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Netgear wireless problem
Hi there. Some techie help required if possible! I've acquired a netgear wireless router (DG834) and am trying to get wireless connectivity on my home laptop. My ISP is talk talk (unfortunately!). I have been in touch with Netgear and it is set-up fine. It says I have excellent strength connectivity, yet when I try to…
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svchost.exe
Hi all Probably a really stupid question, bu can someone please explain what this is, what is does and why I would have multiple copies in the task manager? And can I have everything in laymans terms please, I'm not all that technical?
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Thanking People?
Hi Anyone got any ideas why I can't thank people? When I click on the thanks button it just shoots me back top the top of the page. It does the same if I click on Show me as well. Jue
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External hard drive and formatting
I'm considering purchasing a Seagate 320Gb external hard drive. However it would be formatted FAT32 and I have Win XP and would prefer NTFS. Is it possible or easy to change? Also is £59 for this particular unit a good price and what alternatives are available, similar capacity and price, possibly better value? Thanks.
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Well done Guys !!!!
Don't know what you did to the forum website last night - but it is really flying this morning !! :T :T :T
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hotmail messages all gone
I logged in to my one of my hotmail account which I haven't accessed for quite a while and all my messages were gone. I also notice its now changed to windows live. What happened?
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My pc is really slow on start up
My pc is really slow on start up, i've ran avg, ad aware and c cleaner, also defragged it. doesn't really do much. I though putting a hijack this log on may shed some light. Thanks to anyone who provides help Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 21:53:16, on 16/05/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)…
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Can I completely remove a laptop screen?
If so how? If I could remove it then I could get another computer screen and use it like that. The non working screen gets in the way!!
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Can I make my cable internet wireless with a bt router?
Hello, I've recently joined Virgin from BT and I'm left with a horrible white cable from the router to PC. Annoyingly, next to the cable modem is my old BT wireless router. I've tried plugging a cat5 cable into the ethernet port of the two to connect them but it doesn't send the signal. Is it possible to make my BT router…
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Router mains adapter?
I have a Belkin F5D7633-4 router but no mains adapter for it. I also have one of the free Fon routers which I can't use on my system but it has a power adapter with it. Can I use the power adapter from the Fon to power the Belkin? I have googled myself silly trying to find an answer to this so if anyone knows the answer I…
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anybody having problems sending attachments via yahoo mail today?
...or is it just me? the page simpy expires as it goes through the 'attaching files' process (with the status bar showing). thanks all :)
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I think my TV just died
My TV - (Sony 28" Widescreen KV28FX20 CRT) has just gone blank and is making a clicking/ticking noise from the rear of the TV set. I can't remember if it went "pop" or not. Has anyone seen/heard of this before? Can it be repaired easily? Estimated cost? Or should I be looking for a replacement/new TV. The set was 8 years…
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Ram
Hi I've just given my Acer Laptop a second 512mb ram. I upgraded from 256m by adding 512mb as a second ram and have now removed the 256m altogether and added the second 512mb ram. I was not sure if it would make much difference, but I'm running Vista and thought it may help. To be honest it does not appear to have made a…
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Help! Toolbars Overkill!
I've got yahoo, micrsoft (i think) and google toolbars - how do I get rid of them or at least have only 1? In plain english please - I'm no techie!
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Is this advisable?
If you had a child (well teenager) that wanted to download and burn DVDs and CDs would you let him? I mean is it legal. If it is all above board what sort of equipment do you need and how much is it likely to cost? My nephew wants to do this and while nobody objects if it is allowed, my sister does not want to be in Court…
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Male USB 'A' to phono plugs (TV)?
Sorry if this is a stupid question but I know almost as much about digital cameras as I do about gardening. OK here goes. Picked up a cheap digital camera but, although it has a female USB 'A' socket for connecting to a computer, it doesn't have a socket so it can be connected to a TV for viewing the pictures. Is it…
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help with world of warcraft please
my OH has just bought wow ( he was very excited bless him) it all installed ok, but just wont connect when you try and play it. it stays on the connecting page but then doesnt do anything else! could anyone help please (neither of us are very techie!) id love to be able to watch desperate housewives in peace!!!! :confused:
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Philips wireless TV sender? Or coax?
I bought a philips wireless TV signal thing, but it's hopeless, I get apicture, with a nice lot of cackling and bars running across the screen and have tried everything! Tried running it on all four channels, tried changing my wireless router channels, even turning my wireless router completely off, but nothing will work,…
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Trying to network a pc and a laptop
Afternoon guys, My 1st post in this area, hope you dont mind. OK, I have a PC and a laptop. I want to network them to share docs and the internet. I have cable Broadband. I have bought a cross over cable, attached it to the PC and the laptop, the PC installed through the wizard no probs... it says connected when the cable…
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Orange Broadband Problem...ahhh
we have been signed up to orange broadband for nearly 3 months and the last few days we have had problems connecting to the interenet. The two green lights on the modem are solid but one minute it works and the next (especially in the evening), it doesnt. Error 0718 - cannot connect to remote computer. connection…
