mld4165

@mld4165 (65)

United States • Age 60

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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What computer do you own? What are its Pros and Cons?

aprylmay @aprylmay (50) • United States 4 Oct 09

Hi everyone! I own a Compaq Presario A900 Laptop by HP. It has an Intel Dual core processor with 1.73 GHz and 3 GBs of ram. It's running vista. -- Pros: Vista has an integrated search feature, though it sometimes is slow and...

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mld4165 Compaq Pressario, Win Vista Home Premium, 3 GB ram, 250 GB HDD. Runs great!

4 Oct 09

What do you Think About Netbooks?

bonez899 @bonez899 (42) • Canada 2 Oct 09

Hey Mylot, I was just wondering if anyone here has ever had experience with the new "mini-laptops" they have that are called netbooks? I was wondering some peoples opinion because I have had time to use one before and I thought...

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mld4165 For me and this is just my opinion. Netbooks are a little two small even for simple tasks, but that is me. The ones that I have used seem to run well but they are just to small.

4 Oct 09

What's your favorite Search Engine?

getbrowser @getbrowser (1708) • China 3 Oct 09

What is your favorite search engine? Google? Yahoo1? Microsoft Bing? or others? Perhaps most people tend to think that Google is a better one for it can give us more related results. But Baidu( a Chinese search engine) is the...

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mld4165 Bing. Besides the cool pictures the local results on my searches has been fantastic.

4 Oct 09

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are you member of Facebook??

gmkk1986 @gmkk1986 (471) • India 3 Oct 09

In present digital communication world, online communities are performing vital role to meet people and share information. Facebook is one of popular online community. And there are new arrivals too. So my question is do you...

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facebook

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mld4165 I started using facebook a month ago and I have tracked down a bunch of long lost contacts, both personal and professional. Well worth the effort!

4 Oct 09

Do you use all finger while typing

gmkk1986 @gmkk1986 (471) • India 3 Oct 09

This question is for all new bees who have just started using computer/laptops.. Mostly I observed is those who doesn't have typing skills uses only two or three finger combination to type on keyboard. In what way do you...

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mld4165 I have never advanced much beyond the two or three finger method. I have tried several software and mentally tried to force the issue but it never takes.

4 Oct 09

Do you know any website beside mylot where you have earned really

1anurag1 @1anurag1 (3576) • India 3 Oct 09

I have not found any even after a long search and work. i have found mylot as a fool proof and i got paid here. but do you know any website which really pays besides mylot if you work there.

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mld4165 I have yet to really find a way to make money off websites. But the best so far are tasks at Amazon.com's www.mturk.com. Try it out.

3 Oct 09

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Is it wise to get your domain and host from the same place?

iwrite @iwrite (5034) • Singapore 29 Sep 09

Hello everyone, I am going to start a website and Like what I mention in the title I would like to know if - is it wise to get your domain and host from the same place? I understand most host would provide a free domain name,...

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mld4165 Hi, I have done it both ways. I have used http://www.no-ip.com to register the domain name and used a few of their services and hosted at 3 other hosts. I never had a problem, but I got tired of logging into no-ip to reset the DNS servers to point at changes...

30 Sep 09

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please tell me if there is any usb version available of linux

1anurag1 @1anurag1 (3576) • India 30 Sep 09

I have listened about the usb version of linux. do u ever use it. if you know where i can find this. please tell me .,

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mld4165 Do a google search on "how to create usb linux" which provided me with a lot of links.

30 Sep 09

please tell me if there is any usb version available of linux

1anurag1 @1anurag1 (3576) • India 30 Sep 09

I have listened about the usb version of linux. do u ever use it. if you know where i can find this. please tell me .,

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mld4165 Almost all Linux Distros offer some form of a usb version. Look at this how to install ubuntu to usb form live cd. http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-install-linux-on-usb-bar and see if that helps.

30 Sep 09

Electronic reading or papery reading,which do you prefer?

happybear @happybear (56) • China 27 Sep 09

Hi,friends,do you like reading?which form do you prefer,electronic reading or papery reading,and what are the ratios for both the forms? Thank you.

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mld4165 Paper. I cannot read off the computer and I still cannot bring myself to spending that much money on a Kindle.

