http://www.askaboutcomputers.com Questions and answers from Ask About Computers http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061122_vista.html I am thinking about buying a new computer. Should I wait for Windows Vista? How soon will it be bundled with new computers? 22 Nov 2006 15:55:00 PST http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061122_vista.html http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061119_hdd.html Do you have to buy the exact same brand of hard drive, when replacing the hard drive on your laptop? 19 Nov 2006 19:12:00 PST http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061119_hdd.html http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061114_hdd.html Can you use hard drives from desktop computers in laptops? 14 Nov 2006 23:53:00 PST http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061114_hdd.html http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061107_magnets.html I would like to know if a magnet that is close by or near a hard drive can delete the information that's on that hard drive? 07 Nov 2006 21:03:00 PST http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061107_magnets.html http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061103_two_mice.html Is it possible to use 2 mice with 1 pc without having to shut down every time I want to change? I have 1 wireless mouse and 1 wired mouse. I'd like to use the one with wire when I'm gaming and the wireless with all the other stuff on my pc. 04 Nov 2006 08:50:00 PST http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061103_two_mice.html http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061029_dvd_hangs.html When I watch a dvd movie on my PC it 'hangs' after about 30 mins or so....the sound goes on like nothing happened but the video hangs 29 Oct 2006 09:46:00 PST http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061029_dvd_hangs.html http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061023_dvd_hangs.html The video of Carsten's DVD on his computer was hanging, while the sound played on. In the end, Carsten discovered a workaround that enabled him to watch DVDs without having to buy another graphics card or rebuild his computer. 23 Oct 2006 04:54:00 PST http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061023_dvd_hangs.html http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061016_dvd_hangs.html The video of Carsten's DVD on his computer hangs, while the sound plays on. Ask About Computers suspects the AV codec as the culprit. However, the graphics card cannot be ruled out. 16 Oct 2006 22:52:00 PST http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061016_dvd_hangs.html http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061012_dvd_hangs.html I have my 19-inch TFT monitor connected to one vga-out and my BenQ DLP projector connected to vga 2. And when I play video it hangs. Last night I tried to connect the BenQ DLP to vga 1 and my 19" TFT to the BenQ. It has some sort of pass-through connection. And nothing connected to vga 2. I watched a whole movie without problems. 12 Oct 2006 11:41:00 PST http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061012_dvd_hangs.html http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061010_dvd_hangs.html The video of DVD as it played on a computer was hanging while the sound played on. Ask About Computers suggested that the problem lie in the AV codec. The person instead tried to download the latest directX drivers and install them to fix the problem, but to no avail. 10 Oct 2006 20:53:00 PST http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061010_dvd_hangs.html http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061008_dvd_hangs.html When I watch a dvd movie on my PC it "hangs" after about 30 mins or so....the sound goes on like nothing happened but the video hangs...like a very very small loop (millisecs). 08 Oct 2006 20:34:00 PST http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061008_dvd_hangs.html http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/ip_addresses.html My question is about IP addressess. If I email someone from two different email addresses (yahoo for example) can they track both back to me by IP address? If so, what would show up? Would my name or service provider show up? I mean if they track it how could it get back to my name? 01 Oct 2006 18:26:00 PST http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/ip_addresses.html http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061001_avg_av.html I have installed AVG Anti-Virus that I bought with serial number and everything. Do I still need to install antispyware program(s) to protect this machine? 01 Oct 2006 18:45:00 PST http://www.askaboutcomputers.com/061001_avg_av.html