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What do you feel is the most commonly asked question or problems people have with computers.?

Please list as many as you can.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Here you go:

    *Why is my computer so slow- or how can I make my computer faster?

    *How do I get rid of these viruses?

    *Which is the best (free) anti-virus protection?

    *Why do I still keep getting popups when my popup blocker is turned on?

    *How can I set up parental controls on my computer to keep it safe for my kids?

    *What are “Tracking Cookies”?

    *How can I delete cookies?

    *What are cookies?

    *Can I run more than one “clean-up" program simultaneously?

    *Should I install a firewall? which one? how many?

    *Through a virus, trojan, worm, etc., is there mal intent (ie-some person purposely trying to mess up or hack into your computer in order to screw things up for you or to steal stuff)?

    * Is it possible for my passwords or other personal info to get stolen or changed by one of these infections?

    *Can there potentially be spyware in everthing encountered while surfing the web- even the good stuff?

    *Who the hell invented spyware & why haven’t they been shot?

    *Is Limewire bad for your computer (full of viruses, etc)?

    *Why does my computer freeze up & what can I do to fix that?

    *Can emails, such as those nice-looking, pleasant friendship & joke forwards that your friends email you, contain viruses, etc?

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    Well, some of these may seem silly, but you said to list as many as I can.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    There's little we will do on-line to effortlessly inform you what the challenge is- this variety of challenge could commonly require a few checking out. However, it can be a warmth quandary; potentially your laptop is overheating, which shuts it all the way down to hinder harm. Any time you do some thing on a laptop it sends electrical power via quite a lot of ingredients of the approach, which outcomes in warmth; the extra assets a application takes, the extra warmth. If it is adequate warmth, it may well close the laptop down. I'd examine to ensure the entire lovers are running safely and that the entire intakes and output places for airflow in your laptop are loose and transparent (blow them out, use compressed air, and so forth.). If it would possibly not begin after an hour of down-time and the above has been accomplished, I'd say you'll be able to ought to take it in to get it checked out. EDIT: If it have been a rough force or an running approach challenge that used to be forcing your laptop to close down you would be getting ominous sounds from the force itself or blue monitors of demise (the ones are MADE to make you conscious of disorders like that). It's most likely neither of the ones disorders. An overheating quandary does no longer gift blue monitors and, if you happen to try to use it again and again in a shorter interval of time, it is going to ultimately both no longer paintings at involved in a while (or paintings just for a moment or 2) or bodily harm ingredients in your laptop; probabilities are broken transistors, blown capacitors, and melted solder features.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Probably at the top is something about a some layout they want on myspace.

    Second is probably asking for serial numbers (or wanting a free program) of something that is made to be paid for.

    Third is people asking "What computer should I buy" What kind of answer do they expect? Buy this specific one from this company and you well be happy. Mostly because they need more info.

  • 1 decade ago

    Most common problem i see on these Yahoo Answers forum has to do with "My game doesn't work" or "Freezes up" or something.

    Second most common problem is "why doesn't MySpace work?"

    Yesterday I spent two hours fixing a family member's computer, but it was the mfr. fault. Darn it.

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  • 1 decade ago

    In my experience,

    1)computer won't boot

    2)spy ware/virus issues

    3) stupid end user issues, like printer won't print

    Source(s): pc tech
  • 1 decade ago

    how do I bypass schools blocks?

  • D McC
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    a popular one is always "i have no sound on my pc"

  • 1 decade ago

    viruses

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