Can't put up the blog!

Question:

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Deanne wrote:

This is the message I get when I try to put it up

ERROR

Your HTML cannot be accepted: Tag is not allowed: <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

Answer:

Are you typing on the Blog interface or are you cutting and pasting? If you are cutting and pasting you need to use basic text instead of pre-formatted text. To do this copy your text from word and paste it into Notepad (you'll find it under Start/Accessories/Notepad). This makes all the funky formatting that causes these errors go away. After you've pasted into Notepad you can copy and paste from notepad directly into the blog and it shouldn't come up with any errors. You can also try selecting all in Word (Ctrl+A) and choosing Edit/Clear/Formats from the menu. Then try copying and pasting. This gets rid of a lot of junk formatting that Word embeds in your docs but sometimes you have to go back to raw text to make it work. The easiest thing is to type it on the blogger interface and save it as a draft until you're finished creating (Save often or you could lose data). This avoids all outside formatting from creeping in.

external drive problem

Question submitted by Loree on Wednesday, July 9, 2009 at 07:45:48
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Question: All of my photos from iphoto have been sent to my Digital Western External drive, along with itunes and a few other files. All of a sudden my photos are not loading when I click on iphoto even though the external drive shows that that there are 29GB of info on those files. What happened to my photos? Yesterday they were there.

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Answer: When you move files from one drive to another your managing program needs to rediscover the files in the new location. Usually this is done from the File menu of the program. In that menu choose Add Folder to Library. Then you need to choose your external drive to tell it to look at your external drive for pictures and it will create a library of the contents.

Buying A New Computer

It always feels like an apples and oranges comparison. When buying a computer I always ask myself:
What is it going to be used for?
What's the price range?
What to look for in comparing one to another:
Size
Weight (for laptops)
Processor type
Processor speed
Memory RAM (Max it out if you can afford it 4GB minimum currently)
Hard Drive Capacity
Always check the chatter about the specific model and brand (only current chatter) if there is any.

And always remember, they are obsolete before you buy it so don't get stuck on latest and greatest thinking (unless price is no object). If you're a real variety junkie than buy a Costoco computer replacement deal. Then you can get a new one every 6 months.

Hope this answers the majority of buying questions.

Ed Smit
Questions@JustAskEd.net

Memory Installation

Question submitted by Eston on Friday, June 20, 2009 at 16:05:27
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Question: How to install 1 mg chip of memory into a dell D520 laptop

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Answer: There is usually a little flap on the underside of laptops
that have a screw holding them in place. Remove the screw and you can
open the flap and you will see a place to insert the memory (or there
may be a memory card in there already). If you already have a memory
upgrade in the laptop you will have to remove it to put in the new
chip (sorry laptops can usually only accomodate one memory chip). To
find out the specific location of the flap you can check support on
the dell.com website for a diagram of the laptop using the service tag
number on the bottom of the laptop to identify the correct make and
model.

Before touching any part of your laptop insides make sure that you
have discharged any static electricity from yourself. I usually do
this by touching something metal. This will make sure you don't fry
the inside of your computer or your new chip. If you feel a shock you
did the right thing. No shock just means that you're not overly
electrified :o)

time and date correction and printing?!?

isaac asked on Monday, June 9, 2008 at 03:14:09
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Question: i suspect that the computer does not print and makes errors due to error in date and time

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Answer: What would lead you to that conclusion. Date and time don't usually influence printing. If you are having date and time issues you should check your settings for your time zone and the automatic time check. For printing I would try uninstalling and reinstalling the printer drivers.

Also, check the website of the printer manufacturer to see if they have an updated driver from the one you originally installed. Bad printer drivers usually cause printing errors not the system date and time.

Ed Smit
Questions@JustAskEd.net
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replace video card in my laptop

Question from Terry on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 10:50:23
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Question: Where can I find a replacement video card for wm 3077 laptopthat will run windows vista aero.

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Answer: Unfortunately, a laptop is not so easily altered. To run
Windows Vista you will probably need a new laptop. My question
is...why would you want to change to Windows Vista. It's a lousy
operating system. Full of problems and security annoyances.

System Error Problem

Question:

Hi Ed,
everytime i open IE or click on anything using IE i get an error message that says SYSTEM ERROR your system is infected with a dangerous virus, ive done scans with avast and avg and there are no problems or virus, the messgae wants me to download an antispyware product, how do i get rid of this error message, its a real pain in the neck

Sincerely, Joe


Answer:
I usually use Spybot - Search and Destroy or Ad-Aware to get rid of these pests। They can be downloaded at download।com। Usually they get into your system disguised as a helpful utility। Once you click on the link to download the helpful utility they take over your system and start annoying you with popups। Try running those two utitilities and hopefully they will eliminate the problem.

Ed Smit
Questions@JustAskEd.net