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PC Speakers & Headsets
I have decided to use my PC for phone calls and bought a headset with two plugs on it. Question, my monitor which has speakers has the same type of cable which plugs into the back of my hard drive. The thing is I have had to unplug it to put in my head which now works fanatastic but obviously my speakers in the monitor…
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Logitech 250 USB Headset - no one can hear me?
Hi all, Hoping you can help - have a new USB headset for use with Skype and Voipcheap.com - 'plug and go' it says, I can hear people but seems no one can hear me. I have adjusted all the sound settings in both Skype and Voipcheap to recognise the Logitech headset but no luck. Windows audio settings are set to Logitech too.…
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Motherboard / Soundcard query..
Hey all.. Recently bought this motherboard on behalf of a friend http://www.dcsplc.co.uk/product/35613 (Not from that website though). Anyway i was under the impression that it was already 5.1 compatible as in I wouldn't need to buy anything else but it clearly isn't.. Anyway can someone advise what soundcard I would need…
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AVG free blocked web access, Bt recommend Norton
My AVG free edition wiped out my web access this afternoon, I went through the PING process with BT and shut off my anti virus and BT offered me lifelong free Norton. I'm after opinions on this, as I had Norton years ago and didn't think much of it, but I do need to actually view the interweb pages I access ;) Thanks :o
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Currys item under warranty bought via ebay
Hi, first post and thanks for having me on the forum I have a bit of a problem with a computer I bought on ebay. The item was sold as "under warranty" from currys. The receipt came with the item and it was bought in may. My question is- does the warranty now transfer to me since I now own the item?
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Saving emails from Hotmail to computer
How can I go about doing this? I've got a load of hotmail emails that I'd like to store on y computer but I'm not sure how to do it. Cany anybody help? The reason I asked is last time I didn't log in for a while they had cleaned out my inbox. MTIA.
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Vista SP1 already....
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6070&tag=nl.e539 Microsoft are releasing the Beta of Service Pack 1 for Vista in 2 weeks. I don't think there's any more to be said.. except perhaps if you have Vista, I'm sorry for your troubles...
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This is Brilliant, please read
Please take a look at Cheap boys reply on the following thread, it really does explain why Ipod Customer service and returns is renowned for being rubbish http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=539846
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Hijackthis log analysis please.
This is the log of a friends computer, she recently had her Amazon account hacked. We don't yet know how as Amazon are still investigating. Weve run Superantispyware and Afg Antispyware and found nothing nasty. So here is the log which I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thanks. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan…
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Reload Internet Explorer?
Does anyone know how to install/reload internet explorer? IE on my PC constantly crashes when I try to go from one page to another, so it is completely useless. I have gone into control panel > add or remove programs > add/remove windows components > then unticked internet explorer etc which appears to work ok, but then…
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Motion sensor webcam - which one?
OK, Here's the thing, someone is letting their dog poo on my lawn and I've had enough! The council have said if we can get a picture of them they can do something about it! Ideally I need something that can be attached to the (inside) of my window high up so I can see all of my lawn and will film/take stills of any…
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linksys router speed help please!
hi people, i have a linksys WRT54GS wireless router with speedbooster, however this is still not a speedy router and i would like to boost the speed more! are there any available products that i can add on to the the router to make it faster? if so, could somebody please point out which ones will work for this router! many…
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General "good housekeeping"
Can anyone please tell me what I should be doing regularly to ensure that my computer works efficiently. I know about cleaning up disks and defragmenting-is there anything else? Should I be deleting cookies and if so, how? I only use computer for surfing and e mails-no games etc, but it seems to have gone quite slow of…
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How to check if dvd drive is working
How do i check if my dvd drive in my pc is working correctly, im using winxp
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Start up programs
Do we need ATIPTA and HPDT Taskbar utility as a start up program? I downloaed start up inspector but those 2 just have a ? saying program unknown should I tick those not to come on as a start up program?
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Video for website
Hi There, I wondered whether anyone could advise on how to get video onto a website and perhaps have it run as a streaming video? I have a .mov file, a simple slide show, and would like to have it stream from a web page. Do I have to have it formatted especially for that purpose or hosted somewhere special? Cheers Andy
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annoying pop ups pls help
keep gettin pop ups from internet explorer some not appropriate while kids are about, although kids don't use pc unless supervised if at all. some of them are rather annoying "you've won this and that" pop ups which i've noticed has the kids email address and contact details on. how do i get rid of them? this might sound…
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AVG problem
recently installed free version of AVG virus scan. Problem is that it is runnung a check every day and no matter what time I schedule it for, it slows the PC down enormously whilst its scanning. I've tried setting it for the middle of the night, but because I'm not online then, it just scans when I first switch on. Do I…
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whats the best MP3 player etc for exercising?
trying to get hubby one of these things so he can listen to music and ride his bike. Any ideas pls? MM
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Windows Mail Issues.. Help Please..
I'm currently running windows mail on my Vista system, when I click on windows mail all that comes up in my sub folders is no messages to view in this folder, when I know I have put emails in them. I also get this message in my main Inbox. Now when I say folders I mean sub named folders to manage my emails, I have set up…
