Question: When my screen saver starts on my Toshiba 220CDS notebook, the hard drive is active for about ten minutes, and all the while my screen saver, the cube one that comes with Windows 95, is spinning away. After 10 minutes of continuous hard drive activity, it stops and the screen saver keeps going. If […]
Question: I recently swapped the motherboard including CPU and memory for a Pentium 200 MMX chip and an i430vx Mainboard motherboard. I had to remove all VESA cards and reposition my Sound Blaster 16 soundcard because it was in mortal combat with the CPU fan. Generally, I am very happy with the swap. I thought […]
Question: I have a Pentium computer with 32 MB of RAM loaded with Windows 95. I’ve attached a Hewlett Packard ScanJet 5P scanner. Using an HP 722 printer, I successfully printed a small picture that I had scanned. If I try scanning two or more pictures and print them, my computer freezes up and I […]
Question: I recently bought a Compaq laptop computer from a reputable store and now I am wondering if I am legally entitled to the Windows 95 OS disks and any other disks of preinstalled software? A few years ago when I purchased my desktop computer, I received the OS disks with the computer. – C.B. […]
Question: I recently bought a six-foot monitor extension cable. The cable works fine, but the images on my monitor seem to be a bit distorted — you can see shadows. I have a feeling it has something to do with the extra cable and the length of it. Any recommendations? — T.S. Answer: Here’s a […]