Archive for January, 2008

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How To Fix Common Errors With QuickTime

QuickTime is free software created by Apple for both the Macintosh and the windows based PC to create, play and stream digital media content over the internet. Media can consist of text tracks, virtual reality (VR) tracks, Flash tracks and other types of multimedia. Quick time comes as both a browser plug-in and a media […]

January 30th, 2008 | admin | Comments Off | Continued
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Fix Media Player to Play Video Files

Windows Media Player is an audio and video player that lets you to find, download, organize, and play digital media including music, video, pictures, and recorded TV programs. The picture below shows the media library in windows media player.

Supported File Formats
Windows media player supports most, but not all, of the common video file formats currently […]

January 28th, 2008 | admin | Comments Off | Continued
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eMachines PC Review - Pros and Cons

The eMachine is a bargain basement computer aimed at the first time buyer who usually doe not have a clue what they want or need in a home computer. These are pretty basic machines that are not designed for heavy duty users such as gamers. While providing slightly lower performance measures in almost all areas […]

January 26th, 2008 | admin | Comments Off | Continued
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Buying an Acer PC

Acer makes affordable desktop and notebook PCs. Their desktops are primarily aimed at the business owner and their notebooks are geared more toward the consumer market. However, the desktops can work for home use and the notebooks are also a good choice for the business environment. I plan to look at two distinctly different products: […]

January 23rd, 2008 | admin | Comments Off | Continued
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Using Windows XP Control Panel

The windows control panel contains a collection of configuration programs called applets that allow a user to make changes to the registry by way of a graphical user interface. Since it is easier to make a fatal mistake when working directly in the registry, the GUI provides some protection from trashing your computer’s operating system.

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January 21st, 2008 | admin | Comments Off | Continued
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Using Windows XP System Restore

One of the biggest problems computer users have to face is what happens if my operating system crashes and I have to reinstall it? If you do a straight re-installation, everything will be reset to the default values which means most of your applications will not work without being re-installed too. In most cases you […]

January 20th, 2008 | admin | Comments Off | Continued
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What is a Runtime Error?

A runtime error means that the operating system or an application found something wrong when it tried to run a portion of the programming code. Many times they are the result of a bad macro or an application template that is installed on your computer. A runtime error message can be caused by one oif […]

January 19th, 2008 | admin | Comments Off | Continued
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How to Setup Your Pop Mail in Outlook Express

Most of us use email everyday for personal and/or for business-related communications and it’s imperative for us to be able to handle our messages in an efficient manner. There are two ways most people send and receive their email:

Email Application (Microsoft Outlook, Express, Thunderbird, etc.)
Web Mail (Gmail, Yahoo, […]

January 18th, 2008 | admin | Comments Off | Continued
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Top Windows Media Center Features

Windows Media Center is a feature packed multimedia application for a PC that was developed to act as a home entertainment center. Media Center uses your personal computer as an entertainment hub. It is included in Windows XP Media Center Edition and premium editions of Windows Vista (Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate). […]

January 15th, 2008 | admin | Comments Off | Continued
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DLL File Errors

A dynamic link library (DLL) is a file that contains several small programs that can be used by other applications running on your computer. The primary purpose is to make programming applications more modular by reusing existing code. Modular construction makes it easier for the supplier to make changes without have to completely rewrite the […]

January 14th, 2008 | admin | Comments Off | Continued