-10-24 - 6 callers
Fritz12:52:29Canandaigua, NYmember! Dave brought this up a year ago... wife's XP machine - last big update - when update, in the Windows folder, the bright blue folders - should we still delete?
Rich13:08:07Rochester, NYnot a member - iPhone - girlfriend loaded it up - can use it with XP, Vista, Mac?
Gary13:11:33Brockport, NYmember - intermediate computer user - started with PDP-10 - how do I get rid of NetFlix ads in IE?
Linda13:26:58Greece, NYmember! Win7?
Lynn13:31:17Clymer, NY64M RAM - which version of Linux to stream audio?
Bohdan13:51:13Rochester, NYdanced Tango twice in the last two weeks - sense something still not right - share pix w/ friends - size of pic folder 421M - lost the snap, crackle pop - delay now before pop up
2009-10-17 - 6 callers
Steve12:39:03Greensboro, NCiTunes - exceeded capacity of HD - wants to shift pocasts over, retain them, but free up space on HD
Toni12:46:41East Rochester, NYmissed about updates - has XP
Scott12:52:29Buffalo, NYbonvibre! Antivirus for Mac?
Dolores13:15:39Lima, NYStanza
Lynn13:22:23Rochester, NYwants to get rid of Windows and put on Linux
Dar13:55:10Toronto, Ontario, Canadaprimary extended logical - what the hey?
2009-10-10 - 14 callers
Greg12:15:17Strykersville, NYworks on a lot of computers - good free service is OpenDNS.org
Bob12:17:12Greece, NYIE8 - is it okay?
Linda12:28:34Greece, NYFirefox - Google -> web site - went back to it "google cannot be found"
Jack12:36:03Sloatsburg, NYmoody! Vista - SP2 - got shut down during update - would not reboot - keeps shutting down/rebooting - install disk went back to restore point - still can't install SP2
Bernice12:42:07Brighton, NYbacked up PC - 500 IOmega HD external - can get to them - .bkt - some backup utility
Barb12:49:27Irondequoit, NYprocrastinating buying portable drive to back up - Seagate external drive - plugged it in - shows the drive as G:, but when double-click on it, nothing
Jenny12:54:16Bushnell's Basin, NYSuperAntiSpyware - last couple months, it takes forever to open on desktop, click on update, takes over 2 minutes
Mike13:05:40Perinton, NYMacBook Pro - few months old - lousy battery life
Dave13:10:12Irondequoit, NYMacBook - trying to iChat - lately, when go on, AIM buddy list - disconnects - could not connect to AIM - tried to log in too many times
John13:11:30Greece, NYre: Bernice - go to folder for external HD, double-click .EXE
Toni13:20:32East Rochester, NYpps files - running XP - can't run them
Ernesto13:26:44Perinton, NYpasswords: name of the site, adds own alphanumeric phrase
Thomas13:36:06Rochester, NYre: passwords - some sites add a salt - add random chars to beginning, middle, end of sequence
James13:40:07Sodus Point, NYSnow Leopard wouldn't install on iMac
2009-10-03 - 7 callers
Linda12:16:09Greece, NYCan I change my Mac to a PC?
Don12:46:14Hilton, NYre: waiting for the next version.
Mary Ann12:47:57Irondequoit, NYinstall Word 2000 - had MSOffice 2007 - uninstalled it
Dar13:30:19Toronto, Ontario, CanadaPaul Zimmerman is from Rochester - A Primer in the Art of Deception |
Fritz13:34:03Canandaigua, NYSnow Leopard - when empty trash, it comes up "secure empty trash"
Sam13:36:49Rochester, NYwhere's the next Linux meeting | still can't get the code for his iPod - now what?
Dan13:45:48Rochester, NYchanges to Tango - what about SpyBot and AdAware? leave or uninstall?
2009-09-26 - 8 callers
Carl12:12:22Potstown, PAno backup disks for the OS
Ron12:16:44Rochester, NYThunderbird XP Home - was able to email any folder, picture, whatever - d/l Frontier program was big - corrupted - couldn't load window
Frank12:45:03Rochester, NYfirst computer was a Toshiba w/ Lotus SmartSuite - how save as other type?
Vito12:50:40parked carwhen open AVI file, Win crashes - DEP turned off - still happens - has it for 3 months - when in sep folder, works, but now still doesn't
Victor12:58:16Irondequoit, NYeyes getting older - XP calc too small
Sam13:06:24Rochester, NYiPod - code - can't get into it - how do I get the code out of there
Tony13:40:15Greece, NYHP Netbook since Christmas - can I run Linux off USB?
Don13:48:54Hilton, NYre: spam - don't get very much - spam@uce.gov
2009-09-19 - 11 callers
Walter12:21:29Greece, NYclamtk on Ubuntu
Linda12:26:03Greece, NYXP - next to clock, likes to put icons - in customize - always show - apply - ok
Dan12:36:25Rochester, NYDell Dimensions B110 - 20" Acer monitor - 23" flat screen HD monitor - distorted | IE - pages not loading properly - change cache size?
John12:53:52Rochester, NYIE 8 and thumb pages | Windows 7 - mostly running Linux - has Lenovo laptop w/ free Win7 upgrade -
Judy13:10:07Hilton, NYone of the seniors who should know more | Computer Link? | Do I have to go to Win7?
Santana13:12:13Perinton, NYVista64 -
Vic13:14:45Irondequoit, NYre: Judy Computer Link in Gates Library | ZoneAlarm - ask, allow, block - LSAshell - Userint login - WinExpl, NTLogin
Richmond13:20:02Rochester, NYDOS Wars - love em! | they're not selling any systems w/ > 4G per core - any reason?
Gary13:24:43Greece, NYglad you're back on the air | re: Judy - maybe shouldn't just update
Cliff13:35:27Greece, NYcomes up to ask.com
Jim13:52:56Rochester, NYiTouch update - when look at email, forward, used to open the content, now just shows the little letter and doesn't open it anymore
2009-09-12 - 12 callers
Linda12:16:52Greece, NYPC World and Mac World in digital format - invalid host name
Joe12:20:58Greece, NYstereo speakers - getting static - when Win logo starts - won't go away - 2 diff speaker sets
John12:29:54LeRoy, NYXP - lost Java - can't download - 25-whatever error
Mike12:34:13Gates, NYbought laptop - Vista - can't get printers to work
Todd12:38:52Webster, NYWin Genuine Advantage validation - has been using it for about a year, and now he's getting the problem
Kevin12:45:56Rochester, NYAcer laptop - Vista - Verizon wireless - "Windows sockets has failed to initialize" also can't get to antivirus (Avast)
Paul13:12:37Braddocks BayiTouch - number of updates for free plus the $10 one - last night, started at 8 PM, went to bed @ 11, done when got up.
Ron13:15:52Rochester, NYWin7 - buy new laptop w/ installed? | Toshiba - satellite card -
George13:20:35Greece, NYwhat's a netbook? | had problems w/ distance from AP - 20 ft
Tino13:25:38Rochester, NY
Scott13:49:14South CarolinaAikenwolf! iTouch, laptop, can use USB to cell phone as modem - can use machine as router?
Mark13:54:05Greece, NYMacBook Pro - Snow Leopard - no thumbnail icons - external HD - says name, but no icons
2009-08-29 - 13 callers
Jack12:13:53Orange County, NYnetwork connection on laptop - USB - cable says no cable plugged in
David12:27:10Brighton, NYphoto sorting software
Keith12:37:12Farmington, NYson-in-law using IE - told him to use Firefox - system says won't work - Vista Pro
Tony12:45:36Rochester, NYThunderbird - changed something? in past, could retrieve that email - can't do it now? | lost sound icon - has been going in and out
Mike12:49:39Newstead, NYwhat about new netbook/notebooks | son has notebook - anything like Garage Band for PC?
Bob12:51:41Henrietta, NYre: Jack - might not be using an older laptop; won't be autosensing | Mac DNS poisoning: can find nameservers via command line
John12:55:27Webster, NYlaptop w/ XP Pro - 160G HD - down to about 50G free - down to 33 | two backup HDs - sometimes the light runs
Fritz13:08:39Canandaigua, NYrunning Snow Leopard | XP SP3 Start -> Run -> MSRT - malicious software removal tool
Dorothea13:19:21Rochester, NYwant to hear Whitney Marchelle sing something Panonica by Thelonius Monk | pages close really slowly - Windows
Chris13:31:03Williamson, NYHP laptop Vista Home Premium - trying to install Bluetooth - won't install
Gerd13:37:41Victor, NYInstalled Ubuntu Jaunty - took up a ton of free space - uninstalled - how do I get rid of the boot loader? | wife added phenomena games
Will13:40:13Brighton, NYuses Firefox - but - when go to download something from a site - podcast, whatever - FF plays it - IE asks to save
Bob13:54:50Greece, NYwhat about this bill to let the President shut down the Internet?
2009-08-22 - 12 callers
Joanne12:17:45Greece, NY2 flash drives - each has 400 pix - trying to organize by topics | Picassa - keeps making new folders
Dennis12:25:11Rochester, NYgood source of tips, tricks
Lynn13:00:28Rochester, NYre: newspaper - prefer newspaper - like to hold it - computer is down, so can't get to the extras
James13:06:38Webster, NYwhen replying to email - computer lags behind him - Hotmail
Rich13:14:19Rochester, NYAcronis TruImage 2009 - burns fine - starting Acronis Loader... sits there | Xen virtualization - CentOS 5 -
Vic13:17:51Rochester, NYIncredimail to access Hotmail - got email to change config at 1 Sept 09
Dave13:28:45Rochester, NYHP Elite workstation - locks up after USB 3D controller hooked up - after 2 mins
Bob13:31:51Greece, NYthanks for the Windows Waltz - did it in safe mode and found the problems
Michael13:36:32Greece, NYWindows Home Media Server - played around with firewall and locked self out
Dave13:38:45Rochester, NYany insight on how to d/l Win7 test?
Dan13:47:46Rochester, NYwants avast!
Mike13:53:48Rochester, NYVista Ultimate Laptop SP1 - SP2 is out - should I?
2009-08-15 - 14 callers
Fred12:22:08Rochester, NYlist of differences between computer chips | wants to run Solid Works on Linux.
Dave12:29:44Rochester, NYAdvice on erroneous charges on phone bill and credit card bill
Victor12:34:17Rochester, NYcan't access a web site with IE7, can with IE6.
Dan12:39:14Rochester, NYreplace McAfee with CA, not impressed, running much slower
Rob12:45:47Rochester, NYDell mini, locked up and won't reboot.
Sam12:46:22Rochester, NYXP/EasyShare/Logitech don't all work together.
Jim12:51:34Rochester, NYVisioneer PaperPort doesn't work with Win 7 Beta.
Henry13:06:47Rochester, NYcomputer in FLA fried in thunderstorm. new computer has vista 64, can't get software.
Victor13:11:50Rochester, NY(previous caller) Chrome works where IE7 didn't.
RIchard13:17:55Lyons, NYhow to listed to radio stream
Bob13:20:09Irondequoit, NYMac G5 powers down trying to update iPod. won't power back on.
Kim13:24:05Rochester, NYZoomText and Jaws are available for Vista 64
Joanne13:28:53Rochester, NYrecommendations on a GPS
Henry13:45:35Rochester, NYlistens over internet. P4/1.8 GHz 2 GB XP, can it upgrade to Windows 7?
2009-08-08 - 6 callers
Linda12:36:45Greece, NYgot 3G w/ Broadband N - pages only coming in half the size - in everything
Dan12:54:29Rochester, NYXP - BSoD - system serious error - warning box w/ BCP1,2,3,4 | how check for driver version?
Elaine13:12:08Albion, NYSmart Defender Pro is a scam - how do I get rid of it?
Gurd13:36:54Victor, NYLinux - might have missed something - how do you put it on the computer? Interfere w/ Windows?
Dar13:38:29Toronto, Ontario, Canadare: Wubi - defrag Windows before installing
Ron13:45:10Rochester, NYXP - CA antivirus - too many files that conflict w/ existing files - add/remove programs doesn't seem to have it
2009-08-01 - 5 callers
Walter12:13:04Greece, NYWinmodem -> Linmodem from a couple of weeks ago
Toni12:19:05Naples, NYlaptop in basement has tough time with wireless signal
Dennis12:26:08Rochester, NYGoToMyPC - works fine - when print, it won't (because printer is on the laptop)
Bill12:52:14Pittsford, NYMac - 4/5 yrs old - OSX - likes Firefox - cleans computer all the time - in Yahoo Finance - beachball started spinning - still spinning an hour later - turned off Mac - in Safari - FF icon still at bottom of screen - couldn't get on - 2 failed attmepts t
Joe13:21:34Rochester, NYLinux - where can I get it?
2009-07-25 - 5 callers
Dan12:30:24Rochester, NYmy article in DandC - Outlook - using Express - wants to change the way mail comes in
Dan12:37:48Troy, NYsoftware solution - mult images on disc - get rid of duplicates
George13:04:01Vienna, VA4 PCs - wireless to cable - 3 XP/Pro 4th is ancient - rarely on - W98 - used to have AVG - doesn't support 98 - anything out there for 98?
Gil13:23:25Webster, NYSteve: comment re: MAC filtering on router -
Dar13:24:53Toronto, Ontario, Canadare: Kindle Orwell deal: Amusing Ourselves to Death Web site
2009-07-18 - 6 callers
Scott12:16:43Rochester, NYinternet based automatic backup for off-site storage
Jason12:30:47Rochester, NYWhat's new in Windows 7. Why will we want to buy it.
Tom12:45:47FairportHow to remove CyberDefender; is it legit?
Jim12:59:56SyracuseCan't play this week's podcast on an iPod, plays fine on the computer.
Michael13:25:35Scottsburg, NYIntended to download MalwareBytes, but got a registry cleaner instead. What is a registry cleaner? Not running any better after the Tango.
Dar13:39:42Toronto, Ontario, Canadaclicking hard drive, installed Linux, stopped clicking
2009-07-11 - 8 callers
Walter12:12:13Greece, NYPCLinux OS - winmodem problem -
Stacey12:36:45Rochester, NYAdAware, Spybot - not in the Tango? | Mozilla often doesn't start up
Dan12:40:24Rochester, NYcalled a few weeks ago - uninstalled McAfee - added CA - when start, start sound is broken - 15 things starting up
Peter12:53:47Rochester, NYThunderbird keeps crashing
DeHomely13:07:33Omaha, NEIIS Server - v7 - dropped FrontPage extension -
Chris13:31:53Williamson, NYfirewalls - ZA Pro on main computer - not working for long time - expired - is it worth renewing?
Susan13:39:38out in the rainany way to erase /get name off Google, etc? Get your privacy back?
Dar13:51:54Oshawa, Ontario, CanadaMacbooks - gone from matte to glossy | eye exercises for eye fatigue - close your eyes - "tick tock exercise" - make your eyes "follow the second hand" of an analog clock - stop at twelve, then go counterclockwise
2009-06-27 - 6 callers
Blake12:19:57Batavia, NYcan you move programs from one machine to another? I have the Windows XP stickers
Karen12:38:14Philadelphia, PAlooking for a specific sound bite from a movie
Victory12:47:34Rochester, NYBacking up - USB HD docking stations?
Dennis13:10:28Rochester, NYWin98SE - took drive out, copied drive to XP laptop, then copied to external HD, which he put back in the system, and it didn't work
Bruce13:17:53Macedon, NYRevo Uninstaller: more detail on how to use it?
Karl13:30:06Spencerport, NYson has Macbook - used to work at Chip's - clueless re: Macs - when boot, get folder w/ question mark
2009-06-20 - 10 callers
Mark12:19:52Rochester, NYVista SP2 - what up?
Arnesto12:26:18Rochester, NYrecording Creator Ultimate 64-bit machine - won't record - update DVD burner firmware?
Dar12:43:23Toronto, Ontario, CanadaShields Up! test - using Mint 6 - failed on solicited TCP packets, ping reply
John12:46:44Ontario, NYVista 2G - Firefox dies - but thinks it's still running
Marie12:50:40Rochester, NYson moving from PC to iMac - problems?
Dan12:55:53Rochester, NYuninstalled McAfee, installed CA - still some firewall issues - alerts setting for medium | someone is trying to access your computer UDP 68 - 255.255.255.255 10.241.64.1 port 67 | stack overflow at line 105
Dennis13:09:31Rochester, NYhard to listen to the show from jail | what's the status of Windows 7?
Dar13:12:16Toronto, Ontario, Canadamore questions about Firestarter | Lucas Electrics
Gus13:30:43Greece, NYbackup address book in Outlook Express - how back up?
Cindy13:37:01Penfield, NYcannot update AdAware AE
2009-06-13 - 11 callers
Paul12:17:24Rochester, NYRIT grad - using Linux - has laptop w/ Vista - dual boot?
Linda12:29:18Greece, NY2 sep HDs w/ 200G each - computer running slow - AMD 3200 | has std video card - some videos run badly
Shane12:33:07Kyneton, Victoria, Australiawhat happened to the May archives?
Arthur12:36:09Kailua-Kona, HIglad you're back on
Stephen12:47:36Buffalo, NYVMWare Fusion vs. VirtualBox vs. Parallels
Dan12:52:45Rochester, NYuninstalled McAfee Security Suite - CA system from TWC - startup jingle broken
Dan13:22:27Dansville, NYVGA vs HDMI vs DVI-sub
Lee13:25:59Webster, NYfix PC?
Mike13:29:00Rochester, NYhow delete DRM folder?
Alex13:35:01Rochester, NYext HD for iMac - time capsule at 1T or Airport of 3rd party?
Laurie13:41:07Methuen, MAno sound on email
2009-06-06 - 10 callers
Jim12:14:01Atlanta, GADell Inspiron 700 - want to partition - has C: drive -
Zack12:27:00Rochester, NYGlare Utilities - Defrags the Registry?
Linda12:32:22Rochester, NYiTouch - wireless - YouTube - set up and buffered, but stutters - uses YouTube app on iTouch
Bill12:39:52Brighton, NYApt complex, mult bldgs, web cam to monitor hallways, etc.
Hugh12:52:23Batavia, NY3-4 yr old XP Home 120G HD - when go to open Outlook, freezes computer
Mike12:55:00Rochester, NYHP Pavilion - won't turn on - battery? PS?
Shirley13:17:03Webster, NYdesktop HP 10 yrs old in Nov! still running! | Toshiba laptop w/ XP - SP3 okay?
Tom13:32:32Rochester, NYWinPC Virus
Don13:38:00Scottsville, NYZoneAlarm, AVG, SuperAntiSpyware - also Ad-Aware and Spybot?
Ron13:55:01Baltimore, MDQuickbooks 2007 ==> 2009 conversion - has data info on server - problems - keeping both on the server/client | netbook EEEpc 1000 - loves it
2009-04-19 - 8 callers
Barry12:23:03Fairport, NYeasy way to change the name of the system file?
Walter12:27:33Greece, NYPuppy Linux - not many security updates
Gary12:32:41Irondequoit, NYWindows and Acrobat 5.0 - wants 8 or above
Vito12:42:03Rochester, NYAd-Aware Anniversary Edition - one machine works fine, other gives connection error -
Richard12:44:40Irondequoit, NYN Router - can't get laptop to find router
Jim12:54:23Syracuse, NYWindows problem! Flight Simulator 10 - uninstall/reinstall - repair or remove - both say can't do it
Steve12:57:44Pittsford, NYMS2K Professional - cannot get MS to load Micro.NET Framework 1.1 Svcpack
Mark12:59:11Canandaigua, NYGoogle Talk - logged in - need to create account
2009-04-12 - 10 callers
John12:24:51Fairport, NY21.5" flat panel monitor - number of diff resolutions he can set - 1920x1080
Tom12:39:17Greece, NYusage meters
Dan Snyderman12:39:28Rochester, NY
Dave12:40:34Greece, NYMyWebSearch - tango got rid of it
Dan12:45:34Hilton, NYTW Usage - wife logs on to AOL, then eBay - leaves them running | router to 2 desktops and 2-3 wifi devices - often can't get wifi - unplug/replug wifi works
Rick12:53:36Pittsford, NYlast week's poll |
Alexi13:00:24Rochester, NYre: TW cap
John13:13:58Ontario, NYDell laptop Vista Business - firefox freezes
Bill13:25:30Rochester, NYWindows 64 - Defender not working -
Bill13:29:08Rochester, NYagain - how disable Defender as a service?
2009-04-05 - 6 callers
Bob12:25:01Greece, NYSecurity Tango -
Barry12:27:30Pittsford, NYhad a problem w/ iTunes - had to rewind to earlier date - now he's getting a warning that this is the 4th machine you can put the songs on
Dave12:31:06Batavia, NYre: TW cap - they're nickel and diming everybody - he called them yesterday and customer service said it's still up in the air as to what they're going to do
Paul12:52:55Rochester, NYXP SP3 - registry cannot load the hive - recovery console let him boot - restore to orig?
Alex12:55:30Irondequoit, NYAIM and iTunes hang - has to shut down via Task Mgr - still in processes - work in safe mode | loves Frontier
Bill12:59:26Greece, NYRPGs - cap problem?
2009-03-29 - 7 callers
John12:12:53Ontario, NYwhen restart, get CMOS note - warning: overclocking failed
Bill12:16:40Webster, NYdesigns POS systems for restaurants - VB6 - looking for student who knows db and VB6 | having problem w/ AN! - expired - wants to rejoin
Marie12:30:58Fairport, NYon Internet got msg - Antivirus 09 (husband did it) - can't get on Internet, can't do much
Ginny12:39:16Pittsford, NYtrying to xfer stationery w/ photos from Outlook to another computer
Tom12:45:15Rochester, NYtrying to listen to WHAM - has FF plugin
Kevin12:53:43Fairport, NYXPPro - Control Panel - Add/Remove - big black bars show up
Dave12:59:55Livonia, NYinstalled new sys - 320G - XPHome - upgrade - starts at Win98
2009-03-15 - 6 callers
Sal12:13:36Fairport, NYApple Card in G4 iMac - no bars - can't connect to his network - sees it
Wendy12:20:10Penfield, NYgot computer last August - running Vista - can't turn off System Restore to run Tango
Bob12:28:59Greece, NYcan't get to IE - can't display Web page
Bruce12:52:50Rochester, NYVista home Premium - when get email - spreadsheets - can't open | can't type in Documents
Rob12:55:28Webster, NYtoshiba laptop - boots - after post goes blank | system in office gets really hot - stops unexpectedly - can't load either
Karl12:59:58Charlotte, NYiPod Classic 120G - syncing w/ HP laptop - d/l'd rental movie - ran out - erased itself - gets screen every time "rental has been erased" - can't sync
2009-03-08 - 8 callers
TheDoctor12:17:06Genesee Yacht ClubW 7 PM - any SBer can come down and listen
Dennis12:25:25Honeoye, NYemail w/ attachment - Symantec email proxy - your email message was unable to be sent because connection to email server was interrupted -> ATandT -> Windows Mail
Bud12:31:01Buffalo, NYFIOS - has Verizon DSL - rated 3M - gets 1.2/1.5 - FIOS is 10M or 20Mbps
Dan12:44:13Rochester, NYMS Auto Updates - XP Home SP3 - has update set to notify but not update - Office XP update failed twice - KB967715 - has installed it | does not have MS Diagnostic Platform
Jim12:51:50Churchville, NYWord has lost menu bar - 2001
Bob12:53:45Greece, NYFirefox redirect
KJ12:55:44Henrietta, NYliked Compuserv's mail - when got email it would announce it
Jack12:59:12Webster, NYloves Ubuntu - can't get it to see Windows box
2009-03-01 - 12 callers
Dan12:24:37Rochester, NYPower Options Properties - monitor goes off after about 15 mins -
Karl12:27:13Albion, NYSP3 - gets almost done, then says "Access Denied"
Don12:32:43Greece, NYGraphics Advantage design station - plotter, etc. Anybody who can help? who knows it?
Bill12:43:31Brighton, NYhas had several computers over the years w/ crashed HDs. Usually backed up. Has the old HDs. Sometimes remembers a file he'd like to get. Not urgent, but wants to buy external HD case w/ USB.
Rich12:47:32Irondequoit, NYlooking to buy new Dell - has Vista Home - 2.0 GHz dual Pent 3G 500G HD
Art13:09:11Rochester, NYXP laptop 3-4 yrs old
Gil13:13:23Webster, NYUbuntu machine and Windows machine - UPS'd - Ubuntu machines dies randomly on and off - UPS isn't constant - switches
Jim13:16:42Irondequoit, NYXP Home - does audio recording - offline most of the time - just updates for audio - put on a video program - needed to add SP2/3 - works pretty well, takes forever to boot
Hugh13:21:02Penfield, NYvirus - Dave fixed - AVG on external HD - how clean that external HD?
Ron13:23:49Webster, NYemail - OE - when business sends email w/ "click here" he can't
Jim13:25:42Brockport, NYSpybot - worked, then ran out - free?
Barry13:29:49Fairport, NYDell studio laptop - Vista - going back to XP - BitDefender
2009-02-22 - 6 callers
Bill12:12:06Bushnell's Basin, NYRAID 1 - mbr can manage it - has 3 drives of equal size | how do you know if one of the drives dies?
David12:14:20Farmington, NYFrontier DSL - CA security - slowed it down - lots of questions
Dan12:17:18Rochester, NYwent to Firefox - MSN is home page -
Karl12:20:06Albion, NYcan't install XP SP3 - almost installs, but cannot finish install -
Tom12:27:30Marksville, NYUbuntu for Dummies - installed - got online - updated - freezes up| old hard drive is now the E: drive
John12:31:29Rochester, NYDSL - boost wireless signal?
2009-02-15 - 6 callers
Mike12:17:29Spencerport, NYlooking for new computers - Mac or PC?
Ray12:33:42Walworth, NYcreate disk w/ pix, when play, won't play
Ed12:46:04Perinton, NYdeciding on netbook - Lenovo S10 - XP? - specs - ext warr?
Steve12:48:30Farmington, NYtryiing to get rid of TV provider - can stream next day - has S-video out and flat-screen
Mike12:54:28Rochester, NYIE7, Firefox - when end IE7, still running in Processes tab
Richard12:58:33Irondequoit, NYtried to switch TV viewing to PC - Hulu - most good, some not
2009-02-08 - 6 callers
Ginny12:28:52Pittsford, NYXP Home - never had password - just comems right up - in safe mode - said to reboot - can't get off the logon screen - "loading settings/saving settings" and then back to logon screen
Paul12:32:43Fairport, NYfan is clean, shuts down after an hour/hour and a half | Dell Vista system 1 yr old - can't get out of power save
Frank12:41:28Honeoye Falls, NYMS SMB network server w/ 2 clients - one drive - out of space -
George12:54:07Fairport, NYbacks up on flash - carbonite service of another physical hard drive
John12:56:10Brighton, NYcomputer for som given to them - counterfeit version of Windows - can't update
Sue12:58:58Irondequoit, NYEee PC - 16G flash drive backup - will it read it?
2009-01-11 - 10 callers
Tom12:14:51Walcott, NYZA - errors - wmiprvse.exe - svchost.exe | one hour's quite long enough
Bob12:24:41Rushville, NYAOL email - occasionallly, will receive email where sender is self
Ron12:31:32Webster, NYHP Pavilion - 18 mo old - DVD reader won't work
Ginny12:34:30Pittsford, NYIE address bar
Keith12:36:21Greece, NYPeoplePC - bart shell module has encountered a problem
Chris12:38:35Gates, NY3.5" floppies w/ pics - W98 - now XP - pix are all upside down
Ellen12:41:22Rochester, NYYahoo - when go, get www.m.yahoo.com
Steve12:52:44Rochester, NYXP Media 2005 - spooler error - HP Laserjet 4000 drivers - 600N network card - bad drivers? conflict? Pro MS Office 2003 -
Randy12:54:59Hamlin, NYwhen log on get error - would you like to run debugger?
Roger12:58:43Rochester, NYBarracuda external HD in USB caddy - stopped working - USB recognizes it, but disk doesn't show up
2009-01-04 - 8 callers
Frank12:14:07Rochester, NYwireless - when off, works fine but no internet - when on, blue screens - doesn't happen when at the shop
Lynn12:21:06East Irondequoit, NYhas an HP Photosmart D7460 - year old - black plastic clip broke - misfeeds - donate?
Victor12:30:05Irondequoit, NYWhy only 1 hour? | kept losing net connection - replaced ZA w/ something else and it worked
Ben12:36:25Fairport, NYblackberry Curve - cant get it on the Internet - has G4 laptop - dialup or what?
Tom12:40:46Honeoye Falls, NYKodak ESP printer - bought one in March - ESP3 - scanner/copier/printer - kept saying paper jam - 8 weeks later, same problem
Ed12:51:51Webster, NYYahoo! mail - gave her random character test - couldn't match it - blocked them
Henry12:56:07Rochester, NYre: ZAlarm - update in early Dec caused the same problem Victor had - new update?
Rose12:58:21Webster, NYOE problem - when try to delete incoming or sent, doesn't delete
2008-11-16 - 15 callers
Carl11:23:55Pottstown, PAinfected? went to Google - typed in a search term, clicked on a result, and got to someplace.info.search.php
Diane11:30:33Henrietta, NYjewelry business wants to put online - want to sell down the road - Ruby on Rails
Joseph11:34:22Fairport, NYtrouble getting on AN!
Bob11:38:59Pittsford, NY5-wk-old HP Elite 5000 - terabyte of memory(?) - fastest processor you can buy - when turn on tower first, then monitor, monitor comes on w/ power but no picture
Brandon11:49:52Irondequoit, NYinfected - malwarebytes didn't get it all
Peg12:13:25Rochester, NYinstalled wireless router in daughter's house - downstairs don't get signal - about halfway up stairs works fine
Linda12:16:38Perry, NYnavigation in Second Life
Bruce12:24:01Macedon, NYISPs - don't do gaming or anything fancy - just email - RR Lite, etc. | does it rely on phone lines?
Greg12:31:31Newark, NY4 yr old VAIO RD32 - WOWhead and "general family stuff" - slows - fan speed low - graphics has slowed w/ new WOW version | where/what?
Gene12:34:52Ontario, NYis Vista finally squared away?
Lance12:43:49Brighton, NYAcer laptop Firefox TBird RR anytime turn on/off, lose Web connection
Angela12:48:14Webster, NYP2 laptop - WiFi - Belkin WiFi card - has all 3 versions of the driver - 98SE | desktop died - Compaq start screen - nothing else - changed hard drive
Ron12:50:03Irondequoit, NYAOL no longer provides Member Pages -
Jim12:56:24LeRoy, NYhow do you clean the new flat-screen monitors?
Chris12:58:23Spencerport, NYWindows 7 - Vista increased RAM and video requirements - 7 better?
2008-09-28 - 3 callers
Sonia11:36:49Rochester, NYCan't run AdAware in Safe Mode - run it in regular?
jackie11:42:54Williamson, NYerror msgs - 256M - XP
Gary11:46:05Oakfield, NYOS X - get rid of iTunes completely?
2008-08-31 - 6 callers
richard11:21:07Canandaigua, NYVista - had to buy laptop for gdaugt for college - 4G RAM
Steve & Maxine11:37:50New Hampshirefor last few months, RR dialup in NH, always used to work - outboard USB modem - verifying - no PPP configured - check network settings
Marty11:47:46Niagara Falls, NYDell laptop - vert lines on screen
Rick12:30:47Tuscaloosa, ALDell tower w/ Epson All-in-1 USB - when start PC, tries to boot off that device | SP3???
Mark12:38:07Irondequoit, NYFeisty Fawn - killed X - how fix?
Jim12:50:11Greece, NYbuying new PC - processor - video - RAM???
2008-08-24 - 9 callers
Andy11:19:23Rochester, NYXP SP3 resolved the problems w/ AMD Procs? Took Norton Security Suite off old laptop - P3 Toshiba - What replaces Norton Windows Doctor? | when are we on w/ Bills?
Trish11:32:18Henrietta, NYVista AV software - vav.exe?
Frank11:37:13Rochester, NYTrend Micro - slows computer -
Mark11:40:08Greece, NYregistry cleaner suggestion
Bill12:18:38Rochester, NYsolution for windows Installer problem - some bad stuff changes the properties (permissions) on the installer program
Mike12:30:45Perinton, NYiMac dual boot?
Dick12:35:28Penfield, NYFF3 - can't clear it
John12:39:40Sodus, NYWinXP Pro laptop IBM cold reboot "media test failure check cable" PXE-M0F exiting intel boot agent
Jim12:58:29Kendall, NYNorton 360 - now can't use browser
2008-08-17 - 21 callers
Bruce11:13:53Rochester, NYInstalling HP printer, got fatal error at end of install.
Victor11:18:48Irondequoit, NYError installing game, InstallShield runtime 1607 error
Ed11:28:18Oswego, NYSeveral unknown hard drives, wants to make them all a slave, and scan for viruses
Kurt11:29:53Irondequoit, NYAnswer for HP problem. HP makes scrubber program.
Mike11:35:26Parma, NYAMD vs. Intel
John11:39:41Mt. Morris, NYMac DNS Trojan ?
Jim11:51:05Penfield, NYdownload Antivirus XP 2008 from us, can't get rid of it. (fake program, didn't get it from us)
Barry11:57:02Pittsford, NYTrying to upgrade laptop hard drive. from 60 to 250.
Horrace12:10:19New York, NYComputer won't power on the first time push the button.
Mark12:13:28Greece, NYTrying to install XP SP3, fails, but thinks it did.
Roger12:14:35Irondequoit, NYAnswer for Antivirus XP 2008 fake program
Ron12:17:02Irondequoit, NYBought SanDisk USB flash drive, says it needs XP
Brian12:20:30Fairport, NYXP SP3 OK yet? | AVG update says bin file missing.
Doug12:29:04York, NY4 y/o Acer notebook, locked up, black screen.
Offline Caller12:31:01Chat Roomhow to back up...
Brian12:35:50Irondequoit, NYPosting to BB, got notice he was posting porn, but wasn't.
Vito12:40:34Chili, NYFirefox doesn't always open, can't find server.
Bob12:49:26Rochester, NYtwo laptops, one XP and one Vista, wants wireless with a Time Capsule
Clyde12:50:28Webster, NYServer tower making noise
Dave12:57:15Farmington, NYiTunes under Vista, share with Windows Media Player
Mike12:58:59Irondequoit, NYSystem Error isass.exe (fake program, lsass.exe is a real program)
2008-08-10 - 10 callers
Walter11:20:13LeRoy, NYold PC - only run office - sometimes bring stuff home from work - Word, Excel
Ron11:29:56Rochester, NYicons in tray - some are doubles - updates are ready for SP3 - buggy?
Lynn11:36:02Irondequoit, NYXP Pro - 5.1 SP2 - AVG - ZA - removed trend micro - monitor takes v long time to load just the icons - gets desktop picture, but icons take time - takes maybe 5 mins
Sharon11:39:11Victor, NYnew laptop w/ Vista - keeps rebooting
Walt11:47:45Spencerport, NYUSB Drive - Vista -> stores as MP3 or WMA - daughter getting Mac - use that HD on both?
Ted12:14:23Churchville, NYVista Home Premium - HP notebook - SP1???
Bob12:18:55Churchville, NYGoogle has stored everybody's searches? What about email?
Angela12:31:38Webster, NYIBM Thinkpad w/ Win98SE - P2 - CompuServe dialup - d/l'd game from Pogo - BeJewelled II - it's Vista only - can't find the Vista plugin
Keith12:39:09Farmington, NYfree laptops to poor nations? what's going on with that?
Helen12:49:14Chili, NYlost power in area - has generator, which kicked right in - time/day not correct - how change it?
2008-08-03 - 11 callers
Phyllis11:22:35Rochester, NYMS Word - Visual C++ runtime error program c office 1.1 winword.exe abnormal program termination
Jackie11:33:58Rochester, NYbandwidth cap - VOIP??? video IM???
Kirk11:36:57Spencerport, NYmovies from analog Hi8 camcorder to computer - USB video capture cable from StarTec?
Paul11:40:06Rochester, NYauthor - website - has a stalker
Stan11:48:59Greece, NYidentity theft - upstate NY has the lowest incidence
Jim12:20:15Irondequoit, NYblock Web pages? - running both IE and FF - didn't "take" in FF; IE only blocked one
Marty12:37:06Mendon, NYbuy new or upgrade 4-yr-old iMac G5?
Anna12:39:56Canandaigua, NYtalked to Frontier - that person hadn't heard about it...
Mary Beth12:50:39Victor, NYlaptop for college?
Marcy12:57:31Rochester, NYproblem laptop talking to desktop -
Charlie12:58:26Lima, NYDell 8400 3 yrs old - when turn on - w/in 2-10 mins - error -
2008-07-27 - 11 callers
Jerry11:20:33Penn Yann, NYrouter problem - TW - used to be Adelphia - every few sites he goes to, he'll get "Former Adelphia customers: here's how to fix the problem"
Barry11:35:27Pittsford, NY MS Outlook - backup entire outlook by exporting to PST, and save it to external drive - starting to use TBird
George11:43:57Webster, NYCompaq w/ Vista - problems printing PDFs from Web sites
George11:48:29Penfield, NYOpen File - Security Warning - says no - winantiviruspro
Brian12:16:01Attica, NYwhen try to open folder: "some dangerous viruses detected XP corrupted
Eric12:30:05Honeoye Falls, NYwhen tango, restart in safe mode, hit f8, can't scroll
Jim12:32:57Manlius, NYemail w/ photo attached - tried to save, now words have a different background color
Anthony12:35:30Rochester, NYsound not working, and no loudspeaker icon - onboard sound
Lance12:43:47Rochester, NYin W98 used DOS-based text editor to view suspicious emails - in Vista, can do the same.
John12:57:08Pittsford, NYre caller a couple of weeks ago who said AVG adds things to your computer
Mary13:00:16Victor, NYiMac - cold start, iMovie loaded
2008-07-20 - 13 callers
Bob11:16:34Greece, NYdesktop and 2 laptops on Linksys router - desktop no problem - one laptop okay - other laptop can't get on net
Barry11:27:47Pittsford, NYLinksys wireless camera - trying to connect over inet to remote location - runs - 192.168.1.100 | Ubuntu? - dl'd it - wants to wipe it
Jim11:33:08Hamlin, NYThinkpad - bad battery - not recognizing new battery
Brad11:34:56Victor, NYgot caught by the MS update/ZoneAlarm bug
Marie11:39:11Fairport, NYCA Security Suite killed wireless internet -
Tom11:47:38Canandaigua, NYwindows reactivation - 2yr old XP - do restore w/ OEM restore disk - problems?
Bob12:19:37Pittsford, NYbought high-end system - Nvidia GeForce 9800 1G grfx card - 2 DVI-I ports - convert to HDMI
John12:33:00Fairport, NY2 external hard drives - can get virus? | wants UPS - wants it to shut down automagically
Andy12:36:19Bloomfield, NYgetting antivirus - should get it for free - lapsed McAfee - infected - now what?
Paul12:45:07Rochester, NY
Paul12:48:07Dansville, NYWD 2T MyBook Studio Edition - RAID 1 mirroring - cannot boot
Jerri12:52:39Gates, NYlast week - McAfee v Trend Micro - bought Trend Micro - dial up - cuts off after 4 hours - said go in manually - d/l the data file
Gurd12:59:41Victor, NY150 spams per day - OE
2008-07-13 - 23 callers
Linda11:15:00Greece, NYgot in SL - can't find us
Henry11:16:51Brighton, NYXP upgrade - chkdsk - some networking capabilities were damaged
Max11:20:22Brockport, NYblue screen - backed up data - talked to Dell - reformatted - turned on, it turned itself off, and only get blinking yellow light on button
Ginny11:30:27Pittsford, NYre: ZoneAlarm problem - if go into firewall, change to medium, you'll be able to get online | Spyware Blaster - runs in the background - good??
Dan11:31:12Rochester, NYZoneAlarm issued a patch that fixes the problem
Ron11:33:33Webster, NYHP Pavilion - 3G RAM - replaced wired kybd/mouse w/ wireless, but even before that there was a jump problem
Tony11:34:57Greece, NYwants new AV software -
Jim11:36:35Victor, NYjust got iPhone
Carolyn11:44:22Greece, NYDell Vostro - DSL - direct connect - sometimes connect laptop -
Harold11:48:27Hamlin, NYPC w/ mult accts - Tango in safe mode - one account is missing
Toni11:50:25East Rochester, NYHer computer person says she doesn't need patching on anymore
Sharon12:13:12Chili, NYcable modem w/ sep router - bought wireless laptop
Tom12:14:47Rochester, NYCPU - clicking sound - blue screen - shut down - "primary hard drive 0 failure"
Ed12:16:54Rochester, NYXP - boots up fine - Explorer can take 3-4 mins for any Web page
Mike12:19:26Chili, NYre: Ron - phone and modem options
John12:23:35Rochester, NYcompany issued laptop - vpn - can't stay connected to wireless - if go direct, fine - other wireless works - but VPN -> wireless works | just had cable installed -> go from modem to hub to
Dave12:32:58Greece, NYgets rebuffering on video - any video anywhere - dial up
Dar12:36:32Toronto, Ontario, CanadaUbuntu - USB speakers -
Walter12:38:57Charlotte, NYXP - loaded some software - removed it - Add/Remove - none of the buttons are there - was able to uninstall that software - buttons did not reappear - hack the Registry or try something else?
Steve12:53:34Rochester, NYNTLDR missing - got the exec file - chkdsk - pt1 fixed some problems - pt2 stuck on $0file440 - running 2 raptors in a RAID 0 | Ad Aware - does remove - sometimes finds more ads to remove
Victor12:54:57Irondequoit, NYburned music CD - plays in everything but home DVD player
Lance12:56:48Kendall, NYASUS laptop - bought new HD - partitioned - reloaded XP media on C: wants Vista on D: -
Roger12:59:08Irondequoit, NYUbuntu @ Best Buy - SmartPhone running Win6
2008-07-06 - 12 callers
Gerry11:14:41Rochester, NYMcAfee - dialup - 3 days ago, would download, but not install - sub will run out Aug 30 - Trend Micro??
Tom11:20:36Red Creek, NYFirefox - tried to listen to WHAM - have to d/l ActiveX plugin
Victor11:39:53Irondequoit, NYFirefox 3 - some add-ons don't work - nightly tester tools
Barry11:50:29Pittsford, NYcurrently using AdAware and Spyware Doctor and ZoneAlarm - sometimes Registry Mechanic and Registry Booster - something better?
Mark12:13:44Rochester, NYWant to buy laptop - only HDMI out
Marlene12:17:17Webster, NYwhen starting laptop, msg: "detecting proxy settings"
Barbara12:18:45cell2nd PC w/ router on DSL -
Dick12:29:01Webster, NYfirefox closes regularly | would not delete private data
Dan12:33:44LeRoy, NYrevo uninstaller - searches through system and takes everything out
Jim12:40:21Penfield, NYHP 4P thru access box on network - new HP printer w/ enet driver
Ron12:55:50Albion, NYlinux users group
Doug12:58:57Canandaigua, NYhal.dll
2008-06-29 - 14 callers
Victor11:15:29Irondequoit, NYFirefox: File -> Send -> Link - used to go to Incredimail - now goes to GMail Welcome Page
D.11:27:39Rochester, NYThunderbird 2.0 - AVG 8.0 - preventing connection
Linda11:35:03Greece, NYMac laptop - protected if buying something? | Wants to convert DVDs for iPod
Hal11:37:57Hilton, NYBSOD 3x this week - AVG 8???
Ron11:51:25Fairport, NYXP - won't let him in - takes to welcome page
Bob12:14:30Rochester, NYwent wireless yesterday - safe? | paid security suite?
Dar12:19:12Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBoycott AVG -
Mark12:25:36Greece, NY2 computers- homebrew, HP, both XPSP2 HP is media center - errors w/ windows Explorer opening jpegs - freezes | using FF3 - streaming link works!
Vito12:27:54Chili, NYCPU - 133MHz FSB - what's the diff in speed mean?
Lance12:35:14Rochester, NYlast week - AVG locked his other computer out of the net - also lost inhouse wired network
Lou12:39:34Fairport, NYAVG - switched to broadband - can't update | adding RAM?
Dan12:47:18Byron, NYDell laptop - Vista - wireless router - hardwired to desktop - wireless from laptop - NetGear dual band 800N router -
Ray12:54:41Rochester, NYXP - Inet re: laptop - can't hook up while on battery - happened when hooked up wireless printer
avid12:57:56Perinton, NYaging but reliable Gateway XP - CDROM gone - MS Support - found fix - deleted items from Reg - fixed it! - had an impact on his touchpad - external mouse also dead
2008-06-22 - 11 callers
Linda11:19:01Greece, NYwireless - Mac laptop and PC desktop work - iPod Touch doesn't - has password - password doesn't work on iPod Touch
Maxine11:38:27Greece, NYpicking up ham radio on her computer
Bert11:48:51Palmyra, NYUbuntu course - worth it?
Rose12:21:23Lyons, NYnew laptop - Vista - cannot connect to Internet - dialup only | AVG upgraded, too - is that the reason?
John12:25:47Greece, NYAVG 7.5 - get popup window
Mark12:29:19Fairport, NYRoboForm - secure?
Nick12:33:02Rochester, NYexternal wi-fi antenna?
Dave12:36:19Holly, NYDell - XP - June 17th - MSG #41 could not be delivered or retrieved (thru 101)
Todd12:38:14Gates, NYpopups - SpySweeper - stuff keeps coming back
Lance12:46:27Brighton, NYAVG - happy with version 7.5 - d/l'd free 8 - son got paid version - doesn't like it
John12:49:02Greece, NYSpybot keeps popping up messge about Registry
2008-06-15 - 11 callers
Victor11:28:26Irondequoit, NYFF3 Tuesday - d/l now? | SP3 safe yet?
Mike11:31:24Chili, NYDisplay setting - set 800x600 - to record something from iceland - can't get at apply/cancel/okay
Steve11:38:06Rochester, NYcan neither install nor uninstall anything
Andrew11:48:43Rochester, NYePrompter - uninstalled - now when turn on PC, there's a problem w/ ePrompter
Rex12:16:11Spencerport, NYVista dying - CA AV slow
Jean12:28:36Macedon, NYcomputer slow - Vista - how clean it up? Virus?
Tony12:33:28Baltimore, MDre: Service Pack 3 - if you use a RegCleaner, you'll have trouble w/ SP3 | FF3 - contest! wait until the 17th - record for most downloads in a day | OpenOffice: Oxygen Office - takes OOo extensions/addons/etc. and bundles them in - esp PDFEditor and (on
John12:36:44Irondequoit, NYdriver for HP DeskJet - laptop w/ wireless, desktop at cottage - no net svc - no discs - how get it?
Steve12:49:59Greece, NYXP - going? should I buy it this month?
Lance12:57:59Penfield, NY2 PCs w/ XP - neither one will write to new CD - says no CD in drive
Chris13:00:35in the studioWubi?
2008-06-08 - 9 callers
Clark11:14:35Rochester, NYOld Lotus LWP file - can't read on anything - how can he get into it?
Bob11:31:05Rochester, NYMac - Macbook or Macbook Pro? - email, surfing, financial, camera, etc. Compat w/ future Mac OSs? | Vista Business - trouble trying to receive SP1 thru update - MS says sound card (Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SB) is blocking it - Dell says no update
Petro11:37:52Atlanta, GAEee PC
Lisa11:45:25Macedon, NYXP SP2 - True Vector
Kevin12:17:12Rochester, NYMSOffice - types in product key from back of computer - it won't work
Dan12:24:46Attica, NYMac 10.5.3 - Photoshop Elements package doesn't work any more
Gerd12:29:46Victor, NYHPCompaq WPro - turn off, bkgd goes grey, but that's it until says "do you want to turn machine off? or switch users?
Mark12:43:21Irondequoit, NYUbuntu? Hearty Heron?
Tom12:57:50Rochester, NY80G HD - 384M - email, surf - dialup XP Home - screen went blank, clicking noise, invalid boot diskette | MS Office - training on it???
2008-06-01 - 10 callers
Jeff11:15:04North Rose, NYunloading 3 Mac 9600s and 1 Power Computer
Doug11:36:13cellaccumulated hundreds of 3.5" floppies - easy way to dispose?
Ginny11:50:04Pittsford, NYnew Dell laptop - hooked up to own router - when try to go to outside source - view available networks, it won't look - XP -
Dave12:31:20cellwriting using Windows eMachine w/ Word - how spell check? | how learn to use these things? | Google - maps
Judy12:34:05Rochester, NYnew laptop - Dell - has Vista - wants XP
Bill12:39:27Greece, NYwants to make music CDs - tried Nero 7, Audacity, Media Monkey, and something else...
Dick12:49:30Greece, NYspybot and stinger - .exe is not a valid Win32 app | will VHS disappear when we go HD?
Steve12:55:53Greece, NYuniinstalled printer driver, reinstalled okay - when right-click on icon on taskbar, now have HPDJ copy 1, copy2, copy3
Mike12:57:31Gates, NYaddress bar gone on IE
Ed12:58:58Henrietta, NYentry-level computer 2G?
2008-05-25 - 12 callers
Jim11:15:06Fairport, NYpopup - antivirus 2008 -
Thomas11:18:50Newark, NYtrying to d/l SP3 - failed
Ed11:29:20Rochester, NYhis method of virus protection - antivirus slows his machine down terribly - reformats every month
Linda11:39:50Greece, NYfriend reinstalled XP Pro w/ SP3 - was using Mozilla - now won't open any windows - IE opens them small
Richard11:44:27Rochester, NYvideo streaming - XP SP2 - HDTV card - also use HULU - video stutters - DSL - wired
Bob11:47:32Rochester, NY64-bit machine - 32 bit software
Rex12:27:23Churchville, NYhomebrew - 2.4G quad proc - 3G - Vista ultimate - it was a pain - problem (SP?) slowed to a crawl - reloaded - resource mgr to see what's what - 60 procs running
Rich12:30:32Rochester, NYloves flight sim - run on HD - wants to use nVidia - no PCI Express slot - only DVI to VGA
Cheryl12:45:29Ontario, NYwants a laptop - been studying circulars - very confused - surf - listen to music - webcam - d/l pix -
Burt12:51:51Palmyra, NYclamwin?
Lance12:54:31Penfield, NYad from Smith Micro -
Mike12:58:14Fairport, NYbooting problem - year old XP - perfect - in continuous reboot cycle - couldn't start Windows - somehow, boot order got switched - booting from wrong drive
2008-05-18 - 14 callers
Victor11:20:26Irondequoit, NYAVG - database outdated, but no updates | SP3?
Nick11:39:10Irondequoit, NY3 yr old HP printer XP Home on desktop and laptop on Vista
Jim11:48:55Fairport, NYlaptop wireless - when cabled can print, when wireless cannot print
Roger11:55:15Rochester, NYre: SP3 and IE7 -
Wayne11:56:01Albion, NYon 6 computers, SP3 - do custom and you can uncheck IE7
John11:57:52Victor, NYbuilding home in remote area - no DLS, no cable - what use?
Mike12:29:18Rochester, NYre: Nick from Irondequoit - workgroup names - also, when install wireless, calls the machine something else - username, workgroup name, computer name
Bob12:31:13Greece, NYXP - spyware blaster - protection is enabled for everything but Firefox
Joe12:38:03Rochester, NYXP R/W CD - if blank, works fine - if written to, won't open
Lance12:40:18Penfield, NYXP Thunderbird - one email bulletin get twice a week - used to be able to print it - header, text, footers, etc. They outsourced and now get header on page one, footer on p3, and only one page in the middle
Andrew12:47:57Rochester, NYnew laptop HP Tablet - running Vista - lots of junk running in the task bar
Barb12:49:43Honeoye Falls, NYchange screen rez - can't change
Charlie12:55:51Geneva, NYSP3 - am I in IE7?
Grant12:58:19celllaptop Compaq 700 - allow/deny?
2008-05-11 - 8 callers
Bob11:39:51cella couple of weeks ago - Word had no lines w/ labels - uninstalled, reinstalled, and they're back like they're supposed to be | portable DVD burner - bought HD camcorder
Barry11:50:07Pittsford, NYZoneAlarm - happy - but we're talking about AVG
Patty12:17:48Rochester, NYAVG - upgrade to 8.0
Mark12:22:15Fairport, NYMac Mini - turns on by itself at 8 PM
Larry12:40:09Rochester, NYHP Vista laptop - performs like a dog
Kathy12:49:11Brockport, NYHP computer - Vista
Tom12:56:01Greece, NYXP - all updated - RR - FF - home page (Google) showed up in Spanish
Joe12:59:11Fairport, NYMac or PC
2008-05-04 - 10 callers
Ed11:39:44Rochester, NYarchive.org - listen to music, listen to the books | W2K Pro IE6
Paul11:55:34Henrietta, NYHP All-in-One DJ on Ubuntu - prints fine - scanner?
Joe12:16:30cellrealplayer - when runs, says it's not online
Bob12:18:00Greece, NYW2K - thunderbird never opens - other things all work
Tom12:30:32Wolcott, NYverizon email - on their Web site | wife's laptop XPMedia SP2 - Symantec/Norton - runs real slow - AVG is not the free version
Dan12:34:42Hilton, NYlaptop - old - work - spreadsheets - when print, never know what will get - 1/2 pg, 1/3 pg, whole doc
Ann12:40:16Irondequoit, NYDec: Magellan - tried d/l manager software - sent new CD - same problem
Marcy12:49:59Rochester, NYrealplayer - doesn't want - more spam - coming from legit companies
Norm12:57:02Henrietta, NYFirefox - when try to get to hotmail - type pwd, get another screen - ID is incorrect - retype it, and you're in - not saving ID or password
Mitch12:59:26Livonia, NYOOo - Calc - print default to not be all
2008-04-27 - 16 callers
Carol Anne11:17:17Fairport, NYlooking for wireless PC - email, Internet
Bill11:23:46Henrietta, NYXP - broadband - ZoneAlarm - Firefox - some days works great, some days has trouble connecting
Ginny11:32:35Pittsford, NYfree, reputable registry cleaner
Keith11:35:23Victor, NYradio in car - buttons stick - wants to spray something and then suck it out so there's no moisture | re: Carol Anne - why doesn't someone take a full-sized keyboard to be a PC
Bob11:46:04Pittsford, NY2 laptops - XP and Vista - XP connected to printer - cannot see lines around his labels
Steve11:48:52Rochester, NYwant new iMac - buy now or wait?
Steve12:19:27Greece, NYafter big storm yesterday, motion detector light was still on - doorbell light is off, and doorbell cover is ripped off - computer is dead
Bob12:25:41Greece, NYstinger - expired
Alan12:28:22Albion, NYinstalled Vista 2 days ago
Bill12:34:00West Henrietta, NYFrontier - email - export folder
Randy12:34:48Fairport, NYfailure - fixed disk 1
Toni12:39:31East Rochester, NYupdated winamp last night - shortcuts on desktop - changed to stove
Mark12:48:09Greece, NYbattery backup -
Lance12:49:54Penfield, NYcomment in favor of HP service - after lighning storm, couldn't run the printer - 800 number - unplugging tranformer did the trick
Margaret12:57:53Pittsford, NYif have old hard drives, and smash them, can they still be recycled?
Joan12:59:09Rochester, NYfirefox on spanish
2008-04-20 - 17 callers
Victor11:14:24Irondequoit, NYstartup - soundman.exe
Jim11:18:00cellcannot download .net framework
Kevin11:20:15cellDell XPS desktop - running off a router - RR cable - cannot get onto internet - DNS
Bob11:31:50Greece, NYXP sound getting fainter - getting fainter
Cathy11:36:31Rochester, NYbought new laptop and router - installed by self - new power strip - no power went to PC - goes to printer, screen, etc. - not computer
Bob11:39:41Henrietta, NY98 and teaching self Linux - wife has XP - RR - can take 15-20 secs to open Firefox
Luke12:13:54Honeoye Falls, NYweb cam - what to use to edit?
Dave12:16:48Penfield, NY2 yr old XP w/ Media Center - daughter wants to set up new account - old Admin acct is gone
Steve12:19:47Pittsford, NYLogitech RF cordless mouse - installed driver - now can't run the mouse because it's already updated
Paul12:22:44Henrietta, NYlaptop won't boot - has AVG, Anti-Spyware, etc. - Antivirus Pro is on it somehow - can only boot in safe mode
Tom12:33:50Rochester, NYnew Radion video card - can't watch videos - get only green screen
Pete12:38:14Rochester, NYtech support suggested he reinstalled Windows
Stephen12:39:36Rochester, NYRR - have to power cycle modem several times per day
Kurt12:47:51Brockport, NYdesktop W2K - network - laptop w/ XP - when use laptop to print or share, has to log on
Ann12:54:58Fairport, NYwants to sell PC in garage sale - how keep clean?
Lance12:56:04Brighton, NYXP File Explorer is gone
Ken12:58:03Akron, NYusing free AVG, etc. d/l'd v8 -
2008-04-13 - 12 callers
Jeff11:14:04Fairport, NYTeen Second Life
Betsy11:16:56Pittsford, NYopiinion: McAfee Site Advisor
Ben11:21:01Fairport, NYG4 10.3.9 - Web cam?
Bob11:33:54Rochester, NYTrojan KillAV -
Ray11:39:20Greece, NY"end now" message
Gerry11:50:13Rochester, NYdialup - changed carriers -
Cindy12:31:57Greece, NYcomputer won't boot - updated firmware for LiteOn CD - rebooted, and get message "disk read error occurred" - if hold down Control-Alt-Delete, it opens up the files.
Vito12:33:52Chili, NYFFox 2.0.0.13 - system crashes -
Scott12:36:03Rochester, NYXP -> Pro via friend -> invalid
Bridget12:39:30Fairport, NYBlu-ray for XBox??
Steve12:49:06Fairport, NYencryption key - fails to be retained - for wireless network
Terry12:55:35Irondequoit, NYsettings all revert back to orig Window XP default settings
2008-04-06 - 13 callers
Charlene11:14:00Rochester, NYVista Home Premium - one user passworded - other is not - when load game for passworded user
John11:16:05Scottsville, NYXP - desktop icons disappeared
Barry11:20:05Pittsford, NYlaptop - 2 drives - on boot, 2nd drive will sometimes be assigned to a different letter
David11:36:39San Francisco, CAfirewalls | future show: software and changes require new computers - in historical terms, there is "abandonment law"
Ron11:39:47Rochester, NYwhen delete your cookies, they go into the document folder
Leah11:51:00Silver Lake, NYDell XP Desktop - Linksys wireless - could get on line in AM, but not in eve - "could not find server" - kids laptop could get online
Ed12:16:05Fairport, NYTbird - pix as attachments - pix open in photoshop
Ed12:20:05Henrietta, NYIBM T41 - wireless network on Belkin 802.11b - encrypt 128bit - connection drops after a while
Bruce12:36:18cellHP was printing multiple copies for a while
Mike12:39:28Spencerport, NYHP photosmart all-in-one running thru 98SE - router and laptop XP
Ed12:55:14Rochester, NYW2KPro - most software works - re: David and abandonment
Ray12:56:42Canandaigua, NYHP PhotoSmart - Vista laptop - if gone for two days, have to reinstall the HP drivers
Tom12:59:06Canandaigua, NYHP LaserJet 5000 - went from PC to Mac - intermittently stops working - was serial, but has USB converter
2008-03-30 - 16 callers
Kim11:16:56Greece, NY2 laptops - IBM and Dell - dialup only - at parents, tried to connect via cable modem - both recognized connection - can get to "the" Web site - but then goes back to dialup
Jim11:20:02Irondequoit, NYson going off to college in the fall - Mac or PC?
Dee11:29:56Macedon, NYkeyboard problem - Acer Aspire - 1 yr old - kybd stopped working - un/replugged - diff USB port worked fine - a week later, stopped working again - old working again w/ mouse, old working w/ kybd - when troubleshoot USB, says working fine
Jackie11:32:35Williamson, NYpic from sister - Adobe file - cannot open it - comes up in little square in browser
R.J.11:35:41Pittsford, NYsilver Mac - Tiger 10.4.11 - freeze issues
Phil11:39:56Fillmore, NYdual booting Vista/XP?
Liz11:51:49Honeoye Falls, NY63 viruses - "XP antivirus" trojan"xp
Susan12:14:35Rochester, NY.mac - expires in 7 days - wants to become part of her .mac family - he says can't renew until it expires
Mary12:18:08Penfield, NY2002 - Gateway w/ computer in screen - notice on AOL - Virusscan (McAfee) won't run anymore - 128M RAM - $40 from Gateway - install by self - XP -
Gary12:21:52cellmb fried - bought new mb - installed - need to wipe HDs to install drivers for new mb? already reinstalled XP Pro
Mary Ann12:32:56Springwater, NYhas a video on her computer - can she save it to CD or whatever?
Jim12:35:58Chili, NYthis AM, monitor was off, but was flashing (on/off button) -> getting no signal from CPU - which was turned off
Mike12:45:34Chili, NYbackup two machines - best way?
Randall12:47:45Greece, NYDVD burner - running great - Nero or WMPlayer - no audio - does get audio everywhere else
Al12:49:41Fairport, NYW2003 Server - loads, "saving settings" - shuts down again
Bill12:58:59Pittsford, NYold PC w/ ME - XP or Vista?
2008-03-23 - 13 callers
Victor11:27:55Irondequoit, NYrunning AVG - finding stuff
Ginny11:30:41Pittsford, NYthreatfire?
Jackie11:35:17Toronto, Ontario, Canadafriend's husband passed - no passwords written down - XP
Dav11:40:02Akron, NYgraphics cards - Medieval II - ran terribly
Mike12:07:22Webster, NYUbuntu - burned to CD - went to install - has XP w/ 320G HD
Marian12:29:11Rochester, NY
Blake12:35:33Batavia, NYKodak 3-in-1 5300 - laptop is Vista (re: college)
Roger12:38:19Rochester, NYsnip-it
Bruce12:40:52Macedon, NYToshiba laptop XP can't load LXSUPMON.DLL
Jim12:49:27Rochester, NYwife online - on boot today, prompting for passwords to log in - XP
Ed12:55:36Clifton Springs, NYIRQs - P4 XP Home - 0-14 2 and 7 empty
Jim12:57:25Rochester, NYVista clock loses time
Pat12:59:55Webster, NYDSL firewall - good?
2008-03-16 - 12 callers
Tim11:29:05Greece, NYOffice 2002 - when open app, asks to reinstall prorate.msi
Mike11:33:14Palmyra, NYiBook G4 - updated OS and Safari software, now get error: "unable to load plugin"
Chris12:16:08Rochester, NYHP DV900 dual-core AMD 64-bit - 9 mo - MS Accounting - bought quickbooks - doesn't work on Vista
Victor12:16:55Irondequoit, NYAVG - 209 warnings - now what?
Sal12:23:14Fairport, NYMacBook Pro w/ Tiger - trying to connect to N router
Mike12:31:49Victor, NYwhen start up - wallpaper is beautiful - then startup - wallpaper goes away, and when comes back, is pixilated.
Jim12:34:41Hilton, NYHP w/ ME - got hold of Carly Fiorino and she upgraded them for free! Now, Vista or Mac?
Alta12:44:12Webster, NYnew Norton - have not received some of her emails because they're not on the white list
Colleen12:47:48Perry, NYcan't shut computer off - Start doesn't have the options anymore - remote assistant turns itself back on - security assistant turned on - now can't shut down - turned security off again
Bill12:50:02Marion, NYASUS mb - Vista - 32-bit - 2G - wanted to go to 3G - bought 2 more identical to first set of 512Ms - computer shows only 2.5G
Marcy12:58:27Rochester, NYXO user group?
Rick12:59:55Tuscaloosa, ALlaptop - lifeline - how protect?
2008-03-09 - 17 callers
Dean11:26:47Buffalo, NYXP - what diff btwn Media Center or whatever??? | re: video card | M2R32 1950Pro card 3G
Ed11:28:45Wellington, Ontario, CAavast! and Tango
Benny11:31:13Rochester, NYmb fried - trying to get info off other computer - some info comes up, but others don't
Tom11:33:35Honeoye Falls, NYnew Vista PC - hate it - will not recognize Lexmark Z25 printer
Doug11:36:52Geneva, NYNetflix - on home computer - can do wireless to TV?
Leo11:39:17Rochester, NYwant to run Word, Excel, Internet, sales DVD on a laptop?
Bob11:50:10Geneva, NYmom's computer acting funny - was VERY infected - ran Tango - got rid of 1500 infections - smitfraud.c and zolts - removed all but three
Dennis12:12:35Rochester, NYhow get copy of Tango CD?
Lou12:16:05Fairport, NYAVG - sharp virus popped up - quarantined, but it came back
Norman12:24:50Hamlin, NYcan't run scandisk - runs forever - ME
John12:30:20cellspyware on company laptop -
Dan12:32:06Rochester, NYwife - new iPod - needs to update OS - updates are horrendous - trying to get it going is a nightmare
Vito12:37:41Chili, NYVBScript - 98 -> XP
Ed12:40:18Henrietta, NYwhat think of the "Big Box" store?
Ron12:55:51Arkport, NYOS not found - Compaq Presario - XP - he added 2nd HD as backup
Merle12:57:35celllaptop HP DV8000 laptop - last time used it, processor was locking up - one of the fans is dying???
Chuck12:59:56Alba, NYOutlook 2003 on Exchange - can't open it
2008-03-02 - 16 callers
Kathy11:16:04Rochester, NYcertain bookmarked sites - too long to respond - blocked?
Ed11:24:47Rochester, NYXP Activation Keys
Bill11:31:27Webster, NYvirusheat
Chris11:33:00Greece, NYadd/remove programs
Jim11:37:16Oswego, NYremoved IE, installed Firefox - own Web site works perfectly at work & other PC, but not his PC
Coleen11:40:17Perry, NYtranscription software - produce videos of local meetings - want transcriptions
Dave11:50:33Victor, NYwants to learn programming language - where to start?
Bill12:16:54Greece, NYre: Dragon Naturally Speaking
Ken12:19:35Akron, NYPC w/ Verizon DSL - wants to network notebook - has LinkSys
Bob12:32:19Penfield, NYDell Inspiron just off warranty - problem getting connection on power cord - resolder motherboard???
Rodney12:34:07celldid the Tango - now a Web site he goes to tells hiim he needs ActiveX
Bob12:37:05Penfield, NYdownside to compressing HD?
Bruce12:40:05Brockport, NYhad ME -> XP - ran wizard before did that - removed Roxio DirectCD 4 - uninstalled, loaded XP, bought CD Recorder 9 - during that time, kept getting message - devices or apps disabled
Fred12:53:46Henrietta, NYViewsonic 15" monitor - odd "burny" smell
Tom12:57:34Fairport, NYlog on for windows - before crash, it didn't ask for that
Phil12:59:01Walworth, NYPC not on Internet - in XL - can delete the worksheet, but can't get the title of the home page
2008-02-24 - 14 callers
Tom11:19:01Wolcott, NYDell - 1 yr old - XP - Java problem - Nascar
Amesh11:25:27Clarence, NYone hardwired, one wireless - both XP - home edition???
Liz11:30:37Rochester, NYInspiron - can't get to net wirelessly
Amy11:41:58Clarkson, NYancient computer monitors, keyboards, drives, what do with them???
Fred11:47:04Greece, NYUbuntu LTS - added CD writer - kept CD reader as slave - BIOS sees it - Ubuntu sees it - computer sees it - can't mount CD Reader - freezes machine
Mary11:57:52Rochester, NYgave husband old computer - Thunderbird - his acct is on - just added it - acct settings
Ed12:18:07Rochester, NYre: RFID credit cards
Phil12:20:16Pittsford, NYwireless - encrypted - how get daughter on it?
Carl12:34:10Rochester, NYemail difficulty w/ Frontier - OE - can send, everyone can send his, except Yahoo!
John12:37:29Ontario, NYdisplay will not go to screen saver or turn itself off
Andy12:40:05Greece, NYre: John - SuperAntiSpyware will give list of processes - file name AND software attached to - tell you safe, unknown, hazardous re: Mary - what OS? - you can click which account you want want, and you'll only see that email
Burt12:54:17Palmyra, NYrecommended someething for someone trying to wean self onto Linux
Mark12:56:55Henrietta, NYwindows Movie Maker - JVC hard drive camera - when set to 16x9 - keeps it compressed
Jim12:59:21Victor, NYupgraded to Vista (clean install) - whenever put disk in and run setup, get blue screen - can see things, can play music, but won't run setup - blue screen | happy with Vista?
