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I think I killed my laptop with SpeedFan and a spill.
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 4:06 PM on October 20, 2008
(4 comments)
I recently lost the power adapter for my olde tyme Creative Nomad Zen NX. I'd like to just drive down to RadioShack and get a replacement, but I'm not sure what I need. The Nomad wants 5V, but it looks like RadioShack's adapters skip from 4.5V to 6V. Will I kill my player if I use one of those options?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 1:34 PM on November 21, 2007
(12 comments)
Internet works everywhere but IE.
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at 3:27 PM on August 28, 2007
(17 comments)
Is there any way to do Stereo Mix recording in Windows Vista when the soundcard does not support this feature?
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at 10:02 AM on June 23, 2007
(1 comment)
Suddenly, my laptop and wireless network aren't playing well together.
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at 12:33 PM on June 13, 2007
(6 comments)
About an hour ago, I told Windows Vista to hibernate. Now, when I try to boot, I get a "Windows failed to start" error. Apparently, winload.exe is either missing or corrupt. According to the error, I need to use my installation disc to fix this. Unfortunately, I won't have access to a Vista install disc until next week. Is there *any* other way to fix this, or am I just screwed?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 12:55 PM on May 10, 2007
(6 comments)
I just installed Ubuntu on a new laptop, and now I can't boot into Vista.
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 1:40 PM on March 19, 2007
(18 comments)
Due to circumstances out of my control, I must find a local computer repair shop and receive a written estimate on the cost to repair my laptop.
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 3:41 PM on January 30, 2007
(3 comments)
My laptop's backlight is acting up. And so is the power button.
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 9:19 PM on January 15, 2007
(6 comments)
A few months ago my grandparents bought a computer. To help them fix problems without us driving all the way out to their house every time something comes up, I'd like to install something that would allow us to view their screen and control their mouse and keyboard from home. Both systems involved would be running Windows XP Home Edition, and we both have broadband connections. What is the best, preferably free, way to do this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 10:20 AM on December 25, 2006
(34 comments)
If I'm nearly shameless and have a lot of free time, how can I make a few hundred dollars during December in a snow-covered urban area, or surrounding suburbs?
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at 3:11 AM on November 5, 2006
(20 comments)
I want to buy an electric guitar, but I have no idea what to get. How do I choose a good first guitar in the $200-$300 range? Any suggestions? Feel free to ask questions that might help with answers.
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at 6:14 PM on October 15, 2006
(22 comments)
I have an envelope that's about 10"x13". Inside, I have maybe 15 pages of college application materials. And I have $3.90 in stamps. How the hell do I know how much postage I need for this thing? Should I try to figure it out myself, or should I just take it to the post office and have them figure it out?
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at 6:00 PM on October 1, 2006
(12 comments)
Reading Wikipedia gives one the impression that most
sunscreens and sunscreen ingredients are ineffective and/or give you skin cancer or other sickness. What's a good sunscreen brand I should purchase that will both protect me from the sun and also not kill me?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 10:13 AM on August 2, 2006
(17 comments)
I'm going to start my second year of college in September. Only problem? I have no idea which college I'll be at. Help me out.
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at 9:57 PM on April 16, 2006
(25 comments)
I have a PDF copy of a form that I need to fill out. I need to type my answers onto the form; how can I do this with a PDF file?
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at 11:01 AM on March 31, 2006
(16 comments)
What percentage of students who take a "break" from college end up returning? For example, say someone plans to take a year off to work. How often do people actually return to college after that?
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at 9:05 PM on March 5, 2006
(24 comments)
I need a free program to convert asf audio files to mp3. Google provides plenty of programs, but they all require payment to convert the entire file.
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 11:17 AM on February 9, 2006
(8 comments)
How can I use the IR port on my Windows XP laptop to control my television?
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at 1:47 PM on December 26, 2005
(6 comments)
I have thousands of songs on my laptop. Unfortunately, my laptop's speakers are terrible. My desktop, however, has a great set of speakers. I want to listen to music from my laptop on my desktop speakers, and I want to control the audio from my laptop. The desktop and laptop can connect to each other over my network. Is there anything out there that will let me do this easily and at no cost?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 6:45 PM on December 12, 2005
(22 comments)
I was subjected to the indignity of a CAPCHA during my latest login attempt. Why do we need this?
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at 8:50 PM on December 11, 2005
(20 comments)
Someone bought me an electric guitar two years ago. Maybe one. I never played it. When I hauled it out of the closet yesterday and took it out of the bag, I discovered that one of the strings was off; it is no longer attached at either end. How unfortunate. Especially for someone who has no idea what to do. How do I fix the guitar?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 3:21 PM on December 1, 2005
(19 comments)
I need a PHP-based email script that will take the name, email, subject, and message form fields I pass to it and send them to me with the name and email used as the "From" field in the message header. I also need to put a value in the header that identifies the sender's IP address. And, of course, I need a script that is not vulnerable to header injection spam attacks. Any recommendations?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 3:18 PM on November 16, 2005
(7 comments)
I need to record the IP address of people using my email form. The script I have isn't working.
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 9:17 PM on November 7, 2005
(7 comments)
I want to create an online document database containing text, video, audio, and image files searchable by category (Such as War > Vietnam > Napalm Footage), keywords (Such as grainy, color, etc.) and, for text, a full-text search. And I'd like to be able to define a number of other custom fields (such as Source, Date, etc.), with the ability to search as many or as few fields as I'd like. And I would also like the ability to browse by category.
