A very good friend has an HP 5500 PDA that only provides for WEP encryption. Is there any way it can be changed or upgraded to provide WPS-PSK so that he can connect to a wireless network set up for that encryption. Thank you.

Apparently PCs often have problems if left off for weeks? Understandably the battery/cell becomes discharged. But I think 'dry joints' also develop in some of the many connections. Once my PC failed to run after it had been out of use for 6 weeks, and eventually I determined that the 'Start...

Is there a standard angle of inclination for LCD displays to get the best definition and color? My wife insists on having the screen vertical but I like to have it facing me squarely.

Is there a standard viewing angle for flat panel displays to get the best definition and color? I mean the up-down azimuth angle. My wife insists on having the screen vertical but I like to have it facing me squarely.

Memory: Does it matter if big DDRs are firsr or second? Posted to alt.comp.hardware and alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, since the computer is a Dell and I started the topic in that group, but have broader questions now. I have two 512M and two 1G DDRs and they are the same speed PC2700, the same 333,...

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I've dusted off a 4-port USB hub I had lying but can't find whatever adapter it came with. What are the specs please? I want to replace a PC-powered hub with it. I have several old adapters. This one (which happily has the correct plug) has switchable outputs of 3V, 4.5V and 6V, with current...

Hi all Can anyone provide guidance on appropriate PC specs please? Our Dell Optiplex desktops are reaching end-of-life (bought 2004). They have been OK but recently the number of mobo failures has been high. So who is the current preferred supplier of these things - for quality, value service...

Can anyone tell me where to find the setting to make the Hardware Wizard search the internet (or Windows Update) please? I used to get that facility and now I never do. On my XP Pro PC the search is only local, either my HD or CD drive (I don't have a floppy drive.) -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Memory: Stick fully inserted even though no click? One slot affects another? I finally have this fixed, subject to my quesiton in my previous thread, but at least 6 times I had installed RAM in the slots and it didnt' regeister correctly. Alone, each pair of sticks seem fine. When...

I'm thinking of getting an ip camera and streaming live video on a web page. The web page is on my own linux web server running on the same internal LAN as the ip camera. Problem is I don't want a pc or computer to be involved. Do ip cameras have to be driven by software on a PC? or are there...

Hello, my system has a problem with the memory: Running memtest on my four modules results in errors. Running memtest on 2 of them also results in errors. But running memtest on each of the 2 above does not result in errors.

How frequenty is this needed in a typical system ?

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I'm trying to build a PC for work and gaming. For work I'll need to run finite element analyses, engineering CAD and virtual machines off an encrypted hard drive. Price:performance ratio is my priority, and not absolute performance. Is the motherboard I chose a good chipset and with lots of room...

I don't use Micro$loth win, but when I last bought a 80 GB IDE, I asked the vendor to put W98 on the first 1 GB partition. And later I was able use it to connect via my friends Fixed-Wireless-Terminal. But when I bought my own FWT, it had the new usb "Zero-CD" system, which needs XP or later. I...

What would be a suitable travel adapter for a user who wants to use his Dell Inspiron 1010 netbook in Europe(Italy, England), Africa(Nigeria), Jamaica when traveling? Mainly, the user is in US. Would the Kensington 33117 International All-in-One Travel Plug Adapter...

Ich kan auch Deutch lesen For years I avoided CDs, while I was waiting for the fad to pass. Now my 3 PCs try to use an IDE CDrom and a usb-CD/DVD r/w, which I can also unplug from its usb-interface to use as the IDE-device. Often I need to re-try mounting before I succeed. With 3 PCs and multiple...

Which CPU is better in 13.3" laptop: IntelR CeleronR M Processor ULV 743 (1M Cache, 1.30 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=37135 vs IntelR AtomT Processor N450 (512K Cache, 1.66 GHz)

Are the DIMMs suggested at the manuracturers' websites the only ones that will work. Or even the best ones? (I hate to spend too much money fixing up a computer that's 7 years old) Looking at crucial.com, for my Dell, Dimension 4600, for example, it only recommends two 1-gb DIMM, pc2700, one 333...