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WPA Encryption
How often should you change the charaters once set up? Weekly, monthly, or never? I have noticed two other wireless signals in the neighbourhood! Thanks Money Saver
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Blue screen....??
every third or forth boot up i get a blue screen.."one of your discs need to be checked for consistancy" I have only had this Hd(seagate) for approx 6 weeks..any help/advice welcomed...thanks.:confused:
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Belkin Broadband Router Problem
I have just moved and since setting up the F5D-7632-4 Belkin router I have problems connecting. Each time the computer is turned off I have trouble reconnecting to the web. The solution I am using at the moment is to log in to the router and resave the connection settings (even though these have not changed). It then…
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pdf into a poster on 4 x A4 Pages please
I have download a county bus map from there website. Now i would like to print it over 4 or maybe even 6 pages depending on quality. Its a pdf file. It seems to be a vector graphics , I can zoom in rite close. How do I get adobe pdf reader print it over a number of pages? Do I need to convert to some other vector format…
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A good MP3 player for £100?
The problem with so many mp3 players on the market is that you get confused on what is possibly good. So, I would like to gather the input of you, fellow Neowiners, to identify a good match for my requirements... so, here goes: 1. At least 2 GB FLASH memory 2. Rechargeable battery with at least 10 hours playback 3. Small…
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DSO Exploit.
Everytime i run Spybot it finds 5 dso exploit even though i try to get rid of them they keep coming back. What are they? Avast finds nothing wrong do i need to worry?
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Remote Controller
I am considering buying a flat screen TV to hang on our chimney breast wall. I'm now thinking what to do with the boxes (sky,dvd rec/player) etc... I have an understairs cupboard that is behind the chimney breast where I could hide the boxes. I thought that I could then run a cable through the chimney breast (space already…
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forwarding e mail messages to main outlook express id?
I use several e mail identities on Outlook Express and think there's a way of having messages forwarded to my main identity without logging on to the other identities? I can't find the settings. Can anyone help please?
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Mcafee again !
Following my post the other day about Mcafee :I kept getting a square coming ( Mcafee) up for winlogon.exe requesting access path c/window/system32/winlogon.exe, so I granted access as the process "winlogon.exe" runs in the background & is a part of the Windows Login subsystem Winlogon is necessary for user authorization…
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Strange item at start up
I have been sorting out the start up items and I have been able to get a description af all of them by typing them into google, until I came across this one: qhskc.exe Does anyone know what it is?
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SATA II RAID question........ HEEELLLLPPPPP...
Hi folks..... I am building a new PC system for the 1st time and I am thinking of buying a couple of hard drives to put in a RAID configuration for performance reasons. My plan is to use a parity RAID config. so that I can use many inexpensive disks (ie Maxtors x 4stripe +1parity) in a RAID 5 or RAID 0+1 config. I have…
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2GB DDR2 purchase advice CAS5(5-5-5-15) or CAS4(4-4-4-12) advice ......
Hi folks.... I am in a dilemma ..... I am about to buy some memory probably GSkill PC6400 2GB 4-4-4-12 for 177quid. Then I saw some GSkill PC6400 2GB (5-5-5-15) for 125quid. Will I notice the 50quid difference????? Processor x23800 (intended overclock).... mb ASUS AM2 M2SLI32. Advice appreciated...... Jules
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My WMPlayer icons have changed!
Just noticed that for some unknown reason my song icons (WMA and MP3)have changed - they now look like the old icons from WMPlayer 9. Anyone know why or how to get back to looking like the new icons please? The pic below shows what they look like now, and I've dragged the WMPlayer shortcut in to show how they used to look…
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Pioneer NAVI/AVI Trouble!
Hey folks, apologies if this is in the wrong board but it seemed the most appropriate. :think: I've got a Pionner AVIC-X1 DVD/Sat Nav system but the LCD screen is very very dark. So dark in fact that I can barely see it when shining a torch on it! I've read up in the manual and I believe it to be the lfuorescent tube in…
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which sky box?
as some of you know on here, i have split up with my oh, and he has moved into a new house, although we remain freindly. he has a cable for a sky box to be fitted to, so i am presuming that if he gets a 2nd hand box and plugs it in, he should be able to get freeview through this? if this is right, oh is saying that not all…
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Help looking for cheap laptop(<£350ish)
Most of the threads I've read are for higher spec laptops & I'm a bit of a novice so am looking for some help....please. My daughter ,who is 18 next month and off to Uni in Sept/Oct, said she wouldn't mind a laptop which would come in really useful when she's studying. I'm guesing it will be internet, burning cds and maybe…
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Operating System choice for laptop with low RAM
I have got my hands on a dell CPX laptop which has XP installed on it but it runs really slow and will not play any movies/AVI's (system just crashes) . I think the problem is the lack of available RAM. The system specs are PIII 500Mhz 384 MB RAM Windows XP built in GFX & Sound. I got it for nothing but would still like to…
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Laptop Choices...?
Hi Guys, Following on from my other topic, I've decided that I'd like an Acer, as their customer service reputation is good, and Dell, the other contender, aren't amazing. The following are my options really: Model 1:4072lmi # Intel® Centrino® Mobile Technology # Intel® Pentium M 740 (1.70Ghz) # 1 # DVD-Dual Double Layer #…
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I think I've %^*&%@%£&) my printer
I use a HP 5150 printer. That holds two ink cartridges, normally the RH slot being for B&W and the LH for colour. The RH can take another type of colour cartridge to facilitate five-colour printing. I made a silly this afternoon. Instead of removing the B&W from the RH slot to make room for the special cartridge, I removed…
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IPod help please
Can anyone tell me if there is a way of transferring music from windows media player to an ipod? I have downloaded music from Tesco onto my home pc with the intention of transfering it to my son's laptop for his Itunes/Ipod but Itunes cannot convert it as the files have some sort of protection - the songs play ok in…
