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Aldi Laptop
On Aldi's website, they have an advert for a Medoim Laptop coming soon. Anyone any idea how much it will be?
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Olympus digital voice recorder software
A long shot I know but here goes anyway. I've managed to pic up an Olympus digital voice recorder from the local recycle group but unfortunately there was no installation disk as they had lost it some time back. The model number is DS-3000 something similar to this one Does anyone know how I might get my hands on an…
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XP Help
Hi Further to my post yesterday and my problems, I have done as advised and run the CC Cleaner and downloaded the AVG spy report. As requested I have attached these reports. To lso try to help I have downloaded a trial vervison of registry Repair 2.1 and that did a run on the registry and came up with a lot of problems…
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online banking-is my pc more secure this way?
Hi there, I do a lot of online banking and some buying stuff over the internet. Like everyone else I am very concious of security virus, trojans,keyloggers that sort of thing. I have 2 separate copies of win xp on my computer. What I have done is partitioned my hard drive into c and d with c windows installation only for…
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Digital camera spare parts - DIY repair
I've managed to crack the LCD glass on the back on my Fuji Z3 :mad: which is annoying as its a relatively new camera. I've looked around to see if I can get a cheap repair but with Jessops and Fuji themselves its over a £100 and as the camera only cost about £130 doesn't look like its worth doing this. I am covered on my…
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Cleartype in IE7 (and Firefox)
What exactly is cleartype? I assumed it was a fancy IE7 thing, but I've just realised it can be set in XP. (Properties, settings, appearance, effects, "use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts" and choose cleartype) Can you install it without IE7?
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Filezilla ftp
I use Mozilla Firefox as my main browser & use the Ftp associated with it - Fireftp. However, when you view my website using IE, the memberspage doesn't look as it should eg, as in FF. Is this because I use FF's ftp? If I used a more universal ftp, would that mean both browsers would have the same look? If this is the…
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New PC - What to install first...
Whatcha, I've recently bought a new PC and REALLY want to do things right this time. I want to set up a base build (which works well) that I can get back to simply and easily. Basically PC's slow down, over time you install / de-install so much that it gets bogged down, noticable in both startup and general reaction times.…
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Uninstall/reinstall XP Home/Pro
Hi, would be grateful for some help. Had a fatal error on my pc at home which had xp pro & ms office loaded (I got an IT guy in & the c drive is totally inaccessible). My son is giving me his old pc which has xp home installed as he's just bought a newer, more powerful machine with no operating system. I have the original…
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Car Stereo Advice
I've posted this on motoring board to no responce so thought might post here. Sorry if thats bad. I have an after market CD player which fitted fine into my old Seat Cordoba but as it conked out I have no got a Ford Escort. Unfortunately the wiring in the stereo is a little damaged and I wondered if you could help me or…
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The sims 1 complete collection Question
I thought as I have no got rid of all virus's and problems I would try to use my sims1 . I have had these discs for a while and cant get it to work, They load on pc fine, and the start screen comes up i press play ... then the sims logo comes up with various things written running underneath, Then just as you think the…
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error starting up windows
when i switch pc on in the morning it is saying there has ben unexpected error then gives a load of options to start up with, ie safe mode--- windows xp---- last known configeration etc.... but non of them work i have to switch of by keeping finger on the tower then start in safe mode to then restart in normal mode i have…
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MP3 file help
Is it possible to convert MP3 files on my PC so that I can listen to them on my PC and also burn them onto CDs so that I can listen to them in my CD players etc. And if so , how do I do it ? Meant to say , I have Windows Basic Vista , in case this makes any difference.
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ford fiesta radio code
Hi not sure if this is in the right place or not but i borrowed my mums car the other night and left the lights on :-( of course the battery went dead and now i need a code for the radio, it is the radio that originally come with the car. Anyone have any ideas where i can find this code please? Thanks
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Hewlett Packard PSC 1317
When I went to use the printer today as soon as I turned it on the carriage just slams from one end to the other, the paper and ink cartridge lights are flashing. I have tried the things suggested on the HP website but nothing seems to help. Has anybody else had this problem or know of a solution. Cheers Mark
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System Restore destroyed my word files
Hi all, I did something really dumb. I used system restore. I'd installed a font management prog, and it messed up my fonts, so I tried to undo the damage by using system restore. Only problem is that its destroyed some important word2007 (docx) documents I've been working on. Any ideas how I can get them back? I tried…
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new TOM TOM but no sd card? got one won't connect to ?? ani ideas PLEASE :)
Morning, I've a TOM TOM 510 that my sister in law brought from her catalogue and when she returned it as unused (as she brought a better deal from Halfords) the catalogue company said the sd card and activation code was missing and wouldn't accept it back and returned it to her, we know the card and code was there but…
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AVG & Highjackthis Report
Hi Further to my post yesterday and my problems, I have done as advised and run the CC Cleaner and downloaded the AVG spy report. As requested I have attached these reports. To lso try to help I have downloaded a trial vervison of registry Repair 2.1 and that did a run on the registry and came up with a lot of problems…
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problems - gmail mail fetcher with hotmail
hello i'm expreincing problems getting gmail to fetch my hotmail.com messages (hotmail is pop enabled). after entering details within gmail & clicking 'ok' i keep getting error '[hotmail] connection timed out'. has anyone sucessfuly managed to get hotmail within gmail? any help/advice greatly appreciated. tia
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Help needed please free AVG
Just tried to download AVG on my laptop and I have clicked to run the file and it has came up saying "the publisher could not be verified" is this still ok to install. I have had norton on trial and now finished so need some security please can anyone advise me what I might need as I havnt got a clue. Thanks
