What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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Q: My computer is having problems using the Internet. The cable company says the signal to my house is fine and it must be a problem on my end. How can I find out what the problem is? A: In order to determine why your Internet connection is not working you need to start by thinking of your Internet setup as a giant puzzle. Unless each piece of the puzzle is put in exactly the right place, you won’t be able to connect to the Internet. Now, before you begin pulling your hair out, try one simple step. Turn off… Continue reading...
I’ve been in love with my iPod and the iTunes software for several years now. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I bought a CD at a retail store. It’s just too darn easy to open up iTunes, go to the iTunes Store and buy the album, often for a couple of dollars cheaper than the CD would have cost me. Not to mention I can preview each song to make sure I really like the album before I buy it. There’s always been one catch though. Sometimes I buy just one or two songs but then wish… Continue reading...
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Q: My son has an iPod with music from his iTunes library on our desktop computer. How do I get his songs transferred to my laptop and then be able to get his songs on my iPod? A: Let’s start with the songs in your iTunes library on your desktop computer. Using your mouse, right click on a song you want to copy and select “Show in Windows Explorer”. That should take you to the physical location of the song file on your hard drive. If you want to copy the entire album instead of just the one song, navigate… Continue reading...
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Q: Why do the new high definition channels have decimals in the channel numbers? A: One of the reasons there is such a big push to go to digital or high definition television is because it allows television stations to broadcast several programs over one frequency in a process that is called multicasting. This allows television stations to triple or even quadruple their television show offerings without having to worry about new frequency allocations from the FCC. And because the high definition signals are broadcast digitally, the digital tuner in your high definition television is capable of separating each frequency… Continue reading...
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Q: My computer, an HP laptop, will not save anything to the disk drive. Why? It does not have a floppy. What should I do? A: If your computer is not saving to the hard disk, you could be experiencing a hardware failure. But I’m not convinced this is the case based on your question. The reason I say that is because if your hard drive truly failed, you most likely would not even be able to turn on, or boot, your computer. The hard drive is used for all kinds of computer activity, not just saving files. Your issue… Continue reading...
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