Sound advice

December 15, 2011
Sound advice

System: Compaq Presario SR1000, Windows XP Home Q: I can’t get any sound out of my computer. The following message comes up when trying to play music, “Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There might not [...]

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Tars, torrents and tunes

December 5, 2011
Tars, torrents and tunes

Q: I have three questions, firstly I have just downloaded a file entitled: perldoc.tar.gz and would like to know if 7-Zip can open this file. I know Windows 7 64-bit cannot. Second I have friend who downloads books in ePub format and needs uTorrent as well could [...]

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Missing tabs

November 30, 2011
Missing tabs

Q: I have a problem in that the Task Manager only comes up with all the programs that are running and not the other options menus. I suspect that the correction, is probably a registry fix but I don’t know where to look. Any help would [...]

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Always installing

November 25, 2011
Always installing

Q: My partner is running Vista and Home and Student. Every time she starts the laptop, Home and Student insists on configuring and installing the program from scratch. If you cancel the installation, other programs won’t work.  Please help as I’m sure this isn’t right. [...]

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Mon Ami

November 21, 2011
Mon Ami

Q: I have all my past word processor correspondence on CDs  – much originating from 5.25 inch floppies – I have important documents relating to wills, house purchases, etc, many written with WordPerfect and AmiPro, and not all can be found in hard copy. Whilst I can open [...]

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Not registered

November 16, 2011
Not registered

Q: Does Linux have a registry like Windows 7 or is it solely the kernel that one deals with? The reason why I’m asking is that when we install a program in Windows it writes it to the registry and when it is uninstalled sometimes the [...]

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Web pages not loading

November 8, 2011
Web pages not loading

Q: I moved my computer from the floor to an elevated position on the desk. The move necessitated removing and reinstalling all of the connections. When I next attempted to go online, I could not load any pages. I am hooked up through a Linksys router and [...]

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Missing file

November 3, 2011
Missing file

Q: When I boot up a flag comes up saying I am missing a Sis_Lib.dll file. In top left-hand corner it says SiSUSBrg.exe. I have tried updating all of my drivers but still no solution. It also says if I reinstall program it might cure [...]

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Spam, spam, spam

October 28, 2011
Spam, spam, spam

Q: I am constantly receiving junk email from senders that are advertising online pharmaceutical products and sex enhancements. These are appearing in my Junk Mail folder. I am forever blocking their email addresses, but they repeatedly send me messages daily. I have set up filters on my [...]

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Short-term Outlook

October 26, 2011
Short-term Outlook

Q: I’m using Outlook for my emails and everything has been plain sailing, but just recently while reading a lengthy email Outlook disappeared and I was left looking at my desktop. I opened Outlook again and all was OK. Now it seems as if I [...]

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