27 Sep 09

Free Email Providers.

rameshkumaar57 @rameshkumaar57 (5908) • India 27 Sep 09

Friends I have the following Email accounts. 1.Yahoo mail, 2.G Mail, 3.Rediff mail, and 4.Hotmail, Can anybody tell me the name of any other free email providers.

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mld4165 Not sure why you want so many but if you look over at http://email.about.com/od/freeemailreviews/tp/free_email.htm it might help.

27 Sep 09

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Speesc-to-text Software

Ayoosh16 @Ayoosh16 (194) • India 27 Sep 09

Hey, today, i got my fingers injured. i am not able to type. Is there any software that can be convert speech into text. Dont worry about the price.

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mld4165 We setup Dragon Naturally Speaking for users and have had a lot of success.

27 Sep 09

Do you think the Zune HD will be able to kill the iPod Touch?

AD1970 @AD1970 (116) • Canada 25 Sep 09

Microsoft is trying to bring down Apple on all fronts. Zune HD is one example. Its features seem compelling enough, but it doesn't seem to be as easy to use as the iPod Touch. And the Touch has a vast software and media library...

zune hd ipod touch

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mld4165 nah.. MS still suffers a perception issue, and Apple cannot do wrong, even though Apple would love to be the monopoly that MS is supposed to be.

25 Sep 09

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Who Taught You On How To Use The Computer?

koalapenguin @koalapenguin (2707) • Philippines 25 Sep 09

I cannot recall how i learned to use the computer but i am sure that i got it from school. Since we had a computer subject when we were in grade 3, i guess? We were taught to use MS paint and play on the computer games. The two...

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mld4165 I started in the early 80's as a hobby and been at it ever since.

25 Sep 09

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What is the best Antivirus?

EARLZHAN @EARLZHAN (934) • Philippines 24 Sep 09

I'm currently using Avast antivirus and it's quite good but I'm planning to replace it with a new one. I already tried to use Mcafe, Avg, and Norton they're all good but I wan't to try something new can anyone here tell me what...

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mld4165 Check out the article over at PCWORLD. They did some benchmarks. http://www.pcworld.com/article/158178/top_internet_security_suites.html. The best one though is the one that is kept updated. It amazes me how many people have let the software expire and run old...

25 Sep 09

Do you think that open source Operating systems are hard to use

1anurag1 @1anurag1 (3576) • India 21 Sep 09

I use Windows xp. i think it is easier to use and more comfortable. What about opensource OS like Linux What you think it is hard to use??

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mld4165 Most of the new Distrobutions such as Ubuntu have what is called a live CD. You take the CD and place it in the drive on your PC and reboot. At the start up look for a key to select the device to boot from. Dell is F12, others use F2. Select the CD drive. You...

22 Sep 09

Which Operating system you use open source as linux or windows

1anurag1 @1anurag1 (3576) • India 21 Sep 09

Which one is your choice open source as linux , unix or windows. why you have choosen them to use..

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mld4165 My file severs run Ubuntu or Fedora Linux. My Desktop is Windows Vista, and my laptop dual boots Ubuntu Linux and Windows Vista. Waiting to buy an Apple.

22 Sep 09

what lap-top computer do you use?

leoliu39 @leoliu39 (540) • China 22 Sep 09

lenovo HP apple dell toshiba or other

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mld4165 Compaq Presario CQ60. Bought on sale for $350 at Staples.

22 Sep 09

How many anti virus on your computer?

eve301345 @eve301345 (658) • Philippines 20 Sep 09

Hello my fellow myloters, I just bought new laptop and i want to protect it really well. I have a laptop before and it didn't even last for two years because it got attach by a virus and when I took it to greenhills in...

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mld4165 You should only need one anti-virus software. Also does your anti-virus software detect spyware and malware? You do need to have a firewall installed that monitors inbound and outbound traffic. Another utility that cleans up cookied, temp files, registry, and...

22 Sep 09

Which search engine is your favorite one

1anurag1 @1anurag1 (3576) • India 22 Sep 09

I mostly use google and some time yahoo. So which one you prefer

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mld4165 I started using Bing when it was released nd have not used any other since.

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