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haoli1118 @haoli1118 (121) • China 30 Mar 09

Most of the notebook battery could last almost 2 years. I want to lengthen its usage life, could you pls give some suggestion to maintain the battery?

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mandysdad One of the easist ways is to use the power cord as much as you can. I have also heard that if you remove the battery when using the cord it might last longer since it is not charging when it does not need to.

30 Mar 09

jimmy87 @jimmy87 (475) • India 29 Mar 09

Forrest Gump is a very heart touching film... How many times did you cry while seeing FORREST GUMP?

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mandysdad I didn't, but it is still one of my favorite movies. I also think it was one of Tom Hanks best. The funny thing is I remember most of what he is said to have been involved in. IE:The Smiley Face shirt.

29 Mar 09

mandysdad @mandysdad (25) • United States 24 Mar 09

How long have you been using a computer? I have been using a computer since the DOS days,before computers had a hard drive and 64k of memory was considered a lot of memory. Not to try to date myself, but it has been a long time.

computers

general

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mandysdad Yeah, Vista is the ME of today. (Me was the operating system before XP that was a flop for Microsoft.)

29 Mar 09

Pitstop @pitstop (13723) • Australia 28 Mar 09

I've just been leaving my laptop on my desk after shutting it down every night and its already got a layer of dust on it. Is this harmful? Should I put it back in the bad every night? What is the best option?

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mandysdad If you will not be using it for a while,I would say put it in the bag. The dust will not hurt it. Do you cover your tv when you are done watching it? As long as it is not a sandy type of dust like we have here in Fl it should be fine to leave it out.

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deepika201 @deepika201 (268) • India 29 Mar 09

I am planning to buy a computer.For me there is no need to carry it.But i feel having a laptop is stylish.But i have to pay more for a laptop.I am confused.What to do? Please help

laptop or desktop

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mandysdad It all depends on what you want to use it for. On the one hand a laptop is nice because you can surf the internet while watching tv. On the other hand desktops are nice because you can upgrade them much easier. So you need to decide what you want to do with...

29 Mar 09

mhayfie @mhayfie (241) • Philippines 24 Mar 09

what is the real essense of having a computer for you? is having one of it is just for the fulfillment of a leisure or eaning money... or there is more to it than those...and what are those does it gives real satisfaction...

hobby

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mandysdad My 'puter' is all of the above for me. I use it to download things, keep in touch with family and friends as well as earn $ on sites like this. I don't know how I could function without it. It went down a little while ago, and I just felt lost.

24 Mar 09

mandysdad @mandysdad (25) • United States 24 Mar 09

How long have you been using a computer? I have been using a computer since the DOS days,before computers had a hard drive and 64k of memory was considered a lot of memory. Not to try to date myself, but it has been a long time.

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mandysdad It is hard to imagine life without a computer now. What did our grandparents do for fun?

24 Mar 09

mandysdad @mandysdad (25) • United States 24 Mar 09

How long have you been using a computer? I have been using a computer since the DOS days,before computers had a hard drive and 64k of memory was considered a lot of memory. Not to try to date myself, but it has been a long time.

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mandysdad I remember seeing those punch cards. I also remember the removable drives that the had at the college I was attending. The disk platter was the size of a 33 record. Remember those?

24 Mar 09

LadyMarissa @LadyMarissa (12148) • United States 24 Mar 09

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/24/conficker.computer.worm/index.html?eref=ib_topstories The latest known computer threat is the Conflicker C worm. It is set to go off on April 1, 2009...April Fools Day in the US. At this...

april fools worm

conflicker c worm

safe or sorry

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mandysdad I am not really worried. I have an antivirus installed and as of yet I have never gotton any type of virus. I am sure it will hit some people,but I am not going to be one of them. I will most likley use my puter on that day.

