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General Questions
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| What is Computer Buzz and when did this website launch? |
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Computer Buzz began construction on 4/1/2007. We wish to welcome you to ComputerBuzz.com, which is a website dedicated to providing a wealth of information about great websites available online that focus upon the Computer Industry.
This website is focused upon providing information about the hottest topics and developments in the Computer Industry and we hope you enjoy your visit. We also depend upon our visitors to alert our staff about new topics so please use our contact us page to notify us about hot developments within the Computer Industry. |
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| When was the first computer invented? |
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The first digital computer - Short for Atanasoff-Berry Computer, the ABC started being developed by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and graduate student Cliff Berry in 1937 and continued to be developed until 1942 at the Iowa State College (now Iowa State University). On October 19, 1973, US Federal Judge Earl R. Larson signed his decision that the ENIAC patent by Eckert and Mauchly was invalid and named Atanasoff the inventor of the electronic digital computer.
The ENIAC was invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania and began construction in 1943 and was not completed until 1946. It occupied about 1,800 square feet and used about 18,000 vacuum tubes, weighing almost 50 tons. Although the Judge ruled that the ABC computer was the first digital computer many still consider the ENIAC to be the first digital computer.
Because of the Judge ruling and because the case was never appealed like most we consider the ABC to be the first digital computer.
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| Recovering a deleted file from the Windows Recycle Bin |
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By default when a file is deleted in Microsoft Windows 95 (and all later versions) it's automatically sent to the Windows Recycle Bin in case it needs to be recovered (if the file was mistakenly deleted). Below are the simple steps that can be followed to recover those files if they were mistakenly deleted.
Get to the Desktop where you can see the Recycle Bin icon. If there are any files in the Recycle Bin the icon should appear with trash in the Bin.
Double-click the Recycle Bin icon to open the window displaying all files in the Recycle Bin.
To restore any of the deleted items you can follow any of the below steps.
1) Highlight the file(s) you wish to restore, right-click the file and select the Restore option. This will restore the file(s) back to the original location it was deleted from.
2) Highlight the file(s) you wish to restore, right-click the selected file(s) and select Cut. Next, use Explorer to the find the location you wish to move the deleted item(s) to and click Paste.
3) Drag-and-drop the file icon(s) from the Recycle Bin to the folder you wish them to be stored into.
If the Recycle Bin is empty you may have enabled Windows to not send the file to the Recycle Bin or if other files are shown in the Recycle Bin, but not the file(s) you wish to restore it's likely the Recycle Bin has deleted the older files to make room for the newer files.
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| Is there a good, FREE antivirus program available? |
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Yes try: http://www.freegrisoft.com for the AVG anti virus program.
BUT, the recommendation from the technical consultants at Computer Buzz is that "you get what you pay for" and the price of a purchased antivirus program is the best money you will ever spend and much cheaper than having any one of them remove a virus from your machine.
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| How do I know if a website is “Secure”? |
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Some web sites have the capability of taking advantage of a secure connection between the web site and your browser. This may be important to you, for instance, if you are entering credit card information or other personal information at a web site.
To tell if your Internet Explorer browser is viewing a secure web site, look in the lower right part of the window. There is a small box in the frame of the window to the left of the area that describes which Zone you are in (usually the Internet zone, with a globe icon). If you see a yellow padlock icon, then the web site you are viewing is a "secure web site." If the box is empty, then the web site does not have a secure connection with your browser.
Netscape also has a padlock to indicate a secure connection.
Tip-within-a-tip: You can double-click the padlock icon to view the security information about the website.
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| I want to change to a high speed connection. Which is better DSL or cable?
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If both technologies are available in your area, go with cable. It is the hands-down winner. It is faster, more reliable, doesn't have the distance restrictions and other things that cause problems with DSL. In our area Comcast and Time Warner provide very good customer service. If cable Internet is not available in your area and you can only get DSL, it is still a lot better than dial-up.
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| When I am typing in the address window in Internet Explorer it keeps copying what I type. Can this be stopped? I don't want it to remember where I went to, either before or this time. As soon as you type one letter it brings up
everything that you type beginning within that letter. Its very annoying can you help?
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Answer:
Sounds like you want to disable 'autocomplete'. If this is what you are looking for, then:
From your Internet Explorer Browser:
1. Click Tools from your menu bar
2. Click Internet Options
3. Click the Content tab
4. Click the AutoComplete button
From there uncheck the things you want to disable
To answer your specific question:
You need to uncheck "Web Addresses"
When finished be sure to click OK, then click OK again so your changes will take effect. Close all the browsers that are open, and then open up a new one to test your changes.
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