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Help! How do I get data from harddrive??
Hi all, I am looking for a bit of advise. I have a laptop (packard bell H5315) that has a knackered motherboard due to the power connector burning out and damaging the board. The battery is also dead. I need to find some way of getting the data off of my hard drive. Does anyone know how I could do this? I do not want to…
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Model driver error message
I recently upgraded from BT Broadband Basic to BT Total Broadband. I have attempted to uninstall the old BT Voyager ADSL Modem via Add/Remove programs, but can't seem to delete the last 0.14MB of it. I get an error message: "DSL Modem Driver, An installation support file could not be installed, The system canot find the…
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iLuv transmitter ...
anyone know anything about this? I was going to buy an iPod Nano but it seems the iLuv thing is quite a bit cheaper and does the same job with a bigger screen - anyone wiser got any views? Many tks.:confused:
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Cant find router access site to login
I have just installed an new Netgear DG834PN RangeMax MIMO-G Wireless ADSL Modem Router for my friends and all went well in that I got it connected. It then told me to got to www.routerlogin.com but when I got there I cant see where to login into my new router...just seems to be a NETGEAR Customer Support.... Can anyone…
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Wireless electricity
Is wireless electricity a health hazard? Well, I thought I'd get in first ...
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Bootstrap Error
Good Evening, I am trying to install Windows Live Messenger, however when I click install I get the following error... BOOTSTRAP.EXE I have tried re-starting my PC but its still not working. any ideas please?
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Can I convert my P-III machine to media center pc?
Hi Guys I have got p-iii machine and I need more information whether i can convert it to media center pc or not? I just want to watch the downloaded movies on my LCD doesnt want to record them. can anyone give more info on component required for it? thanks PAts
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Randomly terminating services
I have a a Dell Latitude 820 which appears to be terminating (or even just not starting) services on a random basis. I've been having various problems, but the main ones seem to be around the web and networking. I've been advised to try starting all of the 'automatic' services, but even though I'm logged in as an…
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Can anyone suggest a network media player?
Hi, I appreciate any help I can get on this. I am looking for a device that will play my music and videos (DIVX/XVID) from a network attached storage device so I can put it under my TV and play music in the living room as well as through my PC. The MP4 DVD players look good but has anyone seen one will an ethernet port…
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Speed up MSE
And all of the other websites. I know that all you techies will know this but for those that dont I think this may be of benefit. I just found out something that has been causing all sorts of problems with my accessing the 'net. In IE go to Tools and disable ALL of the add-ons. That's all. Souped up now.
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Wii just wont work?
Our Wii just seems to be not working.. Theres no hand to move on screen we have changed the battery we have re synced it etc we have looked at the nintendo trouble shooting but nothing we had played it earlier but when trying later nothing .. power to box and control but no hand to control the player or instruct the game..…
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I.P. address who are you???
Have changed the free zonealarm firewall's 'trusted zone security' setting from med to high. Is this recommended? Since then i have been getting a security alert saying someone is trying to access my computer from I.P. 192.168.1.1 who is this?
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Health check
Have come across an article in a mag about checking the security on your pc. the mag article is -- http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/features/2186514/run-online-health-check-shields the actual program is https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 simply click on 'proceed' then 'all service ports' and it checks to…
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Best e-mail account?
Can anyone help me. I want to use Freecycle and/or Craigslist, possibly buy/sell on e-bay as well but don't want any problems with spam or nasty people. (I'm just having a spring clean at home - nothing dodgy!) What's a good e-mail account to have or should I have several? Don't you have to give an existing address before…
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drink spilt on keyboard
of laptop now cannot even sign on as keys do what they want to ...............any tips or is this gonna cost me again.............................
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need instruction manual for a goodmans 4212 cd player
the front of the cd player keeps saying flat. and doesn't seem to be going roung. the radio and tape part is working.
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Windows XP Standby problem
Hi, When I select START then TURN OFF COMPUTER, the "STANDBY" option is greyed out. This has only happened within the last week; I haven't added any new hardware, software, drivers etc. Any ideas please? Thanks. ps It's running Windows XP SP2. polybear
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pcmcia slot on dell laptop?
Hi, I have a dell inspiron 1300 laptop about a year old. I bought from ebay a tv card , its a pcmcia . It wont fit in the slot . I tried my mates wifi pcmcia card and that wont fit either . Does the dell have a special slot and if so what is it called? Thanks in advance Mark
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Getting lots of SPAM via tucows - Help!
Hi Folks I'm getting a lot of random SPAM from different domains, all going through tucows. Abuse at tucows just auto-reponded, as did virgin.net. Any ideas what to do to stop it? Heres a sample, including headers (excluding my email adress, obviously!) Return-Path: <Uusitalonnlac@cliftonpharmacy.net> Received: from…
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Printer Reg Keeps Popping Up
I have an annoying problem, a pop up keeps appearing asking me to register my printer, which I have already done. It can pop up several hundred times a day and stops me from working. Everytime I close it I click on do not remind me again, but it still pops up. Anyone know how I can stop it. I tried doing a search and…
