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Intergrated Freeview tv & dvd recorder + hard drive
I dont think this topic has been covered before but forgive me if it has. A friend of mine has just bought a new LG tv plus intergrated freeview tuner and a LG dvd recorder plud hard drive. He tells me that he can only record the 5 terrestrial channels, he is not able to record the channels from Freeview. Is this correct…
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Change host 'puter on router?
Howsie doodie :wave: We currently have a wired PC and wireless laptop, PC is the host. We are getting rid of the PC tommorrow and need to change the laptop over to be the host. Unfortunalty I have lost manual to tell me how to do this. Any help? I have a netgear router and both PC and LT are on XP. Thanks :D
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any online scanners for spyware or nastys?
i have spybot and adaware already i wonder if there are any good online scanners that i could run now n then to make sure its all clear, or is there no point with what i already have? just paranoid and want to keep my new comp running sweetly
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IE Add-on Problem
Hi Everyone, My IE keeps crashing and I keep having to shut everything down and start over again after getting the following error message: Internet Explorer has encountered a problem with an add-on and needs to close The following add-on was running when this problem occurred: Add-on Name: Flash9b.ocx Company Name: Adobe…
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best digital signal booster?
i have an old labgear digital tv signal booster which is now getting near pension age and was hoping someone can tell me which is the strongest and best signal booster anyone can recommend? cheers for any help!
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recovering files on USB
I used a work USB on my uni pc, the USB had some images on it but when I just plugged it into my laptop they had become .exe Trojans. Is there a way of recovering the original images?
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STALKER -Won't Run
I am trying to play 'Stalker:Shadow of Chernobyl' on my PC. It appeared to load OK onto my computer, but when I click the icon on my desktop it comes up with this error message... Page file is disabled or the page file set is too small. To make the game work correctly the page file of 2GB is required. Please make all the…
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Buring .avi's
hey guys, what would be the easiest was to burn a .avi file to DVD so i could watch it on a dvd player? Can i just use nero?:confused: :beer:
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Nintendo Games for Wii
Hi, Have finally managed to get a Wii and was looking for some more games. What other Nintendo Console Games can you use in a Wii - is it gamecube ? Do I have to buy any fancy gizmo to be able to play games other than wii specified games ? Advice appreciated as it is coming up to the weekend and would like to buy some.…
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aria.co.uk down?!
Does anyone have problems accessing https://www.aria.co.uk?! Ordered with them yesterday, but today there is no response from their website... mmh
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Windows Anytime Upgrades for Vista
I purchased a new PC with Vista Home Premium installed and I would like to upgrade to Vista Ultimate. A number of websites including Microsoft’s http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/jan07/01-17ConsumerOptionsPR.mspx list the recommended cost of this upgrade as being $159. This is also the price that this upgrade…
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Outlook Express keeps popping up
I am using outlook express 6. Even when I have unchecked the 'check for message every... minutes box' and the whole programme is turned off, it keeps opening up and popping up when I am typing in another programme. Any ideas how to stop this please. I am using a new Dell computer. It has just been returned from technical…
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Sweaty MP3
I like to use my MP3 in the gym but it does tend to get covered in sweat and stop working. Any tips to keep my player dry?
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Am I being ripped off with my internet. 60kbps download on a 2mb line?
Last year sometime we upgraded from 1mb to 2mb with Tiscali. Heres the deal we have http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/bundle-2mb-wt.html?code=ZZ-NL-11EE My download speed is only 66k at the maximum, at night say 2am sometimes the speed hits around the 75k mark. I did a speed test and this is what I got The speed…
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Digital Freeview box problem
Hi All, Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? I have just got a new freeview box and tried setting it up. Unfortunately it cannot find any channels, everything seems to be plugged i.e Ariel and Scart lead. Any ideas? :confused:
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Digital Freeview box problem
Hi All, Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? I have just got a new freeview box and tried setting it up. Unfortunately it cannot find any channels, everything seems to be plugged i.e Ariel and Scart lead. Any ideas? :confused:
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How do I find out if graphics card can handle widescreen?
Hello, I'm buying a new monitor but read that I need to check if my graphics card can handle 1440 x 900. How do I find this out? Also the contrast ratio on the monitor I have at the moment is 700:1 but the monitor I am looking at is 500:1, am I likely to see a noticeable difference? Thanks
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Using Webcam to talk to Australia
My elderly friend has just taken the leap and moved from dial-up to broadband (Tiscali) and has bought himself a webcam. His main reason was to talk to his son in Australia, who is also on Broadband and has a webcam. What is the simplest way to use it i.e. ms messenger, yahoo messenger Skye etc? The less complicated the…
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Does going on the internet mess up a computer?
My OH has a work laptop and I use it for going on here, ebay etc, Not anything dodgey! But I was just wondering whether general internet use slows a computer down quite a bit?! I do clear cookies etc......
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Pdf documents not completely printing
Hi, I have a bit of a problem which no-one seems to be able to solve. Whenever I try to print any pdf to our HP designjet 500 it will not print approx the last inch of the drawing. This only happens when printing a pdf and not anything else. I have tried changing the paper size the printer thinks is in there to a larger…
