What do you want to know how to do with a computer?

15 years ago

Working from your computer may be a good video to make. Also, how to build your own computer would be quite interesting.

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ny_mariposa

15 years ago

I want to know how to set up my laptop so I can run multiple versions of Internet Explorer. That would be better than kicking the kids off my old desktop when I need to test a site in IE6!

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MDalton10

15 years ago

Originally Posted by ny_mariposa

I want to know how to set up my laptop so I can run multiple versions of Internet Explorer. That would be better than kicking the kids off my old desktop when I need to test a site in IE6!

I know a much better way of doing this. I will write up a post on my blog and link to it.
I was going to PM it but its not selling anything and other people might want to do this so I figured I will just post a link to it. http://www.mattfacts.dangdeals.com/2...-all-browsers/ . How to check your website in tons of browsers

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ecoverartist

15 years ago

How to backup your settings (like your desktop, any drivers and such) from an old computer to a fresh, reformatted hard drive. Sometimes new drivers don't work with other versions of Windows and it is a royal PITA to try and hunt down the original CDs.

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JordanFrancis

15 years ago

Originally Posted by MDalton10

I am looking for some video ideas for my tech blog. So what do you want to be able to do but couldn't figure it out?

How to make a ton of money just using a computer? Nah... that'll never catch on

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John Romaine

15 years ago

Why my coffee cup holder keeps going back in. I have to continually press the button on the front to make it come back out.

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kenboss

15 years ago

Originally Posted by ramone_johnny

Why my coffee cup holder keeps going back in. I have to continually press the button on the front to make it come back out.

LOL - that really cracked me up!!!

OK I really do have a couple of suggestions here. This is all PC-related. I don't mac. Yet. :p

Number one for me is I would like to be able to take some of my old audio cassettes and digitalize them on the computer & have never been sure how to do that. Which hardware, software required? Also old analog camcorder cassettes as well.

I would also love to be able to set up audible timed reminders on my computer, that I could record with my own voice, to remind me to make that call, take that break, or say 'good morning don't forget next saturday is your niece's birthday, she is 13 by the way', or how about 'wake up for crying out loud it's 4 in the morning and you're nodding off in your swivel chair & you're going to get a stiff neck!'

As far as more basic computer stuff goes, I would like to know more about:

* how to detect which programs are unnecessarily running behind the scenes and slowing the computer down
* all about voice recognition software pros/cons, ins/outs, which one is best etc.
* how to optimize google earth so that it runs smoothly. The early versions were a thing of beauty in terms of movement and navigation, but it seems every new version that comes out runs more slowly and jerkily than the one before.
* how to get videos consistently to play smoothly - sometimes you tube videos will just play jerkily , at other times just peachy, and it doesn't seem to matter how many other programs I have running. Rebooting ususally helps but is there a simpler way??
* gadzooks, you've really got me started now... lemme outta here I gotta get some real work done....

Hope this helps in some microscopic way...

Ken

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Steve Wells

15 years ago

Originally Posted by kenboss

LOL - that really cracked me up!!!

OK I really do have a couple of suggestions here. This is all PC-related. I don't mac. Yet. :p

Number one for me is I would like to be able to take some of my old audio cassettes and digitalize them on the computer & have never been sure how to do that. Which hardware, software required? Also old analog camcorder cassettes as well.

I would also love to be able to set up audible timed reminders on my computer, that I could record with my own voice, to remind me to make that call, take that break, or say 'good morning don't forget next saturday is your niece's birthday, she is 13 by the way', or how about 'wake up for crying out loud it's 4 in the morning and you're nodding off in your swivel chair & you're going to get a stiff neck!'

As far as more basic computer stuff goes, I would like to know more about:

* how to detect which programs are unnecessarily running behind the scenes and slowing the computer down
* all about voice recognition software pros/cons, ins/outs, which one is best etc.
* how to optimize google earth so that it runs smoothly. The early versions were a thing of beauty in terms of movement and navigation, but it seems every new version that comes out runs more slowly and jerkily than the one before.
* how to get videos consistently to play smoothly - sometimes you tube videos will just play jerkily , at other times just peachy, and it doesn't seem to matter how many other programs I have running. Rebooting ususally helps but is there a simpler way??
* gadzooks, you've really got me started now... lemme outta here I gotta get some real work done....

Hope this helps in some microscopic way...

Ken

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MDalton10

15 years ago

Still need some more ideas.

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MDalton10

15 years ago

Still looking for a few more ideas.

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Ryan700 15 years ago

Originally Posted by MDalton10

Still looking for a few more ideas.

How to figure out what my kid's friends did to the computer (i.e.-downloaded) to make my computer run so slooowwwwww. Incidentally that's why I went to a Mac.
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teleam 15 years ago

Originally Posted by MDalton10

Still looking for a few more ideas.

