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March 8th, 2005 11:00

Need some help please...

Good morning!  I hope I can find some help here.  I have an Acer Notebook that my husband gave me.  To go on-line, I have to run a cable from my laptop in the living room all the way to my Roadrunner internet connection.  I cant use it any further than that.  There must be an easier way to me to be able to go anywhere without having to be hooked into the cable.  When I look at Dell's products, they all mention Dell #'s, and I have an Acer.  So I am very confused.  Here is my computer info:
 
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 2
Intel (R)
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.6 GHz
2.60 GHz, 240 MB of RAM
 
I will be taking Graphic Design courses thru a local college starting this June.  Can you recommend anything else I may need to do with my Acer in order to prepare for this?
I am worried I may not have enough RAM. How do I get more and what do I do with it when I get it?  I am sorry - I am very dumb when it comes to the guts of a puter. THanks for any and all help.
Donna in Kansas  
  • lovdiscus

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    Posted March 8th, 2005 12:00

    more info...just went to my control panel and it has a wizard to help set up the wireless....but says to install a "usb flash drive"  What in the heck is that and where do I get one??

    Donna 

     
  • volcano11

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    Posted March 8th, 2005 13:00

    It is unclear from your message whether or not you actually have a wireless router and a wireless network card for your computer.  Without these, you cannot set up a wireless network.  I have no familiarity with the different possible models of Acer computers, so I cannot help with adding memory to such a computer.

    Steve