I recently upgraded my printer to a Canon BJC-7000 and found that a couple of DOS programs containing considerable information that I wish to keep would not print on my new pride and joy. Provided with the printer was some software called LQ Emulation which was supposed to overcome the problem by emulating an Epson. I loaded the software but it does not work. Maybe I have not entered the correct settings into the software? (more…)

I access the internet through a internet service provider and I am told that it uses proxy servers. What are proxy servers and why can’t I just go into Netscape and select ‘direct connection to the internet’? Sometimes the ’server’ is very slow or not working at all. Can I work around this? (more…)

I have Windows 98 and would like to keep up with its updates. But when I try to go to the site via the Windows Update icon on the start menu or via Netscape, all I get is a blank Netscape page, courtesy of the internet service provider to which I don’t subscribe, which tells me the file is ‘done’. So I can’t find anything to download. Any suggestions? (more…)

I moved from Ipswich, QLD (you can guess why) to Canberra late last year. When I plugged in the computer and got everything working again I noticed that the sound wasn’t working. I have tried everything I can think of and
still I can’t get it to work. Any ideas?
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At least once a day my computer will totally freeze on me. The mouse stops working, the keyboard won’t respond. When I the computer gives me a message that the system has become unstable, or that the system is waiting for a response. It happens when I’m on the net as well as just playing games in Win95. Occasionally it survives long enough for a “fatal error” message to be displayed. I thought it may have been a virus but I downloaded McAfee’s latest anti-viral software, scanned every file possible yet no virus was found. Could it be some sort of driver incompatibility, or perhaps some part of the memory is physically damaged? How do I find out?
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