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Partition on drive minus drive letter
When i installed my new hard drive i craeted a partition on it, a partition of 15gb and 450 gb, the 15gb was meant to be for the os plus other small programs but for some reason the 450gb hasnt got a drive letter and there isnt much left of the 15gb, is it easy to solve peeps, shoudl a drive letter been assigned when i…
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router problem
I have just set up a wireless connection using a Buffalo WHR-G54S wireless router. Setup using the wizard guide for the router which installed successfully. The network is for an upstairs computer to downstairs setup, the windows XP setup found 2 wireless connections. I believe that one of the connections is the adjoining…
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Installing 2nd hard-drive
Hi all I've just plugged in a new hard-drive (second-hand) for using as a back-up device. BIOS detects the new drive and it appears in Device Manager. When all the stuff comes up on initial boot-up, it appears as Primary Slave, which is what I wanted. When I go to My Computer, however, I can't see the new drive. I was told…
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File Sharing With Xp And Vista
I want to set up printer and file sharing between my pc and laptop, pc is on XP and laptop is VISTA. Will It be ok or should I just keep transferring files the old fashioned way, (I use flashdrive at the mo). Mike
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Weather Station Wanted
DOES ANYBODY KNOW OF A GOOD ELECTRONIC WEATHER STATION ? HAVE SEEN IN ARGOS FOR £40 + OBVIOUSLY WOULD LIKE TO PAY LESS IF POSSIBLE ANY HELP APPRECIATED :money: :money:
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Vista Network Problems!!
Recently bought myself a Dell Laptop with Vista Home Premium. It is connected wirelessy to my main pc which runs Windows XP Professional i have two problems with networking. Problem 1 Using my Vista Laptop I am able to view and access all of folders and files on the XP Pc that are shared. Using my XP PC I am able to view…
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Sainsbury Tv Red
Has anyone had any feed back on the televisions from above supermarkets. They appear to have a good picture and controls. It has full 108i interface. Would be greatful for any feedback Many thanks
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help i'm baffled
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USB 2.0 help
Hi there, hope someone can help. I recently bought a second-hand Toshiba R100 laptop which I'm well pleased with but there is one thing I can't fix. This laptop has two USB 2.0 ports but when I connect a printer into either it says something like "this device will work faster on a hi-speed port". I went into the hardware…
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Advice and inspiration required!
Here's the situation. It was my birthday this week and I received some money from family/in-laws and I'm looking for something to spend it on! I've got £100 by the way I'm 35 and reasonably well off, so I tend to buy things as and when I need them. I don't want just spend it on a night out but if I leave it in my wallet…
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Will a digital photo frame work in canada?
Hi there folks, and thanks in advance for your help. My niece is moving to Canada in a few weeks and we have decided to get her a digital photo frame so that she won't forget us! However I know the electricity supply is different over there so don't want to buy something that won't work. Could anyone shed any light on…
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Qestion for an electrician-is this safe?
Hi there, Would like the following answered by an electrician or someone who knows a fair bit in this regard. I have one of those little home ctv camera's (micromart) that you get in argos or b and q. It runs off a 6 volt transformer. I have had to cut the wire to enable to get it hooked up to the skirting around the…
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Talk Talk speed too slow.
I could not connect to Talk Talk which has been running well for a year on 5.9Mbps. I was told they would have to lower the speed as I was not picking up the signal. They lowered it to 2.00 and I connected immediately but this is too slow when downloading. What can I do? Thank you.
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Remove Software and File?
i hope someone can help me as i a m about to sell a pc i have with the os and hard drive it has at the moment. i have vsta basic so if i was to use the uninstall option to remove any files and other programmes i wish to remove from the hard drive for security reasons will the vista uninstall option be safe enough with no…
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Laptop Assistance Required Please - Hard Drive / Screen Probs
Hi there, Just need some advice/assistance please. I have a laptop on which I have just smashed the screen - everything else works okay, but only half of the screen is visible. I want to sell it on ebay but I want to make sure everything has gone from the hard drive before I do. I understand I can delete everything but…
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Best Wireless devices people recomend
Hi, I am new to wireless so can people recomend some neat gadgets
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No sound from Laptop - Mute not on
Hi, I started up me laptop (a Dell inspiron 6400) as usual a few days ago and have no sound coming out it. I have checked all the levels are fine and mute is not on. When i put headphones in i get nothing but when i put them into the microphone one i get a tiny bit of sound for split second and thats it. I think this may…
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HELP - Choosing a new pc
Hi All, I need some help and advice with a new pc. I got this one http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?PC-1103 on Tuesday and unfortunately it appears to be faulty, lost all confidence in this now and am baffled by the "jargon" I basically need one with a good RAM 2gb with the option to add more (I beleive the…
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Dailer/Phone bill HELP!!
Hello! Quite a complicated bit to explain but ill do my best to put it simply.. Basically im worried about getting/having a dialer and being charged vast amounts of money. My story beings when me myself and some other people are using the same pc and broadband connection,we have two pc's but we use one specifically for…
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Uploading QT vids to Facebook resets any changes
Hello, Took some footage on my digicam recently but it came out quite dark. When I uploaded it to Facebook, it came out even darker. Using QuickTime Pro, I changed the brightness and contrast settings so it was much brighter and saved the file. I then uploaded the new brighter file to Facebook, but it came out exactly the…
