Backup Solutions And File Sizes by Mark on February 5, 2008
Q: I am purchasing an external hard drive to backup my business records, music, and pictures. I am not sure exactly how much 250gb or 500gb will hold. About how much will 250gb hold? Is this usually enough for the common person or should I go for the 500gb?
A: In terms of actual capacity your [...]
Java Has Too Many Virtual Machines Running by Angela on February 4, 2008
Q: I keep getting an error when trying to open an Applet in yahoo games. It is a Java error which says that there are too many virtual machines running. Do you have any idea how to fix this!
A: The instructions below should help solve your problem.
1. Open Internet Explorer
2. Select [...]
Windows XP System Restore by Angela on February 4, 2008
Q: How do you get back the old data that was one your computer before it changed? Because I had to restart my computer because my web froze up and on the screen it said, “Press F11 to start System Recovery.” I pressed it and when I got back online, everything went back to the [...]
Laptop Will Not Shut Down Or Restart by Jay on February 4, 2008
Q: I have a gateway mx6958 laptop that I cannot restart or turn off. I can get to the “Turn Off Computer” screen but nothing happens. I have to unplug the laptop and pull the battery out to shut it off. Any idea what I can do to get it so that I can once [...]
Preventing Boot Camp Disk From Mounting by Jay on February 1, 2008
Q: I am using Mac OS X Leopard and I would like to know if it is possible to prevent my boot camp disk from being mounted on startup?
A: The problem you are confronted with is generally attributed to the functioning of boot camp in dual mode. As boot camp provides you the option of [...]
Bypass Password On Windows XP Login by Angela on February 1, 2008
Q: I am running Windows XP and I am wondering how I can remove the login screen. Back when I had Windows 98 I would just boot up my computer and I would be logged into it, there was no need to pick a user and a password. Is it possible to change the settings [...]