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Removal of visual clutter on PC
Is there any way of getting rid of those gawd-awful 'speech bubbles' that appear whenever you hover over items in file lists or even when coming to MSE.com forums? There must be a settings option to switch them off surely? Thanks
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Problems printing photos
When I print my photos from my computer onto 6"x4" photo paper the picture is being cropped so tops of heads are slightly cut and theres white borders on 2 sides of the paper? any suggestions?
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ASUS EEE? Anybody bought one yet?
Has anybody bought and used the Asus EEE yet? What are they like? Should I buy one or keep saving for a DSLR? Thanks
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Wireless capable PC?
Hi I have a PC running XP - it's about 5 yrs old - is there an 'easy' way to find out if it will run a wireless broadband connection? Cheers Cres
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Backing Up
What is Backing up? Backing up is essentially making a copy of your data (be that email, photos etc) so if anything happens to the original for any reason, you can restore the data from the copy with minimal or no loss. There are various “levels” of backup giving various degrees of protection depending on the possible bad…
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Cheap Printer with cheap ink
Hey I currently have the HP F380 printer but finding it very expensive for ink cartridges which have a very small capacity so thought I might be better off bying a bog standard printer and just using that for scanning and copying. I'm at uni and printer lecture slides out to take to the lectures so printing out quite often…
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all the rules in my OE have been wiped - help please !
Please help ! All the rules in Outlook Express have disappeared. Opened up this morning, and all emails were in the inbox, not folders ! Restored to yesterday and it seems that the rules counter had reached 1000, and then went back to zero and wiped the lot ?! Is it possible to get the rules to continue to 1001 etc ? Look…
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Please help setting up a laptop on a wireless connection
I have a desktop pc on broadband, I have set up a Dlink router to my modem and its all working fine but i am struggling to get the internet on my daughters internet ready laptop!! Please help!!
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Cant defrag or system restore?
Hello, hope someone maybe able to help.Have gone to do disk defrag this morning as i normally do once or twice a week and was given the msg MMC cannot open the file C:\WINDOWS\system32\dfrg.msc.This maybe because the file doesnt exist etc...So i thought i'd click on help and support in my start menu and that isnt…
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wireless xbox 360
could any of you guys point me in the right direction.need a wireless router mainly so my son can play on his xbox 360 and i can get on the computer.not really big on 360 technology, as i see it i,ll need a wireless router for the comp and a wireless adapter for the 360.i,m on virgin cable broadband 2Mb .anyone suggest a…
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Chirping Phone???
Hope this is in the right place, i did wonder if it should be posted in the phone section? and if so please move mods. My BT phone line is chirping at the dial tone! I have checked the line with BT and they have called to say its ok. I have disconnected all the phones (3) and left them out for 1/2 hour put them all back in…
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Graphics card
How do I find out what graphics card is in my PC,and whether the drivers need updating.
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Mapshare on TomTom Go 510
I've recently downloaded the v7 software for the TT510 and bought the latest maps as they said I should be able to use mapshare. However, I can't see any options to correct maps. I have edited the menu to put in the capturePOI app from pocketgpsworld but I had hoped this would have been overwritten if necessary. Anybody…
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Yahoo! Messenger 3 way web cam??
Hi to all Quick question (which has turned into a long one) about messenger on Yahoo! trying to set up a web chat with mum, sister and myself but couldn't work it out. We used conference and we could set up a 2 way voice chat (with mum and me) and had the web cams open on separate chats so we could all see each other BUT…
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Is this a good value laptop?
I am spending my parents' money on a laptop for my brother's christmas present so I am totally stressing that I may be wasting their money! It's an Acer Aspire 5633 (details here) 15.4" widescreen Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 (1.66GHz 667Mhz FSB) 2GB ram 120gb HDD shared graphics media card reader etc. for £450 He wants it for…
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I keep killing my mouse! (mice?)
Hi I get through mice (mouses) at the rate of one about every 2-3 months - is this normal? I think its because I play a lot of strategy games that require fast and accurate clicking so they get worn out pretty quickly and become exceedingly inaccurate. I also use it on a left-handed setting in case that has any bearing on…
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4 gig flash drive
http://www.aldi-stores.co.uk/sunday_special_buys/index.html This has got to be a bargin, right?
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anyone used ink4u.co.uk? and works vs word
It's got a really cheap copy of microsoft works so I'm wondering if it's dodgy. Also does anyone use works word processor instead of word? Can you do thinks like make tables and insert pictures etc? I'm not bothered about mail merging and collaborative working and stuff like that. It's for university work and not running a…
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please help my memory
Have an older laptop dell inspiron 2200 running pentium chip. Ever recommend has been there is no substitute for ram so looked at kingston value ram like these Kingston Valueram Computer Memory 1GB PC5300 DDR2 667MHz 200 Pin SO Dimm ( 2 customer ratings) Kingston Valueram Computer Memory 1GB PC5300 DDR2 667MHz 200 Pin SO…
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Filehippo
With using filehippo do i click on the updates ive downloaded to install them
