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recording setanta onto thomson 6300 pvr?
hope someone can help me and give me some advice if you are able to record/store the games that are shown, directly onto the pvr 6300 if you also have a setanta subscription? thanks for any help and advice anyone can give me!
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Java
Does anyone know if Java works with vista? I looked on the Java website and it doesn't say. Any help would be greatfull.
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bookmark template
Hi, I was wondering if any of you people would be able to help me. I am looking at ways that i can produce bookmarks on my laptop. I mainly need text, one side childs name and on the other a motto or someting. I have quark, page plus and ms word at my disposal, but cannot seem to find a template. If possible i would like…
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Problem playing various media on PC
I have an Acer laptop with Acer Arcade which plays DVD movies, sound and video files etc. It is an Acer Aspire 5622WLMi. I am unable to play various media in either Acer Arcade or Windows Media Player. I can play Real Audio and Real Video in using RealAlternative in Media Player Classic. When I open an MP3 file up into…
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Dual boot laptop going back to single boot question
I have a laptop with 2 OS on it. One on C:\ and one on D: \. I have decided I want to keep the one on D: \ and absorb the C:\ into the other OS to provide more storage. Is this possible?, I know I could do this if I want to keep the C:\ as it would be straightforward, but are there any issues with having the OS on a drive…
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who is this company?
In the process of disputing a transaction on my debit card. The company details show as Netacess/Olb Mpi. Anyone came across them and know who they are? Aps for posting here but it sounds as if it is a techie company. cheers kelly
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TV Set Up
Hi I wondered if someone could help me with this Equipment Tv with 3 Scart points Sky Digi Box Dvd/Video Combo Free to Air Digi Box with Foreign Channels My question is I want to be able to record programmes off Sky and Free to Air(not at same time) but at the moment can only record from Sky. Any help would be great please…
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slow computer and reinstalling windows!!
my 2 years old desktop (windows xp Home) is becoming painfully slow as a result of accumulation of software and internet surfing so i have decided to do clean reinstall of windows ( from the manufacturer recovery disk) but i have been told by a friend that i have to reformat the hard disk first or otherwise i would not…
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new camera/lense help
hi, have brought a lovely Panasonic DMC-FZ7 a month or two back and whilst im impressed so far with its results, im looking into a wide angle lense as we're off to prague in six weeks time and im hoping to get lots of landscape-type pics aswell as the buildings etc i know this camera takes addtional lenses but im a bit…
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who sells cheapest xd cards?
Does anyone know where I may get the cheapest xd cards ? I would refer 512Mb or 1Gb and Olympus would be my first choice. I have tried mymemory.co.uk and memorycardzoo but they stilll seem a little pricey compared to other formats. With many companies it seems that a cheap price quickly gets bumped up by p+p charges which…
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Securing a wireless network
Hello Please can someone help, I am trying to secure our wireless network,its a netgear. Secured the laptop, was only able to use wep because of the wg111 on the pc ,then it was the turn of the pc, this was fine was able to secure that. But when I went back to the laptop it said it had limited or no connectivity and would…
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PC Weirdness
Hi everyone our PC is doing some weird things. when we start it up sometimes and connect to teh internet it is carrying out the mouse commands but does not register any keyboard entries and say I try to logon to yahoo it will close down the page and go back to my home page. It does the same thing for my wife when she…
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Twin Screen DVD Player & DVD Writer !?!?
Hi. We are driving to France in the summer and want to by an in car twin screen DVD player for my three boys. I also want to buy a DVD writer for my Dell (IDE?), so I can, hopefully, back up a load of DVDs in 'DIVX' and have these bouncing about in the back of the car, rather than scratching up the originals. Having…
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NTDETECT Location?
Wondered if anyone can answer this one - A couple of weeks ago i did a system restore and have noticed that the following files have appeared in the main c drive, seperate from my Apps, Document & settings, my Music, Programme Files, and Windows folders - DWNLOG MCDLOG NTDETECT NTLDR SAUDIT UPDFLOP.TAG Yesterday when i…
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Netgear Router
I hve recently had to re install windows due to a problem with the main computer. I have a wirless system running using a Netgear Router. Now all is running ok, much better than before but I have found a problem, I think. The Router is fine and the computer runs as new. I need to add my laptop to the system but I have lost…
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can you get freeview on tv without scarts?
My uncle has a 20yrs old Mitsubishi tv, in perfect condition, is it possible to get freeview plugged into it when the tv has no scarts. Ta
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Winword error
I do a lot of work at a nearby Uni which runs Kaspersky antivirus. I save plain text files to a memory pen and then put them onto my home computer after scanning using MY software protection (AVG antivirus, Adaware and Spybot). The problem is that often (but not always) as I am editing the text file and resaving it in rtf…
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Ceiling fan....any good?
I am considering buying a ceiling fan (with light) for my bedroom. Could anyone tell me if they're any good/use or a complete waste of money? Cheers ;)
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best free firewall & antivirus
whats the best firewall & antivirus?
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Installing Windows Vista/Xp onto USB HDD
how do i install vista & xp into a multiboot on my 40GB external usb HDD? how do i set it to boot?
