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Tesco Office and MS Office
On Click this morning the BBC ran a story about Tesco developing an Office Suite software for about £20. Do any of you experts know if it will open MS documents?
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Replacement MS Explorer mouse feet required
After eight or so years, I've finally ground the Teflon feet on my MS Explorer mouse down so far that the underside is scraping off the desk. Anybody know where I can get replacement ones? Everglidez is a brand name that I've found, but £6-odds plus delivery is a bit steep.
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Just bought a Humax box - and I think we have been ripped off
After weeks of research about purchasing a HDD DVD recorder, we decided to go for a PVR and bought a HUMAX. We already have the basic Sky package which isn't far off Freeview. So we have managed to work out that with the Humax, we can record 2 freeview channels at the same time and watch another channel on our Sky -…
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History
All of a sudden, my PC never remembers any history. So, for example, everytime I log into MSE I have to enter my user name and password and no history is saved in the address bar. I am using Firefox and even though I tell it to remember visited pages for the last 30 days, every time I turn my PC on it had defaulted to 0.…
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Clicking on links, not working?
When clicking on links in threads nothing happens,except the egg timer comes on for a few moments, have to copy and paste links and even then it sometimes comes up as Google and "did you mean". Only on this site, links elsewhere OK. ?
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Multiple Feeds From A Digital TV Aeirial?
I currently have one aerial in the roof with two feeds (not sure if that is the correct term :o ) coming off it via a splitter/booster box, which go to the front and back of the house. And a second aerial with a single feed coming off it which goes to the bedroom. I want to switch to digital and wondered if it's possible…
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Is Microsoft Money Hard to Instal and Use?
I am seriously thinking about buying Microsoft Money to use in the New Year to get a grip on my finances. Is it hard to instal and how easy is it to use?
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Download speed
I'm currently downloading the 30-day trial Nero program. It's 188MB in sze, but my download speed is only around 5kb. Should it be this slow? Does it mean there is something wrong with my ADSL? Thanks
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Printing problems
I have tried to print out an order I've placed. It won't print any of the details..such as name, address and details of the order. I am using Zone alarm pro and it has only happened since I installed this. Does anyone know what settings I have to alter to allow it to print my order?
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Oh my god my mouse is filthy!!
Whilst waiting for what seemed like ages for a download to complete I idly took the little round plastic thingy off the bottom of the mouse and out came the little ball and a whole lot of muck too...eeek!! :eek: I have now cleaned it but on the little wheels inside where the ball goes is some hard dirt which won't come off…
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URGENT help needed, VIRUS
Hi, need some help urgently please! I got sent a link on MSN, clicked it, opened the file, and then it started sending the link to everyone on my MSN, I restarted the computer, and the "autoplay" popup kept coming up and again it started sending it to everyone on my MSN. I really need some help getting rid of it please?…
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Myspace Problems changing email address
I realised my name was too recognisable in myspace so changed my login. This worked and I received their email to my old given email address to authorise the change. I can now log in under the new id but have realised that I have given the wrong/non-existent email address, i.e. it is now XXXX@google.com whereas it should…
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How do I make a file NOT deletable?
Hi, I have a backup of my computer on another partition and I was wondering is it possible to set the file so that it can't be deleted by mistake? I know you can hide it, but its the foolproof way of setting can't be deleted that I want Joe
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Printing double sided from A4 TO A5
I'm tearing my hair out with this: I wish to print a manual which is in PDF format in a duplex (double sided) format in A5 using A4 copier paper. Have experimented with many different options but without success. It works ok getting it from A4 to A5 but doing the duplex bit is proving impossible without getting the reverse…
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VHS to DVD / DVD editing / Mini DV to DVD
Hope you don't mind me asking a few questions at once. I have old VHS tapes that I want to transfer to a DVD that can be used on any player (or PC). I also want to be able to edit the DVD's easily (preferably on the PC). If it would it be easier, I'd rather buy a combi VHS DVD player to transfer the VHS to DVD, but only if…
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Help! PC has gone crap!
Started this morning. Windows MP couldn't play a song saying something was wrong blah blah. Restarted and song played OK. But the taskbar thing at the bottom kept going 'oldschool' you know sort of '98 style fonts and what not. Also goes from 2 lines to 1 and goes grey! Tried doing a system restore and won't let me restore…
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Quicklaunch icons
Hello all - does anyone know a way to increase the number of quicklaunch icons (displayed on the left of the taskbar) to more than 3? I know there are more available via the little arrows but I would like to have more on view if possible. thanks Hugh J
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System Restore Problem among others!!!!
Hi, I've just spent a while reading through the excellent stickie ref removal of spy ware etc. This was after experiencing a Friday full of pc problems! I did a search for system protection & came up with 'Bug Doctor' which I allowed to do a free scan finding I think it said 456 problems to correct & suggested I pay some…
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Any Digital Camera Experts
I have just seen this posted on hotukdeals and wondered what you digi camera experts thought of it. I did have a Canon Powershot S40 until my dear son dropped it on the kichen floor last weekend Any thoughts welcome, thanks
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movie splitter
ne1 plz recommend a good free piece of software that can split up movie files avi, divx etc.. thanks :D
