Question: Would you please tell me how to have the URL line appear when starting the Internet? Currently we have to do File > Open in order to type in an address. I am running Windows 3.1. It was there at one time, but we must have deleted it. We are using the help menus […]
Question: I am confused by the different types of random access memory (RAM) out on the market. I would like to know what separates each type from one another and if any computer can use any type of it? —N.R. Answer: Welcome to this week’s can of worms. Luckily, technical expert Mathew Fiszer of Logicorp […]
Question: I have two Quantum ProDrive ELS 120 Meg hard drives that I salvaged from a couple of Compaq Deskpro 4/66i’s. Neither unit has the recognizable jumpers to make one a master and the other a slave. Compaq support told me that they cannot be configured together, but I think that somewhere someone has done […]
Question: What’s a cache cleanup? What does it do? I’m wondering because I get them all the time. – H.L. Answer: A disk cache, as you probably know, is an area on the hard drive used by a browser (in this case, Netscape Navigator) to store files that it has displayed. These files are typically […]
Question: I just got this message via Nortel’s computer services, so it’s probably not a hoax. Spread the word. If you receive an e-mail titled: “WIN A HOLIDAY”, do not open it — it will erase everything on your hard drive. Forward this letter out to as many people as you can. This is a […]
