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Reccomend a PC Doctor
Im having problems which need the work of someone who knows what they are doing. PC keeps crashing, just switching off and error messages. Thank you Sally
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Help - PDA advice
I'm looking to buy a pda gps thingy for the other half but don't know very much about them:confused: . I know he wants sat nav and he already has a pda thats second hand and quite old so i thought it'd be a good idea to combine the two. I've found a good deal for an HP iPAQ rx5720 Travel Companion but i can't find any…
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HELP! Windows Media Player Won't play DVDS!
As the title says my PC WMP 9 (and now tried WMP10) has stopped playing DVDs. Keeps coming up with message 'Unknown DVD'. It used to play before no prob, however I recently used a Systen Optimiser software to try and speed up the lethargic pc. Not sure what this has done to the program. Can anyone please help. I have…
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Computer Servicing
Sorry if this has been repeated countless times but I couldn't really find anything specific. Basically is there anything a complete PC numpty (me) can do to sort of self service my PC. I do monthly virus scans and have automatic updates from Windows setup etc. Is there anything else I could/should be doing to keep the old…
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computer won't startup
When I start up the computer the screen fills up with a lot of numbers/letters and non system disk or disk error replace and strike any key when ready which I have done but nothing happens, any ideas what the problem is? it looks like i am going to have to get some one to look at it so any advice would be helpful. thanks
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Starting with Sky again
Hi My sky subscription lapsed a couple of years ago. The dish remains in place and I take advantage of the the free channels. I have just bought a HD tv and I am now looking at sky again to consolidate my phone , broadband connection. I am tempted by the HD box that sky offer but the cost of £299 is a little high. I am…
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PC DVD Player help
My first time this far down the board as I usually restrict myself to the money section - hopefully someone will be able to help. The DVD player on my PC (Acer/Win XP Prof) has been not working for some time - ive only had it for about 9 months but thought it had just broken. Anyway today I went out and bought a new one,…
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Aldi laptop Thursday - opinions please
Aldi have a laptop on offer on Thursday http://www.aldi.co.uk/ http://www.medion.de/md98300/uk/flash.html for more detaills Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-50 Huge 120 GB hard drive capacity Massive 1,024 MB DDR2 SDRAM memory NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 6150 graphics card 15.4"…
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Open Office
I am thinking of downloading this programme but have some questions first. Has anyone had any problems with it on Vista HP? I think it will open word documents sent to me but what if I want to send a doc made in OO to someone who can afford MS Office? Are there any other things I need to be aware of before proceeding?
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sony vaio help please
I am poss missing the obvious..but here goes. I have just bought sony laptop and all seems ok.I am though having problems with word and works etc.Its asking for licence key which is usually on cd case but with the sony there are no discs...so where is the licence key,please. thanks in anticipation Trev
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Spares help needed
I am in desperate need of a LCD harness for a Sony Vaio PCG-F707 part number 1-678-876-11 , no one in the uk seems to stock this or have any used parts. I would be really grateful if anyone has any ideas or other sources.
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Dell Inspiron 510m charging help required!
Hi all, I have a Dell 510m laptop which now has charging problems. As soon as I put the cable of the charger into the back, the charger cuts out. I have to take the plug out and put it back in to get it the charger on again. As soon as I put it in the back it cuts out. I have tried with another charger same problem. Does…
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Faxing.
I have just set up my own business and was wondering if there was a way how I can receive faxes, I have looked and there are loads of freebie ones which give you an 0870 for your customer sent to but I don't think this will go down to well. I have set up my Pc with a fax something or rather and managed to send a fax. Don't…
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Digital camera on holiday - how best to save pics?
I'm off shortly to a magical holiday with Mickey - its our 4 year olds first big holiday so we are bound to go mad on the pics front! I'm not wanting to buy more memory cards for the camera (Olympus Camedia) and not overly keen on carting my laptop to download to. Any other ways to store a lot of photos - we are away for 2…
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Cheap E machines at Tesco.
Tesco Durham had half a dozen of these at £200 (=£100 off) today. I think its quite a bargain. Still £300 on website but at the reduced price instore until 15/5. http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-4263/btnResultSort.x%3d11/btnResultSort.y%3d15.aspx Hope this is useful to someone.
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please help!
pc will not start up! after power cuts,Windows xp will not start up... Have tried every option & attempted to do the pc angel but that wont work either :( it appears & say's please wait!...................and it stayed like that for hours Anyone got any ideas??? please & thanx..:o
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Getting rid of the msn 'my sharing folder'
Just wondering if there is any way of getting rid of the msn ' my sharing folder' tried to delete it and the contents but doesnt delete at all just stays firmly where it is just wondering how do delete it?
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Freeview tuner on video
I have set my tv with a freeview box and everything is working fine I can record programme 1 - 5 on my old vhs recorder. I can also watch sky as I have a link. I cannot record the freeview channels. I understand my video recorder must have a freeview tuner to be able to record freeview programmes. Is this correct? My…
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very ill computer need assistance plz
ok, im no comp buff, so all i can tell you is what has happened and hope someone can help. a friend partitioned my comp off some time ago to give me c & d parts of the hard drive. never have got the hang of it but there you go... anyways, couple of weeks ago i kept getting warnings that id been hit by virus etc and they…
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Scart lead
I am a bit confused, there are so many scart leads on the market, cheapest I could buy at my local store is £1 and yet there are so many different types and some very expensive. I understand the quality of your scart lead could make a difference in the quality of your tv pictures. I am using very cheap from tesco, and I…
