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My wireless Connection Icon is Gone
i have a wireless Linksys router. It is for a laptop my daughter uses upstairs. we pulled the plugs out upstairs and now the Main pc downstairs is not working. when i go into wireless connections at the botton right the screen that comes up says local area connection with a red X on it but usually beside that it says…
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Have I got virus protection?
Hello, Can someone help me please....I had mcafee protection for a year and that ran out so I bought another years worth...alls good according to my account...I have all I need. Yesterday it started flagging up that my virus scan has expired....I only downloaded it in June. So I checked my account and it has a big green…
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dvd burning
I have been out this morning and replaced all my sons dvd's he is only 3 and uses them in his dvd player for the car but he has scratched pretty much all of them. I know what to burn them all so he can have the copies and ill keep the originals up out the way. I have used dvd fab to burn them to my computer but cannot for…
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help probs with voyager 2091 wireless
im on talk talk with the above wireless router, alls been fine for six months yesterday it started to get a signal of 36/18/10 mps at different times and it keeps cutting off even though im right next to it - its always been great and always runs at 54mbs please can someone help me im now using the ethernet cable to it to…
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Printer Connections Help!!
Hi, I'd like to share a common printer with 2 computers and am not sure what I need. The printer has a single USB socket at the back. I thought that a USB hub would work but I've just found out that they are only suitable for a single upstream device with connection to various downstream devices. What I'm looking for is 2…
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Creating Borders
I'm trying to create my own birthday invitations but when it comes to creating a border with images I have (just normal black stars) I'm having difficulties as I'm trying to match them up on the page but it isn't working out right - is there any way to automatically create a border? I unfortunately don't have photoshop or…
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fancy writing and colours
how do i get the fancy writing and different colours i see on other peopes post, looks lovely. could someone give me step by step instructions on how to do them bearing in ind bit dim. would also like to put info at moment of my posts like the others i have seen such as £20 in quidco.com £20 paid off £3670 debt etc. thanks
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Free online storage for personal photos?
Is there a decent service that someone can recommend?
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Is My PC Dying..?!
Hi All, Our PC has been on a go-slow for about a week now and it's driving us mad. The orange harddrive light is on constantly, and it always seems to be busy. It is also painfully slow, trying to load a page or a programme is taking forever - whereas only a couple of weeks ago it was good as new (we had a brand new…
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Opening links in Outlook
Hi, I use Firefox as a browser, but when i open a link in outlook, it uses IE. anyone know how i can change it to Firefox? Cheers folks
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Is it easy to un-install McAfee ?
McAfee 15 month antivirus package has now run out. I asked, and got advice from you what free antivirus was available, but was advised to un-install McAfee before I could install the free stuff. Not being a techie, could you advise me in idiot proof language, how to get rid of it please. I have a Dell desktop with xp media…
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USB TV Tuners - ANY GOOD???
Hello all :D I'm moving into student accomodation soon (ie limited space). I'm NOT a TV addict but i may want to watch something from time to time, but at the same time i wouldnt mind conserving some space by not havng a tv. so, i thougt about getting a USB freeview tv tuner, such as the following 2 i randomly googled so u…
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bsod help please
bsod help please Noticed a couple of days ago that my keyboard had stopped working i have the logitech wireless keyboard and mouse. I now get the bsod saying IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL at the top of the screen and an error number underneath which i will edit later and add it but i can't even get into safe mode as my keyboard…
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help with broadband speed
i today got my bt broadband up and running. could anybody tell me where do i look on my pc. to see what speed my broadband is running at. it seems v quick at the mo, even though there is a 10 day stabality period.
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Cheapest Place for Blank DVDS Printable
Hi i am looking to buy 100 dvds printable, this looks a good deal but will they last? http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/product.php?lang=&submenu=&menu=&product_id=21820&session=3d03a03c72e058bcecd397d08b8530be
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How to install gimp
I downloaded gimp software from gimp.org, but it seems very confusing. Its just a list of files
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sky in another room
Hi again, I know this is possible and have tried it before with wireless video senders but my internet connection interferes with it. I want the sky tv in my bedroom but am not prepared to pay a extra 10 pounds for sky multiroom. is this possible?
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help with compact flash card choice please
Hi My wife would like a new compact flash card (2GB we are going for) for her birthday for her Canon camera. Do I need to watch out for anything as there seems a large choice and prices seem to vary wildly. Don't want to go too mad with price but can you buy some that will make the camera respond quicker, ie when she goes…
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Does this sound correct?
Spent a while searching out my Internet access and modem driver CD for Tiscali broadband and speedtouch modem as i'd got a new system. All installed fine but the thing that seems odd is that when i set it up before on a laptop and another home computer about a year ago i had to put in the landline phone number and a number…
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My Olympus C750UZ has loss of settings problem
I own an Olympus c750UZ camera. Of late the battery seems to go flat suddenly and often the lens barrel is stuck in the extended position. This can happen at other times too. By the time I have loaded fresh batteries all my settings, such as date and time have been erased and replaced by defaults. Should I be concerned and…
