My assistant was told to use this virus program.  She downloaded it on a
month trial.  I told her that she should use the free AVG. And to turn
on her Windows Fire Wall.  She had got a trojan cal regscan.exe.  I did
clean out the problem.  She also never had her fire wall on, ...

Hello--
I'm thinking about getting a new desktop.  The primary purpose would be
to use with my 37" LCD TV.  The info I'm looking for is processor, RAM,
video card, HD size, etc.

Inspiron E1420 14in Core 2 Duo Centrino Notebook $764.25 shipped free
5.39lb Inspiron 1420 14.1in, Core 2 Duo T7250 2.0Ghz 1GB/250GB,
DVD+/-RW, 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, Webcam, 9-cell Battery, Vista Home
Premium $1019 - 25% off $999+ Dell

I would like to upgrade my Inspiron 6000 laptop from 1gb to 2gb of memory
and also upgrade the hard disk from its current 80gb to 160gb. Any
suggestions will be appreciated.
Larry

What should the resolution be for the above monitor.  Is there a "set"
resolutuion or is it what you're eyes can handle?
Thanks,

Saw one at Staples over the weekend. VERY nice unit but
some thoughts and questions:
1.  Its PRICEY for what you get. Seriously this thing
should be half that cost.

For XPS M1330 owners,
What case would you recommend?
We're interested in padded sleeves and also in cases that will accomodate
more accessories.  Protecting the computer is the most important though,

I'm fedup with the systems they offer, any pointers where I can buy the
stuff (reasonble prices, customer support etc.)?
Thanks a lot.....

I'm running Vista on my Dell Inspiron 640m laptop and I'm wondering if
anyone else has experienced any problems with their built-in memory
card reader. Often when I take out a SD card and insert it again, it
doesn't come up automatically as a removable drive in the windows

I was helping a friend set up her new Vostro 1500 Laptop (Intel Core 2
Duo T5270, 2GB memory, 128MB GeForce 8400M GS video, and Windows XP
Home).  When I installed Nero 8, I got an error message saying that
DirectDraw was disabled.  I opened the DirectX Diagnostic Tool and,

I put a replacement motherboard in a Dell 600m.  It won't even power up, no
lights or noises.  Both the battery and charger give the same indications
and they have both been checked good.
I was wondering if there were any special steps necessary to get a new

The look on Balmer's face says it all (duhhhhhhh):
http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/16552/

I have a gx280 coming from a friend without an OS on it.
I am going to install xp pro on a 80 gig sata drive. Does
this machine need a sata driver installed at setup or is the bios setup
for a simple sata install. I am not receiving any drivers with it but I

I was interested in trying to measure the responsiveness of computer
systems.  This was because I'm amazed at the apparent quickness of my old
DELL Dimension 4550 (2.53GHz Pentium 4, 1Gb DDR memory with Windows XP SP2)
which I use for email, web browsing, Word, Excel, Sage ...

If anyone is interested, Dell sells a desktop PC that has a
built-in eSATA port - no SATA-to-eSATA adaptor necessary.
It's the Optiplex 755.  You can see the motherboard-mounted
eSATA connector mentioned here in the specs: