Here's a compiled list of questions that are often asked by
users on this forum:
I have installed 4 GB of RAM in
my computer. Why it shows up as 3.X GB only?
Get a 64-bit OS (eg. Windows Vista 64-bit)
if you need to install 4 GB or more memory on your computer,
otherwise your computer will not recognize additional RAM after the
typical 3.5 GB limit due to technical limitations of a 32-bit OS
(if your OS doesn't say anything about 64-bit, it's probably a
32-bit one). And no, if you happen to have that much memory and yet
using a 32-bit OS, the unused memory doesn't do anything bad to
your system as far as I know, including but not limited to,
crashing your system, showing up a blue screen while you're
watching the last episode of your favourite drama, or
self-destructing inside the computer casing while you're away from
the desk.
Can I advertise on this
forum?
No. If you're an old or active member here, we may close one eye
about it occasionally. But if your one and only post is an
advertisement on the tech forum, we'll lock it and modify or remove
its content at our discretion. There's already classy.sg and the
Marketplace for your
ads. Why pee in the kitchen when the toliet is just nearby?
I got a
virus/malware/trojan/adware on my computer! How do I get
help?
Create a topic here, include a log of your computer system in
your post, and put in as much related information about the problem
as possible (eg. when it happened, what you did before the problem
occurred etc). Not sure of how to do so? Read this guide on creating a
topic, and the posting guidelines as well.
Update:
In the meantime, give Malwarebyte's
Anti-Malware (abbreiviated as MBAM) a try. Download the free
version (I'm using that too!) and do a full scan, then proceed to
remove the malware they dug out for you.
I just bought an external hard
disk. But when I plug it into my computer, nothing shows up! Is it
spoiled?
No it isn't. You just need to format it before it's ready for
use. It's like getting a bookshelf from Ikea which you need to
assemble it yourself - except that it takes little effort to format
a hard disk. Read the section "Formatting a Secondary Hard Drive"
from this article for instructions to do so. It's for
Windows XP, but I suppose the process will be similar for users on
Vista.
Just 4 (5 if you include this
one) questions in this FAQ? WTF?!
I started writing this at 6 in the morning without a wink in the
night, and I'm not a coffee drinker, so I can't really pull
anything much out of my brains right now. If you would like to give
your opinion about this FAQ, please post it in this thread. Mods,
feel free to edit my post and add more Q&As in whenever
necessary.