Recent content by Eric Kithaka

The [Default Gateway IP of 192.168.88.1] was assigned by another network that my pc was connected to at that time. I have the admin rights to the router. But they are completely useless if I cannot even log into the router. To log in to a router, you need it's IP address, which I cannot get...

I am unable to connect to a router. It's a zhone znid-gpon-2424a. I tried logging in using the user manual, but it did not work out. I hit the CLI, and this is what I got: C:\WINDOWS\system32>ipconfig Windows IP Configuration Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 2: Media State . ...

I have a local UPS that gives me the standard 5 minutes every time we have a power outage. Power blackouts are so common it's become impossible to get anything done. I opened up my UPS recently and saw that it had a battery that is removable, and what I want to know is if I replace it with a...

Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard System Model: HP Compaq dx2200 MT BIOS: Phoenix - Award BIOS v6.00PG Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz Memory: 2942MB RAM Available OS Memory: 2942MB RAM DirectX...

Thank you for your response. I am not conversant with computers, so I ran the traditional system restore. Now my laptop, for now, is back to the way it was. I will update if anything goes wrong in the near future. Thank you for your help

One day I was having issues loading my OS, then I re-seated all the motherboard's components. I was however careful not to trigger any static electricity, and I avoided touching the capacitors, resistors and all those pretty stuff on the motherboard. Re-seating solved my booting problem, but...

There is something my little sister did (or didn't) do to my laptop; ever since I let her use it, I am forced to use really low volume levels. If I pitch it even a little bit higher, it makes a flute-like noise. However, if I plug in my headphones or any regular earphones, I am able to hear...