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Sony Cybershot S40
Hi there, does anyone know if this is a good camera? Looked at the spec and it seems to cover everything that i'm after but as I'm buying for someone else, I need to make sure that it's a good camera. It will only be used for family photos and stuff.
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The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities
I found THIS website on google and I thought I would post it HERE to see what you Techies thought of it. It offers some of the great advise listed on here regularly.Thank you all you Techies.:)
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Winfixer2005, can it be trusted?
Last night this Winfixer popped up on screen. It says I have 2330 invalid items on my PC and this programme would sort it out. I normally ignore pop-ups but this one looked official. Problem is they want $39.99 which makes me suspicious. Any help gratefully appreciated - Michael
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Savastore - Aries / Tiny Prices - Any thoughts?
Can anyoine give me any feedback on experiences buying from savastore. I have seen the below spec for a TinyPrices/Aries pc - although from the spec it looks like a carrera pc??? It's just under £500 and seems like a good spec for the money. Anyone know if they use decent componensts? Would i beb better shopping elsewhere?…
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Faulty screen from Aria
Hi I recently bought a new computer screen from Aria which worked fine at first (1 pixel gone) After about 2 weeks the screen just went white and doesn't respond to anything. I can put my old screen back on and it works fine. I emailed Aria (not easy) who suggested I ring technical support, but guess what? Contact only on…
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Backing Up ...
Machine has to go back to the shop this week and although it is a newish system, I have put a whole load of information (names/addresses/telephone numbers/e-mail addresses) on Outlook in my "contacts". I am concerned that this will be lost if they end up re-building the machine as they have said they might. How do I back…
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Microsoft Anti Sypware Scan
Was burning the midnight oil and the Microsoft antispyware scan appeared. All well and good but for the fact that it was two in the morning! I cannot recall I have ever seen this before. How do I re-set it to scan at a reasonable time when my computer is more likely to be on?
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LG external USB2 16x DVD+/-RW w/ AV capture £95
Just ordered one of these from https://www.bigpockets.co.uk where it is in the sale for £95 plus delivery (only a fiver off but that's not what interests me with this product). I'm no expert but it looks like one of the best DVD+/-RW drives on the UK market, at least in the sub-£200 range. It's probably about £40 more than…
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Spot The Ball
Hi, I am looking to add a photo to a sports club website where they have to guess where the ball is in the picture. So I am basically looking to have a photograph with a transparent layer witha grid on top, so that you can see the action and have to nominate the nearest square to the ball. Something like this, in the…
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Panda Platinum Internet Security 2005
SVP have got this listed for £8.99 for the OEM edition or £44.98 for the retail edition.Apart from £35.99, what's the difference.I just know this is a silly question,but please put me out of my misery.:confused: Panda Platinum Internet Security 2005 The new Panda Platinum Internet Security 2005 offers all the protection…
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Does anyone know where to get linux for free?
i think that linux is a free operating system but i dont know where i can download it. could anyone help.????? also can you put linux on a formatted hard drive i am asking this because i am building brand new computer systems and i want to keep my costs down so i can sell these systems at a real bargain. this post isnt…
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Help Prevent a Fool & Money being Parted!
Hi I am looking for a pc with a spec that will facilitate online gaming and work well with music making software ie sonar 3 or above. A dvd burner would also be nice. Any advice on suitable spec or any packages available? Please bear in mind I am a bit of a computer thickie so please be gentle with me! Thanks in…
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Windows Explorer opening on startup
A few days ago windows explorer started to open to my C:drive on start up. It isn't in my start up folder and I can't understand why. Any ideas? I have AVG installed, MS beta anti-spyware, Ewido and spyware blaster, all are up to date and no signs of any spyware or viruses?
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BT dial up modem cable questions.
I'm selling some old phone-dial up modem connector cables. I've noticed that on two of them then only 2/6 terminal actually have metal connections in them. Is this standard? The third cable has all 6 pins available.
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I have lost my mind - actually I have lost my D Drive!
Please help! I seem to have lost my D and E Drives...no idea how?! I have had a read though the forum and determined that the Hardware Device is showing them both with exclamation marks. Following that I tried to download drivers but couldn't find the right ones. I thought I did but when I went to download one of them I…
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norton internet security
just coming to the end of my free 15 months norton security.does the 2007 norton security package include spyware or do i have to download a separate programm.
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Where to buy non OEM DVD Drives
I am buying a DVD writer since I don't have one and I want it in addition to my CD writer. I beleive I cannot buy an OEM one since it doesn't come with the necessary cables and screws. I am after either a LITEON SOHW 1693S or NEC ND-4550A in black. Can any recommend retailers selling the non-retail versions?
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Web page unavailable
A friend of mine keeps gets this message on occassion. It doesn't happen all the time and usually if she closes everything down and reconnects to the internet etc, the pages will then be ok. It doesn't happen every time and the web pages she is trying to get on very too which doesn't make it sound like the ISP or the site?…
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no internet connection after hardrive reformat
Due to problems on my new hardrive decided to format the hardrive and installed windows xp again but I cant set up my ntl internet broadband connection all I get is a message cant find network adapter. My old hardrive has Windows Me which works fine with the same ntl set up so all cables and connections and modem are ok.…
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How do I import songs on to an mp3 player by II tronics
I have an II Tronics mp3 player but cant seem to put any songs on to it. I have copied all the ones I want off my cd's on to a folder to my pc usinf WMP. However, I cant seem to import them on to the player as it does not recognise them as MP3's. What do I need to do, do I need to convert them to MP3 somehow? The full name…
