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I think my domain might have been hijacked- what can I do?
i have received about half a dozen out of office or undeliverable messages from people that i have never contacted. The attachement is a mail titled Dresden 1945 and a text file. I am assuming that this is a virus (although my norton didn't pick it up) and that something or someined has been using my mail domain to spam…
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How do I find out what type of Memory I have
Yes OK, I'm probably going to look like Mr Thicky now but I need help. If it's using a PC I'm fine, but open the damn thing up or ask me anything technical and I'm at a complete loss. I want to double my memory from 512, but need to find out which type of memory I have. I don't have any documentation that came with the PC…
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Desperately need help!
Hi My knowledge is limited to the techie side of computers. I have a trojan virus in my system 32 and dont know how to get rid of it. After running housecall virus check, I pressed delete on the virus but it keeps telling me that the file is in use and so cant be deleted. I have also tried to manually delete the file but…
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Problem tagging tracks in Musicmatch Jukebox
I have been using Musicmatch Jukebox for years without problems. I love it, and use it for playing back MP3 files. I always amend the tags, just to tidy them up as I like them, but last week I was suddenly confronted with the message 'Unable to write track changes to database'. I haven't changed anything in the settings,…
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Computer clock
Does anyone know of an automatic method/site/program of keeping my computer clock on current time (like the radio signal clocks)?
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MS Publisher into a PDF file?
HELP please....... I have a MS Publisher file that I have to convert into a pdf file, can this be done? if so what is the easiest way of doing it please... Am a bit of a technophobe, it has taken me all this time to produce this file and now i am told it has to be a pdf file (didnt even know what a pdf file was at…
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Sql
Are there any SQL experts out there who can advise regarding deleting or amending an entry in a table that is in sql? The people who support my software are insistant that they have to dial in to do this whereas my dial up is out of action. This leaves me a little stuck. Can it be done??????????? Thanks for reading
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Aria have sent me an AGP Graphics card instead of PCI! Help!!
Hi all, Just got back from work to find a parcel from Aria - so far so good. I open it up and it's a graphics card.....but the wrong one! I clearly ordered a PCI card as my Dell Dimension 3000 only has PCI slots. They sent me an 8 X AGP card - there are no slots for this on the motherboard! I want to return the card and…
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Games freezing
My grandson loves to play the Tombrader games and I have most of them.All of a sudden they wont play. They install ok and you can hear the music but as soon as the game starts it freezes. Even the compatability option wont work. Games that Ive downloaded wont play either Any gamers out there who can help me please
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Wippit
Can anyone recommend it? Or vice versa? I like the idea of paying a flat £50 for downloads for the year, but I understand you can only download some things for a short period of time, and then you have to pay for them. As far as the selection of music goes I've been farily impressed; there aren't many big name artists on…
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Removal of Worm.
My friends got a worm on his computer (didn't have anti-virus software on it). It's the W32.Alcarys.B@mm virus. I've been recommended to uninstall XP & then re-install it to be sure but not sure how to do it. Could anyone please give me some tips. Also will this be enough to remove the virus or is it best for me to run…
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repair w2000 online?
is it possible to repair my win2000 programs online /free. where will i find the website??
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Pages take ages to load, no icons / smilies
Since I got my modem / router working I dont see all the icons or smilies on this or other boards. Also, when using invision boards it takes ages for pages to load if I want to reply / post or send PMs. Anyone any idea what I need to change in the set up to get this working OK? Thanks
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freeview query?
can anyone tell me what is the difference between freview and a digibox from sky. we used to have the full sky package but have nothing now except the free channels through the satelite dish. can i access things like e4 when it becomes free etc. is there something technical i can do to get more from the box??
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W98 - System busy
I will try and summarise my problem as best as I can and hope someone can help...please! After booting up w98, I get the desktop along with the mouse pointer and a permanent egg-timer. I am unable to access any of the programs and therefore struggling to check out the problem. I have tried CTRL+ALT+DEL, but this does not…
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Monitor resolution message
Just recentley bought a new 17 inch tft monitor and was over the moon till i went into play some games ie bejeweled and the kids have mentioned it happened with them too, while playing the game , the game takes over the full screen and then i get the message about screen resolution best being set to 1280x1024 which i have…
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Suddenly can't recognise usb pen
I've had a usb pen for a year now and all of a sudden it isnt recognised. I have tried it on 3 other pcs and its the same. Does anyone know if theres any hope of getting the data back off it as its important. Is it a regular thing for this to happen to usb pens?
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Is it worth buying a PC on Ebay?
There seems to be quite a few on there are they do seem good value but what are your thoughts. I want to upgrade my PC and all I want is a new base unit as I currently want to upgrade my AMD 1.3ghz Processor and increase my 40gb hard drive. It seems easier to buy a new base unit then I can pass this one on to my 6year old…
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Help Adware in my system and cant get rid off
I have used around 10 different adware,spywear programs which include spybot,spydoctor,ad-aware,no adware, BST or something like that+other 1s they are all upto date all software find different things, i erase every thing they find. when i do a scan 1 hr later they find more things in my sysem so there is some file,…
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removing links from favorites list
mates naffed his computer up so i said i'd sort it for him. ran adware and spybot and anti virus scan but can't remove xxx links in fav list. keep deleting them but they keep coming back. any ideas?
