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Alfred Poor Article Archive
(from the archives of Computer Shopper)

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 1997
March:  "Building Your Own Computer; Freeing IRQ 12; 2nd CD For Music; Shrinking LCD Screen; Adobe Acrobat; Musical Continuity Tester"
April:  "Adding A 2nd Parallel Port Card; Old ESDI Hard Drives; Mono CD Output; Why PCI?; Buying Used Computer Stuff Online"
May:  "QBASIC; Stop The Shuffle; Adding A Drive (LBA); No Hot Starts; Cleaning A Mouse; Sound Recording Settings; Matching BIOS & Mainboards"
June:  "Unstable System; Unexpected Hard Drive Activity; Old Games; Printer Installation Info; System Folders; New HD Intallation; Securing Mice; Start-Run-URL"
 1998
April:  "HD Whine; Sharing Devices On a Network; Network Printer Problem; LAN IM'ing"
May:  "Windows CAB Files; Start-Run (Registry RunMRU); Airplaning Disks; Extracting CD Audio; Cut & Paste Web Content"
June:  "SCSI Adapter ROM Boot; Playing MIDI Files; Monitor Settings; Win Batch Files; New Mainboard Crashes"
July:  "DVD & CD-ROM?; Presentation To Videotape; CD-ROM IN DOS; Printer Cart Kits"
August:  "IE .DAT Files; Start Menu Icons' Size; MS Floppy DMF Format; Boot Problem"
September:  "Anti-Virus Updates; 4 Printers - 1 System; Computer Speed Explained; System Crash Problems; CPU New But Burdened"
October:  "HTML Tag Stipper; Old Notebooks Upgrade?; Max HD Partition; Remove The Removed; Unwanted Floopy Access"
November:  Quality CD Ripping; LAN'ing A Desktop & Notebook; Removing Old Control Panel Icons; LS-120 Won't Format Floppies
December:  "Copying Program Install CD-ROM's; Auto Internet Dial-Up; Network Card For College Computers"
 1999
January:  "Display Centering; CD-ROM Spin-Up Problems"
February:  "DAT Files; Distorted Sound; Electrical Line Load Problem"
March:  "Mac Monitor On PC?; Sharing Printers; Viewing Graphics Files"
April:  "Extending Serial Cables; Beta Software Explained"
May:  "Upgrading CPU & Faster Internet Performance; Invisible HD In Windows; Installing A New Modem; Memory Speed"
June:  "Too Much Memory?; Download Problems; LX vs. TX Mainboards; DOS Undelete Utility"
July:  "Resizing Icons; Faster Windows Bootup; Powering Off; Old CD-ROM Reading CD-RW?"
August:  "Deleting Old IE Files; Mouse Movement Noise; RAM Crashes; Random Resets"
October:  "Monitor Dot Pitch; Outlook Express Page Fault Error; IE Protection Fault Error; Audio CD Static"
November:  "See What's Running; Auto Program StartUp; Upgrade Laptop Screen?; L2 Cache; Low User Resources"
December:  "Can't See New Larger HD Space; Repairing SyQuest Drives; Windows Cache Settings"
 2000
January:  "Fuzzy 21" Display; CPU Load; Safely Deleting Folders & Files"
February:  "Noisy Power Supply Fan; System Heat (Mounting Components); Staying Connected"
March:  "Distorted Audio CD Sound; SCSI Problems"
April:  "Flash BIOS-Dead Computer; Bad RFI Noise Through Sound Card"
May:  "Can't Play MP3 Files; Better Ordinary Graphics Display; Improved Internet Video Conferencing"
June:  "DVD Won't Read CD's; New ISP: Re-routing E-Mail; Installing Win98 On A CD-less Laptop"
July:  "Managing System Resources; Flash BIOS Problem Revisited"
You can contact Alfred Poor at:

"Alfred Poor's Computer Cures"
Computer Shopper, Editorial Dept.
28 E. 28th St., 10th Fl.
New York, NY 10016-7930
apoor@zd.com

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