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General PC / Internet / Misc FAQs

Where can I get some cool fonts?
Download fonts | dafont.com
Acidfonts
Fontalicious
pizzadude
wanted fonts
mouser fonts
abstract fonts
FontEmpire
1001FreeFonts
Font Freak
Font File
Larabie Fonts
AcidCool

How do I install a font?
Go to the Windows Fonts folder. Start >> Settings >> control panel >> fonts
File >> Install new font
Browse for the font you want to install, click ok. If you need more help, check the Font Find thread

The font in my Internet Explorer is too big/small! How do I change it?
Go to View --> Text size --> and select a size (medium is recommended).

Know any HTML help sites?
Lissa Explains
Web Monkey
HTML Help
HTML Goodies
HTML Center
World Wide Web Consortium

Other Web Language sites?
Spoono
Depiction.net
Good Tutorials
PHP Buddy
PHP Princess

Greymatter tutorials?:
Jennys Page

What about Image Tutorial Sites?
Tutorial Outpost
Depiction.net
Good Tutorials
Spoono

Also visit the FanArt Board.

It won't save as a .gif/.jpg./other How do I fix it?
First off if you're using AOL trying closing that down and try to use Internet Explorer and save the picture. If you were already using Internet Explorer or if it didn't work try going up to Tools on the toolbar >> Internet Options and then try to delete your temporary internet files. It should then be able to save it as the desired file type. You can also try having someone e-mail the picture file to you. You can also try this but be aware it doesn't always work on all computers. Try right clicking on the picture you want to save and then select "E-mail picture as...". Then a little screen will pop up titled "Sending Pictures Via E-mail" and it'll ask you if you want to make the picture smaller or keep the original size. Select the one to keep the original size and then click ok. Then another screen will pop up asking you to select a profile. Just select Outlook even if you don't use Outlook regularly. Then an outlook window for an e-mail will pop up with the whole "To..., From..., Cc..." and all that good stuff. Hopefully you'll see that under the Attachment section there's a tile of the picture file you want to save. You should be able to right click the picture tile and save it as the desired file type. Beware though that it doesn't work on all computers.
Thanks to HamiltonsEyes

How to run Windows in safe mode
Restart you computer. As the computer restarts, press the key F8. A menu appears, use the arrow keys to select the option Safe Mode.
To return to the normal mode, restart the computer.
For more check this link

Where can I find some free servers?
Geocities
Angelfire
Tripod
Web1000
Or search FreeWebSpace.net for more

How about paid ones?
Brinkster
Sphosting
Valuable Host
Your-Site
A plus hosting
Dot Easy
Hostek
Net Firms
Host Rocket
Go Daddy
404 Labs

Free Url Redirection?
CJB.net
HotRedirect

Where can I host large files for free?
Diino
MediaMax
MegaUpload

Where can I host images for free?
Imageshack
Photobucket

Where can I download antivirus or antispyware programs?
McAfee
AVG
Kaspersky
Norton
AdAware
Spybot

Many ISPs offer free anti-virus/spyware programs also. Earthlink and Road Runner do, if in doubt call yours.

What programs can I use to edit images?
Gimp
Paint Shop Pro (also has anim program)
Photoshop (also has anim program)

Also visit the Fan Art Board.

When I go to make a screencap all it gives me is a black image. What do I do?
Turn your video hardware accleration to full. Right click on desktop, go to Properties in grey menu. Go to the Settings tab. Click on Advanced button. Click on the Troubleshoot tab. Slide the bar all the way to the right and hit OK.

How do I change the spacing between lines when typing in Word?
All you have to do when you have a paragraph that is spaced is highlight the whole paragraph and go to format >> paragraph and then where it says "line spacing" change it to single (or which ever spacing you like)
Thanks to OrlandoNYC for this

Where can I find an internet archive?
Archive.org

What are some translation sites?
FreeTranslation
Babel Fish (AltaVista)[/quote]

Where do I get some cool ascii text?:
@Google
AsciiTable

Greymatter tutorials?:
Jennys Page

I'm using Paint, how do I resize the image to make wallpapers or larger images?
Take the bottom right sizing handle (the little black box) and drag it to the size you want. You can see the dimensions in the bottom right corner of the Paint screen.
Thanks to Kreviazuk (Dani) for that..

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Originally Posted by LivvieLove (View Post) Yeah, even if I try a different outlet it still doesn't work. The batter charges but dies rather quickly. The laptop is almost 2 years old.

Originally Posted by Casandra (View Post) As soon as you buy the new cord and start using it, does the problem seem to resolve itself right away? Because I know I've gone through getting the power jack fixed three different times on my HP laptop.

