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Can I play American videos on U.K. vcr.
I know that the American system is NTSC and our's is PAL but I am unsure if a conversion is possible. Can anyone help?
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Universal Serial Bus Controller
Universal Serial Bus Controller My Packard Bell and Wifes Toshiba Laptop both Windows ME has develop both the same fault In the Device Manager The – sign on the Universal Serial Bus Controller with a yellow ? with Intel (r) 82801 BA/BAM USB Universal host controller The load device solution, results in the best driver…
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Freeview tuning
Hi, Ive had a little trouble setting up my freeview/video tuning. Has anyone had this problem. I have a fairly complicated set up I suppose, that is I have freeview, video then a splitter going 4 different ways to various tv's. When I tune the tv to the freeview, there is no problem. I have all the channels, on the AV…
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using DVD rewritable discs
is there some special trick to using DVD+/-RW discs? i assumed that you could write to them in the same way as any other DVD (i.e. using nero or roxio)... however, whenever i try this with a DVD+RW disc, it just doesn't work. my drive is multiformat. is there anything i need to do first? is there any way to set them up so…
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Different Processors
So what's difference between all the processors out there? Started a thread about getting a Sony laptop on another board and someone suggested a different one, I always thought a Pentium 4 would be best - but apparently not?! How does Celeron and Intel differ from a P4, what's the best and why? (Regardless of cost…
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Did I need to upgrade memory ?
Can someone tell me if a constant increase in 'page file usage' as shown on Task manager indicates a need for more memory ?
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PDF file help how to fill in text
HI i have to fill this form and it is an pdf file. How can i fill in infomation on the docment using a computer? is there any way
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Wanted: Digital TV Card for Plasma Screen + PC..
Hi there guys, Need some advice - at work they've installed this pretty nice plasma TV and I was wondering what type of TV tuner card (as it's plugged up to a base unit) would be best to have? Are there any out there which include an aerial? Price range between £50-£100 would be ideal. As long as it picks up freeview…
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medion laptop md 9783 battery needed
:mad: hello my laptop md 9783 battery is faulty so i need another one the battery number is 40001746 ,ive been on medion website with no reply as yet , is there anywhere else i could go :confused:
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Help with dll files please
Can anyone help? I downloaded a free trial of an antivirus programme supposedly supported by microsoft. my computer went funny and I couldn't get it to stay on. Eventually I managed to get it ino safe mode. I then tried the system restore. It would not restore back. I did a check on AVG and it came up with these :-…
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Wireless Peer to Peer Network
I want to set up a wireless peer to peer network to access the internet on the installed broadband connection at home through a laptop. The laptop already is wireless ready, and I have ordered myself a wireless card for the PC. But, I think the laptop is on 802.11g and the wireless card I have ordered is on 802.11b. Will…
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How to get modem router to work!
I've not got myself a Belkin wireless modem / router, it's connected directly to my Dell PC, I've configured it as it should be but when I try and connect to broadband it says "Please attach phone line to modem" Thing is it is attached and working perfectly. Any ideas what I've not done / done wrong please? :confused:
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PSU wont power PC up
Im confused and need help. Im putting a PC together which is bog standard P4. The problem Im getting is that even though I know that all the components are working 100% (because I have checked them invidually in another PC), I cannot get my project PC to power up. When I plug it in, my motherboard light comes on but the…
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Recommendation for free html website design package?
Can anyone recommend a free HTML editor, a WYSIWYG, basic website design package? Cheers
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file download problem
i have been trying to view my online mobile phone bill. after i select this option i get a file download window , however when i select this i get response 'error opening this document file does not exist' i have adobe acrobat reader installed , so i do not understand what the problem is. please help thanks
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Blue Screen of Death - help needed please!
Hello all you clever people! Every now and then I get the dreaded blue screen of death, I've tried unloading loads of recently added programs but it still happens! I've been reading and understand it can be a driver problem or various other things. I also saw somewhere that it is possible to determine what it is from the…
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uninstall Mcafee
How can I uninstall an aborted installation of Mcafee? when I use the change/remove I just get told the install was not completed. I know that!!So how else can I uninstall?? :confused:
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Lost Help & Support and search
Hi, I have just installed SP 2 + Microsoft AntiSpyware +Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer + various windows updates. I have lost the help and support centre and the search facility. I am running Windows XP Home. When I try to open the Help and support centre, I get the following message: To help protect your computer,…
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New LaserJet printer required.
Hi, Please can someone help. I need to replace a Hp 1200 printer with a colour one. I have a budget of about £400. But cheaper would be better! I require a printer that would handle 50 pages a day and has decent running costs. It would need to run on Windows 2000 and be able to network it. I do like HP printers for work so…
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PCW lost my order and have offered a substitute - is it any good?
I hope one of you clued up experts can help me. I ordered 2 of PNY 128MB USB ATTACHE Their couriers have lost mine and PCW have sold out. They have offered me 2 of Integral 128 Mb USB 2.0 Portable Flash Drive (product code 974367) are they of at least the same quality & functionality ? many thanks