Dave, I’m using the latest release of Microsoft Window Media Player and am having a problem I thought you could help me with: the CDs that I burn in Media Player don’t work on my car’s CD player. How do I fix this problem?
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Is my Windows PC power supply broken?
Dave, my main power switch / breaker (on rear of PC) is poping when he PC is left on for 1-2 days. Turning it OFF then back ON and then pressing the power button on the front panel returns the system to full functionality. There is no scan disk etc to indicate an improper shutdown. Any suggestions appreciated!
How can I fix sound problems in Windows Media Player?
Dave, I’m going a bit bonkers. Every time I try to play a CD or watch a DVD on my WinXP system in Windows Media Player, the sound fades out and I’m left without any audio track. I’ve tried jiggling my speaker cables, reseating my sound card, restarting Windows Media Player (or even my PC), and even sacrificing an old Abba CD to the Microsoft Gods, but nothing helps. How do I fix this sort of sound device problems?
Why doesn’t Outlook consistently show pictures in my messages?
Dave, I’m confused about how Outlook is working for me. At work when pics are attached they show in the body of the email. At home I have to open each one separately. I have looked and looked but can’t find where to make them show up automatically without having to open each one. Can you tell me where to find this setting?
How do I edit HTML files using Windows NotePad?
Dave, I am reading your book Creating Cool Web Sites and you say on page 22 “suppose you recently created the file not-yet.html in NotePad…” and go on to show how it would look on Internet Explorer with and without HTML tags. But I cannot duplicate this example!
NotePad does not let me save as .html, nor does WordPad and if I save it as Web Page in Microsoft Word 2003 it won’t work either.
I am super motivated to get going but have just about ripped all my hair out as I can’t get past the first step.
How do I change the default action with removable media on my PC?
I’m constantly inserting and removing a PCMCIA card with a digital camera’s SD card from my laptop. It becomes E: drive when installed.
Whenever I install the card, though, Windows XP prompts me to indicate what I want to do with the card. It has audio, video and pictures on it and I always want to do nothing. How can I tell XP to never try to autoplay anything on this or any card?
Why does my Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse leap around in Windows XP?
Dave, I use a Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse with a computer
running Windows XP Professional. Generally speaking, everything works just fine EXCEPT THAT from time to time my mouse pointer “leaps” to the bottom
left corner of my monitor screen .. and invariably JUST as I am about to
“click!!” I’ve tried uninstalling and re-installing, but to no avail. Do you
know how this little dilemma can be cured??
How do I get my digital camera photos onto my XP system then burn them to CDROM?
Dave, how do I move my pictures from my new digital camera to my hard drive to make a copy of them on a CD-R? My OS is Windows XP home.