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Norton Antivirus renewal costing a fortune?!!
Well, £20 actually. I used Norton Antivirus on my old computer and each year it would just cost me a few pounds to renew it. I was always very happy with the product so bought Norton again when I got my new computer last year. I have now come up to renewal time and have discovered it will cost me £19.99 to renew it. Does…
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CSS problem Firefox/IE
Is this a compatibility problem or I am I doing something stupid? .bult (open curvy bracket) color: #333399; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top; } <td class="bult">Ø</td> works fine in IE. prints a null character in Firefox.
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Picture quality on freeview
Sorry to trouble you all with a trivia... But can anyone tell me what the picture quality is like on Freeview? We've currently got cable - Telewest - where the picture quality is usually/often dvd standard. We want to change to Freeview as part of a money saving package, and we wondered what the service is like. I've asked…
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Can netgear piggyback on voyager 105 for transmit signal only?
Hi, Having a lot of problems setting up netgear router with aol. Internet green light on ok connections and cables to computer ok but at step 9 trying to connect to aol fails, though I have input screen name +password correctly. Im kinda giving up on this and looking for a workaround. At present my voyager 105 is…
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What is a CSV File?
Sorry if this is a dumb question but I was just trying to download my recent calls from the my T-Mobile website and I've never done it before. It came up and said it was a CSV file but I can't open it to view it as windows says it doesn't recognise the file type. What should I choose to view it through in order to see the…
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Help required re MS Works
Please if you are going to throw insults read no further. I have been using pc for a while but never properly, ie setting up address book etc, I am a 1 band taxi operator and wish to put all my airport clients into a database so that i can mail them offers etc,. what is the best way to go about it, do i put them all in my…
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freeview-portable aerials
apolgies if this query has been posted before... bought a freeview box from asda and arranged for a bloke to change my aerial on roof as my old one was goosed anyway.freeview works a treat in living room, however wifes changed jobs and now insists on wanting to go to bed early(sorry to bore you all with my dreary life…
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How to tell if someone is accessing my network
How can you tell if someone is accessing your wireless network? I am looking at my log page on the router (Netgear DG834G v2), but I don't really know what I am looking for! Any help will be much appreciated!
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Locked out of router grrrrrr!
PLEASE could some kind person tell me WHY I cannot get into my routers settings. :confused: Even when I try a reset......it will only work 1 in 10 times. this is driving me crazy. Its a Linksy's BEFDSR41W I put in http://192.168.1.1. I am desperately trying to get online again after e7even's disaster, and can't wait to get…
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Sat Nav???
I am looking for a bit of advise on in car Sat Nav units. A relative is looking to buy one. I know nothing about them and he knows even less! It needs to be very user friendly as he is not the best at operating new technology. Can anyone recommend a good unit for me to have a look at? Or one's to definetly stay away from?…
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helping others
hi can anyone help me i got this mate who crap on computer and she aint got a clue she trying to install her new webcam is tehre anyway i can do this for her without going to her is thre way i can conect to her computer and control it
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thinking of buying a laptop repair course from ebay
Hi all, I'm experience desktop Pc repair, but would like to learn how to repair/service laptop. recently I've came accross a self training laptop repair course at ebay(link shown below). http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8717528191&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 if you have any experience of the…
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Computer Half-wits
I have read most of this site over the past couple of years. I find it amazing why people are not forced to take a short course before being able to purchase and use a home computer. I don't drive, I have never had the need to own or drive a car, however if I were to need one I would have to learn how to drive and prove to…
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Help - please buying memory
Hi. I'm buying some extra memeory for a friend and crucial.com do not list her system. It's HP a608.uk and on the Hp site it just says pc2700 DDR DIMM - no mention of how many pins. I'm assuming its 184 but before I waste money on buying the wrong one could someone please help the details are here. I just want a 256 slice…
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Windows settings gone wrong please help!
The display settings for windows have messed themselves up on a computer at work. Last time this happened I did something & I can’t remember what it was called. In very lay terms I ‘made the computer think it was yesterday’ by restarting it in safe mode (I think) & typing in a command then selecting a file with a different…
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Converting Video Files to WMV
Is there a cheap / free application for converting AVI files etc to WMV
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photographic query...
Our family, we want to give our parents a photo of us all on it, for their wedding anniversary,, we are 7 sisters and brothers , however, we cannot all get together to have it took, plus some are in australia, maybe about 4 or 5 at the most can get together at same time, therefore is there a website that can superimpose…
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windows installer pop up
Good morning , Does anyone know how to get rid of a windows pop up, it says at the top windows installer and in the box "installing "this has just suddenly appeared and seems to be slowing down my access to the internet. I would be grateful for any advice thanks shrewdal
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AMD 64 Chips
I currently have an AMD64 3000 Winchester and seeing the price of AMD chips recently am considering an upgrade. Can anyone tell me which is the better chip: The AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego (Socket 939) with 1MB L2 cache OR AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice (Socket 939) with only 512Kb L2 cache Does the L2 cache make that much…
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Deleted User Account - My Docs recovery?
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to recover the My-Documents file from a deleted User Account please? A friend thought that her DH had backed them up, but I think he'd only copied the shortcut! :eek:
