TV shows on the Internet

Question submitted by james on Wednesday, July 9, 2020 at 05:29:18 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions: cant seem to get nbc.com tv shows or sci-fi.com shows to play correctly there choppy and impossible to watch ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Answer: The biggest bottlenecks to streaming video are Memory (RAM), Bandwidth (Internet Speed) and Processor Speed. Most streaming video gives you choices for the bandwidth. Try a smaller bandwidth or smaller image to let the video look smoother or get a faster internet provider. You can add more memory (RAM) to your computer to let it process bigger chunks of data. Processor speed can only be improved by a faster computer. Also, close any other running programs and check for spyware (download.com has a program called spybot-search and destroy that does a good job) before you run the streaming video. Make sure you're virus protection is working and up to date. Try a different browser (Firefox or Safari are now available for windows users instead of Internet Explorer) If it's jerky you can help it by freeing up your processor.

email attachments

Question:

Ed -

Still so far so good!

a question : How do I send an email with an attachment of a document in a file? Would appreciate the "click" procedure.

Thanks............Alan

Answer: There is usually a paperclip button on the email screen that lets you add an attachment. click it find the file you want to attach (usually in documents). Select it and the button on the right bottom of the side of the window usually says attach. it is now attached.

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Corrupted Desktop

Ann wrote: On my Mac how do I get back my desktop. I can login but only my desktop photo is there. All the other logins the laptop can access all of their applications and documents.

Answer: Unfortunately your login has corrupted Ann. The easiest thing to do is create a new login and copy the data files from your old login into the new one and then delete the old one. When the desktop gets corrupted this way it can mean that your hard drive is having problems and you might need to replace it in the near future and please make sure you back-up your data regularly on an external drive, memory stick or DVD. You could lose all of your data if the drive has a permanent failure.

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Updates - Does She or Doesn't She

On Feb 19 Linda Wrote:

Question: I hadn't used AOL instant messenger in a year, and am now told should update. The update seems to offer much more than I need; do I have to sign up for everything? Is there a down side for agreeing to get all?

Answer: Tough question Linda, I generally do not update any software unless there is a security issue or they are discontinuing support for the older version. The reason is most updates aren't for the end-user but are usually for the software and hardware vendors. If you play the update game like they want you to...you would need to upgrade your computer every two years to be able to run all of their updates. Microsoft is the king of this...they create updates like they were candy that may or may NOT make your computer run better, be safer, jump higher. I guess what I'm trying to say with all of this rambling is I personally don't update anything unless I have a reason. And that doesn't include the software distributors master plan.

Hope this answers your question,
Ed Smit
Questions@JustAskEd.net
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Greetings Workshop

On 4/23/08, Michael wrote:

Question: Greetings Workshop has worked fine on Windows XP on my Dell Computer. Our new computer is another Dell and it was purchased with Windows Vista. Is there any way we can still use the disk for Greetings Workshop with our new Windows Vista computer program?

Answer: Unfortunately older versions of some software won't work with Vista. It's Microsoft's way of ensuring income for years to come. I've had similar problems with Quickbooks, Microsoft Office, and many others. If the setup program doesn't run when you insert the CD than it probably won't work on Vista. Upgrade to Windows 7 and you'll have an easier time.

which is a better system interm technology

On 2/23/08, Marie wrote:

Question:

Gateway 552 GE
Pentium 4 CPU 3.20 GHz, 3.20 Ghz, 504 MB of RAM
or

Gateway 24" LCD Dual Core, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD Intel Pentium Processor E2140 (dual core) both are desktops

Answer: Neither, I think Gateway systems are the worst made PCs on the market. They always seem to have problems and glitches in their systems.

Cell Phones and Obnoxious People

The other day I was riding the bus and a man was talking on his cellphone at the top of his voice. A dear sweet little old lady (someone's loving grandmother) asked him to please not be so loud. The conversation went something like this:

Sweet Lady: "Please, sir, could you be quieter. I don't want to hear your conversation."

Loud Mouth: "Huh?"

Sweet Lady: "I'm asking you to not be so loud on the bus."

Loud Mouth: "I can be as loud as I want. Who are you to tell me how loud I can be."

Sweet Lady: "I am asking you nicely to stop shouting into your phone on the bus."

The loud mouth wasn't getting anywhere with her and it was messing with his conversation so he hung up and glared at the lady for the rest of the trip saying things like...

"Thinks she can tell me the #@(#* how I can talk. Who is she? Mutter, mutter, mutter...etc."

It made me more conscious that day of my own cellphone usage and location of usage. I have sworn off cellphone conversations in public places that are confined in space (busses, restaurants, etc). When I'm walking down the street or in a park I might still talk on the phone but I'm going to be more aware of how much of an annoyance I am presenting to the people around me. After all, just because I can talk on the phone anywhere doesn't mean I should.