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'Blue Screen of Death"
I'd be really grateful if someone can please help, we have the one laptop which is for all uses including college work, working from home, internet and itunes. Recently, whenever I go into itunes and then the store, after a couple of seconds/minutes (depends), the screen goes cobalt blue and black pixels, and then dies and…
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sky + & dvd recorder
Hi ya would like to know what to do ?? ok I can record live channels and it works but sky + I can't yet I have recorded my little girls cbeebies stuff and would like it on dvd. I have a Philips DVDR5500 http://www.trustedreviews.com/home-cinema/review/2008/01/05/Philips-DVDR5500-DVD-Recorder/p1 any help on this would b…
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What benefits do I get with HD TV
Have signed up for a SKY HD+ box with one entertainment package. But am confused as to what HD is and what benefits it has. Any help?
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Itunes problems... .
I really don't understand itunes. I consolidated my music library and now all my music seems to have disappeared, even the things I actually purchased from the itunes store. Itunes is completely empty, although the itunes folder seems to still be sitting in the 'music' part of my hard drive. My ipod has lots of music on it…
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Sky+ box replaced, but where's my warranty gone!?
I took Sky+ on 9 October 2007 and had year's warranty on the Pace box until 8 October 2008. The box recently blew up, within the warranty period, so they replaced it, usual Sky style, with a reconditioned one, which has a warranty for 30 days, due therefore to expire at the end of July. Question is, where's the warranty…
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windows dvd on mac computer??
not sure if i am going to explain this very well as i am doing it for someone else - my understanding is that someone has downloaded a videoed presentation onto their windows computer and then onto a cd but the disc only plays sound onto friends mac computer - if the video is burnt onto a dvd will my friend be able to…
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File format from Nokia n95
I used my nokia n95 as my camera on holiday. I have just downloaded all the pics to my pc but I can only view the pics by clicking on one at a time I can't see them as a slideshow or as thumbnails when I click on properties it says type or file: file. Is there a program I can use to convert then to a normal format like…
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homemade dvd,playing on dvd player???
Hello This is a question on behalf of my daughter which she has written below thanks very much for all replies I'm currently trying to make a wedding DVD for a family friend. I've made the video of all the pictures and saved in .avi format. I am now using Cyberlink PowerProducer to try and get the video onto DVD with a…
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PC Power Supply; Will I need to Upgrade it?
I have just bought a new motherboard with an AMD 4600 dual core cpu. I plan to take out my old Athlon XP 1900 chip and motherboard and put the new one in. The current set up has a 300watt power supply. Will this be ok for the new board and chip? Thanks.
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Technosonic TV
The problem is that we bought a new Technosonic LCD2606 in september 2007 for our mother. This week it has developed a fault and will no loner switch on. I have tried to arrange to reutrn it to Tesco but we have lost the receipt and cannot find it anywhere and they have said that we need the receipt for any return. Does…
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Facebook password reset
Hiya I was just wondering... Either my account has been hacked or my mate has changed my password to my account. Anyway, the thing is, my registered email address on facebook to logon is actually not valid since I have graduated, my uni email address has been closed. Is there anyway for me to reset my password and get that…
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Apple imac ordered new received reconditioned
Morning, Disappointed right now as we ordered a brand new apple imac and what has arrived this morning is one with "certified reconditioned" all over the box. I'm feeling a bit bad because it was me who encouraged my father to buy it direct from the apple store believing there would be no messing around, but what's this? I…
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AVG 8 - a warning
If you are thinking of upgrading to AVG 8, please be aware that there is a known problem with it which can delete PERMANENTLY your Thunderbird or Pegasus emails. For Thunderbird, it can delete the entire contents of your inbox, and for Pegasus a complete folder of messages. And they are gone forever. The AVG forums have…
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Freaked out by my digital camera
Hi, I'm not sure where else to find an answer but here's the thing: I've got a Sony Cyber-Shot 6.0 MegaPixel digital camera. I love it. It takes the most brilliant pictures with terrific clarity etc. I've taken quite a lot of pics with it, not had it long but took it on hols & I've taken some pics at home & it's great.…
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Nasty Phishing E-mail
Now I am professionally a computer consultant so a Phishing e-mail has to be good to get past me. This one did not but it did cause some alarm bells to ring so thought I would run it past you guys/gals and see what you reckon. Phishing mail came through from a totally bogus e-mail address. I knew it was bogus purely…
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Hijack this
Can someone help please. I turned on my computer this morning and it isnt working right. Vista Antivirus 2008 keeps coming up and blocking me from doing anything. I havent installed this, my computer is Windows XP. Ive ran Hijack this and the log is below if that is any help. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan…
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DAB radio
If DAB radio works in a premises does it follow that freeview tv will also get receotion?
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World of Warcraft - advice please
My 13 yr old would like to subscribe to WoW, and I am in two minds about it. It appears to be quite addictive ( and expensive ), but it's his money, and hopefully he will stop in September or soon after, when homework begins to take priority. He has played runescape in the past and enjoyed that but says that this is the…
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Internet Explorer 7 - Cannot Display The Webpage
I use Windows XP SP2 with all the current updates installed (or all until this problem occurred, as now it won't connect). ISP is AOL I don't use I.E. 7 much, so don't really know when this ocurred exactly, but within the last week or so I have upgraded to AVG 8.0 from 7 and installed a Netgear D834G wireless router with…
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Error Message: Windows 2000 Could Not Start etc etc
Hi everyone It would appear to my untrained eye that my PC has died on me. This error message appears when i try to boot up: Windows 2000 Could Not Start Because the Following File Is Missing or Corrupt: \Winnt\System32\Config\Systemced. It then tells me to repair this file press 'r'. However, the PC is stuck and…
