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BBC ITV Freesat
I don't know if its already posted, but here goes, I've just bought an HD freesat box, and being a bit tight fisted I opted to install it myself, dead easy if you have a sky dish already up, just replaced the sky lnb with a quad lnb, ran the extra wire through the wall, all done for £15, lnb off ebay and some wire I…
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Help needed with Flash Button editing (Please)
I am trying out a free Flash web template (as I have been asked to produce a web site!). I have downloaded a free template (can link to if needed). However, I can see to work out how to edit the flash buttons! Can someone with the appropriate technical skill give some advice. Happy to send the template so that you can…
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Recommend me a Ipod Docking system!
Hi Want to get DH a ipod docking system for Fathers Day from the kids. Have approx £50 to spend but want to get a fairly decent one. Have been looking on Tesco Direct as I have a code for 1000 extra points when ordering from them I have no idea what is good when it comes to these things & if I ask DH he will smell a rat!…
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How do I Install Ethernet Driver??
Hi We recently downloaded a new version of Windows XP Professional onto our laptop at home. We are now unable to connect to the internet because we can't seem to re-install the Ethernet Card (PC-Line) - can anyone help?? When I look under 'control panel' the ethernet card symbol is yellow... I don't have any software to…
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iTunes is the new Blockbuster - Movie/Film Rentals
Apple released a new service for iTunes today. You can now either purchase ore rent movies/films via iTunes and download/watch them over the Internet. The service was released today and there is a selection of over 600 films. I think it's around £2.49 to rent a film and you have 30 days to watch the film. It's around £6.49…
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Camcorder Problem Sending Video To Pc-HELP!
PLEASE HELP! I can't get my video from my camcorder to transfer to my pc (camcorder = dvd panasonic VDR-D160EB)!! I've tried it on my Windows XP pc but nothing. I've followed the instructions (it's the first time I've done it) & the photos transferred fine (it can take still pics on sd card aswell as do videos on disc) &…
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digital radio in my car
With the age of digital radio / tv upon us, is there a way of converting a car cd player / stereo radio to digital ? What happens when it all goes digital ? Do all existing car radios just stop picking up channels ? Anyone's help and views ?
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Which dial up to use over Talktalk B/Band
I guess I'm no longer with BT if Talktalk pulled all their wires out of the local exchange to cnnect me to their B/Band. Can I get dial up, as a back up service, if so which one, anyone know? Thanks CP
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Cannot open Outlook Express via mail icon in top toolbar.
Can anyone help please? Until yesterday I have been able to open Outlook express by clicking on the mail ( envelope) icon at the top of the page. I had to reinstall Microsoft Office yesterday and now when I click on that icon, I get Outlook opening instead. I can access OE through the start menu but want to be able to use…
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Bose - Could i save myself some cash?
i'm thinking of buying the BOSE® WAVE® music system - DAB £499 from Bose but the DAB radio is not built into the system it comes as a seperate module which plugs into the system which is a bit off putting so here's my thinking could i buy the BOSE® WAVE® music system £399 and just plug my personal DAB radio into the system…
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XP HD Problem
Hi, I have a friend how is having a problem with his HD. His XP system had 1 internal HD that was partitioned into 2. It was named C: and D: The system crashed and could not get it to run at all, not even in safe mode. Decided the best way to go was to reinstall the whole system on a new HD. This went OK. Now he has…
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Canon Lens advice wanted - IS or USM? YOU decide!
Hi all, I'm of to the Download Festival at Donington next week and want a shiny new lens (for my EOS 400D) for decent shots. I'm looking at these two so far, and would appreciate any guidance, or pointers if possible. I have my eyes on the following: [FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Canon - EF-S 55-250mm f4-5.6 IS And…
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My annual wireless isn't working thread
Sorry guys we've been here before but I need help again. I connect to the internet on my main computer with no problem. Up until last night I also used the laptop to connect wirelessly. Current situation is that the home wireless connection I was connecting to doesn't show up in my available wireless connections anymore.…
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Network Backup...The Challenge !
Hey all, Im using Vista Home Premium on all computers, what im trying to do is to get the built in backup feature in vista to backup to my central computer, I have managed to do this BUT i now face the problem of security, I only want individual computers to be able to access certain folders and files. Example: Computer 1…
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good free web host?
looking for a good, free, simple web host, preferrably ad free or very small ads. thankyou
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moving to sky broadband
for financial reasons we are moving to sky broadband from BT,do i really need to change my wireless router to theirs (SKY) and do i really need to add their software ? Its just that everything works fine now ,so if it isn;t broken etc thanks for any pointers
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broadband
Cannot update bullguard anti virus and now the computer seems to locking up the whole time. I have heard that there has been an attack on Bullguard. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thankyou
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navman safety Camera
Hi New to list ,so don't know if I am in order asking you guys if there is a site where I can download Safety Camera files for my Navman pin 570 pocket PC
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laptop 6 wks old - is there a problem?
hi, got dell inspiron 1720. had it 6 wks & it has now started to switch itself off & reboot. thinking this isnt right, but then again havent had a laptop before so maybe i am doing summat wrong. should i call dell & complain/ enquire?
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Digital Camera
My current phone has a 3MP camera, which is ok but not the best. I'm not sure what's considered "good" anymore, 5MP+? I basically need something for general days and nights out so I wouldn't like anything too big. I've already got a MiniSD card so if there are small ones that support that media I'd appreciate any…
