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Sygate
When my McAfee trial ran out I installed Sygate (had Avast! on old PC but thought I'd give Sygate a try instead). It has a pop-up telling me what is being blocked but I do not know whether they should be blocked or not. Even if I tick the box 'do not show me this again' it still keeps coming up with the message for the…
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Unlocking locked freeview channels
Last night we brought a freeview box. We currently have cable basic package as the only 2 channels we watch are uk gold and eurosport. The guy who sold us the box said that we could unlock the freeview box so we can watch eurosport and uk gold via the freeview box hence getting rid of cable and saving us ££s. We thought…
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Dell Inspiron 1300 Laptop help for a technophobe pleas
ok am a complete dunce in all things technical so please be gentle. Hubby treated me to the cheap dell laptop to save my sanity (ie give me internet access and contact with the outside world whilst i'm heavily pregnant with baby no3) But we're haveing a few problems and he seems to be reluctant to seek help:mad: Firstly if…
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Ebay sellers now a live bookmark.
I'm sure you probably all know this anyway, but I see Firefox lets you set up a live Bookmarks for a particular seller, so you know everything they're selling. Damn but Firefox just get's better and better. To compare it to IE is a nonsense. A bicycle and a Ferrari, that's the nearest comparison..
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Fixmywin.com virus? Help please
Hi Im having major problems with my computer at the moment. I turned it on yesterday and now all the time, every single website i go on starts up normally. Then after a few seconds the address line changes and the whole left hand side of the page changes from the website im visiting to advertising for fixmywin.com. It…
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Computer for 7 year old, what spec?
Hello I am going to get a computer for my 7 year old son, but don`t want to waste money on things he doesn`t need. Plan to replace it in 3-4 years. It will not be used for the internet-he will have to use the family one for this so I can keep an eye on him. He has several cd-roms, some you just play and others need to be…
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Help!! Block-Checker
Hi can anyone tell me how to get rid of block checker which is in my programes and every time I try to delete it a warning comes up and says can't delete it, it might be protected . Please help as everytime I'm on MSN it keeps coming up.
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Icon War
Forget Star Wars how about Icon Wars!
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trojan in archived files!!!!!!
Hi can anyone help me and advise how I can get rid of thie trojen, this is what came up when I used a trojen killer. Unable to clean trojan file C:\Documents and Settings\Bernie\Desktop\bernie\Driver - Samsung.zip/Guide.exe because it is contained in an archive Unable to clean trojan file C:\Documents and…
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Duplicate e-mails
Hi, I wonder if anyone can help explain why we seem to be getting duplicate copies of our e-mails. We are receiving at least 3 copies of each e-mail, and sometimes even more than this. This is happening in both our Outlook folder and when we log into our Yahoo Mail. Thank you
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How much to pay to go wireless?
Hey guys, just a quick one for you all...... How much should i be looking to spend to go wireless at home? There will be 5 users in the house. Thanks :T
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Brother DCP 115C Printer...
I have seen this printer locally for £50 and im contemplating getting it. My question is does anyone think 1, its a good buy. 2 its worth it and 3, its a good one to get. Thanks PS Does anyone have one?
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Word - Merge Switches
I can't try it out myself because I use OOo at home and no Internet at work lol. I was trying to format some numbers into currency but have a slight problem... Basically I'm using data from Excel in Word to display currencies. To get it to use 2 decimal places I used a numerical switch something like this (can't remember…
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How do you do those fancy links?
How do you do those links where you write your own message on it but it takes you to a website? eg if I write ebay on it and someone clicks on it it takes them to ebays website? Is that a hyperlink and how do you do it please?? Sorry no very good with the old techie terms, lol
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speakers crackle when reading a cd
That's it in a nutshell, crackle is more like lots of beeps and whistles like a dial up modem sounds. I tried to play a game t'other day and it was impossible to hear what was going on for all the noise from the cd reader interfering with the speakers.
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PC Freezes Randomly
I wonder if somebody can help me. My laptop has begun a rather annoying habit of freezing randomly, and I then have to reboot the PC manually (CTRL+ALT+DEL doesn't even work - nothing responds) It had been running fine up until recently when I upgraded the computer's memory from 512RAM to 2Gig or RAM. So naturally I…
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which wireless ADSL modem/ router?
Mine has just packed up, and was wondering if anyone here had any suggestions for a relatively cheap model - i was using a dynamode R-ADSL-C4W-G I only need a 801.11 b/g - nothing fancy - 11/54 mbps is fine. ive heard 3com, belkin, lynksys and netgear are good, links would be useful. budgest £35-45, give or take (will pay…
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Lacie Brick 250gb HDD
Looking for an external HDD I came across this: http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=6351&category_id=114&manufacturer_id=206 which looks like an oversized piece of Lego!! Apart from its distinctive appearance does it have any other features that set it apart from the others? Any views as to whether this is…
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how much is it worth?
Please re-assign this if its in the wrong title, I have a Technics SCEH system and wanting to sell it on but want to know how much i would get for it? does anyone know how much i would get?
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tv not HD ready
Hi, I have just ordered a goodmans Lcd telly from empire, seemed a good deal for 26" telly, dvd recorder and home cinema package reduced from £1099 to £408. The telly is not HD ready but I'm sure I read somewhere that you will be able to buy something to connect to the tv to enable this, is that correct and if so what…
