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Sky connections question
Hi I've just moved into a new house, with a sky dish attached! Never had sky before but got hold of a sky digibox to try out the free-to-air and make sure the cabling was sound. I have two cables into the living room, one with no connector on the end and one with a tv/rf type connector. There is also another sky cable…
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DVB-T plus (help please)
I recently got a new LCD monitor for my PC so of course my Aunt saw it and wanted one as well ! She has been using a DVB-T plus thingy to watch telly for about a year or so but when I fitted the new monitor to her PC it stopped working properly. It will load up and play the channels sometimes but will then just freeze…
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How can I Password protect a Folder/File on my Laptop
Hi there I would like to have one folder on my laptop that I can store stuff in. Mostly it's just writings ramblings and notes, but some of the stuff is media files. I have some Personal mp3's that I would like to keep that way. (No its not Take That). Can it be done with a free program? I never though it would bother me…
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Problem with new Belkin keyboard
I bought a wired illuminated keyboard today in PC World, model no. F8E894UKBND-GLO, but I can't get my system to recognise it (running XP Pro), so I've had to reconnect my old keyboard. I've looked on the Belkin website and can't find this product, nor can I find any drivers on the Net. I'm not very techie-minded. I've…
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Xbox 360-unplayable disc eror???
Please help! Purchased core system from GUS in November for my son's xmas pressie. All fine until today when whichever game we put it, or DVD, the console makes a strange noise & then an error message comes on screen 'unplayable disc' The console has never been moved with a game inside and there are no red lights, and the…
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SD Cards for Nikon Coolpix?????
I need to get a couple of SD Cards(?? I think thats what they're called) for my camera. It's a Nikon coolpix 4600. I've never done this before - I'm new to this. Anyone know where to get them and which I should get?? Cheers QQ
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New Computer advice please!!
Help – computer ludite here desperately needing to upgrade my ancient old computer for a laptop, but know nothing – I only hit the buttons! Dell seem to be offering an Inspiron 1501 for £299 – but trying to understand the spec, I just glaze over! Bear in mind my current computer (Windows 98), 19.1 GB (from what I can make…
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open office download
I want to download openoffice.org for a computer we use upstairs and is not connected to the internet, I only have a cd writer and the download is 93 MB, is this too big to put on 1 CD? also can I store it on this computer without opening it, as I have all the microsoft versions or is it not a problem having both on?
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Microsoft sms sender
Does anyone know where the address book is located (and the file name) in Windows as I want to copy it from one installation to another? BarGin
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Selling Software
Sorry for creating two threads today.:o Basically, I just wondered what the best way to sell software was? Is the old method of seting up an individual site and hosting the file the way forward?.... or is there for instance, a site like "download.com" that hosts your file but allows people download and pay for the full…
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keyboard?
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website building
I was just wondering if anyone could recommend a program which enables someone who doesnt know code to build a basic website? Windows based. I have my own domain name and hosting. Thanks!
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How to take a screen shot?
Can anyone please tell me how to take a screen shot and can I send it as an attatchment via email? Thanks
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Vivitar 5150s
I bought this camera today. its says on the cam 5mp and also on the box. the camera actually has a 8mp setting. have a struck lucky?
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system idle process - approx eighty per cent!
is this normal?? sorry if this is a silly question. what i mean is when you open up task manager, all other tasks are neglible (0 to 2 per cent). thanks all :)
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Problems opening Outlook 2000 in XP Pro
Hi All I am hoping that somebody can help me. I am running Windows XP Pro and trying to open Microsoft Outlook 2000. I have been able to open it for about the last 5 months but now 9 times out of 10 it does not open. When I press CTRL, ALT & DEL I can see an Outlook process running but no program opens. I have tried ending…
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Itunes - TV
Hi there, Not sure if I am doing this right or not, but Im interested in watching Saturday Night Live which is an Amercian show and I thought it may be on Itunes. When I go into the TV shows bit, nothing comes up. What am I doing wrong? cheers
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Tevion dvd recorder - unknown disc
I have the Tevion dvd recorder model: TDRDVD4000 from aldi. I just put in 2 discs someone recorded for me in Divx and my dvd player displays "unknown disc". She has recorded things for me before and they have played no problem and 1 of the 3 discs she gave me does play. Can any suggest why this might be? Thanks
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Just bought a DVD recorder.....
I am so pleased to get rid of a load of wires from behind my tv!! The system was easy to set up (Wharfedale with HDD and freeview), however I am struggling to get half of the channels. I know this is possibly my aerial, however I have a booster in the loft and a decent one externally. I live in Shropshire and the channels…
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Pulling Hair Out
:confused: Hi there i wonder if anyone can help....my norton anti virus has expired and i decided not to renew norton but to go for AVG...i had to download a Norton removal tool from symantic website in order to remove norton....to my horror i have now lost my administrator status and cannot seem to restore this...ive…