2008-02-17 - 12 callers
John11:18:13CanandaiguaDell Inspiron - 70% of defrag - can't get to 100% | sometimes, can't get the system to come back from screensaver
Gary11:31:00Rochester, NYmay have screwed up install of CD-RW - dual boot 98 and Linux - windows found it - is master; slave is orig CD ROM - when installed Nero, it disappeared - came back up when installed MS-DOS software
Mike11:38:12Buffalo, NYhas daughter serving in North Africa - he records her shows and puts them on DVD to send to her - on vidcap, use ATI All-in-1der - can use ATI or Nero
David11:45:46Sodus, NYHP laptop
Bob11:50:48Greece, NYhad Roxio EZCD/DVD - upgraded to v6 - did everything he needed done - always formatted, always included UDF reader - computer crashed - because of Roxio driver - tried to d/l that driver - wasn't able to except in safe mode - can't install any of that s
Ron12:28:13Pittsford, NYprinter problem - Delta Airlines - bar graph across top of page - everything he really wants to print is crowded into 1.5" in the corner
Ginny12:31:32Pittsford, NYturned surge protector on - computer came on and it told her that the time in the BIOS was wrong
Al12:34:01Fairport, NYwhat software should use for video conferencing?
Stephanie12:37:35Fairport, NYnew 30M Zune - missing dll
Bob12:40:12Rochester, NYcalled month ago: d/l video to iTunes - we told him handbrake for XP - can't run it - need 2.1
Dan12:47:59Rochester, NYSpybot 1.5 - TeaTimer -
Bob12:59:07cellnewish PC w/ Vista Office 2002 - tried to sync WinCE phone - locked up - black screen - upgrade to newer Office - can't close, can't remove Outlook on computer - Outlook is frozen
2008-02-10 - 14 callers
Walt11:15:24LeRoy, NYrunning TurboTax - Mac Mini
Victor11:19:26Irondequoit, NYbacked up to DVD-RW - get blank screen
Dan11:29:54Rochester, NYnew version of SpyBot | danced Tango - couldn't do Ad-Aware
Brad11:31:20Churchville, NYre: Walt - same problem, has Leopard - had to do manual downloads -
Bob11:34:02Rochester, NYnetworking 2 computers - both XP - one ProSP2, one HomeSP2 - Home cannot see Pro, but Pro can see Home
Shirley11:37:36Webster, NYW98 on desktop - XP on laptop - has router - trying to d/l Ad-Aware on laptop - says it downloads, but there's nothing there - double-click and doesn't install
Victor11:46:04Irondequoit, NYre: 2nd call - when used +Rs, worked no problem!
David12:13:11Henrietta, NYWinferno - registry power cleaner
Richard12:18:48Rushville, NYME - got it from cousin - ordered Dave's Tango disc - will it work?
Mike12:29:36Ontario, NYDell Inspiron w/ Vista - put away Dell Dimension - went to use the Dimension, and it comes up with a black screen
Kevin12:33:41Syracuse, NYlooking to buy laptop for Linux - dual boot or virtual?
Liz12:38:05Rochester, NYteaches in small school w/ 24 computers - boot up and all lights go green - monitor briefly goes green, but then goes yellow
Mark12:48:49Rochester, NYDual Core
Jerri12:57:55Rochester, NYtried to watch TV show on Inet - nothing happened - diff site said you had to download Graboid
2008-02-03 - 18 callers
Bill11:16:15Bushnell's Basin, NYmotherboard fried - Dave fixed - randomly, screen will go black and system will reboot - yesterday, in the middle of the Tango, it tried to reboot - stuck in BIOS - can't get past it
Gene11:26:45cellVista on Toshiba - dLink wireless router - Vista machine doesn't want to connect to the network
Pat11:32:27Charlotte, NYstarts computer, gets black screen and beep every 5 seconds
Roger11:35:25Greece, NYKodak easyshare - W98 - bought Vista - upgraded to XP - EasyShare - moved all the pix over - Kodak says you can't move the captions
Colleen11:36:28Albion, NYmotherboard fried
Don11:39:24Rochester, NYcreated PPT in 2007 - video show - saved in earlier version - took 5.9M to 64M file
Jeff11:48:27Fairport, NYre: fried MBs | regarding Vista
Herb12:13:26Rochester, NY7 yr old SONY just failed to turn on - took it to a shop - they told her to grab an external drive to copy to - then they said the machine wouldn't turn it on at all
Chris12:15:12Lyndonville, NYbought Vista PC without XP drivers - now what?
Sharon12:19:32Rochester, NYeMac - bit of a milk spill on the keyboard - whole bottom row frozen - poured out milk
Rosie12:30:07Webster, NYstart button used to be in bottom right-hand corner, now it's in upper right-hand corner
Dave12:34:47Sanford, FLwhen playing a game that changes resolution, then switches back to desktop, it takes time
Clark12:35:41Rochester, NYre: Tornado
Andy12:39:07Irondequoit, NYon desktop - when clicks on FFox or Moz, takes about 15 mins to get online - Roadrunner
Mike12:48:02Spencerport, NYDell laptop - W98SE - router - RR - 98 hosts HP printer - network works fine, but can't get the printer to work on the network
Dar12:51:19Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJava update - how do in Linux?
Dave12:56:39cellwhy do people write viruses?
George13:00:16Fairport, NYre: losing Yahoo mail
2008-01-27 - 13 callers
Don11:15:30Buffalo, NY98SE - looking for free firewall
Janet11:19:11Irondequoit, NYW98 - email w/ link - after computer on for 20 mins - error: could not find file 0cx
Bob11:31:05Greece, NYtrying to update WinXP - website can't show the page error 0x800703ee
Sue11:37:27Canandaigua, NYYahoo! email - frustrated - account deleted -
Bob11:47:41Pennsylvania!re: old OSs - uses 95, 98 - uses Ghost to backup
Vito12:15:32Chili, NYspysweeping - wingkey?
Dar12:22:59Toronto, Ontario, CanadaUPnP is enabled in routers - big hole
Keith12:29:52Farmington, NYre: Uncle Dave's Story Hour -
Judy12:36:37Wayland, NYre: Uncle Dave | bought new PC w/ Vista - had nothing but trouble - runs slow - has old HD - can switch HDs and run XP from old machine?
Henry12:44:11Rochester, NYre: Bob - Henry's sister in FL - computer had not updated since May - diff error - but still missing or corrupted files - did the Tango - update worked
Patrick12:46:31Rochester, NYgot a Mac - Mini w/ Airport Express - security features - didn't see a firewall - how protect wireless net from moochers?
Ron12:52:38cell on 490re: Uncle Dave - looking for kid browser - kidzui
Tim12:59:55Clarence, NY4 Dell C400 laptops - 2 internal, 2 external cards - MaxiVista - too slow w/ wireless - bought switch - no problem - when try to go back to 2 with internal cards - see network, but won't see Internet
2008-01-20 - 13 callers
Bill11:15:02Rochester, NYfinally updated Mozilla - favorites list disappeared
Bob11:18:16Irondequoit, NYgot new wireless router - when do streaming audio - starts to stream, then starts to drop out
Tony11:36:02Baltimore, MDFirefox addons ipcop or smoothwall
Sue11:42:42Rochester, NYAdAware SE 1.6 - no updates for the last two weeks - something wrong?
Reed11:44:22Rochester, NYre: superspyware - spybot found things it didn't
Tom11:52:44Greece, NYtrying to unload some programs - old computer - 10G primary, 100G secondary - primary is full - Add/Remove
Vince12:17:40Rochester, NYdesktop & laptop w/ wireless - can't print - print spooler is not running
Patty12:21:13Henrietta, NYipod - have two - over a year with this problem - friend loaded some songs - she has Apple - now neither one works in her computer - also QuickTime error
Bob12:29:59Rochester, NYfree versions of spybot, adaware, superspyware - avail for Vista?
Jim12:34:33Rochester, NYlooked at various broadband providers - what else is available in Rochester?
John12:38:15Hilton, NYXp - spybot, adaware, norton, norton firewall - last night got downloader
Tom12:49:58Naples, NYnew spybot - 1.5 - good version -
Bill12:58:54Rochester, NYMy Documents - still there, but won't open - don't have the driver - same thing on speaker
2008-01-13 - 13 callers
Bob11:19:21Brighton, NYupgraded to Office Small Business - kids having compatibility problems at school
Bob11:32:24Rochester, NYVista - defrag now - wants to set schedule - apply doesn't get highlighted, but shows up in the schedule - USB drive schedule -
Jeff11:38:17Rochester, NYwireless in home - running G - wants to get signal to another building on his property maybe 100ft away -
Yvonne11:49:16Brighton, NYTW connection coming - can connect generator
Andrew12:14:44Rochester, NYreinstalled XP on girlfriend's computer - if dormant for >1/2 hr - taskbar goes to top of monitor and it's sluggish and glitchy
Jim12:17:43Springwater, NYwireless router? - confused | isuspmstartup -
Jerry12:28:45cellMS Office Word file - when opened, Works wouldn't opened it
Andy12:38:55Greece, NYTV ads | cell phone ads | wireless | superantispyware - then AdAware/ - AdAware did find something that superanti didn't | partitioned hard drive -
Jim12:40:03Rochester, NYvirus - MySpace? - danced Tango -
Don12:50:03North Chili, NYlooks at list of files on the drive - how print?
Ken12:51:31Webster, NYre: Jerry - viewers!
Fritz12:56:55Canandaigua, NYXP Home - update regularly - scan regularly | AVG has free antirootkit
Dave12:59:58Brighton, NYwants to set up Web site - make sure you own the domain name
2008-01-06 - 14 callers
Marcy11:15:49Rochester, NYhow is my OLPC coming? kids are waiting!
Gary11:26:26Greece, NYtwo computers, one external hard drive - how share? - both XP Home - both wireless
Jeff11:29:35Webster, NYd/l'd a file from reliable Web site - XP Home - ends with .bas - Windows can't open it - doesn't recognize it
Ed11:37:02Rochester, NYprefers W2K | how dual boot ME & W2K?
Rick11:39:09Batavia, NYold game - played on W2K - won't run on XP "information is not compatible" or something like that
Steve11:48:15Batavia, NYproblems w/ Vista - never encountered any problems until Quicken stopped working
Carol11:50:14Bristol, NYHP ME computer - blue screen
Bob12:15:01Greece, NYlaptop batteries - how long should they last?
Eileen12:17:07Rochester, NYdaughter has HP Pavilion - dropped - shattered -
Brian12:20:41Rochester, NYre: Rick - Google for name of game and demo - demos are playable across platform
Herb12:33:55Spencerport, NYwants to network XP Pro - wants Internet sharing - dialup
Andrew12:37:24Rochester, NYmouse problems - got mouse for Christmas - bounces all over the screen - no driver for it
Mike12:40:32Churchville, NYold DOS program - no key or code - very old - 16-bit - won't run
George13:03:26Henrietta, NYlaptop - lost Internet connection -
2007-12-30 - 8 callers
Phil11:26:26Kittering, Mainere: the Tornado we talked about a couple of weeks ago - what do we think?
Steve11:28:35Rochester, NYnew laptop w/ Vista - networked w/ XP machine - Vista can see XP machine
Mark11:48:13Spencerport, NYDell laptop - after put it on standby, it'll restart all by itself - doesn't completely boot up, just go to blinking cursor - won't respond to inputs, then shuts itself down
Rivie11:51:16cellcomments on Mac security
Jim12:06:32Hilton, NYWin98 died - wants new desktop - Vista?
Ed12:21:47Canandaigua, NYHD operating outside params - bought new - ghost old to new?
Marcy12:26:01Rochester, NYre: Online safety: Firefox: AdBlock Plus, noscript
Jim12:29:18Rochester, NYno network connection on desktop - RR - wireless router - wireless laptop - getting network on laptop
2007-12-23 - 11 callers
Victor11:21:01Irondequoit, NYshutdown: WMSIDLE - end program
Karen11:28:30cellshutdown problems only after being on the Internet - can't go to start -> shutdown - have to go to task manager
Richard11:30:39Rushville, NYcalling for friend from Washington State - wireless - xmitter in one end of house - studio in other end of house - what to do?
Fred11:36:38Irondequoit, NYexternal HD for backup - wanted to back up docs folder - deleted orig backup - everything is gone in original folder
Eric11:52:27Stoaton, MAhow about a cd of Uncle Dave?
Bob12:16:56Rochester, NYiPod - how get video on? also, program for converting DVDs to iPod?
Mike12:19:15Rochester, NYnew computer - laptop? tablet?
Andy12:37:35Greece, NYhates Office 07 "makes Vista look okay" | superantispyware - ran it before AdAware and Spybot - when run first, others don't find anything - in SAS - right-click on tray icon "find out what's running on my machine" | run from account - show up under
Tim12:54:08Webster, NYDSL account - was told a firewall is in the router
Dar12:56:17Toronto, Ontario, CanadaAsus - tablet - Eee PC - guy on blogspot has added touch panel to it!
Don12:58:08Pittsford, NYheard of laptop with reversible video?
2007-12-16 - 13 callers
Walter11:20:44Greece, NYrunning Ubuntu LTS - want to burn multi-volume, multi-session CD
Karen11:28:17Theresa, NY"Generic Host win32 encountered problem - must shut down" - have to restart
Angelo11:30:53Rochester, NYspyware - can't get rid of it
Sue11:42:58Rochester, NYFrontPage v. Expression Web
Steve11:45:13Rochester, NYtrying to move photos from Mac tower to Macbook Pro - used portable drive - ended up being gibberish, and are no longer in iPhoto - "originals" folder - there are the photos - can't get them back into iPhoto
Kevin12:06:11Brockport, NYwant to buy new PC - just email and browsing
Ginny12:31:10Pittsford, NYSpybot - installed updated version a few weeks ago - seems to take forever to bring it up - when update, takes a minute to go back
Bill12:34:23Honeoye, NYbookmarks - wants highest on the list be the most used - Firefox
Jim12:36:48Syracuse, NYgot enough poop to put Vista on
Ray12:39:37Rochester, NY80G drive died - won't boot - used old HD - 80G as 2nd - 0 capacity - corrupted file system - any way to recover?
Barry12:50:52Pittsford, NYRegistry Booster - real? good?
Keith12:57:00cellerror: HD has mechanical problem
Tom12:59:26Greece, NYwhen start, starts loading programs, then reboots - also in safe mode - in debug - vetefile.sys
2007-12-09 - 13 callers
Dave11:22:57Webster, NYPC was hung - reformatted, reloaded Windows, brought files back, realized some photo files were left behind. Recover?
Fred11:25:42Pittsford, NYslides to CD?
James11:30:32Greece, NYlooking for new PC - Apple or MS?
Jay11:36:49Batavia, NYgets kicked off his wireless
Tom11:45:12Rochester, NYwants to upgrade - 800MHz - refurb'd?
John11:49:57Ontario, NYZoneAlarm ForceField?
Mike12:15:58Victor, NYPSPs? | classes?
Karen12:17:27Bristol, NYdaughter home from college - dl'd Tango - downloaded spyware bot - how remove?
Jean12:21:20Gates, NYcomputer illiterate - just get emails and browse - has picked up spam - anywhere from 16-20-25 pages per day - how get rid of it?
Barb12:30:45North Chili, NYiMac - AOL - TW - lately, go to commercial site and get the beachball - have to ESC and start over.
Jeff12:39:31Webster, NYbeen Win user for years - for home, use Excel, Word, PPT, home photos, TurboTax, Microsoft Money - considering switching to Mac - thoughts?
Don12:56:17Bergen, NYMacs: new printer - needs OS X - needs DVD | XPlane flight simulator - speechlib cannot be found
Keith12:59:55Batavia, NYGPS - son in Denver - wanted to get him a GPS -
2007-12-02 - 11 callers
John11:23:43Rochester, NYbought ink carts for Canon printer - get error msg - recognizing they're not orig - can't print with it
Don11:33:53Buffalo, NYW98SE - Norton 2003 - LUO
Pat11:40:50Irondequoit, NYcustom desktop - screen went black - put in used video - booted fine, but goes black when hits Windows desktop
Mike12:06:38Penfield, NYFirefox - "server not found" - eventually finds the page - XP Pro - 3 computers behind router
Roger12:14:50Rochester, NYcomputer run more efficiently if turn off non-essential programs running in the background
Mike12:20:13Rochester, NYfrustrated - two on network - set up another user acct - remote desktop - neither will let you log on
MaryAnn12:33:42Irondequoit, NYOLPC
Kent12:36:28Webster, NYlooking for new computer - XP Now - new w/ XP? Vista Home? Premier?
Tom12:39:56Canandaigua, NY1.5 yr old desktop - DSL - XP - when log on - IE w/ Frontier Home page - starts to load page, but will hang
Claude12:49:05Greece, NY86 processes running - uses WinPatrol | device manager - in networking - MS 6to4 adapter | took off fan to clean it, now it's loose (connector)
Keith12:59:06Farmington, NYanecdote: GMail - football pool - picks in the subject line - GMail matches ads | re: OLPC G1G1 - why do we give them computers?
2007-11-25 - 15 callers
Ron11:20:40Albion, NYXP - HD crashed - new HD - reinstalled - "down to three days to reactivate"
Mike11:29:54Wolworth, NYWord & Excel - problems w/ saving - need to save files at diff locations - has to Save As... - takes 45 seconds
Dave11:32:05Greece, NYsurvived a couple of brownouts - now can't get into BIOS
Paul11:41:03Marion, NYwhen reboot, IE window comes up - won't let him get past that screen - IE Security Setup Update Screen
Norma11:49:56Rochester, NYtry to forward graphic, when hit forward button, graphic is gone - it is not in the sent items - just red X - Outlook Express
Rich12:13:11Geneva, NYXPS - about every 5 mins, tries to read the A: drive
Kris12:15:53Gates, NYiTouch - uses Safari - can stream WHAM?
Marcy12:20:01Rochester, NYA: drive - uses it w/ camera which uses disks. Old floppy into new computer -
Ed12:30:35Rochester, NYstill running ME & W2K - wireless - to PSP - 80211g - ad hoc mode? | any user groups for the older system folks?
Bob12:31:55Pennsylvania!re: Marcy - try using the camera to reformat the disks
Coleen12:37:28Perry, NYcan't get Stinger or CWShredder to update
Steve12:41:19Rochester, NYre: Rich - it may be boot order in BIOS | keyboard would lock up the computer - went through "disaster recovery" - lost SP2 - no internet - when look at HD, "lost the memory" -
Joan12:49:49Rochester, NYcopy Super8 movies to DVD?
Stan12:56:18Wayland, NYXP - d/l'd wallpaper from Web site - one day, reboot - photo's gone, normal grey background - can't change anything
Allan12:58:23Mt. Morris, NYnewest Nero - Vista - can't load correctly, can't delete
2007-11-11 - 13 callers
Bruce11:16:06Rochester, NYnew PC - wants to add DVD burner - can't do it because warranty is voided | any DVD software to use on CD burner?
Bill11:21:34Rochester, NYXP - wants to use laptop as recording device - Windows only does 60 secs
Jeff11:30:02Rochester, NYCompaq - couple months old - Office Home and Student Trial -> Office Pro - windows installer comes up all the time - trying to install Office Pro - missing config.xml
Patty11:33:06Penfield, NYupdate from last week - couldn't use scroll wheel in Word - worked in all others - we suggested switch mouse - didn't happen
Mickey11:35:46Henrietta, NYbought laptop for husband - has Vista - having problems - can I put on XP?
Andrew11:48:13Henrietta, NYPC spontaneously reboots - swapped ps, swapped memory modules - that improved it, but it's getting worse again
David12:15:23Henrietta, NYMac: Acrobat 6 - 6.0.1 update giving screen: "Currently selected resource languages not supported by Adobe"
Sean12:19:25Canandaigua, NYgot rid of ME - running Linux - running Totem - can't play much
Alex12:29:15Irondequoit, NYdial up buggy over last few weeks - using Netscape - when launch from shortcut, instead of going to their dialup, goes to Windows dialup. - XP - IE
Carl12:32:49Williamson, NYSuperAntiSpyware? Dave was checking it
Chris12:48:34Rochester, NY2 laptops - XP and Vista - new Netgear 10x RangeMax - running /w no problem BUT cannot access mail w/ Thunderbird
Sandra12:57:42Penfield, NYDell XP safe mode - AVG - came up w/ worm - source is backup copy | how reload resident shield in email?
Roger13:03:23Rochester, NYhow get rid of popups?
2007-11-04 - 13 callers
Michael11:14:44Rochester, NYworks in variety of locations - particularly Southern Tier - mile or two from any sort of connections - wireless? satellite?
Patty11:23:30cellat work - upgraded to Office 2007 - she can't use scroll wheel in Word - can use it everywhere else
Geri11:30:27Rochester, NYwhen try to hook to Internet - pages can't be displayed - except for Yahoo! mail
Bonnie11:40:07Springwater, NYhas exactly the same problem as Geri w/ PeoplePC
Jim11:49:43Webster, NYUbuntu 7.10 - can't connect to Inet on old laptop
Don12:14:03Rochester, NYlatop w/ Vista Home Basic
Roger12:20:55Rochester, NYwife has XP Home - trouble getting updates - checking for updates never stops | would rather have XP on his machine instead of Vista
Ed12:32:00Henrietta, NY92 yr old aunt has older iMac - email - when click on desktop icon, balloon comes up with error message - go to header - that one will allow you to send, but not read - periodically, get "email overloaded" msg - "do something to hard dive"
Emanuel12:36:39cellXP Pro - add/remove - nothing shows up
Ray12:40:14Greece, NY60 yrs old - last year - last year totally computer illiterate - learned a lot - in email, on cspan(?) - when delete, goes to trash - outlook | warranty expires in two weeks - Optiplex 210 L -
Keith12:48:35cell in his drivewaypoll suggestion: what do you do while listening to Sound Bytes? - he bought used sports car - currently washing cow manure from underside of car
Frank12:53:27cell in parking lot9 yr old Gateway - wants to donate - how donate
Stu13:01:09Penfield, NYre: Emanuel - one common problem that causes that - an app can put extra spaces in the Reg - scrolls down, you'll see everything
2007-10-28 - 14 callers
John11:20:20Byron, NYSony digital movie camera - software installed - when dl the pix, asks for Flash Player
Linda11:30:10Greece, NYfirefox - "cannot find server"
Sal11:32:22Fairport, NYjust installed Leopard - couldn't find hard drive - keychains were missing - even with all the glitches, he's happy
Dave11:37:32Pittsford, NY2 internal HDs - NAZ device w/ 1 internal & 2 USBs - all for movies - trying to make some of them look like 1 drive
Raul11:47:40Rochester, NYson going to college - Raul is average w/ Windows - chats, wp, surf
Bill11:50:20Rochester, NYiMac OS X - removed Earthlink - when try to browse w/ Safari, can't get to any sites - must use https
Warren12:11:52Rochester, NYlocked up keyboard - sticky-keys
Mike12:15:16Webster, NY5 Macs at home - doesn't want Leopard yet - mostly cosmetic
Jeff12:18:52Spencerport, NYrelative has sm business and does no backup
Mike12:32:23Honeoye, NYMacs - offering both extended AppleCare AND their own warranty
Jim12:39:01Rochester, NYwireless desktop - when install, PC won't recognize - Linksys card and router - XP w/ SP2
Dick12:43:28Spencerport, NYcamera card reader in laptop - cannot read - code 10 error
Aaron12:47:01cellext. hard drives - lots of stuff on Macbook Pro - $3-$15K info - has been backing up w/ CDs, but he's lazy
Marcy13:06:30Rochester, NYG1G1 - one Laptop
2007-10-21 - 16 callers
Henry11:17:06Brighton, NY.NET 1.1 - getting update msgs - trying to update both 1.1 AND 2 - gets error msgd
Judy11:21:32Cape Vincent, NYin thousand islands - where Ontario empties into the St. Lawrence - has 10 yr old Gateway - can't get AOL security updates, can't get AOL v 9 - how do I get XP on a new machine?
Joe11:31:00Rochester, NYwork buying laptop - truck mechanic - also has shop manuals stored on computer - they want to get a 1G computer.
Tom11:34:02Rochester, NYSoyata Win98 - got a disk from WalMart w/ pix - "this program has performed an illegal operation" - son's machine in Ohio worked fine - Travelocity confirmation gave same error message
John11:44:57Penfield, NYfriend has new HP laptop fall off truck - shattered screen, messed up keyboard
Jerry11:47:30Rochester, NYemail scam - from eBay buyer - "where is my item?"
Debbie12:13:36Rochester, NYshuts off for no reason, monitor will have lines going thru it, it freezes.
John12:16:54Henrietta, NYnuisance icons -
Bill12:20:36Rochester, NYunemployed IT pro - tester - tried to verge into help desk - on the cusp of saying go get A+, Network+, Security+
Vince12:28:46East Rochester, NYDell Dimension 8100 Limited - 2 memory sticks - 4 slots - 1.6GHz machine
John12:32:04Rochester, NYXP machine - can't remember the admin password
Ed12:36:41Rochester, NYre: older OSs - recommends getting an old computer w/ an old system and compare them | wireless -
Jack12:44:04Rochester, NYthinks hard drive is crashed
Frank12:46:50Rochester, NYpartitioned drive - how to reinstall without losing partition
Sue12:55:09Macedon, NYMedia Center - why does it freeze all the time?
Monroe13:00:01Henrietta, NYMS Office: when try to highlight, copy in Excel, first copy doesn't work | Word - WordPerfect - trying to put labels at bottom of page - footer is a pain because they want same thing at bottom of every page - "advance" command
2007-10-14 - 15 callers
Marvin11:47:59Rochester, NY
Frank11:48:06Rochester, NY
Linda11:48:11Rochester, NY
Lynn11:48:16Rochester, NY
Tab11:48:27Rochester, NYLinix vs. Windows
John11:51:06Penfield, NYDell, locked up, can't run system restore.
Teri12:14:36Henrietta, NYhow change lang to Spanish in OOo
George12:17:21Henrietta, NYXP - on Tues, PC World article - XP SP3 was released to beta last Sunday - going to include NAP
Tom12:28:42Fairport, NYwant to run racing simulation games - new video card??
Rachel12:33:38Buffalo, NYbuying new computer - want >15" laptop - want to scan hand-written text from notebook & have it translated to text (OCR)
Andy12:36:33Greece, NYre: newspaper - xport from IE to Thunderbird | looking at users in his box - asp.net
John12:43:59Webster, NYfriend's computer - as boots, int13 not initialized bios not initialized - blue screen - memory dump - cycles
Joe12:49:44Rochester, NYHP All-in-1 - running v slow - ink carts got anything to do w/ it? | What about Kodak printers? Ink cheaper?
Tom12:55:16cellre: Joe - PC Mag - article re: HP & Kodak -
Tom12:59:58Greece, NYbought used desktop - P4 - XP Pro -
2007-10-07 - 15 callers
Brian11:19:04Rochester, NYproblem getting DSL to talk to network card - connects, lights up, config'd IPs, but won't xfer packets
Sharon11:30:09Dansville, NYPogo subscriber - used to work great - if idle for a few mins, "Page not found, unable to connect to server" - XP - IE - Localnet - dialup
Lee Ann11:38:52Canandaigua, NYWindows XP Home -
Tom11:39:56Rochester, NYre: Lee Ann - HP????? - partition for recovery disk -
Tim11:50:06Webster, NYMac - how get rid of orig user?
Jim12:19:49cellMac Monitor - using a 60 lb Dell old monitor - want to get a 24" LCD - a lot say "PC or Mac compatible" - what am I looking for? Are the DVI connectors the same?
Bob12:29:26Rochester, NYdeleted trash can - how get it back?
Dave12:31:03Webster, NYwhich AV?
Terry12:32:37Williamson, NYscreen colors
Bob12:34:21Greece, NYNick Lite?
Brad12:36:54Victor, NYAOL has upgraded their virus protection to full McAfee.
Bob12:39:58Webster, NYjust bought ION turntable - what about cassette tapes?
Jeff12:47:55cellre: cassette transfer
Wally12:57:38Honeoye Falls, NYson: new PC w/ nVidia - SVideo jack on the back - analog video camera - WinXP
Chris12:59:58Irondequoit, NYvery low disk space available - while freeing up space, "may have done some bad things"
2007-09-30 - 14 callers
Paul11:16:40Rochester, NYtalked to us 3 wks ago - new Dell laptop - couldn't use it outside
Mary Ann11:18:49cellgot new laptop w Vista - compatibility problems
Ron11:31:30Ontario, NYtalked a month or two back - Thunderbird - it wasn't a font problem - it's overwriting the lines in the window - rendering problem
John11:38:47Ontario, NYext HD - if have to reboot system, gets disk error 'cuz goes ext first
Marty11:49:05Niagara Falls, NYhas old W95 machine - wants to put Ubuntu on it
Scott11:59:12Canandaigua, NYdaughter wants laptop - gateway tablet
Shelby12:30:44cellMac 10.4.10 - get blinking screen when trying to open HD or folders
Paul12:34:07cellLoJack for Computers?
Tom12:36:21Fairport, NYThinkpad T30 - went from 256M to 1G - system reports back 512M
Jack12:38:25Waterloo, NYFirefox 2.0.0.7 - opens a web site AND two folders - "Release Notes"
Mike12:48:03Perinton, NYXP Pro laptop - Add/Remove Programs - only displays 12-18 items
Karen12:49:34Webster, NYdiff btwn Intel Dual Core 2 & Intel Dual Core Centrino
Mike12:57:47Webster, NYwhen new Mac OS?
Mark12:59:03Rochester, NYwindow washer - Dr. Watson
2007-09-23 - 15 callers
Dan11:16:17Byron, NYcomputer starts running system program by itself - in Task Mgr: MSMPENG.EXE
Jean11:25:36Gananda, NYsys went down - tried to salvage HD - is that possible?
Barry11:29:04Pittsford, NYwww.chase.com - for banking - a few days ago, when went to that site, it came back & said "we're working on the system - come back later"
Ethel11:39:04Canandaigua, NYW98 2ndE - problem getting online - bartshell
Jim11:46:48Oswego, NYprinter - tipped printer, black ink came out
Ray11:49:55Rochester, NY60-yrs old - disabled - home bound - got free computer via contract for hispeed - what is Security Tango?
Joe12:00:03Rochester, NYpresario laptop - BIOS changed - password added
Jim12:16:26Greece, NYwork computer - controlled by admin - one USB port - plugs in either thumb drive or card reader - when disconnect card reader, get "didn't shut off properly" - Win2K - | if remove correctly, will it recognize it correctly
Chuck12:23:08Rochester, NYVista - before security software, it's quick - when use security software it's slow
Jeff12:30:55Rochester, NYpal upgraded with Nvidia 8800 GTX - gave him his 7600 GTX - updated drivers - when start game, it crashes
Rich12:38:02Irondequoit, NYwhen miss show - can I download archives?
Rick12:40:50Batavia, NYolder Powerbook G4 - 12" screen - USB 1 - deal a lot w/ video files - bought external 250G HD - it took hours - can't even get them down - can bring small files, but not big files
Carol12:50:27Pittsford, NYVista Home Premium - AVGPlus - "firewall has been stopped" | when check firewall status, it says Norton firewall is running
Deb12:56:33Rochester, NY2nd HD - recog'd in Device Mgr, but can't see it on desktop
Marcy12:58:18Rochester, NYFirefox - AdBlock -
2007-09-16 - 9 callers
Bill11:26:00Rochester, NYXP - runs spybot & adaware - when close, get dialog: "end program WMSfile - ending
Jim11:49:21Pittsford, NYhas PC, daughter has Macbook Pro - videoconference?
Andy12:17:40Greece, NYTrojans, key loggers, etc. | Asus mbrd AMD Athlon 2700 1G XP Pro SP2 - spybot, adaware, norton - spybot - part way thru, the computer reboots
Patty12:24:02Rochester, NYnew Toshiba laptop - after 2 wks - registry data not found 4218
Bob12:32:56Hilton, NYwants to install additional memory | regularly loses wireless connection
Chris12:39:10Rochester, NYOE - "disk full" can't download mail | migrate?
Marcy12:49:58Rochester, NYonly on Webmail
Benny12:56:34Rochester, NYwhat's phishing
Jeremy12:58:02Henrietta, NYunsecured wireless
2007-09-09 - 10 callers
Ed11:25:06Rochester, NYre: prices on iPhone, etc.
Bob11:28:58Rochester, NYeMac blues - slowed WAY down
Ron11:47:20Avon, NYwas in Walmart - had everything for $300 - 27" | on DVDs - which is better - plus or minus
Jonathan12:17:32Rochester, NYlooking to buy 20" iMac
Al12:29:21Rochester, NY84-yr old - got a smudge on the screen
Walter12:40:22Greece, NYLinux on old machines
Brian12:47:09Rochester, NYiPod - 4 yrs old - was able to play thru car jack - can't now - can still xfer music from computer
David12:49:43Wolcott, NYpower surge - PC died, HD light stayed on - preplaced power supply - boots, but HD light stays on - if have app runningn & leaves it on, it freezes - okay if no apps running
Chuck12:56:55Alba, NYTrying to Mirror HD w/ XP Pro
George12:57:56Fairport, NYKodak dig cam - when try to run from flash card w/ WinMedia - .mov - runs badly
2007-09-02 - 8 callers
Tim11:16:28Rochester, NYone of the last G5 iMacs - 21.6 external monitor - while new monitor connected, mouse stops working
Gil11:29:26Rochester, NYusing Ubuntu for a year or two - still needs Windows XP Pro for SCSI scanners
Michelle11:46:39Pittsford, NYcan't get to Webmail for work - can on every other computer
Linda11:54:48Churchville, NYCPU won't start after power failure
Mike12:35:43Buffalo, NYWin XP Memory | how did you guys start?
John12:38:14Webster, NYfried motherboard? - upgraded memory - snap/crackle/pop
Angelo12:41:58Rochester, NYAng Mancuso!
Wally12:48:57Honeoye Falls, NYold Gateway laptop - 1.3 GHz 256M - Linux?
2007-08-26 - 10 callers
Patty11:44:00Rochester, NYRR service - can't send or receive emails
Tom11:50:29Rochester, NYdiff btwn Mac & PC
Darrell12:17:52Pittsford, NYDell 4-in-1 - says it's off-line - uninstalled/restarted/reinstalled - check printer cable - no effect - changed cable - no effect - 4-in-1 can still copy
Kim12:21:42Rochester, NYD: drive cannot recognize DVDs, etc.
John12:30:01Rochester, NYSonicwall? Vista?
Keith12:33:01in his denre: Darrell - computer was slowing down - went to Task Manager - something was using 98% - it was associated w/ printer - worm! - couldn't clean it -
Bob12:37:44Rochester, NYthinks he has a virus
Chris12:41:02Williamson, NYW98 - trying to get video card - ATI GE 64M - only 16 colors
Chris12:51:44Henrietta, NYMacbook for daughter -
Roger12:59:16Rochester, NYDVD writer - says it needs P4 1.8G - he only has P3
2007-08-19 - 15 callers
Dick11:14:02W. Henrietta, NYXP Home - Norton AV update - son ran it - now it asks for username, but there are no options
Richard11:16:14Palmyra, NYstandby - restarts automatically - HP Pavilion - unplugged all devices except hub - still did it - unplugged hub, and it works fine
Dave11:25:44Canandaigua, NYPC several yrs - got another box next to it - reinstalled apps - OE - d/l large files - on old machine, 14M file loads in fine - new machine won't take files too large.
Joe11:28:51Webster, NYinfected - every 6 mins "your privacy in danger"
Julie11:44:57Palmyra, NYXP Home - AMD Athlon DualCore 64 2.2G 1G - keeps locking up - print master word picassa - system resources
Tim11:50:34Rochester, NYXP Pro - how tell what starts up?
Jeff12:14:07Webster, NYXP - when shutdown, deletes the Windows fonts - when reboot everything is in WingDings
Marty12:18:38Niagara Falls, NYMacs - do you have to clean out the Internet cache in a Mac?
Jeff12:21:01Webster, NYre: password from Dick - buy cheap HD
Craig12:30:06Rochester, NYW2K - icons corrupting - getting the wrong icon for the program
Keith12:31:40from his garagewhen people ask what it costs, he says "the most I can get" - but he'll guarantee it; if you don't like it, he won't charge it
David12:35:41Henrietta, NYMac - 9.2 on one drive, 10.2 on another - in 10.2, can't shut down, can't reboot - Vol header block incorrect or contents of allocation file does not agree
Tom12:39:44Geneseo, NYAV for Mac?
Phil12:57:06Brockport, NYmonitor has horiz rolling
Sheri12:59:10Greece, NYXP - Kodak Easy Share - when using it, system runs really slowly
2007-08-12 - 13 callers
Ed11:12:11RochesterVista vs. XP, why not Millenium?
Joe11:26:56Rochester, NYProblems with Outlook, what's better
11:37:29Rochester, NYcan't get flash running
jim11:37:56springwaterV.92 modems?
Randy11:57:34Rochester, NYreplacing motherboard, smoked, swollen capacitors
Tom12:09:45Rochester, NYtrying to uninstall McAfee
Dave12:13:13Canandaguia, NYWild Blue satellite service, works good for web surfing.
Dan12:16:56Canandaguia, NYTrying to set up internet zone in Zone Alarm. Recent download of Ad Aware had a trojan in it.
Lance12:21:22Penfield, NYTrying to copy a file, says to use a writable disc. Nero vs. Windows 2000 | how private is a cell phone?
Bud12:36:49Buffalo, NYwireless network, Airport, out of range, what to do
Bob12:39:16Pittsford, NY leopard?
Mike12:51:09Gates, NYBrother HL-2040, one specific program prints mirrored, even after changing print option.
Al12:53:19Fairport, NYYear old Dell laptop, Microsoft Updates pops in and out.
2007-08-05 - 15 callers
Dave11:15:46Fairport, NYwiped hard drive so can sell - tried to reinstall XP - corrupt win32/HAL.dll
Liz11:21:55Honeoye Falls, NYcan't connect to iTunes - can only connect sporadically - XP SP2
Mark11:46:58Conesius, NYneighbor's computer - 98 - mostly for email - slave drive on his machine - .wab file
Mike11:52:07Buffalo, NYThe Official Buffalo Ambassador for Sound Bytes - have we considered doing a show out of Buffalo?
Lynn12:12:31Irondequoit, NYdave put in new mb - prior to that, when sent out pic attachments, had to shut down trend micro
Chris12:14:53Greece, NY3-yr-old Gateway - log in to Internet, on for a minute or two, then it shuts down
Lou12:17:12Greece, NYbrief 2-sec power outage - tried to start machine - boots normally, but no video - vga mode works - d/l'd monitor driver - couldn't install via wizard
Ray12:27:23Greece, NYused a trackball
Todd12:28:51Albion, NYUSB ports won't work
Greg12:35:47Scottsville, NYFrontier - upgraded phone lines - dropped DSL speed from 1M to 256K
Roger12:44:16Irondequoit, NYtrackball user - loves it - Logitech Trackman - helps for carpal tunnel | for overheating: 2" soffit vents
Ed12:46:49Rochester, NYretired - using Internet at library - looking at used laptops - card for WiFi... have to pay for account in cafe or whatever?
Dave12:53:53Rochester, NYNew HP Laptop - Vista - ZoneAlarm
Joe12:56:15Greece, NY2 XPs & Win98 -
Lou12:59:54Webster, NYdaughter to college - 2.5 hrs away - HP or Dell laptop w/ Vista - wireless network wks w/ Vista - 24x7 agreements w/ HP & Dell - come right to the dorm to fix
2007-07-29 - 11 callers
Dave11:15:11Angelica, NYwants to network 2 XP computers w/o Internet
Don11:47:45Farmington, NYlatest quicktime update - whenever play a movie, buffering... w/ no pic - only audio -
Rick11:50:34Webster, NYson -> college - Alfred - needs laptop
Harley12:14:28Brighton, NYWindows 95
Keith12:17:07Canandaigua, NYre: changing printer drivers
Claude12:19:31Greece, NYpassword for printer?
Tom12:31:21Rochester, NYTango - after Spybot - American Medical Online is ID'd but can't be fixed or deleted
Josh12:35:25Fairport, NYnew macbook - boot camp - problems installing XP
Ray12:48:01Greece, NYjava problem w/ Pogo games -
Paul12:49:23Holley, NYeee pc
Alvin12:56:39Holley, NYmusic - WMP - can open clean copies of WMP to
2007-07-22 - 9 callers
Shane11:41:53Rochester, NYVista "feels like a terminal illness" - DVD drive - no longer found - shows up in Device Manager - can't open - Error Code 10
Mary11:45:56Victor, NYiPod - tried to update on Friday - still says do not disconnect - G3
Lance11:50:50Penfield, NYAcer w/ XP - was going to buy another, but it had Vista - got Lenovo - at least has XP & Mozilla
Aaron12:28:14Geneseo, NYre: Eee PC
Ron12:33:58Canandaigua, NYBSoD - STOP: 0x6073[0xc00005,0x805c607b,
Jim12:36:40Irondequoit, NYTime Warner - losing connection on net daily - after overnight
Paul12:40:26Henrietta, NYused Compaq - put Linux on it - Ubuntu - had a problem w/ screen rez & it all works now - what about iPod?
Rose12:55:11Webster, NYMedion Laptop - internal power connector broken - her tech guy says it will take a lot of time and cost a lot to fix
Ray12:59:05Canandaigua, NYthanks for Tango! - running 98 - buying laptop - should I get Vista or Apple?
2007-07-15 - 12 callers
Glenn11:15:07in the studiobooted up, nothing worked - "McAfee scanning..."
Ann11:25:21Fairport, NYhow do I get rid of popups?
Russ11:44:50Canandaigua, NYsetting up listserv?
Lori11:57:05Rochester, NYToshiba Satellite laptop - making a video in Windows MovieMaker - lost control of all volume - no sound - makes one beeping sound & that's it. - Cannot access volume control
Ron12:16:52Greece, NYThinkPad - media player - playing w/ equalizer - sound became distorted, couldn't put it back - he deleted, rebooted - still distorted even thru headphones - installed WinAMP - plays fine thru that. | wireless kybd in docking station
Rich12:35:11Churchville, NYblue screen - had to erase some software that was downloaded on it - black screen - detecting array - anything downloaded onto your computer - when boots goes to boot menu
Joan12:38:20Rochester, NYThunderbird - "get mail" - nothing happens - arrow says get all new messages - nothing comes through - go to rochester.rr.com Web site
Bob12:39:45cellfix for Joan - had to take out every file from Thunderbird - there was a corrupted file.
Steve12:48:00Rochester, NYminiDVD cameras - use a small disc - claim they can be played back in almost any player -
John12:49:36celldiff btwn USB 1 & 2 -
Sam12:55:46Greece, NYads -
Dave12:57:44Canandaigua, NYOE - put 2 adds w/ same last name - only one appears
2007-07-08 - 11 callers
Dottie11:25:32Avon, NYneeds a laptop - what should she get?
Roger11:27:59Hilton, NYDaughter: Dell w/ Vista - they sent her a letter on how to hack the Registry - she said no - finally said she can't return it - over 21 day return - should she put on XP?
Jim11:38:32Victor, NYwhen start PC, gets screen, then checking volume - volume is dirty
Gary11:46:56Amherst, NYhas both cable & DSL
Mitch11:49:59Livonia, NYGateway Multimedia 610 - has had some issues - when turn on, after log in, screen blanks out - does this several times & finally stays blank - had been serviced recently -
Bob12:20:41Rochester, NYjust wiped hard drive - tried reinstalling Windows - missing various drivers
Dave12:29:47Greece, NYtried to change identities in Express - screen goes blank - "perform_windows still running
John12:33:15East Bloomfield, NYXP SP2 Dell Dimension DSL, phone/fax modem - trying to set up fax
Ted12:36:09Rochester, NYwants to wipe hard drives - what freeware is best?
Coleen12:47:01Perry, NYSpybot S&D - didn't seem to download all the items - window popped up briefly - when rebooted, something odd happened at beginning, then worked okay
Bob12:59:34Rochester, NYAV for Mac?
2007-07-01 - 9 callers
Isabella11:27:49Wyoming, NYprob w/ sound - CD or EasyShare has sound - when pull news clip off the Internet, no sound
Charlie12:07:42Geneva, NYworking along and it shuts off
Mark12:14:24Webster, NYXP on Dell - one of users gets logoff problem - socket notification sync
Ed12:18:15Rochester, NYDell 4050 XP - slowed down - get virt mem msg - 80G w/ 30G free
Mark12:36:13Irondequoit, NYcomputer "from the IT guy at work" - XP Pro - should he use that?
Nick12:38:58Rochester, NYXP Home w/ IE -> firewall from Windows -> ZoneAlarm?
Victor12:49:40Rochester, NYXP on desktop - bought laptop - AMD 1.8 Dual-Core Torino - has Vista - wanted to d/l music to USB but can't - it's slow | load XP? | wireless?
Bob12:51:08Rochester, NYsystem won't turn on - has power to MB, HD, DVD - CPU hosed?
James12:59:12cellwants to remove Recycle Drive from D:
2007-06-24 - 6 callers
Mike11:15:40Rochester, NYVista - Firefox won't work - IE does
Tom11:24:16Fairport, NYtrying to load GIMP for Windows
Bob11:27:09Rochester, NYlaptop 17" widescreen - bought external 20" widescreen - connected to DVI - not everything gets transferred to external monitor until desktop comes up
Henry11:42:00Brighton, NYWin crashed - reinstalled - Win Installer still trying to install something - esp when trying to run Windows
Jim12:20:53Ovid, NYPresario 1G RAM 250G HD - upgraded to Norton - Outlook is email - when click get add-in antispam could not be loaded
Ted12:59:09Henrietta, NY"PDF can't be found"
2007-06-17 - 5 callers
Henry11:43:10Brighton, NYhardware & software crashes - when click on IE icon, another shortcut appears on the desktop etc.
Ted11:53:00Churchville, NYZoneAlarm - checkup found Reg problems - take it in?
Pete12:34:17Rochester, NYlaptop XP USB ports won't read flash drives - printer only prints first page of docs - optical mouse still works - others are unknown devices
Gina12:36:21Farmington, NYsister has new baby - new videos on DVD - couldn't play on TV - have .MOV extensions - XP -
Mike13:00:14Rochester, NYdining room network - 2 XPs, wife wants a Mac - how?
2007-06-10 - 14 callers
Bob11:11:39Rochester, NYre: archives - can I download & put on my iPod?
Linda11:16:15Greece, NYpicked up computer, picked it up, now wireless keyboard & mouse doesn't work - USB mouse doesn't work
Colin11:20:13Batavia, NYsounds - Media player fine, sounds off Internet or in Windows won't play
Mike11:37:01Penfield, NYHP Laptop - can't remember password
Dave11:45:16Sodus, NYhad a beautiful Web cam pic of Home Repair Clinic - had great streaming
Jenny11:50:34LeRoy, NYthunderstorm - on dialup - can't get to Internet via either Safari or IE5 - but IM works!
Rick12:15:15Rochester, NYHP Laptop running XPHome - GH or ' they repeat | boots slow - 60G HD - 192M RAM
Barry12:23:16Pittsford, NYiTunes - lot of music on Windows machine - 10K songs - in last year, has started to buy ~ 300 songs from iTunes - they're mixed - how can get iTunes to search for the purchased songs?
Rich12:31:17Batavia, NYnew PC has Vista - old had XP - kids using old - IE6 w/ OE - new has IE7 - has Microsoft Mail - OE allowed multiple accounts | router - can't communicate between XP & Vista
Bob12:34:28Rush, NYXP Home - when shut down, get window "ending program - e6Q4KdTEBR4K3Pa..." please wait
Mark12:45:25Greece, NYhad to do Sys Recov on HP at Easter - not everything was back to the way it was - a lot of programs were intact, but others were broken
Judy12:49:36Rochester, NYhd died - Dave fixed - contacts from Outlook are in Word - how xfer back to Outlook?
Don12:56:47Chili, NYIE - put on Firefox - | how working on converting LPs into CDs
Mary Anne12:59:12Irondequoit, NYLCD monitor? - wide or reg? -
2007-06-03 - 14 callers
Ed11:25:04Rochester, NYavg user - emails have shrunken lately - less spam
Mike11:29:12Buffalo, NYduaghter: laptop - going to Africa - new machine has Vista on it | solar panels for laptop
Mark11:40:29South Byron, NY98 computer - wants to upgrade to W2K - USB2 card - used Partition Magic on the drive - defragged - 512M RAM -
Deb11:50:33Rochester, NYXandros desktop - want to add XP -
Bob12:11:57Greece, NYStinger -
Tom12:15:06Penfield, NYXP - keeps getting Security KB923723
Fred12:20:14Penfield, NYlaptop - power went out - can't get it to turn on now - charge pack was unplugged - doesn't seem to be recharging
Carolyn12:28:07Greece, NYUbuntu - win media | how reinstall Ubuntu
Ron12:32:00Ontario, NYThunderbird - was missing DLL - upgraded to 2.0 - having a font problem?? until start up Word
Tricia12:35:07Rochester, NYson's laptop got wet - Gateway tablet - Model 275 - he started it wet
Joe12:39:22Buffalo, NYre: Tom | new computer? - wealth of options - what should I get???
Maggie12:46:35on the way to BuffaloOutlook Express - mail goes into the deleted file
Frank12:50:28Greece, NYbookmarks disappear w/ Firefox | what do I do if I'm upgrading my computer and want XP on it?
Lance12:59:28Penfield, NYwhat happened to unsent messages file? | how train thunderbird?
2007-05-27 - 12 callers
Dennis11:14:36Henrietta, NYstream has bits missing
Paul11:23:32Fairport, NYHP Potosmart all-in-one -
George11:25:35Vienna, VAdesktop to cable - XPHome - wireless router powers laptop w/ XPHome - wants to add older Dell to wireless - may have USB 1.0 - Win98SE
Roger11:49:17Rochester, NYnew PC - VistaPrem - mouse pointer disappears inside the doc
Steven12:17:41Rochester, NYreinstalling graphics for video card - one game told him to. Error - cannot download - try setting up w/ standard VGA before installing driver - XP Home
Bob12:25:05Rochester, NYcould not burn DVDs - Nero didn't fix the problem - Dell exchanged his laptop for a new one
John12:29:56Canandaigua, NYXP - windows defaults to an icon view
Carl12:33:35Williamson, NYonline test re: Linux - Kubuntu, Ubuntu | trivia contests?
Lance12:46:11Penfield, NYhow to get visual alert on a message
Phil12:49:35Portsmith, NHToshiba laptop - trying to backup some pix to CD - when do so, "D: is not accessible - incorrect function" - acdc for pentax
John12:55:59Penfield, NYanswer to Lance's question
Mary12:59:03Rochester, NYher bank won't send paper statements - terrified of banking online
2007-05-20 - 15 callers
Henry11:22:59Brighton, NYFirefox problems - unexpectedly have to shut down | when starting FF, it sometimes seems to be already running.
Bob11:25:05Geneva, NYLCD monitors?
Walter11:30:15Greece, NYUbuntu: 6.06 LTS - Firefox - when go to Web sites - can't see Flash stuff
Dan12:11:09Rochester, NYDell - XPHome - IE6 - in the last month, did updates, problem: certain Web pages, can't load the graphics & pix -
Brian12:14:38North Java, NYlaptop - sound effects for Little League Baseball - Sports Sounds Pro - WAV files - run from headphones to amp - in between, get annoying hum
Paul12:17:49Rochester, NYfiction writer - writes a lot of words per day - Dell laptop - can't use the computer outside - can't see the screen outside
Jason12:29:04cellre: Brian - $1 groundlet
Barry12:32:41Pittsford, NY2 Toshiba G15 laptops - diff ages, same model - one has battery that does not last as long as the other one - the good one will run 45 mins - 1 hr, the other stays at 80% for five mins and then dies - online costs $45 to $89, Toshiba's own are in the mid
Bob12:35:33Penfield, NYDell desktop - grandkids have broken the monitor connector at the motherboard - can't find the bracket that holds the connector on the motherboard
Lance12:38:11cellXP Acer laptop - should accept Java update? | Thunderbird - lost visual alert
Mark12:39:51Rush, NYEpson Picture Mate Photo Lab - works w/ laptop - Win2K won't recognize it
John12:48:05Irondequoit, NYnever mix ungrounded electricity and working outdoors
Paul12:50:08Dansville, NY2 XP PCs networked - one talks to other; other won't talk to first
Tim12:57:53Clarence, NYToshiba laptop w/ no serial port - purch'd vehicle software that requires serial - they gave him a PCMCIA card - it doesn't use port 1-4, which the software requires
David12:59:19Rochester, NYDSL vs. RR speed
2007-05-13 - 13 callers
Patty11:16:00Webster, NYCPU locked up - unlock - computer is in use & is locked
Bob11:28:53Rochester, NYlaptop - Inspiron 8600 - white screen - hard disk #****595B - primary HDD protected by password authentication system
Ed11:40:03Rochester, NY"friend" purchased PC @ Garage Sale - needed new OS - Ed has CD he used to upgrade 98 - license was invalid
David11:47:41Rochester, NYargues with me about my comment on "renting" Windows
Dave11:49:39cellsame subject
Bob12:16:06cellunresponsive - trying to reboot - won't even acknowledge CD to reinstall - sitting at the XP logo - frozen - fan runs & that's it
Judy12:19:34Rochester, NYlaptop hit the floor - if hit a key on top row, number above it appears; if hit number, letter below it appears
Roland12:32:59Rochester, NYMacintosh - DSL work?
Bob12:36:45Churchville, NYPresario 6000 4.5 yrs old - wouldn't shut off - powered off - black screen, white letters - new hard drive - xfer'd everything over - starts up okay - bookmarks in AOL, Netscape, etc.
Bob12:47:30Rochester, NYspent six hrs on phone w/ Dell - they say reinstall Vista Business - cannot burn DVDs - swapped DVD drive - Nero & Roxio - nothing -
Mike12:50:26Victor, NYstatic when working on computer! | Microsoft support told him not to upgrade to Vista!
Jeff12:56:44cellHP Laptop - couldn't find config.sys -
Gary12:59:00Farmington, NYdesktop - keep it running or shut off?
2007-05-06 - 13 callers
Dan11:16:26Webster, NYTrojan - ran Tango - got it out of everywhere but Registry
Carl11:26:53Rochester, NYscrapbook site we mentioned?
Jack11:28:21Scottsville, NYboot sequence - any way to short cut?
Gary11:46:01Greece, NYWindows Genuine Advantage - "no connectivity"
Jeff11:47:35Avon, NYOpenOffice! - 100-page document
Sammy11:50:01Rochester, NYVista vs. Linux
Dave12:19:43Akron, NYc# vs. Visual BASIC
Rich12:31:27Rochester, NYlocks up on startup - has to restart up to six times for it to work - works fine in safe mode - XP - 512M
Jane12:35:49Wyoming, NYno cable, no DSL - Wild Blue
Argyle12:45:38Pittsford, NYiTunes - how point iTunes to two different locations (not simultaneously) for music?
Steve12:50:17Rochester, NYUbuntu 7.04 - av scan for email?
Robert12:56:52Palmyra, NYdial up - upgraded to W2K!!!
Chris13:01:01Henrietta, NY2 PCs on router - one can connect, other cannot - XP - installed LSP connectivity error
2007-04-29 - 11 callers
Dave11:25:16Spencerport, NYdaughter to college on fall - Mac notebook - one option is to run Windows as well - communications major - some multimedia
Anthony11:44:27Rochester, NYXP - loaded - installed, but said need CD2 - hung
Pete11:49:14Victor, NYon startup, XP hangs on startup screen - can't get into safe mode
Deb11:51:03Rochester, NYspam email
Mark12:18:50Greece, NYtrouble burning DVDs - won't burn higher than 8x
Eric12:21:43Honeoye Falls, NYSONY VAIO XP Home - turn on laptop, runs fine for 5 mins, then try to open something, but the app never opens - can't do anything else - when screensaver kicks in, & you go back to that user, the app you were trying to open is there!
Bob12:23:40Rochester, NYon Tango - compat w/ Vista?
Lisa12:25:43Rochester, NYdual core CPU - Athlon or Intel?
Alan12:40:14cell2 wks after warranty - Dell - won't boot - memory problem
Mark12:53:15Irondequoit, NYUbuntu 6.06 LTS - a little perplexing
Josh12:59:05Greece, NYDVI cable?
2007-04-22 - 16 callers
Gary11:15:20Greece, NYdesktop icons move around
Dave11:25:11Canandaigua, NYHP Pavilion ~ 1 yr old - prepackaged w/ Office 2K3, had Office 2K, now neither work
Jeremiah11:27:30cellSamsung 500G SATA - shows up in Device Mgr but not in computer
Lisa11:40:10Macedon, NYbluetooth headset - w/ computer - WinXP Pro
Linda11:48:59Greece, NYnew PC w/ XP - back up hard drive - got ext HD from WD -
Jim12:13:34Rochester, NYnew Vista - Norton AV won't work
Steve12:16:46Rochester, NYMac Intel Core Duo Xeon - bought Parallels but haven't installed yet - what order to install all this stuff - or can move everything over from Dell?
John12:18:11Rochester, NYwas deleting cookies - subnetmask.info
Stan12:20:05cellfireproofs safes
Bud12:21:31Buffalo, NYiMac - G5 & Intel-based - lot of G5s avail on eBay at very high prices - what's the deal?
Pete12:34:12Rochester, NY2 PCs on wired network - one XP one Vista - printer on XP - Brother Laser & HP Deskjet -
Tom12:37:59Fairport, NYXP on ThinkPad - Tbird emails - sometimes the emails disappear
Jay12:39:36Tucson, Arizonanew machine w/ Vista - trying to play old games
Dan12:47:30celllaptop - has XP Pro - wants to clean it - no HP disk - now what?
Brian12:54:59Conesius, NYsimple stuff - Office only - 262M RAM, W2K v5 SP4 - 85% of C: full -
Len12:56:26Rochester, NYcan WMP 11 play HD movies w/o additional plugins?
2007-04-08 - 14 callers
Linda11:23:51Greece, NYmoved to new PC, but can't open stuff w/ iTunes
Chet11:27:14Irondequoit, NYXP Pro - too much for the computer he has
Kurt11:39:35Penfield, NYToshiba flash drive - 1 G - stopped working
Mike11:48:42Victor, NYhow change system name/username
Gary11:50:18Greece, NYFirefox - popups in Firefox -
Jim12:17:39Greece, NYbacking up to external drive - now doesn't recognize it any more
Bill12:27:01Marion, NYVista - AVG -
Sandra12:30:37Penfield, NYtrying to connect to TurboTax - AOL dialup - will connect to other places - HTTP error 12007 - could not be resolved
Steve12:35:30Fairport, NYwhen start PC - cpudrv status - canot open something...
Kurt12:40:08Rochester, NYwants new laptop - new Vista?
Larry12:48:41cellunsuccessful in reinstalling IE6 - took off IE7, then went messing - XP - can't proceed because there's an existing version
Roger12:49:53Rochester, NYVista - tutorial?
Mike12:57:31Perinton, NYXP Pro from 2K Pro - when open docs w/ apps - they say it's read only
Jim12:58:24Rochester, NYone XP license on multiple machines?
2007-04-01 - 21 callers
Mike11:12:27Rochester, NYYahoo Messenger - lost favorites, history, etc.
Mark11:25:13Fairport, NYEudora- business model changing
Brad11:28:25Victor, NYfrom last week, 65GB temp file, new 10 GB file came back
Frances11:35:27Greece, NYAVG 7.5 - home no problems, work doesn't update
Frances11:36:53Greece, NYThunderbird - takes 9 seconds to delete email
Tom11:49:10Rochester, NYhuge file consuming all hard drive space
Paul11:50:24Rochester, NYdefrag?
Jeremiah12:09:46Henrietta, NYPC-cillin?
Steve12:11:40Rochester, NYOld Mac, OS 9.2, Outlook Express, opens attachments, computer freezes
Roger12:13:55Rochester, NYXP Home, reboot to DOS?
Mary12:16:50Honeoye Falls, NYitunes, mp3's, won't transfer to ipod,
Mary12:18:09Honeoye Falls, NYShare screen between mac and pc?
Ed12:27:44Canandaguia, NYSony Media Center 2002, DSL, it wanted to download IE7, messed up everything
Bob12:30:34Greece, NYwife runs FF and TB, he runs Mozilla, can't run banking in FF
Ken12:31:58Irondequoit, NYupgrading computer to Vista 64 - antivirus?
Dave12:36:15Henrietta, NYold Mac upgrading to new computer, transfer address book
Lance12:38:35Rochester, NYAVG, need tango too?
Ben12:49:48Fairport, NYG4 laptop, superdrive died, replaced at AppleStore, can replace hard drive?
Joe12:50:41Rochester, NYlost HP director
Dick12:56:02South Bristol, NYanswer for HP director (conflict with IE7)
John12:57:07Leroy, NYbackup XP to move to Vista?
2007-03-18 - 18 callers
Ron11:18:13Rochester, NYXP Home - scanner - sending text works fine - pictures gives error message - check directory
Henry11:25:10Brighton, NYAVG - trying to install - "error: action failed for file avg...." "cannot find file specified" "rollback error"
Alison11:26:38cellwants to hard-wire router to an old computer
Herman11:28:25Rochester, NYMac - trying to d/l video thru Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge - used for years, now wipes out the destination drive
Bob11:40:12Rochester, NYsvc contract w/ Dell - wants Vista - will Dell support? NO! Why? Have to buy thru them
Pete11:49:12Irondequoit, NYXP - planning on new PC w/ Vista - network wirelessly
Joe11:59:05Webster, NYnew Dell w/ Vista - xfer files - 10 yr old PC - how?
Karen12:17:06Wayland, NYporn on her computer - how delete?
Bruce12:19:35Rochester, NYXP - getting slower - want to reload XP - had quick restore - lost it - now what?
Thomas12:30:00Fairport, NYVista - 3 PCs - Vista or Linux?
Tom12:33:50Fairport, NYcarpal tunnel - voice control?
Ron12:36:34Fairport, NYXP Home - clean - defrag will not complete
Jack12:38:14Farmington, NYToshiba Satellite - sound problems - intermittent - some emails would have sound, some would not - sent back to Toshiba, now NO sound
Chuck12:39:54East Rochester, NYcannot bring up WHAM or any other network station - Narrator on XP?
Joe12:49:03Rochester, NYVista/ME - same?
Dick12:55:44Brockport, NYOE - integrated calendar?
Keith12:57:00Mt. Morris, NYDVD tray pops out
Ed12:58:46Rochester, NYterabyte drives - will need in future | in late 90s bought Sony - Istation - the vista look 10 yrs ago
2007-03-11 - 17 callers
Dean11:20:12Brighton, NYnetgear wireless router - hooked to desktop - cable feed okay - occasionally dropped wireless connection in the house - happening more & more frequently to all of them
Billy11:25:57Rochester, NYIE - Favorites - when click on one, it brings up two windows
Bob11:28:55Greece, NYwireless - wep 128 - reset to WEP 64 - what about WPA?
Paul11:38:40Dansville, NYupdate: new monitor that didn't talk to the computer - new vid card worked! | finally in process of setting up network - one talks to the other; the other won't talk to the one - both XP Home Media Center
Julie11:40:44Webster, NYJavaScript - laptop w/ XP Norton 07 -
Jim11:50:29Rochester, NYAVG - every time restart computer, all the red flags come up & have to redownload it
Jim12:14:49Victor, NYmirror server upgrade - Outlook now running from that server - used to be able to typeahead - now has to reinput all the email addresses
David12:19:27cellgot cellphone modem - want to get satellite - 600-800Kbps now
John12:28:13Rochester, NYmonitor display - kids fooling around w/ it? lost contrast - almost pastel color - don't see sharp b&w -
Rich12:29:10Webster, NYre: Paul
Wayne12:30:23Rochester, NYtook pix on vaca - video clips - MOV - how put them on DVD to show others?
Lance12:32:47cellDell - win98 - avg bad - can't get out of safe mode
Dario12:34:34Rochester, NYW98 - how fix for DST?
Max12:37:01Brighton, NYOutlook - XP - Office XP Standard - when shut down, OUTLOOK.EXE - can't shut down
Dave12:39:32Greece, NYXP - Norton AV - PC show to boot, hyperlink, shut down | acting up on video
Chris12:49:54Geneseo, NYdid system restore, but it's not reversible.
Bill12:59:09Webster, NYZoneAlarm - when have mult users, if log onto profile, it loads, but what happens when you log off but leave the machine on? Is it still running? | AntiVIR - never had a problem w/ any computer he's been using
2007-03-04 - 14 callers
Bill11:25:31Gasport, NYext. hd - USB -
Paul11:28:46Dansville, NYHP Desktop - new Viewsonic 22" monitor - resolutions won't match up - 1680x1050
Henna11:38:11Penfield, NYlaptop - after a bit, screen flashes back & forth & stops working
Joe11:48:40Pittsford, NYlaptop w/ every AV product
John12:06:56LeRoy, NYhad to redo XP & redownload the updates - can't change background
Mike12:15:52Avon, NYhas Firefox - trying to get them to use it, all they know is IE - one PC has gotten some spyware that took over IE - did the Tango - won't clean
Jason12:19:09Geneva, NYNorton Security - Mozilla & IE - wife couldn't connect - shut off security w/ AV still on
Bob12:21:04Greece, NYStinger -
Doug12:33:19Newark,NYNorton - Ghost
Patty12:35:17Webster, NYin spybot - need to pick a site to get updates from
Mike12:39:45Victor, NYPodcast? | how do you find out if machine is being remotely accessed?
Bob12:49:51Greece, NYDriver IRQ not less or equal
KC12:57:10Rochester, NY40G - 10G, 30G - can resize the partition?
Bob13:02:46Rochester, NY13WHAM.com as home page - comes up great in IE - comes up in middle
2007-02-25 - 16 callers
Larry11:11:50Ontario, NYtrivia: calculator?
Bill11:12:05 Rochester, NYtrivia: credit card?
Patty11:19:09Webster, NYSpybot - update problem
Mary11:20:54Rochester, NYtelevision
Jim11:26:05Greece, NYtrivia: remote control | like to replace heavy laptop w/ smallest, lightest
Jerry11:38:08Chili, NYtrivia: Laszo Biro invented the ballpoint pen -
Patrick11:40:20Rochester, NYtrivia: nylon panty hose | domain names hijacked - spammers are using his domain name
John11:49:18Long Island, NYtrivia: toothbrush! - WINNER!!!
Suzanne11:57:35Webster, NYcomputer shuts down spontaneously - Tango didn't work - STOP 0x000008e
Bob12:30:34Rochester, NYIE, Netscape, FF, Opera - which has better 128-bit encryption | Opera password encryption
Leo12:39:26Webster, NYthanks - last week re: AVG - now computer won't start - can I put the drive in another computer as the secondary drive and still have access to my programs?
Jeff12:54:38Ontario, NYXP/OE - runtime error - this app has requested to runtime to terminate in an unusual way
Jim12:55:30Irondequoit, NYwhich Linux?
Drew12:56:47Rochester, NYAd-aware - Symantec came up w/ a problem every time
John12:57:32Rochester, NYWii - what to protect it on the Internet?
Patty12:58:55Webster, NYre: Jeff & Outlook
2007-02-11 - 14 callers
Dave11:16:40Lyons, NYSprint U720 Wireless Modem - trying to set up the connection manager - 1722 error - some sort of Java error
Gator11:25:32Dansville, NYmodem in Ubuntu
Tom11:27:27Greece, NYthis is the guy who called from China in April - wireless router - slowing down - doesn't connect
John11:41:05Penfield, NYtrying to d/l a trial edition of Office - gets 50-60M before it stops
Greg11:48:39Holley, NY3 PCs networked - 2 XPs, 1 98 - every Sunday, he does the Tango on each - if switch accounts, get more hits
Bob12:07:54Rochester, NYupgrading to Vista soon (when they send it) - make sure no problems w/ Thunderbird & Firefox - should I back up?
Wendy12:19:07Batavia, NYHP - had HD checked for viruses - can't find startup disk - now what?
Steve12:30:47Brockport, NYproblem upgrading XP Home to XP Pro - was fine until rebooted - AML0ZN7X.SYF
Ted12:35:39Fairport, NYBSoD - when start, get IRQL not less or equal to - hardware issue - repartitioned - runs fine on new partition | Ubuntu - DSL - slower running Linux than Windows
Dave12:38:29Canandaigua, NYTried to get Frontier DSL - test says can't -
Jim12:45:06Henrietta, NYleft PC on all night long - did not shut off, but went blank - had to get it going again - today, opens, but can't get anywhere - ended up w/ BSoD - shut down to prevent damage - wouldn't open in safe mode - IBM ThinkPad
Ed12:49:51Canandaigua, NYW98 - hasn't been on the Internet for years - recently gone blind - won't see optical drive - will play games originally on the hard drive, do scan disk, etc. Nothing happens when you put in a disk (CD, etc.)
Ed12:58:43Hilton, NYrecover files after reformat?
Kirk12:59:59Spencerport, NYcan't get out of hibernate
2007-02-04 - 11 callers
Dick11:28:57Fairport, NYbroadband vs. dialup - have to dialup for company - occasionally, when dialled up, can get to Internet through their connection as well.
Bill11:39:03LeRoy, NYiMac won't turn on
Dave12:15:26Farmington, NYSong Licensing?
Glen12:19:27Rochester, NYeTrust Pest Control from Frontier - tried to delete it - HPP block in firewall?
