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How do I disable wireless in Bio's?n
I have been asked to disable my wireless in my laptop and use the eithernet cable to connect to the internet when using it for work. I switch my wireless switch off but they want me to disable wireless in Bio's. I have not got a clue what to do. Can anyone help?
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2nd Hardrive Icon has changed, How can I swap it back?
I have put some files into my 2nd ide hardrive today, it was empty before and the icon has changed to one with a folded down corner. I searched on google first and found to delete an autorun.inf file within the drive but all I can see is a file just saying just autorun not autorun.inf, however I did still delete it to an…
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Microsofts own Vista tips on tuning and performance in a PDF or XPS download.
Worth a download and read if your a novice and want to tune up and change some of the features on your system. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ab377598-a637-432c-a3c8-1607ab629201&displaylang=en&tm
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Foxit Reader - display in millimetres?
I have recently started using Foxit Reader as an alternative to Adobe Reader, mainly through the repeated recommendations on this forum. It is such a small download compared to Adobe Reader and it opens quicker so I am quite happy with it but I can't find a way to change the document size at the bottom right hand corner…
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Improving my security .... email hacked
Hi folks, In a bit of a tiz here. MAJOR security breach of my email account and paypal account have occurred over the past 4days culminating in a large amount of money disappearing from my paypal account. The fraud has been reported etc to paypal and all seems in hand with regard to that. NOW IT IS THE AFTERMATH ..... I…
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Virgin email outage
Virgin Media is yet again suffering from an email outage. Does anybody know what has caused this this time around? By morning, it will have been virtually 24 hours offline. In previous outages, not all emails sent to me and by me have arrived. What happens to that missing data?
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energy saving bulbs and touch lamps
Hi everyone :cheesy: I just bought a pair of touch lamps. Can they take energy saving bulbs? At the moment they work on 40W SES golf size bulbs. Thanks.
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Help Regarding NAT Settings
I'm looking to see if anyone can help. I play on Xbox Live, and I can't connect to one of my friends if he hosts because his NAT settings are strict and I believe mine are moderate. Now, for it to work, one of us needs to reduce NAT settings, either mine to open or my friends to moderate. Is there a way of doing this? I…
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Advice
Hi Everyone, I hope you dont mind me posting this here, but I need some advice. I am 26 in october and I am currently doing a foundation degreee in information technology over here in the UK. The things I am learing in this are: Introduction to Computer Architecture Visual Programming Tools Information Systems & Tools…
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AAAAGGGGGHHHHH Cup of Tea Over Laptop
As the title suggests, a cuppa has been knocked over the lappy. I put it in the airing cupboard, but after 2 days, nothing is happening. I shall contact the insurance company tomorow, but is everything lost? I'm mainly thinking about the photos, as I hadn't gotten around to storing the latest 100 or so on a memory stick.…
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who's number is it?
can you tell me is it possible to find out who a mobile number is registered to... (apart from the obvious and ringing it!!)
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crap cleaner
Watch out for this, it does what it says, but wipes out all your passwords as well, driven me nuts all day, and while it was initially quicker, the whole bloody machine now keeps seizing up on me, especially slow tryin to load photos onto my web site, refused to work and gives up not responding messages. Never a brilliant…
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Water under the Sky Box
We have just discovered water under the sky box which we have decided has come down the ariel into the box and out the bottom of it.:mad: I have had the sky in for about 10years and I haven't subscibed for a few years now so no help from sky. I have a digital tv but I like some of the free sky channels will have to get…
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music download and WinMedia player
Im trying to download an album from Woolworthsdigital and when i click the download thing to download it, I get a message saying that either download manager isnt loaded or the DRM may be corrupted :mad: can someone point me in the right direction as to how do i know if i have a download manager loaded ??? lol or is this…
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Problems accessing Tiscali email?
Is anyone else (still) having problems accessing Tiscali email? I believe there were server problems on Monday but we haven't been able to use it since. The Login and email pages are all muddled up (like there's 2 pages overlayed) and you can't type in your password. I think its a similar problem I had ages ago where I…
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pc problems
Well I have a hobby horse, Trojan. and now I don't know what to do........I'm so not techie :o :o So to get you a clearer picture of pc and non pc panda I must've opened a virus but it was hidden and I didn't suss it, or 1 of my boys. Anyway nows not the time to aportion blame........ A screen keeps coming up telling we…
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Blurred text
hi guys, I had to reset my dell dimension 5150 back to it's original factory settings on sunday due to a sp3 crashing my system into the bsod (cheers microsoft!). I have managed to reinstate settings/progs as before however the most niggling little thing that I can't get to the bottom of is that the text is blurry in every…
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Brother Compatible Ink Cartridges
In error I posted this on the feedback forum earlier today and had several responses that have covered all the things have been tried out before posting this. Switching off re-installing.and the original cartridges have since been disposed of after a couple of refills sometime ago.I have tried three types of compatible one…
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virgin media
Anyone else having problems with virgin media? My email account has had problems since 6pm yesterday I phoned the helpline to get an automated message saying it will be fixed Friday morning!!:confused:
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Help with wiping hard drive to sell
Hello My laptop recently became water-logged and completely stopped working. I have recovered the Hard Drive however with all the data intact and have transfered all the photos etc onto another machine I have. I now want to wipe this Hard Drive with the aim of selling it on ebay but don't know how to do this. Can anyone…