How to remove a bad power supply and replace with new one.

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Shana_Adam

15 years ago

Ok

1. How to set up VM server or a virtual server on laptop
2. How to have programs load up automatically when you start computer
3. How to defrag and why I need to
4. How to locate Drivers
5. How to get rid of those annoying right click programs
6. How to locate viruses or identify one
7. How to minimise programs to toolbar
8. How to kill processes that are hogging up cpu
9. How to Hide folders on desktop - make invisible
10. How to speed up computer
11. How to reformat drive
12. How to find hidden files
13. How to delete undeletable files
14. How to do a search on computer
15. How to update drivers
16. How to load up computer in safe mode
17. How to do a health check on hardrives
18. How to back up computer
19. How to set up outlook
20. How to set up wireless network

I know how to do all the above only thing is it took me ages learning myself however i would have been happy to watch a video tutorial

other places to get ideas
expert villiage
ehow
instructables

just create your own version of other peoples videos emulate

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Rezbi

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Shana_Adam

Ok

1. How to set up VM server or a virtual server on laptop
2. How to have programs load up automatically when you start computer
3. How to defrag and why I need to
4. How to locate Drivers
5. How to get rid of those annoying right click programs
6. How to locate viruses or identify one
7. How to minimise programs to toolbar
8. How to kill processes that are hogging up cpu
9. How to Hide folders on desktop - make invisible
10. How to speed up computer
11. How to reformat drive
12. How to find hidden files
13. How to delete undeletable files
14. How to do a search on computer
15. How to update drivers
16. How to load up computer in safe mode
17. How to do a health check on hardrives
18. How to back up computer
19. How to set up outlook
20. How to set up wireless network

I know how to do all the above only thing is it took me ages learning myself however i would have been happy to watch a video tutorial

other places to get ideas
expert villiage
ehow
instructables

just create your own version of other peoples videos emulate

I could do all that in a jiffy.

Matt, you're lucky I'm sick of that kind of stuff after working on computers for years, or you'd have some competition right now.

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MDalton10

15 years ago

Sounds good. I will prob have them done by Monday night :-) Thanks.

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MDalton10

15 years ago

You can always write for my blog :-P

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Steve Wells

15 years ago

How about an article on HOW to link several monitors up together that work off of the same computer

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MDalton10

15 years ago

Tom do you actually need that information? It it very easy to do, you can PM me and I can walk you through it.

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funky_budha

15 years ago

i want to know, how to reformat my pc.:-)

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gyar29

15 years ago

I'd like to know how to hit my computer with a sledge hammer and not break it.

I've attempted to perfect this technique 4 different times. All 4 times the impact of the hammer caused irreparable damage. Damage that I didn't anticipate or want. I was only trying to get my computer to understand that what it was doing at the time was really frustrating. I just wanted it to stop doing what it wanted to do and do what I wanted it to do not stop working.

Of course, the fact that it was unwilling to gracefully accept my constructive criticism increased my frustration. So applying the head of the hammer to the computer again seemed to be a good idea. This turned out to be kinda like beating a dead horse. It did not appear to learn anything from the 1st blow so administering the 2nd was probably redundant. But doing so did give me a warm and fuzzy feeling.

Now that I think about it that warm and fuzzy might be misconstrued as a bad thing. So I take that sentence back. Please replace it with "Reprimanding the computer hurt me more than the reprimand hurt it".

Anyway, I guess what I would really like to learn is how to train my computer to do exactly what I want it to do, when I want it to do it. I hate it when it chooses to do its own thing. After all, I did pay good money for the damned thing. (5 times!)

A True Pacifist,
Gene

P.S. If you are not familiar with the proper technique to smack your computer without breaking it. How about showing us how to set up an auto-defrag when we save to the hard drive. I know that there are some paid software available to do this, but can it be done with my existing OS? Windows XP SP2 BTW.

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charlesburke

15 years ago

How about a way to either move all installed programs (with installation info intact) to a new computer, while leaving behind any broken registry stuff (or back up the info and re-install it to my old computer after I do a Windows re-install).

I know there are a couple of programs available (PCMover is something like $500+ for one-time use), but that seems excessive for a non-corporate user (me).

Another thing it'd be nice to know is how to get .MSI files to start back working. Last couple of programs I downloaded have .msi installers, which won't run (such installers used to work on this computer). Instead they give an error message. I checked that the .msi file extension is associated with msiexec.exe, and that the exe file is present and has the right arguments in the command line. All present and accounted for. But it won't install anyway.

Or is this more advanced than you're thinking?

Cheers from warm and smiling Thailand,
Charles