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Do I have a DVD Writer or not????
Hi I used to be fairly ok with computers but I've either had a brain melt or pc's don't make any sense anymore!!! :o I thought my pc (refurbished from pc world) had a DVD player with a CD writer attached as one and my old CD Rom that I put in myself. I want to back up my stuff burning DVD's so I brough a DVD writer...…
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Yahoo IM Voice conference
Hi I recently started with Yahoo IM and can use conference facility, however I can't get the voice conference part to work. I can get "calls" to my computer but only person to person. Any ideas?
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anti-virus and firewall but bugs still getting through...
we have the following software on our computer: Comodo anti-virus and firewall (though it tells you every time you are connecting to a new page whether you want to allow things in and i cannot always tell whether they are nasties or not - so dont think it is the best) and AVG spyware. i think this is the only thing i have…
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Need RAM
Where is the best place to buy RAM? I am looking for 2GB (2 x 1 GB) DDR400 (PC3200) Cheers Pete
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Actual Broadband Speed
My broadband provider (prodigynet through Resource Utilities) is supposedly 8Mbps. I am interested to ascertain what actual speed I am getting. I have used broadbandgenie, which says I am getting 3.5Mbps and the line is capable of delivering 6.5Mbps. What, if anything, can I do to get the speed up closer to what I am…
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Vista
Where can I found Vista compatible drivers for my Trust sound card. I downloaded the driver from the Trust site, but everytime I try to instal it I BLUE SCREEN:mad:
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What would you do ?
There is something about Internet Explorer 7 which I upgraded to a couple of days ago that tells me "I wish I hadn't". I'm not having trouble with adapting to the layout by the way. When I go on-line, it takes something like 4 mins for a connection to be made, as aginst almost immeadiate with "6". Then, as I progress…
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Regional Hack For Sony Rdr-hxd870
Hi Does anyone know the REGIONAL HACK FOR SONY RDR-HXD870 please? Thanks
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Sony Ericcson headphones for k810i with radio
At the weekend someone half inched my coat and with it went my heaphones for my new K810i. Can anyone advise which model(s) of sony ericsson headphones are suitable for listening to the fm radio. I use that a lot so the replacement ones need to have the built in aerial in the wire. Thanks.
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Wiped my drive but installation has gone wrong!
Hi everyone,I just reformatted my drive yesterday and it hasn't gone very well. I want(ed) a clean install so as i have done in the past i deleted the existing partition and created a new one. However, after windows has been reinstalled things are not right at all. Firstly there are no icons on my desktop at all, it seems…
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Please help with attachment
I'm having trouble with attachments again, trying to send a flyer that I've done on publisher. I've converted to pdf and the extension is .pdf but it won't send. I'm on outlook 6 and the mail admin message says the pdf is broken. I know I'm doing something wrong here, can someone explain very simply please?:o
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Which RAM?
Is it possible to get info on the type of RAM your pc has without physically taking it out? I thought it could be done under the device manager, but i cant seem to find it? I am running XP home and require some more RAM as pc is slow when working with graphics Regards Pete
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Urgent help needed to recover lost photos
My daughter somehow managed to delete folders of photos from My Photos and then deleted them from the Recycle bin. Her husband has somehow recovered some of the photos that were not in folders but can't recover the folders. Is there any way (or any software) that might help them recover more? Many thanks.
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No sound on DELL Desktop - Help please
Earlier today I saw the message telling me a Windows media update was available so I chose to accept this and Windows media was upgraded to version 11. Whether it is a coincidence or not but since then I can not get any sound from the PC, either from the external speakers or headphones. Via Device manager I highlighted…
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wireless range extender needed compatible with orange live box
title says it all really. I need one that is compatible with wanadoo/orange livebox. Has anyone got any suggestions? Anyone got one or used one? Do they work? Many thanks in advance. elly
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Clipart - Help
Hi Folks, Bought myself a copy of adobe cs2 and am starting to play around with it Does anybody know if there is any clipart with it or not? I hate tutorials and much rather prefer to just play around, trouble is when trying to do a logo design I havnt got a clue where to start so thought i would just initially play around…
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Help - My mouse has disappeared!
Hi Hope someone can help! I have just turned on my PC to find the message "the mouse was not found" at the beginning of the startup. I am running Windows XP and I have not installed any new hardware and software, other than changing the mouse for a new one a couple of days ago, and it was working fine. I have tried other…
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Canon IP4200 comptabile catridges
Hi all, I have this printer and have previously bought the official Canon cartridges, but am thinking of getting some compatibles instead to save some money. I have looked on Ebay and they all say you need to swap the chip from an original cartridge. Has anyone tried this and does it really work? Also which compatibles…
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Superantispyware - help & advice please
I downloaded SAS today and ran a scan with the following results and promptly deleted the files in that it found. My pc is now throwing a bit of a wobbly and I naively wondered if it was because I removed something that I shouldn't have. Any advice, or assurance, would be gratefully received please. SUPERAntiSpyware Scan…
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Setting up a web forum - advice
Hi, We are soon to start our own business. It's a franchise and there are other people who also have franchises with the same company. My husband would like to set up a forum for the franchisees to post online. He wants it to be in a similar way to how this works with a thread that people can add to or that people can…
