Question: I’ve decided to look into purchasing a new “powerhouse” computer. I’ve been thinking about getting a custom-built system and am debating whether this is a better idea than getting a brand name, all-in-one package. Could you tell me which is the best way to go, and what would be the best parts for a […]
Question: Often, when I am running several programs on the Internet, or closing a large program, my hard drive light will come on and the hard drive will start clicking like it should, but the only problem is that it won’t stop. I can let it run for 10 to 15 minutes. When I return, […]
Question: I have been getting a scary message when rebooting my Windows 95 machine. The following appears: “There is not enough memory to load the registry, or the registry is corrupted. Some devices may not function properly.” I have defragged, scandisked, cleaned up the hard drive and pored over Microsoft’s database online. One suggestion was […]
Question: I am hoping that you can help us with a problem we’re having with our Delrina WinFax program. We have a NEC P60 with 32 Megs and a U.S. Robotics Winmodem 28.8 running Win 95 with MS Explorer 3.0 and WinFax 7.5. When I first installed everything, it all worked together great. I then […]
Question: I read with interest your article about upgrading 486 PCs. I own a Compaq Presario 944 which is less than two years old. I use it only for pleasure, a few games, email, and internet browsing. I still consider my PC to be fairly new and hate the thought of having to chuck it […]
