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    Do I really need a USB Drive AND SD Card to back up my new laptop and smartphone?

    If your smart phone has a PC companion program, you back you phone contact up to you PC the back up all to an external hard drive. That 32GB has to hold music and pictures. I have 3 back up's running for tax purposes. Using a micro chip you need a USB adapter to be able to read it. Your PC is...
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    Any Experience with Nero 11 Platinium burning Blue Ray?

    Before I outlay any money has any one have experience using Nero 11 Platinum, I have a Samsung Blue Ray burner and the Cyber Link software it comes with doesn't support the full facilities of the hardware purchased. So I am looking at purchasing the Nero11 Platinum software, they claim their...
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    Doe a computer DVD drive normally scratch DVDs?

    Like any thing dust affects a loft of things, suggest you buy a cleaning disc, and clean your optical drive
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    Why won't Windows XP recognize my Motorola W755?

    uninstall and reinstall, or try a power refresh, unplug for 30 secs or more and plug back in and let it cycle up to the mode it was in, see if tht works, do same in you have a router, but wait till one has cycled up berfoe doing the next. Any upgrades since thise started happrning, programs...
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    Still curious about laptops under $600.- Gizmo didn't review these models. Please

    A good price, probably last years models, that still can be upgraded to 7? DVD play generally means dual layer, either cd/dvd as blue ray drives do all 3 media. lenovo not a great fan of, only popular since last olympics as a sponsor? Would go for Asus, Toshiba or Acer
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    Still curious about laptops under $600.- Gizmo didn't review these models.

    A good price, probably last years models, that still can be upgraded to 7? DVD play generally means dual layer, either cd/dvd as blue ray drives do all 3 media. lenovo not a great fan of, only popular since last olympics as a sponsor? Would go for Asus, Toshiba or Acer
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    Is downloading a movie using a torrent illegal? Can it be harmful even after...

    well if you think limewire and downloading songs is illegal so is movies?
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    What do cable internet boosters look like? Because telus is setting one up in my

    the internet boosters ar more than likely a repeater, re-generator or amplifiers, when you get to far away from telephone exchange your voltage drops. In Aus exchange telephone line is 50 volts DC, simple ohms laws. ADSL only works in a 7km radius of exchange, so what they do is put...
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    Trouble With INTERNET EXPLORER 8?? ( all please read )?

    ty leave Vista alone too
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    Slow internet with Comcast!?

    look at you ISP contract, some ISP's will slow your internet if you have exceeded your download limit for the month? Or you need to do some house keeping: 5 Common problems that slow a PC down 1. A Cluttered Registry 2. Too Many Start-Up Programs 3. Full Hard Drive 4. Not Enough Memory 5...
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    why does my internet exploring just cut out after a while?

    you are haveing a conflict with browsers, if you haven't dedicated a default browser? you can have as many browsers as you like but dedicate one as a default. Wait for Win 7 or Vista2, they may get it right this time?
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    I need somebody help me, Which one LCD monitor I going to buy ? ASUS ?...

    Samsung are good for TVs, monitors etc Asus make good motherboards and computers, so go with Samsung, just remember the thinner they are the hotter they get so don't crowd them in. If your pushed for space a cooling fan at back of monitor, sorry haven't heard of HANNS-G. I live in Aus and LG is...
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    why wouldn't internet explorer print my coupon?

    IE is a browser, it has a print button, which could be disabled, have you ever set up IE to print, under file? Did you try alt + R alternative keyboard short cut?
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    why wouldn't internet explorer print my coupon?

    IE is a browser, it has a print button, which could be disabled, have you ever set up IE to print, under file? Did you try alt + R alternative keyboard short cut?
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    where can i download Motorola Broadband Router WR850G software?

    not even on the motorola website?
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    Would uninstalling Internet Explorer 7, then downgrading to Internet...

    IE6 is an older browser and you are going to want to run the same version of Java? No guarantees it is going to work, you may be better off going to Firefox (I can't believe i just said that). Going back in time doesn't always solve problems, in fact it may create more?
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    What is this "internet" the speak of?

    gosh if you don't know I am not going to write a 30 page novel in explaining it, buy a "book for dummy's" or do a course at tech/ tafe whatever.
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    hi i was wondering if there was any way i could hook up my stereo surround sound...

    yes you can, Nero 7 essential or better will run surround sound, or the lastest ASUS motherboards with onboard sound cards.
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    How do you put a password on a wireless internet router?

    try 192.168.0.1? make sure you encrypt as well WPA is lastest standard with 128 bit encryption in lieu of 64 bit, you can download firmware upgrade from router manufacturer for free, or at least I could from D-Link, after asking via email, I thought I was up for a new router.
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    why does my Internet get lazy?

    house keeping usually helps. 5 things that slow a pc down: 1. A Cluttered Registry 2. Too Many Start-Up Programs 3. Full Hard Drive 4. Not Enough Memory 5. Spyware and Malicious Programs Delete Browser history, defrag hard drive, regular scans for malware/ spyware,tidy registry, delete...
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