Mike12:30:32Ontario, NYWord 2K - cannot access files - fatal exception OD
Gil12:33:56Rochester, NYUbuntu - security?
Jim12:37:45cellre: Glen - Jim dl'd Vista - the only problem he had was AOL has taken over IE - Startup - MSCONFIG - services - pest patrol was there????
Walter12:39:49Greece, NYUbuntu, also - some sites require IE
Mike12:49:19cellhad 98, was running Works 2000 - now XP - every time he opens a document & changes the date to the current date
David12:56:57Spencerport, NYAOL - XP IE7 - can't run AOL - MS C++ virtual runtime error
Frank13:03:06Rochester, NYUbuntu
2007-01-28 - 16 callers
Marty11:22:37Niagara Falls, NYW95!!! to Mac - do I need security?
Bob11:28:55Greece, NYdaughter's laptop - starts shutting down - overheating? - fan's not running - seems to be running, but very slowly
Mark11:35:25Greece, NYWebsite links
Bob11:38:40Rochester, NYXP SP2 Laptop - DSL - ZA Pro - Norton AV - if add router
Jeff11:49:00Canandaigua, NYtrouble connecting machines to main system - worked okay until a couple of weeks ago
Steve11:51:16Rochester, NYCA firewall thru RR - computer was on
Gary12:15:13Lockport, NYTiger - annoying problem - when dialup, connection lasts 1 min, 4 secs - then he can get back on and everything is okay
Anthony12:17:00Rochester, NYhow do you delete the browser cache
Jim12:18:40Rochester, NYlaptop harddrive problems - IBM laptop - W2K - old HD copied to new HD - when put new one in, still can't see it
Tom12:29:34Rochester, NYneeds larger DH - needs to back up files - XP Home -
Rick12:31:33Rochester, NYhave to have iTunes - wants Media Player for default - went and unchecked formats in iTunes - but can't uncheck QuickTime
Bernie12:35:33Hopewell, NYHP Desktop - external HD - trying to copy C: to it
Laurie12:43:41Shortsville, NYwhen close out of Web site to go back to desktop - sometimes it freezes
George12:47:09Pittsford, NYGhost - Acronis TrueImage?
Carl12:56:39Penn Yan, NYVerizon DSL - can't get online unless use Outlook Express
Jeff12:58:53Rochester, NYneed wireless print server to add to network - want Mac-friendly
2007-01-21 - 13 callers
Brian11:13:06Stanley, NYCompaq w/ ATI Radeon - ATI 2M Tag
Matt11:17:19Rochester, NYhome built - runs w/ Windows, can't run Linux "can't find file system" droppping to limited shell
Jim11:34:15Rochester, NYIBM laptop W2K - backed up w/ Ghost | Thunderbird - can't get into all subfolders
Gary11:37:15Rochester, NYDell - SATA HD - wants a 2nd one for RAID mirror backup - XP Pro
Henry11:40:41Brighton, NYMcAfee "classic" - auto update - often fails - works manually | Thunderbird - junk mail filter
Larry11:50:28Irondequoit, NY3 old laptops - want to store - W3.1, W95, W98 - what about the battery?
Barry12:17:25Fairport, NYSeagate external 160G for backup - what software?
Brian12:20:06Spencerport, NYstartup - "could not run winlogin.exe - remove reference in registry"
Karen12:30:30Manchester, NYWindows Update - express - IE7 -
Roger12:33:07Hilton, NYif try open Word/Excel, new doc opens then immediately closes
Lee12:51:43Perry, NYXP & Ubuntu Battlefield 2142
Joey12:53:02Chili, NYmusic in folder - want to xfer to media player - xfer'd to same folder - has 3/4 of same song
Charlie12:55:50Geneva, NYThunderbird - Works is his picture opener - Windows
2007-01-14 - 17 callers
Jamie11:13:53York, NYPSP XP WinMediaPlayer - won't recognize the PSP
Patty11:21:40Kendall, NYdesktop/laptop both same uname/pwd - can see laptop from desktop, but not vice versa - not the firewall
Steve11:27:27Henrietta, NYWinPro Laptop - DS_Store
Lynn11:34:06W. Irondequoit, NYDell P4 XP - Tango every Sunday - can't get into Safe Mode
Jeanette11:38:28Batavia, NYwant laptop - how do we go about that?
Gary11:49:08Irondequoit, NYExplorer keeps closing out - can get on, but dies after a while
Mary Beth12:14:45Niagara Falls, NYreliability of HD in desktop v laptop??
Garrett12:16:28East Rochester, NYtwo virus programs fighting each other - when boot, looks for old McAfee
Terry12:19:16Rochester, NYnew DVD installed - then some files couldn't be played anymore - WMV - MPG fine
Jean12:28:21Rochester, NYStop Sign - now doesn't boot
Bob12:30:19Rochester, NYgood file shredder program?
Bob12:33:06Rochester, NYMSCONFIG for Win2000? Something similar?
Roger12:37:23Rochester, NY3 Compaq Presarios - two in office, one for home use - CD drawers act up
Mark12:40:09Henrietta, NYwhat antivirus program?
Paul12:48:31Canandaigua, NYW98 - erratic mouse problem
Robert12:51:08Bergen, NYW3.1 - had a clock feature that
Angelo12:59:11Rochester, NYafter login, get taskbar but no icons for about a minute - also won't shut down
2007-01-07 - 13 callers
Larry11:15:25Rochester, NYWin98 - new 22" wide-screen monitor from Westinghouse - when online, window sized right for online, but everything else is stretched
Linda11:26:03Greece, NYiTunes on XP - bought 2-part series from iTunes - plays fine on computer, but only get part 1 on the iPod.
John11:28:10Penfield, NYuninstalling IE7?
Ron11:29:57Rochester, NYXP - DSL - wireless - Adaware, Spybot, AVG - ZoneAlarm?
John11:38:01Ontario, NYgetting assaulted by the downloader worm - 30 a day
Dave12:05:33Canandaigua, NYSuse 10.2 - Samba - both server & client - KDE - trying to open file on a Windows box -
Patty12:30:17Kendall, NYwireless home network - XP Pro desktop & laptop - works fine on Internet - laptop can see desktop, desktop cannot see laptop
Virginia12:35:59Batavia, NYprinter & computer communicating - Compaq ME laptop - Canon BJC55 - can't print - uninstalled printer, got two copies when installed - seems to be completely uninstalled now - went to Canon troubleshooting site -
Burt12:42:56Palmyra, NYThunderbird - newsgroups on UseNet - can't find, miscounting
Craig12:44:59Greece, NYT21 ThinkPad - 850MHz - 256M PC100 RAM - wants to boost to 512M - PC133 is 1/2 the price - compatible?
Paul12:53:45Holley, NYAnswer for Patty from Kendall!
Rick12:55:33Churchville, NYguy buying used PC - can he take it somewhere to get checked out?
Rick12:59:07Batavia, NYtrying to put his harddrive in a new system - XP upgrade orig disk - had the key on the envelope, and lost the envelope
2006-12-31 - 13 callers
Jim11:16:32Greece, NY5 yr old Dell - 2nd 80G drive - not on the Internet - wants to move 10G from C: to D: - how?
Dennis11:28:13Honeoye, NYsets system to turn off monitor & power down but not turn off the HD - but runs all the time
John11:36:58Pittsford, NYPC w/ AVI files - 7G to 34G - about 200G - trying to move them to a Mac via an external drive - but FAT32 will truncate the files
Tim11:45:27cellNorton AV - running out - Tango stuff?
Fred11:49:14Greece, NYDSL - speed check - d/l 54K bps - up is 318 bps
Gene11:50:57Henrietta, NYOutlook Express - RR - preview pane
Irwin12:15:45Rochester, NYPinnacle Studio Movie box - VCRs to DVDs - VERY slow in rendering - AMD 2600 1.5G RAM - 2x250SATA Raided Nvidia 6600GT w/ 128M
Tom12:20:35Fairport, NYused ThinkPad for Christmas - usually listens to Jazz - click to listen doesn't pick it up as MP3 - does a playlist
Norb12:31:40Fairport, NYgot ads w/ little red Xs instead of graphics
Linda12:35:13Greece, NYwindows defender service has stopped
Chris12:38:49Henrietta, NYduaghter going to college - what should we get?
Jeff12:56:41Canandaigua, NYnetwork problem - desktop can't be seen by wireless computers - can see laptops from desktops - printers are on desktop - everything was working until this morning
Bob12:58:50Rochester, NYnew laptop for Christmas - under add/remove was WildTangent!!!
2006-12-24 - 10 callers
Bill11:23:25Greece, NYProcessLibrary.com - newsgroups don't always mark as read
Jeff11:26:50Greece, NYtrying to convert PowerPoint to AVI
Bill11:51:07Honeoye, NYXP Home - Dell - RoadRunner - Firefox/Tbird - getting a couple popups - "at risk" | why are we using disk drives instead of flash?
Gary12:17:12Lockport, NYMac OSX - OpenOffice vs. NeoOffice?
Leo12:28:47Henrietta, NYHP Pavilion Z2000 laptop - when tried to start - light comes on for a couple secs then shuts itself off
Bob12:30:56Hilton, NYWindows Media Player - P4 - XP - running movie - only runs about 1/2 way thru then lose pic - sound okay
John12:34:48cellcannot remove icon from desktop - movie file from friend - saved to desktop - 0 bytes - can't trash it
Dan12:36:26Brighton, NYIE 7 -
Gene12:38:50Greece, NYRR - qupdate.exe is trying to access your internet
Dave12:58:18Rochester, NYno sound - Win startup tune ok - pinball ok - nothing from CD or movies
2006-12-17 - 11 callers
Kevin11:16:41Rochester, NYSymantec DOES auto-update
Dave11:51:35Greece, NYlaptop w/ DVD - reads/writes CDs, plays DVDs, will not recognize DVD+r to burn
Todd12:27:39Gates, NY
Dan12:31:58cellhow eject external harddrive? | f-i-l just replaced his PC - first one has all his network settings, pix, etc. - pull it off that one?
George12:33:53Fairport, NYgets popup to check Registry - says you have to buy a product to fix them
Dave12:36:30Akron, NYUbuntu 5.1 - trying to cut a CD -
Doug12:38:35Hilton, NYLimeWire?
Jim12:54:20cell
Jason12:57:08CellZoneAlarm - if leave computer for a while, can't get on the Internet - if shut down ZA, can get back on the net!
Gary12:58:14Lockport, NYolder eMachine - XP Home - USB 1 - can I throw a card for 2?
Ruth12:59:54Ontario, NYXP - user accounts - two - her & husband - guest off - ASP.net - limited account
2006-12-10 - 11 callers
Bill11:16:49Fairport, NYXP Home - Live Update - IE7
Jim11:25:38Greece, NYson has Mac G5 - hardly ever use it except for iTunes - would like new computer - PC or Mac?
John11:27:43Rochester, NYDell Inspiron - W2K Pro - wireless
Jim11:39:21Syracuse, NYWindows update has stopped working - gets to page, finds updates, clicks, and either can't or won't download them - XP
Aaron11:50:01cell3-computer network - 2 wireless - problem xfering large files between wireless - connection drops
Judy12:16:42Henrietta, NYgrad'ng RIT this month - been a student since 98! - buying new laptop - HP? - AMD or Intel?
Rick12:19:15Pittsford, NYrun-time error -
Bill12:29:29Webster, NYAdaware only comes with Googlepack??? | computer went down - new power supply - in AM - PC is frozen - mouse, kybd won't work - must recycle - clock keeps correct time
Jeff12:32:28Canandaigua, NYput retail XP on a PC - that computer died; want to move XP to another machine
The Lovely and Talented Elaine Francesco12:49:56Rochester, NYevery parent needs a TV-B-Gone!
Pat12:56:54Irondequoit, NYW98 & XP - on 98 - added memory - if boot, the keyboard numlock doesn't turn on
2006-12-03 - 14 callers
Victor11:16:15Irondequoit, NYis there a web site that will tell me who lives on my street?
Mike11:22:44Henrietta, NYwhen reboot notepad comes up twice & system error
Rich11:27:37Darien Center, NYXP - won't boot - boots on 3rd time - can't open attachments - actually, the system boots, but the desktop doesn't appear
Al11:48:34Grand Island, NYXP on P3 - had 40G installed - was running FAT32, now NTFS - has had problems w/ it - ran system repair; it fixed a few things - when try to install new program, puts CD in, lights flash, nothing. Suddenly, after 4-5 mins, it starts up!
Bryan11:55:01Henrietta, NYLinux & iPod
Patty12:00:00Rochester, NYXP - d/l'd FF & TB - how install?
Wally12:23:11Honeoye Falls, NYwant to go to Linux - have used it - Mepis, Xandros, Core 3 - PhotoShop? FPSs?
Tom12:29:47Buffalo, NYd/l'd IE7 - got a LOT of popup ads - now AdAware won't run
Peter12:32:22cellhad RR installed yesterday - XP -
Glenny12:34:05Rochester, NYIE7 & Norton -
Marty12:37:15Niagara Falls, NYhas AVG free - when load, says free version has expired
John12:39:34Penfield, NYhas RR - father-in-law on RR in Syracuse - how support him?
Amy12:48:17cellgot fed up w/ McAfee - pro AVG - firewall - should I let Symantec LiveUpdate through?
Kevin12:50:10Greece, NYLinux & Win on the same machine?
2006-11-26 - 10 callers
Doug11:15:40Honeoye Falls, NYBlue Frog - Mozilla - "proxy server is refusing connection" | old Norton - expired - can't remove because expired
Dave11:33:31Mendon, NYcan't flush the DNS
John11:40:12Penfield, NYlaptop XP Pro - CA security suite from Frontier - firewall - MQSVC.EXE wants to make connections
John11:51:11Rochester, NY15" Powerbook G4 1G bad hinge | add RAM?
Chris12:13:14Rochester, NYIE7 - popup - she upgraded to IE7 -
Mike12:18:13Buffalo, NYbuying a college student a laptop - no gaming - lots of photoshop 7.0
Burt12:32:38Palmyra, NYgone Linux - Fedora 5 - typing sounds for GAIM?
Rose12:52:56Gates, NYhow xfer files from old to new computer?
Mary12:56:45Charlotte, NYAAA credit card - can only check on IE |
Marcy12:58:02Rochester, NYhow to deal w/ lying customers
2006-11-19 - 10 callers
Ron11:15:57Rochester, NYXP Home - Lexmark 8485 printer/scanner - how make print screen key work?
Brian11:39:39Honeoye Falls, NYlaptops - upgrade memory - Latitude & Inspiron - PC100 SO DIMMs - what if put in a 133 in?
Jeff11:49:58Webster, NYbest book re: Windows
Bob11:57:56Rochester, NYWindows Defender?
Dave12:14:13Lima, NYXP Media Center -> XP Pro?
Lynn12:21:40Rochester, NYWinXP, OfficeXP - trying to email word docs
Joe12:29:48Spencerport, NYmbrd died - new PC - no speakers - put old ones on - very little volume - bought powered speakers - still a problem
Annie12:37:20Fairport, NYpers banking on wireless hotspots?
Dave12:40:17Greece, NYXP - told by MS to install 2nd copy of XP on computer - computer asks which you want to use? - new works fine - how get rid of old one?
Dave12:59:55Henrietta, NYSanta's coming - looking for new laptop - have 17" HP - want to make the change before Vista comes out - clock speeds?
2006-11-12 - 13 callers
Klaus11:24:06Trenton, Ontario, Canadare: call a couple of weeks ago re: couldn't turn the computer on - in his case, the problem was that the button battery died | new computer: upgraded to Firefox 2 on XP - when click on link in email or a Web site he's saved
Margie11:27:00Rochester, NYDell - did the remote control thing - XP Welcome screen, etc. - wants to get rid of that & just boot into user
Thomas11:35:27Newark,NYIE7 - "Smart Bridge alert motivesb.exe entry point not found"
Cindy11:39:52Geneseo, NYdid the Tango - nothing is showing up in the device manager - not in safe mode
Mark11:49:38Greece, NYwhen boot, hangs - Task Manager - Performance Monitor peaks 100% - when reboot "end program dialog"
Joe12:13:56Pittsford, NYIE: MS Visual C runtime library buffer overrun detected
Herb12:20:12Spencerport, NYlatop P3 - put it to sleep - tried to restart - can't find the hard drive - tried to reinstall - pnp install blue screens | thunderbird - two email accounts - wk & home
Al12:34:01East Rochester, NYif near PC when on phone (portable), when hang up, stops the transmission online (DSL w/ all filters) DSL cuts out
Joel12:39:55Rochester, NYforeign languages - can't get to web site
George12:47:57Fairport, NYold PC - how wipe hard drive?
Erik12:50:12Williamson, NYWinMediaPlayer11 - did some driver updates - when open WinExplorer - if CD or DVD in drive, can't be read - but WiMP11 works fine - Nero works fine
Barbara12:55:09Albion, NYAVG notice - 7.1 discontinued - replaced by 7.5
Frank12:59:59Greece, NYIE7 - scrolls too fast
2006-11-05 - 12 callers
GeneHow's11:23:33Castile, NYrenew Norton? How's 2007?
Dennis11:29:30Victor, NYW98!!! Word problem - several slave forms on the desktop - does "save as" - gets top blue bar starts flashing
Bob11:38:14Greece, NYduring Tango - when in safe mode, when attempt to run McAfee in Safe Mode
Mike11:40:33Elma, NYflip4mac
Paul11:55:37Irondequoit, NYactually Paul's wife Bev - did Tango - ran it - connected to Internet, but can't access email or IE
Steve11:59:12Rochester, NYLinksys wireless Mac Xeon tower -
Dave12:35:18cellFirefox - when search, choices have web sites - if click on any, not able to get to that web site - have to type results in manually - msn search -
Ann12:38:55Greece, NYhow to disable private browsing in Safari
Tom12:48:43Naples, NYRR - starts with 192.x.x.x address, gets changed to 72.x.x.x - what's up?
John12:57:04Rochester, NYHP 2.4G - 1G - still runs slowly - opening documents very slow - 15 secs to open Word
Dale12:57:54cell20" iMac - would like to turn monitor on its side & rotate the display
Roger12:59:10Rochester, NYfirefox toolbar -
2006-10-29 - 15 callers
Marty11:13:52Rochester, NYNorton error: internal program error
Ginny11:23:17Pittsford, NYsoftware opinion: spyware terminator?
Charlie11:28:37Spencerport, NYflash - problem loading - tried to open videos in roadrunner - flv file - can't be opened
Jim11:39:50Shortsville, NYdanced the tango - afterwards, Ad-aware wants to do a scan on every document
Jerry11:49:44Penn Yan, NYIntel iMac - was Adelphia, now RoadRunner - when try to send mail out, can't find an outgoing mail server - just every so often - has the outgoing mail server listed - it's HotMail
Bob11:59:57Clyde, NYmouse doesn't work properly - trying to download a delete for search plugins for Firefox - won't scroll - will work in email
Dan12:17:58Rochester, NYolder PC used for backup - checked the time change - no power tried diff cord, no power going in to the machine - desktop - emachine
Jim12:19:15Greece, NYemachine laptop - smoked the OS - wouldn't come up - reinstalled - same problem
Andy12:31:11Naples, NYeMac - unplugged - replugged, time/date off - wants admin name/pwd - doesn't accept it
Brian12:33:14Chili, NYFirefox - almost exclusively - when log into diff websites for video/audio - missing plugins
Mike12:43:43Fairport, NYPC in den - RR -> modem -> wireless router - laptop in kitchen - been getting kicked off on both laptop & PC - does the reboot dance & gets back on
Mike12:47:00Irondequoit, NYdefault page is hijacked
Josh12:49:51Greece, NY250G HD - when try to start up - NTLDR.DLL missing
John12:57:25Rochester, NYhow set up folder to put files?
Tim12:59:53Spencerport, NYwireless laptop & router - at college, it's fine - home, sometimes good, sometimes X, but still can access okay
2006-10-22 - 18 callers
Victor11:11:16Irondequoit, NY2 PCs networked - no blocked intrusions on ZA - wireless router
Barry11:19:45Pittsford, NYWin iTunes - used well over a year, bought hundreds of songs - upgraded to QT7 - now can't get anything to run, install, work error: one of registry keys could not be opened - check to see if you have permission
Gary11:25:47Greece, NYsecurity - Frontier DSL - Tango - Norton - switched to AVG - sometimes AVG seems to interfere w/ capability to get into email - uses both IE & Thunderbird
Dawn11:28:18Brighton, NY2 mo ago airport extreme - worked fine up to 2 wks ago - sometimes no signal - sometimes full signal, sometimes one bar PowerMac??? 10.3
Josh11:39:46Rochester, NYbought new sound card - old had driver problems - computer froze, got BSoD
Bert11:49:00Palmyra, NYxUbuntu - cannot connect to Internet
Gene11:50:39Greece, NYremoving Kodak EZ Share - when open a picture file, still see Kodak icon
Jack11:57:27Waterloo, NYdesktop & laptop - XP - RR - Firefox & IE - ESPN Website - laptop on IE -
Tom11:59:56Rochester, NY64-bit dual processor - PC-cillin - McAfee -
Mike12:19:53Buffalo, NYreplaced CPU & heat sink - games for 3-6 hours - big diff in CPU temp between gaming & idle
Mike12:28:56Webster, NYwireless - laptop cannot find it as of yesterday - unplugged, replugged - can find other wireless network; just not his
Charlotte12:31:50Conesius, NYFirefox - printing - DSL - when go to print, get normal response on computer, but nothing prints
Phil12:35:31Canandaigua, NYDell Latitude C610 laptop - caps lock blinks 10 times - then quits
Matt12:40:06Rochester, NYvirus burst
Jeff12:50:08Seneca Falls, NYSONY camcorder - laptop w/ Pinnacle Studio 9 - can copy video to memory stick, convert to MPEG, put in computer. Direct video to the laptop - firewire
Dick12:54:45Rochester, NYWebsite - hacked -
Marty12:57:09Niagara Falls, NYlaptop power issue - gets halfway into loading & freezes solid
Art12:59:56Rochester, NYthinking about new PC - has XPSP2 - doesn't want to reload everything
2006-10-15 - 14 callers
Stan11:14:51Pittsford, NYmonitor stopped working?
Ray11:23:04Rochester, NYGateway - XP - sits @ GW logo screen - can hear clicking - "hard drive not found" - boot failure
Linda11:27:20Greece, NYconcern - have to have work done on computer - has iTunes - videos, etc. - CopyPod
Dave11:36:50Bath, NYdict not working in Word - everthing went to heck - working now - getting messenger errors
Dave11:40:07Lima, NYHP Pavilion ZT1135 - sound cut out - none any more - drivers say it's working properly, vol unmuted
Bob12:11:46Conesius Lake, NYdesktop - shut down - start up - nothing - checked everything - still nothing
Art12:13:39Rochester, NYyes - take computer to a pro! laptop had loud fans - when went to clean it, fried the processor | how difficult is it to take it out of the old laptop to make it portable?
Dale12:17:44Rochester, NYboot up probs - system slowed down - Win said update - turned off PC - turned on - "windows loading" - checking file c: - fat32 - verified - no probs - restarts again
Ken12:25:29Penfield, NYtook apart son's computer to clean out - did 2 case fans, CPU, power supply, video - stays on for about 4 secs then shuts down
Amy12:28:14Caledonia, NYonly dialup avail - very frustrating
Lynn12:34:17Clymer, NYfirefox - he deleted everything on firefox - how copy bookmarks? | old HP w/ 98SE - ZoneAlarm wouldn't work -
Jim12:38:25Fairport, NYnew Mac Pro - playing w/ BootCamp - wireless kybd - Mac side detects it - on Windows, have to cycle kybd several times to get it recognized
John12:52:37Rochester, NYnew laptop - how best prep old machine for conversion? going to be done by vendor
Tom12:57:04Pittsford, NYPalm Pilot - Act! - mail merge - what if want to put all on home PC?
2006-10-08 - 14 callers
Jonathan11:16:22Pittsford, NYPC - if leave on for too long, turns off & very hard to restart - on/off button - can you use that to turn it off?
Paul11:26:42Syracuse, NYWinMediaCenter 2004 - crashed - needs new computer - basic stuff - digital camera - music - XP Pro
Tom11:39:35Rochester, NYXP - can't get to a DOS prompt - type in CMD - "not a win32 application"
Jim11:48:56Irondequoit, NYwas fooling around - QuarterDeck - starts checking computer, and has changed everything over to "Windows NT"
Keith11:55:58Victor, NYGoogle Sketch - free!
Tom12:00:04Wolcott, NYboot up - when press power button, seems to go to CD, then nothing happens... hit reset, get post beeps... do that a lot, then it starts to DOS windows - checksum bad - attempt at overclocking - working until last week
Dave12:16:23Rochester, NYxfer'd all video to DVD - 50 of 'em - shelf life?
Jay12:17:54Farmington, NYToshiba laptop - hangs - safe mode - hands at agp440.sys
Grace12:27:39Ontario, NYXP - DSL - he took that off - she reinstalled her DSL wireless - no sound
Michael12:31:42Elma, NYnot on the Internet yet - can I put an OS on a USB drive & use that?
Chris12:36:36Penfield, NYwhat's easiest, most versatile, least memory intensive way to back up your hard drive
Doug12:39:36Rochester, NYarchival CDs/DVDs - Kodak Gold - do they make a printable DVD? | 1.5GHz 1GRAM -
Rich12:49:38Rochester, NY3 PCs networked - 98, XPHome, XPMediaCtr - Works database - couple of docs to print - margins are diff on diff computers - one printer shared on network
Ken12:57:03Shortsville, NYrandomly shuts down & reboots - when running video
2006-10-01 - 14 callers
Steve11:17:58Rochester, NYhigh-speed access - over quota in mail - get that often
Paul11:37:00Fairport, NYson screwed up Mac laptop - do I need to reinstall? How?
Dave11:40:22Webster, NYblue screen flashes on boot - error says memory has been changed - menu - nothing works
Josh11:48:54Oakfield, NYhow to forward a port?
Chris11:58:23Atlanta, NYsystem startup is slower - files are cryptic...
Ron12:11:59Webster, NYwhen open small pgm like Calculator, opens in specific place - change? - some Web content shows up crowded on the left - change?
Lou12:15:34Fairport, NYwhen log into IM, AIM service can't be reached
Frank12:17:51Gates, NYWindows Update - error 0X8DDD0002
Anthony12:21:53Rochester, NYfonts - how remove?
Barb12:32:40Marilla, NY5 updates from MS - neglected? one is for security issue on multicase, VML, memory corruption, filter manager - good? | Spybot - MS security disable? also firewall
Landon12:36:56Rochester, NYMac OS X - WebDAV file system - Ctrl-K should bring that up - can get into certain folders, other no w/ warning message - continue to get warning message until reboot
Ted12:39:29Churchville, NYin LAN status - activity monitor - lots of G sent - turned off QoS
Jay12:50:08Brighton, NYbackups w/ ext HD
Justin13:00:05Rochester, NYbuilt pC - one out of every 5 times, monitor doesn't work - goes into hibernation mode - needs to restart until it works
2006-09-24 - 13 callers
Patti11:24:01W. Henrietta, NYNano - 8 mo - iTunes recognized it - new video iPod - loaded new software - won't recognize it in iTunes - even the old Nano isn't recognized - unloaded all software, reloaded new - still nothing
Brian11:25:35Honeoye Falls, NYwireless - wanted wired - can't find Win98 CD
Chris11:45:21Rochester, NYhad virus - fixed it - what clued him in was that the PC would hang on boot
Keith11:50:29Farmington, NYin-home network laptop & PC - laptop can see everything - PC can't see the laptop | new PC - came w/ HP printer w/ Vivera ink - better?
Ginny12:05:27Pittsford, NY
Bob12:13:28Buffalo, NYMSWorks - HP Printer - when go to print, box says out of memory - XP
Tony12:17:56East Rochester, NYkybd not working properly - dif kybd, same thing - would not reco floppy on boot
Glen12:29:40Penfield, NYwill new Mac laptops boot up in Windows? How does the disc work?
Brian12:32:05Fairport, NYnew power supply prevents him from hearing AM radio
Brett12:34:42Newark,NY2 computers, router, wants to network them - how?
Howard12:37:03Rochester, NYre: Glen - more he talks to ppl about switching to a Mac, the more confused he gets - on new iMacs, if I don't want to see Windows, how do I get my PC to work?
Tom12:56:29Penfield, NYhome network w/ 4 computers - 2 wireless - lost the 2 wireless from the workgroup - can't see them
Matt12:58:10Canandaigua, NYschool district - PCs - want iMacs - compatible?
2006-09-17 - 17 callers
Linda11:25:30Greece, NYpartypoker.net - changed password - get blank screen says done -
John11:28:01East Rochester, NYSound problem - sometimes just goes away - have to log off/on or restart
Mike11:38:27Springwater, NYDSL .Mac undeliverable
Steve11:39:36Rochester, NYEuchre on Yahoo! - applet info at bottom of screen
Phil11:47:47Greece, NYwhen's the next Frontier Seminar
Rob11:51:17Pittsford, NYdefault admin for small business - 6 boxes & relatives all over the country - XP Home - should not d/l SP1?
Roger11:55:24Rochester, NYon scanned documents, if select an area to copy into something else, it doesn't always come out right
Chet11:58:37Rochester, NYTime Warner, AOL - computer is slow - Gateway 2000 - 320M, 330 MHz??? XP
Heather12:15:30Penfield, NYToshiba - XP - takes 10 mins to shut down
Dick12:18:53Spencerport, NYNero - photo CD - works fine for him, won't work for buddy
Brian12:19:30Rochester, NYhow convert MP3 to WMA?
John12:28:24Canandaigua, NYMedia Edition - screen scrambles & freezes every few days - have to reboot - sometimes it comes back
Patrick12:31:44Batavia, NYwants to record some stuff on the computer - putting together a presentation for a class - Web sites, docs & spreadsheets
P.J.12:35:22Penfield, NYWinPro - w/ no new programs installed - freezes - danced the Tango -
Bill12:39:34Rochester, NYwants to build his own - which MB & proc?
John12:51:15Fairport, NYXP - used to have something at the bottom w/ a Microphone - it's gone
Jonathan12:59:43Pittsford, NYLotus Notes - does it have the ability to keep a database of clients? - is Lotus Notes a contact Management program?
2006-09-10 - 20 callers
Ian11:12:37Adam's Basin, NYDell laptop - XP - stays on shutdown page
Steve11:21:03Rochester, NYXP - when shutdown, XPCOM
Roger11:24:09cellXP Home upgrade - everything freezes, but can move the mouse, then goes blank, and stuff reappears - can use it - happens once ever minute
Ingrid11:27:55Fairport, NYDell Dimension - does not want to boot - XP screen comes on & just sits there - can't turn off - worked w/ Dell tech - unplugged, did stuff in MSCONFIG - worked for about a week or so, now does the same thing - seems to work in safe mode
Mary11:36:40Charlotte, NYThanks!
Bruno11:39:36Greece, NYmodem card - can answer phone while online - sometimes works, sometimes doesn't
Bob11:48:56Rochester, NYWinbook laptop Win3.1 - no CD - where get 95 on floppy or Linux on floppy?
Bill11:49:56Buffalo, NYHP Pavilion - want to upgrade memory - 2 slots w/ 256M in each
Patricia11:54:50Rochester, NYHappy Birthday
Bob11:56:11Greece, NYOpenOffice.org - runs on just about everything
Tom11:58:04Rochester, NYME - can't defrag - ran Tango - 10 times -
Brian11:59:56Honeoye, NYwireless router - works great - addition on house - put desk in basement - signal's terrible
Gerry12:13:15Rochester, NYadvice to Ingrid: spysweeper & ewido
Dave12:35:14Ontario, NYcomputer continually churns - HD light on, when shutdown, slow to do so, processes shows 97-8 idle - has run Tango - XP - 2.5G
Chris12:38:23Rochester, NYdrive imaging software - Ghost seems to be bloated
Adam12:49:01Rochester, NYTax Prep sftwr - fiscal yr 2005 -
Bob12:49:52Victor, NYWin98 - what protection software can I buy?
John12:55:43Penfield, NYPresario 2700 Laptop XPHomeSP2 LinkSys wireless - hibernate at night - when come out of hibernation, fails to recognize the wireless card | Acronis - has file backup feature
Dan12:56:42Rochester, NYPresario Laptop - HD Dead - new on in - want data off old one - 8 yrs old
Mike12:58:57Rochester, NYlaptop worked yesterday - went on Internet & it "went crazy"
2006-09-03 - 14 callers
Jonathan11:28:05Pittsford, NYwireless router - 2 laptops & another PC - got Dell Latitude - doesn't run very fast
Dick11:36:51Rochester, NYXP IE6.1 - can't get to Web sites thru IE
Billy11:38:55cellhas bogus WinMediaCenter - bought legit version
Brian11:40:01Rochester, NYcable modem for 8 yrs - recently they replaced it - LinkSys needs to be reset daily - release/renew
Marty11:54:53Niagara Falls, NYiMac - won't recognize wireless router - WEP key
John11:58:22Henrietta, NYW2K - like to chat in Yahoo! - every once in a while won't let him in - click here to wait a little longer or go back
Eric11:59:56Hilton, NYXP Home - RR - ezTrust - infection can't get rid of - Thunderbird
Brian12:20:23Rochester, NYserver problem - thought it was a virus - turned out to be bad capacitors on the motherboard! - pervasive on Dells & some others | cleaning basement - box of cassettes - played very well -
Lou12:32:39Rochester, NYnew listener - bought new Toshiba - didn't use it for a couple of months - now it only says "Welcome to Toshiba." Took it to someone who works for son who does PC work - says motherboard burned out.
Lance12:36:01Penfield, NYTango - finds infected file in Thunderbird trash - stays until reboot | old OSs - DOS calendar program - works fine w/ 98 - tries to print to dot matrix printer w/ PRN:
Bob12:39:42Pittsford, NYexternal HD for backup
Mike12:53:09Buffalo, NYre: Dell capacitors - anyone who has a Dell desktop coming off warranty, have someone take a look at it re: capacitors | pet peeve:
Jim12:56:42Bath, NYolder HP - hasn't been used in a year - plugged in all along - in Win Explorer - can't copy to floppy or ZIP
Ed12:58:26Wellington, OntarioZoom Text w/ XP - using Firefox, etc. - will there be any conflict?
2006-08-27 - 17 callers
Mark11:15:09Spencerport, NYYahoo! Mail - could not login - opened new account - THAT one wouldn't let her in either after a few hours - her personal info was different - it was changed, too!
Bob11:25:23Irondequoit, NYAlienware laptop XPSP2 - after a while, mouse clicks don't work - still moves, but no clicks - it's a touchpad
Bill11:28:05Rochester, NYdesktop - laser - RR - router - laptop - laptop can't print
Don11:40:20Pittsburg, PAfile folder on desktop - right-click - send to - mail recipient - doesn't open email
Ron11:50:51Rochester, NYbacking up - what's the best way?
Bill11:56:33Pittsford, NYdigital camera - short .mov video - wants just the audio - how?
Steve12:00:19Rochester, NYson taking laptop to college - how protect?
Jerry12:16:03Penn Yan, NYswitched to Intel iMac - no Adobe Photoshop 2 - equiv?
Brian12:19:14Spencerport, NYdell desktop winxp - started getting the login screen - no password, but why is he getting that prompt?
Sal12:29:14Fairport, NYlogin - Mac OS X - mail starts up w/ system - can have it hide - but it won't hide
Andy12:33:19Bloomfield, NYnew PC - came w/ McAfee AV - activated it - also have Norton - which is better?
Richard12:35:47Rochester, NYemail dead - AVG says it's functional - no error message -
Frank12:38:21Rochester, NYDell Dimension Desktop - DVD keeps opening
Al12:40:10Austin, TXFreeflow Software comes w/ Xerox multifuncs
Keith12:49:44Batavia, NYiPods - Nano 4G ~$250 30G for $50 more - which?
Richard12:56:42Penn Yan, NYwas working, shut down, when powered up, fans move a bit them stop
Kim12:59:11Hamlin, NYCD XP Home SP2 - won't recognize disc in drive - DVD works
2006-08-20 - 12 callers
Chuck11:15:50WebW2KPro registry "not working correctly" - clean install? - external drive - wants to copy IE favorites & email to it
Bob11:28:01Pittsford, NYbackup - after creating a doc, back up? is it an ongoing process? what am I recovering if I create a recovery disk?
Michael11:37:59Clarion, Iowatdurl.com/y - his talk show list - old equipment that W2K & XP can't recognize? Grab a program like VMWare, load old OS (98), activate the ports, and there you go!
Mike11:43:11Buffalo, NYabit KW7 motherboard - reports right proc, mem, then freezes "press F2 to setup"
Bob11:53:04Rochester, NYHP printer - when scan, the data are altered - formatting is changed - size, columns, etc.
Lance12:16:54Rochester, NYnew XP on Acer notebook - trying to run DOS programs - how print to prn:?
Marty12:23:39Niagara Falls, NYUbuntu
Jim12:34:40Louisville, Kentuckystumbled on us - love it! | 10 million procs start up w/ PC - how can I see what's starting? Which should we allow? | how do these things start up?
Jerry12:47:30Henrietta, NYnew MacBook w/ SuperDrive - read 8x, write 4x - speed of the medium?
Mary12:51:12Mumford, NY"this copy of Windows is not Genuine"
Tom12:56:53Rochester, NYinstalling new CD drive - how set jumper?
Matt13:00:13Pittsford, NYcorrection: Jim from Louisville - MSCONFIG is confusing - autoruns from SysInternals - much more extensive
2006-08-13 - 10 callers
Rick11:24:48Churchville, NYNorton ran out - go to Mozilla & download safely?
Frank11:26:34Rochester, NYupgraded to XP from 98 - had bad install - set up FAT32 - reformatted - license
Dave11:39:28Greece, NYLinux - Windows easier
Andrew11:49:29Rochester, NYAmbrosia Software! -> people get a license code - if don't enter it, they have to get an updated code - they keep log - over half are pirated
Burt12:18:15Palmyra, NYLinux - load Linux on a machine while Win still on?
Rhonda12:29:07Geneseo, NYtrying to update Ad-Aware - when updates, freezes
Dave12:32:37Rochester, NYMBR infection - W2KPro
Bob12:34:23Pittsford, NYHP 8230 laptop - recovery disk - files waiting to be written to CD
Barbara12:36:54Albion, NYtrying to read ecard - need plugin - took 12 hours - still not done - went into control panel - adobe - update?
Gray12:39:33Farmington, NYMac - autorun CD???
2006-08-06 - 16 callers
Karen11:16:38Wayland, NYnew PC - how protect? | 6 mo ago - going thru files - loaded w/ porn
John11:27:53Pittsford, NYaudio to PC -> convert to digital externally or internally?
John11:37:43Greece, NYMac Performa 6300 CD - need to change battery - self?
Trudy11:39:44Greece, NYpopup - spy subtract
Ginny11:49:48Pittsford, NYAVG vs Norton - can download & try while have another AV on your system?
Jeannie11:52:05cellRoad Runner to Mac - she has PC laptop
Keith11:59:55Farmington, NYGoogle Earth - didn't work on laptop - works great on desktop | router: w/ home net, can share files
Scott12:19:49Geneva, NYCD burner in HP pavilion - works in other PC, won't work in HP
Lauren12:28:19Penfield, NYdeleted a word file from a flash drive
Terry12:32:27Rochester, NYTango Problems
Len12:35:47Fairport, NYlooking for new iMac - has old 98 machine - would like both machines on the net - Frontier -
John12:44:12Bloomfield, NYnew HD - got a worm while reloading - Dell 8200 XPSP2 AgoBot.ch
Dave12:49:55Lima, NYPavilion laptop - overheats - idles at 50C - goes to 70s when used - fan always on & off
Bob12:54:25Livonia, NYchecksum area - date is very wrong
Marcy12:56:49Rochester, NYfed up w/ Publisher - PagePress - way better than Publisher - under $100
Bob12:59:05Webster, NYMedia Center PC - every once in a while loses ability to watch TV on it - can d/l guide - video error
2006-07-30 - 13 callers
John11:27:53Greece, NYPerforma 6300CD - how increase memory?
Steve11:38:30Webster, NYre: Tango CD - getting laptop for school - before connect to Internet, want to get the CD - what's best way?
Vito11:40:38Chili, NYbuilding new HD w/ XP - IrfanView 3.98 - when open jpeg, seems to be VGA mode
Bob11:54:10Greece, NYXP - missing Word feature - attempts to load feature - get disk & load it - he does that - happens 4 out of 5 times he starts Win
Dennis12:11:39Honeoye, NYHP Office Jet D145 - intermittent scanner failures - un/plug is their fix - doesn't work - un/reinstalled - HP says don't use surge protector
Sue12:14:36Geneseo, NYonly dialup - been researching - what's the best option? | son has new Dell - college says it needs to have Ethernet - does it?
Tom12:18:00Niagara Falls, NYPC keyboard - get gunky & sticky after a while - dishwasher?
Keith12:32:47cellre: washing components - flushed his pager | can the average person change the fan in a laptop? change the RAM? has Works - likes it - | want to turn video tapes into DVDs - HP Media Center - how?
Bruce12:35:35LeRoy, NYMedia Center - lifedrive not compatible
Jeff12:40:32cellre: Keith's Q -
Jim12:49:27Webster, NY3 yr old Dell 2.4G P4 533 bus - socket 478 - higher front side bus speed processor work?
Gerry12:57:10Rochester, NYMusic Match - keeps doing strange things - won't close, etc. - error, need to reload - have system disk from Dell | start thing at bottom - round funky thing - google desktop search
Armond12:58:29Farmington, NYhit F10 system recovery button - nothing current
2006-07-16 - 14 callers
Andy11:25:02Rochester, NYW2KPro - does the Tango - Norton System Works - home page redirected to MSN.COM - won't fix - did the Tango
Chris11:28:33Canandaigua, NYcan't download Adobe Reader error 1316.A
Rod11:37:58Rochester, NYZA - window for updates - wants to save updates into file | AC in bedroom - also computer on same outlet - when AC kicks on, will there be a drain on the power supply
Lauren11:40:02Greece, NYLauren
Keith11:48:53Farmington, NYre: Ron - figure out the watts of the AC, divide watts by volts (120) which gives the amps - add up all the amps on the line & look at your breaker | do you have to dance the Tango in every user login?
Sam11:59:51Greece, NYwhat's a good computer to buy?
Dan12:17:21Colesville, NYW98SE - ZA update - won't work because it's 98 -
Edgar12:20:52North Chili, NYInspiron - won't recognize it's plugged in
Dave12:30:08Perry, NYW98SE - finally networked w/ XP laptop - when startup SE, error 5733 - Protocol Manager
Matt12:32:42Rochester, NYDad crashed hard drive - HP recovery disk - when reboot, "needs DLL files for kernel" | if put own corp copy on?
Kip12:35:54Webster, NYHD problem - Mac LC3 - sad face - won't start
Monty12:39:29Rochester, NYdid restore from external HD - XPHome - program still didn't work - next day, booted normally, but no start, no icons, no desktop - reloaded XPSP1 - did repair - no problems
Ross12:51:42Rochester, NYftp.bat.downloader virus
John12:59:47Fairport, NYloves DSL! Popcorn.net -
2006-07-09 - 19 callers
Victor11:13:21Irondequoit, NY41 emails about eBay - saying you've listed purses for sale
Bob11:19:06Buffalo, NYd/l'd Norton 2006 - took 2002 out - can't send email or anything
Bob11:33:52Pittsford, NYHP Laptop - 8280 -
Melissa11:37:41Rochester, NYlittle sister's computer - Dell Inspiron 1150 - warranty gone a year - trouble started 6 mo ago - DVD/burner not recognized - could not listen, burn, nothing - iTunes - started running very slow - 11,000 songs - getting really hot
John11:41:15Canandaigua, NYNorton 2006 - Windows Restore & GoBack on simultaneously
Tom11:51:30Penfield, NYUbuntu - trying to get the live disk to drive - ThinkPad P3 500
Richard11:57:06Angelica, NYMac - had Street Atlas
Barbara12:03:54Albion, NYWinME Dell - abandoned by Microsoft! What to do?
Ron12:13:21Webster, NYDell - tower sounds like it's in overdrive - green lights - one stays on, the other blinks, when go to close down, hourglass stays on - Windows XP
Lance12:15:11Rochester, NYnew laptop - XP Pro - want to run some old DOS programs
Ronald12:20:04Rochester, NYGateway - 2 wks old - powerpack had to be replaced - gets really hot & shuts off - the problem is back - desktop
Tom12:31:11Wolcott, NYcrashed - reloading - Media Players -
Mike12:33:24Webster, NYtrying to control startup programs on Dell laptop - MSCONFIG - XP
Fred12:35:22Penfield, NYstinger safe?
Jeff12:43:06Rochester, NYbuild new PC - Athlon 64 - ordered Win64 - a lot of the drivers won't work, a lot of his programs won't work
Joe12:45:41Buffalo, NY64-bit Linux | switching advice - one or two Win apps - WINE or PC emulators like QEMU
John12:47:59Fairport, NYAMD64 - trying to load Linux - d/l'd it to ISO
Bob12:50:08Fairport, NYrun spybot regularly - finds the same over & over
Joe12:59:12Rochester, NYVista - free VoIP phone in it?
2006-07-02 - 18 callers
John11:15:54Webster, NYIBM ThinkPad 600e - case broke - looking to replace it - choices very confusing - PowerPoint - need speed - where to go?
John11:26:01Gates, NYext HD - XP Pro - was recognizing it as Drive E - thumb drive - now thinks it's drive F
Dave11:32:12Hilton, NYGateway AMD 1.1G 5-6 yrs old - 768M - clean regularly Google Earth crashes machine - 64M Nvidia
Dave11:35:44Greece, NYdanced the Tango - got CWShredder - run in safe mode?
Carl11:38:47Fairport, NYWinME - Tango helped - AMD Duron - still very slow - 128M RAM - Registry Mechanic - lots of games were on it
Paul11:41:45Brighton, NYwhen shut down - Thor Conn Wnd CLass
Drew11:44:48Perry, NYwireless laptop - "new wireless network detected - what do you want to name it" - named it home - now has few
Phil11:51:18Rochester, NYwant new PC - wait for new Windows - and new chip
Fred11:54:29Bergen, NYHP Pavilion - bought printer - XPPro - can't get it to do anything
Harold11:59:06cell58 yr old - only have one cuz small business man - Presario - Norton thing on there - keeps coming up on screen - SYM attack - got to close the program - can't remove it
Steve12:16:08Orchard Park, NYtrying to install Firefox on 64-bit computer - NVidia GForce 6400 - cutting off part of the box in order to install
Angelo12:20:04down in Georgiahad good success with the Apple folks - they say it's the directory structure, and he's getting Disk Warrior - tech said Disk Warrior is "infallible"
Jack12:34:24Pittsford, NYFirefox - when go to some Web sites, can't find it
Nick12:35:59Spencerport, NYwife wants to download a game from Pogo.com - according to Google, it's okay
Bill12:45:23Henrietta, NYerror loading explorer.exe - must reload Windows
Dar12:46:25Toronto, Ontario, Canadare: Carl
Brian12:48:07Caledonia, NYAOL - getting bouncebacks for email she never sent - also addresses she's never put in
Justin12:57:27Henrietta, NYdownloading - caught in P2P
2006-06-25 - 14 callers
Barry11:15:32Pittsford, NYDell - bought used - just out of warranty - would like to get the restore disk - how get one?
Clyde11:24:30Rochester, NYvirus - redirects home page to a "security" site - popups window re: "security" antispywarebox.com
Linda11:28:01Greece, NYlaptop to play poker online
Lori11:44:11Albion, NYDell desktop XPHome - registry file failure C000218
Mark11:48:45Irondequoit, NYDVD ROM drive - how hook up? - audio need Y jack?
Ken11:49:54Rochester, NYantivirus that works in safe mode?
Eli11:59:03cellbeen PC owner - thinking of Mac laptop
moody12:15:05New Jerseyinstalling RAM - 2x512 - bought 2x1G PC3200 - blue screens - ASUS mbrd - works until plug in wireless adapter - gets driver not less than error - USBECHI.sys
Dave12:17:54Spencerport, NYNetworking XP & 98 also Mac (currently working w/ 98)
Dave12:19:43Lima, NYHP Laptop - freezes irregularly - powers off - when power back up, get a 20 sec beep & no display - repower, works fine for a few days
Dave12:32:08cellupdating Windows - scanning to see what he had - on dial-up - froze - shut it off - when rebooted, nothing's there - monitor is blinking
Mike12:34:23Webster, NYnew iMac - would like to get wireless router - want to get Internet on all three - Linksys or Apple?
Dar12:38:16Toronto, Ontario, CanadaME system - kept seizing up - no AV, no firewall, using IE - d/l'd Opera - PC runs flawlessly | got it cleaned - 15 viruses, 5K-6K spyware
Ken12:57:26Farmington, NYbought used machine - XP Pro - rename? - log in w/ no password?
2006-06-18 - 14 callers
John11:14:40Canandaigua, NYXP - mouse pointer - automatically selects a link
Mike11:26:13Chili, NYonline financial stuff - error establishing encrypted connection
John11:28:46Chili, NYDell Dimension 4700 XPHome - trouble running the tour in animated version
Bob11:41:17cellmoved home movie to C: - 60.1G -> 32.1 - burned to DVD - deleted it, but didn't get back to room
Amy11:46:49Rochester, NYHappy Father's Day to Dave!
Steve12:04:15Rochester, NYUSB swapping - sometimes the program won't stop to remove the USB device
Ron12:12:05Albion, NYwhen boot up, get msg: PUP found (McAfee) - cannot be removed
Ray12:15:28Brockport, NYhow get into Safe Mode? | online banking - copy statement - paste to Word - looks like a paragraph, not a bank statement
Burt12:17:17Palmyra, NYwants laptop for fleet maintenance - Panasonic ToughBook?
Lance12:19:31cellFirefox - archived programs - click on Listen - fatal error - program terminates - older version didn't do that
Erik12:32:05cellXPHome & MacBook w/ latest OS - trying to network - can see shared folders from PC - able to network PC w/ other PCs in house, but cannot get from Mac to other PC - username/password not accepted
George12:37:07Penfield, NYXPHome RoadRunner startup from cold - once Windows logo disappears "Windows is starting up" for 5 mins, then get login window, then 3 or so minutes until ready to go
Dan12:39:29Rochester, NYmonitor - XP - lower half white, upper half blue | System 6 opens on desktop
Mark12:56:01Irondequoit, NYAptiva - noisy hard drive - changed out the HD - icons are all large & grainy
2006-06-11 - 16 callers
Brian11:25:18Caledonia, NYtrying to put Prom videos - Mac G4 1.3GHz - iMovies, iDVD, etc. - when burn DVD, only first video has sound
Mike11:27:37Rochester, NYbought video game - graphic driver not compatible
Rick11:35:39Albion, NYGateway w/ 932 Lexmark printer
Mateo11:38:03Oakfield, NYhow do you switch hard drives in iBook?
Will11:48:52Fairport, NYspecial characters in Word?
Jon11:50:07Webster, NYswitched to Mac - network - has one PC laptop - can't get on the network
Ken11:59:16Rochester, NYHP - motherboard died - HD in other machine - needs a password
Matt12:16:40Rochester, NYKnoppix boot - when go to NHL.com - have to d/l Windows media player | if put Windows on half of MacBook, can I run Knoppix live?
Bill12:19:58Rochester, NYif use Thunderbird, how bring mail from Yahoo! into Thunderbird?
Bob12:29:14Rochester, NYdoing online banking - not touching keyboard - HD started racing - browser progression bar increasing - shut off the power to the DSL
John12:32:21Orchard Park, NYOffice 2K - file used to give drop-down w/ last 9 files used - now, can't see them at all. Tried to run repair, but nothing happened.
Ed12:35:42Henrietta, NYbetter: Mac or PC? | icon that disappears - how do you get that back?
Ken12:38:52Nunda, NYXPHome - VCLSID
Ron12:49:24Honeoye, NY98 - new PC? - faster on dialup? | pull it out & set it up for no Internet access?
Lance12:56:43Rochester, NYwhy does Tango take so darn long?
Bob12:59:17Rush, NYdownloader AUX trojan -> need haxfix
2006-06-04 - 12 callers
Phil11:15:20Buffalo, NYexternal Firewire drives - Mac OS - if move large files or large folders - after command is complete, it seems to still be in use
Tim11:24:51Rochester, NYAmateur photog - burns DVDs w/ JPEGs - worked fine until 2 wks ago - 50th wed anniv - can't read it
Charlie11:28:00Rushford, NYlaptop freezes - boots, Start menu won't open - safe mode - start menu works - did some parts of the Tango - corrupt CD drivers
David11:37:41Fairport, NYPowerbook - startup disk almost full - doesn't know how to clear it
Connie11:48:12Perry, NYanswer for Tim - when her husband burns DVD, one won't take anything faster than 8 speed - if put in 16x, get error message
off-air11:54:53can't download Stinger
Gary12:05:36Rochester, NYSONY camcorder -> DVD - HD first? miniDVs
Diane12:18:44Gates, NYQuicken - has all he checks - started adding/subtracting at random - got them on the line - last backup was 5/9 - reconcile didn't back up either!
Lee12:32:38Rochester, NYissue w/ DSL - Thunderbird - Firefox - last Tuesday
Denny12:37:54Perinton NYgoing from dialup to Frontier - MacG4 - will he go crazy -> 256K w/ bells & whistles?
Gary12:50:35Rochester, NYre: Frontier mail - same problem | how create Adobe form?
Jim12:59:04LeRoy, NYNorton 2006 - problems?
2006-05-28 - 8 callers
Dan11:16:36Brighton, NYMac OS X - Eudora - Password issue - RR reset it, works fine on Web, won't work in Eudora. Wants to have Eudora forget the old password and learn the new one.
Barry11:39:15Pittsford, NYvideo iPod - can d/l TV shows from iTunes - 200K - look great on iPod - can run them on TV? called last week & knows could buy cable - how good will that look on his TV?
Fred11:47:59Rochester, NYSafari - Mac - can Admin disable "clear history" for users?
Hank11:49:58Henrietta, NYRealPlayer - obnoxious - what to do?
Bill12:44:33Atlanta, NYold laptop - Compaq - W95 - if put Linux - more nimble?
John12:47:19Rochester, NYW2KPro - spybot - threat found in command service - click to repair - IDs 3 reg keys - cleaned one - reboot - rescan - still three keys - says it's going to close command svcs - should go to command control panel
Bill12:49:25Rochester, NYwhen start, get blue Dell pic - then black, then in white - all kinds of info, model, etc. - then "DEL to continue" - then boots - how get rid of that?
Phil12:56:23Pittsford, NYLinksys G to replace B
2006-05-21 - 14 callers
Bob11:24:44Rochester, NYWestern Digital USB HD - sftwr for PC so there's be a password? - go to Web site - what???
Mike11:28:52Webster, NYOutlook - import contacts via Excel - now whenever go to check email, locks up & pegs his resources
Mike11:40:00Rochester, NYwork in IT - hard time convincing Firefox & Linux
Gil11:49:49Rochester, NYold 1800MHz machine Tyan mbrd - replace mb, leave drives - trouble?
Melissa12:05:47Brockport, NYon gamer - window would minimize "out of nowhere" - tried everything - new memory, new video card - new monitor - still having minimizing problems
Scott12:20:32Avon, NYd/l'd Fx, Tbrd, how dump IE? | passwd protected PDF files become a problem
Tony12:29:45Webster, NYnew PC - wait for Jan?
Barry12:31:15Pittsford, NYiTunes, iPod, can burn, all works - can also use iTunes for TV shows - bought a couple - can't burn 'em to DVD
Paul12:35:36cellwireless - 2 PC - host keeps crashing when get on inet or print - does not crash when doing email
Bob12:36:59Henrietta, NYanother Everquest player! re: Melissa - us__.ini, eqclient.ini
Wayne12:44:26Irondequoit, NYbuddy has iPod/iTunes to do Podcasts - Podcast Aggregators?
Steve12:46:46Rochester, NYold printers & old fax - anyplace that will recycle them?
Doug12:53:28Rochester, NYThnkpad - DVD - when playing DVD, uses WinDVD - also WinMedia - plays, shows up, but when try to project, pic doesn't transfer
Barb12:58:51Marilla, NYDell - black screen, sometimes says invalid config - can't click on anything
2006-05-14 - 15 callers
George11:27:53Webster, NYLinux - old PC - needs to wipe old drive - d/l Linux to CD, wipe?
Barbara11:37:26Rochester, NY.eml attachments open in NotePad
Don11:39:29Greece, NYeMac 10.3 had dialup, hooked to RR - getting nothing
Milt11:47:48Rochester, NYDell 9300 laptop - boot takes 5 mins between desktop coming up & icons appearing
Walter11:49:57Greece, NYretailer has low price 98 -> XPHome - if corrupted, need to reload 98 first? 600MHz, 512M
Dave12:19:50Old Forge, NYAdobe update messed up - System Restore didn't work - XP
Patty12:23:01Rochester, NYIE Beta 7 - XP - when open, can't get past the main page
Ben12:26:35Perinton, NYG4 laptop - dialup - DVD SuperDrive replaced for $700 worth of labor
Patty12:31:52Kendall, NYcan't play DVDs any more - problem w/ copyright protection
Steve12:35:53Fairport, NYdid MSConfig - W2K - can't find msconfig | re: DVD - P3 800 - when put DVDs in, is there a minimum RAM, etc. you should have?
Al12:37:13Webster, NYnew PC - Firefox - can't find media players
John12:38:51Canandaigua, NYW98SE - buying new - which version of XP will run Office 97?
Jeff12:49:04Rochester, NYvirus? run spybot/adaware - AVG picks it up - says it heals it - when start back up, it's back
Colleen12:57:05Perry, NYQuickTime video - tried to burn digital camera video clips, when tries to read it "no disc in the drive"
Andrew12:59:24Irondequoit, NYlaptop for college
2006-05-07 - 14 callers
Rob11:14:49Rochester, NY2 computers, DLink router - when phone rings, cuts them both off
Penny11:25:34Warsaw, NYd/l'd ebook- PDF - blank screen, then back to desktop
Dave11:38:09Fairport, NYWEP or WPA wireless encryption - how to tell?
Robert11:39:24Spencerport, NYkeeps coming up w/ connecction window - have RR - wants to dial out - changed to never dial a connection
Zack11:49:00Brighton, NYHD failure on XP laptop - imp files backed up - when repl'd HD, they ghosted it - big "recovered data" file - redundant files are in it - cherry pick?
Brian11:55:29Caledonia, NYMac - AOL - occasionally, see names of email, but no body - sign off/on fixes the problem
Andrew11:59:57Rochester, NY Ambrosia Software - Mac viruses - VERY badly written
Mike12:15:37Perinton, NYW2K Laptop - ~ every 5/10 mins - some random wav file plays
Steve12:19:18Rochester, NYcan't add a printer on XP - spooler won't keep running
Joe12:31:08Chili, NYlaptop - blue screen
Terry12:36:08Rochester, NYtruck driver - wants a laptop
Barb12:43:46Marilla, NYNorton expired, tried to get AVG - on desktop - when double-click -
Ron12:49:31cell2 - company laptop & desktop - has MP3 player - loaded songs/CDs onto laptop - wants to move all the personal stuff onto the desktop - put MusicMatch - sync'd - nothing - can't move from MP3 to tower?
Terry12:58:16Ontario, NYre: wifi - offshore in a boat?
2006-04-30 - 11 callers
Billy11:17:42Rochester, NYwhich laptop?
Dennis11:19:23Rochester, NYNorton wants to charge him extra to remove a spyware!
Al11:41:15Rochester, NYspyware detection/removal - Acronis?
Pat11:53:06Newark, NYNorton 2004 - due to renew in July - can renew 2004 but NOT update to 2006? ZoneLabs -
Mark12:16:06Chili, NYlaptop changes color - black becomes red, etc.
Chris12:28:09Canandaigua, NYcould not open from My Documents - had this trouble for a couple of weeks | Data Miner
Lance12:32:33Rochester, NYprogramming languages - BASIC, assembler, Pascal, C, - wrote assembly programs to turn off the keypad during bootup
Jeff12:37:01Avon, NYUSB Flash Drive - doesn't show up on My Computer in her user - shows up fine in his user - XPHome - she's an admin
Coleen12:49:13Perry, NYgood CDs - gold?
Claude12:56:08Rochester, NYdata encryption - wireless - WEP - how change to WPA?
Frank12:59:32Fairport, NYXPPro - McAfee unexpectedly quits - disabled - Tango - no problems - will restart, but stops again after a random time -
2006-04-23 - 15 callers
Bill11:15:35Manchester, NYwhat's with this Win32 host process? | PC, Mac, Canon printer, router - would like to put the printer on the router so both can use it
Dan11:28:16Marion, NYFirefox & Netscape - no flash - it comes up with a QuickTime logo
Vito11:38:22Chili, NYPictureIt! 2001 - 2735shoebox.dll error - c:blahblah - delete the shoebox folder
Ed11:48:25Fairport, NYMy Computer/Drives/filefolder - want to copy - highlight, copy doesn't work, move hangs
Al11:54:39Grand Island, NYRestore - doesn't work - when click on System Restore
Marcy11:56:35Rochester, NYit's a corruption caused by the update - AVG found shell32.dll had been changed KB908351
Bill11:59:58Fairport, NYstinger update - following update - turning off system restore on all drives
Jim12:29:22Fairport, NYME - can only boot in safe mode - if boot normally, only get a grey screen
Dan12:31:52Henrietta, NYNorton AV 2006 - missing components from DLL
Bob12:33:31Rochester, NYissue saving files in Microsoft Office
Howard12:36:44Pittsford, NYinstalled printer - took over the printing - can't use the other printer - canon
Ginny12:38:33Pittsford, NYupgraded from Office 97 to 2003 - used to be Outlook Express, now gets Outlook
Paul12:46:50Livonia, NYicons on desktop - every time reboots, things are rearranged
Will12:49:27Fairport, NYOE will not allow to send msg out
Dick12:58:07Greece, NYThinkpad - won't go into standby - can't get screensaver
2006-04-16 - 13 callers
Bob11:14:18Walworth, NYWin64 trial version - removed, but still on the option
Jay11:25:11Rochester, NYwhen start up, restarts about six times before he can use it - about an hour into the session, it starts restarting again
Steve11:41:29Greece, NY10 yr old computer - how best to dispose of it?
Jerry11:50:27East Rochester, NYwant to get some digital equipment- camera, video, etc. wants to connect to laptop - what do you recommend? also output for video out for drop camera
Dan11:55:59Geneseo, NYXPHome - firewall off - keep getting security box that comes up - turn it off?
Ed12:24:25Webster, NYdesktop - ME - on boot: McAfee not installed or missing info - reinstall
Peter12:28:19Fairport, NYerror: explorer caused fault in Kernel32.dll - won't close
Rich12:32:53Rochester, NYXPHome - new w/ XPMediaCenter - on internal network - won't talk to each other - both talk to the Internet - installed NWLink | XPPro - want to move to another machine - "access denied"
Mike12:35:15Avon, NYlast week - CD w/ SONY - their virus
Roger12:37:12Irondequoit, NYXPHome - Tango - run for each profile? - two accounts - one for admin, one for Roger - still run on both?
Dave12:40:08Rochester, NYburned 9 CDs about a year ago (Nero) - on 3, can only read the names of the folders, can't get the info
Mark12:55:28Caledonia, NYnew desktop - comes w/ McAfee - bought Norton Security 2006
Mike12:59:23Rochester, NYwho, what, where, cost, Linux box
2006-04-09 - 18 callers
Tom11:15:43Beijing, Chinajust outside Beijing!!! - want to copy VCR tapes to DVD - how best? Have vid cap card - 2.6GHz - 512M
Mike11:24:03Gates, NYoff IE?
Mike11:27:46Gates, NYjava - in Mozilla
Dave11:45:18Lima, NYlaptop - HP - XP - error message - consistently the same error - even after reformat - took 4G drive out of other machine & it boots - is it fixable?
Bruce11:46:55Canandaigua, NYhave to install firefox on multiple machines, or share?
Debbie11:49:55Webster, NYprint preview - checked, but doesn't do it - now stuck on custom - Canon printer driver
Rob11:55:27Rochester, NYMac AV - recommendations?
Dan12:14:28Rochester, NYXP - when boot, folder system32 always shows up even before "get to home page"
Rick12:16:38cellhow long should a normal install of linux/etc. take?
Jason12:19:45Irondequoit, NYbought laptop online - HP - XP Pro - can't run live updates - MS thinks its bootleghttp://securitytango.com/news.php
Steven12:27:50Kendall, NYTango - went to d/l the files - did the first step - d/l'd stinger - whenever try to run it, says it's not a valid Win32 app - XP
Jeff12:29:21Rochester, NYJVC HandiCam w/ 30G HD in them - heard anything bad?
Ann12:32:39Fairport, NYblack monitor - total - can't get anything - light is green - 9 yrs old
Chuck12:35:43East Rochester, NY"blind as a bat" - daughter going to set him up w/ wireless - would screenreader read iTunes? doesn't seem to
Ron12:38:12Webster, NYlikes Outlook - when attempt to send new email - press TO: button - opens address book - would prefer it opens contact folder
Bob12:49:57Webster, NYMP3 player - daughter - music CDs are not being recognized - only one of the CDs was recognized
Bob12:50:22Webster, NYmonitor goes from green to orange
Jack12:57:36Hilton, NYZoneAlarm or Windows firewall?
2006-04-02 - 13 callers
Bill11:15:24Honeoye, NYMicrosoft lawsuit
Keith11:19:30cellfound a laptop in the trash
Lynn11:30:01Rochester, NYFirefox & Tbird! Tango! Trend Micro AV - son has it, can't run IE or OE - when NOT running Trend, CAN run them!
Colleen11:39:41Perry, NYlaptop - yesterday, nothing happened when tried to turn it on - machine was running, but screen black - today, booted normally - April Fools?
Bob11:49:14Greece, NYlongtime Firefox user - went back to IE - could not use Firefox because of invasion by another search service called ABOUT - home page came up & when you did anything, sent you to about - anything you did w/ normal Firefox left you w/ a GIF image of Firef
Bill12:03:24Rochester, NYinstalling XPHome SP2 - every time he installs it, nothing works right
Rick12:18:31Churchville, NYNorton AV - opened an email by mistake - it seems to have disabled his AV
Ron12:21:03Rochester, NYQuicken DOS - can back up on floppies, but not onto CD
Jim12:35:59Greece, NY78 yr old father - PC taken over by viruses or whatever - spyware quake
Rich12:39:29Rochester, NYnew P4 XP Media wants to copy from old 98 machine connected by USB - recognized, but no drive letters assigned nor able to read files - connected drive via ATA - found it, but can't read it | W98 Lexmark 75% of page then stops
Eric12:49:49Hilton, NY2nd HD for backup - using Chronos True Image 9.0 - need sep backup disk? - XP
John12:56:53Pittsford, NYarchiving huge library of VHS video tapes - got to write them to DVD video got to save the video file for later use to make more DVDs also view them via the Web
Dorothy12:59:06Honeoye Falls, NYPogo Games - after installing Norton antispyware, games don't play - Java not found
2006-03-26 - 17 callers
Victor11:13:41Irondequoit, NYIf I want to restore backed up data, how?
Doug11:16:28Hilton, NYHow use Firefox in AOL?
Gary11:26:20Canandaigua, NYwhat AV etc?
Rod11:31:37Rochester, NYIE - RR says he's a spammer - many other popups, also combo.exe
Bruce11:36:09Canandaigua, NYstarted to load Firefox, but toolbar would not download
Dan11:39:29Greece, NY
Gale11:56:28Rochester, NYAOL - update?
Jack12:15:55Goshan, NYhome-built computer, very slow to boot
Phil12:18:16Fairport, NYcopy files from folder to folder, roxio tries to run
Chris12:21:08Rochester, NYhobbit.ru virus, can't delete it
Debbie12:28:11Webster, NYpreview before printing doesn't work any more
Mike12:34:14Buffalo, NYneed a better monitor?
Thomas12:35:20Newark, NYThunderbird, problems sending/receiving email
Heather12:52:13Brockport, NYSecurityTango, stinger not found in safe mode.
Art12:53:57Hamlin, NYCrashed, Restored, lost personal documents
Bill12:57:40Bath, NYRestore CD not working, NAV live update won't work
Ed12:58:59Rochester, NYhard drive failed, told bios wrong settings.
2006-03-19 - 17 callers
Phil11:19:00Rochester, NYWeb browser - Mozilla - ZoneAlarm - when PC sits for a while, Tbird or Ffox can't get to the net - on DSL - XP SP2
Laurie11:27:46Webster, NYstatic v dynamic IP
Phil11:35:21Honeoye, NYhow get the Tango bits to run automatically?
