Questions with listeners of ABC Radio QLD
Q: Monitor is faded, it's about 7 years old
Mega's Answer: Get a friend to bring their monitor over next time you have a visitor and see if their's works well on your computer. Or take your monitor to a friend's place and plug it in to their computer. That will tell you whether it's a monitor problem or a computer problem.
Q: Uninstalled some HP software and now can't run AVG anti-virus.
Mega's Answer: Go in to Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove programs and remove AVG then go back and reinstall it from scratch. You'll find the free version at http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-virus-free
Q: Having trouble with Red Hat
Mega's Answer: Red Hat is a version of Linux and I'm not up to speed enough to help out sorry! Jump online to a Linux message board and they'll help you out.
Q: Having trouble with Naturally Speaking but has lots of errors and issues
Mega's Answer: It is likely to be the hardware thats the issue because the voice recognition software is quite heavy duty. Try it out on another computer if you can, then you'll know whether its the software or hardware.
Q: Every time I try to open a particular email, Outlook shuts down
Answer: Check your anti-virus software. I bet it's not up to date.
Q: Trying to find the music I've been listening to on a retro music site. Where are they on my computer?
Answer: Those files are 'streaming' to your computer, which means they are playing directly from the source. They are not being downloaded to your computer, which is why you can't find them.. and you can't download them.
Q: Trying to install a Lexmark printer driver under Windows XP.
Answer: Right mouse click on the setup file for the Lexmark printer and Properties. Choose to run it as a Windows 98 or Windows XP file.
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Mega's Answer: Get a friend to bring their monitor over next time you have a visitor and see if their's works well on your computer. Or take your monitor to a friend's place and plug it in to their computer. That will tell you whether it's a monitor problem or a computer problem.
Q: Uninstalled some HP software and now can't run AVG anti-virus.
Mega's Answer: Go in to Start, Control Panel, Add/Remove programs and remove AVG then go back and reinstall it from scratch. You'll find the free version at http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-virus-free
Q: Having trouble with Red Hat
Mega's Answer: Red Hat is a version of Linux and I'm not up to speed enough to help out sorry! Jump online to a Linux message board and they'll help you out.
Q: Having trouble with Naturally Speaking but has lots of errors and issues
Mega's Answer: It is likely to be the hardware thats the issue because the voice recognition software is quite heavy duty. Try it out on another computer if you can, then you'll know whether its the software or hardware.
Q: Every time I try to open a particular email, Outlook shuts down
Answer: Check your anti-virus software. I bet it's not up to date.
Q: Trying to find the music I've been listening to on a retro music site. Where are they on my computer?
Answer: Those files are 'streaming' to your computer, which means they are playing directly from the source. They are not being downloaded to your computer, which is why you can't find them.. and you can't download them.
Q: Trying to install a Lexmark printer driver under Windows XP.
Answer: Right mouse click on the setup file for the Lexmark printer and Properties. Choose to run it as a Windows 98 or Windows XP file.
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