Computer bugging you? Has it turned into a monster problem? Maybe someone here has the knowledge to help. Bring your questions.

Want to share basic computer info, new upgrades, the latest technology, bring it here.

Have some great tutorials for people to use? Bring them here and we can share the links in this opening post.



TUTORIALS

Basic Recoloring:
http://forums.rmrevolution.com/index.php?topic=1269.0

Drawing 101:
http://www.suite101.com/lesson.cfm/17130/474

Drawing Sprites:
http://www.derekyu.com/?page_id=218

GIMP Tutorial:
http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

HTML Code Made Easy: http://lissaexplains.com/index.shtml

BB Code Made Easy:
http://ww2.zombieinitiative.org/node/318

Paint Shop Pro, Blending Photos:
http://www.pinoy7.com/psptutorials/7/blendingphotos/p1.shtml


As I find tutorials on the site I will add them to the list. If you want some added leave the link in your post and I will update it.
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TROUBLESHOOTING:

First-aid to BSOD Problems:
http://pcperformancetools.com/blue-screen-of-death-bsod.htm
http://www.associatedcontent.com/arti ... reen_of_death.html?cat=59
http://www.professorshouse.com/your-h ... blue-screen-of-death.aspx

How to troubleshoot a Stop 0x0000007E error in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330182

Windows Updater
http://www.windowsupdate.com

Probably the single most valuable "tip" would be to leverage Windows Update.

http://www.windowsupdate.com

It's free, and quite often, the bug you're complaining about has already been fixed.

Thanks Brycej. I'm not sure if that's one of my automatic updates or not. I only have two, you'ld think I could remember what they are. I will have to go look and see.

this club is kinda insulting u kno. im not really a geek so i cant join too bad. i wish i could be so i could help ppl but unfortunatly im not, o well. i might need help anyway from someone here one day.

This one is for everybody Lrcy. It's just a way to have help and tutorials all in one place for convenience sake. All you have to to to be part of it is keep coming by. Maybe someday someone will ask a question you know the answer to. LOL I'm not smart enough to be a geek either, but I ask questions a lot. It's also for general computer discussion.

Great idea, Oracle. This is definitley a place I will be visiting often- though not in the helpful mode
I'm not very tech-savvy (if that's how you say it...XD)

XD im a geek who knows stuff that everybody knows o well....ill chek up on here from time to time maybe

Important first-aid to BSOD problems for your Windows operated computer. It might not be that important but these sites are the one that helped me fix my computer from the fifth down. (That what I think)

http://pcperformancetools.com/blue-screen-of-death-bsod.htm

http://www.associatedcontent.com/arti ... reen_of_death.html?cat=59

http://www.professorshouse.com/your-h ... blue-screen-of-death.aspx

Me have question XD

What the heck is MySQL? I've been tempted to learn it several times but it seems pretty complex and I have yet to even figure out what it does and/or what it's useful for. Could someone explain to me what it does so I can figure out if I need/want to learn it or not? Thanks

MySQL is a relational database management system. it is usually used with other programming languages. you manipulate data stored by executing queries. you can add, edit, and delete records.

i use mysql with php when i need to manage a database for a website.

What do you mean by database? A database for what? Or I guess what I'm asking is: what are the practical applications of MySQL? In what situations would I need/want it?

a database is a compilation of records. it consists of one or more tables. a table would somewhat look like this:

lastname | firstname | email | password
xyz | abc | u@domain.com | aeifncbrfopencji
dfg | vbn | u@domain.com | heifncbrfopencjt

the structure would describe what type of data (character, numeric, date, etc.) and the length of data.

all the data submitted when you fill up a form in a website is stored in a database.

like if you want some parts of your website to be accessed by members only like here in amaranthia. you ask users to register first before they are able to have more access to the site.

all the user's data is recorded in the database. your name, email address, encrypted password, and other particulars. now, when you log on to the site, your username and password is compared to the one registered in the database, if it's correct, then you are allowed access.

MySQL also available in my college's computer. It's the one used for running and monitoring the internet.

Yeah by the way, I just wanna make sure whether the error called STOP 0X0000007E has something to do with external hardware error. That BSOD appears just right after I plug in the modem and turn my computer on.

The link below did really helped me to identify the problem but I'm confused with what method I should use to cure it.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330182

If the BSOD only occurs when the modem is plugged in, then my first guess would be something is wrong with the modem drivers.

I'd go to the modem manufacturer's website and get the latest drivers for the modem you have.

Yeah, that's what occured but I just wanted to know which solution should I use. Since you already mentioned it, then I'll do that. Thanks, Arggie

I've been having a lot of computer issues lately and I'd be awesome if someone could help me out. Firstly I'm still getting my blue screen of death whenever my computer goes into stand by and it flashs so fast that I haven't been able to read what it says. I'm going to try really hard this week though and then I'll post again if I catch it.
But here's my newest, super annoying issue. When I'm on the internet sometimes my computer will just either start running super slow or just freeze and then when it starts running fast again or starts moving at all it just closes out anything I have open. So I find myself staring at a blank desktop when I was in the middle of writing an email. It seems like it's doing it more and more. Does anyone know what could be causing this?

Great club by the way. It would be great if someone could find some photoshop walkthroughs that are easy to follow. I just got a used copy photoshop elements from a friend and I'm totally lost with it. But I really want to learn.

Not sure if I can get much help for this. But from time to time when I hit a link which opens a new window, the explorer keeps opening the same webpage over and over and over again. Before I know it I have a dozen windows open of the same thing. The only way I can stop it is to open the task manager and do a force quit of the internet explorer. What's the deal with this?

@Mizzou That happened to me a lot when I first got my laptop, but it stopped on its own. I wonder if windows fixed the problem in one of the many updates it has installed since then?

Finally got a picture of my blue screen. Any one have any idea of what's causing it? because I don't

Looks like Kinnison had the same problem LadyT. He used this:

How to troubleshoot a Stop 0x0000007E error in Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330182