Rich11:37:50Rochester, NYdoes Tango - has all the bits & updates them - NIS suite - got malware anyway
Dave11:39:51Rush, NYXPHome - 4 users - all 4 admins - desktop wallpaper - two can put whatever they want up - two others seem linked in some way -
John11:50:03Rochester, NYbacking up - never did it - how?
Ed11:58:37Rochester, NYold ME system - need a system that can do email/google/etc.
Bob12:16:14Greece, NYsick modem - dialup - 45-50Kbps usually - over the last month, v slow to connect - 24-21-12Kbps - while online, can disconnect or freeze for a few seconds
Fred12:20:16Chili, NYMac - thumb drive - G3 -> G4 - icons have changed & it doesn't open
John12:26:53Byron, NYHP Pavilion - ME - crashed - window root/system32/hal.dll
Ed12:33:44Hermitage, NYDual Proc - video surveillance system - as the disk gets full, deletes old stuff - 185G of pics - reformat the area/delete/ what?
Charlie12:37:53Geneva, NYThunderbird - takes forever to load up
Mark12:44:37cellOutlook - Holidays
Caleb12:47:08cellLinux on any computer? - older MEt
Mike12:49:43Lakeville, NYMac - AV software - what's free?
Ernie12:56:56Shortsville, NYaccess home PC from on the road - PCAnywhere? GoToMyPC.com?
Kent12:59:20Webster, NYWAN - mail server?
2006-03-12 - 14 callers
Bill11:16:11cellswitched from AOL to Netscape - when try to send photos via email - takes forever to download & then it never sends
George11:18:48Penfield, NYCanoScan? toolbox - copy icon - shuts down toolbox completely - XP - changed printer: Epson to HP
Ron11:37:55Rochester, NYXP - Netscape 7.2 - problems w/ To; & CC: - protocol error
Dave11:40:37Rochester, NYA+ class - lot of dirt & dust in PCs - what's the best way to clean them out?
John11:48:00Penfield, NYupdated XP to SP2 - lost use of CD/ROM & DVD driver - SONY VAIO - finger pointing
Ernie12:13:10Perinton, NYP3 system - trying to upgrade to XP - SCSI HD - SCSI CD - reformatted HD - half-way thru install - DI386ASMS error message -
Janice12:17:08Rochester, NYDesktop & laptop - whenever get a phone call wireless goes out | sometimes mouse stalls or won't move
Carolyn12:32:44Greece, NYwent from CRT to LCD - dotted line going across the screen - comes & goes | Firefox - after 1/2 hr starts to freeze up
Don12:35:28Rochester, NYdelete temp Internet files - new Dell XP - older w/ 98 - does Tango - McAfee online - when try to delete temp Inet files - either IE or temp folder - couple weeks ago, it takes longer for tango to run on older computer
Chris12:38:31Cohocton, NYZango - devmgr - 4 unknown - 1394 bus - 98
John12:48:20Hilton, NYXP - had Panda Platinum Security - trying to install McAfee Security Suite - still detecting Panda & won't install
Tim12:49:49Greece, NYHP w/ XP Pro - Sony CD - warning - only 3 copies - installed something
Mike12:56:32Webster, NYkVM
Glen12:57:47Penfield, NYDVDs he made - wants to reedit them
2006-03-05 - 6 callers
Richard11:13:50Rochester, NYHP Notebook - 15" screen - screen is larger
Jim11:18:55Rochester, NYfrom Norton 2006 to Norton Internet Security - every time he sends an email, it scans the email - each scan doesn't stop, so he can end up with hundreds of scans on screen at the same time
Scott11:35:22Chili, NYVAIO XP - AOL - uninstalled - win32 error - whenever start get scandisk check all temp files are cross-ref'd - has to skip the scan
Bill11:38:15Honeoye Falls, NYmbrd on 6-yr-old Dell fried; ME gone! XP on new Dell - Tbird & Ffox - McAfee, EZArmor - too much protection? | kill temp files automatically?
Preston11:40:25Rochester, NYNorton Internet Security - when run Spybot, says Win Sec Firewall Notify is a problem | scratched LCD - ruined for life?
Brian11:53:11Rochester, NYDell - 2nd machine - wireless - worked fine - suddenly stopped - would NOT connect - un/reinstalled - nothing | primary machine: dropped hard drive w/ boot partition - can't set Eudora as primary mail
2006-02-26 - 18 callers
Bob11:15:29Penfield, NYtried cleaning out Norton Pro so could install other AV - couldn't do it - went into files & removed anything w/ Symantec or Norton attached to it
Darrell11:23:27Gates, NYreformatted & reloaded 98SE - wks fine - when shuts down, shuts down immediately
Steve11:26:39Henrietta, NYMac 9.2 -
Rich11:28:01Livonia, NYnew monitor - playing w/ adjustments - "all of a sudden" the computer went off & he can't restart it
Linda11:38:36Greece, NYDSL vs. Cable - pros & cons
Rose11:41:11Lyons, NYprefetch?
Lynn11:52:04Clymer, NYlost part of task manager - only thing left is send message in lower right corner of one of the pages
Ron11:55:56Avon, NYblank recording - - or + - never took off - CD or DVD?
Annie11:59:04Fairport, NYfirst computer - public wireless - concerned w/ security
Tom12:18:12Canandaigua, NY2 yr old XP Home HD starting to get noisy esp. during startup - can I replace myself?
Mark12:20:52Webster, NYAlfa Cleaner - ?????
dan12:27:47Ontario, NYtime changes on his PC - always says 4:20
David12:32:06Lima, NYstartup: "connection to server has been reset while pages are loaded" - XP Home - Firefox - 56K to Frontier | if connection is good, best is 24K
Rich12:35:01Rochester, NYP4 1.8GHz 5 yrs old 768M RAM XP Pro - every so often, when reboot, machine comes to black screen - only way is to use Norton or any CD - has to repartition the hard drive | USB Photosmart printer - every so often, doesn't recognize it - can usually recon
Matt12:38:17Gasport, NYhad virus on laptop - teenagers - gets gradually worse -
John12:48:46Ithaca, NYiBook - won't boot
Jim12:51:07Lima, NYNMI parity check error - XP - coming up at shutdown - blue screen
Marie12:59:51Victor, NYiBook - iMac - want to back up both - ext HD - what's the process?
2006-02-19 - 17 callers
Dave11:29:22Penfield, NYMany different processors - please explain
Mike11:40:12Greece, NYTango - Spybot - 3 programs - fixes 2 - alt.net setting registry keys - nothing done
Matt11:48:35celldropped iPod into water - screen is just sort of hazy grey - any hope?
Steve11:51:27Fairport, NYimages via email - xp home - 56K modem - text no problem - try sending image - SMTP server error -
Keith11:58:22Farmington, NYOpera user - great product - using older version - if try to upgrade - will it retain bookmarks? | re: Matt & his iPod - Keith had a similar problem w/ his pager
Jerry12:02:44Greece, NYW2KPro - firefox can't send email thru Yahoo
Irene12:15:10Pavilion, NYwants to change from IE to Firefox - how?
Jim12:19:11Irondequoit, NYThanks | Norton Internet Security - DSL - CA software??
Steve12:21:53Fairport, NYwhen to replace the battery in a desktop?
Dana12:29:49Pembroke, NYlooking for 20something inch LCD TV to be used primarily for computer monitor - what type of connector am I looking for?
Dick12:31:37Perry, NYCompaq Presario 98SE - dialup surfing - when try to open link in new window, comes up 3/4 size screen
John12:36:42Greece, NYopinion on hardware - has Sempron - what's better? AMD better than Intel? ASUS okay?
Dave12:39:39cellfirefox - AOL - | updates? | Ad-Aware - same stuff keeps showing up
Tim12:45:13Pavilion, NYIrene's husband! How to know what the kids are doing online?
Charlie12:48:34Geneva, NYintermittent monitor blackouts
Peter12:50:33Pittsford, NYfirewall XPsp2 windows firewall keeps turning itself off
Alan12:57:07Victor, NYOutlook - on two computers - one PC gives option of how many items in each folder, new mail coming in - can't see that on the other computer
2006-02-12 - 15 callers
Tim11:27:38Romulus, NYRadon video card - blanks the screen - PCI | how prevent XP firewall from talking to you?
Jim11:29:01Rochester, NYbought emachine 5 yrs ago - has printer, Frontiernet.net, who talk to?
JD11:46:05Irondequoit, NYhad free Symantec - has run out - now freezes when try to update - Win98
Mike11:50:53Lima, NYtrying to fix a 98SE machine w/ Tango - got to step four - runs stinger and the system blue screens
Bill11:56:37Manchester, NYDVD/CD writer - can read anything, but won't write - says it is, but doesn't - no error - tried several programs
Sal12:12:46Fairport, NYre: Intel Macs - the problem is in the 1171 build - reduce the colors from millions to thousands
Mike12:16:00Avon, NYsecurity/passwords - okay to have windows remember my passwords?
Joe12:17:18Batavia, NYME - no sound for about three months
Larry12:20:21Honeoye Falls, NYbacked up, installing XP - trying to get Outlook Express 6 to work
Karl12:33:03Victor, NY250G NAS drive - secure?
Rob12:36:36Erie, PAWebmail - attachments shut down his browser - Mozilla, Firefox - doesn't happen w/ IE -
Brian12:46:10Fairport, NYfollowup: Firefox wasn't opening - XCOM: event receiver
Bill12:48:24Rochester, NYTango - Mozilla - went to update McAfee Security Suite - wasn't able to - couldn't ujpdate - IE locked - report the error to MS
Steven12:54:34Chili, NYDVD/CDR 6 mo old - first time using DVD to play movies - snd works for games, CDs, but no sound when playing movies
John12:58:50Greece, NYwhen playing CD, music cuts out when typing 1G RAM doesn't cut out in Word, but does in PrintShop when putting in text box NVidia GForce 4600
2006-02-05 - 19 callers
Brian00:00:00Scottsville, NYcan't load OS on computer - ~ 3 wks ago, got a virus - used AVAST - found it, couldn't elim it - turned off PC - when turned on, had trouble w/ WinXP - HP Pavilion 9870 - figured to wipe & reinstall ME - but modules kept closing Windows - stop code 0x000
John00:00:00Greece, NYcalled a week or 2 ago - save or run? We said save. Google Earth: please upgrade - he saved - where's the best place to save?
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYwhat's diff btwn + & - CDs? | email - how best to save pictures that come in email?
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYMP3 player via USB - seems to be connected - MyComputer is removable drive E: - save song there - no removable drive E anymore
Sherwin00:00:00Webster, NYXP - admin password wouldn't work - in winlogin - if press numeric key, get accented char - need to hold shift to get number
Angelo00:00:00Irondequoit, NYin network box Win2K local area cable disconnected - Norton 2K6
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NYdoing Tango - shut down all programs - bkgnd had changed - powered off, but now won't accept any passwords - reset the passwords - Peter Hagan Linux utils
Nick00:00:00Henrietta, NYwhen boot: config error - line missing in 14 - himem.sys missing - Win98SE
John00:00:00Penfield, NYTango - 1st time - did Stinger -
Mark00:00:00Hamlin, NYfamily computer - thunderbird - somebody must have responded to a site & they're now running OE as the default
Dave00:00:00Greece, NYMcAfee - installed in November - can't register - won't accept his email & password - can't find a phone number
Joe00:00:00Geneseo, NYXPHome - Tango'd - cannot get programs from task bar when minimized - don't show up on task bar
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NYcouple of PCs - want to give them away - want to completely erase all data
Mike00:00:00Henrietta, NYwants to upgrade to a gig of RAM, but doesn't know processor speed
Mike00:00:00Avon, NYAudacity - can't get it to record in stereo
Lance00:00:00cellhow to elim something from startup routine
Jason00:00:00Perinton, NYXP - Dell - 3 yrs Old = P4 - tried to remove McAfee - tried to put new verison of XP on - in 640x480
Mark00:00:00Conesus, NYdxdiag will tell him the maker of the motherboard & chip set also at boot
Test23:00:53TestTest
2006-01-29 - 15 callers
David00:00:00Rochester, NYdisc imaging program - used Ghost - verified okay - PQI file damaged or corrupt
Leo00:00:00Webster, NYSpyware Strike infection - ran the Tango "as far as I could" - something interfered
Klaus00:00:00Trenton, Ontarioswitched from Norton to AVG - once a day, usually in the AM, a little window pops up in lower right: "connected to MX10.WLINET.COM"
Tony00:00:00Rochester, NYWinXPHome - when reboot, often get Sys32 window
Glen00:00:00Batavia, NYbeige G3 Tower - 17" Sony monitor - resolution has gone down to 640x480 - that's the only resolution there is avail
Jason00:00:00Gates, NY14 yr old daughter - IMing - got a keylogger - chat thing in a Java window - not logging her keys - now what?
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYFirefox - W2KPro - open - won't open - end task in bkgnd - have to restart
Bruce00:00:00Fairport, NY2 yr old E machine - new HD - put old HD back in - Windows dies at Welcome screen
Craig00:00:00Rochester, NYputting new PC together - Gigabyte MB, WD HD - WXPPro - won't recognize drive over 127G
Susan00:00:00Honeoye, NYFirefox & Thunderbird - working great - Frontier - never actually connects - having problems w/ Firefox, too
Vito00:00:00Chili, NYFirefox - seems like 1.5 getting forgetful - sometimes doesn't open - or doesn't open full-screen
Chris00:00:00Williamson, NYTagno - XPHome - empty temp files -
Kevin00:00:00Rochester, NYcomputer gets slower - XP - 256M | Add/Remove Pgms - tried to remove & get msg saying "unable to remove"
Dick00:00:00Greece, NYJerry: email - how to handle so you don't have problems
John00:00:00Rochester, NYwants to break into computer security
2006-01-22 - 13 callers
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYMac - older laptop 9.2 - intermittent - cable modem light goes off - it's the cable light
John00:00:00Greece, NYdialog box - want to run or save - difference? | old - 3 yrs - never cleaned it out - should I?
Walt00:00:00Greece, NYLinux firewall confusion
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYiTunes as primary music storage - like burning w/ it - can't burn w/ any of those, but can burn w/ Nero - has DVR - burns DVR movies to DVD -
Andy00:00:00Rochester, NYproblem copying and printing - prints in color, copies in color, but won't do either in black & white - Dell A940
Robert00:00:00Farmington, NYWindows concern - RR - after 15-20 mins, lose Internet connection - log off/on, he's good. Windows Parking Form Windows
Rich00:00:00Rochester, NYproblem downloading spybot - checksum error
Frank00:00:00Greece, NYDVD reader - will play music & see pics, won't play movies
Mike00:00:00Avon, NYsystem locks up intermittently - running PC - Celeron 731MHz 256M RAM - reinstalled, reformatted, reinstalled from clean slate XP Home LSASS.EXE
Tony00:00:00Greece, NYXP Pro - McAfee 9.0 - Tango every week - running 4 antivirus programs! - AVG | stinger doesn't update often
Warren00:00:00Rochester, NYtrying to install XP over 2K - "filter & driver may not be compatible" Adaptec CDR filter driver
Dan00:00:00Laurel, MDtasks running - is there a site I can go to?
Ed00:00:00Henrietta, NYVDR - what type of disk? put old Beta on disk - DVD-R or what? Diff DVD-RAM vs. DVD-R/W
2006-01-15 - 13 callers
Ed00:00:00Canandaigua, NYissue w/ Windows - XPHomeSP2 - running on battery backup - shut down once a week - CardReaderLookupWindow won't shut down
Rich00:00:00Rochester, NYbought hd for a guy P4 2.4G 512M IDE - bought SATA drive - Maxtor - installed i/f card - XPHome - hw wizard - looking for a file it couldn't find - found a driver on Maxtor's site - SATA & IDE (PATA) in same system
Jeff00:00:00Webster, NYnewbie to hardware - looking to buy or build his own computer - when looking to replace - better to build or buy?
Larry00:00:00Hamlin, NYdrivers - relative in FLA - 98SE - bunch of photos - bought external HD - set it up - took it to FLA - d/l'd drivers to her machine - machine insists on using wizard, and wants to go to CD drive
Rick00:00:00Williamson, NYDell laptop XPS - XPPro - Norton AV - can't get to any secure Websites
Tony00:00:00Hilton, NYcomputer won't shut down - turned itself back on about three times -
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYmovieland popup - trial expired - owner/cookies -
Joyce00:00:00Victor, NYsystem intrusion detected popup - can't get rid of it
Mel00:00:00Brighton, NYXP Media Center - got a camera - wizard won't come up
Robert00:00:00Palmyra, NYgo to certain site - topographic d/l site - see a map - the point that's past the end of the screen is gone
Steven00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Pro - screen capture? | research - click/drag images - used to be able to do that - recently, asks do you want to xfer? y/n - why the change?
Patricia00:00:00Rochester, NYloves Dave's service
Charlie00:00:00Geneva, NYThunderbird disappeared - where did it go?
2006-01-08 - 21 callers
Lisa00:00:00Albion, NYwhen in safe mode, can't find Stinger | fake email from CIA & FBI | runner error invalid backweb application ID
Peter00:00:00Canandaigua, NY2 DVD drives - trying to copy original - some old home movies of his own - takes the original, when put in blank DVD+R, won't work
John00:00:00Pittsford, NYhas a friend's laptop - when first boot, after 10 mins shut down - does it again after 4-5 mins, 3rd time won't boot at all
Marty00:00:00Niagara Falls, NYtrying to clean up laptop - virus - spybot S&D
Walter00:00:00Rochester, NYcooling pad works great with laptop
Paul00:00:00Dansville, NYspyware strike 2.5
Jerry00:00:00Albion, NYLinspire 5.0
Bob00:00:00Brighton, NYspy Sheriff - removed some McAfee, can't print, etc. - going through the Tango - has popups - if don't get all, can reinstall?
Jim00:00:00Irondequoit, NYcomputer shut down & restarted on its own - when restarted got error message - spy sweeper - keep or delete kernel fault check
Michele00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Pro & XP Home - DSL - wants to network
Doug00:00:00Victor, NYIBM Laptop - had problems w/ XP Pro files accidentally deleted - reinstalled, wants to install SP2 - did it 3 times - half of apps don't work, can't get to net
George00:00:00Fairport, NYbought educ CD for grandson - error: wrong disc inserted - got new one - same problem - can't uninstall program
Mick00:00:00B uffalo, NYnew video card - has All-In-Wonder, new is better Radeon - unisntall first, then install new?
Keith00:00:00cellmemory seats in car - sometimes doesn't remember where he set it - other times it's fine - didn't readjust until after car warmed up - cold related? | RR - couldn't connect -
Ginny00:00:00Pittsford, NYNet Craft Toolbar
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYpopup: "trial to MovieLand has expired"
Larry00:00:00cell21 programs running on the background
Brian00:00:00Bloomfield, NYforgot password - W2kPro
Jack00:00:00Rochester, NYvirus scanner - updated McAfee on 2 PCs - run Tango 1/mo - set for weekly scan after weekly update - version 7
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYstorage - data & wave files - CD-Rs & external HD -
Ben00:00:00Hemlock, NYLinux - broadband - router - Linux file server
2006-01-01 - 18 callers
Dan00:00:00Brockport, NYold game - graphics are very bad - XP ATI Radeon 256M system has 1G - Diablo I
Mike00:00:00Batavia, NY2600 magazine - rootkit problem
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYVHS->DVD recorder
Terry00:00:00Penfield, NYcell phone headset - boys d/l something for iPod - coolwwwsearch - changed internet to its own site - running Norton, stinger, ad-aware, spybot, cwshredder
John00:00:00Greece, NYMac clone - no images on monitor - does get a flash of light going from left to right - both button on case and from keyboard does the same thing - can hear 3 "burps" and a click like a switch is closing - monitor known good
Leonard00:00:00Niagara Falls, NYcan't use mouse & keyboard - neither USB nor regular
Ace00:00:00Rochester, NYnew laptop - two PCs - one permanently connected to RR - one on wireless via Vonage hub/router
Scott00:00:00Buffalo, NY2.5GHz G5 30" mon, 2.5G RAM, dual core - old machine G3 running 8.6! on it is 15,000 MS Word files - none of which have a .doc ending
Mark00:00:00Irondequoit, NY4 hrs on a telescope in New Mexico!!! - forgot his password - XP
Matt00:00:00Gasport, NYNikon digital camera - laptop - reloaded Windows XP - display is huge
Sal00:00:00Fairport, NYnew hard drive - moved library, followed the directions, tried to consolidate, iTunes has lost track of the entire library
Jeff00:00:00North Rose, NYbought inlaws a Mac mini - crossover cable did it for him
Diane00:00:00Dansville, NYWeb site use all the time, "certificate invalid"
Joe00:00:00Brighton, NYWinFixer popups - hate them
Jeff00:00:00Gates, NYtree stand for deer hunting - XP Pro SP2 - does the Tango - NIS - spy ax trojan
Lynn00:00:00Rochester, NYThunderbird - installed it a week ago - love it - won't accept any outgoing mail - incoming okay - Outlook works fine - "sending failed - connect smtp-server.rochester.rr.com failed"
Joe00:00:00Greece, NYXP - ran Ad-Aware - 412 critical issues - goes to delete them, and everything freezes
Bob00:00:00Fairport, NYtrying to set up a machine to do data aquisition - Win95 - trying to network it
2005-12-18 - 17 callers
Gunnar00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYXPHome - corrupt/missing Sys32 driver - no CD-ROM - now what?
Dave00:00:00Pittsford, NYXP Pro -
Marty00:00:00Niagara Falls, NYlaptop - XP - can you change the user setup?
Mike00:00:00Bristol, NYWeb browser won't connect - 98SE
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYAlexa Virus on their business network
Joan00:00:00Greece, NYJust turned on her computer for the first time, they have no passwords. Now what?
Vito00:00:00Chili, NYFirefox upgrade to 1.5 - conflict w/ resident AV?
Elsie00:00:00Greece, NYfree AV
Bob00:00:00Gillitt, PAsafe to use a pen drive at the library?
Brian00:00:00Scottsville, NYwireless router - laptop - older model - new problem - network connection cuts out on her - even if using it actively - after 20-30 mins - has to restart/reboot
Steve00:00:00cellfilesharing on network - some other computer was in "some sort of server mode" - encryption was getting screwed up - disaster - backups insufficient - 5 PCs - XPSP2
Colleen00:00:00Perry, NYMac AV?
Doug00:00:00Rochester, NYnew Dell - what AV?
John00:00:00Henrietta, NYgot spyware - replaced motherboard & on/off switch - still couldn't connect to Internet - has W2k - bought XP Pro - have to reformat?
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYTried to uninstall IE
Pam00:00:00Avon, NYhard drive burned out - replaced - some kind of backup system - MP3 player w/ space for files?
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYwants a job to pay for health insurance
2005-12-11 - 16 callers
John00:00:00Rochester, NYWinME - want to boot from the CD, not the hard drive
Victor00:00:00Rochester, NYcan't get on a specific Website
Dick00:00:00Penfield, NY3-4 yr old PC - SpyBotter - each has own login - purchasing screen says you have to purchase it for her login
Rick00:00:00Rochester, NYdiff btwn wireless access point and router | in XP, how change default that opens a program?
Ginny00:00:00Pittsford, NYemail - if go into email & have preview pane off - right-click - click details - click message source
Dennis00:00:00cell"ideal" computer for home use?
Russ00:00:00Spencerport, NYmonitor goes black "for no reason"
Suzanne00:00:00Rochester, NYW2K on a Dell - OE - can't receive/send unless disable Norton firewall
Brian00:00:00Attica, NYThunderbird - won't work w/ PeoplePC - sending password did not succeed
Scott00:00:00Rochester, NYYahoo Mail - Firefox - pick up spyware - when go through IE, don't
John00:00:00Rochester, NYYahoo! Games - particular game - applet - freezes after 5 mins - XP 512M | upgrade to 1G?
Henry00:00:00Rochester, NYSpybot errors - XP SP2 - ZoneAlarm - McAfee - Win firewall off McAffee on ZA on - Spybot - 2 entries - win service center disable
Chris00:00:00cellinfo for Brian - they use nonstandard ports
Bryan00:00:00Victor, NYFirefox! - Parental controls on IE - what about firefox?
David00:00:00Henrietta, NYMac monitor?
Eric00:00:00Hilton, NYSpyBot not updating
2005-12-04 - 20 callers
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYsouped up computer 250G HD 64-bit proc -
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYAVG - ok to vault viruses?
Ann00:00:00Fairport, NYhow do I stop popups?
Bob00:00:00Churchville, NYCompaq - 3 or 4 different computers - virus up-to-date - came w/ MS Works
Elmer00:00:00Webster, NY56K internal fax/modem - seems to work - but starts the PC
Jim00:00:00Syracuse, NYany program to tune my system?
Sandy00:00:00Rochester, NYService Pack 2 - Firewall won't turn on - icon in control panel - everything comes up dark
Jim00:00:00Irondequoit, NYlast week: suspected virus - Internet slow - AdAware froze at a specific DLL file
Vito00:00:00Rochester, NYMacAfee 10 - uses IE -
Jim00:00:00Wayland, NYGateway - XP - d/l McAfee updates - now won't start up ISASS.EXE error -
Debbie00:00:00Brockport, NYnew laptop w/ wireless - can access other wireless networks - can they get to my machine?
Dick00:00:00Spencerport, NYemail - started receiving delivery failure notices
Dale00:00:00Rochester, NYMac cube - wants 2 monitors - one reg Mac screen, 1 reg 19" monitor - Jaguar
Ed00:00:00Webster, NYPC on cable - illegal site visit warnings
Jim00:00:00Alberquerque, NMsniffing wirless networks - yagi antenna - war driving! - LA, Phenix, Los Vegas
Ed00:00:00Webster, NYthinks wireless networking is okay
Argyle00:00:00
Jerry00:00:00Fairport, NYcould not get on the Internet - wired - LAN connection is there - support tab has no default gateway - repair button says can't renew
Rick00:00:00Rochester, NYcan't get on any secure Web sites
Rich00:00:00Brockport, NYbroadband secure?
2005-11-27 - 17 callers
Ken00:00:00Rochester, NY"Black Friday" | iPod Mini - recognizing files as WAVs, not MP3s - only 127 songs as opposed to 1,000
Bruno00:00:00Greece, NYCompaq laptop - game demos - "outbreak alert" - "not protected"
Cindy00:00:00Geneseo, NYTrojan "Vundoo"??? virus - Norton doesn't seem to be able to help her
Steve00:00:00Webster, NYwhich DVD format? DVD-R
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYlosing any protection moving to AVG?
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYFBI/CIA worm
Jim00:00:00Irondequoit, NYdoing the Tango - CWShredder - DUMPREP.EXE ???? - DLL init failed
Ron00:00:00Albion, NYcassette tapes - xfer to CDs | PC RegCleaner -
Mark00:00:00Spencerport, NYFirefox - Hyperlinks -
Doug00:00:00Pittsford, NYnew "computer station" - if move it, do I lose my info?
David00:00:00Pittsford, NYG4 Titanium - battery power issue - replaced 4 times in 3 years - only get 1 hr battery life
Jack00:00:00Pittsford, NYlaptop - wireless - once in a while it tries to dial in!
Larry00:00:00Irondequoit, NYSecurity Tango on Mac?
Ken00:00:00Fairport, NY60G laptop wireless XP - external HD backup?
Ken00:00:00Nunda, NYlost trash can
Hugh00:00:00Rochester, NYP4 2.8 512M - if don't reboot, some of the icons won't start their programs - XP Home
Dave00:00:00Rochester, NYsister-in-law accessing her email - playing around w/ security levels - says she put everything back - now he gets no progress bar
2005-11-20 - 14 callers
Kyle00:00:00Perinton, NYcomputer won't autoplay
Mark00:00:00Fairport, NYre: Kyle
Scott00:00:00Chili, NYHook DVR to laptop?
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYHTTP error - forbidden
Stewart00:00:00Webster, NYHiJackThis 1.99.1 | how do I stop programs running in the background?
Randy00:00:00Churchville, NYolder PC - Registry config error - restarts only in Safe Mode
Joe00:00:00Penfield, NYXP Pro - photos of kids - gonna transfer to CD - Windows shut down - could not reboot -
Jonathan00:00:00Rochester, NYNorton expiring - had McAfee - brother deleted it -
Lou00:00:00Fairport, NY8MM to DVD - won't play
Bob00:00:00Greece, NY2nd HD to back up | registry cleaners okay?
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - after a couple of hours, on the Internet - if go idle, cuts off from the Internet
Barbara00:00:00Fairport, NYoffer ringtones from CD of own band
Robert00:00:00Palmyra, NYsave graphics files in a new format
Dave00:00:00Rochester, NYpeople in addr book that he didn't put there - Outlook Express
2005-11-13 - 14 callers
Ed00:00:00Fairport, NYNotebook - black screen - safe mode works XP
Neil00:00:00Rochester, NYwhen turn on PC, light flashes "virt mem too low"
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NYmemory - removed/put back 256M - no beep
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYleave CPUs on or off?
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYtangos regularly - Frontier DSL - change to their security stuff?
Greg00:00:00cellthumb drives - wasn't being recognized
Steve00:00:00cellbuy grandparents a laptop - Florida & here
Tim00:00:00cellNorton AV 2006 Internet Security - blocks everything
Rich00:00:00Rochester, NYNorton AV - replace w/ free stuff from Tango, or EZ stuff from Frontier?
Fredda00:00:00Rochester, NYmultiple users on Windows XP
Bill00:00:00cellbacking up outlook files
Ed00:00:00Henrietta, NYWarranties - extended limited?
Leonard00:00:00Niagara Falls, NYUSB1 - buying USB2?
Jeff00:00:00Penfield, NYcan't receive from Lotus Notes to his system
2005-11-06 - 11 callers
Shelley00:00:00East RochesterWinFixer
Gil00:00:00Rochester, NYSCSI scanner - trying to install
Rick00:00:00Rochester, NYthumb drive - worked great over the summer - lately, when "save as" - get file permission error
Scotty00:00:00Canandaigua, NYimage manip - photography - taking out stuff, putting in stuff
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYTango - CWShredder - one variant found on MS Config - can't get into Safe Mode w/o it - nothing found in regular mode
Linda00:00:00Pittsford, NYleave on overnight?
Bill00:00:00Manchester, NYtrying to backup HD w/ Ghost - want bigger HD - XP | broadband - is Norton adequate?
Jonah00:00:00Rochester, NYold Presario - Win locks up - completely lost everything -
Jeremiah00:00:00Rush, NYhow often format HD?
Lance00:00:00Rochester, NYW98SE - Mozilla won't load - HD clatters, lights flash - what's going on?
Brian00:00:00Bath, NYlost icon in quicklaunch for Show Desktop
2005-10-30 - 11 callers
Sean00:00:00Holley, NYXP - mouse freezing
Deb00:00:00Rochester, NYFirefox - using it for a year - now can't get graphics
Tony00:00:00Pittsford, NYvideo died - screen black - slowly degraded from magenta pixels getting bigger
Heath00:00:00Victor, NYchanged routers - Thunderbird/Firefox -
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NYXPHome - Norton AV & ZA -
Mike00:00:00cellneeds dual monitor - need special card?
Joe00:00:00Fairport, NYold PC w/ ME - worked fine - tried to put 2K on it
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYmedia machine - XP Media Center -
Mark00:00:00cellAmbrosia: what's your new software?
Chuck00:00:00Batavia, NYThunderbird -
Ron00:00:00Webster, NYSecurity Tango - rebooted to Safe Mode, and can't find the Spybot & Adaware!
2005-10-23 - 12 callers
Patty00:00:00Kendall, NYWord - Off2K on old PC - new PC has 2002 -
Tom00:00:00Penfield, NYPresario XPSP2 - IE gives runtime error
Tony00:00:00Rochester, NYre: Media Player - takes over the system | iPod: record industry puts codes on CDs that prevent them from being copied to iPod
Tim00:00:00Webster, NYStinger - found virus in email in the trash - Netscape email - bagel virus
Diane00:00:00Rochester, NYoccasional trouble shutting down - goes to wallpaper & locks - WinME
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYhow make some other media player the default
Henry00:00:00Rochester, NYhard drive replacement | SATA?
Ginny00:00:00Pittsford, NYSpybot - keeps finding the same problem
Ken00:00:00Greece, NYNorton -
Jerry00:00:00cellbackdoorsd.dot virus
Rick00:00:00cellspybot - bought 3x use - PC crashed - | best security for home PC? | Barracuda networks AV?
Joe00:00:00cellfirewall: VM something - blocked - Norton found a virus - same file - trojan.lo
2005-10-16 - 13 callers
Mike00:00:00Penfield, NY120G HD - trying to move video - 5/6G - WinTV - 100G free - can't move - when try, error: drive full
Jerry00:00:00Penn Yann, NYOE - sometimes says already running
David00:00:00Lima, NYcan't get to Frontier - trojan spyware - everywhere
Debbie00:00:00Farmington, NYnew Dell Inspiron 6000 - home - trojan
Donna00:00:00Rochester, NYOE won't work - computer locked up
Tom00:00:00Naples, NYXP Home - unchecked the login box - personal login okay - can't get past it to get to admin login
Bob00:00:00cellupstairs bathroom got flooded - 115K speed now down to 21,500
Dick00:00:00cellAOL free w/ RR - free virus/worm/firewall
Brad00:00:00cellW2K SP4 XP SP2 - networked - trying to share Internet connection over dialup
Rod00:00:00Pavilion, NYbroadband choice
K.C.00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - 4 profiles - tango each one?
Ken00:00:00Akron, NYsafety of wireless networking - RR - wireless?
Dick00:00:00Spencerport, NYXP Pro - has a login box
2005-10-09 - 9 callers
Jeff00:00:00Rochester, NYhis home is automated
John00:00:00Fairport, NYmanaging temp remotely by computer
Skip00:00:00Henrietta, NYwhen on Internet, things come up reduced size - window comes up not quite large
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYtrouble opening Web pages
Scott00:00:00Greece, NYiMac G5 - d/l'd photos under his name - wife can't access them under her name - how?
Judy00:00:00Rochester, NYDigital camera to DVD
Howard00:00:00Rochester, NYselected all text, deleted, then saved
Ron00:00:00Irondequoit, NYkodak - .mov format - want to put one in .mov files
Frank00:00:00Greece, NYtrying to get rid of a trojan - not able to do it - Norton - unable
2005-10-02 - 15 callers
Al00:00:00Rochester, NYdaughter in college - AIM - buddy list people
Whit00:00:00Webster, NYemail from son in college at Carnegie-Mellon - when he goes on line, still uses AOL email - "Webmail service has been recently updated..."
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYSpybot - bad checksums
Jack00:00:00Fairport, NYXP - how turn off XP AV & firewall?
Bob00:00:00Greece, NYnew machine - Norton 2005 - lost, or move to new machine?
Claude00:00:00Greece, NYFirefox -
Frank00:00:00Fairport, NY3 wireless laptops - RR AOL - after 20 mins, signal goes from 54bps to 1 - slowups, get kicked off, etc.
Jack00:00:00Pittsford, NYwireless - how restrict?
Gary00:00:00cellSpybot - bad checksum | can't load firefox when norton is running
Gary00:00:00Webster, NYAIM - connection lost msgs - fairly constant
Ann00:00:00Rochester, NYdaughter in college - IE - McAfee - popup - WINANTISPYWARE2005
Dave00:00:00Hilton, NYnew PC - wireless - printer won't work - software installed - sharing set up right
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYfriend using Public Library - safe?
Tom00:00:00Fairport, NYcan't do the Tango - can't get in safe mode - using wireless keyboard
Joe00:00:00Avon, NYNorton IS 2002 - upgrade?
2005-09-25 - 14 callers
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYWinFixer on IE - lots of popups -
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYiTunes - putting CDs on iTunes - want to put them in folders - some won't go into folders
Julie00:00:00Conesius, NYPC keeps powering itself off - laptop - just started school - logging into their system - Blackboard
John00:00:00Webster, NYwhen reboot, XP logo comes up, then wants safe mode or last known successful boot - whichever one he picks, he goes back to the same screen - before this, they had a power outage
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYtrying to remove programs - can't find install.log
Augie00:00:00West Henrietta, NYdid manual update on McAfee - updated Firewall - asked to reboot - now can't run IE
Virginia00:00:00Batavia, NYtried to install printer - d/l'd new driver - when tried to do scandisk, only got to 15%
Stewart00:00:00Hilton, NYG4 - Tiger - Norton - 8 hrs later, found a virus - assoc w/ picture
Angelo00:00:00Webster, NYre: Virginia -
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYnew McAfee Internet Suite - having trouble browsing localhost? - now, SpamKiller - Outlook won't open - gets an error
Ted00:00:00Churchville, NYSpybot - bad checksum while trying to download updates
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NYneed to take in system - disconnect DSL - easy to reconnect?
Mark00:00:00Greece, NYSpybot - Win Firewall - Antivirus -
Tom00:00:00Hilton, NY"I'm the family PC guy" - what do I do?
2005-09-18 - 10 callers
Steve00:00:00Henrietta, NYwife - new G4 laptop - white - RR - Safari cannot open page - service stopped responding
Kathy00:00:00Webster, NYtwo teenagers - IM, email, research for school projects, certain reports - Celeron proc 2.4G 128K cache - 256MB shared
Jim00:00:00Irondequoit, NYwife playing games on Yahoo! - twice got booted off - Hotspot virtual machine detected error
Debbie00:00:00Fairport, NYteenager wants to download music - Aries Gold
Charles00:00:00Irondequoit, NYTango - went to update Spybot - been trying for a couple of days - bad checksum
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYused computers - any advice?
Maury00:00:00Henrietta, NYZoneAlarm - new version - security alert - Juno is trying to act as a server
Ray00:00:00Lockport, NY1 yr old printer - about 300 copies - won't print
Coleen00:00:00Perry, NYMac Mini - to be more secure - what do you have to do to be a good net citizen | do you have to run ZoneAlarm?
Pete00:00:00cellXP - backdoor.greybird - quarantined - to clean up, need to reboot & go into safe mode - now, password doesn't work, can't get out of safe mode
2005-09-11 - 5 callers
Shawn00:00:00cellcan't get jump drive to be read Windows XP desktop
Mike00:00:00Fairport, NYXP - wants system to turn on, do a backup, and then shut off
Herm00:00:00Ontario, NYG4 Mac dual proc - when shut down restarts
Dick00:00:00cellOutlook - when typing email - stops typing - cursor is moved somewhere - if turn off wireless, works fine
David00:00:00Brighton, NYThunderbird - when want to print just the selection, not available
2005-09-04 - 9 callers
Steve00:00:00Webster, NYDell 4700 DVD reader/writer - supposed to write CDs - no blank media
Melissa00:00:00Hilton, NYDell - XP - BestData 56K - looked fine - doesn't recognize phone line - DLL link error message
Pat00:00:00Irondequoit, NYnew laptop - v. sensitive mouse - how fix?
Steve00:00:00Greece, NYiPod - trying to organize - new playlists - iTunes - can't get them to go into the iPod - Sal is on the line!
Alan00:00:00Pittsford, NYGoogle Earth -
Joel00:00:00Rochester, NYWindows Issue - Win Robot programmer - go to DOS window thru robot control - text links browser exports data to file, then closes the window - degredation of windows performance
Keith00:00:00Rochester, NYW98 - laptops w/ XP Home - networked - Frontier DSL - since new 1.4 Spybot, when run check, get problems -
Mary Ellen00:00:00Honeoye, NYemail - when log in - USA Datanet - web interface - back to login -
Jeff00:00:00Rochester, NYconfused about security | 2 PCs - XP & ME -
2005-08-28 - 6 callers
Steve00:00:00Alexander, NYexpanding DSL coverage?
Chuck00:00:00Greece, NYDVD writing problems
John00:00:00Ontario, NYAdAware - smartscan works - when try to do full scan, finds a lot, and hangs
David00:00:00Pennsylvania"for a friend" Lexmark MFP - tried to refill the ink - now won't work
Dan00:00:00cellDell PC - virus? | something new?
Tom00:00:00Fairport, NYbacking up - before you back up your PC, you have to format your CD-RWs
2005-08-21 - 5 callers
Dave00:00:00Sodus, NYlaptop - desktop icons & startbar disappear at boot - XP
Frank00:00:00Greece, NYDSL Security -
Tom00:00:00Webster, NYXP Toshiba laptop wireless network - has security & preferred - window -> more than one network available, and disconnects him until he connects again
Tony00:00:00Charlotte, NYwhen click on toolbar, get black field of spaces
Susan00:00:00cellUsing a Mac 0 - how assure that she can share docs with others - Virtual PC?
2005-08-14 - 13 callers
Richard00:00:00Hilton, NYFirefox - Norton Firewall
Dave00:00:00LeRoy, NYwhen start - won't go to desktop - "winlogon.exe entry point not found" services.exe, lsass.exe - same
Rob00:00:00cellserver - W2KPro - never goes into standby mode
Marcy00:00:00Rochester, NYdialup - W98SE - can't save passwords
David00:00:00Pennsylvania16:9 screens vs. 3:4 screens - saw one on a laptop
Joe00:00:00cellXP - will read floppy - when try to change floppy & put another one in, still sees that first floppy
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Home - Netscape 7.2 - all incoming mail going to trash
Ted00:00:00Fairport, NYPDF files - when reader went from v4->v5->v6 - takes longer time to load
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYXPHome - on svc call w/ MS Tech - reset computer to prev date - lost the instructions
Roger00:00:00Irondequoit, NYconflict btwn MS antivirus & Norton firewall - when try to update MSAV manually - asks for permission - click yes, and it locks up
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYTango - stinger - why not updated?
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NYW2K - update not working - scans fine, says updates are there
Ed00:00:00Fairport, NYvideo - DVD - MPGs -
2005-08-07 - 9 callers
Ray00:00:00Rochester, NYLearn more about Servers
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYFlash software for a Mac
Greg00:00:00Holley, NYWin 98 first edition, getting odd characters in IM
Mike00:00:00Batavia, NYDisk Performance utilities for IDE drives?
Bob00:00:00Naples, NYBeen using ZoneAlarm with no problems, recently started slowing down.
Mark00:00:00Livonia, NYHP with XP, only one web site will open, then no other sites will open.
Greg00:00:00Rochester, NYInternet software doesn't detect dial tone
Jim00:00:00Finger LakesWin 98, computer restarts itself, after 10 minutes
Ann00:00:00FairportChanging browser from Netscape to IE, computer says it has to shut down.
2005-07-31 - 9 callers
Bob00:00:00Penfield, NYlaptop w/ XP - system32 problem - couldn't boot - bought 2nd drive, old drive is in USB port - can't get at old files - they belong to admin, and he's not the admin
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYwhen log on, then walk away for a short time, have to log in again - DSL
Bob00:00:00Greece, NYAdvanced Options Menu - during bootup - F8 - keyboard error - normal?
Maggie00:00:00Fairport, NYused PC - for games - monitor great - great speakers - horrible memory - only 64M
Richard00:00:00Rochester, NYKodak camera came w/ 3.0 - tried to d/l pix - wizard: shareware cannot complete the task - d/l latest 5.0 - still says - click on setup - push repair
David00:00:00Pennsylvanialaptop - proprietary - what 2 or three brands are the best of the worst? | Vista
Gary00:00:00Clifton Springs, NYHP Printer 1315 all-in-1 - W2K - when turn printer on, tries to reload itself
Lou00:00:00Fairport, NYXP - RR - can't get on unless restart -
John00:00:00Long Island, NYrover - program that lists all computer programs - new dual-core processors - may stop making single-core - charge per processor?
2005-07-24 - 9 callers
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYAthlon 3200 64-bit proc - integrated audio - can't get iTunes to play songs
Jim00:00:00Greece, NYsolution for Linda! -> iTunes FAQ
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYCompaq monitor - 4 yrs old - sometimes, when starts up, it'll click for up to three minutes before it comes on - but not every time
Bob00:00:00Greece, NYdesktop - 4 vertical yellow stripes appear over the desktop -
Ginny00:00:00Pittsford, NY"neighbor" - Win98 - update from MS - lost sound
Bob00:00:00Geneva, NYfirewall catches Explorer trying to access the Internet - hurricaneelectric.com
Gary00:00:00cell98 & XP - Linksys router - file & print sharing enabled on 98
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYtrying to download spybot -
Gary00:00:00Lockport, NYMP3 Players - need a Mac?
2005-07-17 - 9 callers
Bob00:00:00Springville, NYlarge chart 3'x4' using Adobe - emailed to printer - 72, 400, 600 dpi -
Mike00:00:00celltrip - hotel had wifi 802.11b/g - couldn't figure out how to log in
Kelly00:00:00Penfield, NYpower outage - now, CDs won't read - won't spin - opens door, kicks it out
Mitch00:00:00Livonia, NYSecurity Tango - wkstation w/ mult users - tango doesn't work on all accts at once
Barbara00:00:00Albion, NYMS - Money - leaves backups on the document screen
Ken00:00:00Irondequoit, NYwarranties - extended worth it?
Bill00:00:00cell2 PCs - when tries to access kid's from his, "don't have permission"
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYsymantec: "blocking some kind of message"
Colleen00:00:00Perry, NYfried UPS - how dispose?
2005-07-10 - 16 callers
Bob00:00:00Penfield, NYcomputer can't boot - "windows can't start because missing: system" - XP
John00:00:00Penfield, NYXP Home - 5 users - if idle or logged off, lose Internet - RR - but virus update still works!
Richard00:00:00Livonia, NYnew PC - not PC literate - loaded AdAware etc. bought Ghost 9 - tried to copy HD
Ron00:00:00Pittsford, NYRe: Bob - MS Kbase 307545 - HO1068335 on Dell's site
John00:00:00Fairport, NYnew PC - no floppy - USB ?
Al00:00:00Rochester, NYantivirus -
Tony00:00:00cellPC - password protected
Mike00:00:00Greece, NYIs the day after Patch Tuesday Crash Wednesday? | Gateway Profile (looks like iMac) - new HD & OS - will that work? | eBay - W2K "still in pkg"
John00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - Registry corrupted -
Gene00:00:00cellemail - sometimes duplicates itself -
David00:00:00PAre: Mike - W2K - MS released the SP4 rollup | MS Backup
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYSafari problem - filling in an online form on a secure Website - put in 5 digits for ZIP, if tab or return, drops the first digit
Gil00:00:00Rochester, NYMac Mini - USB HD enclosure - formatted on XP - tried to set permissions in a vanilla state - Mac says read only
Kurt00:00:00Irondequoit, NYbackup answer~ USB HD - Chronos True Image
Sal00:00:00Fairport, NYre: Jim - Safari - Zip+4 going in - site only takes 5
Frank00:00:00Greece, NYdigital camera w/ FinePix software - tried to burn to CD - couldn't read in DVD player - Nero didn't work either - Windows did work
2005-07-03 - 17 callers
David00:00:00Geneseo, NYold computer - monitor dying? monitor turns self off repeatedly - clicks & screen goes black - hit power, you'll see it - then clicks off again
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYW2K - test report - audit event log for shutdown
Frank00:00:00cellre: David & monitor - office UPS - batteries went weak & told the monitor to shut down
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYgetting new computer - AMD 64-bit? | RR & hardware firewall
Mary00:00:00Charlotte, NYwatched the Kodak falcons at 6 AM! | d/l'd too many things - taking inordinate amt of time for system to come up - uninstalling takes things you need with them - W2K
Steven00:00:00Rochester, NYdigital art - would like to take notebook computer outside, find a scene & paint w/digital art -
Bob00:00:00Greece, NYneed to upgrade a couple computers - obsolete laptop & obsolete PowerMac - what should he do?
Ray00:00:00Canandaigua, NYfirewall - laptop - takes to to hotels - has to disable Norton firewall to access internet | music program that helps him handle his music
Richard00:00:00Angelica, NYMac - installed Tiger - when shutdown from Apple menu - black box in four languages - "need to restart - hold power down for several seconds" - doesn't restart; shuts down
Sal00:00:00Fairport, NYFirefox - during setup - how to handle DNS -
Zach00:00:00Brighton, NYwireless for large house - effective range for mimo? | power line connectors?
Lance00:00:00Rochester, NYZilog! - used to program them
Brian00:00:00Henrietta, NYre: Ray - nonags.com has a ton of freeware, including player programs | CD writer died - got DVD writer
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYwork: inherited Solaris | re: Brian - use Linux - dvdrecord
Josh00:00:00Greece, NYdirect connects to play a video game - can't play on router - how open ports?
Troy00:00:00Holley, NYPDA - wants to d/l email on it - needs email program on computer - need Thunderbird
Lynn00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYP4 w/ ME - up to XP?
2005-06-26 - 12 callers
Gary00:00:00Victor, NY03 Dell XP - upgrades - should I?
Gary00:00:00Rochester, NYXP & Office XP - prob w/ email - hundreds of emails
Joel00:00:00Pittsford, NYsetting up IDE chains - 2 HD, CD writer, DVD writer
Steve00:00:00Alexander, NYbought online 3-in-1 USB IDE adapter - makes an internal drive an external drive
Steve00:00:00cellre: Steve from Alexander - less than 40G won't work!
Al00:00:00Grand Island, NYXP SP2 concern deleting spyware - kill good files in the OS? How to reinstall w/o losing everything?
Dick00:00:00Irondequoit, NYsounds - 98 - lost some of the sounds - Control Panel - Sounds - get property screen - pick out a sound (e.g. tada.wav)
Jamie00:00:00Rochester, NYFirefox won't work w/ AOL
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYdigital artwork -
Debbie00:00:00Webster, NYre: Jamie - changed the home page, and hers started to work!
Mark00:00:00Fairport, NYre: Jamie - firewalls!
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYre; Steve - color temperature - some are dynamically controllable by the video card | when log out of Win2K, takes a minute to save settings
2005-06-19 - 11 callers
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYNorton 2005 - Norton didn't find a Trojan that AVG found
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYMac 10.3.9 -> Win2KWkstn - can't see external volumes on the Mac
Mike00:00:00Pittsford, NYtrouble connecting to wireless at home - new computer - config'd for college - disabled default firewall - try to connect, can't get on
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYWinMedia10 - all latest updates - when put music into a library - every once in a while, it all disappears
Tony00:00:00Greece, NYprinter - Epson photo printer - can't get text | cuts off edge of photo
Tom00:00:00Fairport, NYdesktop - photos from children - thru AOL -
Dave00:00:00Springwater, NY2 2.6G PCs both XPHome both have dialup NetGear router for file & print sharing - did router upgrade - now it won't let anyone get to the Internet when the router is turned on
Allison00:00:00Williamson, NYcan't dial up - there's a clicking on the line -
David00:00:00PennsylvaniaFirefox - trends housecall program - won't work w/ Firefox - Panda & Symantec have equivs | Spybot S&D - blocking bad products
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYscandisk or defrag dies after 10 tries
Sam00:00:00Rochester, NYIE, Opera, Mozilla - Moz could always use video on CNN, etc. -
2005-06-12 - 15 callers
Judy00:00:00Rochester, NYWinXP - runs for 30 sec, shuts itself off & starts up again
Tom00:00:00cellnew laptop - xfer files from old laptop - Staples - some cord to connect the two
Bob00:00:00Greece, NYXP - updated - gets to Win logo - freezes - was getting blue screen - problem - Win shut down
Chris00:00:00Williamson, NYtrying to move HD from one PC to another - AMD K6/2 to Intel P4 - XP
Richard00:00:00Waterloo, NY160G external - 2 yrs old - some of the file paths are so long that it can't read them - XP on one, 2K on the other
Ryan00:00:00Penfield, NYbackup to keychain? | office computer - spyware - ran AdAware
Michelle00:00:00Webster, NYpopup: flashants ice player - ok - macromedia flash enabled
Sharon00:00:00Rochester, NYAdAware free -
Lee00:00:00cellFedora Core 4?
John00:00:00Pittsford, NYstarting first Web site - building pages in PageMaker - save as HTML
Doug00:00:00celldoesn't like Flash - Netscape or Mozilla
David00:00:00Pennsylvanialower res photos for emailing or whatever
Betsy00:00:00Pittsford, NYSec Tango
Steve00:00:00Fairport, NYiPod photo - can't get the PC to recognize the iPod - 2.0 USB - wants serial number - after that, lost it - restore didn't work
Sal00:00:00Fairport, NYre: iPod
2005-06-05 - 17 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYJump Drive - corrupts data - when used as sneakernet from PC to Mac 9.2.2 - 10.3.9 is good
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NY2 PCs - wife: business, his: surfing - network? - can one person get into other's files?
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYcan't open Dave's attachment | sep snd/video card, or built-in?
Ray00:00:00Rochester, NYW98 - randomly, the monitor goes blank - hears a click - it all comes back
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NYPavilion - updated AV, restarted - missing/corrupt file, couldn't restart Win - restore CD & restore floppy didn't work
Rob00:00:00Sodus Point, NYdaughter changed admin password, then forgot it
Dave00:00:00Sodus, NYwork: 2 broadband - DSL & cable - business computers are on DSL, wireless on cable - how do I get onto the wireless from home (700 ft away)
Jack00:00:00Tonawanda, NYsightless - speech, screen readers, Jaws, wants to change to Linux
Ed00:00:00Fairport, NYdigital camera - trying to send 30-sec movie - 17M | laptops outside - what are they looking at? | WiMax?
Ginny00:00:00Pittsford, NYFraud Eliminator - legit?
Tim00:00:00Penfield, NYold Compaq P2 - reinstall OS - used Compaq restore CD - error on CD - now can't see the drive at all
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYSkype - error: | spybot problem | Firefox skips
Jeff00:00:00Naples, NYNew Dell - 2.8G 512M - upgraded from P3 900 - doesn't seem like the performance is very good - 1 Hr video - took about an hour to move over
Troy00:00:00Gates, NYOE - export mail?
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYnew laptop - 64-bit - Gateway - running regular XP -
Tom00:00:00cellopen Outlook - gets hung up in EXE - 100% CPU - doesn't do it every time - kills it in Task Mgr
Mike00:00:00Churchville, NYChurchville - Ether Over Power - this summer!
2005-05-29 - 13 callers
Henry00:00:00Brighton, NYwants to upgrd ME to XP - getting lots of blue screens - decided to reinstall ME so it would be a cleaner install.
Dave00:00:00Seneca Falls, NYnew laptop - want to make particular URL the home page - won't display it
David00:00:00Pennsylvaniarunning AdAware & Spybot - Bazooka? - OpenOffice?
Sue00:00:00Gainsville, NYturned computer on one morning & had many DLL errors - MSVCP60.DLL
William00:00:00cellInspiron - dock - XP - shuts itself down - no warning
Dick00:00:00Silver Lake, NYAdAware - had it a couple of years, done the Tango - worked fine - decided to update to AdAware SE - uninstalled old, d/l'd new - about 20-30 secs into it, it freezes - 98
Bill00:00:00Canandaigua, NYKodak digital camera - software gathers all pictures - had to reformat hard drive - went to put Kodak software back in - it was rejected
Lance00:00:00cellAsk Nick! member - how remove Internet Explorer?
Jim00:00:00Canandaigua, NYWeb Templates | what OS?
Bob00:00:00cellphone line problem - has dialup AOL 9.0 - disconnect phones & outlets, wait, reconnect
Jeff00:00:00Canandaigua, NYThunderbird - didn't migrate multiple accounts from OE
John00:00:00Penfield, NYIBM T41 - XP - wireless - won't connect at all
Troy00:00:00Rochester, NYC++ - C# | setting up network for aunt - Mac & 2 PCs - connected, but then the Mac wouldn't work
2005-05-22 - 9 callers
Jeff00:00:00Seneca Falls, NYselling laptop - can get almost as much for old one on eBay as paid for new one - 2.4G old unit runs at 2.4G, new 2.4 runs at 1.3
Anne00:00:00Rochester, NYfatal exception - v slow - when get to site, it freezes - W98 - VXD
Doug00:00:00Geneseo, NYIE: page cannot be displayed - was hijacked w/ virus - can't get to IE
Ed00:00:00Wellington, Ontario, Canadathanks for the Tango! | Magic & Jaws - 98SE - Jaws chatters - 3.5
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYXPHome - Norton Internet Security -
Greg00:00:00Rochester, NYhad many viruses - Panda software - very happy with it - occasionally, get msg "computer trying to access update" - have to say Y/N - but he has no clue what it's updating! | KaZaA removed - son has installed Soul Seek - music swapper
Norma00:00:00Penfield, NYSONY digital camera 98SE -> XPHome - trying to do the same under XP - called SONY & Microsoft
Frank00:00:00Dansville, NYtrying to set up Cisco lab at home - need to access PC thru serial port
Louis00:00:00Fairport, NYconnection wizard - tartup -
2005-05-15 - 18 callers
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYprint doc in Adobe reader - OK button covered by task bar - screen has gone to 640x480
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYwent to put CD into drive - doesn't exist - yellow ! in device mgr -
Shahid00:00:00Rochester, NYAOL IM - viruses?
Allan00:00:00Pittsford, NYDell 8200 XPPro - reformat - how?
Bruce00:00:00cellXP - Tools - disk clean - can't defrag
David00:00:00PennsylvaniaW2K/XPPro - slipstreaming service packs into the OSs - slipstreaming of updates?
Gabe00:00:00cellre: David in PA -
Rich00:00:00Rochester, NYintermittent cursor - sometimes great for several hours - other times gets spastic - reboot works - changed motherboard - antivirus - changed mouse
John00:00:00Rochester, NYRhapsody - ME - updated - when restart Rhapsody - get blue screen - uninstall/reinstall - same problem -
Bill00:00:00Honeoye, NYRR - last couple of weeks - barrage of ads - Viagra, stocks, etc. - email - Outlook Express
Stan00:00:00Pittsford, NYfirst call! used restore - got to point where did not complete (80%) & locked up - about 10 yrs old - running XP - could not uninstall Family Tree Maker - so tried to go back to a restore point
David00:00:00Rochester, NYMac - Tiger - been cool about installing - read some stuff from MacFixIt that system can act slower - not sure if Tiger should go in right away
Jay00:00:00Rochester, NYUSB Mass Storage - 40G - works on 1 laptop - other 2 have 20G or less - will it work?
Ed00:00:00Brockport, NYneed printer - some drivers use system memory
Joe00:00:00East Rochester, NYMP3 player - USB disc driver doesn't work anymore - d/l'd all the drivers for ME - tried replacing the drivers
Jeff00:00:00cellMac - iSight - USA Datanet VOIP phone - getting errors for conferencing - port 5060 is in use - both use 5060
Jean00:00:00Rochester, NYemails - spam - how prevent that
Bill00:00:00Pittsford, NYXP Annoyance - standby after two hours - failed
2005-05-08 - 13 callers
Norm00:00:00Fairport, NYtrying to get his Yahoo!, Netscape, & IE accounts
Susan00:00:00cellBatavia - drooling over DSL - are you going to expand?
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYold albums & 45s -
Brad00:00:00Rochester, NYnotebook computer - HP - screen prob - not illuminated anymore - can still see it, but no backlight
Gary00:00:00Rochester, NYdomain questions
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYEddie: First Strike? service charges?
Dick00:00:00Honeoye, NYunable to send msgs - some were rejected - 554 message was rejected by blacklist
John00:00:00Fairport, NYre: backup storage
Rodney00:00:00North Chili, NYEddie - DSL - probs w/ laptop from VPN - can't connect to VPN
Marcy00:00:00Rochester, NYlooked into high-speed connections - hardwired alarm system - won't work if power goes out
Joe00:00:00Pittsford, NYTiger: having trouble loading it - Apple Tech got him going - runs very slow - 256M
Rich00:00:00Irondequoit, NYthinking about Linux - laptop - where to start?
Greg00:00:00Rochester, NYvideo card - need to find something into the following years - likes to do gaming - has GForce4MX 64M
2005-05-01 - 16 callers
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYNorton - been using AVG - is that okay?
Mary00:00:00Rochester, NYproblems w/ internet - XP - diff browsers - iE, FF, opera - when computer has been on for a while, you'll get a blank page w/ done, or it'll start and then stop.
Suzanne00:00:00Rochester, NYmonitors - disposing of monitors - something special need to be done? | hard drive: how deal w/ killing the data on it?
Jeff00:00:00Naples, NYnew PC - best way to xfer data?
Howard00:00:00celllaptop crashed - ran AdAware - found spyware - also SpyBot - found WildTangent | windows system messenger
Scott00:00:00Victor, NYnew PC - hardware ?s - want to build new Windows PC - Intel 955 chip set - does video editing
Len00:00:00Fairport, NYsince started using Firefox, McAfee won't update - running 5.1
HarryC:windowstemp00:00:00Honeoye, NYtemp file - c:windowstemp - can I delete those? | entering correct spelling for domains - why don't those sites get in trouble?
John00:00:00Pittsford, NY70 yrs old & computer illiterate - using Thunderbird - when try to do email, when try to send "could not be sent because connecting to smtp server smtp-server.rochester.rr.com failed
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYold VHS tapes - captured into computer, edited, burning to DVD - DVDs may not last as long as you think they might? - bought external enclosure - looking for 250G drive to put in it | external DVD dual-layer burner - put it internal
Eric00:00:00Hilton, NYwhat's going on w/ Stinger -
Josh00:00:00cellopinion: internet phone companies?
Herm00:00:00Ontario, NYre: scanning guy -
Rich00:00:00Walworth, NYre: Steve's coaster problem - had a single-layer drive, and CD-RW - had Lite-On dual layer: was using cable select; Lite-On didn't want cable select!
Jim00:00:00Greece, NYremote Desktop - wife wants to work from home - they gave her instructions - their server is rejecting
Chris00:00:00cellStinger -
2005-04-24 - 17 callers
Tim00:00:00Greece, NYfirst computer experience - Sinclair
Keith00:00:00Rochester, NYW98 desktop & XP laptop - networked - no problems - except... done Tango - using desktop, run virus check or use HP photo software - when come back, display has changed from 1024x768 to 640x480
George00:00:00cellfirst computer: 1943!!! mechanical electrical dedicated computer - Torpedo Data Computer
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYOE - error: host pop-server.rochester.rr.com could not be found - can fix it by disconnecting/reconnecting router
Kurt00:00:00Irondequoit, NYre: Steve - check that ROM is updated | first computer: John Titus Mark 8 - 1974 4K RAM - homebrew - teletype for I/O - acoustic modem 300 baud - he made money off it! - article in Radio & Electronics
John00:00:00cellmotherboard & pwr sply replaced - can get on everything - RR & LinkSys - when click on "E" for Internet - Win2K - can't do IE - other browsers work
Dave00:00:00Greece, NYcan't get on internet - open IE - get nowhere - can't even open Firefox
Lee00:00:00Henrietta, NYre: Dave & Steve - has same problem - unplug & wait | Fedora Core 1 - runs great - surf, email
John00:00:00Rochester, NYMac ? - having trouble logging in to 2 accts on eMac 10.3.9 - get spinning bar when log in, but never actually get anywhere.
Bud00:00:00Rochester, NYre: connecting to the internet - could be cables - about a year ago, we talked to Doug Simar -
Bill00:00:00Marion, NYfather-in-law's computer - everything they do is a nightmare - just installed XP - started out having very low sound, now has no sound - reinstalled drivers from Web site - VIA AC97 in there, but no sound
Nick00:00:00Henrietta, NYDell laptop - XP Pro - when boot, "notify alert - CLR debugging svcs' -
Jim00:00:00cellmbrd w/ 2 AGP slots - one works, one doesn't | still find people w/ ME who are constantly back in the shop | re: UPS - watch if getting from TrippLite or APC - make sure get something w/ software
Tom00:00:00Wolcott, NYDell Inspiron 8000 XP 512M upgraded to DSL - wireless LinkSys - Firefox - latest updates - Tangos regularly - gets old dial-up box - cancel - after 2 mins, get the page he wants
Richard00:00:00Henrietta, NYCompaq Deskpro 1GHz - when in BIOS to do anything - nothing takes
John00:00:00Irondequoit, NYpopup - virus - don't have virus protection -
Scott00:00:00Wellsville, NYno sound - prev owner had 98, ME has no sound - conflicts in DM - XP - same problem
2005-04-17 - 9 callers
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYDave: killing temp files - didn't write down the command
Dennis00:00:00Rochester, NYlast couple of months - messenger service popups - 'may be infected w/ virus'
Dave00:00:00Pennsylvaniaheard one of us refer to a program - in addition to AdAware & Spybot | nlite
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYturn the computer off at night?
Rafael00:00:00Rochester, NYWindows ME - tried to do Windows update - connection died - now can't get on the Internet - programs work fine, but under help, "activex control might be unsafe"
Debbie00:00:00Fairport, NYchild wants to be computer animator - Win98
Sal00:00:00Fairport, NY3rd party program that will convert MP3s to something bookmarkable - M4As
Gil00:00:00Canandaigua, NYre: Tiger - thinking about buying Mac Mini - what's the upgrade strategy?
Shimi00:00:00Rochester, NYgot registered copy of XP - had disc of recording software - Sonar 2.0 - try to install, asks for DirectX 8.1 - has 9.0C - still thinks it's 5.03
2005-04-10 - 11 callers
Carolyn00:00:00Penfield, NYupgraded iMac to OS X - old apps have docs - launch, goes into Classic 9 - can't print | when try to d/l new or upgrade - asks for password - what password?
David00:00:00Rochester, NYre: SP2 -
Dave00:00:00Irondequoit, NYWinXP reinstall - when it says take disc out of Drive A:, he wasn't using Drive A:! didn't remove CD - started install process over - now has two options | 300G - "data lifeguard" formatted it - it was "dog slow" -
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYHow do I backup my music in iTunes?
Mike00:00:00Lakeville, NYreinstalled wireless - kept getting bounced offline - added wireless printer - this AM, had to log on as owner - never had to do that - user accoutns - asp.net limited account - password protected | for past year, DOS Exploit on machine - suddenly Spybot
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYAdAware - sits on one file - c:win$hf_mig$
Andy00:00:00Bloomfield, NYprinter - when install drivers - get message "error writing to LPT1: printer timeout occurred" - Win95
Colleen00:00:00Perry, NYcouple of domain names - "site under construction" -
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYif want to start own computer shop, how find wholesalers?
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYjust installed SP2 | dialup listeners: SP2 avail for free on CD
Don00:00:00Oshan, NYXP - when do mail, kicks him off Internet - outlook express
2005-04-03 - 13 callers
Al00:00:00Rochester, NYscreensaver won't run
Tim00:00:00cellcomputer was rebooting over & over - XP ->
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYused computer (by major company) - 2000 Pro - can't get into defrag or file search
Fred00:00:00Livonia, NYXP loaded SP2 - can't log on to AOL because of firewall
Jon00:00:00cellSecTango - prob: bullseye,
Chris00:00:00Henrietta, NYdanced Tango - Spybot - MSJava.dll, WTEngine.dll not found - reinstall - restored WildTangent | backup wizard - wanted to back up to 3.5" drive - directed to CD - churned, now can't find CD or DVD
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYpray for me - installed SP2 - Road Runner - "this page cannot be displayed" - won't let him go on the Internet - has to restore
George00:00:00Fairport, NYXP - drivers for HP OfficeJet - LPT1: has to be ECP
John00:00:00Pittsford, NYbought Seagate 300G internal w/ external enclosure - plugs in via Firewire - no icon unless reboots - if walk away & come back, icon will be gone - XP P4 - 768M | deleted MS Money - when loads new pgm - two Windows come up saying can't find Money
Art00:00:00Attica, NYXP Home - SP1 - autorun - has stopped working
Mark00:00:00Penn Yann, NYDell Laptop XPPro - when reboot, choose workstation 9 - takes about 2 mins to boot
John00:00:00Ontario, NYNorton AV - adwaren.net - can't remove it
Gil00:00:00Rochester, NYtried Linux - spied Mac Mini - how can you run Macs on a PC network? Compatible? Share files?
2005-03-27 - 12 callers
Bob00:00:00Penfield, NYprob sharing files/printers - ME - host - laptop w/ XP - Linksys wireless G - laptop can't see ME
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYJust updated Firefox - need to uninstall old? | how best back up HD?
Mike00:00:00Gates, NYHP 2-3 yrs old - starts up - EEP - "operating system not found" - rebooted - found OS
Ginny00:00:00Pittsford, NY98SE - patched shutdown problems - still has hangups that "end task"
Jeff00:00:00Naples, NYXP Pro vs Home - Linux-based server - need Pro?
Landon00:00:00Rochester, NY98 user lost in XP - trying to install software - on startup, launches itself twice - one instance freezes - uninstalled, went online, d/l'd latest
Bob00:00:00Greece, NYXP on Dell P4 - installed MS Antispyware -
Troy00:00:00Holley, NYre: Bob - if d/l via P2P - then unshare & move the files manually, then rescan the library | looking for GNU C compiler
Jason00:00:00Buffalo, NYLimewire & spyware - how safely?
