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Posted: March 1st, 2011 under Books, Upgrading and Fixing Computers Do-It-Yourself For Dummies, Upgrading and Fixing PCs For Dummies, Windows 7 for Dummies, Windows XP For Dummies, Second Edition.
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Where can I still buy Windows XP?
Q: I’m a 51-year-old newbie to the Internet. I have an old Dell Dimension 8100 that I bought as a used PC. It runs Windows ME. It has a 40GB hard drive and 256MB of RAM. The hard drive still has a lot of free space. It has Internet Explorer 6. (I’m told that’s being [...]
Posted: September 21st, 2009 under Upgrading and Fixing PCs For Dummies, Windows XP.
Tags: Internet Explorer 6, upgrade, Windows ME
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How do I add Bluetooth to my PC?
Q: I bought a Rocketfish bluetooth wireless mouse, and it didn’t come with a receiver to plug into the computer. I read on the back, and it said I needed a Bluetooth-enabled computer. Is there anything I can buy to make my computer Bluetooth-enabled, like a receiver or something? A: A group of companies created [...]
Posted: September 2nd, 2009 under Hardware, Upgrading and Fixing PCs For Dummies, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
Tags: bluetooth, mouse
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Adding a second PC to a wireless network
Q: I have a desktop PC in Windows XP Professional. I bought a laptop with Windows Vista. Can both computers use my same wireless router to connect to the Internet? A: Yes, you can use the same wireless router with both your old desktop PC and your new Acer laptop. Routers don’t care what operating [...]
Posted: August 31st, 2009 under Hardware, Upgrading and Fixing PCs For Dummies, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
Tags: iPad, network, router, smartphone, tv, wireless, wireless network, wireless router
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