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Oh no!. Dh's xbox 360 has given him the '3 red lights of doom'
Ste isn't happy.. his xbox 360 gave him the '3 red lights of doom' last night and we can't afford to get it fixed or replaced. He's going to be completely lost without his games! He was in pieces last night when it happened as it's out of warranty. He's going to be in a foul mood til we get it fixed or replaced! Don't know…
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Broadband Speeds...
I've just done a speed test on my AOL 1MB connection. The downstream is fine at 1MB but the upstream is only 0.2, which seems very slow. I've done the test several times over the past couple of days but it always comes back 0.1 - 0.1 upstream :confused:…
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using a proxy server
I need to use a proxy server to view youtube, myspace etc.. but when going to these sites I can't view videos/music because it says I haven't got the required plug-ins i.e. javascript, macromedia flash player, adobe 9. These are all installed on my system but if I go via a proxy I suppose the site doesn't have acess to the…
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speed camera free for tomtom one?
can someone send me the free speed camera database for tomtom one? I know pocketgps used to be free but they charge. Can someone not just email the files to me, if they are feeling generous. email: tesconet7 -at- hotmail.co.uk ;) thank you :beer:
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Laptop USB
Hi nearly all my usb ports on my laptop have died, how do I work out what kind of USB ports I have so I'm able to replace them. Are they all PCMCIA or are there different kind of ones. any help would be fantastic
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Computer Resoloution
Hope someone can help me with my PC, as I stuck. We had a power cut yesterday, and when I went to go back on PC, the screen has become funny. Everything on it is very big, all the writing is gigantic, and things look a bit blurred. I presume I need to alter the resolution size,but am stuck what to do,can someone talk…
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DVDs won't play on my laptop
Hi there, We hired two DVDs from Blockbuster over the weekend but neither of them would play on my laptop. They just whirred and clicked but nothing else. I thought the DVD drive on the laptop must be broken but then I tried another disc, one of those freebie ones from the newspaper, and that played no problem. The laptop…
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Good small business email package for security
Hi Does anyone know a good email tool for a small business, where I can trial it,was looking at message labs etc
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Video Player on Web Pages
I have a website but want to show short videos on it. I use Page Breeze HTML editor for photos and reports on the web but I am unsure of how to put the player onto a page? Are there any free players that will work on web pages and is Google Video such a player and will it play any sort of video file or only specific types?…
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Help, Windows Vista on new laptop AOL incompatable
Hi all, does anyone know the way to solve my problem.Just bought a new laptop with windows vista installed but its not compatable with my AOL BROADBAND.wHATS THE SOLUTION, IVE GOT WINDOWS XP ON MY MAIN PC.
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Transfer Texts Messages?
Is it possible to transfer text messages from mobile to computer? I have a Sony Ericsson Phone and I have the cable and software but I can't see anything about transferring texts. Thanks!!!
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Virus Checker Replacement
I'm sure that there are plenty of messages on here about this subject, but my free subscription with McAfee which came with my new dell pc is about to expire. Has anyone got any suggestions for free replacements (virus checker and spyware). In the past on my previous pc I had avg and adaware, but I wondered if there was…
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Help Convert avi to wmv files
Please could someone recommend a FREE simple to use programe to convert avi files to wmv files . Thanks In advance for any help
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iPod video transfer problems
Just bought an Ipod 30gb video and have had problems when trying to add albums to it...it doesn't seem to let me add a single album to the device without clearing the rest already there. I'm using iTunes, if I uncheck the albums already there and just leave the one I want added it removes all the unchecked albums and…
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Problem with new laptop
i have just got a new toshiba satalite with smart drive. the cd drive keeps playing up it reads dvds fine but when i put in a cdr or dvdr it say D: drive unaccesable. also when i put in game disks it wont open unless i go into my computer and click explore. any ideas
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something weird just happened! advice/ideas please!
right,this is weird! I always have the volume on my pc speakers loud,so most of the time i can hear noise from the speakers just normal sound. but i just had noise comin through which sounded like background noise from someones house!i could hear shuffling about and I swear a telly in the background! :confused: this was…
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SCSI/RAID Host Controller
It has only started happing today i keep getting found new hard ware SCSI/RAID Host Controller i haven't put anything new into the computer for about 3 months. When i click recommended on the install settings it says the specifiate device does not exist as an installed service. I did install alcohol 120%
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Hi Jack Log query
I had 3 trojan horses on my pc - argh shock. Used AVG to isolate them. Also done a scan with Ad-aware and Spybot S&D. As an extra precaution i ran Hijack This, but could not remember which website to use where i can post the log so i can check for further threats - any help welcome. thanks
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Email validation link problem
Hi I run a website where people can sign up, but in order to post more details etc I send out a Email validation link, for example if they sign up with a hotmail email address the Email validation link does not arrive in hotmail, But it works with yahoo, other email programmes but not hotmail, anyone know the reason , or…
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snapshot?
how do i create a snapshot of my website's screen? (in case it all goes a over t, just want something for reference) cheers.