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Apple
Does anyone have an email address for Apple? Thanks V.much
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PayPal Woes
I sold my PS2 and a few games a month ago, all to seperate buyers, with the PS2 going special delivery. All the items, for some !!!!!! reason that only Royal Mail could explain and subsequently sidestep, all of them were delayed, though the PS2 did arrive a few days later. However, before that happened the buyer opened up…
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Sun Java Patch Fixes Problems
QUOTE Published: 2006-08-26, Last Updated: 2006-08-26 02:21:06 UTC by Patrick Nolan (Version: 1) SUN says prior to version 5.0 Update 6, an application or an applet could specify the version of the JRE on which it would run. "This issue can occur in the following releases (for Solaris, Linux and Windows platforms): Java…
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Defrag not working
Can anyone please offer a suggestioin I'm trying to rescue an old computer for a friend. A pentium lll 500 running Win 98 He let his family run all kinds of games that filled up the hard drive (10gb) I've deleted huge files and removed space hogging programs and now have 65% of the hard drive free. It only had 64Mb memory…
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Wireless adapter in laptop - will it work away from home?
Hi all, I've got my laptop connected to broadband (with plus.net) at home with a BT voyager 1060 wireless laptop adapter, which slots into the side of the computer. Later this week I'm working away from home and wondered how to connect to other wireless networks. I've got a £10 free WI-FI credEcard. (Thanks Martin) - but…
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help - worried! paypal-hijack?
received an email, stating it was from paypal and that someone had tried to access my account from abroad. and tried to hijack it click on link to verify its your account. if you dont, your account will be suspended. without thinking i just clicked on llink. not remembering until after i had clickd, that my email address…
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Anyone want a £10 WIFI card?
Hi all I got a CredEcard with computer shopper the other week, its apparently loaded with £10 credit. Not something ive got any use for, wondered if any techies might want it pM me your address, first come first served :beer: Lynz
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cheap sky box
i friend of mine wants sky without the 12 months subs. at aldi this week he has seen a complete kit for £59. however it says free to air on the box and appears not to have a card slot. am i right in saying to get channel 4 and 5 you need a free-sat card therefore you need a slot? also whats the difference between free to…
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Problems sending e-mail to @aol addresses with hotmail
Has anyone else encountered this problem? For some reason I can't e-mail any @aol.com address from my hotmail account without it bouncing back. Is there a way around this? I can't think what filters I could have set that would restrict outgoing mail, is it just that aol have ridiculously tight spam filters?
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Microsoft leaks Vista pricingCanadian gaffe reveals all
Canadian gaffe reveals all A CANADIAN noticed that his local Microsoft website allowed for the viewing of Vista pricing details. The page on Microsoft Canada has since been pullled. Full story at Isp-Shack.com http://www.isp-shack.com/e107/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?1257.last
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European Satellite Help Please!!
HI, Im gonna be upfront and say that basically i want a European Satellite system for the main purpose to watch premiership games. I've done some research but really need some help as in: Can someone recommend a cheap/quality receiver (Technomate 1500+ good?) Can someone recommend a cheap/quality dish? Do i need a…
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Help me pooter problem
Hi my folks are having a probelm with "windows office 2000 professional" it keeps coming up with this quite often and is annoying as hell. They dont have the CD's anymore:cool: so was wondering if someone could help me sort it.
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Video Playback
Recently, everytime I open up a video file on an internet page a green screen appears and I can't see the video. The audio is there but no video just green screen. Has something happened or can i fix this?
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Installing DVD Rewriter
Can anyone explain or point me to any web sites on how to install a DVD rewriter on my pc. I simply want to replace my CD RW with a DVD RW. Is this easy to do for an absolute novice? I have never even had the casing off my PC so I would be starting right at the beginning. I am on XP so would a new DVD simply plug in and…
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Xbox 360 live
Don't know if I have posted in the right section I have purchased a 12 month subscription to xbox live via my xbox and I though microsoft would take the money straight from my credit card but it looks like they take the money in 12 months time (I could be wrong though) Could I purchase a 12 month subscription card from the…
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Any ideas on what to use my broadband for?
I just got broadband, but don’t know what I can use it for. Before I was using dialup for online shopping, ebay, forums, emails etc.. so there was no need for broadband use, but since dial up isn’t that much cheaper it was best to opt for broadband I thought. I understand its useful for downloading video and music. But I’m…
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PCs being sold-off cheaply?
Lots of posters seem to be asking 'is this good value' type questions for PCs and laptops at less than £500. I'm guessing that retailers are dumping stock to make way for new ranges using the Intel Core Duo 2 CPU for PC and laptops. You may get a bargain, but anything with an Intel CPU not using a Core Duo 2 is now looking…
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Toshiba Tecra 9000 wireless query
A friend of mine has been offered a Toshiba Tecra 9000 (i think) which has a 1Ghz chip, 20gb hard disk, etc and also wireless built in. The laptop has windows 2000 installed but when I checked if the laptop could be configured with WPA security, there was no option. As she has a Orange Livebox, I understand they have WPA…
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IP address
How can you find out if your IP address is dynamic or static ? Cheers
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Locking computer keyboard?
I was at a friend's today. She has a child of 4 and while we were chatting the little girl got to the computer and played with the keyboard. The computer was on and some stuff disappeared, which we then managed to recover. My friend said she wished computer keyboards could be locked just like mobile phones. Now I got…
