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XP & Dial Up
Trying to set up a XP computer with dial up and finding that although the connection speed is the same as the old 98SE computer, webpages take a lot longer to load. Anyone know why & how to fix it without spending money on the problem
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Delaying an Outlook email - Can you?
Hi All, Can anyone tell me if there is a way to set an email to send on a certain day/time. e.g. I'd like to set one up to day to be sent on Monday and rather than put it in my draft folder (and forget it forever!) I wondered if there was some automate route I could take? I have had a good look about and tried the help but…
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Excels FORECAST/LINEST function
I've never used FORECAST or LINEST before and am having problems getting a sensible prediction. I don't think I'm using either function correctly as I've tried FORECAST(A2:10) & LINEST (A2:10) in cell C11 and copied the formula down. Column (B) is Actual Odds recorded from a website in 1 second intervals. As an example,…
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What Dell Laptop/Wireless Router do I Need
Can anyone help Looking to buy a laptop for xmas for my son. He wants to surf the net download music/video go on MSN mesenger as well as do his studies (proberly in that order knowing him). Was looking at Dell but confused to which would be the best. Also are you allowed to buy through the small business section rather…
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Hot Bar Help :(
please can anyone advise me? every time i run spybot i keep getting 2 entrys for hot bar, i have run every bug cleaner to get rid of this, but it just wont go....... please please can anyone tell me how to get rid of this? any advise a big thank you sylvey1
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Macromedia Flash Player
Does anyone know if you can pause flash player? I've been sent a video that I want to pause or at least slow down Thanks
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2 mice on the same computer.
As the title Say's, would there be any conflict dose any body know. The reason for two mice is, the second one being a small one for my granddaughter to use comfortable.
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Duplicate e-mails
Can anyone tell me why my mother (84 years young!) keeps receiving duplicates of e-mails. This just started a week or so ago when her brother sent her a very large file which took ages to download (she is on dial up, Tesco). Tis file then was delivered again and even e-mails which i hace sent her since have been delivered…
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Setting up a monitor
I've had a 19in CRT monitor for over a year, and have been running it at 1600x1200 resolution (maximum resolution from the specs) for a couple of weeks. I've noticed that some straight lines aren't, and that some details are compressed at the edge of the screen. I prefer the high resolution, and don't want to have to go…
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HELP !! Wireless Modem and Router.
Hi Techies, I am planning to buy a Belkin F5D633UK4A, 128 Mbps with built-in router and modem. But, I am offered an alternative product known as Zoom X6, 4 port router with firewall and gateway, USB Port as well as Ethernet and the wireless speed of 140 Mbps NITRO Chip, fastest on the market!!!. I have not heard anything…
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decreasing snooze timer
Hi, I'm looking for an alarm clock with a decreasing snooze timer. (everytime you press the snooze button the time between alarms decreases.) 1st time you press snooze: 10 mins 2nd time: 5 mins 3rd time: 2.5 mins 4th: 1 min etc Does anyone know where I can find one? I'm sure they exist.
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Vivitar
Has anyone any experience with Vivitar cameras? Are they fair quality? thanks
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Online photo printing query
Im a bit confused, have just uploaded a load of digital photographs to Asda`s online storage/printing service. Now my confusion is basically that on my computer for example picture 1 has a file size of 1.5mb and on Asda`s website picture 1 is showing a file size of 400kb. I thought picture quality was based on file size ie…
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Microsoft Phishing Filter available
You can get it here: http://addins.msn.com/phishingfilter/
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Dodgy Ethernet lead?
I have Telewest broadband using ethernet connection. Recently I often have a problem when I switch the computer on to find Outlook Express stuck on 'connecting' and unable to download e-mails also Internet Explorer unable to open a web site. I have to close down the computer, push the wire into the modem and try again…
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TFT Screen cleaner - Is this on Ebay any good or just hype...
Well when I got my Dell LCD TV it had some marks on it (Even though it was brand new). I used the edge of my shirt and a micro fibre cloth to try and remove the mark (Like a smear mark) but all I ended up doing was spreading the smear more. Not really an issue now as that TV is going back due to faulty hardware and I'd…
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Multiple users on Windows XP
I've just re-installed Windows XP and I'm finding it a real pain as I've installed all the software and patches as Administrator, but when I log in as other users, not all of the settings I applied to the Administrator's account have been inherited by the other users. For example: - SpywareBlaster has not enabled its…
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replacement optical drive for acer aspire 1360 laptop
Just bought a laptop from ebay and dvd rom / cdrw doesn't work, sorted compensation sum, but now have the problem of replacing the drive before christmas. Does anyone know models which are compatible / what I should look for etc???
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Apple store returns
I'm after one of these secretly upgraded mac mini's with the 1.5GHz processor and the 64MB Graphics card that are rumored to be in circulation. I'd also like to upgrade the RAM to 1GB. I'm not that fussed about waiting for the new Intel mac mini's as I require it now. But if I'm gonna get one, then 64MB of video RAM is…
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Can anybody recommend a good PC?
I have approx £600 to spend and after reading somebody's post I am a bit put off with Dell. Thanks