Colleen00:00:00Warsaw, NYNorton - has auto update - seems to download same file over and over
Bob00:00:00Henrietta, NYFirefox - where can get more info? WHy so much better
Tom00:00:00Penfield, NYSecurity Tango - delete Temp files | AdAware & SpyBot -
2005-03-20 - 14 callers
Bob00:00:00Fairport, NYIE6 SP1 - can't access certain Web sites - ran Tango - "could not convert server name to IP address" Win98...
Kathy00:00:00Hamlin, NYWin98sE - Yahoo! Messenger - VGA mode not supported -
Fred00:00:00Brighton, NYDell Dimension 2400 XP - loaded dig pix - deleted from recycle bin - can recover?
Mike00:00:00cellre: Kathy - power supply
Wayne00:00:00Rochester, NYXPHome - when start programs - not all pgms can be show because of type size | iPod mini - makes QT the default
Argyle00:00:00Rochester, NYwhat's coming up from Ambrosia? | "friend" has white iBook - running in target disk mode - won't start up now
Jerome00:00:00 cellnew laptop - old laptop - cloned HD to new laptop - moved it from one location to another, got hard error - say Reg wiped out
John00:00:00Rochester, NYbrother built PC clone - d/l'd DVD ripping program - when start Win XP, get installer trying to install pgm, but it's not there - EZ CD/DVD Creator
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYRR - eTrust EZArmor - firewall & AV - popup to eTrust Web site
Steve00:00:00in the studioXP & 98 - XPPro hosting printer - 98 can't see the printer
Jim00:00:00Syracuse, NYcoolest Web site - Monterey Bay Aquarium - www.mbayaq.org/
Dave00:00:00Victor, NYMac Performa 6200 CD - won't power up from kybd - new battery?
Scotty00:00:00Canandaigua, NYXP 81 yrs old! - image manip - Adobe too rich -
Phil00:00:00Rochester, NYXPHome RR EZ - AVG - | if click on audio clips - WMP can't connect
2005-03-13 - 16 callers
Jamie00:00:00Irondequoit, NYXPHome - password for admin - constantly has to reenter the password
Ed00:00:00Ithaca, NYiMac - only USB - how connect to HP LaserJet II - only parallel
Tony00:00:00Rochester, NYeBay account hijacked - RR forwarded to AOL addr in Italy - can't shut system down from desktop, certain sites he can't get to - slow to boot - sysconf not avail - XP
Art00:00:00Mumford, NYInternet speed - no DSL, no cable -
Bob00:00:00Fairport, NYNetscape - Netscape Radio - when close out, it comes to "Welcome to Radio Netscape setup wizard" -
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYsoftware licensing? - yr old SONY PC - XP, Office, etc.
Dave00:00:00Greece, NYOE - when starts OE, it starts AIM - how stop?
Randy00:00:00Chili, NYmonitor probl? - moved - hooked back up, monitor can only display "override" - even when not connected to the computer
Parker00:00:00Webster, NYuplding Kodak EasyShare - didn't go thru - rebooted - bkgnd was gray, icons enlarged, won't recognize mouse - can use kybd - WinME
Helen00:00:00Chili, NYnew mouse - wheel mouse won't work on Mac but will on the PC
David00:00:00Victor, NYPerforma 6200CD - won't power up off the keyboard unless he pulls the mbrd & replaces it
Al00:00:00Rochester, NYre: Randy - turn monitor on, then turn PC on - if that works, it's the video card, otherwise it's the power supply
Terry00:00:00Rochester, NYre: Batteries - need Dilithium Crystals | IE - locks up when using IE - if delete files, it works again
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYinherited laptop - NFP agency - precious data - detailed instructions (old) from one of virus companies - tried it, didn't work
Billie00:00:00Rochester, NYdigital camera - "nice computer" - wants to xfer photos - plug in - window wizard thing comes up - doesn't come up anymore
Troy00:00:00Rochester, NYupgrd AMD XP2000+ - upgrd pwr sply?
2005-03-06 - 14 callers
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYfriend has small apt - media center PC?
Jon00:00:00Pittsford, NYold iMac - 33MHz - trying to use Norton Disk Doctor - "blew up"
John00:00:00Pittsford, NYvideo editing system? - XP Pro - can process large files easily
Al00:00:00Almond, NYLinux - dual boot 2K & Red Hat - how get USB devices recognized?
Walt00:00:00Greece, NYWMP 7.1 - can't listen to the stream | RH 9 -
Joanne00:00:00Rochester, NY4 children - getting Internet this week - each user to have allotted amount of time & limit where they're going?
Debbie00:00:00Batavia, NYopinion: EZArmor
Ginny00:00:00Pittsford, NYhow to clean history temp files - DOS mode - XP Pro - %temp%
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYwhen on email 7 receive subscriptions or on eBay & have Web sites in the mail, can't click on it
Bob00:00:00Fairport, NYLinux 64bit - which one?
Eric00:00:00cellXPHome - Outlook - primary email works fine - secondary email comes in three times
Nick00:00:00Spencerport, NYbuilt computer - put in wireless - randomly freezes -
Gary00:00:00Lockport, NYupgrd W95 to Mac - eMac or iMac? Safari or Firefox? Superdrive better on eMac?
Steve00:00:00cellIT Pro - secure Internet - IE - Using Zones
2005-02-27 - 12 callers
Steve00:00:00Henrietta, NYantivirus for the Mac
Dave00:00:00Bloomfield, NYtrying to play AVI from USB jumpdrive
Kurt00:00:00Pittsford, NYscreen in pastel rather than bright colors - went into photo editing - changed gamma -
Lynne00:00:00Medina, NYXPHome - started having probls - freezing - DLL Hell - reinstalled Win - been doing the Tango/CWShredder/HiJackThis - dyfuca internet optimizer - n-kace
Martha00:00:00Rochester, NYGateway 2000 - Celeron 950 - mouse freezes - WinME
Pat00:00:00Irondequoit, NYW98 (95 upgrd) - when go on Inet - Norton updates on Friday - now get screen: "Dickens-1" w/ toolbar - Auto w/ dropdown - llynch@enrightpc.com | 128M RAM
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYmedia center - can't connect to DSL -
Al00:00:00Fairport, NYgotta update av software - Norton system Works Premiere - only want to use av & maybe Ghost
Paul00:00:00Chili, NYGateway P3 733 512M - defrag & viruscheck every night Tango Firewall - get TCP/IP not installed -
Jim00:00:00Irondequoit, NYpossible for things to appear in recycle if never threw anything away vmgr2304.tmp
John00:00:00Rush, NYNorton/McAfee - which?
Bill00:00:00Webster, NYmedia center - hates it
2005-02-20 - 12 callers
David00:00:00PennsylvaniaXP Pro - uses serial trackball - install went fine - about 1/2 time boot up, COM1: disappeared
Jeff00:00:00Henrietta, NYre: David: - Win has tendency to have multiple entries for hardware you might/not have in your computer (any more) -
Adriane00:00:00Rochester, NYRAID - at POST, get normal status on Raid Vol port 0 - on p1, "error occurred" - if check status, everything okay - warning app says warning event #4 - RAID vol 1 is in non-redundant failed disk state
Doug00:00:00Geneva, NYExcel - was going to save to CD-RW - error: admin settings | Norton System Works - ignored a bunch of messages, when started up Firefox, all bookmarks lost
Paul00:00:00Chili, NYXP - PTC Pro Engineer - student edition - works on eMachine, but not on Sony w/ NVIDIA graphics card - runtime error 5 scrrun.dll
Ron00:00:00Ontario, NYSpybot - checksum error | removing AdAware 6 - don't find uninstaller
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYThunderbird - changing ISPs
Ginny00:00:00Pittsford, NYAdAware: Lori's procedure - should delete Quarantined items?
Ron00:00:00Webster, NYXPHome - one out of every 5 - "Win could not start - winsys32/config.system" - has to boot from CD - get 5 or so good boots, and then it happens again
Jerry00:00:00Chili, NYre: Thunderbird & Bob - | fusemail
Bob00:00:00Penfield, NYknee-deep into Linux - Mandrake 10.1
Tom00:00:00cellwant to put new HD in XP Home - remove old drive
2005-02-13 - 15 callers
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYSpySweeper? | Incredimail
Ray00:00:00Irondequoit, NYmdac_runonce
Barbara00:00:00Chili, NYNetwork - 4 PCs - RoadRunner - terrible problems w/ connectivity - have to renew DHCP - have to cycle router to get connection
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYSpybot & Adaware - something went wrong - "onewild-.1dll"
John00:00:00Victor, NYHotmail service - popup during forward - type in box to continue
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYre: Adaware - what's Mike Woods' take on MS Spyware & Webroots? | how often update?
Mike00:00:00Gates, NYAdaware | system config utility box - windows / tbsdm.exe
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYwhere can get code to add to web site that gives auto subject? | W2K - blue screen - physical memory dump
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYre: John - if speakers connected, it'll pronounce the letters & numbers to meet the test
Vito00:00:00Chili, NYlikes Irfanview - thanks! | Firefox - plugin problems - about:plugins -
Dave00:00:00Fairport, NYstoring data on CDs | iBook - Virex
Peter00:00:00celllaptop - Office 2000 standard - has 2K3 Pro
Dave00:00:00Fairport, NYWord: doc w/ 34 pages - will print current page or whole doc, but not page range | had to load Chinese - trying to install something
Rick00:00:00Pittsford, NYThinkpad - W2K - can't boot into safe mode - blue screen - video failed to init
Gene00:00:00Rochester, NYwireless network card - DLink - router in basement - 2 PCs on 2nd floor - one works fine - USB LAN adapter - PCI wireless 802.11b - connects/disconnects intermittently
2005-02-06 - 16 callers
Hal00:00:00Rochester, NYvirus - has AVG - it's updated - DSL - OS 98SE - trojan dialer 17.M - can't get online, can't reinstall, can't fix
Brad00:00:00Victor, NY98SE - tax pgm - need to get the updates after install basic program - locks up before finishing updates - one of their support techs suggested uninstall in safe mode, then reinstall
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYrundll - error loading wildtangent - XP
Russ00:00:00cellWin Update - logged on okay - when checked, sysclock is not in sync - settings are right, time setting, lang right - every time he restarts, he has to go through it again
Jeff00:00:00Rochester, NYre: Joe - Spybot removed it, and he got the same msg - sometimes it doesn't remove all of it - it's in the Reg - not dangerous, but added in w/ online games - wildtangent web site - did install and uninstall, that worked!
Stan00:00:00Livonia, NYtrying to get Winupdate to d/l from Road Runner - W98 -
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYMSN IE d/l'd Firefox - MSN still uses IE
Matt00:00:00Livonia, NYboogered his computer - used very inexpensive ISP - tried to change the resolution - when tried to change, black screen - ME
Tom00:00:00Fairport, NYas we recall, his XP had the C: drive going - added a 120, wanted to move 40 data over, but already had data on the D: drive - worried about copying the operating system over
Clyde00:00:00Rochester, NYAdobe Creative Suites - InDesign - saves as EPS files - copy to CD - CD comes out fine, his printer can use it fine, but he can't delete the EPS files from his temporary write folder
John00:00:00Canandaigua, NYMac: HP via USB to G4 - had to move G4, hooked USB to G3 - G3 not recognizing USB card - 9.0 -> 9.1
Norman00:00:00Hamlin, NYvirus - reformatted in August - ME - lucom_server
Norma00:00:00Penfield, NYW98SE - turn on, c: - if reboot, eventually goes to safe mode, scan disk - then will work
Tom00:00:00Greece, NY98SE - new modem - USR - cleaned up re: Computer Link - removed old modem, now can't connect
Nick00:00:00Penn Yann, NYCOM ports - Sony VAIO 140 laptop - needs serial port - needs it to COM1 or COM2 - Keystan adapter makes it COM3
Dan00:00:00cellnewbie - Word - start to write report - flag: your time has expired - we're shutting down -
2005-01-30 - 10 callers
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYcan Jump drive back up HD in event of crash | X-Cleaner
Linda00:00:00Rochester, NYno SP2 - want it - trouble backing up files - 2 drives - friend partitioned them - C: D: -
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NY2 networked XP - HP Printer on USB - want to print from 2nd computer
Argyle00:00:00Rochester, NYfree wireless zones - Frontier should turn Washington Park into a free wireless zone
Tom00:00:00Geneseo, NYSecTango - SpyBot found 4 it couldn't remove
Tom00:00:00Fairport, NYPavilion - 40G w/ recovery partition - he added 120G - "disk consistency check" - gets to 76% & starts again - it's the recovery partition | spyware - found but couldn't delete
Tim00:00:00Rochester, NYthank you, Frontier! | friend sent CAD pic - converted - deleted, and took half of desktop with it! | ? for Frontier -
Sal00:00:00Fairport, NYDSL: filters for phones or whole house?
Mark00:00:00Henrietta, NYDSL: live near Dome - took an act of God to get DSL - can't get high-speed yet - | system restore - should that be on all the time?
Mike00:00:00Henrietta, NYnovice - going to be a grad student - need a computer - need minimum specs
2005-01-23 - 12 callers
Bob00:00:00Greece, NYWin98SE, ZA, NAV; Spybot found problems, and since then browser giving download warning messages
Kurt00:00:00Pittsford, NYFirefox, worked for a while and now doesn't give address bar.
Cindy00:00:00Fairport, NYhome page hijacked
Rick00:00:00Fairport, NYAVG full scan found virus, can't remove it.
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYWin 98SE, DSL, Netscape for email, opening attachments crashes netscape.
Mike00:00:00Webster, NYinstalled systemworks 2005, next day, virus came in trojen.qhost, also blocks windows update
Ray00:00:00Walworth, NYdial-up internet, AOL, disconnects frequently
Dan00:00:00Marion, NYNAV 2005, recent critical update to XPSP1, NAV gets disabled at same time every day
Jim00:00:00Irondequoit, NYhome page hijacked, strange icon on desktop, NAV gives ad threats it can't fix.
Ginny00:00:00Pittsford, NYinstall XP critical update, since then doesn't get welcome screen any more.
Jeff00:00:00Greece, NYcan't get DSL connection to AOL, no DNS entry error
Tim00:00:00Buffalo, NYupgrade ME to XP, doesn't see D drive on desktop, does see it in Disk Manager
2005-01-16 - 11 callers
Frank00:00:00Fairport, NYwhen click on Web links, gets an error - 10 mins later, it's okay
Tom00:00:00Pittsford, NYiMac - cable modem - router - need anything else?
Kurt00:00:00Irondequoit, NYb'day of PC
Keith00:00:00Rochester, NYPC/DSL/cable - vulnerable? | networked laptop to desktop - can xfer files - one XP, other 98 - will Railroad Tycoon work between them?
Susan00:00:00Brighton, NY"missing signature" when try to update LavaSoft
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NYdilemma - 28 - need his first computer
Tim00:00:00Henrietta, NYOutlook: when click on view pane, they disappear
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYtrying to install wireless adapter into older ThinkPad - XP SP1 - no drivers installed for this device
Chris00:00:00Henrietta, NYnew Dell - set up multiple accounts
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYattempting to load or remove sftwr - upgraded to XP Pro from 98 - scanner doesn't work - HP Disk Memories won't remove
Peter00:00:00Rochester, NYW98SE - load new program - have problems with old programs
2005-01-09 - 13 callers
Bill00:00:00Gasport, NYnephew - XP - can't get it running - sort of boots up - some screen comes up - error - can't recall - setup - CD - can't boot the CD - same error comes up
Neil00:00:00Fairport, NYday after Xmas - updated Norton, danced Tango, installed SP2 - MSWorks won't run
Bob00:00:00Greece, NYupdated to SP2 & Firefox - lots of spyware
Ron00:00:00Ontario, NYCD ROM & CD Writer - want to put in DVD read/writer | email - when try to forward/copy - if has HTML or photo, doesn't seem to work
Scott00:00:00Spencerport, NYbuilt monster PC - every time play something, sounds like the chipmonks - video fine, but audio is screwy
Rose00:00:00Rochester, NYOpenBook - not connected to any computer - reads her mail - blind - when delete, then select, then escape, when she hits the select button, it "conks out" on her.
Karen00:00:00Wayland, NYHP Pavilion 500 - died 4 mo out of warranty - nothing - won't even turn on
Judy00:00:00Penfield, NYupdated to XP w/ SP2 - lost modem drivers
Peter00:00:00Irondequoit, NYgot new PC, retiring old one - 56K modem - 25 pin connector - new PC has 9-pin
Stu00:00:00Rochester, NYDell laptop - came w/ XP Pro - SP/2 dl'd - went fine - except - get email - links don't work
moodyblues10000:00:00far, far awayinstalled new PC as slave - Copy Commander to copy everything to new drive - made new one the master, brought up dual boot screen, 98 - invalid XP - locked up on initial XP screen
Mickey00:00:00Henrietta, NYdaughter's computer XP won't come up in Safe Mode SP1 only
Ethan00:00:00Fairport, NYwebmail server - since SP2 - to send/receive, can't unblock popup
2005-01-02 - 15 callers
Keith00:00:00Rochester, NY98 desktop XP laptop SanDisk memory drive to xfer photos - when xfer from XP to 98 - open folder at bottom see Thumbs.db - ok to delete?
Kurt00:00:00Pittsford, NYMS Media Player - has IE & Firefox - can get to MSMP
Mark00:00:00Fairport, NYXPHome SP2 ZAPro - limited account logoff, something is preventing it from releasing the system
Ray00:00:00Rochester, NYAVG - trying to put on daughter's laptop -
Rich00:00:00cellHP XPHome - RR - lost net connection - can't get IP addr - McAfee said uninstall AV - gets errors & still can't get an IP
Bill00:00:00Honeoye, NYnew to RR - email - attachments - EZ stuff blocks everything - works great - occasional attachments from friends - they get blocked
Jon00:00:00Webster, NYdigital camera - Kodak EZ Share sftware - affects shutdown - delays poweroff by about 5 mins
Scott00:00:00Rochester, NYiMac G5 20" extra G RAM - likes it - bypass password?
Pat00:00:00Rochester, NYinstalling hardware router for DSL should create firewall - block IE holes?
Steve00:00:00Brockport, NYMac G3 tower OS8 - can't get to Inet via DSL Ethernet - TCP/IP Control Panel
Eli00:00:00Rochester, NYbuilt own PC - AMD 2700 Athlon - works fine - when boot, first boot doesn't recognize mouse or keyboard - reset works great
Colleen00:00:00Perry, NYsystem file checker - lots of changed & deleted files - many changed files have older dates - was 99, now 97 - Win98
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYMSN Hotmail - can't get into Hotmail -
Jim00:00:00Lima, NYfirefox XPSP2 - takes 30 secs to come up - 1.7GHz 512M -
Ed00:00:00Canandaigua, NYGateway 1.2G runs OK - tried to put Pirates for his son - ATI 9600 - runs for a couple mins then dies - ME
2004-12-26 - 10 callers
John00:00:00Elmira Heights, NYDazzle - how to work
Doug00:00:00Penfield, NYXPHome - logged off, got black screen & machine hung - powered down - startup goes 5 mins, black screen, tries to restart
Linda00:00:00Fairport, NYgranddaughter - used computer - Dell laptop - few years old - WinME - worked great yesterday - games worked - DVDs - shut down properly - today, "exception has occurred- CTRL-ALT-DEL to continue" - nothing works
Jeff00:00:00Naples, NYWord or outlook; addin template not valid c:startup
Ted00:00:00Geneseo, NYold PC w/ WinXP - giving it away - installed Win98 - all works except screen is not at the right resolution
Shelley00:00:00Caledonia, NYnew Dell - XP - parental controls -
Russ00:00:00Batavia, NYHP Pavilion 751NM XPHome - admin login - win: X Explorer.exe entry point not found - can only open some programs from task manager SHCREATETHREADREF SHLWAPI - all icons gone
Don00:00:00Irondequoit, NYold ThinkPad - boot: blue screen error: 2 or three error codes
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYNetscape 4.76 - email coming that he can't open - when click on addr - open "illegal operation' - 98SE
John00:00:00Canadaigua, NYXP HP Deskjet - can't print anything from Word - anything will print from Internet
2004-12-19 - 12 callers
Seth00:00:00Rochester, NYyr old VAIO laptop - shuts dn if run Norton AV 2004 - worm?
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYtrying to turn off system restore - can't -
John00:00:00Fairport, NYmoved data from old Mac to new Mac, now gets "spinning beach ball of death"
Dan00:00:00Marion, NYgetting return email he never sent
Ginny00:00:00Pittsford, NYW2KPro - laptop - Norton keeps cleaning viruses
Marty00:00:00Niagara Falls, NYSecurity Tango - two diff computers - one one, won't go to Internet | what do I do with the files it flags?
Kirk00:00:00Rochester, NY
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYXPHome SP2 - Web site used to access - member - after business trip, gets old site - Webmaster mail "changed site" - 404 Error
Bill00:00:00Ontario, NYRR email addrs - OE - wants to use Outlook
Bill00:00:00Gasport, NYgames on 2nd HD - some install no prob - 2 games won't load properly
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYre: Bill/Gasport - DirectX may be necessary | NT4/w2K - helped someone w/ XPHome
Brain00:00:00Fairport, NY2 W2K machines - AVG on one - won't start - Roxio won't shut
2004-12-12 - 10 callers
Steve00:00:00Henrietta, NYold clamshell PowerMac - OS 9 - Virex - when tries to update, says can't be used w/ this version
Robert00:00:00Rochester, NY
Steve00:00:00cell344 hits in about an hour - ZoneAlarm caught 'em | uninstalled Win Messenger | XP
Bob00:00:00Henrietta, NYYahoo - popup from Macromedia - FlashPlayer 7
Mike00:00:00Avon, NYAdaware: LOP process
P.J.00:00:00Penfield, NYenters password, sees desktop, back to login
Mark00:00:00Toronto, Ontario, Canadareceive radio stations online - how come they buffer?
Paul00:00:00Dansville, NYbackup - home net - indiv HDs for each PC to back up to, or better a net storage device
Matt00:00:00Penfield, NYOE - finished - MSIMN - W98
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYbells & whistles question - toolbar @ bottom of screen - was smooth scroll, now real quick
2004-12-05 - 15 callers
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYCalendar still says Sat! | Last Sun's paper - System Restore
Bill00:00:00Gasport, NYPresario - older - 3D processor 500MHz 512M RAM - tried to install new RAM to it & got error
Tim00:00:00Pittsford, NY98SE - HP LJ3P - blank page after every printed page
moodyblues10000:00:00cellWindows Task Scheduler for audio recording?
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYWinMessenger popups - services popup | W2K won't shut down
Jim00:00:00Greece, NYDimension 1.8G 40G - 8G Free 256M XPPro SP1 - Roxio EZ Creator 7 - ran fine at first - now very unstable
Jerry00:00:00Greece, NYwhat diff W2K/ME?
Patrick00:00:00Irondequoit, NYNovice - XP - passwd screen - when start, welcome -> everything pops up, then blinks off & only see design in background & nothing else shows up
Joe00:00:00Fairport, NYdumping AOL for broadband
George00:00:00Fairport, NYNorton Inet Security 2005 - Registry errors during install - still running ME -
John00:00:00Irondequoit, NY98 - defrag doesn't work
Jeff00:00:00Naples, NYvirus: McAfee - cleaned - "run complete virus scan' - can't remove one virus because disk is write protected
Bill00:00:00Webster, NYAMD vs Pentium - media center
KC00:00:00Rochester, NYMozilla! | AVG | load XP on D:?
Jeremy00:00:00Caledonia, NYnew PC - new McAfee
2004-11-28 - 15 callers
Jim00:00:00Webster, NYP3 533 ME -> XP - deteriorated - can't get to logon screen -
kurt00:00:00cellXP SP2 - IE -
Phil00:00:00Irondequoit, NYIE -
Dave00:00:00Fairport, NYold PC - upgrade - wants laptop, wireless, etc. - Apple???
Bob00:00:00Pittsford, NYXP - SP2 - HP Pavilion - ports on front panel - most work fine - USB doesn't work - memory stick not recognized as drive
Anthony00:00:00Rochester, NYPackard Bell 266 - bunch of viruses -
Betsy00:00:00Perinton, NYmsconfig - Win2K - can't find it | XP Home spybot - comes up with something with a plus sign - DSO Exploit
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYdesktop not coming up - XP Home -
Gary00:00:00Rochester, NYfriends were trying to help daughter to speed up her machine - IE can't get on - DOCS will let you type http:// & get in - uncheck /recheck internet settings -
John00:00:00Fairport, NY98 - updated everything yesterday - Norton - ZoneAlarm - PestPatrol - Spybot - wouldn't load Norton -
Linda00:00:00Rochester, NYiPod - downloaded music w/ KaZaA & MusicMatch - brought system in & they wiped out her shortcuts -
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYWindows Update - need "Media Player Script Command" - seems to download, but always tells him he needs it next time, too | when go to Web site: spybot: AvenueA problem
Andrew00:00:00Rochester, NYG5 laptop w/ OS X - spyware or adware program?
Greg00:00:00Rochester, NYIE - sometimes, click on link, get circle w/ line through it
Ed00:00:00cellHP Pavilion laptop XP - 8-10 mins on net - shutdown
2004-11-21 - 13 callers
Dave00:00:00cellSecurity Tango - 2 Reg keys IBIS toolbar BPIEIN - won't delete - WinTools doesn't exist
Art00:00:00Rochester, NYIE quits - "IExplore has caused an error in module
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYIE - Dell - XPPro - IE boots on launch & keeps launching
Patricia00:00:00Rochester, NYMcAfee: deleted MINST.EXE -
Susan00:00:00Rochester, NYSystem Restore - XP - it's fabulous - probs w/ wireless net - tried to restore - all restore points missing
Ginny00:00:00Pittsford, NYXP Home - loaded w/ spyware - couldn't get on the net to run the Tango! - couldn't get the page | re: Patricia - same - laptop W2K - keeps popping up
Cathy00:00:00Bloomfield, NYSP2 - any comments?
Carol00:00:00Pittsford, NYMac ?
Elaine00:00:00Rochester, NY
James00:00:00Gates, NY98SE - home page hijacked | XP - CD wouldn't open - My Computer - D: drive icon gone - reinstalled - still can't get tray open
Al00:00:00Rochester, NYLinkSys - single DSL, two computers - one machine no problem - 2nd machine - put software in, put Norton (had AntiVir) - one machine fine, other - both XP home
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYdl'd music - want to put it on a data disc
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYlaptop W2K - donating it - how wipe out his data?
2004-11-14 - 14 callers
Vito00:00:00Chili, NYZA - trying to upgrade to 5.5.0.6.2 - turned off everything (TruVector, etc.) -
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYFirefox - certain sites can't scroll to left
Tim00:00:00Buffalo, NYDSL - two computers - LinkSys wireless G broadband - LinkSys wireless adapter - can't see each other
Matt00:00:00Palmyra, NYTRIVIA!!!!!
Carol00:00:00Greece, NYFirefox - using preview -
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYw yr old PC for kids - pretty corrupt - upgrading to XP
Walt00:00:00Greece, NY98SE - WinExpl - recycled
Jay00:00:00Rochester, NYDad has Gateway - slow - RR - 10 mins to start up 128M - 500 MHz XP
Joe00:00:00Gates, NYXP Pro - auto updates - installs, but they come up again | XP SP2
John00:00:00Canandaigua, NY98 ASP computer - 8 yrs old 40M RAM! - can do much!!!
George00:00:00Rochester, NYNorton Internet Security - RR -
Ron00:00:00Fairport, NYlaptop P25 Toshiba - SP2? | ZA? - how get to come up at beginning of login?
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Home - Need for Speed - install error: Not Compatible w/ MS-DOS game
Archie00:00:00Henrietta, NYdigital camera - create slideshow w/ music for DVD player?
2004-10-24 - 13 callers
Guy00:00:00Fairport, NYXP scheduler program - problem - batch file runs - as scheduled program, it doesn't run - running as admin user
Charlie00:00:00Geneva, NYtrivia: HP - nope! | XP Home - where is scandisk
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYtrivia - Apple - NOPE!
John00:00:00Greece, NYPresario w/ ME - not connected to Internet - put disk in floppy - when went to shut down, said had virus
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYRE: last week's Mozilla problem - had SSL checked; uncheck & he'll be fine | DVD-R/RW drive - "disk at once" mode is the only one that works
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYtrivia - Gateway - nope!
Keith00:00:00Chili, NYtrivia - Compaq - YES!!!!!
Colleen00:00:00Perry, NYMozilla download -
Maggie00:00:00Fairport, NYDell - year ago - cursor arrow drifted off into Neverneverland - sometimes comes back, sometimes doesn't - ME
Bob00:00:00Greece, NYCompaq Presario - W98 - let sit > 1 hr, locks up | when first turn on, get grey rectangle on desktop - refresh gets rid of it
Kurt00:00:00cellreloading XP on son's computer - new mb & proc - wouldn't take code
Pat00:00:00Brockport, NYCrapCleaner - deletes all temp Inet files, recent docs, index.dat files ccleaner.com | W98SE - toolbar - every couple of days, won't show programs on toolbar
Jim00:00:00cellDell - XP - when restart, get black screen w/ small dash on upper left - 5 mins - 1/2 hr - then screen comes on
2004-10-17 - 12 callers
Frank00:00:00Fairport, NYPC Pitstop - spyware coming from HP printer
Janet00:00:00Caledonia, NYXP - "virus detected" - ran McAfee - 1 file - deleted it - blue screen w/ Dell's name on it
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYhow empty temp files in temp folder
Rich00:00:00Rochester, NYTRIVIA!!!!! Dist List - 30 ppl - send mail reg. - fully protected w/ Norton - on RR - another guy on RR is getting same thing
Ed00:00:00Perinton, NYTrivia - too late
Al00:00:00Dundee, NY98 - DSL - got coolweb
Ellen00:00:00Farmington, NYd/l'd SP2 - nothing but trouble -
Angelo00:00:00Rochester, NYW2K Pro on 2nd partition, ME on 1st partition - did clean install - added a second W2K on the same volume
John00:00:00Hamlin, NYd/l'd Mozilla this morning - glitch: email - "server account not installed properly" | win update
Ruth00:00:00Ontario, NYrun Tango - all up to date - everything's clean - run Housecall - finds Java BYTEVERA
Ginny00:00:00Pittsford, NYloves SP2 - | W98SE - has to hit C-A-D -
Marcy00:00:00Rochester, NYMcAfee - firewall - inbound event - persistent 0.0.0.0 port 0 | MS Publisher - started small book - pagination is wrong
2004-10-10 - 11 callers
Randy00:00:00Largo, FLPlywood capital of America - Mac 10.3 - can't set numlock key & use the keypad
Vito00:00:00Chili, NYif open JPEG, get thumbnail in corner for about 1.5 mins, will open - W98SE - opening in IE
Dave00:00:00Canandaigua, NYtrying to switch to Linux - using dialup - short things go thru; long ones die
Susan00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - updated to SP2 - now, when log on, on right bottom, "computer may be at risk" - checks all stuff - all fine
Perry00:00:00Henrietta, NYTRIVIA
Don00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - SP2 message - | to upgrade or not to upgrade?
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYweb site where people can go to see stuff in the pipeline
Jeff00:00:00Rochester, NYiSight - want to optimize use of the AV capability - most of family Windows-based - chat?
Will00:00:00Fairport, NYXP Home - recently getting mewsage error loading bridge.dll
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYOTR -
Kevin00:00:00Fairport, NYSims2 - Dell Dimension 2400 - integrated AGP - no AGP slot
2004-10-03 - 12 callers
Jim00:00:00Manchester, NYLinux - Mozilla only in Red Hat? Compaq iPaq - won't take W2K
John00:00:00Hilton, NYPC & laptop - W98SE - AOL 8 - on both - gets to welcome page, wants to search, gets "Bad Request" - dialup - WBUTIL7 didn't fix it
Clyde00:00:00cellAdobe InDesign & PhotoShop - using old Toshiba laptop w/ 256M & 30G - wants new desktop
Dave00:00:00Sodus, NYnew MB - warns not to use AGP video card > 1.5v - searched for his card, but doesn't know the voltage
Bill00:00:00cellNorton Internet Security w/ firewall etc. - XP - SP2 update - now, Web browsing is blocked
Ray00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - found BootID ok - NTLDR not found | EZArmor - okay?
Dave00:00:00PennsylvaniaMandrake 9.2 & Firefox 1.0PR - installed it to run as root -
Jason00:00:00Macedon, NYre: Jim: check BIOS settings | re Athlon v. Intel - 32bit v 64bit? | hates that Windows isn't Linux
Mike00:00:00Henrietta, NYtrying to reinstall ISP software - error copying SETUP.DLL to temp directory - was surfing - has Norton - updated - Notepad: ObjID - gopopmenu
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NYupgrade prompt for XP2 - gets near 100% then internal error
Doug00:00:00Chili, NYswitched from Dialup from Frontier DSL - can't use IE for secure sites
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYRR Web site - can't get animated GIFs to work
2004-09-25 - 11 callers
Ken00:00:00Rochester, NYSP2 - didn't fix everything first - can't get to the Internet - now what? XP - trivia guess
Kevin00:00:00Rochester, NYlast week - VAIO - randomly shut down/rebooted - did memtest86 -
John00:00:00Henrietta, NYtrivia - nope - how take image from another image -
Dennis00:00:00Greece, NYXP - 2 drives - 98SE on one XP on the other - can't get on XP - SP2 installed - worked fine - yesterday, won't boot to XP - "in use by unknown disk utility"
Peter00:00:00Gates, NYfaithful dancer of the Security Tango - DSO exploit
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYTango - Stinger - McAfee - pwsprogent
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYSP2 - problems - mouse moves on its own - sounds gone - CD won't play
Bruce00:00:00Castile, NYXP - trying to run CD player -
Victor00:00:00Rochester, NYMozilla & IE - XP - frontiernet - can retrieve, can't send
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYlove the show! RR - telemarketers calling & trying to sell him DSL
Peggy00:00:00Livonia, NYXP - auto update - update now - normally, just updates - mouse is extremely slow
2004-09-18 - 6 callers
Marty00:00:00Rochester, NYWin98SE - MSGSRV32 - Mod MMsystem.dll
Virginia00:00:00Batavia, NYhelping friend - computer taken by mistake to Florida then shipped back to orig owner "insert boot disk" | Road Runner - runs Tango faithfully & Norton - still need it?
Lena00:00:00Canandaigua, NYcomputer crashed - scandisk - what is it? - Win95 | quick restore CD won't work
Richard00:00:00Brockport, NYwant to reformat HD - HP Pavilion - wants to move from ME to XP
Hal00:00:00Rochester, NYnew HD - slaved old one - 98SE - runs Tango - Off2K - installed after printer software - HP 7150 -
Kevin00:00:00Rochester, NYSony VAIO XP Media Center Edition - problem: during certain apps that use a decent amt of mem, will shut down & reboot
2004-09-11 - 7 callers
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYW98SE - Compaq Presario - ran restore - HP printer problem - All-in-One - error 106 - compaq error: msvbsm60.dll
Al00:00:00Greece, NY72nd b'day | XP home - clicks for 5 mins - screen freezes - 5 mins everything okay
Joe00:00:00cellWindows - how move to Linux?
Debbie00:00:00Rochester, NYXP won't start: appl has failed winsrv not found
Wayne00:00:00Rochester, NYXP & 98 - network sharing problem - will maintain connection for about 10 mins, then XP can't see 98, but 98 can see XP - NetGear access point, XP wired, 98 wireless
Walter00:00:00Greece, NYliked Gagne's book - 98SE - Netscape 7.1 Norton Security 2004 - email scanning not working? iCAR didn't work -
Marty00:00:00Fairport, NYfirst virus? - started system: NAV could not be loaded
2004-09-04 - 7 callers
Jay00:00:00Spencerport, NYSecurity Tango - no kybd/mouse
Mike00:00:00cellprint from kybd?
John00:00:00Hilton, NY98SE - scan every Friday
Jeff00:00:00Canadaigua, NYnet connect problem | SP2
Rich00:00:00Fairport, NYPC perf goes dnhill if leave on for a couple days W2K 512M AMD 2800
Bill00:00:00Webster, NYExcel - cell stuck formatted hyperlink | several sprdshts in folder - problem opening/closing/moving/
Bob00:00:00Fairport, NYXP - tried to bookmark netscape - only one has name, all others called "Netscape Search"
2004-08-28 - 6 callers
Dave00:00:00Canadaigua, NYhas called before - trying to get Linux working for small business - modem problems - fixed! | modem can connect - when launch mozilla or email, they won't talk to the modem | ethernet network talking to Windows - shuts Win machine, and it all falls apart
Jason00:00:00Pavilion, NYCompaq
Dennis00:00:00Rochester, NYfriend's computer - Stinger problem! - starts, file explorer.exe freezes - Win98SE
Breaca00:00:00Rochester, NYvirus - comes up as "BloodhoundW32"
Doug00:00:00Arcade, NYcomputer museum! | re: Security Tango: go to DOS level - create AVG boot disks - gotta run AVG DOS before he can get rid of some stuff!
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYinstalling Fedora Core 2? | re: dialup Linux guy
2004-08-21 - 5 callers
David00:00:00PennsylvaniaAdAwareSE - can't get updates | quality diff btwn new drive and refurbished from mfgr?
Ed00:00:00Ithaca, NYExcel - how calc ages?
Robert00:00:00Rochester, NYbuilt computer for son's b'day - prob w/ a game - 15 mins in, comp shuts off - City of Heroes - Athlon XP 2000 256M 128MRadion XP Pro
John00:00:00cellWord - can't overwrite
Donna00:00:00Henrietta, NYmissed beginner's class on the Mac - any others being offered? | trouble w/ doc popping in and out - set it to not do that - does it anyway
2004-08-14 - 9 callers
Gary00:00:00Greece, NYmother: Gateway w/ ME - XP Home upgrade? P3 833 or 866 512M | daughter's P3 500 W98SE - lots of games - music CDs Media Player error in digital mode - Iomagic
Rich00:00:00Canadaigua, NY"network hell" - 3 PCs - high-speed connection, netgear router - all talk to the net, but they can't see each other - 2 are 98, 1 is XP
Bill00:00:00 Brighton, NYprob reinstalling XP - P3 750 20G - 98SE - upgraded to XP, partitioned, set up Linux, virus problems, 98 reinstalled, removed dual boot, can't upgrade to XP
moodyblues10000:00:00New JerseySP2 - d/l'd last week - been running okay - when rebooted - AVG & ZoneAlarm - keep ZA? - update AVG - everything okay | better boost AThlon 1200 512M
Andrew00:00:00Fairport, NYnew wireless router on wife's computer - when logging into XP, desktop but no icons or menu bar - finally it showed up |how reformat IBM?
Mike00:00:00Geneseo, NYrecord radio shows off the Internet
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYif dual-boot, don't do an automated Linux install | Fedora Core 2? | OpenOffice.org spreadsheet - currency format on a cell - under XVNC, the cell turns to ###
Mike00:00:00Gates, NYrun -> msconfig - it disappears immediately | when startup or shutdown - IE has caused an error in DELETE.EXE
Dave00:00:00Greece, NYAthlon 2700+ - upgrading, & passing system to wife
2004-08-07 - 15 callers
David00:00:00Pennsylvaniaold laptop - won't boot to the harddrive
David00:00:00Rochester, NYHotmail - friend's hotmail acct had 10-15 mails gone
Bobby00:00:00Rochester, NYswitch from IE to Firefox - v happy - using Yahoo! mail - when compose email, can only do plain text - can't do bold, etc.
Bob00:00:00cellOE - not happy - when emails, highlighted one is open
Bill00:00:00Honeoye, NYusing MSN - how skip big attachments? MATCLI
Jim00:00:00Syracuse, NYlooking for memory manager for XP -
Dennis00:00:00Rochester, NYolder Thunderbird - d/l newest - must install present version | XP over XP okay - 98SE over 98SE?
Charlie00:00:00Perry, NYATT Worldnet & Frontiernet - when try to reply or compose message - 1x1 box w/ big red X & "doink" sound -
Dave00:00:00Pittsford, NYtrivia - S Africa, the 3.5" is called a "stiffie"
Argyle00:00:00Pittsford, NYOS X - Safari - cleaned out cookies - somewhere to grab it & store it to replace it?
Marty00:00:00Niagara Falls, NYwas working on a 1921 Dodge Bros when we were talking about old cars! | old computer, too! - had pix, etc. on it - wife has Bernina - Bernina software changed all the file extensions on all his pix - 98SE
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYold iMac - v8.6 - trying to get rid of IE - can't get Netscape to run right
Doug00:00:00Pittsford, NYsigned up for DSL w/ Frontier - got it working - got wireless working - Norton Internet Security killed internet access - 98SE
Al00:00:00Fairport, NYNetscape 7.1 - encouraging him to unstall Sun Java VM
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYCanon C530 Multipass - computer can't find it - parallel
2004-07-31 - 11 callers
George00:00:00Fairport, NYdid we say that repeated opening/closing of windows in Windows can cause problems?
Lisa00:00:00Rochester, NYemail: "your ocmputer has been used to send massive amounts of spam"
Tim00:00:00Pittsford, NYW98SE - start error - "can't find DLL" "error loading explorer.exe"
Mark00:00:00Fair
Mark00:00:00Fairport, NYdialup came up once in a while - now can't get to internet at all - other PCs go thru RR fine, but that one can't.
Carl00:00:00Rochester, NY2KPro - IE -
Dale00:00:00Avon, NYSony Desktop - chronic popup constipation - Mozilla, P-Cillin,
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYusing Firefox - working fine - kid's machine picking up stuff from IM
Mike00:00:00Ontario, NYW2K - son has machine at school - redoing it for sister - wiped it out - deleted partition, reformated NTFS, started install, 1/2 way thru hw detect - "hardware malfunction - system halted" - tried MS support site -
Ben00:00:00Fairport, NYMac G4 laptop - iPhoto - can't load iPhoto
Steve00:00:00Brockport, NYcapture card for XP - was working for several hours - rebooted & none of his capture software will recognize it - NVidia - MX
2004-07-24 - 11 callers
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NY98 - moved to XP - XP loaded fine, but now can't find CD
Bob00:00:00Henrietta, NY98 - router better than software based - which one? | McAfee sub expired
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYHP is 2.0 USB, has 1.0 USB
Rich00:00:00Irondequoit, NYRR - 3 computers - all work - except, oldest computer can't get on secure sites
Michael00:00:00Henrietta, NY98 - up to date - MSOE.dll missing | XP: can't open recycle bin
Al00:00:00Fairport, NYhad Ad-aware - XP - wouldn't receive updates - tried to delete - not completely deleted by hand - tried to reload, can't.
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYRR or DSL?
David00:00:00Rochester, NYtries to defrag - ME | Norton SystemWorks - have old Norton - have to uninstall old one - how?
Doug00:00:00Williamson, NYAd-aware - dumped via Add/Remove - Stinger doesn't update, either
Rich00:00:00Rochester, NYMySearchBar | Firefox - still has IE
Gill00:00:00Rochester, NYLinux - love it! - Win machines - how cross-mount disks?
2004-07-17 - 13 callers
Richard00:00:00Angelica, NYPanther 10.3 - Netscape 7.1 - used to be able to pull the bookmark file & address book file and xfer to another machine
Aaron00:00:00Clifton Springs, NYgame - can't run - XP - video card not found
Claude00:00:00cellRoad Runner - sluggish - speed test 370KBps - McAfee firewall
John00:00:00Pittsford, NYXP - Ctrl-Alt-Del - goes straight to CPU monitor - no tabs | 98 box - Outlook won't receive mail after drive failure
Mike00:00:00Albion, NYfairly decent computer - wants to mod it - what size power supply | Radion 9800 128M - port for CRT & what's the other one?
Bev00:00:00Chili, NY2 computers - W2K Pro, XP Pro - LaserJet 4+ printer - printing problems - some run very nicely, others get fringe on paper & lots of blank paper - Word good - Payroll bad - Adobe bad - CD disk bad
Peter00:00:00cellcable modem - thinking switching to DirecTV - DirecPC?
Diane00:00:00Rochester, NYbought Dummies FlashMX 2004 - Fireworks - 30-day trial over - went to uninstall Fireworks - can't uninstall
Alexei00:00:00Rochester, NYtips: re: Mike
Norma00:00:00Rochester, NYNorton AV - OE - get thing quarantined in email - Norton EM - deletes - goes to reports - NAVD303.TMP NVE061.TMP - C:WindowsTemp - not submitted
Gary00:00:00Rochester, NYmaintenance wizard - 98 - when gets to scandisk -
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYantivirus - free thing - Panda software - slows down the machine
Brenda00:00:00Rochester, NYsound - bought speakers - 98
2004-07-10 - 11 callers
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYW98 - Java problem
Rick00:00:00Rochester, NYvx2 infection
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYsystem32 display with tiny folders in it
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYW98SE P1 won't shut down
Doug00:00:00Gates, NYnew Dell - no A drive - old Compaq - wants to xfer files btwn them - bought a thumb drive
Sean00:00:00Rochester, NYDell - XP - intermittent freeze ups - shut down - logged in - wallpaper showed up, shut down again, can't log in anymore
Bob00:00:00Geneva, NYMozilla update - save bookmarks? | second machine - has RF problem
Kit00:00:00Atlanta, NYspyware? NetZero - home page - 1' box - http: AB MI - makes it very slow for home page to come up - box disappears - "done w/ errors on page"
Dave00:00:00Greece, NYadd/remove - "PCCillin" - removed it, still in list
Geoge00:00:00Rochester, NYmalware - Tech Republic thread - "about.blank.com" | oldprograms.com - TweakUI still available!
Doug00:00:00Canandaigua, NYwhen run ad-aware - does whole Tango - when try to shut down, locks at "saving settings" - XP
2004-07-03 - 8 callers
George00:00:00Rochester, NYSFC - tells him to put XP SP2 CD in!
Bob00:00:00Naples, NYHSRemove
Kurt00:00:00Pittsford, NYfighting "enemy combatant - his computer - trying to watch TV - Bloomberg.com
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Home - D/L'd Office 97 Professional Edition -
Frank00:00:00Hilton, NYXP Home - OE "MSOE.DLL could not be initialized" | IE won't work
Gary00:00:00Palmyra, NYbug - start/run/msconfig - 98 - regedit won't let him in
John00:00:00Henrietta, NYME - upgrading - XP home or Pro?
Tom00:00:00Fairport, NYreinstall XP? - Dave's tip! - | will this leave all my stuff intact?
2004-06-26 - 6 callers
Richard00:00:00Rochester, NYW2K - reliable backup? to external Maxtor drive
Keith00:00:00Mt. Morris, NYupdated virusscan - error: AVSYNMGR error
Gene00:00:00Gananda, NYgetting "postmaster return"
Erick00:00:00Victor, NYZoneAlarm - was doing the Internet lock - was unlocking by itself, and now won't lock at all
Jeff00:00:00cellMac OS9 - time synchronizer error 41 restart
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYSpybot - when try to update, get no updates
2004-06-19 - 9 callers
George00:00:00Geneseo, NYinstalled NIS2K4 - works fine - system restore of XP -
Andrew00:00:00Rochester, NY2 yr old Gateway XP - serious virus - recover disk
Lori00:00:00Hamlin, NYAIM - angelfire.com - medialink.com
Jean00:00:00Macedon, NYwireless W98 - could get on - today, trying to get on, "Internet Properties" comes up
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYwhen start up, popup: will shut down in one minute | home page hijacker
Steve00:00:00Lima, NYPhil - working on his computer! - powerreg.scheduler - hidenick'schin
Bill00:00:00Pittsford, NYW98 - "out of system memory"
Gil00:00:00Rochester, NYre: Security - what's general ideal setup?
Nick00:00:00Rochester, NYtrying to create Website - Web Professional by VConn -
2004-06-12 - 13 callers
John00:00:00Webster, NYNetscape 7: can't d/l PDFs -
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYInternet Explorer - popups
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYXP AOLBroadband Spybot McAfee Personal Firewall: 6000 events/week - normal? - source IPs: one of them is his own IP address!
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYKernel Panic! - 10.3 G3 - no problems w/ install - multiboot system - in Sys9, cleaned up the desktop - oops!
Vince00:00:00Rochester, NYlove the show | have to be out of office constantly - need wireless - cellular or WiFi - Sony VAIO V505
John00:00:00Sodus, NYNorton updates - couldn't create callback object
Alex00:00:00Fairport, NYMozilla & Outlook Express - when click on hyperlink, nothing happens
Nick00:00:00Penn Yan, NYold Dell Inspiron 7000 - S-video cable | site framegrabber -
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYre: Nick - use wget! | have to run Win32 for Mom - wants her to run Gaim
Bruce00:00:00Rochester, NYanything coming to get us back on TV
Phil00:00:00Irondequoit, NYnew printer - took out sound device
Carolyn00:00:00Rochester, NYW98SE - 256M - Win INI - Conservative Swap File Usage = 1
Richard00:00:00Victor, NYSecurity Tango?
2004-06-05 - 12 callers
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYXP SP2 - going to interfere w/ popup blockers/firewalls/etc?
Marty00:00:00Webster, NY5,604 spywares! - sent screenshot
Jim00:00:00Greece, NYemail from son w/ pix of g'chldren - jpg - MS Photo Editor can't determine type
Joel00:00:00Pittsford, NYXP Home - tried to merge unused partition into boot partition using Partition Magic - now it won't boot
Tara00:00:00Rochester, NYDell - possessed - CD tray keeps going in and out
David00:00:00Greece, NYQuickBooks Basic 2002 - two different machines w/ XP Pro - keep the files on USB 120G drive - one has no problems - other won't let him back it up - Your data has NOT been backed up
Darlene00:00:00Ontario, NYno sound on her computer - has a teenager - likes to use Sound Recorder - went to multimedia properties - no devices - greyed out
Dave00:00:00Rochester, NYsmall 3-PC network - tempted to use free wireless hotspots in airports, etc. Also hard-wired network connections in some hotels - how do I do it safely?
Mike00:00:00Irondequoit, NYexternal 80G HD - to use w/ 2 PCs - NT - ME - ME can't read it
Jack00:00:00Canandaigua, NYson's computer - cleaned - can't connect to Internet - using Frontier - W2K - USB DSL
Jim00:00:00Syracuse, NYFOLLOWUP: problem w/ intermittent screensavers & bogged down system - Eastwood Syracuse - DeWitt
Randy00:00:00Brockport, NY
2004-05-29 - 12 callers
Lou00:00:00Fairport, NYbuddy has problem on toolbar - did Tango - blazefind | email: w32.sober.gatmm
Rick00:00:00Rochester, NYRegistry corruption? 98SE - click folder/whatever - illegal operation - error has occurred in IE; IE will close
George00:00:00Victor, NYXP - OE - clicked on 1st msg, all disappeared, including all folders! Restarted OE, it came up as if it were brand new!!!
Donald00:00:00Perry, NYWiFi - DLink - loves it - where find more info
Dave00:00:00cellolder PC - 9 yrs old - mouse started acting up - can put PS/2 mouse | if can't get PS/2, where find serial mouse?
Harvey00:00:00Rochester, NYclean XP install - when 1st boot, My Computer takes 3 mins to open
Ron00:00:00Avon, NYlost forward and back arrows on we have no idea what
Bob00:00:00Pittsford, NYiMac flat screen - "the sexy looking one" no DVD - got DVD firewire - OS X won't work - some success in OS 9
Lee00:00:00Rochester, NYfloppy disk - lost some info - Word & Excel - froze when tried to open - when tried to reopen - not formatted - other floppies can be read
Scott00:00:00Irondequoit, NYhow update SpyBot?
Phil00:00:00Rochester, NYMcAfee update - reboot - freezes - 98
Paul00:00:00Dansville, NYHP Pavilion - XP - Security Tango - installed ZoneAlarm - turned machine on, calling for license key to reactivate XP - safe mode - removed ZA - life is good
2004-05-22 - 10 callers
Donna00:00:00Henrietta, NYnew Mac user - iBook OSX - Apple CIDER? | send CIDER msg - no ans yet | virus | how do I update?
Dave00:00:00PennsylvaniaW2KPro - software raid feature - IDE drives - has LVD SCSI controller w/ LVD drive - no perf improvement! - 500 MHz - 128M -
Ted00:00:00Geneseo, NY2 computers - networked w/ x-over cable - dialup - when first did it, was able to connect w/ both machines - speed on client was reasonable - last 2-3 days, speed on client VERY slow - speed on server is fine
Scott00:00:00Geneva, NYfriend's PC - spyware count: 1500! | 98 - danced the Tango - when try to view folders or open WinExpl - exception in module REGSVRAC32.DLL
Doug00:00:00York, NYcan't boot- XP - over 98 - 667MHz 128M froze at first XP screen - safe mode | National Weather Service Doppler Radar - XP 512M - no Java
Mike00:00:00Gates, NYMSN.COM home page - every once in a while, it's pro search
Mary Ann00:00:00Rochester, NYmouse problem - stuck over on right past the screen - can move up & down but not left/right
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - HP Pavilion N5425 - when run Disk Cleanup - runs a few mins, locks up about 25% in
Paul00:00:00Pittsford, NYXerox multifunction printer - can't uninstall it - had to d/l driver for XP - driver file is needed X940K.dll
Glen00:00:00Hilton, NY2 PC - 2yrs & 6 yrs - upgrade BIOS?
2004-05-15 - 4 callers
Cal00:00:00East Rochester, NYFrontier DSL USB - no firewall - daughter did something - got some virus or other - could not get USB to reconnect - Enet card still can't detect modem
Dick00:00:00Henrietta, NYolder computer fan - 1st time listener! - 400 iMac - wants to move to flat screen iMac - now boggled - where/how find out stuff? | what do you think of the flat screen iMacs?
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYhad a virus, took it to a shop who fixed it - reloaded W2K Pro - some apps wouldn't work (e.g. PayPal) - fixed - but a game flight sim won't work - loads - when start - loads files - "procedure entry point 1 could not be located"
Bill00:00:00Sackets HarborMozilla prob -
2004-05-08 - 11 callers
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - prob w/ Explorer - errors all the time - hangs, hourglass, error - Problem w/ Explorer - send error to MS
Ben00:00:00Fairport, NYMac G4 laptop - how long will SuperDrive last? | swap keyboards to get illuminated keyboard? | upgraded to Panther and had big problems - Apple thought that Panther was corrupted
John00:00:00Batavia, NYXP - when go to favs, no more icons | some sites ask for passwords
Cheryl00:00:00Rochester, NYSasser - how assure I'm protected
Chris00:00:00Fairport, NYvirus - IM - looking at friends profile - clicked - oops - W2K
Craig00:00:00cellFedora - backup computer - WinXP & Fedora dual boot - changed modems - from cable to DSL
John00:00:00Avon, NYson's computer - adult Website - can't get rid of it
Jim00:00:00Greece, NYWMA file extension - copy to DVD audio disc - his program doesn't recognize
Walt00:00:00Greece, NYemail - trojan - ISP of perpetrator asked for date of intrusion - their date keeps changing - sympatico.ca - Netscape 7.1 | OS: Linux through Knoppix - having fun!
Sal00:00:00Fairport, NYiTunes - Apple quashed the rumor of price hike
Mike00:00:00Hilton, NYpopup - XP - "Just In Time Debugging"- exception in script Possible debuggers
2004-05-01 - 10 callers
Ray00:00:00Rochester, NYSpyBot 1.2 - | Spam - MailWasher
Harry00:00:00Rochester, NYspyware - Ad-aware - run diff num procs?? | browser hijacked -
Mark00:00:00cellXP Home - PC shuts itself off - reboot - may or may not shut down -
Ron00:00:00Avon, NYeMachine - 1 yr old - icon disappeared - on browser
Jack00:00:00Canandaigua, NYspy removal programs | | pay ver adaware worth it?
Al00:00:00Rochester, NYclean install XP - try to play Yahoo! games
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYturn vol all the way up - double-click sound bar - in 10 secs, will go down to 0
Julie00:00:00Palmyra, NYson's eMachine - ME - grey screen w/ white lettering - serial number for machine - nothing else happens - doesn't respond to recovery disk
Jim00:00:00Naples, NYXP - year old Dell - VEO digital studio - OE -
Suzie00:00:00cellsmall biz on eBay - try to put something in watch page or to bid, and Netscape 6 crashes
2004-04-24 - 5 callers
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NYRAM - HP Pavilion 514N - 256M DDR PC2100 - XP Home
Bob00:00:00Penfield, NYprob viewing photos on desk - can't determine type - was working
Peggy00:00:00Livonia, NYW98 - two young boys - Adware & SpyBot - found a LOT - Explorer - quick popup & can hear program rjunning - WNSINTCC
Kurt00:00:00Pittsford, NYOutlook - address book, sent mail, inbox gone! | trying to save Word file - 68K - HD has plenty of space - file too large
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYused to build NT 4 Servers - used to rename the Admin acct | can get much cheaper phone service w/ VOIP
2004-04-17 - 3 callers
Ed00:00:00Orchard Park, NYnet connection problems - dialup - "sign on" - that window freezes - does not go to "dialing" window - when put CD or DVD in, no autostart - ME - cannot memory map files - 384M - p3 1GHz - Earthlink
Bob00:00:00Mumford, NYMS flaws - many - XPHome - numerous problems | viruses
Claude00:00:00Greece, NYDell - McAfee bundle - deleted something he shouldn't have...
2004-04-10 - 5 callers
David00:00:00PennsylvaniaW2K - dual processors - | XP Pro
Lee00:00:00Henrietta, NYDell Inspiron 5100 2.4G 512M - Tango - SpyBot Hitbox & MySearch
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYtrying to install Norton from disk - detected previous install - please restart
Jim00:00:00Syracuse, NYXP home - hasn't installed anything new - did hotsync to Palm - found folder in accessories for Lexmark X10 printer - clicked on it, uninstalled it - no favorites, no contact list, nothing
Jeff00:00:00Irondequoit, NYXP Home - OE - out of town a few days - couldn't connect - did - downloaded mail, nothing in the preview pane
2004-04-03 - 10 callers
Bruce00:00:00Rochester, NYfriend's HD died - new drive - higher ATA value - came w/ CD w/ utils to sync w/ ATA controller in the PC - W98
Andre00:00:00Clarence, NYgets a popup - on both AOL & Yahoo - Kernel32.dll error -
John00:00:00Pittsford, NYiBook - HD died - can I fix it myself?
Tom00:00:00Fillmore, NYW2K Security Tango - tried to get SpyBot to run automatically, the thing doesn't run
Tony00:00:00Penfield, NYlaptop XP - set up guest acct to loan to friend - video got screwed up - deleted guest acct - not quite right still -
Linda00:00:00Castleton, Ontario, Canadapop 200 if you count the dogs - sister's computer - Mac G3 - put itself to sleep & it won't wake up
Jim00:00:00Henrietta, NYAOL 8.0 IE6 - XP Home - delete cookies every time go online - lately, when try to delete where he's been online, he can't
Allan00:00:00Penfield, NYold 486 - donate? | want a laptop - only using for WP & getting online
Chip00:00:00Charlotte, NYcomputer getting slower & slower - things were happening that weren't supposed to be happening | SpyBot - donations?
George00:00:00Webster, NYXP Home - runs fine for an hour - logs off - after about 20 mins, all icons have disappeared, cursor will move
2004-03-27 - 9 callers
Elias00:00:00Rochester, NYmissing files errors - W98SE - took it to friend - installed XP - different problems - tried to update - "illegal copy"
Tony00:00:00Rochester, NYfriend had ME; put 98 on it - locks up - he formatted/clean install - locks up 1.8G, 256M
Charlie00:00:00Canadaigua, NYDVD writer - Nero 6 - writes CDs fine - DVD data doesn't verify
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYXPPro - Norton SySWorks 2004 -
Tom00:00:00Fairport, NYXP 40G - has less than 10%, so can't optimize - needs to make good backup - what's a good CD backup software? Novastor, Retrospect
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NYDVD writing - Nero - multisession works | when defrag, just uses Window's version
Bill00:00:00Greece, NYAcrobat 6 after uninstalling 5 - can't open PDFs in Mozilla or Firefox
David00:00:00Fairport, NY17-yr-old daughter had laptop - iLookup.com has taken over
Gordon00:00:00Rochester, NYbuilt own PC XP4 McAfee 7 - expired - bought Mc8 - waited until 7 expired - did not uininstall 8 - Wizard crashed - got through & sort of worked - 7 was home, 8 was pro
2004-03-20 - 12 callers
Louis00:00:00Fairport, NYif d/l file to folder, used to right-click, had option to scan w/ Norton - now gone
Kener00:00:00Pittsford, NYCi - sys 9.1 - he put in Netscape 4.7 - eBay: appl Netscape has quit unexp - type 2 - 92M 400MHz - 17935 allocated to Netscape
moody00:00:00New Jersey
Jim00:00:00Victor, NYXP on Toshiba laptop - other machines in office running 98 - whenever access server, in any program, access causes system to hang before it gets working
Melissa00:00:00Rochester, NYWin98 Dell - 6 yrs old - froze - nothing but wallpaper - reinstalled - OE didn't work - tried diff PC - got newer version of OE - works - error message: illegal operation - Explorer
Charlie00:00:00Rochester, NYNAV2003 - hasn't run since he installed it - "NAV settings have been changed by an attacker - will restore to earlier time"
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYused computer - amber lock is lit up on the box, and can't do anything else
Chris00:00:00cellolder PC - W95->98 "everything went jibberish" looks like Japanese or something
Bill00:00:00Pittsford, NYwireless - 2000 direct XP wireless - can't get from one PC to another
Chip00:00:00Batavia, NYXP installed - Outlook - used to autocomplete address, now doesn't - none of the formatting buttons work in creating message, but DO work in reply!
John00:00:00Fairport, NYAd-aware - found problems in the restore folder - ME -
Bob00:00:00Penn Yan, NYutil to print from old DOS program to Windows-only printer
2004-03-13 - 12 callers
Kim00:00:00Honeoye, NYWinXPHome - paging file size too small - followed directions, get BSoD - how repair? - 512M
Kurt00:00:00Pittsford, NYGozilla is a killa - bud doesn't kill ads
Jim00:00:00Springwater, NYAIM - IE script error document.all.mail.style aimtoday.aol.com/etc... | AIM icon flashes
Dave00:00:00cellLinux -
Kevin00:00:00Brighton, NYXPPro C: drive - pagefile.sys, hiberfil.sys
Debbie00:00:00Webster, NYExcel doc - wherever cursor was, saw [ph":DcmnsadStigweyDcmnsTxs)
Todd00:00:00Greece, NYW98SE Kodak sftwr for pics - drive is now an E: drive - this happened when he installed Norton
Ken00:00:00Chili, NYWin2KPro - had downloader viruses - when log on to diff acct - C:winntsystem32 folder comes up
Scott00:00:00Webster, NYbuilt own sys - XPPro - Mozilla - McAfee - worm from last Nov - cleaned out twice - Fontier DSL - no firewall - gets messages on screen - tried to d/l attachment from Moz - locks up - green boxes across taskbar -
Jerry00:00:00Brockport, NYold system w/ ME - going to upgrade to XP
Pete00:00:00Rochester, NYeMac - sleep mode not good -
Jeff00:00:00Fairport, NYXP Pro - streaming Web radio - stutter & vibration
2004-03-06 - 12 callers
Brian00:00:00Scottsville, NYAvast antivirus thinks Norton still running
George00:00:00Victor, NYAMD w/ XP - virus
Allan00:00:00Pittsford, NYW2K 2 HD - 80 & 160 - Maxstor ADA 160 - think lost head in 80G - can't checkdisk - dies at 74 & 85% - new 160G - can't move everything over | tried to put W2K on 160G -
Mike00:00:00Perinton, NYSysWks 2000 license - got 2004, but it doesn't seem to have antivirus on it!
Bobby00:00:00Rochester, NYsick of Windows - ready to switch to Linux
Vito00:00:00Chili, NYPC World: test for determining whether 5.01 -> 6 could be spoofed - tried the test on a library PC -
Jerry00:00:00Fairport, NYupgrd to RR - went w/ small network firewall router - also need software firewall? | toolbars - kids installed some toolbars
Jim00:00:00Syracuse, NYWinXP update - d/ls okay - install reboots
Lance00:00:00Brighton, NYToshiba 98SE - lost pwrutil.dll
Bob00:00:00cellXP Pro - beefy system - Panda platinum AV - yesterday: email - no problems - internet - popup - spyware ad for adware hunter | when popup - beep & cd drawer opens
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYwhere get copy of Ghost? | EVArmor firewall - wants you to uninstall everything else
Matt00:00:00Canadaigua, NYHD - 80G - reinstalled XP Home - 2G free - 38G
2004-02-28 - 15 callers
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYIE problem - encountered problem, needs to close - won't restart winshow.dll
Cheryl00:00:00Rochester, NYthunderbird - how install?
Rob00:00:00Fairport, NYspyware -
Ron00:00:00Sodus, NYSony laptop AOL HP instashare - just get code for pics, not the pictures
Keith00:00:00cellME - keeping it! | taxes comment | thanks - loves Opera! | keyboard - was going to trash it - old-style rollerball mouse & vacuformed cover
Doug00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Pro - SonicWall VPN -
Heath00:00:00Rochester, NYnew to networking - 2 XP Pro - no hub/router - network?
Sue00:00:00Hilton, NYXP SP1 - CRDMinder - MFC app has encountered a problem & must close - CRDMind ntdll.dll
Pat00:00:00Brighton, NY95 -> 98SE - Program | Accessories - no Character Map
Scott00:00:00Henrietta, NYMcAfee - 15 mo old - getting updates even today!
Geralyn00:00:00Fairport, NYG5 OS X (had G3 w/ 8.6) - got Panther for $20 - if upgrade, everything gets wiped out?
Ken00:00:00cellcomments re: spyware
Nick00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - Win Explorer - CR/RW - explorer shuts down, entire desktop disappears for a few seconds & taskbar is empty
Tim00:00:00Penfield, NYspyware - uses SpyBot - finds CDilla - don't recommend removing it
John00:00:00Greece, NYwin critical update - KB819696 - installs every time he turns on his computer
2004-02-21 - 10 callers
Bill00:00:00Honeoye, NYsave my marriage! - ME - Inet really slow last week - eBay & genealogy - she linked to PC Doctor On Call - listed 150 items
Jack00:00:00Canandaigua, NYillegal op in Word - autoclose is in the macros; can't get rid of it
Mike00:00:00Rocheser, NYrunning fine until went on Inet - SVGHOST | Office docs can't copy/paste | McAfee - can't install
Larry00:00:00Sodus, NYbackdoor ranke - inherited computer from daughter - can't get rid of it!!!
Steve00:00:00Hilton, NYPentium 4s more expensive & slower than AMD
K.C.00:00:00Rochester, NY98SE - 512M - better with 256?
Pat00:00:00Rochester, NYIE freezes - 98SE - mostly Java sites
John00:00:00Henrietta, NYHP inkjet - print pics - come out really good - changed ink cart - got right ones - pics started coming out pink - cleaned
Bob00:00:00Fairport, NYfirewalls - no-cost version?
Howard00:00:00Victor, NYdo I have authority to monitor my child's email?
2004-02-14 - 9 callers
Steve00:00:00Henrietta, NYolder iBook - RR - hub - OS 9 - looking for good phone connection to make calls over the internet
Don00:00:00Macedon, NY2 full reg XP Home & XP Pro - can put Home over Pro?
Bonnie00:00:00Leister, NYOpenOffice -> how send MS Office-formatted docs?
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYruns ZA & McAfee - MS Installer was trying to install something - no idea what it was trying to install - TGSHELL.EXE - rebooted - Network Neighborhood showed up on desk again! | when cold-start - comes up to 160M - restart comes to 96M
Doug00:00:00Rochester, NYrformatted & put in XP Pro w/ admin & 1 user - how hide a folder from every other user? | need a power supply - where get a new one?
Niyaz00:00:00Rochester, NYNortonAV - caught Blaster - elim'd it - since then, could not get defs
Charlie00:00:00Geneva, NYAd-Aware - eTrust
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NYfile sharing - parents had KaZaA - heard bad things - got rid of it - Mom bought WinMX - $24/2yrs - download all the songs you want - is it legal?
Tony00:00:00cellHP laptop - lend to friend - tried to set up guest account, and screen resolution went screwy - now screen shrunk
2004-02-07 - 7 callers
Dave00:00:00The Pennsylvania WildernessFirebird is great!
Gary00:00:00Greece, NYW98 - drivespace3 -
Tom00:00:00Pittsford, NYsince upgrd to IE & OE - IE: d/l executable files | OE - newsgroups would save the previous messages
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYKid Rock | SquidProxy
Bill00:00:00Webster, NYIE - follows investments - 4-6 stocks - option to d/l to spreadsheet - last two weeks, get a CSV file about 50% of the time | Mozilla
Doug00:00:00Waterloo, NYXP Pro - running slow RUNDLL error loading "zero with slash through it"
Ed00:00:00Fairport, NYAMD Duron 1.2G 512M XPPro - slowed WAY down - danced the Tango - 32M RAM!!!!
