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PC keeps freezing
I'm looking for some help with a friend's pc. It starts up okay but as soon as I press the right hand side of the mouse the whole pc stops and the only way to get going again is to restart the pc on the button. Any help would be appreciate
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Is it possible?
Is it possible to set up a PC to either run XP and Office 2003 or (heaven help me) Vista and Office 2007?
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Looking for new PC @ approx £400.00
Loking to get a new PC, budget is approx £400.00. Will be used for a bit of gaming and general net/email/office. Only base unit needed. Looking at this one from Novatech, what do you think ? Isys EX Pro - Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 2048mb DDR 250gb HDD nVidia 8500GT 512Mb DVDRW
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i-pod problems!!
Please help me......I have 3 i-pod nanos in my family and have successfully loaded different playlists onto each one with virtually no problems. My mum has bought one for my brother and i have kindly offered to put music onto it for her so that when he opens it on xmas day he will have something on it. I've made up his own…
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New Ipod Nano
I have just bought a brand new music video 4GB Ipod Nano. Instead of using the complicated itunes does anyone know of any software that is easy to use to transfer mp3s to my ipod from my computer!? I know there was one for the 1gb basic ipod nano that just played mp3 tracks Regards
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Video_TS file - no audio
Hi all I wonder if anyone can help. I've burned an old (sentimental family) film put onto a DVD. On my PC & laptop at work it plays great. However, on my home PC there's no sound whatsover. I've opened it in windows media player and real player but to no avail. The speakers are on and the PC will play other original DVDs…
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Virus Scan
Hi Ever since I've had my PC I've had either Norton or McAfee. I changed to McAfee as Norton was not compatable with AOL, then McAfee went that way! Whats the best to use? AVG? Where do you get it from www.downloads.com? Sorry if I'm being very blonde, just need some advice! THanks
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Office 2007 + 2003
I have office 2007, but most people i need to share office files with have the older version...can i convert files before sending them so they can be opened in office 2003??
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Virus on sons laptop
My sons have had a virus on their laptop, (shows up as zipped files on MSN messeger) according to one of their mates. They ran some software and it went then came back again. They got rid of it again and my eldest says that it is back again. I think it is time they had some proper security on it as the one they downloaded…
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how can i edit a read only document?
im trying to edit some homework im doing but some of my pages are read only and i dont know how to change it. if i click on a the bit i want to add text to it will bring up an edit box but this is driving me nutz. im using open office if that helps :confused: can anyone tell me how i can stop it from being read only.
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IE Shortcuts
Anyone know of a shortcut which I can use to open a link in the background. In Opera its Ctrl + Shift to open a link in a new background tab but in IE the same shortcut opens the link in a new tab at the front. Any ideas would be great -might just be a setting I cant find. :)
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compressing video
having just got a firewire cable for my pc i am currently importing one of my dv camcorder tapes. it has 1hr 30mins of footage and after importing it, it took up a massive 18.9gb. i compressed it and after that it had only gone down to 17.3gb. i am currently compressing that. will i be able to get it down to a good size? i…
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Problems with laptop & wireless connection
Hi I'm looking some advice regarding a wireless connection for a laptop I installed a D-Link wireless router to the main pc which is working fine (connected through ethernet), but am having trouble getting a laptop to connect I have installed everything as normal and when I check network connections it shows the D-Link as…
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*** tv advice please***
can anyone recommend a 37" lcd tv for no more than £550. i have sky but not got a hd box, but i do have also a 32" bush lcd 1366 x 768. not all that impressed with the picture but at £345 it is ideal for tv room and son's playstation!! would i be better off getting 1080 spec - is there much difference when not viewing thru…
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Urgent help with Hard Drive Partition!
I tried rebooting my desktop OS Windows XP [Media Centre Edition] I have partitioned my hard drive and at present running low disc space in my I: drive [C drive remains unaffected] Can you please help me increasing space on I:drive.........otherwise I cant install any programs like antivirus and am very concerned!! Please…
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Dean Dimebag Darrell ML Electric Guitar
Any guitar experts out there? Looking to buy a second hand Dean one for my son. Seen this on ebay but I have a question. Is this a full size guitar or a 3/4 size one? The guy selling it on ebay says it's full size, but it looks odd to me. And someone has told me the full size ones have 3 knobs. I think there is a baby…
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My favourites icons
I am using IE 7 and have an annoying problem. All the icons associated with my favourite url links, seem to be randomly changing. Where, I have a couple of links to the same website (different pages) they will have the same icon. Any ideas?
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Oracle Question
I need some help with an Oracle Database I am working on. I am currently using Application Express and have a question. At the moment I have a database that records a time and sets a urgency rating from 4 - 1 on a particular item. 4 being the lowest and 1 being the highest urgency level. When the time on the item at level…
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Cracked Laptop screen
Hi Somehow i have managed to crack my Laptops screen (Advent 17')', screen still displays,purchased in June at PC world (399 GBP),is it economically viable to get it repaired?, or has the throw away society spread to computers too? Thanks
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Cleaning lcd screens?
I've got an lcd tv, lcd monitor and laptop. All of which need cleaning. I don't know what I should use to clean them with as I know they are delicate. I've seen on ebay and amazon lcd cleaning wipes, solution, special cloths etc. Is this really necessary? It seems you can buy lcd's everywhere but nobody tells you what to…
