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moonchild1au @moonchild1au (6237) • Australia 25 Sep 09

Ok, my computer has been great since I had it reformatted & am now running a good anti virus. Anyhoo, since last night, for some reason, my computer automatically goes to a black screen if it's not being used & then goes to...

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rdadey If you go to the Control Panel and select Power Options you should be able to correct your problems. It seems that your computer has some selections made that will shut down your computer a little too fast after a couple of minutes of inactivity. It is amazing...

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moonchild1au @moonchild1au (6237) • Australia 25 Sep 09

Ok, my computer has been great since I had it reformatted & am now running a good anti virus. Anyhoo, since last night, for some reason, my computer automatically goes to a black screen if it's not being used & then goes to...

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lilaclady Check all the boxes to see what options have been ticked..maybe you now have it set to switch off so to speak after so long...

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moonchild1au @moonchild1au (6237) • Australia 25 Sep 09

Ok, my computer has been great since I had it reformatted & am now running a good anti virus. Anyhoo, since last night, for some reason, my computer automatically goes to a black screen if it's not being used & then goes to...

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kurtaxl check the power management of your laptop, I think you misconfig it.

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moonchild1au @moonchild1au (6237) • Australia 25 Sep 09

Ok, my computer has been great since I had it reformatted & am now running a good anti virus. Anyhoo, since last night, for some reason, my computer automatically goes to a black screen if it's not being used & then goes to...

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moonchild1au I have checked there & everything seems normal

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moonchild1au @moonchild1au (6237) • Australia 25 Sep 09

Ok, my computer has been great since I had it reformatted & am now running a good anti virus. Anyhoo, since last night, for some reason, my computer automatically goes to a black screen if it's not being used & then goes to...

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moonchild1au I tried that but everything looks normal - would it make a difference that coz my computer is an Acer that it takes me to the acer power management?

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moonchild1au @moonchild1au (6237) • Australia 25 Sep 09

Ok, my computer has been great since I had it reformatted & am now running a good anti virus. Anyhoo, since last night, for some reason, my computer automatically goes to a black screen if it's not being used & then goes to...

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kylanie @kylanie (1205) • United States 24 Sep 09

I was wondering if you limit the sites that you visit on youre computer and also when you do can you make sure that the site is safe. I am not really smart when it comes to computers I just know how to do a few things and was...

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pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 24 Sep 09

One of the browsers I use is of course Firefox and haven't had any problems with it....but then I still have the older 2.0 version. I would love and wouldn't mind upgrading to the newer version, but every once in awhile I notice...

firefox

internet

upgrading browsers

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scarlet_woman i have a friend that actually swears by a browser called "thunderbird" instead of firefox.says it has way less problems. chips and milk..mmmmmmmmm especially fresh chip cookies. oreo-nope,because if the black furry beggar sees the oreo,he'll want some. no...

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pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 24 Sep 09

One of the browsers I use is of course Firefox and haven't had any problems with it....but then I still have the older 2.0 version. I would love and wouldn't mind upgrading to the newer version, but every once in awhile I notice...

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pyewacket You see I have a Mac computer and still have the older Tiger version software...so I'm wondering if the newer version of Firefox would be compatible...I just posted a question about this on the Mac forum...so I'll see what they have to say

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gloamglozer @gloamglozer (1289) • Australia 24 Sep 09

For those out there who collect pictures and whatnot from the internet. Do you organise them into folders? I used to but it's cluttered for me right now. I have this addon in firefox that lets me save a picture to a certain folder...

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pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 24 Sep 09

One of the browsers I use is of course Firefox and haven't had any problems with it....but then I still have the older 2.0 version. I would love and wouldn't mind upgrading to the newer version, but every once in awhile I notice...

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pyewacket LOL--thanks for that Forum...like duh, didn't even realize they had one...I saw one poster wanting to RE-install version 2.0 as he liked it better but now can't and Firefox just redirects him to install the newer version---yeah, from all the crap you're...

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pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 24 Sep 09

One of the browsers I use is of course Firefox and haven't had any problems with it....but then I still have the older 2.0 version. I would love and wouldn't mind upgrading to the newer version, but every once in awhile I notice...

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sconibear UPDATE: I now see from the post above me that you're on a MAC so I don't know if you would experience the same things I'm experiencing on my PC running Windows XP Pro.

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pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 24 Sep 09

One of the browsers I use is of course Firefox and haven't had any problems with it....but then I still have the older 2.0 version. I would love and wouldn't mind upgrading to the newer version, but every once in awhile I notice...

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sconibear Honestly??? I would stick with the older version and hope they get it together with the NEXT up grade, I have the latest upgrade and it's OK but quite buggy. Problems: If I have multiple tabs open.......which I ALWAYS have multiple...

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pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 24 Sep 09

One of the browsers I use is of course Firefox and haven't had any problems with it....but then I still have the older 2.0 version. I would love and wouldn't mind upgrading to the newer version, but every once in awhile I notice...

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worldwise1 As a long time Firefox user, pyewacket, I would be misrepresenting the facts if I told you that the newer versions of Firefox don't always play well with others. On the plus side the newer versions are somewhat faster loading and they have made a few other...

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bryan21764 @bryan21764 (277) • United States 24 Sep 09

I am so glad that it is going to be here soon. I was wondering if anyone has anything bad to say about Windows 7??? I ask because I have not heard of anything and that is almost scary. Please be as detailed in problems with...

windows 7

windows issues

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Tantrums I've tried the beta before I reformatted my PC. I don't it's fair to say that Windows 7 is simply a more polished version of Vista - even with the best of intentions. I would say that Windows 7 is closer to an evolution of Vista's platform rather than just a...

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leahsmom @leahsmom (337) • United States 24 Sep 09

Is is possible that limewire is slowing my computer down? every time it's on the computer everything runs super slow.

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1anurag1 @1anurag1 (3576) • India 24 Sep 09

I had a discussion with my friends once but could not get the right answer. if you know tell me that how many operating system can be installed on a single PC.

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worldwise1 @worldwise1 (14885) • United States 24 Sep 09

I just finished a couple of days working on my daughter's laptop computer. Now, I am no expert in computers, but I did manage to make it a good deal better. The main problem was that most of the free space was used on the hard...

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youless @youless (112481) • Guangzhou, China 23 Sep 09

I read an article about the technology of the face identification. This software can be widely used in the security field. For example, you can use it for your door. When your door recognize it's you, then it will open the door...

face identification

software

technology

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youless Yes, I also saw there is a software for this. But it is used for the computer with webcam. I look forward to such a software that used for my cellphone

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