2004-01-31 - 11 callers
Paul00:00:00Holley, NYnew PC - built by local vendor - came w/ NAV2003 - Paul uninstalled it, and lost all his network settings.
David00:00:00Rochester, NYDesktop Proxy
Howard00:00:00Rochester, NYbought notebook - set up wireless - gets strong signal
Ron00:00:00Webster, NYirritation: some Web sites "ad" frames - action cancelled or white box w/ red X in it - danced the Tango, uninst NAV, got free one from RR
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYMac questions - DVD, etc.
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NYtechnical purchase question - want to get new PC & burn CDs - of old LPs
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYMyDoom - | when goes on net to remove MyDoom - tells you how to remove it -
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Home thinks he's on a business network
Jim00:00:00Greece, Nybest way to back up Win system? | recently had to reboot his phone!
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYtop re: Bob | when bought PC - told not to mix serial & parallel ATA
Doug00:00:00Victor, NYDell Inspiron - RR - RJ45 works, USB doesn't
2004-01-24 - 13 callers
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NY2 sep PCs on RR - AOL keeps shutting off - little "echo loop" before it shuts down | HP tablet w/ Bluetooth & WiFi
John00:00:00Rochester, NYHP ME NE 2004 - can't defrag or scandisk - WinMgmt won't shut down
Ted00:00:00Macedon, NYLinux - which distro?
Dave00:00:00Rochester, NYQuantex P133 - removed BIOS - tried to put another in - didn't work - old BIOS doesn't work again
Ray00:00:00Lockport, NYW98 - AOL - info.exe when computer boots
Joyce00:00:00Spencerport, NYW95 upgrade? Toshiba laptop 256M 133MHz | How send email to The Wayne Brady Show? | SpyHunter popup - started running it
Arturo00:00:00Rochester, NyBonzi Buddy - illegal whatever
Stewart00:00:00Rochester, NYwhen start, at desktop - Golden Place Casino - XP | how get hold of HP and not Bombay
David00:00:00Coneseus, NYW98SE - dial up opens at startup & shutdown
David00:00:00Pittsford, NYtrying to learn about XP - some DOS programs that must be using overlays or something - wants to run all this stuff in 25-line mode - but it goes back to 50-line mode
Bryan00:00:00Scottsville, NYreload RealPlayer - bad download | option: Windows BOB!
Mike00:00:00Pittsford, NYSharp laptop XP Pro - after days, bootup gets progressively longer - from seconds to two hours
Jim00:00:00Syracuse, Nyfirebird - thunderbird? | linux! -
2004-01-17 - 12 callers
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYtrying to set up network w/ XP - network wizard can't complete - has a router
Ron00:00:00Brighton, NYnetwork - 2 computers on wired net - XP & 98 -
Arthur00:00:00Greece, NYFrog Pond! IE XP - changes the display back to 256 colors, huge icons, etc.
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYHP 9300 burner - works 98 won't work in XP
Vince00:00:00Penfield, NYFrontPage -
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NYME -> XP - everything seems to be working - turns computer on - grey screen - Phoenix BIOS - system checksum bad - default config used
Vito00:00:00Chili, NYDVD burner - played video CDs, but won't play commercial DVD or DVD he makes - FBI warning comes up, and screen freezes - mouse goes - whole PC locks up
Morris00:00:00Canandaigua, NYXP - taskbar - when boots, have 14 icons - sometimes stops - it's a son of a glitch
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYISP - keep alive? | how to block Google alert?
Dave00:00:00Rochester, NYold laptop - XP Pro - has licensed upgrade - can you xfer the license to another machine?
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYre: Vince - various HTML composers | MIT spam conference
Colleen00:00:00Perry, NYtax prep -> Turbo Tax spyware?
2004-01-10 - 13 callers
Phil00:00:00Buffalo, NYMacs - 3 - networked - iMac, eMac, PC - everyday backup scheduler program from iMac to eMac - was lightning fast - has been slowing down, now stops - 20M file stops at 15M - D-Link router - did it with hub, too
John00:00:00Dansville, NYemail programs
Rich00:00:00Rochester, NYvideo of daughter's wedding - Mac -> DVD - | MSN Messenger - constantly signing him out & in again - logged in in different place
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NYHP XP OE6 - how stop it from deleting the email?
Cheryl00:00:00Greece, NYXP - RR - trojan in Word - NAV can't kill it
Mary00:00:00Rochester, NYbuying new PC - games, correspondence, email - 500MHz?
Dawn00:00:00cellStinger & Ad-aware - 110 files - can't get on the Internet again
Dennis00:00:00Perry, NYTRIVIA - DV camcorder - firewire - how big a hard drive do I need?
Phil00:00:00cellXP IE6 w/ updates - opening up outside of the screen
Linda00:00:00Rochester, NYMac - VirtPC -
Ray00:00:00cellnew laptop - HP Pavilion - went into hibernate, and wouldn't wake up | old QuickBooks - backed up from old machine onto floppies - can't read them on the new system
George00:00:00Victor, NYXP IE d/l'd another toolbar from eBay - set it up how he wants it, locked it, it's all over the place again - the eBay toolbar is gone
Miguel00:00:00Webster, NY98, 2000, XP networked together -
2004-01-03 - 11 callers
Tim00:00:00Rochester, NYmonitor pops in and out
Jeff00:00:00Seneca Falls, NYXP & Explorer on two different computers - one DSL, one cable - both simultaneously started: 3-screen tall Web page,
Kevin00:00:00cellW98 Off2K - Outlook freezes - email w/ large video file which hasn't been sent from 8 days ago | tango manager?
Steve00:00:00Penfield, NYTRIVIA! | XP - compact flash card reader - window pops up - take no action
Rich00:00:00Rochester, NYd/l'd info from updates - used to go to desktop, now comes to account user or owner? |java machine - reloaded from java - when signing on to windows, still says can't find java
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYhow important is defrag? 98SE
Lou00:00:00Fairport, NYbought new PC - how get info from old to new?
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYdeleted keyboard & cdrom from pc - can only start in safe mode - can't run any cds - WIN98se - Compaq
Bill00:00:00Bushnell's Basin, NYcompaq 5838 - 4 yrs old - freezes up in first few mins - reboot 4 or 5 times - then runs fine
Jonathan00:00:00pay phoneHP XP 80G 512M suddenly, getting low on virt mem msg - running like it's a 486 | McAfee av & firewall - randomizer.exe infected
David00:00:00Albion, NYwhen on Yahoo! email - illegal program - Internet Explorer - BlueFrog
2003-12-31 - 20 callers
Keith00:00:00cell phonefast ferry - saves time? QEW to Toronto: web cams! | post office - never wrote letters
Don00:00:00Rochester, NYfast ferry - expediting customs - on-board customs
Larry00:00:00Rochester, NYfast ferry - boston channel - advertisement for their ferry
David00:00:00Rochester, NYbuilt an ALTAIR!!! - David's fast ferry plaque: Canadian currency -
Rick00:00:00cell
Tim00:00:00Greece, NYbank robbery - fingerprint everybody before they get into the bank
Chris00:00:00Warsaw, NY4 computers - msn.zone - on one pc, won't go
John00:00:00Hamlin, NYcomment on bank security - many already have foyers w/ ATM machines
Pat00:00:00Rochester, NYre: locking door - hostage situation
Barbara00:00:00Rochester, NYperformances on the fast ferry - the Apple Grove restaurant in Medina - had a packet boat on the canal - young lady that played the banjo & a couple of mule skinners
Jack00:00:00Canandaigua, NY2 pcs networked - autologin?? - W98
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYhow safe are we with W98? 256M, 400 MHz is the fastest
Jeff00:00:00cellmusic censorship
Barb00:00:00Penfield, NYteacher
Walt00:00:00Dansville, NYpuppet show is good idea | when logon - has to reinstall n-case
Chris00:00:00cellcasino - floating
Charlie00:00:00Geneva, NYferry:
Dick00:00:00cellpolitics & the fast ferry:
Donald00:00:00Perry, NY
Steve00:00:00cellcell phone technology is all due to PC technology
2003-12-27 - 12 callers
Linda00:00:00Rochester, NYhow do you connect a wireless router to computer & notebook
John00:00:00Canandaigua, NYInstall Linux on XP machine - 40G XP - 10G Mandrake - won't boot because can't find other HD
Jim00:00:00Farmington, NYemail problems - returned emails -
Angelo00:00:00Rochester, NYdigital camera for Christmas - Kodak 6200 w/ EasyShare - can't get it to work - turning the camera on hangs the computer - W98
Jim00:00:00Greece, NYWinME -> XPPro - is there any advantage to quick upgrade v new installation?
Whitney00:00:00Pittsford, NYTRIVIA!
Joel00:00:00Pittsford, NYSteve: has been Mac user - went to dark side - a 333MHz G3 - Linux -
James00:00:00Rochester, NY16 - buying new PC - gaming PC - wants XP - Athlon or P4?
Jack00:00:00Irondequoit, NYRealPlayer - AOL - illegal operation - when boot - VIDP3260.DLL
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYexcited to see that ACLs are part of Linux - operation not supported
Juan00:00:00Penfield, NYson has game - trying to install needs 64M to install - HP Pavilion - 64M - W98
Lee00:00:00Parma, NYiPod for Christmas - been using iTunes for about a month - has 4.2 - starting to import CDs - locks up everything - XP Pro - seems to be random - after 5 or 1 or whatever CDs - tried moving it to diff drives, etc.
2003-12-20 - 13 callers
Jim00:00:00Fairport, NY4 yr old e-machine - filled HD - new WD drive - data tools copy everything?
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYnetworking: PC to PC - 98SE & XP - shared folders & partitions on both drives, but can't see each other | 233 MHz iMac - how add to network? - OS9
Mark00:00:00Spencerport, NYXP Pro - worked great until Tues - virus defs were 6 days old - printed a doc, screensaver came up, computer became dormant, system started up on its own, & system would not respond - would no reboot, even w/ boot disk! - would not install Win over itself
Vito00:00:00Chili, NYwants to use a program that requires Media Player 7.1; how do I uninstall it when I'm done?
John00:00:00Chili, NYgames-intensive programs will crash the PC | same game for six months - new patch the problem?
Roger00:00:00Poplar Ridge, NYhigh-speed satelite - needs wireless router
Rick00:00:00Rochester, NY"complete boob" - new Sony - 512M - when switch identities, sometimes won't go to the other one - then click on OE, hourglass comes up, goes away, and nothing happens | ZoneAlarm - good?
Gary00:00:00Greece, NYTRIVIA! - a winner!
Charlie00:00:00Henrietta, NYhand-me-down computer - XP - office suite? | SMC wireless router - has firewall - also need ZoneAlarm
Ralph00:00:00Fairport, NYiTunes - can't download a song - error: could not find the required file | Napster - d/l'd some songs - tried to burn via Nero
Brian00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NY2 PCs - one wireless, one wired - does it matter which one is the network boss?
Ron00:00:00Greece, NY486 CTD MXL computer - Win3.1 - lost file manager - reinstalled all the disks, but it didn't work | Win98 - CD plays for only a few seconds, and dies
Stewart00:00:00Webster, NYhow tell if modem is bad?
2003-12-13 - 10 callers
Judy00:00:00Penfield, NYIE: looking at Web page - IE stopped working - Ad-aware, Stinger, Norton - restore - internal error again - downloaded newest 6.0, but still didn't work - IE has
Bob00:00:00Lima, NYApple iBook - phone line plug has become damaged - expensive repair? USB port to phone line?
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYnew keyboard - USB wouldn't work - got new USB card - keyboard works in old one!
Dan00:00:00Perinton, NYbuilt on PC - 30G split - 98SE - got rid of everything on D: - loaded XP - now it's dual bootable - XP or 98SE - how move XP to C:?
Ron00:00:00Gates, NYXP laptop - auto remind updates - d/l'd all critical updates except 1 - service pack 1 - should I d/l it?
Barbara00:00:00Spencerport, NYprinter - Canon 6000 BJC - 98 - can't communication - stopped yesterday - not responding - printer beeps 6 times - print heads not lined up properly or defective
Bill00:00:00Penfield, NYXP - built-in firewall
Rich00:00:00Brighton, NYerror: could not load java virtual machine - XP | ZoneAlarm
Kurt00:00:00Pittsford, NY
Mike00:00:00Brighton, NYtrojan - quarantined
2003-12-06 - 8 callers
Victor00:00:00IrondequoitSpeech Recognition Tools | TRIVIA! - wrong!!!
Tara00:00:00Rochester, NYspyware keeps coming back no matter what she does
Nathan00:00:00Hamlin, NYwireless router - computer to modem - other computer works fine (not wireless)
Jorge00:00:00Victor, NYproblems trying to salvage 1G of music on his laptop - had laptop w/ 98; virus ate partition, sent to West Coast, they recovered most of his files - RealPlayer - transferred files to XP - says he doesn't have correct encryption to play it. - TrRIVIA - wro
Kurt00:00:00Penfield, NY3 wks ago, tried to put older scanner - HP - w/ driver on CD - computer kept continually restarting - Safe Mode - removed software - all OK - now - deleted printer from Add/Remove - now keeps rebooting - got into Safe Mode - cannot start - missing root/sy
Wayne00:00:00Henrietta, NYTRIVIA - CORRECT! | Firebird! | spam killer?
Vito00:00:00Chili, NYcard reader/writer - to download camera files - Sakar - 98SE | wants to load W98SE onto itself - has only an upgrade disk
Mike00:00:00Greece, NYnetwork problem - laptop to desktop - has special cable - had it working, then it stopped - home on desktop, pro on laptop - can't ping, can't get 'em to connect
2003-11-29 - 14 callers
David00:00:00Pennsylvaniabought external SCSI Seagate tape drive - backup software is in MS Backup in 95... he's running an OEM ME
Peggy00:00:00Irondequoit, NYCompaq home internet appliance - 3 yrs old - letter from MS - no longer serviced -> hook something to TV or something else
Henry00:00:00Brighton, NYTRIVIA! - networking - wireless - DSL - Pro or Home?
Lynn00:00:00Rochester, NYWin98 - senior citizen - self-taught
Karen00:00:00Naples, NYdaughter downloaded LEMONADE STAND - can't get rid of it!
Nick00:00:00Rochester, NYSpybot - he's a beginner running XP - got 3 things in Red - when clicked on them to get more info, doesn't know if he should delete.
Jim00:00:00Greece, NY3 yr old 800 MHZ HP Pavilion 16 -yr-old son ME -> XP - KaZaA, etc. | USB often doesn't work
Bill00:00:00Honeoye, NYStinger found a problem - he has no disc for the antivirus
Marty00:00:00Penfield, NYSpybot night! -
Ed00:00:00Greece, NYcan't get into net - W2K - IE - popup: found a pest (Pest Patrol from ZoneAlarm)
Nick00:00:00Buffalo, NYdownloaded spyware - default page for IE had changed - when type in a Web addr, gets EHTTP.CC?
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYcomment: re: David - PA - NovaStor in CA | gets many offers to buy Norton SystemWorks - 2003 AV - W2K, XP, ME
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NY98SE - problems - blue screens - startup disk -
Tim00:00:00Rush, NYXP - HP computer - removed everything - new copy XP - no HP components
2003-11-22 - 9 callers
Len00:00:00Rochester, NYcomment: regclean - 4.1a - won't work on XP Pro -> TweakXP.com
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYstartup: 16M shared - what happens when you say 32M? | AVG - on bootup, gave search screen
Dennis00:00:00Rochester, NYW98SE - Spybot S&D - won't update!
Rich00:00:00Rochester, NYseveral PCs on home network = RR = LinkSys - XP & 2000 - can't retrieve email from 2000 box - timeout problem - can send, can't receive - Outlook Express
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Pro - new - not much loaded - scandisk - at boot - does prescan & blue screens
Joe00:00:00Fairport, NYIE - when boot, URL gets a parasite URL - popups galore - deletes it, it comes back
Brad00:00:00cell phoneW98SE - P3 - 1 GHz - upgrade to XP - 383M 40G - downloaded Advisor! - it dies
Brent00:00:00Livonia, NYAIM - followed link - sent him spyware -
Pete00:00:00Rochester, NYgets one or two porn Web sites - in email - spam
2003-11-15 - 15 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYnew XP machine can't read disks from two different machines
Ed00:00:00Ithqca, NYXP system - d/l radio program - ie - SndBytes - how save & put on CD
Rick00:00:00Rochester, NYRR w/ DVR - anything like it for PC?
Len00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Pro - add/remove - uninstall - 2 entries left - TweakXP not working
Joey00:00:00Rochester, NYnew PC - snd card vs AV receiver?
Tony00:00:00Rochester, NYTRIVIA WINNER!
John00:00:00cell2 yr old Compaq Presario - CD burner lost power - new burner - same problem
Dick00:00:00Spencerport, NYOpera - bookmarks gone
Bob00:00:00Irondequoit, NYDVR -> Dell 8300 2.6G 120G ATI All-in-Wonder (re: Rich) has built-in DVR! WinXP - if a diff user logs on, kills the program
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYwireless router - won't keep settings
Steve00:00:00Newark, NYThinkpad 760EL - won't boot - used
Bill00:00:00Webster, NYturn on PC - safe mode/last known - pick either, get blue screen - XP
Andrew00:00:00Rochester, NYUSB printer to 2 PCs? | USB 2.0 - 1.1 hub
Charlie00:00:00Geneva, NY98SE - can't scandisk or defrag | Spybot
Tom00:00:00Canandaigua, NYnetwork XP & 98
2003-11-08 - 11 callers
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYMozilla! - works real fine - wanted to make a trade - "wouldn't allow me to" - popup
Dave00:00:00Canandaigua, NYvirus checkers
Ron00:00:00Chili,NYstreaming audio
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYspyware - bought spybot
John00:00:00Canadaigua, NYnetworking - 2 PCs - Gateways - connected by crossover - both have run network setups - sending packets, but not communicating
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYBelkin router | re: Ron - most Linux systems run esd & you can run esdmon
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYfree av software! - AVG
Rick00:00:00Batavia, NYunwanted email - Outlook Express
Woody00:00:00Churchville, NYMyIE2 Web browser
David00:00:00on the hill in Pennsylvaniathe moon is disappearing! | SCSI - HD - Adaptec 2940 = no problems - go to 2910 or 2930 it's dead
Michael00:00:00Greece, NYDSL -> Linksys - son & he share router - both have Internet access, but can't see each other - Win2K
2003-11-01 - 12 callers
Tony00:00:00Holley, NYvirus? - done what we've recommended - updates virus program - Ad-aware, Stinger
Leslie00:00:00Rochester, NYMacintosh - can open personal mail in OE, but when gets email from commercial site, they link directly to IE & system freezes - Internet Explorer itself does not work
Mike00:00:00Fairport, NYDell 2400 XP Home - annoyance - Logitech wireless kybd/mouse - likes hotbutton for email & Internet - if they're open, the mail hotbutton opens it up underneath
Dan00:00:00Webster, NYre: Tony: - don't forget about Spyware Guard - trivia - wrong! | 98SE - P3 700 MHz - Registry crash - local shop got him working 85-90% - activeX component can't create object at startup
Mike00:00:00Gates, NYnew video card - standby
Eugene00:00:00Rochester, NYWordPro - created some files - it's now garbage - Win95 -
Rob00:00:00Pavilion, NYcomputer animator! - power supply died - right in the middle of a render - toasted his 120G drive - no backup - no spin, no vibration, nothing
Chuck00:00:00Rochester, NYTRIVIA!!!! - Leon's!
Mike00:00:00Middleport, NYGnoppix - can't boot - how create CD from ISO image?
Don00:00:00Irondequoit, NYknew the trivia - getting a PC w/ Celeron proc - has 2G HD -
Duane00:00:00Geneseo, NY98 HP new CD burner - had to replace hard drive - MSIEXE missing when try to install Nero - missing MSI.DLL
Michael00:00:00Pittsford, NYcomment: in the name of progress, the overall computer experience is regressing for the average user - Dell 4600 w/ XP - number of hw/sftwr problems are worse than old machine!
2003-10-25 - 11 callers
Victor00:00:00Rochester, NYson needs PowerPoint 2003 - pricegrabber.com -
Dave00:00:00Canandaigua, NYcomments on previous call | why is McAfee firewall trapping outgoing ICMP going to soundbytes.org?
Gary00:00:00Greece, NYproblem connecting to Internet - both RR & DSL -
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYWin98SE - icons frozen -
Walter00:00:00Greece, NYKnoppix/Gnoppix | 3 years since XP came out - 3-yr lic up?
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYwhat type of ICMP was Dave getting? | DHCP server w/ Red Hat 8 & 9 - when hands out addresses to Macs, name resolution is all futzed up - only a problem in web browser
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYAthlon 1600 - XP Pro - online game - grey screen - locked up - first boot could not log on to domain??? (not on a domain) - next boot asked to format drive C: - booted anyway - did an update - now in Recovery console C_1252.nls
Bill00:00:00Irondequoit, NYAOL - when downloading from Wal-Mart or other catalogs - looking at images - switch to another page - and gets code: HTTP 1.1, and can't get images back
Craig00:00:00cell phonebeen in software business 15 years - no fan of Bill Gates - but it gets old when people complain about the licensing fees when the amount of software stolen at the corporate level is HUGE
Nick00:00:00Penn Yann, NYDell Laptop Win98 - background wallpaper is flourescent green - once it warms up, that goes away & it becomes white | XP 1.5GHz - different users - Norton 2002 updated - one user cannot get update screen
Gary00:00:00Rochester, NYXP/RR - AOL - new version annoying: when on XP sign-on, under username, tells how many email messages waiting
2003-10-18 - 8 callers
Dave00:00:00Bloomfield, NYneeds AV for NT
Scott00:00:00Rochester, NYre: Dave - CA.com - myEtrust
Vito00:00:00Chili, NYWin98SE shutdown problem - getting worse
Craig00:00:00Spencerport, NYstartup problem - news flash - mysoftware flash - ActiveX component can't create object
Scott00:00:00Springwater, NYBarcode printer & receipt printer - both USB
Dave00:00:00out in the sticks, PennsylvaniaNick recommended Firebird - "kicks IE butt all around the block" - computing for 3 years - started with Linux - went to Windows because of Netscape being junk - Firebird work as well on Linux as on Win?
Barry00:00:00Fairport, NYupgrading ME to XP - okay to install over XP?
Moodyblues10000:00:00Goshen, NY
2003-10-04 - 8 callers
Jim00:00:00Hemlock, NYneeds new PC - prices are always dropping - should I wait? Will I be able to run 98? Will there be problems with XP & compatibility with my old programs?
Steve00:00:00cellAOL- "You are signed on at another location" | Photoshop Album product - lots of conflicts
Lisa00:00:00Macedon, NYprobs installing McAfee home security - has no AV!!!!!
Don00:00:00Livonia, NY98SE - 2000? | MS Outlook - last week, started getting "OLE Registration error occurred - program not correctly installed - reinstall"
Pat00:00:00Webster, NYantivirus & firewall - HP 3.5 yrs old upgrd 98 to 2K - doesn't recognize either av software or firewall & can't remove
Terry00:00:00Irondequoit, NYHP 540 printers - power stopped working - plugged into UPS
Keith00:00:00cellXP - Norton firewall - port 443 going to akamai
Jeff00:00:00Ontario, NYMSN Messenger says he's logged on somewhere else, until he restored
2003-09-27 - 10 callers
Paul00:00:00Holley, NYEudora - v6 - can't open graphics in email | when boot get error - Explorer or Seagate has GPF in GDI.EXE - W98SE
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYW98SE - McAfee Security Center - BlackICE - BI locks machine up - took out BI - McAfee hangs
George00:00:00Greece, NYDell XP - AOL dialup - lots of "page cannot be displayed"
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYdoesn't use Outlook, but now getting popups | can't paste Media Player
Bob00:00:00Henrietta, NYWin98 - deletes temp files & cookies - in temp folder, gets an access denied error on ZLT03043
Scott00:00:00Fairport, NYA+ Cert - built many PCs - built one for father-in-law - shuts off every few days
Paul00:00:00Dansville, NYHP Pavilion 7955 CD writer - stopped recognizing when you put a CD in to write it
Dave00:00:00Greece, NYsocial engineering? - MS Update
Allen00:00:00Rochester, NYHow get Word 6.0 to recognize higher-level Word files
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYYahoo! Games - trouble going into one game - you're behind a firewall - etc.
2003-09-20 - 11 callers
Linda00:00:00Rochester, NYhardware firewall - IE - susceptible?
Harris00:00:00email problem - quite a few over the last week - MSN mail | ME - can I get a refund for Microsoft?
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYre: Tony - stupendous news about Ford dumping Windows and getting Linux! | fixed file deletion problem in Win2K | Verisign
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYmysterious file shows up on desktop - XP - ~
Gene00:00:00cell phonecuts a photo out, and gets a square picture
Moodyblues10000:00:00cellbreaking up
Moodyblues10000:00:00cellpick the topic today - Mozilla, OE - OE starts MSN Messenger | Mozilla - when tries to d/l someone else's show
Tom00:00:00Hamlin, NYNero 6 - bought it online - trying to back it up - has it on a CD - trying to reopen it up
Dave00:00:00Perry, NYDell Inspiron 4100 XP Pro - when accesses HD, goes in bursts rather than continuous access
Dave00:00:00cellemail
Todd00:00:00Gates, NYOS 9.2 -> OS X - opening myself up to viruses?
2003-09-13 - 9 callers
Dave00:00:00Brighton, NYgot notice to update XP - new Win driver- now has "skid marks" on the screen
Kurt00:00:00East Rochester, NYhas a virus - Norton runs every day
Bill00:00:00Greece, NYNetscape Mail & News - Alert: login failed!
Beth00:00:00Geneseo, NYhow forward w/o all the extra stuff?
Bill00:00:00Henrietta, NYvirus? - Schvasky ???
George00:00:00Victor, NYhome net - XP Home, W2KPro - XP has 2 printers - LPT1: & USB - can't print from W2K to either printer - can exchange docs, etc. | how get rid of workgroups that were set up before
Peg00:00:00Rochester, NYtext paging system - XP - finds modem, dials, get blue screen
Jim00:00:00Hamlin, NYThinkpad 600 - errors - goes to test - systemboard gets red X | Thinkpad 770X - barely can see the screen
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NYhow control his Dad's PC in Michigan?
2003-09-06 - 8 callers
Tim00:00:00Webster, NYbooting XP - msg: missing or corrupt WinNT/syste32/config/system
Dan00:00:00Perinton, NYmail server to get email -
Tony00:00:00Holley, NYvirus - Norton - found trojan - would not delete - .CAB file
Glenn00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYME - McAfee - 3 unwanted programs, 3-4 worms
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYAccess DB - when a condition is met, it sends an email to him - Outlook: program trying to send email on your behalf - ok?
Tim00:00:00Irondequoit, NYneeds a new laptop - daughter got G4 & it's great! Does SS, WP, page layout, PPT
Tom00:00:00Naples, NYvirus - Juno - Juno cannot access modem - will do it for four days, and then it'll connect just fine - neighbor has same problem
Lisa00:00:00Macedon, NYMcAfee - used v5, upgraded - Internet Security 5.0 w/ V7 - cannot do instant update
2003-08-30 - 6 callers
Victor00:00:00Irondequoit, NYAd-aware - SpyBot S&D | ZA - DCOM services?
Carl00:00:00Spencerport, NYKaZaA Lite - spyware? | beginner's book?
Shawn00:00:00Honeyoe Falls, NYTRIVIA!!!!!!
Dave00:00:00Sodus, NYwindows update on XP - NT authority system shutdown
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYfriend infected by a virus - what to do? - Dell w/ XP - PeoplePC server
Dave00:00:00Canandaigua, NYWindows peer-to-peer works - how add the Linux box?
2003-08-23 - 11 callers
Jim00:00:00Springwater, NYSymantec AV won't update - many other problems
Robert00:00:00Rochester, NYeMac - progs from prev computer, but they're on floppy! How get 'em on the new machine?
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYNT server - what if forget Admin pwd? | XP - yesterday's email - connection dropped off - reinstalled Outlook - no dial tone
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYiMac - used HDs - beside form factor, what do I have to worry about?
Pat00:00:00Penfield, NYwireless - XP laptop - desktop ME - about a month ago, d/l patch, lost network path - laptop will recognize desktop via IP, but desktop won't recognize laptop
Diane00:00:00Rochester, NYwent to AN! - R News link -
Randy00:00:00Hamlin, NYbought new system w/ MS Office Pro - also laptop - trying to get the CD and load on laptop as well
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYre: Tom - ERD Commander - from winternals.com - | W2KPro - couldn't write profile on logout - several files where profile is stored
Scott00:00:00Geneva,NYXP Home - System Info - total phys mem 512 - avail 251
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYW98 - wordpad - .dll missing
Jim00:00:00Henrietta, NYW98 - flying windows screensaver just stopped! - scandisk & defragmenter - both cause PC to freeze
2003-08-16 - 17 callers
Andre00:00:00Penfield, NYafter blackout, couldn't boot computer. Accidently ran Norton for Win 98 inside of Windows XP.
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYWriting ASP pages from a database, wants to link to MapQuest as variables.
Ben00:00:00Rochester, NYTrivia try | grandfather switched from mcafee to norton, only takes 8 seconds
Bert00:00:00Palmyra, NYTried trivia
Bill00:00:00Honeyoe, NYGot Trivia!
Stan00:00:00Car PhoneWe said Windows 98 can't utilize more than 256 MB very well, but he has 512 MB and it seems faster.
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYTips for installing Linux?
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYTrying to download software to download music, getting error about OLEAC library
Joanne00:00:00Rochester, NYKids installed Kaaza getting lots of problems.
Jeff00:00:00Pittsford, NYlooking for voice mail software, used to use SuperVoice, doesn't work on new computer.
Diane00:00:00Greece, NYHas 3 computers, running McAfee on home, need to buy copies for other two?
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYBlaster patch available for NT?
Dave00:00:00cell phoneHave two laptops keeps having problems.
Tom00:00:00N. Chili, NYDownloading music is illegal?
Rick00:00:00Batavia, NYlaptop for work, desktop at home, can share files between them?
Tom00:00:00Henrietta, NYInfo on NT patch for Blaster: Server patch appears to work with Workstation, but you must have SP6a.
Mike00:00:00Caledonia, NYHP Deskjet 840C Printer, says USB isn't enabled, with Windows 98. | Thinks has virus, "virtual bouncer".
2003-08-09 - 13 callers
Carl00:00:00cellRaid 5 HP server - data file size is 8G! if copy from raid to raid - 2 hrs copy between raid & external firewire, 10 mins - PC to PC - 10 mins - 1G RAM
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYpurch'd domain via web hosting - trying to create ODBC connection via Access
Gary00:00:00Putneyville, NYLinux - HTML - went away, came back, blue screen - no way to get out - shut down - brought it back up, no tool bar
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Warren00:00:00Penfield, NY98SE - jpg - email - clicks - c:windowstemporary.bmp not found | XP - SP1 okay?
Tony00:00:00cellre:Gary - how to fix it - Ctrl-Alt-F2 cd .gnome ls -la gnome-session .gnome* - Alt F7
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYtrivia - IBM - 1971 - Alan Shugart - | can't do a screenshot from mediaplayer screen - 98SE
Dave00:00:00Fairport, NYJPG files - XP - some can see, some can't see - if send in email, can see them in preview pane
moodyblues10000:00:00New Jerseyvideo card - new power supply - got new video card - worked for about four hours - nothing - old video card - same thing
Sean00:00:00Holley, NYolder Kodak scanner - PictureIt! OmniPage
DJ00:00:00Fairport, NYCD burner - they installed - can't read any disks - 98SE
Jim00:00:00Manchester, NYre: Dave -
Phil00:00:00Batavia,NYre: sledgehammer therapy |
2003-08-02 - 18 callers
Kurt00:00:00Pittsford, NYMcAfee Online - update 26 July -
Bob00:00:00Penfield, NYhow backup laptop hard drive before send it in to get it repaired
Richard00:00:00Macedon, NYcomputer won't start in any mode - XP - no restore disc
Peter00:00:00Webster, NY
George00:00:00Webster, NYMac - save to CD - "name of CD can't be modified"
Skip00:00:00West Henrietta, NYWin98 OE6 IE6 - for pictures, get red X
Colleen00:00:00Perry, NYNorton Internet Security - time to renew - bought Norton AV 2003 - that installed fine, but doesn't update her IS service.
Mike00:00:00Bradington, FLtrouble getting online - cable modem - username/password - sign on once & all set - Wizard connector
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYiMac - Decemberish - had Quicken Deluxe 2002 - decided to start using it - installed upgrade - got from Quicken Web site -
Bill00:00:00Henrietta, NYHeard anything about Juno, NetZero, Walmart Connect?
Scott00:00:00Mendon, NYXP installed over 98SE - copied & burned old addresses to CD ROM - it's a WAB file - trying to import into OE address book
Mario00:00:00Rochester, NYSony VAIO - 3 yrs old - DVD not used much recently - not recognizing DVDs
Wayne00:00:00Rochester, NYtrivia! - YES!
Ron00:00:00Avon, NYre: Mozilla | CDs
Elaine00:00:00Public Market
Todd00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYIE6 -
Jeff00:00:00Avon, NYWAN? | temp files in XP - how clean?
Jeff00:00:00Ontario, NYDVD burner - external - Roxio 6 -
2003-07-26 - 14 callers
John00:00:00Ontario, NYcan't wake system up from sleep mode - desktop -
Eric00:00:00Gates, NYW2K - shutdown - saves settings - BSoD - driver power state failure
Kurt00:00:00Pittsford, NYXanadu - trivia! - nope | computer plays hide & seek with him - D: drive disappeared - never came back - W98 laptop
Cal00:00:00East Rochester, NYtrivia! wrong! | command in 98SE to go back to previous state -
Ed00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Home - Compaq 1.5yrs old - cold boot - 1720 SMART HD detects imminent failure
Dan00:00:00Perinton, NYXP SONY VAIO - Linksys wireless - SDC Scheduler Window not shutting down
Joyce00:00:00Victor, NYlost toolbar in MS Word program -
Ray00:00:00Rochester, NYW2KPro - missing pg file - when tried to reset, still missing - NTLDR missing
Lynne00:00:00Rochester, NYtrivia! - YES!
David00:00:00Ontario, NY98SE AMD 1G - McAfee - always tries to access A: drive | when run Office 2000, every now & then comes up & says you have to install it! 1706 error
Ed00:00:00Fairport, NYlaptop wouldn't come back on, but now it does!
George00:00:00Fairport, NYlooking for local ISP - dialup
Steve00:00:00Albion, NYW98v2 - after 2/3 hrs, slows down
Dave00:00:00cell phoneXP Home - scandisk & defrag - not there
2003-07-19 - 10 callers
Tom00:00:00Brockport, NYlocal HS teacher - laptops in classroom - had one stolen
George00:00:00cell phonecannot use keyboard with search function in RR -
Rich00:00:00Irondequoit, NYhas file in Documents & Settings folder - write protected - can't delete as admin - "joe"
Joe00:00:00Gates, NYwhen go to site & click link, screen blinks & don't get link - Win98 - IE
Marty00:00:00Niagara Falls, NYscreensavers - 98 - 3D pipe - ... | 98SE suddenly snail slow - sound stutters
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NYHD problem? - Gateway 400 MHz - 4-5 yrs old - 96M - clock losing time - replaced battery - okay in morning; loses time during the day
Robert00:00:00Rochester, NYbrand new HP pavilion - one month - XP Home - ZoneAlarm - ZA doesn't come up | network connection - LAN - RR -
Dee00:00:00Rochester, NYupdate av & firewall every day - firewall won't let her send email - Norton Firewall - MSN
Jacques00:00:00Victor, NYtrivia - winner!
Dennis00:00:00 Bloomfield, NYtower case - 5 internal HDs, 3 internal optical drives | 350W PS too small?
2003-07-12 - 15 callers
Judy00:00:00Thousand Islands!95 & 98 - Novell server - need new computers - XP connect to Novell
Jack00:00:00Pittsford, NYlaptop - when boot, power drops completely - have to hold power on button to off position for several seconds to get it to restart
Bob00:00:00Penfield, NYinstalled XP - no sound - 1.7G 256M
Leonard00:00:00Niagara Falls, NYDSL - run two DSL modems off a single phone line?
Carl00:00:00Rochester, NYW2KPro - on boot - "starting windows" - shuts off & starts up again
Aaron00:00:00Rochester, NYtrivia - 1958 - NO!
Charlie00:00:00Spencerport, NYtrivia - WE HAVE A WINNER! 1839 - Sir William Robert Grove @ London's Royal Institution
Tom00:00:00Perinton, NYson put P2P on it
Wendy00:00:00Brockport, NYwhere to donate an old computer?
Mike00:00:00Webster, NYpopups
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYnetwork died - WMIWindows32 adapter configuration - DSL
Randy00:00:00Brockport, NYre: peer-to-peer networking
Tom00:00:00Fairport, NYprogram list too big for screen!
Doug00:00:00Waterloo, NYd/l NAV 2003 XP 1406 error could not write to Registry
Don00:00:00Geneva, NYold Gateway W98 - it's thinking too hard - 3rd party video - orig video on motherboard tries to run
2003-07-05 - 13 callers
Jim00:00:00Springwater, NYXP - clock loses 2/3 hours once a week - on dialup - Mozilla used to autodial - Norton doesn't autoupdate anymore - Stinger/Adaware once/twice a week - Norton once a week - new battery
Joel00:00:00Pittsford, NYDell Dimension 4300S XP Home - boots intermittently -
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYCompaq - W95 - quick restore - two disks - name of the command interpreter
Kathy00:00:00Chili, NYWin98 - OE - opened email w/ attachment - computer froze - can't receive or send - "An OE store file may be damaged - run scandisk"
Jeff00:00:00Farmington NYtrying to do MSupdates - BSoD - no more IRP stack locations
Peri00:00:00Henrietta, NYtrivia! - Pong - Atari
Hubert00:00:00Rochester, NYTRS-100 - four or five - patent searching -
Argyle00:00:00Brighton, NYtrivia! - Breakout - Atari - YES!!!!! $350
Dan00:00:00Perinton, NYNorton Systemworks 2002 - 98SE - begin scan - seven scans okay - hd integrity scan - fatal exception OE - W98SE scan - found errors and fixed them
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYoffice PC - XP Pro SP1 _ OUTLOOK 2002 SP - reminder doesn't function
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYTRS-100 - built-in telecom program | OpenOffice -
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYME -> XP - upgrade or wipe HD?
Jim00:00:00Brockport, NYHP Pavilion 98SE -> XP Pro - 384M - keep getting setupapi.dll corrupt - reinstall
2003-06-28 - 13 callers
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYUSB - camera has SD card - trouble xfering movie files - 20M+ files - starts xfering & hangs - has to cold boot - 98SE
Alex00:00:00Henrietta, NY(PC)3 - Norton AV msg when gets into email - error -
Mike00:00:00Gates, NYerror - runtime error 9 - subscript out of range - when using Internet - WHAIMAGER
Bob00:00:00Caledonia, NYcan't get screen the way he wants it - Control Panel - display - properties - settings - can't change screen area and colors - at 640x480 -> 800x600 Win98SE
Bruce00:00:00Rochester, NYtrivia - CORRECT!
Miguel00:00:00Gananda, NYMcAfee 7 - time to renew - battery has to be replaced every two months
Don00:00:00Farmington, NYMac - but it's not a problem! - SnapScan 1212U scanner - HP PhotoSmart S20 scanner - HP has not Mac drivers
Jerry00:00:00Rochester, NYmonitor stopped showing red
Vito00:00:00Chili, NYhave your heads always bobbed? | Stinger - save report to file - not much in there! where do you put in the parameters?
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Home - game - computer runs slower - uninstalled game & they're blocked from the Internet. Uninstalled firewall - still blocked - Adaware, Stinger didn't find anything
Bill00:00:00Penfield, NYWindows Media files - video jumps, audio jumps - has v9 - runs fine under safe mode - 98SE 128M -
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYguy couple weeks ago having trouble writing CDRs - reading them in diff drives: try the lower density 640M disks | in OpenOffice.org - try to import tab or comma sep file - last dialog box OK is grayed out
Jim00:00:00Manchester, NYspyware - Registry cleaner could fix it!
2003-06-21 - 15 callers
Linda00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Pro - MSN email to be primary email
Bill00:00:00Irondequoit, NYscreen - w98 - 3 POPUPS - registry editor - cscripts - screen res wants 800x600
Chris00:00:00cell phoneMS - Links 2003 - P2 350 - needs 400 - 192M - Savage 3 16M video
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYvoice-overs - sending to cable cos - what computer system?
Diane00:00:00Bloomfield, NYhow remove the words "Post Office" from email address.
Rich00:00:00Irondequoit, NYXP Pro - McAfee - wants to switch to Norton - how get rid of McAfee?
Bob00:00:00Caledonia, NYCD burner - wants to remove data from HD so can do clean install of XP - when try to read burned disc, gets some screwy info
Joe00:00:00Pittsford, NYiMac - two - networked - son's iMac - older - stopped reading all CDs - takes it in and spits it right back out
Hugh00:00:00Webster, NYAptiva W95 - sectors and clusters -
Jay00:00:00Rochester, NYbuilding Web site for small corp
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYHP - when start, get startup page in the front -
John00:00:00Rochester, NYprinter "goofed up" - hit print, it's very faint - test page is great - print is very faint again - W95 | new scanner/copier?
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYW98 - can't load Real Player
Ron00:00:00Avon, NYtrivia! - printer | CDs - why can't rewrite regular CD? why can't use regular CD for music?
Rae00:00:00cell phoneAOL - get kicked off - dial up
2003-06-14 - 15 callers
moodyblues10000:00:00New Jerseyvideo editing - VHS to DVD - processor speed?
Dave00:00:00Canandaigua, NYHow 'bout that SCO? | recording sound from mixing board & burn to CD - what platform?
Phil00:00:00Buffalo, NYsched program running in VirtPC - possibility of viruses? | printer used by VirtPC can't run Mac progs while VirtPC is up?
Bill00:00:00Greece, NYXP Home - how backup & xfer email - found SafeMail in our forums
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYtrivia! | CD autorun doesn't
Victor00:00:00Irondequoit, NYrun Norton & AVG together?
Charles00:00:00Canadaigua, NYASP - database access - which Windows OS
Burt00:00:00Palmyra, NY98se - 466 MHZ - every time boots, dials to ISP
Ron00:00:00Irondequoit, NYPresario - power light goes on - monitor goes green - yellow - amber - HD light won't come on
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NYtrouble getting updates from MS site - downloads okay, during install process says "Has not passed Win Logo tests" - on XP -
Joe00:00:00Gates, NYWhen go to a site on the Internet - bird cam - click, but larger picture isn't larger! | popup - Console Internet Explorer
Greg00:00:00Cohocton, NYSummer 2001 iMac - bad power analog video board (PAV board)
Cal00:00:00East Rochester, NY98SE - AMD K6 200 - serial mouse died - USB works fine - when reboot, has to unplug/replug mouse to get it to work
Dave00:00:00Brighton, NYtrivia! mickey
Linda00:00:00Rochester, NYDell - found two viruses - in quarantine - what's that mean?
2003-06-07 - 13 callers
Victor00:00:00Irondequoit, NYsound problem - no sound icon in system tray
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYXP Pro & Office Pro - shortcut toolbar - no choice of exposing Outlook Docs
John00:00:00Rochester, NYPB boat anchor 1.2G - cleaned out garbage - CD ROM doesn't work anymore
Reed00:00:00Fairport, NY98SE - scandisk - defrag - weird boot problem - error in Explorer - no Safe Mode, no floppy boot, no CD boot - took 2000 Pro - ran great - can get rid of 98 Files?
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NY$300 Dell - bought sound blaster - wants to register it, but he never got any sound out of the thing
John00:00:00Webster, NYd/l updates from MS - 98 SE - since then, on bootup, dialup networking window comes up 3 times, and once on shutdown
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYP3 600MHz 98SE RAM: one 256M chip - only sees half of it | video card? - | freeze & reset problem was the Ethernet card
Tom00:00:00Caledonia, NYtrivia! - aaaaaaaand he gets it! Well done, Tom!!!!!
Keith00:00:00Irondequoit, NYAPtiva - W98 - from dialup to DSL - when put software in, gets so far then screen says put in W98SE disk, but it stops working then
Bill00:00:00Brighton, NYWin2KPro - Outlook - program has exited -
Marcy00:00:00Rochester, NYre: John from Webster - control panel - Internet Options - Connection Tab - change it back to never dial | d/l - Java - two Java plugins
George00:00:00Penfield, NYPopups!
Gordon00:00:00Chili, NYXP - switch windows - sees old window through it for a few seconds
2003-05-31 - 15 callers
Glen00:00:00East Rochester, NYXP Pro - two profiles - either profile - get desktop and nothing else
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYmodem to cell phone?
Paul00:00:00Holley, NYtrying to net two PCs - working fine, then "something happened" and now they don't
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Home - Outlook 2000 - every time open Outlook 2000 SP3, closes immediately
Jim00:00:00Batavia, NYtrivia - nope!
Ed00:00:00Pittsford, NYXP Pro - MSN - constantly needed to reboot when in standby or power down - switched to RR - has to reboot daily
Dave00:00:00Canandaigua, NYME = "monkey excrement" - re: last week - connecting XP/Linux
Dave00:00:00Fairport, NYtrivia - nope!
Bob00:00:00Ontario, NYvideo capture - crashes all the time - XP
Richard00:00:00Rochester, NYtrivia - nope!
Walter00:00:00Calgary, Alberta, CanadaLives in Calgary, Alberta Canada - trucker - uses laptop on the road - uses landline right now - wireless?
Bob00:00:00Rush, NYtrivia - nope!
Peter00:00:00Brockport, NYvirtual driver for NIC - NDIS driver - Win98 - mouse hesitates
Jeff00:00:00Rochester, NYtrivia - nope
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NY98 - Win Explorer - dial-up connection comes up
2003-05-24 - 12 callers
Gina00:00:00Rochester, NYWinSE - crashed & reinstalled - now hangs at shutdown
Kay00:00:00Avon, NYtyping - hits caps lock - everything is backwards
Dave00:00:00Mendon, NYwhen download video clips, where do they go?
Dave00:00:00Canadaigua, NYsearching for Windows 98SE license - OEM licenses | Linux dual-boot - can network Win, but not Linux
Bill00:00:00Irondequoit, NYon & off Internet regularly - "sine wave" filename -
Mike00:00:00Fairport, NYslow response time - outlook - excel - XP Home - 382
John00:00:00Mt. Morris, NYXPHome - error reporting - has turned it off repeatedly - constantly asks if he wants to send in a report
Kevin00:00:00Perinton, NYstrange Outlook problem - McAfee av & guardian - when he opens email, it disables his antivirus
William00:00:00Henrietta, NYmemory - C&D drives - C: used to have 100M free D: had 400M free - deletes temp & history files, etc. - but still coming down in free space - running Win95
Hank00:00:00Penfield, NYcan't boot to Safe Mode in a Win98 system -
Kurt00:00:00East Rochester, NYOE6 - sent items folder won't let him delete any of his files
Tom00:00:00Webster, NYready to switch from dialup to DSL - router for firewall protection good enough?
2003-05-17 - 10 callers
William00:00:00Albion, NYWin XP Home - burner & DVD - can copy from either can burn CDs can play movies BUT - can't play an audio CD!
Cliff00:00:00Rochester, NYre: William - if CD burned by him - did he finalize it? | Why does WinXP not like DOS batch files?
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYiBook Sys9 Virex dat files okay; what's highest version of the engine? | IE Mac - "you are submitting a form which is not secure"
Kurt00:00:00Pittsford, NYhas hyperactive computer - continually defrags | excel - wants autosave to be 30 mins; reverts to 10 minutes
Tom00:00:00Perinton, NYNetscape 7 - wants to get the content into a spreadsheet into OpenOffice Calc
Dave00:00:00Pennsylvanianew to SCSI - can get drives & bus set up - mini-tutorial on 50pin vs 60pin vs fibre channel
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYFrank wins the Ron Wayne trivia question!
Dan00:00:00Perinton, NYSony VAIO - launches apps slow - 128M - XP - replace 15G drive with something bigger?
Glen00:00:00East Rochester, NYXP Pro - couple of profiles - need to wipe & reinstall XP - backup??
Vito00:00:00car phonesecurity - d/l file - can someone be downloading from you?
2003-05-10 - 8 callers
moodyblues10000:00:00New Jersey!!!how convert audio files from WAV to MP3?
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYxfer files one desktop to another - serial cable - xfer wizard can't find the other computer XP -> 98
Doug00:00:00Pittsford, NYnew HP - XP - MSN - autodials MSN on startup
Dave00:00:00Hilton, NYOutlook Express - upgraded 95 to 98 - OE won't run
David00:00:00Pennsylvaniajust South of Elmira - re: msconfig
Tim00:00:00Rochester, NYMac OS X - how manage fonts?
Stephen00:00:00Geneva, NYre: last week - Win Explorer - no "New"
Mike00:00:00Elma, NYapprox 15 mi East of Buffalo - thanks for recommending 98SE - tried free QuickBooks - modem stopped working - how get modem working again - has mouse, modem, PLC
2003-05-03 - 10 callers
Curt00:00:00Pittsford, NYHyperactive Computer - defrags continually - Win98 -
Art00:00:00Irondequoit, NYCompaq 400 98SE 96M HP 722C inkjet - printer stops in mid page & freezes the computer
Len00:00:00Rochester, NYOutlook & Word 2000 - Office Update - trying to d/l SP3 svc pack - "this update cannot be applied" - XP Pro SP1
Craig00:00:00cellP2 350 196M Win98SE IE6 RR - Yahoo! mail & others - freezes - seems to be the Macromedia Flash player (oh, THERE'S a surprise!)
Owen00:00:00Fairport,NYgraphics email comes in "botched up" Grandson's games freeze the machine
Ron00:00:00W. Henrietta, NYP2 W98 W2K printer - Canon C530 - warning: login currently in progress - please try again later - has to reboot - when power down - Explorer DDE server program not responding
Jim00:00:00Greece, NYwhen open Word attachments from email, can't print them
Steve00:00:00Geneva, NYWindows Explorer - File gives New -> Folders, etc. - his doesn't do that
Scott00:00:00Webster, NYproblem w/ internet service last three weeks - linksys wireless - download speed was 35/6K - upload is "fine" - happened right after the ice storm
Leo00:00:00Webster, NYWin98SE msg from MS - update from toolbar - persistently got application error
2003-04-26 - 15 callers
John00:00:00Rochester, NYpopup messages - how get rid of?
Rich00:00:00Canandaigua,NYnetwork at home - 5 computers - Outlook on all 5 computers - how share calendars?
Bob00:00:00Victor, NYre: last caller - AnyTime Deluxe - up to 5 users | 4 PC p2p 2 98, 2 W2kPro - QuickBooks lives on 1 Win98 machine
Jackie00:00:00Virginia, NYused to be on modem - now online through router -> wireless -> local ISP - dialup window keeps coming up
Gary00:00:00Geneseo, NYME - SONY laptop - IE link used to come up normally, now gets a little rectangular box that he has to change
Mike00:00:00Batavia, NY2 98SE 1 XP Pro - network to RR? also HPLJ1000 w/ print server
Mike00:00:00Greece, NYburn a lot of CDs - problem - when play them on certain machines, works on some but not on others
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYemail - password - how get rid of that? | tries to open anything - "no disk in drive" - harddisk1/dr3
Chuck00:00:00Greece, NYtwo strange messages - daughter downloaded game which failed - "unable to download program" at start up - "C:windowssystemvshvpst appears corrupt"
Jim00:00:00Syracuse, NYIE getting senile - XP brand new - HP734N - some sites require login - train simulations - used to remember his name/password combos - email also forgets password | suggestion: phone number more often! | request: what's the address?
Wayne00:00:00Rochester, NYtrying to make slideshow presentation - no problem with that; can add music - one piece works - but can't add a second
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYViaVoice - suddenly crashes something fierce - MS Word has a script thing that's causing problems, too S2A appname wuiman.exe SZ
Ed00:00:00cell phonenotebook - Compaq - Win2KPro - brings up WIndows - stops w/ blue screen - errors - freezes
Steve00:00:00Marion, NYrouter - netgear w/ firewall - wife's business - needs VPN -
Charlie00:00:00Rochester, NYDQSO - ham operator - audio too low
2003-04-19 - 11 callers
Dave00:00:00Bloomfield, NYXP - system restore - had to use it a few weeks ago - worked fine - Win Update lets him download them but not install them
Linda00:00:00East Rochester, NYeBay - been using it for years - now, whenever search, search comes up but then right away goes to half.com
Al00:00:00Rochester, NY2 hds - dual boot - | .avi file - emailed to him
Ed00:00:00Rochester, NYSony VAIO - enter & backspace don't work - as was shutting down one day, he pulled the power plug out
Tom00:00:00Fairport, NY2 computers - same room - one running RR - need router - 2-port LinkSys | what about next Win release
Glen00:00:00LeRoy, NYGateway - replaced HD - didn't put OS on it - still gets Win98 bootup screen!
Bonnie00:00:00Webster, NYnew computer - learning new things! - how burn CDs - WinMedPlyr comes up & freezes
Sue00:00:00Rochester, NYnot computer literate - loves our show! - Toshiba laptop P4 XP - AOL - 6.0 - every once in a while error: low memory - can't close anything!
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYdoesn't back up - exchanging pix - one pic came over as loveletter - ruined all of his pix
Ron00:00:00Savanna, NYDell - 1.5 yrs - want to run MP3s through sound card - through IM
Rich00:00:00Henrietta, NYinstalled burner - came w/ CD Maker - CD-R - been adding pix to - had 28 tracks - last time he added, seems like everything else he'd added has disappeared
2003-04-12 - 12 callers
Justin00:00:00Rochester, NYshould do SP1a? | AGP card? Dual VGAport card -
Bob00:00:00W Irondequoit, NYXP Pro - laptop running FAT32 - good/safe convert to NTFS?
Mike00:00:00Greece, NYdual boot XP & Red Hat 7.3 - last night downloaded RH9 - recognized monitor and display went blank
Bob00:00:00Greece, NYDell 4550 - Registry First Aid - "Windows XP Plain & Simple"
Gene00:00:00Rochester, NYstopping popups? | virus protection?
Chuck00:00:00East Rochester, NYdaughter is an artist - where can get CorelDraw 10
Jim00:00:00Churchville, NYMac G4 laptop 20G - OS9/OS X - wants more space for X - drag everything to another drive, and then reformat & drag everything back?
Victor00:00:00Irondequoit, NY"instant access" won't run - what is it? | Adaware - bug log?
Ron00:00:00Webster, NYunsolicited email - MSN - something is trying to send out his SS#
Sam00:00:00Brighton, NYDSL installed - now no sound
Scott00:00:00Canandaigua, NYcomment: mailwasher.com - conscienceware | re: Chuck ER - looking for short learning curve graphics program
Cal00:00:00East Rochester, NYECDC - didn't buy
2003-04-05 - 9 callers
Howard00:00:00Rochester, NYDell Inspiron w/ XP - how to go around the login screen -
Chris00:00:00Chili, NYPresario - big one - Delta Force - ME
Justin00:00:00Rochester, NY"designated computer guy" in his family - new computer - 2 wks old - bought locally - started w/ RR - switched to digital & there are problems - lots of noises
Jeff00:00:00Canandaigua/Farmington, NYthanks for info from last week!
Dennis00:00:00Lancaster,NYLinksys router works great - can't print - can connect laptop to printer?
Joanne00:00:00Irondequoit, NYgot power back an hour ago! Dumped Juno - has BlueFrog - pics & sound - gets it one slide at a time - v slow | ARF!
Judy00:00:00Bloomfield, NYclean computers once in a while -
Bill00:00:00East Bethany, NYAd Aware - Spyware Nuker came too...
Alan00:00:00Greece, NYHP Pav 1520N XP - Win Update "can't verify the update.inf - make sure crypt services running"
2003-03-29 - 12 callers
Jeff00:00:00Farmington, NYlaptop - XP - on iNet - lot of windows open - system slows down & locks up - reset needed - doesn't happen off the net
Ed00:00:00Canandaigua, NYGateway 1.1G 265M upgrd ME to XP - lost sound - latest drivers didn't work - new sound card didn't work
Jim00:00:00Walworth, NYarticle re: upgrades for Windows - OE6 - can't open attachments | limited memory - has another chip, but won't boot
Shawn00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYvoice recog in office - wants to use it in field: dictate & bring it back in
Colleen00:00:00Perry, NYExcel 97 wkbk - saved as read-only - can't access it
Doug00:00:00Rochester, NY450 Pent 128M - worked fine for several years - got DSL via USB - bogs down within three hours of turning on
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYre: Colleen | XP Home - can I reinstall ONLY IE? | external HD - better: USB 2 or FireWire?
Dennis00:00:00Canandaigua, NYWin98SE - can't defrag - error
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NYXP - inet connect - dialog: connection mgr - connect - "long distance calls disabled" |how make Opera my default browser?
John00:00:00Penfield, NYDell PC - 450 - 256M - trying to install HP all-in-one 2200 - starts loading drivers & freezes - USP - W98SE
Bob00:00:00Fairport, NYXP Pro - AMD 2000XP - gigabyte mbrd - 512M DDR - when cold, freezes - when warms up is fine
Kevin00:00:00cell phonewhen visit web site, AIM - error msg - IE has to close | OE -
2003-03-22 - 12 callers
Steve00:00:00Batavia, NYXP Pro - Nero burning software - first time great - second one burned fine, whole computer shut down at end
Justin00:00:00Rochester, NYtranscript: XP - where hit ceiling in processor
Mark00:00:00Irondequoit, NYnew iMac - how burn CDs?
Barb00:00:00Marilla, NYupdates take too long!
Steve00:00:00Greece, NYnew CD burner - MP3s -
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYWin2K - had to install Win98 - 512M RAM - too much? | Corp edition of McAfee?
Wes00:00:00Colesville, NYXP - Road Runner -
Hugh00:00:00Webster, NYold Aptiva - Win95 - NetZero mail - log on - starts getting mail - can't see anything -
Steve00:00:00Gates, NYHP Pavilion Laptop - upload MP3 to BBS for bands - done it through RealPlayer - says it's accepted it - when play for review, never retrieves the song
Ron00:00:00Gates, NYW98SE - IE 5.5 - new scanner had IE6 on it - IE6 won't run update - can't get VB script
Jim00:00:00Greece, NYThinkPad 23 - W2K - digital projectors - SP3 - | Norton: reinstalled on another computer - LiveUpdate won't work
Paul00:00:00Gates, NYXPpro - won't start - "windows did not successfully start" - Registry can't load file hive
2003-03-15 - 11 callers
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYbattery - time changes | preview pane | road show
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYWe Do Windows - went well - USB/Serial Adapter - 256????
Justin00:00:00Rochester, NYshow cam! | LCD screens - moody re: card?
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYold 95C computer as host, XP as client - 95 is asking for password - why?
George00:00:00Rochester, NYHP XP McAfee - when try to update McAfee, asks for name/password - won't accept it
Donald00:00:00Warsaw, NYwant to hook 2 computers together - needs networking basics - XP & W98
Ed00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Home
Joyce00:00:00Spencerport, NYupdating McAfee - sched/scan prop - "unable to determine when bshwin.exe task was launched" - next time at start | what about the Road Show?
Tom00:00:00Penfield, NYiMac - had 8.5 has 9.2 - Epson 740 - in Chooser, says printer/modem port not avail - AppleTalk - when go to ATalk, no printer driver!
Tom00:00:00Brockport, NYW98 - FrontPage & PowerPoint - XP Home - wants to move FP & PP
Karen00:00:00Brockport, NYre: prev caller - got Office for $159 | diff programs: screen pops up re: remember password - won't do it! XP Home
2003-03-08 - 15 callers
Maria00:00:00Rochester, NYwhere is Netscape mail info stored
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYcan't clink links
John00:00:00Rochester, NYwife'c computer died, replacement also died. Norton says no viruses
Doug00:00:00Geneva, NYreformatted installed ME, won't shut down
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYhomebuilt computer, Win XP, sometimes gets a blue screen error
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYAOL automaticaly starts on boot
Tom00:00:00Greece, NYRan AdAware 6, removed a newsnet data minor, computer can't get to internet, may have to reinstall
Justin00:00:00Rochester, NYupgrading old computer, added new NVidia card and ATI card, each running two monitors | PC100 vs PC133 memory
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Home, NAV2003 won't work together | Epson scanner won't work either | CD Auto play won't
Phil00:00:00Pittsford, NYupgrade Win 98 to Win XP, modem can't connect with Access Manager at home.
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYDoesn't like Nero, can use EZ CD Creator? | Two audio ports on motherboard, can't fit CD cable
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYOutlook Express, downloading attachments, freezes | getting a No ISDN error.
Chris00:00:00Holley, NYWinME, can't get into Safe Mode
Mush00:00:00Lima, NYWhich Firewall, McAfee vs. Norton | HP G85 AIO, no OCR
Ed00:00:00Rochester, NYWin 98SE, with several windows open, screen goes goofy; menus open and close, buttons click themselves.
2003-03-01 - 7 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYAGP replacement coming out? | still can't get into the calendar!
Bob00:00:00Fairport, NYNew system - RR - firewall - virus control - XP - had W98SE - getting popup messenger ads
Jeff00:00:00Pittsford, NYtrying to print PDF - comes out slowly - was coming out faster - HP LJ5L - W98 - 128M
Mike00:00:00Geneva, NYmy heroes! - put together 2nd PC Celeron 1.8G - MSI 6318 - "totally tweakable" - AGP slot backwards!
Don00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYIE - reinstall 98SE - MSKB: to reinstall SE & get IE to work - have to uninstall 98
Lance00:00:00Brighton, NYfirst time on new station - two computers on in-house net - whenever boot up asks for password - just hit return - | program to turn off numlock - Lance wrote one!
Justin00:00:00Rochester, NY98SE - Java has bugs - Netscape 7.0 is supposed to be better
2003-02-22 - 15 callers
Marty00:00:00Niagra Falls, NY1) Win98SE, McAfee 6.0 subscription expired. Renew or Upgrade? 2) MSCONFIG, what needs to be running?
Steve00:00:00Henrietta, NYold laptop, Win98SE, external USB hard drive for backup?
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYWinXP, getting Microsoft Updates that won't install.
Bill00:00:00Fairport, NY1.3GHz WinXP, Ad Aware 6 broke Road Runner
Tony00:00:00Rochester, NYrecently purchased NAV2003, eliminates email attachments.
Bill00:00:00Emailhas several computers in the home, concerned about adult materials poping up.
Tony00:00:00Rochester, NYP4/2.0/WinXP, very slow starting up
David00:00:00Webster, NY1) Win98SE, mouse response slows way down 2) more info on defrag necessitity
George00:00:00Victor, NY1) McAfee 6, upgraded to 7 got fatal error during install, can uninstall 6 now either. 2) WIN2000 automatically booting as adminstrator.
Al00:00:00Dundee, NYMS Publisher, FrontPage, how to get web site upload
Dario00:00:00Rochester, NY1) Mac, 10.2, scanned pictures, emailed, receiver can't read files. 2) Software Update, fails to install
Rena00:00:00Geneva, NYGateway, can't read online bank statements,error in ICBMUI.COM
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYAd Aware, found 25 programs, should he remove them?
Larry00:00:00Rochester, NYRoad Runner, has to reboot every day reacquire address.
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYHow to remove Xuipter
2003-02-15 - 9 callers
Dan00:00:00Newark, NYmodem not dialing loud enough
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYMcAfee found virus, then wouldn't scan again
Dave00:00:00Henrietta, NYlooking for cryptology program for email | free internet phone program
Shirley00:00:00Rochester, NYusing Outlook with Yahoo mail, but Norton doesn't scan AOL mail.
Sal00:00:00Fairport, NYerror installing Click and Design,
John00:00:00Irondequoit, NYnew Road Runner installed, system freezing a lot
John00:00:00Irondequoit, NYwhich wireless cable router
Stephanie00:00:00Rochester, NYvisiting from Niragra County; pop up ad installed a sex window, can't delete
Tony00:00:00Holley, NYsending email to RIT system, bounced due to virus, but Norton says no viruses
2003-02-08 - 10 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYWe Do Windows - 13th Bryant & Stratton 7-9 PM | Mac: no USB 2.0? | removable drive won't mount anymore
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYupdated driver - need to disable Norton? - won't liveupdate Norton anymore???
Arnold00:00:00Webster, NY28GHD - using 1.8G - set to defrag - Win98SE -
John00:00:00Webster, NYand TJ - Easy Creator Patch & How get rid of ElKern virus
Charlie00:00:00Geneva, NYdual USB front ports - how check in BIOS that they are being seen?
Vito00:00:00Chili, NYNorton Ghost - made boot disk, didn't work | re: defragger | last week: temp Internet files - security can delete
Yaakov00:00:00emailleave computer on or turn off? - having argument w/ wife | how long will my computer last?
Tom00:00:00Brighton, NYTurbo-Tax - can't install - "you're almost done!" - "you've run an illegal operation" - "invalid page fault in Kernel32" - "invalid instruction in prd.dll" - "MS VC++ runtime error" & shuts down
Rudy00:00:00N. Chili, NYXP on yr-old Compaq - system slowed up, cursor slow, Word started writing all by itself
Anne00:00:00Farmington, NYtried to defrag - after 24 hours at 86% & quit - tried to defrag in DOS mode - "need Windows to run program"
2003-01-25 - 13 callers
Lee00:00:00Henrietta, NYMGIVideo Wave 4.0 - daughter makes music videos from TV shows - iBook G3 w/ Movie Maker - having trouble moving AVIs over | hook iBook into home Network - Win & Linux
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYpurch'd laptop over eBay - got it w/ WinME - has CD from 98 - can I just overwrite it?
Mike00:00:00Penfield, NYMac - runs choppy - PhotoShop takes forever - screensaver very choppy
John00:00:00Rochester, NYdaughter - boots PC - can hear all the right sounds, but at end of bootup, screen black except for one white word: "Override"
Kurt00:00:00Pittsford, NYerror writing USBPRN01 - Win98 -
Rob00:00:00Livonia, NYAOL - computer slow -
John00:00:00Ontario, NY128 upgrd w/ 256 stick - didn't find 256 - switched positions - now finds 256 but not 128
Ted00:00:00Fairport, NYW98 - freezes during boot - Adaware - Limeshop, Gator, Bonzi, cleaned 'em - File Mangler - uninstalled LimeShop & LimeWire - cleaned Registry - reboots worked - why not do defrag? - after defrag, problem first occurred - W98 screen comes up, bkgrnd pic c
Judy00:00:00Henrietta,NYLee's wife - if upgrade to OS X, will she ruin/need to reinstall programs that are there already?
Steven00:00:00Shortsville, NYAMD 1.1 256M recently got new video card & burner 98SE when installed, had a quarantined virus - when try to do anything, PC will lock up
Kevin00:00:00Brighton, NYre: Ted from Fairport - what if active Desktop is set to not show icons
Collin00:00:00Rochester, NYinstalled GoZilla -
Marty00:00:00Niagara Falls, NYre: Rob from Livonia - settigs -> temp inet files - delete cache | things to do before you get started with your new computer
2003-01-18 - 10 callers
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYThanks!
Linda00:00:00Rochester, NYCannot install McAfee
Don00:00:00cellphoneMemory -Dell Dimension W98SE - three systems - SDRAM went in fine - father's won't recognize it all
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NYd/l from MS - XP updates - in d/l box - do you need to stay online for the full install time? | do you have to sign on as the admin to install this stuff?
Lori00:00:00Kendall, NYMicron W95 want to use dialup for Inet - goes smoothly until asks for password & click connect - goes back to password prompt
Sue00:00:00Hilton, NYto d/l XP update, they ask to close AV program -should I? | internal search engine seems to give an Internet error message
Mike00:00:00Batavia, NYChristmas Computer Question: put together new PC - has choice - video card not supported by 98 - background is PDP-11, etc. - MB will hold 3G - has 512 - AMD XP 1400 | re: poll - they're all untrustworthy
Ed00:00:00Fairport, NYTrust & reliability - a grocery store - notebooks on special for $700 2.2G P4 -
John00:00:00Geneva, NYtried to send us an email - got an error - WHAM fringe - when turn on PC, EM drowns out the radio | what's an Internet password?
Dave00:00:00Canandaigua, NYinherited a non-profit job - 2 PCs networked - need to upgrade - either spend money or switch to Linux
2003-01-11 - 13 callers
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYNorton Scan - date doesn't change; today it was changed! | SystemWorks - running the whole thing
Tara00:00:00Rochester, NYThanks! | RealPlayer icons are on half her programs
John00:00:00Newark, NYCP/M machines - kids wrote stories - how move to PC?