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tea512 @tea512 (687) • United States 23 Mar 09

my laptop has two slots for memory, i want to upgrade i will remove both 512. Should i buy 1 two gig or 2 one gig, and does it even matter? i do not thin ki will upgrade anymore as the laptop will be replaced so there is no need...

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mandysdad Right, it does depend on what your computer mainboard is able to handle. Most of the new ones can go up to at least 4 gb of ram. So buying 2 gb sticks might top it out. It also depends on the Operating system. I believe XP will not be able to use all 4gb.

24 Mar 09

mandysdad @mandysdad (25) • United States 24 Mar 09

How long have you been using a computer? I have been using a computer since the DOS days,before computers had a hard drive and 64k of memory was considered a lot of memory. Not to try to date myself, but it has been a long time.

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fahmibuster @fahmibuster (9) • Indonesia 24 Mar 09

i think cat is cute animal, are you think same with me?.., now, if you have a cat or more how often your cat is sick?, would you like to bath him everyday?, my cat is sick please help me..

your cat

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mandysdad I have a cat. She will be 12 at the end of april. I guess I have been lucky, I have never had to take her to the vet due to an illness. She has had some problems, but the are cleared up by the next day. The Vet's don't understand, of course the want to make $...

24 Mar 09

mandysdad @mandysdad (25) • United States 21 Mar 09

It seems to me that the last year or so Hollywood has resorted to remaking old movies. Some of which or better then the first, but some I wonder why they even bother. In the last few months there have been remakes of Friday the...

horror

movies

remakes

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mandysdad It also seems like they are taking ideas from movies from other countries. Japan is a good example.

24 Mar 09

apples99 @apples99 (6556) • United States 23 Mar 09

I taught myself most of what know about computers, and of course, theres still a lot I dont know but I think Iv learned a lot considering that I really didnt have a teacher though once and a while I still get a little...

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mandysdad I taught myself about computers. Of course I did read books on the operation systems to get a better understanding of how to get around in them. The hardware stuff I mostly learned through trial and error. I even use my training to help repair other peoples...

24 Mar 09

mandysdad @mandysdad (25) • United States 21 Mar 09

Which one do you think is better? It does not matter which on has the best graphics or speed. I am just interested in overall.

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riyasam @riyasam (16556) • India 21 Mar 09

about a month back,while mylotting/surfing the web,i got a blue screen of death.then days later my computer conked out.i had to call my system adminsterrr and he did the formatting.does anybody here know what is blue screen of...

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mandysdad Sometimes, but most of the time it is a problem with a program that causes the computer to freeze up. It is mostly on windows computers not to sure about apple. If you have never seen one that means that your computer has not had and major conflicts.

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marketing07 @marketing07 (6266) • South Korea 21 Mar 09

i do used sypyware to scan my computer for virus ..i do used yahoo anti spyware programs..how about you how often to you scan your computer with anti spyware? what kind of sypware do you used?

anti spyware

virus

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mandysdad I have AVG all in one. It has a firewall and a antivirus and spyware. I scan a least once a week. Most of the time it catches anything before it has a chance to install anything.

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riyasam @riyasam (16556) • India 21 Mar 09

about a month back,while mylotting/surfing the web,i got a blue screen of death.then days later my computer conked out.i had to call my system adminsterrr and he did the formatting.does anybody here know what is blue screen of...

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mandysdad As I said sometimes computers just do that. With the thousands of lines of code running there are times when things can go bad. It is often said it is best to reformat and reload everything once a year, I am not so sure. As long as you know the programs you...

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riyasam @riyasam (16556) • India 21 Mar 09

about a month back,while mylotting/surfing the web,i got a blue screen of death.then days later my computer conked out.i had to call my system adminsterrr and he did the formatting.does anybody here know what is blue screen of...

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mandysdad Sometimes there make be a program that can cause the BSOD(Blue screen of death.) This is one of the problems with computers. If a piece of code causes a problem the computer will crash or lock up or show the BSOD. It is also possible that spyware or a virus...

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