The Official Computer Tech Support Thread

Trollheart · 01-25-2016, 06:17 PM

I still say if you can do it, hardwire your router. Simple. On the back there should be about five telephone type jacks. Get a yellow ethernet cable (sometimes they're purple) jack one end into the back of your network card (assuming you have one on that POS Chromebook!) and the other into the router. Now you have a hardwired signal, no wireless to worry about, and it shouldn't interfere with your mousey.

Did I do that right, Plankton? I always always always hardwire my router. Even when I had my router downstairs and PC upstairs I got a long extension of ethernet cable and pinned it along the skirting board down the stairs so that I could run the ethernet up to the PC. Never regretted it. Plus, nobody can steal your bandwidth. Not to mention that the signal drops so much less of the time and you get a pretty strong connection.

The Batlord · 01-25-2016, 10:06 PM

That is WAY more of a hassle than I have any desire to put myself through.

Trollheart · 01-26-2016, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

That is WAY more of a hassle than I have any desire to put myself through.

Assuming your pc and router are in the same room, it's too much hassle to buy one cable and connect it? You lazy ****er. Enjoy your disconnects then.

Plankton · 01-26-2016, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Isn't a wireless mouse USB by default? My mouse connects with a USB connector at least. Which is the problem. I've seen others talk about the same problem with wireless mouses, whether USB or Bluetooth, and also wireless keyboards. I've also seen some people who claim that changing router channels works, and some who say it doesn't, so I don't know if that'll even work. I think a less headache-inducing solution would be to just get a wired mouse.

As my class taught me, first rule of fixing computer ****: go with the least intrusive method first.

I think you should get a wired serial mouse for a COM port.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 06-02-2016, 12:20 PM

This isn't really a tech support question, more so just an enquiry of what application people here use to listen to music. I'm on a MacBook Pro but I'm fed up with iTunes and it's been extra annoying today, so I'm searching for an alternative. I've been surfing the web for awhile but I've yet to find anything that really jumped out at me, so throw something at me.

Plankton · 06-02-2016, 12:24 PM

Get a Windows PC, and use Winamp.

Chula Vista · 08-14-2016, 02:15 PM

Ok computer geeks, I need suggestions. I have my main workstation and now a new laptop. Both are running Windows 10 and Office 365.

I need to set up a Cloud "space" so I can do work on either and then upload it for easy access from both PCs.

What should I do???

Lisnaholic · 08-15-2016, 07:32 AM

^ I hope someone can help you with that, Chula. I'm afraid it won't be me though.

Meanwhile, I'm worried about the MB YouTube links being blocked for some reason. For five days I've accessed MB via Google Chrome and Internet Explorer, but all YouTube links remain stubbornly backed out. I wonder:
i) how many other people are having this prob ?
ii) does Yac know about it ?
iii) is there any solution for computer-illiterate people like me?

grindy · 08-15-2016, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^ I hope someone can help you with that, Chula. I'm afraid it won't be me though.

Meanwhile, I'm worried about the MB YouTube links being blocked for some reason. For five days I've accessed MB via Google Chrome and Internet Explorer, but all YouTube links remain stubbornly backed out. I wonder:
i) how many other people are having this prob ?
ii) does Yac know about it ?
iii) is there any solution for computer-illiterate people like me?

Most if us have this problem.
We are awaiting word from higher up. Once we know something there'll be an official announcement.

Key · 08-15-2016, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Ok computer geeks, I need suggestions. I have my main workstation and now a new laptop. Both are running Windows 10 and Office 365.

I need to set up a Cloud "space" so I can do work on either and then upload it for easy access from both PCs.

What should I do???

Do you have Gmail? Google Docs is probably a good place to do this. If you go into your Gmail account, you can access Google Docs and this allows you to shard documents from PC to PC. I do it for most things. Either that, or get a Dropbox account. However, Google Docs is free with a Gmail account and it offers 15GB of space off the bat.

Hope this helps.

https://www.google.com/drive/

01-25-2016, 06:17 PM	#1641 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	I still say if you can do it, hardwire your router. Simple. On the back there should be about five telephone type jacks. Get a yellow ethernet cable (sometimes they're purple) jack one end into the back of your network card (assuming you have one on that POS Chromebook!) and the other into the router. Now you have a hardwired signal, no wireless to worry about, and it shouldn't interfere with your mousey. Did I do that right, Plankton? I always always always hardwire my router. Even when I had my router downstairs and PC upstairs I got a long extension of ethernet cable and pinned it along the skirting board down the stairs so that I could run the ethernet up to the PC. Never regretted it. Plus, nobody can steal your bandwidth. Not to mention that the signal drops so much less of the time and you get a pretty strong connection. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-02-2016, 12:24 PM	#1646 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	Get a Windows PC, and use Winamp. __________________ See location...

08-14-2016, 02:15 PM	#1647 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Ok computer geeks, I need suggestions. I have my main workstation and now a new laptop. Both are running Windows 10 and Office 365. I need to set up a Cloud "space" so I can do work on either and then upload it for easy access from both PCs. What should I do??? __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

08-15-2016, 07:32 AM	#1648 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	^ I hope someone can help you with that, Chula. I'm afraid it won't be me though. Meanwhile, I'm worried about the MB YouTube links being blocked for some reason. For five days I've accessed MB via Google Chrome and Internet Explorer, but all YouTube links remain stubbornly backed out. I wonder: i) how many other people are having this prob ? ii) does Yac know about it ? iii) is there any solution for computer-illiterate people like me? __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953