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Advice please new printer wanted
My old Epson stylus color 460 is starting to play up after about 7 years of use.Time for a new one me thinks. What printer to go for ? Main usage will be printing photos from digital camera but will also require to print out letters and word documents etc as step daughter brings home stuff from Uni for us to print off for…
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Updated broadband connection - keep losing connection
I'm hoping someone can help me out with this as I'm starting uni in a couple of weeks and need my internet connection :( Since virgin upgraded our connection to 2mb, we have been getting kicked off in the evening. Says no dial tone detected and the troubleshooter that came with the modem says prob is with ISP. This does…
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Thunderbird Large Application Data
Anyone else noticed this? I've been scanning through all my folders with treesize and its showing:- C:\Documents and Settings\**ME**\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\default\e7q9hchu.slt\Mail as 377MB. This is split down into my mail.blueyonder.co.uk (219MB) and Local folders (127MB). This to me seems abit excessive.…
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Red Clock Inside PC Case
Hello Everyone! I noticed that i have like, a digital clock thingy inside my case. It shows two red letters FF everytime im thinking its to do with the temperature but why does it show FF? How can i set it up properly? I was looking at google but didnt know what to search for! (Kinda braindead at the moment lol) Appreciate…
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Drop down menu help
Hey guys, Help needed to clear the "predictive drop down menu" on my laptop. Tried looking everywhere but no luck. Its the option that when I click on the address bar (google for example) and it predicts what i am looking for by first letter I type in...... I want to be able to reset it somehow?? Thanks BEEF :confused:
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Reformatting hard-drive - saving files
OK, here's the situation... Computer has a virus (Bloodhound) and some spyware and stuff I'm sure. It already has a corrupted version of Windows 98 on one hard-drive (D:) and a 'good' Windows XP on (C:). Norton can't delete the virus and anyway it need reformatting. The virus is on the C drive. So, my question is - how do…
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Help! Laptop Choice!
Hello all, I'm looking for a decent laptop, I've had a look at the cheap decent laptop hunt but no recommendations for buying at those places. I need a 15.4 widescreen too. I've found these 3 at PC World: 1) EMACHINES - AMD SEMPRON 2800+ PROCESSOR LAPTOP - FREE DELIVERY Web Exclusive Price inc VAT £549.99 AMD Sempron 2800+…
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Digi Box
Please can someone advise? My mum bought herself a digi-box and a new tv. The digi box won't work. I know nothing about them and am hopefully going round tomorrow to see if I can get it going. Someone told her that it needs to be coded for her area? Is that right? So, you can't just buy one off the shelf and plug it in?…
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Tevion mp3 player from aldi
My daughter has had this a few weeks but last night when she changed the battery it now says "No mp3 files". She has plugged into to pc and files are there. She has tried adding a new file, not showing on mp3 but showing on computer. She has tried putting yet another battery in still the same. Has anyone any ideas? Thanks.…
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Bleeps
Hi, our PC was working fine, but when I turned it on this morning it doesnt even load anything, just gives three little beeps. The screen says 'no signal'. I have checked all the cabels but I think the thing is not even booting up. Is there anything I can do (not overly techinical). Thanks.
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Help I Think Ive Been Hijacked
A message appeared on my screen saying virus detected -Trojan Horse. I clicked on heal virus (AVG Free Edition) then entered the details in my browser to try and find info on it. Now when I click on IE a company called zerocomm2 automatically opens up on my screen with loads of adverts on. I have used Spybot and CCleaner…
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Thunderbird signature
I put in a signature, but it came out as a squiggle, now I can't change it, whatever I change it too it still comes out as the original one, even after deleting that account and setting it up again.
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How do I change the audio programme ?
My comp was set up to open all music with itunes, but after downloading an mp3 and opening it, it now opens with WMP. How do I get it to open with itunes again ? Thanks in advance
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Cheapest SAT NAV compatible PDA ?
I have been advised it is a far better option to buy a PDA and download sat nav onto it, you then have a PDA and sat Nav for the price of one. So my question is where is the cheapest PDA that has all the gear to use as a sat nav, i.e ariel etc
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How do I make dvd recorder multiregional?
Does anyone know how I can make my dvd recorder multiregional? Its a Samsung DVD-R100E Thanks
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Dell 5100 Offer any good ???
Having looked at a few Dell offers recently (inc the £407 special) i was wondering if people thought htat this was a good deal ??? Dell Dimension 5100 3.0GHz 1024mb Ram 160gb Hard drive dvd/cdrw combo drive 15" Value TFT monitor Free Printer £409 (inc vat & del) + pay in 12months !!! Obviously there's no mega graphics card…
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E-mail Template
Anyone know how to get my business logo into my e-mail. I have tried copying in the jpeg but it just appears as a red cross. Using Outlook 2003 if that helps! Thanks
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Making a network using a wireless laptop and cabled Desktop
Hope somebody can help me out..... I've bought a NETGEAR Wireless Firewall Router. I'm on BlueYonder Broadband which is connected by a cable to the router. A network cable is connecting my router to my Desktop. My laptop is connects via wireless network card My laptop and desktop can successfully connect to the internet,…
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Budget PCI Sound Card
Hi, I would be really appreciative if anybody can help me. I wish to have 5.1 sound running through a Dimension 3000 Dell. For this I am informed that I need a sound card. Will a cheapo from Ebay do the trick? Example below..…
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e shop
Hi I want to start selling a small number of goods online and would like to have my own e shop. Can I buy a ready made template from somewhere and just add my own graphics etc? I also have a Paypal account and was hoping to use this to receive payments. Thanks
