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Olympus Digital Camera - batteries!!!
Hi, I don't know if anyone can help me on a problem that I am having with my new Digital Camera. I bought the Olympus SE270 from Boots when it was on half price offer last month. It doesn'y use rechargeable batteries, just came with Normal AA batteries. We only use it when we go out and about at the weekends. Initially I…
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Internet / Wireless on an old laptop
We have just been given an old laptop, a Dell Inspiron 7100, which is running on Windows 98 with a pentium 3 processor. It has a 10gb hard drive, but I haven't been able to find the RAM figure yet! Is it likely that we will be able to hook this up to our wireless network? It currently only has 1 USB, and I don't know if…
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TV Problem
Hello all, this is the first place I thought of to get an answer to my problem - hope you can help. My Dad bought an LCD TV from Comet on 29/04/07 and last Friday it more or less stopped working. Basically, the TV has frozen on BBC1 and we can't change the channel unless we turn digital off and watch terrestrial, which is…
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Securely deleting emails
I’m leaving my job soon and am trying to delete all my personal emails. I have a lot of personal stuff which I don’t want people to see – could anyone recommend a secure (and free) way of permanently deleting all of my email so it can’t be recovered by anyone with reasonable technical knowledge? We're currently using…
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Freesat??
Hi, I've just noticed the adverts for this Freesat. We're in rented with no digital arial and our signal is too weak to get Freeview. The previous tenants left an old sat dish on the back of the property and I wondered if we could use this (could have been sky but no idea)?? Would we still need installation to set up the…
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Old TV Advise? Sell or not to Sell!?
Hi I have recently bought a new LCD TV & 'am unsure whether its worth selling my old TV? There's nothing wrong with the old one, its nine yrs old, Panasonic 32" , wide digital plus, 100 Hz, Dolby surround sound, Quintrix Wide, Super 3D bass & comes with speakers & stands Also TV comes with its own stand with built in…
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Damn Keyboard
Having problems with it missing out letters/numbers/commands. Have tried uninstalling/reinstalling but to no avail. Running Windows XP on a desk top - problem mainly seems to happen on Outlook email messages rather than Word docs or filling in text box on a website like this. Any help appreciated
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Nintendo wii asking for a pin number??
Hiya i bought a cheap nintendo wii for the kids but hey dont play it so i sold it for what i paid for it via the free ads paper, i have now received 3 calls and text messages while i have been out asking for the pin number for the wii? can anyone offer any advice on this as im not sure what he means, it never asked us for…
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viewing email in html
All my incoming emails are in plain text, how can i change it to html? looked in options but cant see what i should change? thanks
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AVG 8 emptying fault
Hi i've ran avg8 and have now got warnings because i've got cookies and adware in my virus vault is it ok to press emty vault or what do i do ?
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Jpeg picture
I've managed to paste an image from the web onto a wordpad document, but i've a picture which i've scanned into pictures but when i try to paste it onto my document i just get a little box thing which says mike aged 5(thats what i've named picture)where am i going wrong ?
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web master forums
Hi, anyone know any good web master forums. I have a site and need software to display loads audios automatically bit like andromeda (http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda/). But something more flashy :P I need programs for displaying: Audios files, photo albums, word/pdf documents, . if anyone can help or suggest a specific…
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can you recommend a high spec laptop pls?
Hi I am after a new laptop which has the following spec which I have put in priority order intel core 2 duo, ideally 8100 on but would go lower 2gb ram (must) prefer 3gb 256mb graphics card min I am looking at the HP6799 & 6899 but would welcome your thoughts as to what else may be good. Max price circa £800 but ideally…
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Printer problem
Our hp psc 1610 all in one will not print after our vista computer has been into sleep mode then restarted or left idle for a period of time.We have to switch off & on printer and computer to print. any ideas
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Firefox 3 World record.
Hello, I guess this is the place to put this. On 17th of July Firefox 3 is released and Mozzila (the creators) are trying to break the world record for most downloads in 24 hours. I thought as so many of us use Firefox (for free) it might be good to help them out. Also, personnaly, I want to be part of a world record.…
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problem after virus removal
I have spent the weekend digging a virus out of my registry. My PC is now clear but my C & D drive letters have both disappeared from my computer, I got everything else back. I can access them from other areas just not from my computer. Does anyone know how to get these letters back on my computer please or does this mean…
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Connecting Blu ray & hdd dvd?
Hi I have a Sony HDD DVD connected to the TV, could you also connect a Blu ray player as well ? Thx
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Help?LCD Problem(blank) on A Dell Laptop
Hi there, I have a dell Inspiron 1300 Laptop about 2 years old and out of warranty. It had been working well until now. Since yesterday, I am having problems using it. When I switch on the Laptop, nothing appears on the screen and it remains dark but the green lights on the keyboard light up as normal and then I hear the…
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Outlook Express Fowarding and Reply
I have recently started to have problems with OE when I want to forward or reply to an email. There is no problem sending a normal email and so I have had to resort to cutting teh email I want to send and sending it as a new email, this of course excludes the history and root. Is ther anything I can do to solve this…
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Wireless/Bluetooth adapter
Hi, can anyone tell me if a bluetooth adapter is different from a wireless adapter. I have successfully broken my wireless adapter thingy, I knocked it off the back of the computer and it is now n two pieces. I am looking for one on the internet but am confused as to what to buy. I have a BT home hub if that is any help.…
