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Tinny noise out of speakers
I have Windows XP Home Edition, browser is FF. A couple of days ago, the sound coming out of my speakers was suddenly extremely echoey and tinny and its been that way ever since. Hasn't done it before, makes it very difficult listening to actual speaking, not sure how to fix it. The only thing I can think of, is that I…
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Top Up TV
My mum is thinking of getting this for me for my bedroom. What is everyone's opinion on Top up tv?
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Open source software
Why dont we start a thread that lists all the free software available to download. This is a money saving website so it would be great to encourage people to just upgrade their pcs or even start a new pc off with free software, and as its open source its 100% legal as well.
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"Acquiring network address", then "Limited or no connectivity"
... on a desktop running XP, connected wirelessly to a Netgear router by way of a Netgear WPN111 adapter. It suddenly stopped working. This is not the first time, but this time nothing I do will make it connect again. I've Googled the problem and done everything possible that I can see, including:* Rebooting * Restarting…
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where is my virgin.net account number?
Needing help finding this elusive number!! Have searched the account screens to no avail. The billing screen is temporarily out of action but I was hoping it would be on the top of one of them... I tried to contact them to ask but I need the a/c number to do this. Even tried going through a different link like technical…
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Marks & Spencer SATNAV - Any good
M&S have a 3.5" Satnav for £89 with additional 20 percent off until Tuesday. Does anyone know who makes this unit and is it any good?
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How do i defrag VISTA
Hi sorry but not used to using VISTA and cannot find anywhere to defrag it. Laptop is going sooooo slow i have deleted temp files but cant see where to defrag, not like the one i'm used to hmmmmm. Thanks in advance
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Epson R285 Blocked print head??? HELP. Return to the store?
I have an Epson R285 printer which I purchased from PC World about 6 months or so ago. I can't find the receipt to be able to take it back. It has a blocked print head. I have got some print head flush and using a syringe with a piece of rubber tubing I have flushed the print head but when I try and print again it still…
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skyplayer
i am a customer of sky movies etc and am trying to connect to skyplayer so i can watch tv and movies on my laptop. have done all i need i think anyway to register but then a message comes up "windows media player DRM requires an upgrade. please click here to apply this upgrade" underneath this it says "error contact us…
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Help! Laptop running very slow!
Hi, Can anyone help? My laptop is running so very, very slow and I cant find out why? Can anyone advise on a free diagnostic tool that I can use - please bear in mind I am not very techy, so it needs to be easy to understand and follow! Thanks in advance, Karen
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Linux user's club
Hello everyone, I just had an idea why don't we start a central thread relating to Linux and it's user's, I am a great supporter of Linux and I am currently doing a qualification in Linux too, I work in my day job as an I.T Support Engineer and predominantly work with Microsoft products, but as I learn more about Linux and…
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could i have had virus
i have had to completly wipe everything off computer and restore back to original settings as my computer would not start up could i have had a virus?
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Can I get rid of Sky multiroom?
Got Sky+ a few months ago. I was told that I had to take multiroom too, which I agreed to, but now looking at the monthly bills (I have broadband, phone line and calls with them too), it doesn't half mount up! Would I be able to cancel the multiroom? :confused: I've been with Sky for 4 years now if that makes any…
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Referral Sites - Anyone used them ?
I have been hearing alot about referral sites, where they offer some of the lastest consoles and gadgets for free if you get people to sign up for offers by using your unique referral link. From what I have read on forums like !!!!!!!!!!!!!! and grab4free.com they do sound to be genuine, just wondering if anyone has had…
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Audiobooks
Anyone know where you can download Audiobooks cheaply? There are loads on Itunes i want but they are sooooooo expensive!:confused: Cheers Cath x
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Acer 1360 Aspire Laptop
Hi I have an acer aspire laptop which doesn`t switch on. I read somewhere that if you take the battery out, hold the `on` button down for 10-15 seconds replace the battery and power cord and try again it may work. If I do this the orange battery light comes on next to the screen and on one occasion the laptop worked fine…
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Getting Windows Vista alot cheaper
I just thought i would share my little knowledge!! i found this out when i had a friend build me a PC.......i wanted Vista ultimate which in PC world is currently 229 quid!!! so i said he needs to take that into account with buget....but he said why would you pay that when you can get it alot cheaper and heres how oh and…
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Tracking cookies.
I did a full scan on my PC and found that a lot of tracking cookies were listed. I used the Internet Options "delete Browsing history" to cancel tempory files and cookies. What are tracking cookies? Will they cancel via the browsing history page?
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Trogan horse
Every time i open IE i receive a pop up warning saying System error Attention (it has my full name here) a trojan horse is detected in your system It mentions my xp files corrupted and may lead to destruction of important files in C:/windows it then ask me to download free spy ware and automatically tries to open another…
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Memory card problems
I need info on someone in NI who can recover data on a XD card and possibly apply software to get the best out of photos