Victor00:00:00Irondequoit, NYSTOPzilla is great! | Norton - live updates better or do myself? | ZoneAlarm - REMOVE.EXE - COMMONCLIENT
Shane00:00:00Northcote, Australia"best practices" checksheet?
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYXP - "you have 11 days to activate Windows" | 4.12 DIVX - some avis don't play
Larry00:00:00Irondequoit, NY200MHz 4G - Micron - formatted both drives & reloaded - advantage to drive partition? | downloads from KaZaA - better off keeping 98SE or XP?
Steve00:00:00Lyons, NYthanks re: drivers for Canon printers | when first start up, get signal in XP that it recognizes new hardware - want to install it? | how get to view files & photos on Web pages?
George00:00:00Fairport, NYneeded work on PC HD - backed up key harddrive files on CD-RW - replaced HD - when got PC back home, xfered back - all but ONE Excel file came back over - thought it was corrupted during transfer
Fred00:00:00Webster, NYW98 - Norton Integrator Error - could not run Frame Class - won't run antivirus
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYCommon LISP - won't run well on current computers
Skip00:00:00Henrietta, NYfiltering problems - WinMed Player - gotta add scripting | son hates firewall | stuff gets blocked he doesn't want blocked
Jack00:00:00Waterloo, NYME - scheduled tasks
2003-01-04 - 14 callers
Dennis00:00:00Rochester, NYsecond CD player - how do I connect both to the sound card?
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NY486 - 2 HDs - C drive - when booted, missing OS - but fdisk says it's there!
Steve00:00:00Henrietta, NY2 laptops 98SE & Mac 9.1 - IE 5 on 98 - can I upgrade IE? - RR on both
Paul00:00:00Canandaigua, NYprinting problem - 98SE HP 722 - parallel - prints only magenta or black - HP 895 that works right on another computer - same result both parallel and USB - updated drivers & same thing | visited links in AOL browser don't show as visited sometimes
Steve00:00:00Lyons, NYrecently bought XP to replace NT - forgot to check if printer would work - Canon BJC 5100 - won't work on XP
Al00:00:00Rochester, NYW2K - how do MSCONFIG? | 384M - says 393 - tried adding 256 - says 524
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NYup from ME to XP - we told him not to d/l SP1 -
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYRR installed - when boot, boots into safe mode every time - W98
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NYHP Athlon 2000 80G HP 100J DVD writer 512M - lost DVD-R/W & CD - both have yellow excl. - Windows cannot start this hardware because this config info in Registry is incomplete or damaged (code 19) - XP & SP1
Bill00:00:00Lockport, NY2nd HD - 2.5G 2G - works - W98 - if fill C:, does it automatically roll over to D:?
Tom00:00:00Rochester , NYW98SE P3 - new tower - xfer'd to P4 XP - unhandled exception | IE - when click on link, get very narrow window at top of PC
Tara00:00:00Rochester, NY"Tahra" - electronic Christmas card from aunt - unplugged PC - active desktop needed restore - lots of parasites
Roger00:00:00Elba, NYtrying to install 2nd HD - computer doesn't recognize it - AMD Athlon - has 20, trying to add 80
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYCompaq Presario 2256 - W98SE - RR - ZoneAlarm - optical mouse - when on net, computer locks - 6G HD - 64M
2002-12-28 - 17 callers
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYMSN worked; AOL doesn't - what's up?
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYold Win31 PC - defrag error - need disk repair - is it available?
Sal00:00:00Penfield, NYWin98 - system freezes for a few secs every once in a while
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYHP LaserJet 4L WinXP Home - how continue printing on same paper rather than eject?
Chris00:00:00cell phoneME - bought XP upgrade - old Norton won't run w/ XP - didn't uninstall, but put new version on it - wants to check all the files - after 100,000 files, it disappears
Argyle00:00:00Rochester, NYYou guys have mentioned that the high speed disk media has some problems or inherent dangers. Media damaging the machines etc. I run a Mac but I don't think it was platform specific. So what are the dangers and what is considered not a high speed dis
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYchanged HD - reinstalled Win98 - startup brings to F1 or F2 setup to go into BIOS
Scott00:00:00Fairport, NYhit the remap key - the keyboard's not working right - N always prints "O"
John00:00:00Rochester, NY (email)Each time I am booting up (started a couple of days ago for no known reason, no S/W changes added or made), Windows 98 says I have a registry error and it will fix it for me and restart. (thanks!) When it reboots, it says it has restored a previous
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - DirectCD - Gigabit mb - Samsung burner -
Daryl00:00:00Rochester, NYpasswords on OE - used to work automagically for RR & HotMail - now it keeps asking for pwd on both accounts - gets "some error message" - unable to poll for new messages - header download for inbox did not complete - there was a problem logging into yo
Justin00:00:00Rochester, NYif putting tower in a box, what's the coldest you can store it at? | XP can run up to 10 monitors
Donald00:00:00Perry, NYre: Mike - check the cables & clean the contacts & update the BIOS
Bill00:00:00Lockport, NYCD Writer - 48-16-48 | 2G W95 - wanted to xfer some files then reformat 98
Frank00:00:00Kent, NYwants to take laptop in motor home - can get adap for cig lighter? | camp sites have phone modems - which are the free AOL numbers?
Ed00:00:00Gates, NYCompaq 1275 - W98 - updated all files - updated Norton - moved icons off the desktop - wouldn't shut down and never has since -
Kevin00:00:00Geneva, NYWin98 Chinese - try to put XP over it
2002-12-21 - 11 callers
Tony00:00:00Holley, NYME - WeatherBug - error: no access to make mods -
Al00:00:00Fairport, NYWin98 - Norton AV - doesn't update anymore
Jim00:00:00Springwater, NYXP - CD Creator 5 Platinum - Roxio has problems with XP???
Mark00:00:00Greece, NYissues with hard drive - created partition table error - had 30G HD - partitioned 23 & 3 - Norton Rescue Disk - manuf' backup repartitioned & crashed - 18G & 8G - more problems - Norton Rescue Disk tried to put the original partition table back how have
Rick00:00:00Webster, NYWin98 1st Ed, SP1 CD, fine. Reloaded Windows, but it won't let him, since he's "upgraded" | Roxio CD Creator trial works fine - full v5 Platinum won't run at work on W2K
Rich00:00:00Rochester, NYWater was spilled on my laptop computer while sitting on a desk in college. I sent it back to Dell and they said that the fried mother board was not under my limited warranty and would cost one thousand dollars to repair. My laptop was only less than a
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NYtooptip time length?
Tom00:00:00Irondequoit, NYXP Home - when replace HD, what happens? | screensavers not working?
Terry00:00:00East Bethany, NYI'm printing calendars for my store & expect to go through a lot of ink but I've gone through 2 Magentas since Saturday on B&W Photos. I know it uses all the inks for printing, but I just bought this printer 2 weeks ago and the cartridges that came with
Michael00:00:00Elma, NYcartridges - chips - if the chip knows when it's empty & latches, can you refill before empty & fake it out? | 233 MHZ PC - Win95 - blue screens every time he prints
Henry00:00:00Rochester, NYHP Deskjet 722C - moved w/o removing carts - ink all over inside of printer & leaking out the back
2002-12-14 - 10 callers
Victor00:00:00Irondequoit, NYRegclean asking to remove something | upgrade to zone alarm pro?
Dennis00:00:00Rochester, NYWIn XP how many copies need to buy for 3 computer? | CD burning, need audio recorder
Ed00:00:00Gates, NYwin 98 stuck at shut down screen, reboots directly to shut down screen. Compaq restore disc didn't work
Mike00:00:00Henrietta, NYOur Issue: goverment involvement in internet. | Microphone just pass through, no recording.
Ken00:00:00Pittsford, NYOur Issue: | WinME 320 MB 750 MHz very unstable | still using Win 3.1 has no problems with it! | AVG antivirus not sure it updates
Gary00:00:00Greece, NYWinME startup error NAVAP,
Will00:00:00Rochester, NYiMac w/ SuperDrive, can't read DVD data discs on other Macs.
Vitto00:00:00Chili, NYPrivay policies on the internet | defragmentation | swap space location
Jim00:00:00Pittsford, NYhome built, freezing on internet. Win 98, IE4, upgraded IE5, changed to Netscape, upgraded XP Pro, 256 MB
John00:00:00Rochester, NYWin98 SE, AOL, ran Windows Update. now all phone numbers are busy, says TCP not working
2002-12-07 - 12 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYMac: simple finder
Steve00:00:00Henrietta, NYRR with two laptops - has router w/ firewall - need software firewall? | Win98SE still avail?
Gary00:00:00emailwireless mice
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYafter sleep mode, can't get into the Internet - DSL | CD writer missing
Mike00:00:00Spencerport, NYlinks sometimes bring up new pages - IE -
Phil00:00:00Penfield, NYlocal repair guy - gets people who want Windows installed in their native language
Karen00:00:00Wayland, NYPackard-Bell desktop 5 yrs old - slow - new machine?
Ed00:00:00Rochester, NYOE wont' open certain messages, but these are messages from friends, so they're clearly okay...
Paul00:00:00Henrietta, NYWin98 - trying to remove a program from control panel - "RUNDLL32 has perf'd illegal op"
Dave00:00:00Pennsylvania!opinions: SpinRite | Eudora
Justin00:00:00Rochester, NYFYI - wiped out & reconfig'd HP - had spyware on it! | USB hub - works great - USB optical mouse - RCA - neon, laser - dangerous?
CHris00:00:00Bristol, NYWin98 IE - email, browse, etc. all work - when download, then try to install, program seems to want to go to the Internet for some reason
2002-11-30 - 10 callers
Ed00:00:00IrondequoitHP Pavilion W98 - when boots, as displays HP logo, pink lines appear on the monitor - when runs Win, vertical lines still there - boot to DOS, text is pink - on another machine, monitor is fine
Mike00:00:00Fairport, NYAptiva - W98 - can't defrag | MSN Messenger - locks up the PC - when restarts, it comes back - how get rid of it?
Jeff00:00:00Rochester, NYW98 IE 6 DSL - out of space - corruption - deleted some files... - cloned the disk - can't send email , can't download IE6
Eli00:00:00Rochester, NY"friend" - DSL - moved machine - 300 MHz - Win98 - every time, gets RegEdit window
John00:00:00Rochester, NYloaded CDs on W2K - wants to print out list of song titles
Matthew00:00:00Irondequoit, NYUofB - English Major - which laptop?
Ron00:00:00cell phoneMSCONFIG - startups - file types
Richard00:00:00Livonia, NYDell laptop - USB- Deskjet & Laserjet - all off parallel
Carol00:00:00Rochester, NYprepaid Internet card from AT&T - $20 for 20 hours - listed 716, not 585
Bob00:00:00Williamsville, NYBIOS does not have choice for shutting off numlock -
2002-11-23 - 8 callers
Justin00:00:00Pittsford, NYW98SE - trying to free up IRQs - in BIOS, only found I/O config - set all to auto - PCI config had nothing
Jake00:00:00Albion, NYW98SE - ZoomText - preview is perfect - when save, changes everything around!
George00:00:00Webster, NYWin98 - should go to SE - purchase?
Larry00:00:00Pittsford, NYfrom last week - Win98 - reinstalled twice - can't get into IE or OE - MSIMN illegal op
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYWin98SE - not on Inet - defrag - 10% & restarts
Steve00:00:00Greece, NYreading Nick's article in D&C re: upgrade 98 to SE - | what's the concept behind backing up?
Tina00:00:00Rochester, NYdaughter's PC is Win2000 - pswd prot, forgot password - changed BIOS to change to boot from CD - how get back to BIOS?
Dean00:00:00Fairport, NYre: Dave needs an EGA card for a client - cleaning basement - found 286 in corner - has EGA card | Win2K - 400 MHz AMD - about a month ago, using IE, all grfx come up as rectangular boxes with X
2002-11-16 - 19 callers
Jerry00:00:00Penn-Yan, NYcan't open pictures from the Web | what about Outlook Express?
Jim00:00:00Springwater, NYW98SE - boot problem - locks when loading systray MSGSRV32.EXE | email scrolling through messages - Mozilla
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYWinXP firewall - how do you shut that off?
Gary00:00:00Greece, NYdaughter's CD-ROM drive - works ok except for autorun - IBM P3 500 W98SE - loading game & tutorial programs - loading fine, and autorun working - at some point, autorun wasn't working anymore
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYMS Office Document Imaging
Matthew00:00:00Rochester, NYhow block spam from Korea
George00:00:00Fairport, NYWinME - Norton AV & Inet Security destablized his hard drive
Steve00:00:00Brockport, NYOE - when try to send email, won't send - FrontierNet - Lycos - can't send
Ron00:00:00cell phoneAOL - email filing cabinet large - wants to save on CD
Larry00:00:00Pittsford, NYDell 98SE - toolbar but nothing else - click on start nothing happens - if reset, works fine -
Jeff00:00:00Bergen, NYOE - when someone sends attachment, we get message that OE won't permit it
Shann00:00:00Dansville, NYleave PC on or off?
Sal00:00:00Fairport, NYMac - on Inet for 1/2 hour, gets message if wants to stay on or not
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYIf want to see prev viewed links in Netscape, they're the same color | IE - if go to site w/ password, it doesn't ask for it, just says it's bad
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYsluggish W98 2G free - son downloaded KaZaA
Lanay00:00:00Greece, NYre: Jeff - Tools -> Options -> Security - uncheck the box "do not allow attachments | scanned picture - when scanning, doesn't know if pic looks the way she intends it to
Gordon00:00:00Rochester, NYCompaq 233 W98SE - 20G - BIOS doesn't get it - WD EZBIOS - PowerQuest DriveImage 3 | if take ATA 66 & put it on ATA 100, will it be slower?
Tony00:00:00Holley, NYwhen try to send jpeg via email to AOL, they don't get it
Martha00:00:00Warsaw, NYXP - dialup - attachment takes two hours to get through
2002-11-09 - 15 callers
Gary00:00:00Greece, NYOpera - none of the links work - Javascript error
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYWe Do Windows
Brian00:00:00Irondequoit, NYwhen play CD, it hangs for a couple of minutes, and then plays just fine
Lee00:00:00Henrietta, NYLinux RedHat 7.3 AMD K6 350 - 33 MHz system bus speed | Netscape always dies on startup because of lock file
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYRR - hub - 2 IP addresses - wireless - | delete cookies? | XP SP 1 crashed his machine | recommend virus scanning
Chip00:00:00Charlotte, NYlistening in car - AOL - someone trying to get into our bank site - msg popped up that said something about the bank -
Victor00:00:00Irondequoit, NYfree version of ZA? Internet zone security & trusted zone security -
Steve00:00:00Greece, NYthinking about new printer - USB? - both already occupied
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYRe: Lee in Henr - 33 MHz bus - change in LILO | what do you think of RH8?
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYvideo cards - P450 - 2x & 4x AGP - will the card work?
Phil00:00:00Buffalo, NYMac iBook w/ Jaguar 384M - more RAM?
Pat00:00:00cell phoneiMac X.2 Jaguar IE 5.2 - when download, get nothing - has to hold down control key before it'll do anything - on .MAC - gets chars across screen during download
King00:00:00Rochester, NYMac Quicksilver - Jaguar - when it goes to sleep, when wakes it up, screen has green lines all over it
Andy00:00:00Fairport, NYMac Powerbook G3 - when try to d/l sound or video - associates w/ QuickTime - needs Real or WMP
Sam00:00:00Rochester, NY2nd drive for backup - sound card -
2002-11-02 - 16 callers
Ed00:00:00Scottsville, NYblue screen - W2KPro mode exception not handled - AMD K2 256M
Dave00:00:00Canandaigua, NYSP1 on CD? | SUSE
Tim00:00:00Webster, NYxfer data one PC to another - how best to do that? XP Pro & Mac OS 9 | external Mac HD - use w/ PC?
Rich00:00:00Canandaigua, NYDSL - 1200 MHz AMD 512 W98 | 3 kids on Internet
Keith00:00:00Car Phonewants to build own PC - how much more expensive than buying finished machine?
Al00:00:00Greece, NYhow stop popups?
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYW98 music CD - screen pops up - cannot find program.exe
Sal00:00:00Fairport, NY2 Macs - 10.1 & Jaguar - used to hook them up using one as a target drive - now that has Jaguar, can't do it
Jim00:00:00Greece, NYgets high-pitched noise from tower | 512M - W98
Kevin00:00:00Rochester, NYRR home network -
Richard00:00:00Rochester, NYre: Rich - Canandaigua: keystroke recorders - Web site recorders - freewhack from hackerwhacker
Morris00:00:00Canandaigua, NYXP - new - 512M - problem when use standby - goes off but won't come on | XP Home
John00:00:00Henrietta, NYdefragging & cleaning up - deleted sound icon in Sys Tray - 2K & 98 -
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NYW98 - McAfee froze - Ctrl-Al-Del didn't happen - shut it off - blank screen came up - recovery disk - safe mode only - removed McAfee - checked for Klez - Stinger - nothing found - McAfee - Wizard Interrupted
Nick00:00:00Brighton, NYschool - W98 in labs -
Bill00:00:00Lewiston, NYnet access - W2K for home -
2002-10-26 - 19 callers
Mike00:00:00Manchester, NYold HD burned out - more performance w/ 7200? | if not running firewall, how much risk?
A.J.00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - MS PictureIt! - when try to send newsletter, most can't read it or open it
Dave00:00:00Irondequoit, NYHP Pavilion ; fast Athlon - Internet graphics loading at same speed on both
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NY16-bit MS DOS upgraded to 32 bit - virus 32sircam.exe
Bob00:00:00Fairport, NY98SE - downloading Word or Excel files - when open & scroll - get fatal errors - if save & reopen, they don't work at all - esp if has graphics or form | backweb
Kevin00:00:00Skaneatlas, NYcable - router - several machines - wants to share printers | Norton on XP works fine - on Laptop w/ 98SE doesn't work
Rex00:00:00Geneseo, NYME 1G P3 - reboots 4 times in a row before it runs
Liz00:00:00Lima, NYW32Insane.Dam - how get rid of?
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYcouple of Internet Providers - trying to increase speed
Vito00:00:00Chili, NYstart Dell Dimension - PC appears to start; when button released & it turns off -
Donald00:00:00Perry, NYASUS board - 128-2100 traded for 256-2100 | re: Vito - he thinks it's a power supply problem
Rich00:00:00Penfield, NYlaptop modem via cell phone - does this work?
Judy00:00:00Henrietta, NYWin2K Server - shut down the other day - now when boot, loads Win, then blue screens
Kevin00:00:00Farmington, NYDell P2 D33 - if sleeps, tend to lose time - if shut off, time goes back to correct
Bill00:00:00Palmyra, NYre: Rick - USB phone cable available
Lance00:00:00Ogden, NY802.11b - Sieman's router - tries to set up printer & it freezes after asking him if he's got a different printer | has RR, has several PCs - Gateway works at work, but when comes home, doesn't work
Sherwin00:00:00Webster, NYIBM laptop - after shutdown, screen will flicker on and off
Larry00:00:00Victor, NYbuilt own PC - DVD & CDRW - both work, no audio except through Demo Disks
John00:00:00Wayland, NYeMachine - XP - AdAware - rundll
2002-10-19 - 17 callers
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYAnti-virus site - Grisoft.com
Nick00:00:00Pittsford, NYMac 9.1 Palm 3.5 - HotSync not working | if I wanted to bring it to a store, would a store that sells Macs or Palms better?
Kener00:00:00Pittsford, NYwhere on Net can I find something to help ID chips, also where find MBytes for RAM chips?
Mario00:00:00Chili, NYSONY VAIO 12G HD - has 40G - how xfer old to new?
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYMac - recently, when boot, after about 5 mins, mouse pointer becomes erratic, tracks slower
Rick00:00:00Rochester, NY5.25" floppy -> 3.5" floppy
Scott00:00:00Rochester, NYLaptop - extended warranties good?
Ronnie00:00:00Victor, NYWinXP freezes up 512M DSL - Norton - up to date - 11 months old PC -
Jerry00:00:00Victor, NYwants to go from Mac to PC - can get help xfering data?
Bob00:00:00Irondequoit, NYW95 IE5.5 when exit, gets illegal operation - page fault OLE32.DLL
Will00:00:00Fairport, NYPC Clone - 3 yrs old W98 - Norton SystemWorks - if put music CD in player, it brings up AOL!!! If put in Kodak pic CD, it's OK.
Brad00:00:00Brighton, NYmultimedia encyclopedia - when d/l MPGs, saved as Win Media - now saves as QTime
Ron00:00:00Canandaigua, NYZA Pro - 15 days - ever since, gets window that pops up with every Web page : NS_ACTUALOPEN is undefined
Alexei00:00:00Rochester, NYre: AOL coming off - autoplay looking for CDDB Info?
Tom00:00:00Naples, NYbought used computer - log with their name in it
Joe00:00:00Hammondsport, NYIE - any way to go to new info on a new page?
Pam00:00:00Farmington, NYeduc CD - new HP - writer, etc. XP cannot get stupid CD to open - manual in Malaysian
2002-10-12 - 12 callers
Carol00:00:00Rochester, NYhow get avatar up
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYdouble-click any normal file - all gets is search - XP
Liz00:00:00Irondequoit, NYvirus IE got extremely slow - went to our site to check AdAware & ZoneAlarm McAfee won't update
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYW95 - trying to play FreeCell -
Eric00:00:00car phone3.5 yr old Dell 600ish W98 to W2KPro - DVD won't work - has 13G - go to XP or partition drive?
Jimmy00:00:00Rochester, NYHP WinME upgrd to XP - partition to go to W98SE
Jeff00:00:00car phonecomm error w/ printer HP 722C through scanner on parallel connection - lost commo w/ printer
Betsy00:00:00car phonepassing through the area and picked up our show HP4100C scanner W98 UPGRADE - since then, scanner won't work
Gary00:00:00Greece, NYcan you upgrade from W95 to W98SE?
Frank00:00:00Fairport, NYW98SE - trouble opening jpgs - get red X - AOL can see them
Brad00:00:00Fillmore, NYW2K computer also W98 computer - trying to network them -
John00:00:00Geneva, NYnew PC on RR - mouse won't work -
2002-10-05 - 10 callers
Dan00:00:00Webster, NYToshiba Satellite - upgrd to Win98SE - IE can't get to Internet anymore
Sal00:00:00Penfield, NYP4 started to get sick a few months ago - started to lock up; came back after about 60 secs - now IE & screensaver do same W98
Shawn00:00:00Webster, NYLexmark - when prints: all, as laid out, sidebars - all three are grayed out - Internet Explorer 6.0
Jay00:00:00Greece, NY1G 256M 30G laptop - locks up - 98SE or XP - still does it
Bill00:00:00Canandaigua, NYME - can't change the time through Windows | 2 copies of Office in the menu
Dan00:00:00Pittsford, NYG4 8.6 - got Apple CD in mail - 9.2.1 - did driver upgrades - takes a long time to shut machine down (not always)
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYre: Road Show
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYFirewall?
Bill00:00:00Greece, NY2 PCs XP SP1 Norton - updated - one one, last few attachments which are Word files "OE removed access to the following unsafe attachments in your mail"
Dave00:00:00Rochester, NYuse PC at work - email, word, excel, plc programming - never had one at home - wants home PC - net access, basic things - what, where?
2002-09-28 - 13 callers
Quinn00:00:00Rochester, NYnetwork switch compatible with Win95?
Gerry00:00:00Rochester, NYolder used computer - locks up when try to open something or run an app or save, copy, etc. - W95 -
Tony00:00:00Canadaigua, NYwarnings: FP extensions on Linux also vulnerable | deleting KaZaA
Steve00:00:00 Penfield, NYused G3 tower - put 2 HDs in - 1 SCSI 1 IDE - had sys disk from iMac - won't boot
Tom00:00:00Lima, NYDell Latitude 433 MHz laptop - MIDI files can't play
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NYDell running XP Home - certain college Web site it can't get to
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NYlast week called about making boot disk - went to BootDisk.com - doesn't know how to create a boot.ini file
Warren00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYnew laptop W2K - old laptop had W93SE - Office 97 won't install
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYXP IE - when open two browsers, go to bookmarks, prev browser windows gets the page | ASUS A7N vs GigaByte
Ken00:00:00Rochester, NYFrontPage 2000 - trying to upload files - get security errors
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYauto update - XP - system starting again - program loaded wrong - can't start in safe mode, can't start in normal mode
Rob00:00:00Greece, NYW98 - how much RAM to run broadband?
Pat00:00:00Rochester, NYCanon 486 Win95 AOL - close down, trying to download 321-A UTF - couldn't be downloaded
2002-09-21 - 16 callers
Daniel00:00:00Rochester, NYa .Mac subscriber - G4 867MHz 2 7200 RPM 60G HDs 66 MHz ATA 1.5G RAM - iMovie playback after 3-4 mins - error - "prob w/ drive speed" - knows not fragmented - running Jaguar
Andy00:00:00Rochester, NYVPN - RR for net connection - LinkSys VPN routers - IP dropping every once in a while between router & modem
Carol00:00:00Rochester, NYwhen turn on or reboot - netscape comes up - Netscape 7.0
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NyHP PC XP - how do email double-click - no preview pane in Outlook | how create boot disk
Rich00:00:00Rochester, NYNAV 2002 - OE - junk mail w/ viruses - NAV can't clean it & quarantines it
Ray00:00:00Caledonia, NYprinting problem - when set up so many pages to print, prints first page, maybe half, then spits out 10 blank sheets if asked for 10 copies - WinME | still has program to remove ME - HP 1120C printer -
Joyce00:00:00Spencerport, NYupgrade - backup first? | 95 to 2000 or XP? | Safe Mode - what is it good for? | try to upgrade McAfee - "last upgrade unknown"
Erick00:00:00Mendon NYDell laptop XP - critical updates - SP1 - OE - can't switch identities
Pat00:00:00Ontario, NYold Mac Performa 630 CD -
Kim00:00:00Honeoye, NYMain: WinME - AOL 7.0 - after autoupdate on AOL, can't get to Internet through AOL
Jim00:00:00Manchester, NYfix for Rich | where are screensavers?
Gary00:00:00Rochester, NYswitched ME to XP - uses CD-R DirectCD doesn't work -
Pete00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYWin XP & 98 - Office 97 OLEMSG.DLL unable to register
Rob00:00:00Henrietta, NYEZ CD Creator - dual boot - Win2K & Linux - SCSI - started copying CD -
Donald00:00:00Perry, NYsolution for DirectCD
John00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - when boot, starts certain programs - how stop?
2002-09-14 - 13 callers
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYNetscape 7 - Road Runner - keeps losing mailboxes - once a week
Bob00:00:00Bellville, Ontario, CATV tuner - when open it, it freezes the system - WinXP - ATI TV Wonder Radion -
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYW98 business PC - antivirus & defrag -
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYWinME - reformat to put back W98 -
Jim00:00:00Greece, NYscreensaver - after a few mins, screen goes black & has to reboot
Stu00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - moved much stuff over to D: - gets a really long pause & errors when starts stuff up
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYbought APC - now PC won't start when plugged into the UPS, but WILL work when plugged into the wall! | email
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYre: Bob from Bellville - don't run the ATI scheduler and the Windows scheduler simultaneously | some games don't like the TV cards - DirectX can get messed up by them
Kevin00:00:00Brighton, NYPromise ATA RAID controller - worked on old machine, won't work on new
Nick00:00:00Chili, NYGateway - Win2K Pro - Norton AV 2002 - sort of okay - couldn't remove a specific virus - removed NAV, but tried to go back to NAV2K,
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYWord flaw - is OpenOffice vulnerable? | OS X come with X Server?
Loretta00:00:00Hemlock, NYNew install Win2K - vol control in task bar - left-click or vol control - main vol control - when she moves it higher, it moves itself back down!
Dan00:00:00Perinton, NYteaches in inner city - how get RR connection down to his labs
2002-09-07 - 15 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYWDW - Bryan & Stratton - Cohoes/Frontier on Jefferson -
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYIE 6 - d/l'd Mozilla & Opera - certain Web sites - can't get vid/sound
Barbara00:00:00Albion, NYDell, ME | Macromedia Flash, Music Maker, Internet Washer | Packard Bell monitor - Canon printer down in Florida
Gary00:00:00Greece, NYHow get PC to turn on at a specific time? | split browser screen?
John00:00:00Rochester, NYToshiba Laptop 5105 - battery only 1.5 hrs - flat batteries under OK? | WiFi?
Mike00:00:00Chili, NYboot up - blue screen - fatal exception - boots okay in safe mode - W98se
Jack00:00:00Pittsford, NYW98 IE or MSMoney - often gets "out of disk space" error
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYZoneAlarm - RunDLL32.exe - | XP Svc Pack 1 - ?????
Barry00:00:00Pittsford, NYneeds spamkiller - McAfee?
Mike00:00:00Spencerport, NYW98SE - at end of boot - scandisk ran - now at end of boot, untitled Paint comes up. | scanner - DeskJet register reminder
Bob00:00:00Pittsford, NYcomment re: spam -> ChoiceMail - no filters - maintains a white list & blacklist - DigiPortal.com
Bob00:00:00Pittsford, NYMailWasher.net - another spam killer - | RCSI - also at Bryant & Stratton
Judy00:00:00Irondequoit, NYWhat do we think of XP?
Ron00:00:00Greece, NYiMac - memory - 128M SIMM via Apple store - took out 64 - can put it back in?
David00:00:00Shortsville, NYW98SE - 13G HD added 80G HD - partitioned - wants to install HP on that HD | updated RAM from 96 to 256
2002-08-31 - 15 callers
Bill00:00:00Greece, NY"cannot read from this device" -
Judy00:00:00Hilton, NYWinSE -> XP how? compatible? wipe or overwrite?
Christopher00:00:00Rochester, NYhow copy cassettes to CD?
Jake00:00:00Albion, NY98 SE - update AV regularly - startup menu - reg error - command prompt only, but it won't go there!
Charlie00:00:00Henrietta, NYlaptop - RR - plug in enet - takes long time to start up - certain apps won't start w/ enet plugged in (e.g. MathCAD) - Win2K
Jim00:00:00Manchester, NYemail - don't send attachments - set up to delete 'em
Paul00:00:00Dansville, NYXP on HP - defrag, scandisk - waiting to restart - not restarting over an hour and a half!
Zack00:00:00Brighton, NYnet security - DSL & firewall | XP - indexing function
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYYahoo IM - says he's behind a firewall or proxy server
Jim00:00:00Penfield, NYW98 - McAfee - found mix-something virus - "files32.vxd" can't be found -
Jim00:00:00Irondequoit, NYwhat's the value of all these certifications
Jennifer00:00:00Holley, NYdeleted email folder from OE - 4.9M | saved some emails in RTF - they come up with all boxes and squares
Bob00:00:00cell phoneXP for business 3-4 machines - keep getting kicked out of Word on one machine
Ron00:00:00Greece, NYnew all-in-one printer/fax/scanner - trying to install on iMac OS 9.0.4 - Lexmark X75
Carolyn00:00:00Penfield, NYOE 5 - spell checker - 2nd hand laptop - prev user had Word 2000 - prompts to install Word 2000 - installed Word 97
2002-08-24 - 13 callers
Art00:00:00Brighton, NYdaughter: how load CD ROM drivers into high memory - using Win98SE
Linda00:00:00Greece, NYLakerFan - always gets Window Installer msg when starts PC -
Victor00:00:00Rochester, NYDisk Cleanup - automatically when start or stop?
Hans00:00:00Dansville, NYwhen shutdown/restart, started normally except for 1 error - screen, wallpaper, and icons disappeared - still avail via START button - but all files have disappeared - W2KPro - error: spoolsv.exe has generated error
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYHigh temps - lots of blue screens - took back off case & blue screens disappeared
Drew00:00:00Rochester, NYME - system restore problems - unable to create restore point - please restart & try again - went to MSKB -
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYRR - bought a hub - 2 computers - LinkSys wireless access router
Richard00:00:00Fairport, NYW98 - added 128M - single beep about every 1/2 second
David00:00:00Pennsylvania!Linux - went from WebTV to Red Hat! Went to SUSE 7.3 - S3 video doesn't work | Win - IE 5.5 & 95 OSR1
Mike00:00:00Spencerport, NYZoneAlarm? Gator?
Dick00:00:00Pittsford, NYPavilion 8560C - recovery disk - locked up - restart - won't recognize anything
Justin00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - firewall | spyware -
Dave00:00:00Ontario, NYDaughter - Dell - college - out of memory -
2002-08-17 - 16 callers
Carol00:00:00Webster, NYInternet explorer and outlook. 2-MS Word can't paste into it. 3-Printing out of MS word.
Scotty00:00:00Cananigua, NYScandisk on a Compaq
mary00:00:00Huron, NYInertnet service provider. 2-On-line banking. 3-can't get to retirement account.
Dave00:00:00Greece, NYReinstall system to Windows 2000 and locks up.
jack00:00:00Waterloo, NYGetting script errors on internet explorer.
Tom00:00:00Naples, NYCan't get into Rnews chat.
Charlie00:00:00Rochester, NYAcobat reader error.
Ed00:00:00Irondequoit, NYGame stop working pn PC.
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NY3-Q's can't remember, pc crash.
Herbert00:00:00Irondequoit, NYChanging area code to 585 in MS WORKS.
Linda00:00:00Rochester, NYHas Mac and lost Admin password.
Dan00:00:00Webster, NYStarted up pc and can't see CD-rom drives.
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NYhas laptop and it dosen't always see the modem.
Lanay00:00:00Greece, NYQuite power supply for a ATX box.
Samuel00:00:00Penfield, NYWin 98 takes a long time to boot.
Kevin00:00:00Fairport, NYNew video card and got new drivers, now has a boot problem.
2002-08-10 - 19 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NY dual boot Win95 and Win98.
Linda00:00:00Greece, NY Has 17" Flat panel monitor and need new video.
Betsy00:00:00Brighton, NY can't open Word in office 2000. Has no anti-virus program.
Dave00:00:00Rochester, NY online firm will backup his data over the internet. 2 - Internet explorer vs netscape.
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NY Having trouble burning cd's.
Ben00:00:00Cell k6-2 500 64mg ram with 95 and can't do USB.
Jim00:00:00Cell Has new HD in PC and booting Porblem.
Marty00:00:00Rochester, NY Windows XP and outlook express. Has KLEZ virus.
Donald00:00:00Perry, NYAnswer to burner ?, lower burn speed.
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NY Answer to burner? clean tmp and defrag.
Dennis00:00:00Victor, NY In MS WORD, IT'S changes letters to cap.
Vito00:00:00Chili, NYhas been getting by virses. Software has been getting, but runs a test virus to make sure virus program is working.
Tom00:00:00Geneva, NYMS works at home MS Word at work and can't open file at work.
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYHad Klez virses. Windows XP and runs IE6.2.Some pages don't show up.
Joyce00:00:00Spencerport, NYPop-up's of pron sites and want's to get rid of them.
Mike00:00:00Gates, NYwhat anti-virus program to use. 2- what firewall to use.
Kevin00:00:00Fairport, NYVirus was sent by wife and she doesn't have a address book.
Don00:00:00Rochester, NYHas waves in Monitor
Mark00:00:00Penfield, NYgetting Fatal exception error.
2002-08-03 - 18 callers
Bob00:00:00Mumford, NYcomputer slowing up - ran maintenance wizard - took 2 hrs - defragging for 2 hours
Terry00:00:00Rochester, NYWin95 fdisk - deleted partitions to go back to one - didn't max the space
John00:00:00Penfield, NYnew PC - locks up almost immediately - can't get CD open
Randy00:00:00Livonia, NYtrying to load Norton Internet Security on 98 - runtime error - install continues, but doesn't work right
David00:00:00Fairport, NYpacket writing software - W2K Athlon - EZ CD Creator 4 -> 4 Platinum killed 2K -> new
Chuck00:00:00Webster, NYspam -
David00:00:00Albion, NYlightning - how move data from old drive to new?
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYW2K - sfc -
Don00:00:00New Hampshire!small network - W2K server - wireless laptops - can those switch to Macs?
Bob00:00:00Fairport, NYsfc - not in XP, but you can still run it with the disk - start run sfc /scannow
Chuck00:00:00Fairport, NYMSBB - performed illegal op
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYcan't get on net - how download all the fixes?
Glen00:00:00East Rochester, NYreplace mbrd - XP Pro - things have been locking up - profile screen okay - sometimes loads up okay -
Dick00:00:00Webster, NYCompaq laptop had McAfee - how remove? - not in Add/Remove Programs
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYwhere's Dave's shop? | W98SE calendar creator 8.0 - win cannot upgrade system - | can't get rid of the password
Bob00:00:00Hilton, NYTitanium Yamaha CD Burner - stopped working - won't recognize
Bill00:00:00Canandaigua, NYMSN - Internet Access Screen - one that doesn't work, & one that does - how delete the one that doesn't | once in MSN - Favorites -
Bob00:00:00Webster, NYW98, Norton System Tools - Recycle Folder - NProtect -
2002-07-27 - 16 callers
Justin00:00:00New York, NYdid windows xp updates and is getting attack a lot on the firewall.
Jan00:00:00North Chili, NY Has a router and the whole family can't get on road runner. System is crashing and having problems.
Jan00:00:00North Chili, NY has trouble getting on the router w/RR. System is flacky and needs someone to check the sytem out.
Steve00:00:00Fairport, NYPCMCIA slots VS. USB devices.
Dave00:00:00Penfield, NY
Justin00:00:00Chili, NYSeeing web server from the inside and not from the outside.
Vito00:00:00Chili, NY Has gone to the archive program and starts the streaming and it stops after 3 min.
Jim00:00:00Chili, NY Klez worm.
Ruth00:00:00Rochester, NY System starts compuserv every time she boots pc
jim00:00:00Rochester, NY Viruses Issue
Roland00:00:00Irondequoit, NY Internet Tmp files and deleteing them.
Donald00:00:00Perry, NY Has 2 answers for router and battiers for the mouse.
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NY Has installed windows 2000 fresh and did updates and still wants media player updates.
George00:00:00Webster, NY adding a second computer on DSL.
Eleanor00:00:00Penfield, NY Does KLEZ attact the MAC?
Dennis00:00:00Henrietta, NY Virus KLEZ.
2002-07-20 - 15 callers
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYgateway p3 win98 se -msbb error
Dan00:00:00West Irondequoit, NYcompaq win xp home. can't old ms works suite 2000 files
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYHas laptop and wants to use road runner at home and on the road. Blackice pro3 and checking for viruses.
Brad00:00:00Victor, NYWindows 98 SE - needs anti-virus program. Currently dosen't have one.
Jim00:00:00Hilton, NYHas a Klez viruses, needs utiltily to remove.
John00:00:00Pittsford, NYHp deskjet 940c and not printing.
Gracey00:00:00Webster, NY Has a 2hand computer and HP schedule error.
Shirley00:00:00Webster, NYHas Win 98 SE, can't get to some WEB pages.
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYHas a Dell Tower and needs the drivers for the modem.
DJ00:00:00Covington, NY Is going on a trip and is worried about battery going dead and saving the settings.
Jackie00:00:00Webster, NY Has dial-up service and moved it to a new compter. She is having trouble getting to some sites in NETZERO.
Dave00:00:00Rush, NYP2 Win95 and has a dead master drive.
Ray00:00:00Geneva, NY Has an answer for modem question. Go rockwell
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYHas a plam, can sink at work (exchange Server), but can't on his Mac at home.
Don00:00:00Rochester, NY Running Zone alram and Mcafee. It's slowing the system.
2002-07-13 - 24 callers
Gary00:00:00Greece, NYboot disk error?
Chris00:00:00Lima, NYAVI & MPEG to DVD?
Craig00:00:00Canisteo, NYmodem - won't hang up
Ed00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Pro - when boot, when log in to workstation, get flashing DOS screen "CMD.EXE" - flashes on & off - has to delete file from SYSTEM32 | MX 400 64M 4X AGP
Dick00:00:00Irondequoit, NYCompaq laptop - loaded w/ lots of software - Quicken 99 - didn't register - only a few uses remaining - can't register
Walt00:00:00Greece, NY3-button mouse - didn't work right on Netscape - couldn't uninstall
Bob00:00:00Greece, NYiMac - wouldn't start up - nothing - but today it works!
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYlost CD & burner
Joe00:00:00Fairport, NY
Jim00:00:00Sodus Point, NYcomplain
Ed00:00:00Naples, NYDell CD burner - doesn't recognize it's there - if disable Norton, can see the burner!
John00:00:00Henrietta, NYXP - Favorites & other sites - cannot find page
Ken00:00:00Rochester, NYpurchase online - can't get to the final screen
Dominic00:00:00Rochester, NYIOmega Zip CD Burner - 1 1/2 yrs old - two indicator ligths on burner when PC locks up
Les00:00:00Brighton, NYXP - Windows temp file? | virus - disenchanted w/ Norton - AVG?
Pete00:00:00Chili, NYNetVista IBM PC - had XP - when try to load 3rd party software "snapshot scheduler wizard has to close"
Andy00:00:00Henrietta, NYWin98 MSN - online print - after one page, spool32 error
Lee00:00:00Rochester, NYre: couldn't purchase online - cookies? -> she needs a prize!
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYresources -
Steve00:00:00Geneva, NYW2K - needs to run DOS app in command window - has USB device
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYeNet card in PC - illegal operations all over
Joe00:00:00Pittsford, NYMax G4 OS X problem printing - every once in a while won't print - HP D135 all-in-one - has current driver
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYeMachine 566 MHz WinME - freezes every once in a while - has to unplug to get it to reboot
Bert00:00:00Palmyra, NYre: mouse/Netscape user - if N4.x 'getting hinkey'
2002-07-06 - 16 callers
DJ00:00:00Fairport, NYstand-by mode - sometimes turns itself back on!
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYwants to switch to XP - never upgraded 98
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYVHS camcorder - wants to put old tapes on DVD - state of burners?
Jeff00:00:00Greece, NYd/l video file - can't open - can't delete -
Bill00:00:00Greece, NYXP, Norton 2002 - works & updates, but can't open the program itself!
Al00:00:00Hilton, NYmoving - precautions?
Steve00:00:00Henrietta, NYEudora Mac
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYWindows Media Player oppressive EULA | buttons don't show up under Java!
Jim00:00:00Greece, NYprinter - stretching words or starting print in the middle of the page - cann bbulejet - W95
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYPC shuts self down - usually in middle of download
Curp00:00:00Pittsford, NYsystem freezes/reboots randomly
Jason00:00:00Henrietta, NYsomebody took over her computer over the net
Donald00:00:00Perry,NYKaZaA user - | can run Windows on Mac
Ron00:00:00Ontario, NYdelay w/ IE & OE - when running
Josh00:00:00Mt. Morris, NYheat wave shut down PC - OS not found
Cindy00:00:00Bloomfield, NYHP Pavilion w/ XP - just lost operating system - running Norton AV - every time tried to update, wasn't working - uninstalled/reinstalled - didn't seem to be working -
2002-06-29 - 18 callers
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYhow get rid of unnecessary tasks? | MS not going to support Win98SE anymore?
Doug00:00:00Rochester, NYvirus that kills mouse? | LinkSys router & wireless - can't get wireless to work
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYP2P w/ SE - if reverse the order he starts them up, they don't work
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYLogitech Optical Mouse - pointer erratic
Larry00:00:00Rochester, NYcomputer won't talk to printer anymore
George00:00:00Shortsville, NYstartup prob Win98SE -
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NYHP 932C - P3 laptop - tries to print photo, gets 2/3 & dies
Judy00:00:00Spencerport, NYold HP Vectra W95 - W2K Network - when logon, reboots
Patrick00:00:00Batavia, NYLinkSys Firewall & ZoneAlarm - NetMeeting problems
Nick00:00:00Rochester, NYPDA advice -
David00:00:00Rochester, NYKlez virus
Nick00:00:00Penfield, NYW98 & XP machines - XP will not go onto the Internet until the 98 machine is turned on
Chris00:00:00Seneca Falls, NY3D video driver failure - XP - DirectX 8.1
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYHP XP d/l McAfee firewall - already has "a couple of firewalls"
Joe00:00:00Avon, NYP3 PC locks up - spec w/ Flight Sim - W98SE -
Barbara00:00:00Pittsford, NYMcAfee OnLine - on March or April they changed the design of the scan button - they moved it down; now have to change her icon size settings to see them.
Donald00:00:00Perry, NYsolution! for 98 memory - SMC |
John00:00:00Clifton Springs, NY3 computers on router - Norton 2002 - one-button checkup screws up the computers
2002-06-22 - 13 callers
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NY4 yr old starting to surf - what protection? | raunchy spam
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYMiss Frizzle! | Apple Web sites out of US - files of discontinued/supported items in other countries that are supported past US life?
Lanay00:00:00Greece, NY80G HD - ATA 100 PCI controller card | 1024 or 1000?
Dan00:00:00Pittsford,NYG4 - couple years old - modem not so hot - 2.3 of remote access fixed it - then HD died - new HD reloaded w/ 8.6 - modem started acting up again - but it's at 2.3
Harley00:00:00Greece, NYcan't get past scandisk at bootup
Wayne00:00:00Rochester, NYRAM - no OS yet - RAM only 1/2 of whatever he puts in -
Dave00:00:00Fairport, NYformatted C: - startup disk says config errors - need FDISK? | 98SE - which should be the logical drive?
Eugene00:00:00Rochester, NYscanner - can't find pictureview.exe -
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYME on a notebook - error - NE.EXE must close now
Ralph00:00:00Fairport, NYXP - Works 2000 - had Office Pro 97 - it won't install on the new machine
Frank00:00:00Irondequoit, NYIrfanView.com | IrfanView is trying to load something at startup
Steve00:00:00Henrietta, NYwants Eudora - W98SE -
Dave00:00:00Victor, NYME - two printers - bubblejet, laserjet -
2002-06-15 - 17 callers
David00:00:00Webster, NYW98 Compaq Presario 5051 - scan & save as JPG - when click on it, can't find appl -
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NY98SE = desktop arbitrarily large or small icons - large won't let him change back
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYXP?
Donald00:00:00Perry, NYRed Hat - USB got tar - what do I do with the tar file?
PK00:00:00Penfield, NYstore!!! | VFAT missing - has 2nd HD & video capture card
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Home - EZ CD Creator -
Jake00:00:00Greece, NYconflict btwn sound card & joystick -
Jerry00:00:00Penn Yann, NYDell laptop - IE or Outlook printing - fonts very large
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NYforum problems
Robert00:00:00Irondequoit, NYMP3s from MP3.com - tried to burn - wouldn't work
Marty00:00:00Niagra Falls, NYno USB - 1.1 or 2.0?
John00:00:00Dansville, NYW98 - was configured to connect to net automatically - every once in a while it would un-auto connect | blue screen
Chris00:00:00Henrietta, NYD&C Crossword - suddenly won't work - 98
Doug00:00:00York, NYWinMX - upgraded to 3.2 - router won't let them through
Jack00:00:00Waterloo, NYW98SE - installed digital camera software - when reboot - keeps finding the same new hardware
V00:00:00Rochester, NYre: amt of RAM - sysP 382M progs/system: 382
Andy00:00:00Clarkson, NYPogo - game - kills machine
2002-06-08 - 17 callers
Curt00:00:00Irondequoit, NYDeskJet 500 - died - what cartridges can be refilled?
Steve00:00:00Henrietta, NYthinking of Road Runner - router - two laptops
Sam00:00:00Rochester, NYprob saving w/ Excel - Save As... doesn't do anything
Sean00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYProc works better/ voice rec sftwr? | lots of .zip viruses
Steve00:00:00Ogden, NYIE 5 delete URLs
Jerry00:00:00Rochester, NYfreezes
Jeff00:00:00Ontario, NYIntel Firmware Hub - how update?
Jeri00:00:00Fairport, NYmodem won't hang up
Barbara00:00:00Rochester, NYemail - computer will lock up - Outlook Express - also happens when online
Pat00:00:00Gaines, NYWin98SE - disk I/O error - repl disk press any key
Argyle00:00:00Rochester, NYre: printer inks - manufacturing them is amazing | Gloat - wireless powerbook - | ?: 802.11b v 900 MHz phones?
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NY96 VAIO 166 MHz - 98SE - bigger HDs - "just not working right"
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYCR2032 - battery - | 98SE - XP? -> partition?
Angela00:00:00Bergen, NYCD ROM doesn't recognize CD audio - | re: XP - requirements?
Greg00:00:00Chili, NYnew MB & proc - from Intel 200 to Athlon 650 slot A -
Benjamin00:00:00Chili, NY scandisk - 10%
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - no disks
2002-06-01 - 21 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYboot mac disk?
Steve00:00:00Henrietta, NYMac & PC - want RR - router? | virus protection?
Victor00:00:00Rochester, NYIE6 - HotMail - can't click on email link
Tom00:00:00Fairport, NYreloaded - Netscape 4.79 on Win95 - no icons on SB Site
Art00:00:00Brighton, NYJDBGMGR
Roy00:00:00Pittsford, NYWin98 ZAPro - alert from ZA - VCC.EXE trying to access the Internet
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NY98SE - copy CABs to HD?
Nathan00:00:00Henrietta, NY98SE internal modem PCI - discovering new hardware blue screens
Donald00:00:00Perry, NYLinux - Mandrake & Red Hat - antivirus? | SMC hardware firewall
Nick00:00:00Penn Yan, NYcable modem - unplug cable modem when not on - problem with that? | Partition Magic - Win2KPro - okay to put DOS drive for games? | Astra USB scanner slow - how get faster?
Dan00:00:00Webster, NYPresario - W98SE - USB - Lexmark printer w/ mouse = mouse dies
Wes00:00:00Brockport, NYDell NT4.0 USB card w/ NT drivers - WRONG! - services failed to start | installed new RAM - warning: DIMMS out of revision
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NYiMac - how get questions answered?
Betty00:00:00Penfield, NYemail: illegal operation - Outlook Express - McAfee
Dale00:00:00Avon, NYHP P3-500 - W98 - wants to reload w/ W2K - wants to up the CPU
Eric00:00:00cell phoneDell dual P4-800 XP upgrd from W2K - IE6 - several times/day - IE: had problem needs to shut down - occasionally on boot "Win upgd util failed"
Shirley00:00:00Webster, NYPrintArtist - Integer divide by 0
Tara00:00:00Rochester, NYDell 1.5 yrs old - T & Y & Tab keys won't work
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYRed Hat 7.3 - Mozilla - Java applet sent him to Sun to get Java | re: Wes
Brian00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYP3 550 192M slow on boot - W98SE
Ralph00:00:00Pittsford, NYXP - IE - cookies not enabled -
2002-05-25 - 14 callers
Suzanne00:00:00Rochester, NYDoris - 70+ Mother - virus? Norton - errors on starting computer - .EXE - 98SE
Angie00:00:00Brighton, NYMother - Windows XP from PowerPC - files from PPC (Word, Excel) to Windows
Keith00:00:00car phoneF2 - setup - how safe mode? | daughter's monitor died - orig monitor - scrambled eggs on screen - | Frontier worked well with ME - W98 connection rate slow - RR - what needed?
Jerry00:00:00Brighton, NYnew MB - favorites?
Patricia!00:00:00car phoneboss - 2000 on Armada M300 - VPN - AOL
Jim00:00:00Henrietta, NYgot a little crazy last night - delete a bunch of stuff - Win.INI - W95
Dan00:00:00Brighton, NYupgrd Duron 600 on epox mbrd - Duron 1300 or Athlon 1100
Nancy00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - 98 has command to release static IP -
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYvirus scan on start - pass 1 - 9, won't finish | ZoneAlarm - have to remove to download Hotmail - ZA wouldn't give HM!
Mary00:00:00Fairport, NYdelete - paranoid -
John00:00:00Rochester, NYhomepage hijacked
Art00:00:00Brighton, NYuninstalled WP, reinstalled WP Office with all components - has WP 9, but also components with WP 7!
Tom00:00:00Gates, NYright-click Start, Open & Explore are kinda hidden - Win98SE - | updated Norton - won't go into Live Update
Lenny00:00:00Hamlin, NYbrother got DOS game - now joystick won't run - "W98 now starting MS-DOS based program" -
2002-05-04 - 15 callers
Patricia00:00:00Batavia, NYMS ISDN misconfigured - got PC from son in Army
Howard00:00:00Penn Yann, NYcan't log on better than 4800 bps - gets Explorer error when hangs up
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYhow record automatically? | W98 - sees 8G but only 1/2 of 60G - records the show every week!
Kevin00:00:00Rochester, NYHP sound doesn't work
Will00:00:00Rochester, NY
Ken00:00:00Greece, NYvirus - 2 PCs networked router RR Norton 2002 W98 started getting hits re: Klez
Todd00:00:00Holley, NYATT WorldNet service - password -
Victor00:00:00Irondequoit, NYauto delete history? | maxed HotMail
Lori00:00:00Rochester, NYSoyata - parallel Epson Stylus 800 - Orb - has extra cable - second parallel port?
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYDell PC - steering wheel - isn't recognized - old game port model
Bud00:00:00Rochester, NY
Dean00:00:00Rochester, NYnew PC? -> voice rec - high-end gaming - which Processor?
Daniel00:00:00Irondequoit, NYHP Pavilion W98 - Web work - frequent crashes - wants Apple G4 - network?
Tom00:00:00Naples, NYshared IRQs | I/O - | notebook
Rom00:00:00Greece, NYMcAfee -
2002-04-27 - 21 callers
Mike00:00:00Henrietta, NY1.5G HD P1 .dbx -> Outlook Express -
Jim00:00:00Irondequoit, NY64M Win98 - sluggish | easy to put in RAM?
Victor00:00:00Rochester, NYIE6 Win98 - delete cookies | XP?
Ed00:00:00Webster, NYOE 98 Office 2K - calendar stops responding | virus when run email
Jim00:00:00cell phoneYahoo
Jim00:00:00cell phoneYahoo
Lori00:00:00cell phonecable modem - tiptoe through the tulips - firewall or hub?
Michael00:00:00Rochester, NYuploading from digital camera - CD15 - Sony VAIO 1.3 512M - has loaded pics up now M105 Palm - both use serial port -
Don00:00:00Leroy, NYWin Update - when logon: nav autoprotect unable to determine the location of your configuration files
Donna00:00:00Farmington, NYson: AOL - can't get on
Ron00:00:00Spencerport, NYupgraded McAfee - got performance issues w/ Win activities
Paul00:00:00Spencerport, NYIE - log in drops packets - AOL runs fine
Ralph00:00:00Dundee, NYset up Windows login password - ME -
Nils00:00:00Rochester, NYwork: Outlook on PC - home: Mac w/ Netscape
Gene00:00:00Dansville, NYvirus problem - "friend's" computer - NAV - SIRC32 | Happy99
Nick00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - don't like it - home net - 3 PCs - if other machines are off, can't get onto Internet through XP | another XP machine - comes up to flag on black screen and then dies
Paul00:00:00North Chili, NYcan't download JPGs
Mark00:00:00cell phonepbk G4 - sync Visor edge - OS X - can't sync
Brian00:00:00Geneva, NYburn LPs?
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYWord - wants Latvian
Pat00:00:00Irondequoit, NYDesktop -> New
2002-04-20 - 14 callers
Jeff00:00:00Ontario, NYcomputer slow "recognizing the hard drive" | laptop XP - won't recognize network or Internet
Howard00:00:00Rochester, NYW98SE - DSL - now wants password
Keith00:00:00car phoneME - dngraded to 98
Al00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Pro - vol control gone - sndctrl.cpl
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - can't read one specific CD | HP - when boots, A: drive starts to shake - thin line shoots down center of screen
Frank00:00:00Greece, NY3 yr old Gateway sluggish - uninstalled Norton Inet security - removed some startup things -
Paul00:00:00Brighton, NYgraphics cards - son trying to load game - Dell 4100 Dimensions - ME - 32M Nvidia TNT2 APG -
Jason00:00:00Rochester, NY"JPEG Jason" = optics student at MCC - SONY CD burner 8X 2K Pro - gets to 20%, buffer overflow | P3 550 ugrd to P4 1.5
Jason00:00:00Rochester, NY"JPEG Jason" = optics student at MCC - SONY CD burner 8X 2K Pro - gets to 20%, buffer overflow | P3 550 ugrd to P4 1.5
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NYlong distance bill $70 - all to NYC - new modem installed -
Ken00:00:00Nunda, NYcan't vote in the poll
Chip00:00:00Charlotte, NYbank online - how save cookie? | haven't
Tim00:00:00Irondequoit, NYcan't block worm - can't filter it |
Gary00:00:00Perry, NYDSL -
2002-04-13 - 14 callers
Victor00:00:00Rochester, NYNorton WinDoctor - 2 invalid shortcuts tablets.ico
Steve00:00:00Henrietta, NYMac install disk - how read files w/o installing?
Mike00:00:00Williamson, NYNew Norton AV - "unable to find email server - verify server info in accounts prop" -
Rick00:00:00W. Henrietta, NYrecord tapes to MP3 | delete history
Dave00:00:00Greece, NYAdaptec Deluxe does come w/ Spin Doctor | WinXP IE6 - has Off97 | ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon Video - record to MPG or MP2 - when try to play, can't open
Lynn00:00:00Avon, NYHP 6630 W98SE recovery disk - couldn't connect to ISP
Herm00:00:00Ontario, NYG4 - bad drive - reinstall Epson 1520 USB
Joe00:00:00Pittsford, NYVAIO XP CD Creator Platinum | hub - twisted pair or MDIX
Don00:00:00Perry, NYans: Rick - Total Recorder - does everything he wants to do - highcriteria.com
Susan00:00:00Brighton, NY3 mo old PC NAV was free - bought SysWks 2000 - assumed would get more AV free - heard people having problems with System Works
Paula00:00:00Fairport, NYwas going to install SysWorks - now won't | conflict I/O error 370 - parallel port - when try to un/reinstall printer drivers get "another device already using this port"
John00:00:00Albion, NYW98 - d/l NS6.2 - real download - poss broken install detected - | RR - won't work with NS6.1 or AOL7 -
Harold00:00:00Hilton, NYRoxi - CD Creator 5 - was 98SE - exteral USB HP 8210E burner - 4x all the time - now XP - wouldn't work until internal - create image, then can burn image can't go from CD-ROM to burner - goes through 5 mins & hangs
Cheryl00:00:00Henrietta, NYDell Inspiron 8000 - Win2000
2002-04-06 - 17 callers
Joe00:00:00Conesius, NYgames don't do full-screen
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYfriend can't burn multisession CDs - same burner on Bruce's machines works fine.
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYNorton AV auto-update
Argyle00:00:00Rochester, NYarchives - how participate? | Apple: Cinema Tools - HDTV stuff
Jim00:00:00Gates, NY14.5 yr old saved money, wants to build his own PC -
Dave00:00:00Rochester, NY5 yr old compute - needs to change clock battery - what do I do to prevent loss?
Dave00:00:00Ontario, NYW98SE - up to XP - uninstalled Norton System Works - upgraded, reinstalled SysWorks
JOe00:00:00Geneseo, NYDell laptop W98SE - virus - WINKJY.EXE
Steve00:00:00Cohocton, NYcritters - how keep their hair out of the computer
Patrick00:00:00Batavia, NYclarify re: plugged in but off | Bonzi Buddy? | create PDFs - PDF995 - creates PDFs - free w/ ads
Andy00:00:00Bloomfield, NYNorton on W95 - W95 self-clean?
Justin00:00:00Pittsford, NYmultiple users on same machine - IE 6 browser -
Walter00:00:00Greece, NYOpera -
John00:00:00Henrietta, NYXP - Lexmark printer - "network connection" - new hardware wizard -
Ed00:00:00Holley, NYHP - for games - XP -
Josh00:00:00Henrietta, NYslow game
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYagain ! -
2002-03-30 - 16 callers
Bob00:00:00Penfield, NYcan't send pictures via email
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYMac - putting Mac together for 3 yr old - 12" Apple monitor - low res only - any way to fake it to get bigger? | PC - NT4SP6 - Office 97 - word 97SR2 - no most recent files -
Carl00:00:00Pittsford, NYW98SE - 2 HDs EF - CD - Burner - phantom G: removable | C: _instnpXX.dir - 2 DLLs & corecomp
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYiMac G4 flat panel - old PC was PowerCenter 150 - lotso image files - how xfer?
Alex00:00:00Fairport, NYLogging in - Content Advisor problem -
Chuck00:00:00E. Rochester, NYWP5 on old Wang -
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYSuperDIsk
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYne wIntel MB 512 DDR ME - WinMedPlay, WinAMP, etc. - ALWAYS plays at 2x speed
JIm00:00:00Geneseo, NYPresario - XP Home - AOL7 - network connection says disconnected
Jim00:00:00Irondequoit, NYFile Sharing Mac - 2 iMacs - ethernet hub - 9.1 and 10 - turn file sharing on and they don't see each other
Andy00:00:00Rochester, NYgame machine - d/l game - not enough RAM - 80M HD - 16 to 48M of RAM -
Chris00:00:00Chili, NYContent Advisor - "messing around" - deleted ratings.pol
Dave00:00:00Lima, NYopened up "something from a floppy" - ever since then, it searches the floppy | Open with?
Tony00:00:00Greece, NYXP Pro - no auto shutdown - has to shut down manually
Alan00:00:00Lima, NY50G HD added to 20G - 50 is slave - Fat32 - only 5.9G on the 50 -
George00:00:00Victor, NYW2K - Word 2K - start word, get on toolbar - ezp -
2002-03-23 - 16 callers
Irv00:00:00Philadelphia, PADell - AOL - locked up - reboot = dark screen w/ cursor in corner - reboot from floppy doesn't work
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYMac: Plus to Centris 650 8.1 - can't use At Ease 1.0 & 2.3 - Apple: for earlier opsys - some other utility that duplicates functions of At Ease?
Charlie00:00:00Rochester, NYd/l files from net - temp network error preventing d/l of file - connection gracefully closed
Keith00:00:00Farmington, NY"the ME guy" - 350M/64M Aptiva - install boot disk
Russell00:00:00Greece, NYCompaq laptop - forgot bootup password -
Joanne00:00:00Mr. Morris, NYhorrible time getting on & staying on the net
Lee00:00:00Henrietta, NYLinux - tar.gz - |Opera: no sound
Vee00:00:00Rochester, NYMedia Player 6.4 -
Joshua00:00:00Spencerport, NYneed upgrade - system running slow - should I upgrade to XP?
Sharon00:00:00Greece, NYWin98SE Quantek - virus - Master@.v32 - icons went haywire - MPlayerQ.EXE
Chris00:00:00Pittsford, NYDell Latitude - W98 O2K - went from tone to pulse dial -
Dinah00:00:00Holley, NY8 yr old computer - if off for couple hours, doesn't want to start | Ami Pro 3.0 - will 3.1 open?
Argyle00:00:00Rochester, NYarchives?
Joe00:00:00Coneseus, NYWinXP -
Joe00:00:00Coneseus, NYWinXP -
Jack00:00:00Rochester, NYphone line & fax on same line?
2002-03-16 - 16 callers
Barry00:00:00Pittsford, NYIE - XP - sites w/ JPGs - only allows him to save it as a bitmap - first one will let you save as JPG - rest only as BMP
Bruce00:00:00Hennrietta, NYIEE Computer Society - Stan Kaplan - Kodak Camera Club - Theatre on the Ridge -how to create swearless computer interfaces | AOL long distance?
Victor00:00:00Rochester, NYW982nd IE6 - how get rid of history?
Ray00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYW95 266MHz - systems resources gobbled up
Lois00:00:00Rochester, NYcomment on AOL & Frontier - AT&T, Earthlink, Juno - their customers aren't complaining!
Dave00:00:00Rochester, NYIE? | QBASIC
Mike00:00:00Hilton, NYDVD recorder - DVD-R is the best for TV - DVD+R, DVD-RW - erase & rewrite, DVD+RW - rewrite on the fly
Doug00:00:00York, NYMedia Player 7 - gets blurbs to update to 8
Bob00:00:00Pittsford, NYorig G3 Mac - 233 MHz - OS X?
Don00:00:00Fairport, NYbuilding his own - AMD Thunderbird or XP -
Art00:00:00Rochester, NYWeb dev - Freamweaver Ultradev - Mac Powerbook - OS 8.6 - can see some of the graphics, can't see others
Tim00:00:00Irondequoit, NYolder computer upgraded - two sound cards - cannot get sound on the Internet - other sound works fine - IE
Tim00:00:00Victor, NYRR or LL?
Cassie00:00:00Rochester, NYWAOL problems
Bob00:00:00Fairport, NYWin - Courier
Dan00:00:00Marion, NYDell - HP DeskJet 895 cxi - banding when printing - colors wrong - changed carts
2002-03-09 - 19 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYNo WDW meeting this month | viruses?
Ben00:00:00Webster, NYME - horrible OS - can't change the OS - Mom blew away MSN dialup - can't save new password
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYP900 512M - WXP - freeze -
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYPresario 5000 = XP - Word 2000 - | ViaVoice 2000 -
Jean00:00:00Greece, NYPavilion w/ Win98 - old v Lotus - can't shut it down - restarts w/ Lotus up
Tom00:00:00Perinton, NYGardening software
Dan00:00:00Fairport, NYW98SE - Blue Screens on bootup sometimes - SysWorks2K - memtest failed at high end - 326M - ASUS - | step throught boot
Bob00:00:00Macedon, NYHP Pavilion DVD - another app preventing DVD playback - W98 -
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYLogitech Laser mouse - adapter to serial - has USB - | when try to start in DOS mode, can't find the mouse
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYLogitech Laser mouse - adapter to serial - has USB - | when try to start in DOS mode, can't find the mouse
Lee00:00:00Henrietta, NYhad 30G, bought 60 - 60 master, 30 slave, reinstalled 98SE - 2nd HD not available - fdisk "partition is primary DOS but system unknown" -
Bob00:00:00Fairport, NYre: Dan Fairport - | - why against SystemWorks?
Jim00:00:00Canandaigua, NYwants to build model train layout - CAD prog - CAD complete -
Tim00:00:00Greece, NYW98SE -
Dave00:00:00Irondequoit, NYremnants of software on his system - how remove?
Paul00:00:00Holley, NYdaughter's PC - AMD 750 98SE - whenboots, Win folder opens on desktop - how stop that? | av programs - run them!!!!!
Eric00:00:00Mendon, NYmy sons has Excel & Word files - how get off?
marty00:00:00Niagara Falls, NYGateway 40G HD - not all recognized | McAfee -
marty00:00:00Niagara Falls, NYGateway 40G HD - not all recognized | McAfee -
2002-03-02 - 18 callers
Steve00:00:00Brockport, NYwhere can I find a free firewall?
John00:00:00Gates, NYext CD burner - new PC has internal - old CD from old burner causes problems
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NY2K on Laptop - Linux on another partition | if I load Linux & xfer all email & Web browsing to that partition, and can see
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Home - reboots on its own | how get to BIOS
Wayne00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - CD-RW - lots of pics - can only play that CD back on the computer - how do on DVD? | network - router -
Abram00:00:00Rochester, NYbuilt own machine - can't do sustained data xfer
Dan00:00:00Fairport, NYeMachine - how wipe & restore? | how do same with older clone?
Phil00:00:00Batavia, NYMac - G4 800MHz fast as Pent 1.5GHz - so which is faster?
Vito00:00:00Chili, NYCD-R Burner - save Web pages as complete - copy to packet writing, okay - copy to Zip - okay - copy to CD-R, no images...
Greg00:00:00Chili, NYdigital recording - SB PCI 128 mixer - cannot load some components - RA will record for you
Victor00:00:00Rochester, NYstreaming? | fatal exception OD VXD SYMTDI 01
Patrick00:00:00Batavia, NYviruses - can get thru MP3s?
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYwrite to CDs & read URLs: if use "send to" works better than if drag-n-drop - he uses image site grabber - all links break
Kelcie00:00:00Rochester, NYdoesn't know too much about the computer part of her computer - stack error - 5 stacks full - W98 - | diff btwn av software and av definitions
Mary Ann00:00:00Rochester, NYnovice - W95 - tried to install a CD bridge game - put wrong CD in - put in DOS 3.3 disk -
Bill00:00:00Chili, NYAptiva - W98 - Norton ID'd infected files - quarantined -
Mason00:00:00Honeoye, NYMP3s - Napster - which one to use now?
Nick00:00:00Brighton, NYDvorak keyboard for OS/2?
2002-02-23 - 17 callers
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYHP - got virus - half of the disk is bad sectors - scandisk, etc. - reformatted - nothing works
Allan00:00:00Perinton, NYMedia Player won't work -
Jeff00:00:00cell phoneemail on Web: can get virus? | which AV product?
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYMedia Player - 6.4 - couldn't play some .AVI files
Al00:00:00Rochester, NYinstalling new motherboard - five little plugs for power, etc. - how important that they get connected to the right - plugs?
