What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
Q: My computer keeps telling me it is low on virtual memory. What does this mean and what can I do about it? Virtual memory is, in basic terms, a trick your computer uses to make it think it has more memory than it really does. It does this by using storage devices such as your hard drive as temporary memory. This is in contrast to physical memory which is “real” memory that comes pre-installed on your computer. To illustrate this a little better, imagine you have a computer with 256 MB of memory, which is underpowered for today’s applications.… Continue reading...
Q: Whenever I try to play music on my computer using Windows Media Player I can’t hear anything. I hear sound from my other applications, just not Windows Media Player. I tried upgrading over the Internet but received an error in the process. Anything I can do to fix this problem? It sounds like your copy of Windows Media Player may be corrupt. To rule this out, I would start by going to your Control Panel and selecting Add or Remove Programs. When the window with the list of installed programs appears, click the Add/Remove Windows Components button on the… Continue reading...
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Q: I have a computer that all of the sudden won’t boot up properly any more. It keeps booting into safe mode after giving me an error and the screen looks pixelated. What can I do? This sounds like a pretty serious issue. Whenever something like this happens try to recall if you made any significant changes to your computer the few days prior to when the problem first started occurring. By changes I am referring to installing any new hardware or software, including any virus or Windows updates. Or perhaps deleting some files that you thought you didn’t use… Continue reading...
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Q: How do people get their name and phone number to appear at the end of every e-mail they send out? A: The information you are referring to that appears at the end of people’s e-mail is called a signature.Setting up an e-mail signature varies with each type of e-mail software but I’ll walk you through how to do it with the 2003 version of Microsoft Outlook which is still a very popular software program for checking e-mail. Start by selecting the Tools menu item and then selecting Options. A window with multiple tabs across the top will appear. Click… Continue reading...
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Q: I have a Dell computer that’s about 5 or 6 years old, and I have Internet access through my local cable provider. I really don’t have a LOT of programs and external hardware loaded, but it seems to be running extremely slow lately. I have to wait for pages over the Internet to load for a much longer time than I used to have to wait. What can I do to speed things up? A: There are several reasons why you could be experiencing the slowness issues you described but let’s start with the most probable causes. You mentioned… Continue reading...
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