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How do I reactivate my Yahoo email account?
How do I reactivate my Yahoo email account? It's been closed because it has not been used in 4 months. I'm having a clear out and I want to post some items on my local Freecycle group. Can anybody help me?
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I'v been given a Sky plus box
I have just taken out a standard Sky subscription which will be installed soon. Also I have a friend leaving the UK who has offered to give me his Sky plus box. Can anyone tell me if I can use the box without specialist installation?
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Multimap (alternatives?)
Hi Not sure if it's just me but I'm struggling to get maps displayed properly on multimap today (tried using firefox and IE ). I don't think I've changed anything in my browsers. Can someone recommend an alternative to multimap?
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Repairing or replacing a cooling fan
Hiya guys how much would it cost If I took my laptop to a shop to have the cooling fan cleaned, the dust removed, or even have it repaired? I'm looking for a rough price guys as I don't have a clue and wouldn't want to get caught out. I'm not really tempted to do this myself as I wouldn't want to screw it up. Cheers guys
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Download mp3 files
Hello, Wheres the best place to download mp3 files from, being looking at Allofmp3.com, but unable to see how to add funds to the account, appears mastercard\visa now cannot be used. Don't get me wrong, i'm more than willing to pay for the music, but at the lowest price!! Cheers Jona
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Access 2003 Help needed!
Hey all. I need to disable the 'Unhide...' option, under the 'Window' menu. :o Would anyone know how I can find out the CBar value for this item so that I can disable it in VB? :confused: Thanks all!
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Big Fonts?
Hi, I seem to be getting really big sized letters on a lot of the websites I'm viewing, such as yahoo and my university website, however others seem uneffected. I'm not sure why as i haven't directly adjusted any settings myself. Is there anyway to get these back to standard/smaller font sizes, the big fonts are not very…
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Advanced Excel help
Just wondering how to do the following in Excel I have 2 sheets One has formulas on and one looks like a "bill" I need to make a sheet in which I can enter the data i.e. client name, address etc and the items to go on the invoice ie. description, amount, VAT etc I then want this information to show in a presentable format…
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Performance service from PCWorld
Has anyone taken out a Performance service package from PCWorld for their laptop/desktop computer? What are your views about it? from what i have been told they do health checks/upgrades for free which i am capable of doing. They charge £10/month. they given me a month free so can cancel after a month. It is just that i am…
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Uninstall crapware
Got myself a compaq laptop. Neat looking laptop. Am in the process of creating recovery discs (yawn). Since i am on NTL broadband and use AVG antivirus etc i do not need AOL and norton software which are installed. Are they easy to uninstall? Is it a matter of going to start - control panel - add/remove programs?
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EXT2 IFS for Windows
https://www.fs-driver.org Anyone use this? Just thinking about setting up my partition with an EXT3 filesystem, so it can be read in Linux and Windows. Was tempted by FAT32 although I'd rather use NTFS or EXT3, and the above would help solve that although an EXT3 filesystem in windows will be read as an EXT2 filesystem, ie…
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New DVD/CD reader writer installed and ????
My computer had a combo CD reader writer and dvd reader. A friend put in an additional DVD/CD reader writer for me. Unfortunarely he lives some way away and cannot be contacted. Yestersay I ttied to write to a DVD in the new deive, but I kept being asked to insert a disk, eventhough there was one in. I also inserted a new…
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AVG software clashes?
I'm on a library PC at the moment, so may not get replies until tomorrow, but wondered if anyone had come across this problem. I tried to download the new AVG at the weekend, went through the download, clicked the restart as prompted and that's when the trouble started. Now all the system does is startup, shut down, start…
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Voyager 2091 & 1055 - Any Good?
I'm considering getting a BT Voyager 2091 Wireless Router plus 1055 USB Adapter, to be a XMAS present. Any experiences please - reliable and easy to set up? Thanks. Polybear
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How have I done this?
Hi, Apparently whilst sending photos of my children to In-laws, I have attached a list of the websites I have viewed! I can't see this! I have looked on his email and can't see this?! Is he lying or can he really have done this? Or I ?
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HD and the pitfalls
like many people I have had a look at HD televisions. It seems to me that a TV may be HD ready without being able to to do justice to a HD picture. Most retailers seem to be displaying HD tvs that are showing SD pictures. It is really quite difficult to get a full demonstration of HD. I have seen a demo on both a high-end…
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New Dell - Flickering Hourglass Symbol
I've just been setting up a brand new Dell Desktop (Windows XP Media Centre) and notice that very often there is a flickering Hourglass symbol or a solid Hourglass symbol (my own Packard Bell always shows a solid Hourglass symbol when doing something). The Dell is literally straight out of the box yesterday, and has McAfee…
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no windows default sound
my default windows sounds are missing, no icon in taskbar even thou it's ticked in control panel audio settings my sounds are in the media folder when selecting sounds to test it just does not highlight to test, i can can play anything and have sound in any video player installed on my pc like winamp and vlc, in internet…
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Tip for removeing the "Press" button on BBC Digital Channels
On BBC TV interactive programmes/news and BBC News 24 there is a PRESS button in the top corner of the screen. To get rid of it presss the GREEN button.
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CCTV on the Web
Hey, I've rigged up my home with wireless CCTV that records to a HDD. I read in the manual I can install a video server??? I've looked up and I need I THINK I need IP Video/Audio Server which will convert my CCTV to a MPEG4 image that I can view online? Can anyone offer any advice on this? at the moment (due to not being…
