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Thank you for visiting the Computer Knowledge website.
In this newest version of the Website the old computer term definition section has been archived. No new terms will be added to these archives.
The site going forward will concentrate more on individual help pages and detailed tutorials. To that end, the CKnow Virus Tutorial has been updated and improved significantly with more coming. A non-regular blog is also being added to the site.
Got Spam? If you got spam with a CKnow.com return address, please be aware that it did not come from CKnow as we are a spam-free zone. Return addresses are easy to forge and CKnow gets "joe jobbed" now and again. Nothing much we can do about it. Sorry. Just delete the messages.
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Since this is a new incarnation of the website, please tell me what sort of articles and tutorials you want to see. I'll see what I can do to provide those.
Links on this site are marked as follows: [no graphic] = an internal CKnow link;
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Enjoy! And, hopefully, learn some things about computers.
Recent Articles
What are the Official HTML Color Names and Hex Codes?
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- 10 June 2009
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HTML colors can be specified in a number of different ways. The most common is to use hexidecimal notation but the HTML specification allows the use of specific names.
Why Can't I Add a Small File to a USB Drive?
Problem: You are trying to copy a small file to a USB device with lots of room on it but can't. Why not?
Why Does a File of the Form TFTPxxx Try to Run at Startup?
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- 26 May 2009
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A file of the form TFTPxxx (where xxx = numbers) attempts to run at system start and Windows does not know how to do that. Why does it happen?
Why Aren't Different Display Colors the Same in Different Monitors?
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- 26 May 2009
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Often computer users complain that images viewed on one computer do not look the same when viewed on another. Sometimes the images are better; often worse. This page attempts to address that topic.
What is a File Named Tilde (~) on the Desktop?
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- 26 May 2009
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A file named with the single tilde character (~) appears on your desktop. What is it and why is it there?
Recent Blogs
@CKnowledge Tweets
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So far Win7 seems to be Vista with tweaks; rather like what Vista should have been. At least the UAC is not as intrusive (so far).
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Took the Windows 7 plunge today. Installed in a VMware virtual machine. The install went perfectly. Added to HIBERFILE.SYS page; more later.
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Done! The transfer from the old CKnow site to the new CMS-based CKnow site is now complete. Enjoy; please tell me what tutorials you need.
5 Weeks Ago
