The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, August 07, 2002

Installing audio, video devices
Recently my PC crashed. I got a new hard disk installed. Now I do not get any sound or the multimedia graphics such as welcome and goodbye messages. Should I have a sound card installed? If so, where do I get the software for this? Can I get ... More

Restricting access to hard disk
I am using Win Me edition in my PC. I have a stand-alone machine and do not have any network. I want my hard disk to be protected by not saving any files without my access. When I switch on the PC and go out for just 15 minutes, the children ... More

Recording hitch
I need to record only the sound from a movie (.dat) file . When I try this using sound recorder and windows media player 7.0, I get a message saying "Another application is recording audio. Stop recording with this other application and then ... More

Formatting hard disk
I had Windows 98 OS loaded in my machine. As I was trying to load MS Office 2000 on Windows98 platform, it started giving installation error and ultimately stopped working. When I tried to format the hard disk using DOS format command, it gave ... More

NETTING A CATCH

Special effects made simple
There's nothing quite like special effects to add some zing to your computing experience. This week's pick of software puts the spotlight on a handful of software that help you create special effects on your PC. Simple Vision This software ... More

USER WATCH

Info is the real dough
Return on investment is a certainty as long as technology provides you access to information. More

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