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYCd not rec
Jerry00:00:00Rochester, NYneophyte - scan pic, send through OE - when move to OE, turns into billboard.
Judy00:00:00Hilton, NYwhere learn? | Win update - cannot display page -
Skip00:00:00Rochester, Nyflakey computer kind of - K62 300 AMD - WinME - 128M - PCCilling - ZA - RR -
Robert00:00:00Spencerport, NYDell - ME - how see boot? | CD-Rs
Michael00:00:00Rochester, NY6G HD - how add HD?
Kurt00:00:00Pittsford, NYStock Investor Pro -
Dave00:00:00Fairport, NYWinME - restore points - can't set restore point - shutdn/restart - scandisk thorough mode - gets near end; stops
Joe00:00:00cell phoneMSConfig - scanreg - | Expl - invalid instruction
Dick00:00:00Farmington, NYWin prob w/ Registry -
Jeff00:00:00Henrietta, NYWinME - froze - Win98 machine networked to it - could xfer while frozen | 98 & ME - reopen folders
Jack00:00:00Waterloo, NY98SE, WinME networked (like prev) cable modem - Norton Internet Security 2001 - Norton won't let it online
2002-02-16 - 20 callers
Fred00:00:00Livonia, NYME - upgrade to 98SE or XP?
Doug00:00:00Penfield, NYW2KPro - P 1.4GHz 1 out of 3 goes into slow mode - CPU at 100% w/ SERVICES.EXE or MSTASK.EXE
Charlie00:00:00Geneva, NYW98SE javascript errors | McAfee slows the system down
Bob00:00:00Henrietta, NYupdating IE 5.0 -> 6.0 WinNT
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYDell - mem upgrd - put in 256M - 2x128 - had open slot, left orig 64M in open slot | built-in snd recorder - VOs for some work - could change the time
Brian00:00:00Macedon, NYcomment on McAfee - Internet filter - enable Jave/ActiveX | Quake2 online | Media Player 6.4 -
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NYAMD K6 500 - game won't run on Voodoo video card
Bob00:00:00Victor, NY4 PC network Win98SE - one computer can't logon - hit cancel & all the other computers can see it; it can't see them.
Dick00:00:00Hilton, NYtry to print from Inet - prints 20% of page, then goes to next page - does NOT happen w/ other programs; only Inet
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYdigital cameras - optical v digital zoon | AMD okay?
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYevery 10 boots or so - error - Explorer - invalid instruction in KERNEL32 | laptop - USB Enet LinkSys -
Vinny00:00:00Rochester, NYMcAfee - slows down w/ Mc running - | large icons - details
Ralph00:00:00Irondequoit, NYAthlon 256 600 ME - AOL - Morpheus Music - sys resc. drop
Jim00:00:00Churchville, NYG4 Mac laptop - Harmon-Kardin Sound Sticks - works fine - PowerMac G3 w/ 2 USB connections - speakers hooked up through USB - HKs won't work on it
Joe00:00:00Fairport, NYDell Dim 4100 - Word won't open - rest of Office works great | PC Point
Tim00:00:00Rochester, NYGateway 450 - video died - new card, new driver -
Andy00:00:00Fairport, NYsound card - line-in used to work -
Mark00:00:00Irondequoit, NYWin98 DSL - two computers sharing connection
Don00:00:00Rochester, NyPowerPC 6320 Extension Mgr cannot open type 39 error
Terry00:00:00Fairport, NYson tried to reload the BIOS - did not say flash complete - autorebooted - now won't boot at all
2002-02-09 - 16 callers
Andrew00:00:00Rochester, NYNetscape 4.78 - changed computers - saved prev mail - having problems opening it - permission errors
Shawn00:00:00Rochester, NYAMD K6 230 ASUS - 2.5 yrs in closet - bought HD & vid used - turn on & light comes on, no power light comes on
Terry00:00:00Rochester, NYlimited virtual memory error
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYGeek Week - | how find software for old Plus
Pat00:00:00Rochester, NYgot laptop for Christmas from kids - put in AOL 7.0 - when tried to select phone numbers, AOL disks says that 585 is a dial 1
Jim00:00:00Penfield, NYmy wife's the expert - audio problem - USB ports - audio breaks up
Laurie00:00:00Webster, NYiMac Flat Panel - mouse broken - pixel blown on the monitor -
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYAOL - doesn't matter what version - they should update the access numbers | Opera email -
Carl00:00:00Canandaigua, NYgames - change color palette - cursor disappears
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYAOL - setup - no area codes
William00:00:00Oshawa, Ontario, Canada82 yrs old - third week trying to get through - boot up messages - Win ME - 900 MHz Athlon - scheduled tasks not run - | terminating thread VXD too much stack space - MinSPs in system.ini or removed recently installed VXDs
Dave00:00:00cellHP printer & Sharp 4-in-1 - Sharp: prl cable 6' or less
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYeTower - WinME -
Pete00:00:00Greece, NYWin95 - cable connection - host & guest - pswd protected host - verifying then disconnect
Sid00:00:00Irondequoit, NY17" monitor - color has changed -
David00:00:00Rochester, NYGateway - ME -
2002-02-02 - 10 callers
David00:00:00Webster, NYWin98SE - new Monitor - KDSXF7E - power outage - window got much larger, can't get it bigger
Tony00:00:00Rochester, NYPro Pool - "chat connection" -
Ken00:00:00Hilton, NYW98 Norton AV 5.0 - cannot find device -
Joe00:00:00Irondequoitmore RAM for Dell Inspiron 5000
Dave00:00:00Ontario, NYW98SE - 2nd HD - had 20, added 60 - wants to copy from one drive to the other
Bwernie00:00:00Irondequoit, NYW98 - all files now end in .LNK
Barry00:00:00Scottsville, NYlater versions of Norton will not install on the first version of Win95 |
Lou00:00:00Fairport, NYDefrag - D: drive goes Okay; C: never finishes
Jack00:00:00Rochester, NYv old machine - what about RAM?
Joe00:00:00Brighton, NYhas party virus - MSSTASK - can't delete!
2002-01-26 - 17 callers
Phillip00:00:00Rochester, NYWin98 - freeze any time he scrolls
Linda00:00:00Rochester, NYChristmas Mac - Outlook viruses - | how run PC on Mac? | OS 9.2 upgrd to OS X - big change?
Barry00:00:00Pittsford, NYXP - MP3s from CD-ROM - reads so slow, dragging anything takes hundreds of hours
Rob00:00:00Spencerport, NYproblem starting W98 - upgrd 95 to 98 - hung system, powered down - gets safe mode ok - step-by-step ok - when load drivers, MSMOUSE.VXD - yes or no gives a hang
Jack00:00:00Avon, NY2 USBs - Web cam works - moved computer, stopped working - enabled, no conflicts, sees USBs - Win98SE
Dave00:00:00Syracuse, NYXP - RR installed - neither OE or Outlook works - had AOL
Todd00:00:00Holley, NYIE6 updated - RR - can get to any website except Yahoo!!!
John00:00:00Rochester, NYWin98SE - DSL - problem being heard over microphone - better over dialup
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYcan't get to sysinfo through accessories - device attached to system is not functioning - W98SE
John00:00:00Henrietta, NYfloppy drive - says it's 5.25", but it's 3.5"
Tony00:00:00Rochester, NYIE 5.5 - W98 - QuickTime - QT Installer - when go to install any software, he gets error "Can't find QT installer" - ripped it all out - now gets need ActiveX for self-installers
Wendy00:00:00Rochester, NYOutlook - problem changing fonts - when reboot, defaults back to Ariel
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYMac - G4 9.1 - machine wouldn't sleep by itself - if trash Finder Prefs, fixed. Have to do that regularly. Christmas Epson Scanner - won't sleep. Unhook scanner, went to sleep - hook it up, no sleep. Now won't sleep at all.
Andy00:00:00Clarkson, NYdig vid cam - dl movies to PC - when burn to CD - any format so can see on DVD player? - use VCD format if your player reads VCD. DVD-R format requires different drive, stored in MPEG2 format
Tim00:00:00Rochester, NYRR - IE has problem executing after installation - get hrgls, about 5 mins later, IE comes up with default Web page
Jerry00:00:00Rochester, NYIP numbers
Fritz00:00:00Rochester, NYAccess -
2002-01-19 - 19 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYIEEE presentation at Kodak Camera Club - bld 28 "Theatre on the Ridge" - convergence of biz & tech - 23 Jan
Bill00:00:00Greece, NYXP - Off 97 - Excel - compile error TBRUN9
Chuck00:00:00Rochester, NYleaves monitor on - when goes to turn computer on, monitor doesn't go off standby | jemstone game?
Kevin00:00:00Auburn, NY400 MHz AMD - illegal operations recently
Dave00:00:00Spencerport, NYautoexec - autoexec new - diskmon all VB - errors entering & exiting Word & Excel
Phil00:00:00Rochester, NYCompaq Presario - Win95 - 180 MHz - can't run AOL 7
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYCD-RW - NT machine - repackaged LiteOn with Nero - diff version for NT
Victor00:00:00Rochester, NYWin98 - uninstalled wireless networking - maint wizard - scandisk FAT ran 10 times
Gary00:00:00Rochester, NYvirus - SULFNBK - added mem | slow mem count | how save chip?
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYpower supplies - | ATA 100 HD CD IDE -
Victor00:00:00Chili, NYW98 - reinstall 98 from DOS | what is prob w/ system that doesn't come back same each time you launch it
George00:00:00Greece, NYDell W98 - defrag - restarts 10 times
Charlie00:00:00Geneva, NYW98SE - explorer - illegal operation -
Richard00:00:00Henrietta, NYOE 6.0 - palm - more than one email account - sync | email - !00000 | Kodak USB - sees it in Win - drag&drop - RR USB - can only move files one at a time w/o lockup
Howard00:00:00Irondequoit, NYHP4400 W98SE - can't load drivers
T.J.00:00:00Penfield, NYDell P3 733 128 W98SE - upgrading
Lynn00:00:00Rochester, NY2 HDs 1 C&D 2 E,F&G - mouse problems - no rclik, no scroll - started playing around and screwed things up
Dave00:00:00Victor, NYHP - Dell computer - 1 Yr Off2KPro, Win2K OfficeJet 600 tried to d/l new drivers bought new K60 - USB
Ken00:00:00Pittsford, NYmemory - AMD Duron 750 Compaq Presario - handles PC133 - PC100 1-2 PC133 2-3 | 64M
2002-01-12 - 21 callers
Tony00:00:00Greece, NYHELP! Game on W95 Aptiva 300 64M 8G locked in MS-DOS - only safe mode
Keith00:00:00Rochester, NYsearches -
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYW98 - OE - | Palm - EXPREPRT
Gary00:00:00Greece, NYsister's computer - P200MMX Win95B AOL - didn't load prev attempt - safe mode - VFAT failed | service packs avail?
Jay00:00:00Geneseo, NYME v NT - net at home
Bert00:00:00Palmyra, NYspoofed MS updates?
Jeff00:00:00Webster, NYanswer: drop-down menu of searches
Eloise00:00:00Rochester, NYwindl.exe explorer.exe w3rdlder trojan
Keith00:00:00Victor, NYhad ME "been de-cootified" - | save point | old monitor didn't work well | Opera
Allen00:00:00Rochester, NYhand-me-down PC - PB W95 850M HD on boot get I/F or CD not ready
John00:00:00West Henrietta, NYCD-RW - audio tapes to CD?
Phil00:00:00cellPresario 1200T - 6 mo died -
Jeff00:00:00in the studio...
Dawn00:00:00Pittsford, NYDell Inspiron 8000 - docking station - errors out of the docking station - Win2000 - Office 2000
Lynn00:00:00East Irondequoit, NYKodak digital camera & software - able to send pics to My Docs & mail thru Outlook - will not mail through Kodak software -
Jackie00:00:00Walworth, NYAV - which one?
Leonard00:00:00Niagara Falls, NYNero
Joe00:00:00Buffalo, NYWin2000 answer - any shortcuts? | disclosing bugs - what do we think of the debate? | automacron: time updater
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYAd Cache
Mark00:00:00Spencerport, NY6-mo old Dell - ME - Word - dangerously low on sys resources
Gene00:00:00Rochester, NYprob opening Web page
2002-01-05 - 17 callers
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYanti-virus bundle only good for 3 mo
Joe00:00:00Greece, NYonline - everything went black - cursor in upper left - Win98 | OE - everything gone from InBox
Dave00:00:00Rochester, NYOE sent attachments ok; now using O; no attachments to OE users
Bruce00:00:00Hennrietta, NYGeek Week - New Horizons Training Center 60 Corp Woods 7-9 Thursday 10 Jan - how to do job searches on the Internet
Steve00:00:00Penfield, NYcomputer has slowed down to a crawl - many copies of wscript running | video capture card - want to burn a DVD on CD
John00:00:00Rochester, NYupgrade - ISP is AOL - love it | LCD monitors?
Aline00:00:00Rochester, NYRULaunch
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NYXerox Home Center Printer - when gets to 1/2way point on last page, stops printing
Gemma00:00:00Buffalo, NYCompaq Presario - pre-owned - Content Advisor
Sue00:00:00Rochester, NYMac - AOL - 3 yrs - how clean files? - system error crash
Brian00:00:00Pittsford, NYavi - can't download correct codec | convert AVIs?
Paul00:00:00Dansville, NYInternet Sharing - DSL - XP - 4 port router - "cable disconnected"
Jay00:00:00East Rochester, NYWin98 - Harry Potter CD game - DLL DSound.DLL not found
Paul00:00:00Fairport, NYCompaq Presario - HD Crash - sector not found reading Drive C: file allocation table bad
James00:00:00Ogden, NYvirus? Restore Kit
Terry00:00:00Rochester, NYsound card problems
Rob00:00:00cell phoneDell Inspiron - slow -
2001-12-29 - 18 callers
Dave00:00:00Victor, NYwant to buy - Celerons down, Pentiums more expensive - CvP? | XP? | Mac flat box
Barry00:00:00Pittsford, NYhow big a HD can 98 take?
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NY2 PCs on net - neither will print email text
Marion00:00:00Rochester, NYI'm not sure who we're talking to here... have 266 - how fast a processor can I put in this machine?
Leo00:00:00Churchville, NY2 SCSI CD drives - trouble writing one to the other at 12X - writing at 4X is okay -
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYmonitor different - problem w/ video
Ed00:00:00Webster, NYNorton 2002, uninstall - corrupted file - procedure to uninstall manually - D/ not accessible - this folder was moved or removed -
Jim00:00:00Greece, NYlaptop - at boot, just sits at Windows logo
Art00:00:00Brighton, NYSULFNBK.EXE | how send to everybody at once in your addr bk?
Steve00:00:00Irondequoit, NYMYDATA - customer list - how get data out to new one?
Jorge00:00:00Rochester, NYDell Inspiron - shutdown problem
Diane00:00:00Greece, NYiBot Web cam! - looking for program for both Mac & PC - iVisit not good - firewire - DSL | microphone - what should I get - G4 450HMz
Denise00:00:00Greece, NYFlash 5 script - control the browser window -
Jackie00:00:00Ontario, NY3 computers network P2P W98 - 2 HP printers - LJ & inkjet - periodically, it's offline - | Excel - can't display full window - not enough memory | dialup RR?
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYcan print entire help section instead of click here/click there?
Phil00:00:00Lima, NYWebTV to PC - how copy addr book?
Bob00:00:00Walworth, NYwhen turn on PC, keyboard error - F1 - periodic -
Ed00:00:00Rochester, NYnetwork on home -
2001-12-22 - 18 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYMac: easy method: multiple ISP configs? OS8.1 Centra 650
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYvirus? - 2.0 McAfee - bought 6.1 -
Jeff00:00:00Rochester, NYDell Laptop - 700MHz, 256M, ME -> WinXP | no msconfig
Rick00:00:00Rochester, NYWin98 - Norton System Works - one-button check comes up w/ 15 Registry errors
Vince00:00:00Pittsford, NYupdated IE & OE - much slower - went back
Edith00:00:00Brighton, NYAOL - cookies - encryption
Brian00:00:00Fairport, NYHP - ME -> 98 - found video okay, no sound driver
K.C.00:00:00Rochester, NYbuild new system - 2 AMDs Tyan Thunder 7 -
Barry00:00:00Pittsford, NYMaxtor 160G - XP - 137G limit...
Joel00:00:00Pittsford, NYMac G3 8.6 233 MHz Platinum X????
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYRFI
Lee00:00:00Henrietta, NYhome network - Mandrake server - windows talks fine, Red Hat can't.
Linda00:00:00Rochester, NY
Fred00:00:00Caledonia, NYNorton 2001 - found lost file clusters - wouldn't correct it - put CD in | AOL - how fast is my modem? | re Edith - AOL - Netscape works
Bill00:00:00Greece, NYnetwork - NetGear router - sometimes can get in from upstairs - 50' unshielded | answer: can't network XP - PracticallyNetworked.com
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYSt. Augustine's!!! XP - we're the new Tin Men
Nick00:00:00Rochester, NYjumped into Athon XP 1700 - opportunity to push to 1800 or 1900
Bob00:00:00Pittsford, NYMac X - no luck installing Epson 740 Stylus - print server on the Epson
2001-12-15 - 14 callers
Jim00:00:00Springwater, NYupgrade? 56K external W98SE K200 128M - how get faster upgrade?
John00:00:00Henrietta, NYWinMX - d/l a song that booted into safe mode | after, icons were huge
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYemail - attachment - MyComputer - options - association c.dtf
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYMac - AIM - Type 3 error - | duplicate addresses in Outlook - UPS program for shipping - same problem -
John00:00:00Rochester, NYWinME -
Chip00:00:00Chili, NYCD-RW - Compaq - 98SE - won't write - can't find driver - out of warranty - can't find roxio software
Dave00:00:00Avon, NY128M 133MHz - has 100MHz -
Scottie00:00:00Canandaigua, NYemail - spyware? - SPAM!
Pete00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYre: CD Burners - any backup hardware?
John00:00:00Fairport, NYreinst Win98 - "fat32 conversion" - good?
Bert00:00:00Palmyra, NYSPAM - | Netscape 6.2.1
KC00:00:00Rochester, NYupgraded - service patches for Office2K - killed everything
Don00:00:00Rochester, NYwireless network - XP Home - 98SE - USR cards - | SPAM - spamkiller
Bill00:00:00Brighton, NYWin95B - 233MHz - 64M - 2nd internal HD - images the first one - Maxtor - | use the ribbon that came with their HD - 80-wire vs. old one
2001-12-08 - 19 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYGeek Week -
Greg00:00:00Fairport, NYcan't download McAfee DAT files
Rick00:00:00Pittsford, NYvirus problem
Eleanor00:00:00Rochester, NYresponds slowly - freezes - print very slow
Jerry00:00:00Penn Yann, NYvirus - Outlook Express
Lillian00:00:00Henrietta, NY
Dave00:00:00Greece, NYWeb site - learning as he goes - Front Page -
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYMS - PackBell -
Frank00:00:00GatesXP - 2 yr license - GONE! | one copy office on two XPs?
Alan00:00:00Pittsford, NYAMD 133 - 96M - Win95 -> Win98 - go to Win2K?
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYNetscape 4.77 - try to run 6 - "connection refused"
Dave00:00:00Buffalo, NYwhat determines my modem's true speed?
Joyce00:00:00Spencerport, NYprint OE addresses on another computer?
Ray00:00:00Rochester, NYbuilt-in video - not certified
Lorie00:00:00Henrietta, NY"a friend's son" downloaded a game which screwed up her system
Greg00:00:00Rochester, NYtwo PCs, ME, had RR, back to dialup, one has BlueLight and connects fine, other connects but gets error - no PPP protocol configured
Debbie00:00:00Williamson, NYopen PDF, tries to open in Word
Chuck00:00:00East Rochester, NYType and Speak user - 4 disks - one with demo programs including PC Master - using old Wang to talk to his type&speak - need someone who can break the demo limitation
Mark00:00:00Webster, NYWin98 - resources deteriorate
2001-12-01 - 19 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYComputerLink Mag: gift suggestions - call forwarding while online | Mac: DVD not recognized
Alan00:00:00Farmington, NYAT&T - can't get on through them - Internet Wizard - connect to it first, then the AT&T icon works
Jeff00:00:00Ontario, NY1.2 Athlon 256M DVD movie - icon says playback failed
Paul00:00:00Pittford, NYOE Virus victim? - G4 Mac - address book won't save new - some are not in alpha order - won't find some addrs, some have duplicated themselves
Ken00:00:00Pittsford, NYPresario 64M 750 Duron +128M +256 PC133m |
Eric00:00:00Rochester, NYans mach on the PC - 99 mailboxes on DOS -
Jeff00:00:00Pittsford, NY
Richard00:00:00Rochester, NYHotFax - can't find where to turn it off
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYHP 855C DeskJet - disconnected - wouldn't print - borrowed HP9xx - used that - reconnected 855 - made sure it wsa the default - printing ok, but first rpints header & footer page w/ errors
Bob00:00:00PIttsford, NYcomment: twice in last eight years, major crashes, sometimes backups fail using old computer do backups over the net to old computer
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYproblem getting service - 4 yr extended warranty
Paul00:00:00Spencerport, NYanswering machines: Smith Micro - HOTFAX MSG CENTER
Carl00:00:00Manchester, NYearly Christmas present - MS Train Simulator - installed, but won't run
Ken00:00:00Fairport, NYHi to Nick - Intel 400 - 2 more SIMMS - 384M - 10G full - added 40G - CD-RW - Win98SE - lots of errors - "stray files" -
Lee00:00:00Henrietta, NYLinux RH 7.1 - Netscape - searching - after 1/2 hr loads blank pages | QT on Linux?
Gene00:00:00Gonanda, NYvisually impaired - crashes with Jaws, etc.
Ron00:00:00Henrietta, NYviruses - which program? | phone to printer -
Mark00:00:00Spencerport, NYDell 4 mo old 1.7GH 40G 256M DDR mem - expensive? | Favorite Web site -
Pete00:00:00Perry, NYeyeball camera din't work - scanner quit working - TWAIN driver
2001-11-24 - 14 callers
Paul00:00:00Brighton, NYWindows 98SE Toshiba Laptop - HotMail - displays folders as icons - if go to HotMail, when come back, all folders display in detail mode!
John00:00:00Rochester, NYInternet - has no computer - but sees/hears/reads "for more info access the Internet."
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYXP - attachments - "OE something won't let it through" - | Netscape - 6.0? - "update to 6.2" - differences?
Thomas00:00:00Rochester, NYMS upgrades sometimes downgrade - 98SE - old AT formfactor P2-200 - after update, would not run
Lance00:00:00Rochester, NYMcAfee - can't get updates to data files -
Fred00:00:00emailPlaces in Rochester that accepted used PCs?
Kurt00:00:00Rochester, NYexpand memory in Mac G4 - PC133s default to 100s?
Niaz00:00:00Greece, NYMac OS 9.0.4 - learning database - which one? | portable computer - need only Internet & email, and use the database - which one?
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NYreport cards - Win98 - how to limit his time on the machine?
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYPBell Win95 - Mitsumi CD-R - 80-min blanks don't work -
Scott00:00:00Canandaigua, NYdownload eBooks - Win98 - file in "My Documents" - some of the eBooks won't move - .exe
Ben00:00:00Naples, NYiMac - sleep - can't wake - gets black screen - about 1.5 years old - OS 9 | 256M added - if put another one in, do they have to be the same?
Larry00:00:00Rochester, NYcan one build an Apple the same way one can build a PC?
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYcan't find IBM laptop with Linux on it
2001-11-17 - 12 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYPerforma 6205 - anomalies - Apple says only 8.0 OS - can use higher? | serial ports don't support hardware handshaking used for 9600bps+ modems; nothing on it at Apple's site
Dave00:00:00cellCompaq 120 - uses QuickBooks - just needs computer, not printer, monitor, etc. -
Cliff00:00:00Irondequoit, ,NYMac - C.I.D.E.R. member - downloaded new version of Outlook Express - signed up for various enewsletters - gets mail, but body is empty - if quit OE & reenter, gets the body! - if leave & come back, they're empty again! - mail does not look as it did befo
Steve00:00:00emailaccurate modem speed - AnalogX's NetStat Live -
Paul00:00:00emailDoS attacks on XP
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYNapster MP3s - new has XP - how move 'em over?
Joseph00:00:00Rochester, NYhas $300 - doesn't want Xbox - what's the greatest video card?
Bill00:00:00Batavia, NYASUS 400MHz K6-2 flashcard reader USB - Visioneer USB works fine, flashcard doesn't find it except every 5-6 times - Win98
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYWeb page - can't get into secure Web site on one specific computer - works on other computer
Bob00:00:00Hilton, NYCompaq Presario - 4505 3 yrs old Win95 - problems with ISP - they say some of his software corrupted - reinstalled dialup networking - about 3 times - it keeps saying it wants to be reinstalled
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYbuying a new PC - IBM Aptiva - pwr sply shorted - Gateway or Dell or Generic?
Bob00:00:00Geneseo, NYApple user & FileMaker user - local Guru?
2001-11-10 - 21 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYThanks, Dave! re: XP presentation at We Do Windows | 585 Area Code - Find & Replace 716 in Palm?
David00:00:00Rochester, NYP2 Win98 Grafire 2 tablet - USB - nothing happens
John00:00:00Lima, NYZoneAlarm - 98SE
Ray00:00:00Greece, NYWin98SE Word 97 - record macros | Word Macro site?
Russ00:00:00West Brighton, NYWin98SE - HotMail - standard error page
Kener00:00:00Pittsford, NYG3 750M 9.1 system error on shutdown - goes into a loop
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYFOAF - put everything on a disk - reloaded everything - hasn't got the disk for his printer
Donald00:00:00Irondequoit, ,NYgot McAfee on Compaq Presario with ME
Ed00:00:00Rochester, NYMSI StarForce motherboard - sound - high-pitched tone comes out of speakers
John00:00:00cell phonedownloaded OE 6.0 - ZA doesn't like it | XP - laptop? - 128M
Justin00:00:00Pittsford, NYDell workstation - all-purpose scanner/copier/printer - goes offline - HP OfficeJet USB - 98SE
Doug00:00:00email"Incinerator" software suddenly appeared - how remove?
Rick00:00:00Penfield, NYApple CIDER flea market & auction Wednesday
Dennis00:00:00Perinton, NYME - replace w/ 98 - overlay or wipe out?
Glen00:00:00Penfield, NYarchive LPs to CD?
Margaret-Ann00:00:00Rochester, NYmodem - computer turned off, but still trying to connect???
David00:00:00Brighton, NYprinter - Control Panel - printer properties -
Dean00:00:00Rochester, NYboot system - produces Win98 screen - goes black - VSINIT.VXD -
Steve00:00:00Penfield, NYRoad Runner - intermittent blue screen during boot up - while browsing locks up every 15 mins - USB
Brian00:00:00Caledonia, NY15 PowerPCs - Netscape 4 - trying to reinstall - won't let you into the preferences
Pat00:00:00Penfield, NYRoad Runner troubles - once in Windows, everything slows down horribly - Win98 P3 64M
2001-11-03 - 10 callers
Jeff00:00:00Ontario, NYLinkSys router - PC Anywhere won't connect
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYBob: thanks for doing We Do Windows in October - Nov meeting, Dave will be there | ZoneAlarm
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYcomputer freezes - pinging noise inside the computer | buying new PC w/ Windows XP - how do two monitors?
Greg00:00:00Rochester, NYPnP problem - serial port & built-in modem - uninstalled driver and 2nd serial port disappeared completely - Windows NT
Uri00:00:00Rochester, NYWin2K - My Computer hangs the system
George00:00:00Fairport, NYSony laptop - two of the keyboard keys don't work (6 & -) - any repair shops that can make a quick guesstimate about it?
Bob00:00:00emailerorr loading DLLSCSINT
Dan00:00:00Pittsford, NYOE Mac - changed ISPs - switching from HotMail
Vince00:00:00Greece, NYWin95 - Compaq LTE5250 810M CD & floppy - removed some software - on boot, gets to splash screen and shuts down
Johnny00:00:00Rochester, NYWin98 - printer will not print anything except test print - Canon C5000 Multipass
2001-10-27 - 13 callers
Jack00:00:00Rochester, NYwhy kicked off 12 periodically? | free ISP?
Paul00:00:00Brighton, NYcan't play any sounds
Joe00:00:00Chili, NYWin98 to SE upgrade
Tom00:00:00Chili, NYAppleISP is a good mid-cost ISP $12.95 unlimited nationwide
Phil00:00:00Rochester, NYHD, after 5-10 mins, starts processing in the background
David00:00:00Lima, NYupgrade from 3.11 to 98SE via update disk - does not own full 98 - should I get one? | lots of Ebay - long user id name - autofill?
Randy00:00:00Rochester, NYsearch engine registry services
Ken00:00:00emailWin2K Pro - some sites hang 1/2 way through download - empty cache often - no help
Ben00:00:00Hamlin, NYchronic unreliable problem - power management setting in Control Panel - set it for the computer to hibernate | computer froze - reset - wouldn't respond at all - reboot - primary hard drive failed - reset again fixed it | CD burner - simple way to burn a
Charles00:00:00Rochester, NYHP Sam's Win98 - is that 1st or 2nd edition? Should I get SE? | Can I do XP?
Keith00:00:00Farmington, NYolder computer with ME - froze - "RUNDLL32 caused error in NEWDOTNET"
Bud00:00:00Chili, NYnew MB - Win98 SE - when turn off, hangs
Niaz00:00:00Greece, NYdig camera to Mac 9.0 - save as JPEG -> HP printer - not happy with quality of printing
2001-10-20 - 15 callers
Ken00:00:00Brighton, NYWinNT4 SP5 2 HDs small C: 2G FAT D: larger NTFS small drive has problems
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYwhy are Compaqs cheaper than other models?
Evan00:00:00Rochester, NYdialup networking launches on startup
Wayne00:00:00Rochester, NYWin98SE still on sale?
Mary Ann00:00:00Rochester, NYWord doc in Times New Roman - when print, a shadow prints - Verdana prints fine - multiple docs HPDeskjet - NO VIRUS SOFTWARE!!!
Harris00:00:00Pittsford, NYconnect PC through home Mac? Win2KPro OS9.1 - VNC
Mark00:00:00emailolder mac OSs
Terry00:00:00emailcreate textfile called temp.vbs shift-Rclick - always open w/ Notepad
Jay00:00:00Rochester, NYMac - LimeWire - some MP3s open in QuickTime, others do not
Mac00:00:00Greece, NY5.25" floppies - convert?
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NYXP Lease?
Pat00:00:00Rochester, NYat startup: Primary Master Hard Disk failed
Mark00:00:00Henrietta, NYWin98SE IE5 | hd boots okay if don't use for 2 hrs
Glen00:00:00cable3.5" floppy - startup w/ 3.5" worked! if startup without boot disk in drive, 3.5" won't work
Dave00:00:00Greece, NYWinME - lots of stuff starts running
2001-10-13 - 9 callers
Bill00:00:00Greece, NYmember for 28 years! Win98SE blank screen screensaver all white is magenta - Dell says remove video drivers
Tony00:00:00Henrietta, NYThinkPad added 256M wants RAM drive
Alan00:00:00Geneseo, NYnot a member - Iomega click of death -
Art00:00:00Brightonmember since Hector was a pup - got email on trick to foil a worm - put !000 address
Leo00:00:00Churchvillemember for 6 years - McAfee - Eudora -
Erin00:00:00emailused Mac Performa 6214CD - wants to remove Mac OS9 - needs 7.6.1 or higher
Leslie00:00:00Rochester, NYmember - Outlook Express - goes into death spiral -
David00:00:00Rochester, NYmember - old computer magazines
Ted00:00:00Victor, NYmember long time - Sun E6800 10 CPUs 16G - Mac CCL files - modem magic
2001-10-06 - 11 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYWe Do Windows - New Horizons - 2nd Thursday - 7-9 - "Sound Bytes Becomes Physical" - Bob will be there taking questions on how the show works | activate?
Art00:00:00Brighton, NYwiped quick start menu items - how get back?
Tim00:00:00Pittsford, NYEZClean - registry cleanup
Gail00:00:00Rochester, NYreload Win95 - compressed vol or something... can't reinstall Windows 95
Bernie00:00:00Brighton, NYiMac - started loading software & it shutdown in middle of install - can't reboot - works with no extensions, printers gone
multiple00:00:00emailviruses - Randy has tech pointers: "Strategic Technology Protection Program" - www.microsoft.com/security - free product support for virus-related issues -
Rome00:00:00emailDell Dimension 1000 - 1G 40G - ME - 128M - CDRW - can't reopen CDRW w/out reboot - false 2nd 3.5" floppy
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NY1st time! HP Pavilion 18 mo old W98 latest McAfee - dialup - disconnects in the middle of a session - takes several tries to reconnect - POP3 error - | about 3-4 wks ago: double-click on My Computer or WinExplorer or desktop folder - tries to open dialup
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NY4yr old PC 266 P2 98SE - messed up - hd died - new hd - freezes, dies, etc. -
Tom00:00:00Brockport, NYupgrade to IE 5.0, problems - 266 32M W95 | hd is c: d: e: - d/l filled the drive
Hal00:00:00Dansville, NYPMac 6100 OS 7.6 4.7 Navigator 2nd lightning zap on modem - new Best Data 56K - when try to access modem port, get "port in use" - removed stuff from extension manager - something is still owning it
2001-09-29 - 13 callers
Matt00:00:00Indianapolis, IN80G Maxtor HD - in sys w/ 80G - can't boot off old 80G - can only access 2G - 98SE
Susan00:00:00Henrietta, NYUSPs - how check on power reqs of devices plugged in
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NY8.6 iMac - freezes in the middle of startup - last extension is MacLink
Martha00:00:00Rochester, NYPbook OS9 locks every three times CHK error - PageMaker & Word
Tom00:00:00Fairport, NYgood offline newsgroup reader
Yev00:00:00emailNew listener! 2 PCs AMD K6 200 MHz, 533 Celeron sysresources
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NY80G Maxtor no motherboard recognizes it as 80G
Paul00:00:00Brighton, NYcan't run Millenium - updated av this week - did not do full scan - updated ME critical updates - when done, screen said "what do you want to do with this virus? Quarantine?"
Thomas00:00:00Fairport, NYOE - can't use the links in any of the mail you receive | error portion in IE screen on left - "problems with Web page"
Bill00:00:00Greece, NYCD-RW for backup
Bill00:00:00Greece, NYCD-RW for backup
Lance00:00:00Rochester, NYhow block email from certain places
Dave00:00:00Canadaigua, NYvideo production with Mac - 2G limit?
2001-09-22 - 18 callers
Lawrence00:00:00Rochester, NYadd/remove programs - phantom programs
Steve00:00:00Mt. Morris, NYnew PC - dead - can't get through ISP - updated Norton this morning - trojan virtual root virus
Paul00:00:00Brighton, NYtrojans suggestions - get rid of OE only temporary - has no address book!
Lee00:00:00Henrietta, NYsmall net - PCs, Apple, Linux - only windows boxes can't see Linux box - username has to exist on the Linux box - generate smb password from the username - smbpasswd -
Dave00:00:00Rochester, NYpre-virus problem - ThinkPad - can't get to ask.com or ericcson.com
Cal00:00:00East Rochester, NYregistry set back to original - can't find any of his new hardware
Vince00:00:00Chili, NYWin98SE freeze during start
Ty00:00:00Irondequoit, NYPaul is correct - encrypt the address text file | warning - check virus protection to make sure it's actually downloading | do we have something going on this afternoon?
Hank00:00:00Rochester, NYemail - Eudora, Pegasus, etc.
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NYCompaq 1700 - lots of software problems - IE doesn't hold default settings - Inet Properties default won't hold - sometimes Earthlink dialup connection screen is blank - WinME
Anil00:00:00Rochester, NYWin2KPro - 2nd HD - install Linux? how dual boot? currently running LILO; wants to run NTLoader
Dan00:00:00Pittsford, NYMac trapped in PC world - PC in basement having trouble logging in - LinkSys router
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYgot Nimda - had to manually remove about 4,000 files it put on your hard drive. LinkSys
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NYGateway 400MHz 96M 13G RR wife on outlook he on netscape she has had trouble with responsetime opening
Doug00:00:00Fairport, NYIE 5.5 action is cancelled - content advisor info is missing - can't get to it - needs password
Ross00:00:00Rochester, NYW2K McAfee - wouldn't launch - uninstalled & unable to execute setup
Roberto00:00:00Rochester, NYtrying to record LPs to CDs - sound very low
Richard00:00:00Brockport, NYjust annoying enough to make him curious - Mac G3 8.6 - every reboot "application " " has unexpectedly quit because error of type 1 has occurred"
2001-09-08 - 15 callers
Bruce00:00:00HenriettaWe Do Windows Sept 2nd Thurs New Horiz 13 Sept 7 PM - Micrecycle | re: News - HP & Compaq
John00:00:00Rochester, NYcan't get into Windows - old version of C:windowssystemDDEM.dll
Tony00:00:00Rochester, NYNetscape - email - mail server responded - mail box is corrupted - please enter a new password
Jack00:00:00Rochester, NYcourse catalog - Roch School District 2001/2002 - computer courses - 15 people - one place only - old computers & software
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NYwon't shut down - VSHWIN not responding
Susan00:00:00Rochester, NYDVD burners
Greybird00:00:00emailbought McAfee upgrade - uninstall old first? no. icon from first version pops up; error; twice before new version pops up - cannot uninstall old version
Paul00:00:00Brightonre: Tony! - Frontier having problem with mailboxes - not his problem
Simon00:00:00Rochester, NY2 HDs - master/slave - diff OS on each???
Alan00:00:00Rochester, NYPowerMac 7300 - stuck on smilie face - new HD, new software - won't recognize HPLJ3P printer - Atalk through modem port - after select printer "have no printer selected" or "don't have valid printer"
Dick00:00:00Rochester, NYre: dualboot - Partition Magic comes with Boot Magic! - DDEM.DLL - Warren: corrupt APPSLOG folder | Windows critical updates - SA has turned this off!
Peter00:00:00carre: Mac/printer - patch?
Bill00:00:00Fairport, NYneighbors - both on Prodigy - one laptop one desktop - takes 20 times to log on - go to Bill's house, log on immediately - go to cottage, log on immediately
Wayne00:00:00Rochester, NYunable to download from Internet - can't copy file error code 1026
John00:00:00carMS Outlook 2000 - locks up after on for two minutes
2001-09-01 - 13 callers
Ed00:00:00Ithaca, NYPresario - can't find floppy | AMD | 2nd edition?
Paul00:00:00Brighton, NYmodem lights software?
Will00:00:00Rochester, NYOE - virus
Jeremy00:00:00Rochester, NY
00:00:00Rochester, NYRR - USB
Phil00:00:00emailDell - 166/64
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYmodem
Ray00:00:00Greece, NYWord 97 templates
Dennis00:00:00Rochester, NY4G HD 3G fat 32 1G none
Harold00:00:00Rochester, NYW2K | strange behavior
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NY166 Linux | primary v extended
Kelly00:00:00Ithaca, NY
Rick00:00:00Rochester, NY
2001-08-25 - 12 callers
Paul00:00:00Irondequoit, NYbackup |
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYDuron v Celeron? | emachine?
Stephanie00:00:00Greece, NYlaptop 64M -> 128?
Betsy00:00:00Brighton, NYtemp files
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NYAN! checks | shut down
Mark00:00:00Penn Yann, NYsounds
Terrance00:00:00emailsurge protector
Steve00:00:00Mt. Morris, NYtransfer old PC to new
Jim00:00:00Pittsford, NYISDN config
Danielle00:00:00Brighton, NYHPLJ5L - sometimes won't print
Sandy00:00:00Rochester, NYHD died | evaporator/cooler?
Esther00:00:00Pittsford, NY
2001-08-18 - 11 callers
Dave00:00:00Lima, NYWindows Media radio?
Marty00:00:00Webster, NYworkstation - Turtle Beach - CDs | Monterey?
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NY
Paul00:00:00Penfield, NYdonate?
SnazBoy00:00:00emailmusic - RP jukebox
Paul00:00:00Brighton, NYabuse@
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NY
00:00:00Rochester, NYreceived new template
Tim00:00:00West Henrietta, NYCDRW
Kevin00:00:00Pittsford, NYW98 v ME
Marissa00:00:00Pittsford, NYP3 or 4?
2001-08-11 - 13 callers
Rich00:00:00Rochester, NYskipping sound
Juan00:00:00Penfield, NYWP Family Pack 3
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYmonitor died
John00:00:00Rochester, NY
Tim00:00:00emaildel *.*
Bill00:00:00emailold PCs & Macs
Bill00:00:00Farmington, NY
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYThinkPad 600E W2K -> NT AT&T VPN
Kelly00:00:00Fairport, NY486
Steve00:00:00Mt. Morris, NY
Paul00:00:00Brighton, NYhttp://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/consumer.asp
someone00:00:00somewhereyes, I completely missed it...
Mark00:00:00Webster, NYW98SE | McAfee 5.183
2001-07-28 - 11 callers
Jeff00:00:00Ontario, NYpwd - MS Net | memory
Jack00:00:00Rochester, NYstocks? | shortcut to Frontier
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYdigital camera graphics program? | RAM
Becky00:00:00Seneca Falls, NYMaclink PLus
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYWe Do Windows - MS Guy! | Mac cable connect
Cristino00:00:00emailcontent advisor
Don00:00:00Penn Yann, NYDell ME P4
Eugene00:00:00Rochester, NYanti-MS
Dan00:00:00Webster, NYvirus - 98SE P3 256M
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYPhotoShop - faster on Mac?
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NY
2001-07-14 - 12 callers
Nathaniel00:00:00Rochester, NYBASE4CAB
Frank00:00:00Brockport, NYMac
Dennis00:00:00Rochester, NYMac
Glen00:00:00East Rochester, NYUSB
Dave00:00:00Brighton, NYDell Optiplex 95 upgrd 98SE?
David00:00:00emailHPOJG55
Al00:00:00Rochester, NYweb pool
Jessica00:00:00Rochester, NYdefrag
Rich00:00:00Rochester, NYemachine - ME - | P3 450 kicked out of game
Kenny00:00:00Rochester, NY
Josh00:00:00Spencerport, NY
Michael00:00:00Rochester, NYW98 | where's soundbytes.org?
2001-07-07 - 12 callers
Paul00:00:00Brighton, NY| HDC error
Ernie00:00:00Ontario, NYmodem - 24K
Gary00:00:00Rochester, NYW95 & mem & storage PMMX 200 32M | HD
Tim00:00:00emailhome net?
Charles00:00:00emailXP
Carl00:00:00Naples, NYiMac SE OS9 Outlook | freezes
Stanford00:00:00Rochester, NY90 MHz ini & bat
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NY
Eugene00:00:00Rochester, NY
Mark00:00:00Henrietta, NYAbit K7 RAID 3x 40G
Kent00:00:00Webster, NYGateway 500 DVD quit
Rob00:00:00Webster, NYwireless gateway - 802.11b
2001-06-30 - 12 callers
Lois00:00:00Rochester, NYLinux - Mandrake - W98SE
Gary00:00:00Greece, NYPretty Park Virus
Richard00:00:00Rochester, NYZoneAlarm | McAfee
Matt00:00:00Rochester, NYftp - LLink
Eugene00:00:00Rochester, NYanti-Gates
Jack00:00:00Rochester, NY
Tim00:00:00emailMac Word <-> PC Word
Aaron00:00:00Brighton, NYME | BSA
Bud00:00:00Chili, NYdrive letters
Slade00:00:00Ithaca, NYdrivers - ATAPI
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYnew HD
Al00:00:00Fairport, NYNetMeeting
2001-06-23 - 15 callers
Bruce00:00:00Rochester, NYIE & MS - mail @ yahoo, mail @ Netscape
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NY
Brett00:00:00Rochester, NYMP3s -> Mac
Dennis00:00:00Rochester, NY
Aaron00:00:00Rochester, NYSony VAIO - Duron
Chris00:00:00Bloomfield, NYnetwork
Judy00:00:00emailadd paper indicator
Paul00:00:00Fairport, NYanswers
Liz00:00:00Rochester, NYiMac 9.0 - no print - HP 734 USB
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYW98SE 66% resources scanreg restore
Judy00:00:00Rochester, NY& the snake! - sound card
John00:00:00Rochester, NYHP 8250i burner
Don00:00:00Penfield, NYRP Jukebox
William00:00:00Henrietta, NYSVMS
Tim00:00:00Penfield, NYRR
2001-06-16 - 13 callers
Mark00:00:00Greece, NYmotherboard driver
George00:00:00Rochester, NYpower supply
Pate00:00:00Webster, NYME?
Yahone00:00:00Rochester, NYbuy 98SE now? | email problem - Frontier | Word
Hank00:00:00Henrietta, NY
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NYLinux or Mac | Linux
Roy00:00:00emailbad Zip
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYremove local calendar from Outlook
Brad00:00:00Rochester, NYPavilion
Vicky00:00:00Eastview Mallre: Yahone
Lance00:00:00Brighton, NY
Larry00:00:00Rochester, NY
Bob00:00:00Pittsford, NYSCO UNIX
2001-06-09 - 13 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYWe Do Windows
Dennis00:00:00Rochester, NYmodem
Art00:00:00Brighton, NY40G - ME
Jack00:00:00Rochester, NY
Howard00:00:00Rochester, NY
Ken00:00:00Webster, NYW98 Presario 5340 310M 40G 400 MHz
Walter00:00:00emailPower Center 132? OS 8.1
Richard00:00:00Webster, NYXR10
Dan00:00:00Penfield, NY
Anthony00:00:00Henrietta, NY
Jeffrey00:00:00Rochester, NYtip!
Harvey00:00:00Rochester, NY
Rich00:00:00Brighton, NY98SE | Adeptec CD burner
2001-05-26 - 13 callers
Mark00:00:00Brighton, NYPowerbook G3 -> OS X?
Ray00:00:00Charlotte, NY
Ted00:00:00Fairport, NY
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYPhotos | Mac
Seth00:00:00Rochester, NY
Roy00:00:00emailW98SE -> USB
Ty00:00:00Rochester, NY
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYP2 -> P3 or 4?
David00:00:00Rochester, NYEasy CD Creator
Al00:00:00Fairport, NYAdd USB to AMD K6-2 300MHz J Bond Belkin
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYphone filters | HTML -> database
Fred00:00:00Rochester, NYVHS, 8MM digital -> DVD
Roger00:00:00Rochester, NYAOL - Powerbook
2001-05-19 - 10 callers
Ed00:00:00Ithaca, NYPMac 7100 - ImageWriter | DOS
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYHTML forms | 4D database
Dan00:00:00Webster, NY2 HDs
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYRegistry | Printers
Marty00:00:00emailVPN - RR - NetGear
Scott00:00:00email - Virgin Islands!create PS on G3
Michael00:00:00cellphonewhere can I learn net marketing?
Ted00:00:00Rochester, NY40G Maxtor HD
Linc00:00:00Rochester, NYThinkPad
Fred00:00:00Victor, NYreinstall 98SE
2001-05-05 - 19 callers
Marty00:00:00Webster, NYVPN
Jack00:00:00Webster, NYold Mac
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYWe Do Windows | modem speed
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYprint PDFs? | CD won't play music
Richard00:00:00Brockport, NYaccell G3/4 in Powerbook?
Howard00:00:00Penfield, NYgraphics font | Word
Cat00:00:00emailrunescape.com
Jacques00:00:00emailEvery OS Sucks
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NY
Tony00:00:00Conesius, NYiMac DVD
Dave00:00:00Pittsford, NYupgrade
Art00:00:00Brighton, NY
Bill00:00:00emailKQED
Janine00:00:00Oakland, CABSA truce
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYiMac DV 9.0.1 AOL 5
Ben00:00:00Scottsville, NY486 Gateway
John00:00:00carW98SE
Ann00:00:00Canandaigua, NY
Hank00:00:00Rochester, NYNT/98/95
2001-04-28 - 11 callers
Harold00:00:00Rochester, NYW2KPro - legacy DOS program
Jeff00:00:00Webster, NYhow tell which mbrd? | limit 98 RAM?
Richard00:00:00Rochester, NY95 - HD working
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NYcontent advisor | belarc
Alice00:00:00Henrietta, NYMac file sharing | desktop printers | backup
Linda00:00:00emailP3 DVD connect to TV?
Chuck00:00:00Greece, NYhome network
Louis00:00:00Rochester, NYNT4 - AOL upgrade
Joen00:00:00Brighton, NYspool - Epson
Ross00:00:00Rochester, NYVOIP
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYfonts
2001-04-07 - 12 callers
David00:00:00Perry, NY2nd drive | network password
Betsy00:00:00Brighton, NYmemory - not enough!
Ralph00:00:00Rochester, NYnetwork
Howard00:00:00Rochester, NYhome network 98
Al00:00:00Rochester, NYprinter
Ted00:00:00emailSmartSuite 97 - Office
Ted00:00:00emailSmartSuite 97 - Office
Timothy00:00:00email2 laptops - Norton System Works
Ivana00:00:00Rochester, NYstandby won't go
Maria00:00:00Rochester, NYsystem resources
Neil00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYHP & Palm
Ty00:00:00Irondequoit, NY
2001-03-31 - 14 callers
Roger00:00:00Greece, NYdisk sapce | RAM upgd?
David00:00:00Brighton, NYacronyms? | key to exit Access or Excel
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYMTMCDAI.386
Marge00:00:00Victor, NYPwrbk
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYtemp files?
Randy00:00:00carMcAfee - glitchy | Run?????
Thomas the Magician00:00:00emailextensions?
Scott00:00:00Rochester, NYPMac 6500 OS9
Jim00:00:00Brighton, NYME IE autoupdate
Mike00:00:00cellphoneWintell 200 MHz MMX defrag
David00:00:00Canandaigua, NYO2K exp | comment
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYnew PC - copy programs?
Ty00:00:00Rochester, NYhe confesses! to nothing...
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYRR linksys Imac PC
2001-03-24 - 11 callers
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYP200 HPDJ | Registry errors
Roger00:00:00Greece, NYP2 2nd HD
Don00:00:00Rochester, NY15G - 10/5
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYdecompile? | 6 PC net
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NY2 laptops | 10G |
Fred00:00:00emailstop OE execute: Tools -> Inet -> Security -> Custom -> disable ALL OE -> Tools -> Option -> Security -> Restricted Sites
Lori00:00:00Rochester, NYnot rec modem
Pat00:00:00Rochester, NYALL files are links!
Liz00:00:00Rochester, NYMac 8600/250
Zak00:00:00Brighton, NYWinME
Margie00:00:00Greece, NY
2001-03-17 - 13 callers
Bernie00:00:00Brighton, NYburn CDs on a Mac
Donald00:00:00Perinton, NY
Lee00:00:00Rochester, NY98 network 4 PCs
Pete00:00:00Webster, NYupgrd Win98
Michael00:00:00Pittsford, NYW98
Steve00:00:00carWin
Peter00:00:00emailWindows Media Player | 2 players
Don00:00:00emailhow do you update?
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NYPresario - 98 - req DLL
Marge00:00:00Victor, NYMac
Brad00:00:00Penfield, NYnet | erase?
Dave00:00:00Canandaigua, NYAppleWorks |
Niaz00:00:00Rochester, NYiMac 9.0.4
2001-03-10 - 13 callers
Steve00:00:00cellphonesatellite
Essay00:00:00cellphoneIDE error | virus exe?
Chris00:00:00cellphoneW2K
Kumar00:00:00Henrietta, NYdisplay - signal missing | 2.1G upgrd 20G
Mike00:00:00cellphoneOE text only? | RR install
Dan00:00:00Rochester, NYdigital camera
Jean00:00:00emailCLarisWorks | upgrd OS?
00:00:00emailQT - can't get it to work
Bob00:00:00Pittsford, NYG3 - OS9 - 4G
Bill00:00:00Irondequoit, NYMSN SLOW!
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NY98SE content advisor | OE
Brian00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYUMAX scanner
Chuck00:00:00Rochester, NYW2K Quicken?
2001-03-03 - 13 callers
Richard00:00:00Rochester, NY
Fred00:00:00Penfield, NY
Howard00:00:00Rochester, NYEudora -> Netscape | W98 folder icon
Bernice00:00:00Rochester, NY
Vince00:00:00Penfield, NY
Danielle00:00:00email
Fred00:00:00Penfield, NYfollow-up from last week
Jim00:00:00Henrietta, NYscanning & printing
RIchard00:00:00Brighton, NYDSL vs RR
Mark00:00:00Irondequoit, NYW95 upgrd W98SE?
May Lou00:00:00Rochester, NYMac filtering software
Katherine00:00:00Spencerport, NY
Dave00:00:00Rochester, NYGoZilla
2001-02-24 - 12 callers
Eddie00:00:00Rochester, NYcan't shut down | hashxxxx
Alan00:00:00Rochester, NYbuying new PC
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NYdistributed.net
Christopher00:00:00Rochester, NY
Star00:00:00Rochester, NYPresario W98 IE 5.5
Frank00:00:00emailW98 256M
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NYPC ClarisWorks
Scott00:00:00Rochester, NYPMac 7200
Bud00:00:00Chili, NY
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYemail program
Art00:00:00Brighton, NYWeb-based AV?
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYWe Do Windows
2001-02-17 - 13 callers
Art00:00:00Brighton, NY*.PWL
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYfloppy w/ pics | Outlook layout
Eugene00:00:00Rochester, NY486 - new or upgd? |
Larry00:00:00Hamlin, NYAN!
Kurt00:00:00Brighton, NYNet2Phone - can't call out
David00:00:00Brockport, NYWord97/Off97 |
Jeff00:00:00email3:30-6 AM can't connect to ISP OCO.net
John00:00:00emailwhere dump old PCs?
Paul00:00:00Pittsford, NYRR
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NYMSWorks2K | Norton2K
Dick00:00:00Fairport, NYPbk G3 9.1 cardbus
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NYOE
Matt00:00:00Rochester, NYnew MB freezes
2001-01-27 - 11 callers
John00:00:00cellphoneW98 Norton DSL
Debbie00:00:00Williamson, NYWord
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYMcAfee
Michael00:00:00Rochester, NYW2K
Keith00:00:00carME |
Larry00:00:00Rochester, NYNT4
John00:00:00emailvacuum inside = dead
Susan00:00:00Henrietta, NYMac
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYP166 40M 25G W98-2 IE 5.5
Carl00:00:00Ithaca, NYProcessor usage - task info W2K
Ed00:00:00Rochester, NYMasterMind
2001-01-13 - 13 callers
George00:00:00Rochester, NYW98 upgrd SE?
Howie00:00:00Rochester, NYprinter won't work
Stan00:00:00Brighton, NY19" Trinitron
Jeff00:00:00Churchville, NYCompaq Presario TP3K phone w/ Palm
Rick00:00:00Greece, NYwhich Linux?
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYscandisk W98SE
Sean00:00:00Rochester, NYAptiva 98 96M Norton
Paul00:00:00emailOTR
00:00:00completely missed this one...
Richard00:00:00Brockport, NYAppleVision 1710 kittywumpus geshfinkto
Michael00:00:00Rochester, NYW2K - 2 lined ATalk 8100s - macwindows.com
Pete00:00:00Webster, NYdelete icons? | new Windows
Claire00:00:00Rochester, NY17" color monitor
2001-01-06 - 11 callers
Brenda00:00:00Brighton, NYfree ISP
Wayne00:00:00Rochester, NYGDI gone
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYoff or on? | automate?
John00:00:00Webster, NYOE
Liz00:00:00Rochester, NYMac - Virex 6.1
Bob00:00:00emailSan Bernadino, CA!!! W98 - reinstall- Maxtor 3G
Dennis00:00:00Rochester, NYinfo: BlueFrogNet.net -> free ISP!
Lea00:00:00Lima, NYiBook
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NY
Dick00:00:00Rochester, NYCD-R | Backup Exec or Retrospect?
Jack00:00:00Rochester, NY95 upgrd ME
2000-12-30 - 15 callers
Wayne00:00:00cellphoneW98 P2 64M | defrag
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NYupgrd to ME? | AtEase - Mac - PC?
Mice00:00:00Rochester, NYOS?
Alonzo00:00:00Rochester, NYiBook - virt PC 98 - Red Alert II (again)
Dave00:00:00Rochester, NYP3 98
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYupgrd 95 to 98 - scanner
Bob00:00:00emailDell PD writer
Rick00:00:00email2nd PC - RR
Jim00:00:00Irondequoit, NYIE5 - favs | ME?
Bruce00:00:00Rochester, NYsystem resources
Steven00:00:00Geneva, NY98SE schedule of critical updates?
Nick00:00:00Rochester, NYW98SE
Mark00:00:00Pittsford, NYWord - 266 MHz - 95
John00:00:00Victor, NYWeb WinRoute Pro
Debbie00:00:00Fairport, NYprocessor update
2000-12-22 - 15 callers
Ron00:00:00Hilton, NY98SE
Warren00:00:00Penfield, NY
Diane00:00:00Brighton, NYgive away old Mac
Bill00:00:00Greece, NY98SE screensaver & sleep
John00:00:00Rochester, NYCDRW
Elliott00:00:00Rochester, NY
Judy00:00:00Spencerport, NYVSHWIN32 WEBSCANX AVCONSOLE
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NYCompaq Armada W95 SV99405 | Linux on laptop?
Chris00:00:00Brighton, NYtoo slow! | cheap PCs
Tom00:00:00Fairport, NYargonath.utah.edu -> CBS OTR | Quicken won't operate
Paul00:00:00Rochester, NYW95 upgrd to Red Hat 7 - dual boot - no sound in W95
Art00:00:00Brighton, NYcan't defrag C:
Tom00:00:00Lima, NYPalm - Novell - share calendar
Michael00:00:00Ithaca, NYGateway 366 64M
Alonzo00:00:00Rochester, NYVPC Red Alert II
2000-12-16 - 16 callers
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYCeleron
00:00:00Rochester, NYUSB
Keith00:00:00Farmington, NYnew HD?
Will00:00:00Charlotte, NYFMD video disk
David00:00:00Brockport, NY486DX2 32M | MCSE
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NYWINIPCFG
Guy00:00:00Rochester, NYvirtual cache, virtual memory?
Dave00:00:00emailRR mail on the road
Fred00:00:00emailnetzip
Sam00:00:00Irondequoit, NYprinter - HPLJ4
Diane00:00:00Penfield, NYold to new PC?
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NYQuicken Deluxe 2001 -> Pocket Quicken
Steve00:00:00Greece, NY40G Maxtor PII266
Jackie00:00:00Rochester, NYGhost
Angelo00:00:00Webster, NY
Mark00:00:00cellphoneAdobe Photo Deluxe
2000-12-09 - 14 callers
Simon00:00:00Rochester, NYPPP - W95
Debbie00:00:00Webster, NYpics in Word
Jack00:00:00Rochester, NYelection ?
Bob00:00:00Pittsford, NYasterisk bug
Sam00:00:00Irondequoit, NYWin98SE - MSINFO/System Info does not work
Brian00:00:00Pittsford, NYCD-ROM not ready
Gary00:00:00emailNorton Rescue Disk
Rob00:00:00emailMac lobotomy
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYWe Do Windows - 7-9PM - New Horizons
Rick00:00:00Greece, NY
Ed00:00:00Fairport, NYMac - charity? | .xls
Richard00:00:00Penfield, NYW98 - email attachment
Mark00:00:00cellphoneAT&T IE5 reboot
Niaz00:00:00Rochester, NYdigital camera - firewire - serial - webcam - USB
2000-11-18 - 13 callers
Elliott00:00:00Rochester, NYRR & Linux - away mail?
Eugene00:00:00Rochester, NYRA
Dwight00:00:00Rochester, NYPC office desktop & laptop
00:00:00Rochester, NYWord - embedded chart
Keith00:00:00carupgrade to ME | 32M
Walter00:00:00emailPPC 132 OS 8.1
Don00:00:00Brockport, NYdefrag
Dan00:00:00Pittsford, NYdialpad | NT - LANMAN - copy of server source
Ray00:00:00Chili, NYaddr | Duron
Howard00:00:00Pittsford, NYLinux
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYExpress
Will00:00:00Charlotte, NYWindows ME
Rick00:00:00Rochester, NYWinME - trash | Ghost
2000-11-11 - 14 callers
Donald00:00:00Perinton, NYAptiva W98SE 128M 8G
Carol00:00:00Rochester, NYfree Internet?
Mark00:00:00Brighton, NYre: vote
George00:00:00Spencerport, NYburning CDs
00:00:00Rochester, NYcomment re: Carol freelance.com
Dave00:00:00Lima, NYdisable memcheck @ boot
Mark00:00:00emailre: DSL - likes it
Mike00:00:00emailblock banner ads
Al00:00:00Rochester, NYbig icons
Brian00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYQuantex
Bob00:00:00Penfield, NYJuno
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYCD-RW
Kristi00:00:00carno auto start (heh) -> some CDs
Gary00:00:00Rochester, NYnetwork
2000-11-04 - 12 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYWe Do Windows | dual boot 98/NT | virus
Arnold00:00:00Brighton, NYPersario - virus in IOmega file
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYsame guy from market...
Howard00:00:00Rochester, NYW98SE IE 5.5 MSIMN IEXPLORE
Lisa00:00:00Rochester, NYfolder open
Rob00:00:00emailMac - clean Sys folder? | coffee????
Jim00:00:00Irondequoit, NYFindFast | cold boot
Joe00:00:00Rochester, NYME heap
Scott00:00:00Rochester, NYre: Lisa's call
Alice00:00:00Henrietta, NYre: Lisa
Michael00:00:00Rochester, NYW98 v 95 | Mac 8100 80M
Bob00:00:00Brockport, NYvirus - RR - McAfee
2000-10-28 - 14 callers
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NYMac
Richard00:00:00Rochester, NYP2 350 2HDs
John00:00:00Rochester, NYGateway 2K W31! CD
Pat00:00:00Irondequoit, NYFrontPage Express
Everett00:00:00Rochester, NYwhen do you carry Garrison Keillor
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYiMac
Will00:00:00Charlotte, NYW2K
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NY|
Mark00:00:00emailW98 - DMI Pool | Erin
Eugene00:00:00Rochester, NYW95 - same call from last night
Bill00:00:00Irondequoit, NY
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYPresario - W98SE - RAMdisk?
Alan00:00:00Rochester, NYfreezes often
Art00:00:00Brighton, NYCue Cat
2000-10-21 - 17 callers
Dave00:00:00Rochester, NYIPX/SPX
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NY|
Ron00:00:00Brighton, NY
Jackie00:00:00Rochester, NYAIM on RR won't connect - not fully qualified domain name? - AN!!!
Will00:00:00Rochester, NY
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NY|
Mabel00:00:00Pittsford, NYMac
Tom00:00:00Lima, NY
Art00:00:00Penfield, NY|
Ray00:00:00Greece, NY
Matthew00:00:00Rochester, NY
Bruce00:00:00Irondequoit, NY
Steve00:00:00Rochester, NY
Bert00:00:00Palmyra, NY
Rose00:00:00Fairport, NY
Jeanette00:00:00Rochester, NY
Wayne00:00:00car|
2000-10-14 - 11 callers
Tim00:00:00Pittsford, NYReal Player
Danielle00:00:00Brighton, NY
Ken00:00:00Rochester, NYmultiproc W2K?
Jack00:00:00Rochester, NY
Richard00:00:00Rochester, NYIE4 W98 128M 20G 350 MHz
Gary00:00:00emailNetscape Profile Mgr
Gary00:00:00Perry, NYaudio recording
Frank00:00:00Irondequoit, NYGold Wave!
Jeff00:00:00Rochester, NYiMac - member!
Phil00:00:00from his truckmember! 98 K6-2-350 slow
David00:00:00Rochester, NYmember - 2 Macs & PC - LAN?
2000-10-07 - 11 callers
Bruce00:00:00Henrietta, NYre: We Do Windows
Scott00:00:00Rochester, NYpix on Web?
Roy00:00:00Pittsford, NYmodems?
Doug00:00:00Henrietta, NYOE | RR
Jamma00:00:00Geneva, NYGateway 133 MHz 95
Jackie00:00:00email
Frank00:00:00Rochester, NYCDRW | HP 9000
Jay00:00:00Brighton, NYRR vs. LL?
Eugene00:00:00Rochester, NYscaling pics v slow
Bud00:00:00Chili, NYRR
Ted00:00:00Airport!56K v90
2000-09-30 - 13 callers
John00:00:00Henrietta, NYVirex Mac
Erin00:00:00Brighton, NYdiff domains - email
Rick00:00:00Rochester, NYMP3s CDRWIN
Peter00:00:00Rochester, NYMSWord G3 & iBook
Bob00:00:00Henrietta, NYOE - Mac
Tom00:00:00emailNetscape
Ted00:00:00Rochester, NYCDROM Paperport W98 AMD
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYjava error | both CE & Netscape
Nikki00:00:00Rochester, NYhow power down in freeze?
Lee00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYhow get rid of login | dial-up
Ken00:00:00Brighton, NYMonroe Middle School - Mac donation 232-1530
Elise00:00:00Alfred, NYPaperport scanner - SCSI - Mac
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NYwake on modem - Aptiva
2000-09-23 - 11 callers
00:00:00Rochester, NYhas a reading problem - program to read for you?
00:00:00Rochester, NYsearch for people
Joel00:00:00Pittsford, NYnew computer - network prob
Andy00:00:00Rochester, NYHP 9100 burner CD Creator 4.5
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NY20G HD | BIOS - FD failure
Mark00:00:00emailSB site | 98 SE 256M 500 MHz blue screen OE
Brian00:00:00Rochester, NYBSoD VDXMSSCAN
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NYME! - problems - wiped
Jim00:00:00Brighton, NYIE 5.5 & AOL 5
Dan00:00:00cellphonere: Andy
Mark00:00:00Brighton, NYext SCSI
2000-09-16 - 12 callers
Tim00:00:00Pittsford, NY486 - W95A - Off97
Mike00:00:00Rochester, NY600E ThinkPad 266 128M W95
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYPentium v Celeron? Athlon? | PrintShop
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYthinks we're Ed Cornwell...
Linda00:00:00Rochester, NYDell P3 - W98SE
Dave00:00:00Perry, NYW95A - ERD & Ntbk
00:00:00emailNet privacy?
John00:00:00Webster, NYnetiquette | photos
Joel00:00:00Pittsford, NYIRQs
Bob00:00:00Rochester, NYMac G3
Eugene00:00:00Rochester, NYW95 uprgd W98? 233 56K | CD | we should be on 2 hours!
Irv00:00:00Brighton, NY56K modem - Presario - W95A
2000-09-09 - 13 callers
Chris00:00:00Rochester, NYMac takes hours to boot
Dennis00:00:00Rochester, NYcorrupted DOS files | extract
Chet00:00:00Webster, NYGoHip
Wayne00:00:00Perry, NYEMM386 | SB MP3s
Barb00:00:00Henrietta, NYAmerica.exe
Sherry00:00:00emailReal Audio
Art00:00:00Brighton, NYclipboard | delete shared files
Nate00:00:00Penfield, NYDSL
Bill00:00:00Fairport, NYPowerMac 6200 - when upgrd?
Jim00:00:00Rochester, NY386 W3.1
Mark00:00:00Rochester, NYMicron laptop - virus - Norton
Jackie00:00:00Rochester, NYW95
Al00:00:00Rochester, NY
2000-08-02 - 10 callers
Ed00:00:00Ithaca, NYinclude area code on Web site! | Pwer Mac 7800 HP laser printer
Steve00:00:00Henrietta, NYuninstaller?
Mike00:00:00Irondequoit, NYDSK - 200K - 400K
Joan00:00:00Pittsford, NYMac -> RR wants PC -> RR | Mac freezes
Tom00:00:00Rochester, NYcable - W98 - color
Phil00:00:00Rochester, NYemail: W95, Netscape
Bob00:00:00Honeoye Falls, NYRR speed
Phil00:00:00Victor, NYrebuilt W95 - doesn't see modem
Bruce00:00:00Rochester, NYre: Joan
PJ00:00:00Penfield, NYRR | P3 - 733
2000-07-19 - 12 callers
Bernie00:00:00Pittsford, NYMac
Peter00:00:00Rochester, NYEudora Lite | 2nd HD
Bill00:00:00Rochester, NYWhat's a firewall?
Mark00:00:00East Rochester, NYMac - G3 Pbk | Mac -> Linux
Mike & Cathy00:00:00Rochester, NYHP 6300 scanner
Bob00:00:00Greece, NYW2K
Stef00:00:00Lima, NYans for Bernie!
Steve00:00:00Fairport, NYMP3
Ken00:00:00Irondequoit, NYext Seagate 2G SCSI | ans to Mark!
Dave00:00:00Webster, NYNetMeeting
Ron00:00:00Rochester, NYdriver memory error
Deb00:00:00Rochester, NYCD-ROM


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