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Dell Provide The Worst Customer Service! What To Do..
I recently bought an XPS M1330 laptop directly over the phone. When i purchased this laptop from the advisor i explained to him why i needed the laptop and what i used it for. He then explained to me that i could take out an additional package which would cover me for an additional 3 years. He stated that this would cover…
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Quido question
Ive looked at using the quidco thing but I'm not entirely happy about turning the cookies on/off and my firewall off/on. Is there anyway I can benefit without leaving my PC open to attack? thanks :o
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sky+ question??
I have a sky+box that I no longer need, my friend has an old dinosaur sky box from moons ago and wants my box. Will she be able to use it with just the single cable from the dish or will she have to get new cabling installed. Also will she need to ring sky to pair the box with her card?? Thanks in advance:beer:
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Linux......Come of age!!!!!
Dear all, I'm sure the question of the Linux operating system Vs Microsoft Windows has been brought up on this forum in the past but if not i'll try to enlighten you from my experiences. Firstly I'm not a techie, I'm basically a fumbler and poker, I have fumbled with and poked PC's and software to destruction in the past…
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Rechargeable digital camera?
Is there such a thing? Forgive the doubtless naive question from someone who has not touched a camera for 25 years but I am totally out of touch. Ideally I want something than can be mains recharged just like a mobile phone. Can anyone tell me what the options are?
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AVG Vn 8 (free version)
According to The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/22/avg8_free/ AVG will be releasing tomorrow (24th April), a free version of their Vn 8.0 Security Scanner. Don't know if the current Vn 7.5 will auto-update to 8.0 I look forward to testing it out tomorrow:beer: UPDATE 24/04/2008 Vn 8 Now available. It…
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Cheap laptop wanted, also best cashback on it?
Hi there, I was wondering who does good, cheap laptops? I know of Dell etc but I don't know who is cheapest and best, and any discount sites or codes that may be available? I was also wondering which click-thru sites would get me the best cashback or points on any purchases I made, eg iPoints, eCashback etc. Finally, I was…
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Multiple old emails being resent??
I wonder if you guys could please help? For some reason 12mnth old emails are being resent to people in my contact list. I'm really careful with spam emails as it's a business computer & so pretty much everything not recognised gets deleted straight away. It happened after I received an email like this from someone else I…
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which laptop????
Hi, I am wondering if anyone would give me a little bit of guidance. I'm planning on buying a laptop for myself for surfing net and doing assignment-that type of stuff, but to be honest don't know where to start, I've been looking for ones with the best GB memory and RAM, but not sure if this is right. Wanting to spend as…
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Windows Vista compatibility issue
I've recently purchased a new alienware system which came preloaded with windows vista. I also have an iphone which i charge up and transfer files using the pc's usb port. I have found that windows vista does not recognise my iphone, is there a compatibility issue with the operating system as the iphone worked ok with…
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USB extender cables - keeping the connection
Hi I need to use 3x 5 metre USB extender cables to connect up to a camera, however, at the connections I am finding that the connection is easily broken as the weight of the cable is actually pulling the connection apart. I thought lizard skins (the neoprene things) but I cannot find anything completely right for the…
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Oh heck, was this a genuine AOL pop up??
Just went to sign out of AOL and a pop up appeared in the bottom right hand corner saying something along the lines of "we need to do an update of your system, failure to do so will result in eventual loss of your internet" so I umm'ed and aah'd as it looked slightly suspect, it had AOL broadband logo on the bottom of it,…
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Download monitor for internet radio?
I am on the basic Sky package which allows me up to 2 Gb of data per month, and I use the download monitor from Broadband Choices to check my usage. But this does not record any data received when I am using my Soundbridge for internet radio, only data received by my PC. Does anybody know how I can check how much data my…
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keys sticking
one of the keys on my laptop is playing up i have to press it quite hard to work. is there anything i can do, or does it need looking at by someone proper
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DELL inspiron 530 st
Hi just wondered how good of a deal this is from dell £679 Delivered also has anyone got purchased one and got any reviews?? Base Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8400 processor (3.00GHz, 1333MHz, 6MB cache) Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English Memory 4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [4x1024]…
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Remove vocal from music???
Hey everyone, I was wondering is there a way to remove vocals from a piece of music? (which program etc.) I wanted to remove the narrators voice off a piece of music I heard on TV many thanks
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External Hard Drive for use with laptop
I'm looking for some advise on a decent in terms of quality and price external hdd for use with a laptop. I've had a look on these forums, and there seems to be too much info, so if someone could be patient enough to give me advice that would be great; I'm in the process of transferring data from my desktop as it needs to…
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Getting dvd onto ipod touch
Can anyone suggest a good program to get a dvd movie onto an ipod touch? I can get the dvd onto my HDD no problem, its just converting the .vobs it to MP4 with the sound in sync, good quality etc. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Wireless Routers
Need a recommendation for a wireless router. Can anyone help? Thanks
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new email address
right here goes. . Im looking for a new email address that i can use with outlook. I currently have a hotmail email account but cant be used with outlook. I want my email address to be [EMAIL="myname@mysurname"]myname@mysurname[/EMAIL] and i have checked with 123 reg and it is available. could someone tell me what i need…