Originally Posted by OthLPlover (View Post) I used to download clip video using real player but recently my real player isn't work I mean it didn't pop up on my You Tube windows but it work well on Internet Explorer.My question is why my real player isn't working on Firefox?? What should I do?? It's work well before and now I have no idea Thank you in advance

LivvieLove - It sounds like there's an issue w/ your power supply on your laptop that's causing it to slowly fry your power cord. Outside of having it fixed I'm not sure there's a lot else you can do. You might try taking it to a shop or calling Best Buy or Circuit City or something for thier take.


OthLPlover - If I'm following you RealPlayer works everywhere but Firefox? Or where does it work and where does it not work?

[LivvieLove]

Originally Posted by Casandra As soon as you buy the new cord and start using it, does the problem seem to resolve itself right away? Because I know I've gone through getting the power jack fixed three different times on my HP laptop.

Yeah, it's the weirdest thing. The new cord works perfectly for a couple of weeks and then it's off to buy a new one.

Originally Posted by n e r b l e (View Post) LivvieLove - It sounds like there's an issue w/ your power supply on your laptop that's causing it to slowly fry your power cord. Outside of having it fixed I'm not sure there's a lot else you can do. You might try taking it to a shop or calling Best Buy or Circuit City or something for thier take.

Thanks Nerble! I think that's going to be my next step. Thanks for the new thread.

[RedRooster]

Originally Posted by OthLPlover (View Post) I used to download clip video using real player but recently my real player isn't work I mean it didn't pop up on my You Tube windows but it work well on Internet Explorer.My question is why my real player isn't working on Firefox?? What should I do?? It's work well before and now I have no idea Thank you in advance

If you updated Firefox recently, you might have to reinstall Real Player to make it work again.

[BrucasForever<3]

anybody know anything about a computer just randomly shutting down? Because it keeps happening to my sister.

[n e r b l e]

is it restarting or turning itself all the way off? also is it random or when she does specific stuff?

[BrucasForever<3]

uh. Its just shutting itself off all the way.


If she doesn't log on, just leaves it up on the log in screen - the computer will stay on for a while - but when she logs on, sometimes it will stay up - sometimes it won't.

[Casandra]

Mine does that every once in a while because it overheats, especially my laptop. Any chance that could be happening?

[n e r b l e]

more than likely yes. either that or the power supply is dying. since it's not restarting i think it's the power supply. however can you tell if her fan is working on the computer?

[White Noise]

^^^ I had that happen and found the fan was seizing up so it was over heating. If the fan is not spinning it might need to be cleaned.

[OthLPlover]

Originally Posted by n e r b l e (View Post) OthLPlover - If I'm following you RealPlayer works everywhere but Firefox? Or where does it work and where does it not work?

It does not work for any clip video,movie and etc when I use Firefox but when I use/open Internet explorer it work well and faster than Firefox from my experience

Originally Posted by RedRooster (View Post) If you updated Firefox recently, you might have to reinstall Real Player to make it work again.

Thanks RedRooster I'll try to reinstall later and I might come back here if it doesn't work.

[sweet_zelda]

Originally Posted by BrucasForever<3 (View Post) uh. Its just shutting itself off all the way. If she doesn't log on, just leaves it up on the log in screen - the computer will stay on for a while - but when she logs on, sometimes it will stay up - sometimes it won't.

A friend of mine had that happening because she had Windows Vista. There was a program or something on her laptop that didn't work with Vista. So she installed a different Windows and it works now. Another friend of mine had that happen because of her hard drive being broken. Maybe you need to take it to a shop and see for all the above:

fan working? hard drive working? vista working?

[shadow kissed]

I'm not sure where to ask this, so I'll ask it here.

For some strange reason, hotmail, google, yahoo and some other sites like facebook and myspace aren't working for me. I don't know if it's my internet, but we just got my computer back today and they worked fine before it was fixed. Wit google, it goes to the page but then when I search, it goes slow, so it's really not working at all. Can somebody help?

[Scythe]

Originally Posted by fading hope (View Post) I'm not sure where to ask this, so I'll ask it here. For some strange reason, hotmail, google, yahoo and some other sites like facebook and myspace aren't working for me. I don't know if it's my internet, but we just got my computer back today and they worked fine before it was fixed. Wit google, it goes to the page but then when I search, it goes slow, so it's really not working at all. Can somebody help?

That happens to me with some sites occasionally... have you tried it with a different browser? Or cleared all of your cookies/cache?

[RedRooster]

What did they actually fixed on the computer?