Anything out there that meets these standards, preferably using PHP and MySQL?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 3:29 PM on October 4, 2005
(11 comments)
My laptop speakers are terrible. Can I replace them? It's an Acer TravelMate 4400.
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 10:29 PM on September 24, 2005
(6 comments)
I don't have any Talking Heads albums. I should. Where do I start? What's the best? What should I avoid?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 2:54 PM on September 1, 2005
(39 comments)
I'm trying to transfer pictures from my digital camera to my computer, which is being made very difficult by the constant bluescreens Windows is giving me.
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 8:46 AM on August 22, 2005
(10 comments)
I just received a new Acer laptop. The hard drive is 100GB, but it arrived divided into two partitions. According to the Windows XP Professional disk management window, the drive is divided as follows ...
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 11:40 AM on August 11, 2005
(22 comments)
I can't connect my computer to my router or modem.
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at 2:43 PM on July 23, 2005
(8 comments)
I have a quote from and a link to an AP article published a few months ago. Problem is, searching for the quote on Google gives no relevant results, the link now goes to an error page saying the article was not found, and I can't find the article in a search of the AP archives. What to do?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 1:43 PM on July 14, 2005
(12 comments)
If I run my phone through my modem, how can I record the conversation?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 11:39 AM on June 23, 2005
(5 comments)
Schick Quattro and Schick Quattro For Women: what's the difference, really?
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at 3:46 PM on June 13, 2005
(20 comments)
How can I retrieve a file from the Firefox cache? about:cache lets you view what's in the cache, but it doesn't let you see the cached pages. How can I access them?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 9:48 PM on May 8, 2005
(4 comments)
The
TV Tome entry for Reading Rainbow is an extended attack on the show and those involved with it. What gives? I never realized the thing was a source of so much controversy.
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 7:58 PM on April 30, 2005
(15 comments)
Windows XP SP2 says: "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process."
How can I find out what "another process" is?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 4:06 PM on April 20, 2005
(12 comments)
I hate the Firefox Download Manager. How can I bring back the individual download windows from my Mozilla 1.7 days?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 5:12 PM on March 30, 2005
(2 comments)
How do I transfer my saved passwords from Mozilla 1.7.1 to Firefox 1.0.1? The "Import" option under the File menu didn't work.
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 12:25 PM on March 16, 2005
(2 comments)
Is there any way to find how much time each state governor (in the US) has spent outside of their home state?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 10:58 AM on February 27, 2005
(4 comments)
I cannot access
lclark.edu or
cihost.com. It just doesn't work. Other websites work fine, my hosts file contains nothing that would cause this, I have no blocking software, I have no spyware, and these two web sites are not down.
I have been able to access both in the past, but for whatever reason they just stopped working. Ideas? I'm running Mozilla 1.7.1 on Windows XP SP2, but I have the same problem with Internet Explorer.
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 6:20 PM on February 14, 2005
(28 comments)
Any good alternatives to TypePad? It looks good, but I'm wondering if there are any other options for cheap blog hosting.
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 9:58 AM on January 29, 2005
(10 comments)
I ran the Windows Disk Defragmenter overnight on my hard drive, and it didn't really work. Fragmentation is still rampant, and clicking Analyze tells me that I should defragment the drive. Hmm, I thought I just did. Is there anything I can do, or does the Defrag tool just suck?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 4:24 PM on December 26, 2004
(7 comments)
What's a good tape adapter for use in my car? I'm using it to listen to my Rio Karma MP3 player. My second adapter is dying, and I need a new one. Both times, the cable seemed to wear out where it meets the plug into the MP3 player. How can I avoid that?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 4:53 PM on December 9, 2004
(8 comments)
Dear Matt: I made a boo boo. Delete
this and let's make sure we never discuss it on AskMe. Thank you sir and have a good day.
posted to MetaTalk by punishinglemur
at 6:31 PM on December 8, 2004
(17 comments)
MLA Citation Filter: The information I'm citing was found on a
website. However, the person who made the website did not create this information. The information I'm putting into my paper is all from articles cited on the website; it's either a direct quote from the journal article that I copied and pasted from the website, or it's factual information from the articles that is presented and cited by the website author.
In my paper's bibliography, how should I cite the copied portions of journal articles? How should I cite the facts from the journal articles that are presented by the website's author? Do I cite the journal article, or the website?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 5:11 PM on November 23, 2004
(5 comments)
Which Evil Dead DVD should I get? Over at Amazon, I can find four different versions. The biggest difference seems to be that some have a 1.33:1 aspect ratio and others have 1.85:1. And according to a review under
this copy, the movie was in fact shot in 1.33:1 and Anchor Bay slapped bars over the top and bottom to make a "widescreen" version. Is that true? If so, I want a 1.33:1 copy. But which one should I get?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 8:31 AM on November 18, 2004
(18 comments)
I'm looking for a link to a specific website that debunks anti-gay arguments. [mi]
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 7:35 PM on November 9, 2004
(7 comments)
Where can I download a somewhat high quality video of last night's debate?
posted to Ask Metafilter by punishinglemur
at 8:41 AM on October 9, 2004
(8 comments)
