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Free Sky?
Hello, I was hoping to get Virgin media in my new flat but the letting agents said you have a communal Sky dish and all the flats are connected. My question is this, i cant afford £17 a month for their basic contract, but at the same time I really cant live without access to channel 5! (I am addicted to Neigbours) sad i…
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ATX PSU for Asrock mobo
Looking for a new psu for my ASRock K7VT6 mobo. Any recommendations? old psu is a Win Power ATX-400.
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Dell and XP
Hello. :) Does anyone know if Dell still offer XP on their Desktop PCs? I know that they did when I checked early last month but now the only operating system I can see on any of them is Vista. I'm not entirely sure if I'm ready to jump ship to Vista yet. Please don't turn this into an XP vs Vista thread lol. xx
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bt togo
Hi just wondering if anyone has this new bt togo handset? very tempted to upgrade my broadband to this but not sure if the device is any good. any one have any views. much appreciated
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AVG antivirus query
I have just installed AVG antivirus , the latest version. Previous version was absolutely fine, computer just scanned itself, found 44 viruses etc and it seens the only way to get rid of them is to register and pay. I thought it was free, I'm not very techie and am now worried I am not protected, Any help would be great,…
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Yahoo Email?
Anybody having problems with yahoo email? i've not received a single email since about 3pm today. as a memeber of 3 freecycles i usually get at least a dozen. i even sent myself an email which has appeared sent items but i have not recieved it in my inbox.
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Need Help connecting pc to PS3 please.
Hiya all Im here again keeping this site working hard lol. How do you connect via a ethernet cable to the PS3 from my PC, is it as simple as I have been told just plug in and go? The prob;ems I may encounter are because my PC is at one end of the room and the TV & PS3 at the other end, also no phone socket near the TV/PS3,…
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missing e mails & other stuff
Hiya all I have just been connected to BT Broadband and am totally confused. I am not receiving friends e mails and have problems registering and logging in to other web sites. What does it mean when it says 'Bad Parameter not validated'? How do I resolve that issue? I think I opted for e mails via Outlook, now my…
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How to uninstall Windows Media Player 10?
Hi, For some bizarre reason, WMP 10 has stopped playing any of my WMVs and won't start when I double-click the desktop shortcut. How can I uninstall WMP 10 and reinstall it (from a newly downloaded copy from Microsoft) when I can't find it listed in either XP's "Add and Remove Programs" or Revo Uninstaller? I don't want…
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Where can I get a pre-made battery pack for my bt internet radio? 7.2V DC
Hi there, I would like to use this radio outside in the garden and hence thinking of powering it with a bunch of 6 x 1.2V NiMH 2700mAh batteries which I think should provie enough power. Trouble is I cannot see well and do not fancy making this thing myself even though it is straight forward. So is there anything ready…
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Go easy with replies, I'm learning.
As soon as I seem to get my head round one bit of technology, something else comes along and baffles me. I've just gone over to a laptop from my old PC. This machine like most modern ones is wifi, but as yet, I still connect via the ethernet cable. My aim is to get a wifi router and have freedom to move the laptop round…
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Parental controls
Can anyone recommend a free parental control software? I run XP, Firefox (have already looked at the add-ons but I can't see anything I like - Glubble changes the whole browser), Zonealarm and just recently PCGuard (through Virgin Media, but I have to pay if I want the parental control). I've tried K9 but it doesn't…
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Triple Phone Set _-help!
Hi everyone, hope this is in the right section - cant see a phone section. Anyways, we bought a triple phone set the other day at a discounted rate. It didnt have any instructions. Unfortunately my girlfriend has fiddled with one of the phones and now it says searching even though it is sat in its docking station. Any idea…
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ipod & i-tunes not communicating ?
possibly coincidental with recently having to do a system restore .... plugging my ipod in to the pc .. usually results in i-tunes opening and it telling me it's doing a "syn" .. few seconds later ipod says all done etc . Today .. not happening .. plug ipod in .. have to open i-tunes .. and it's there with everything but…
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Prime Slave?
A friend has tried to turn on the pc and heard a lot of clicking, it then came up with something about not being able to find the prime slave:confused: Can anyone help please or is this terminal? Sproggi
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AGV Firewall not working.
I put AGV8 on my PC and it's been fine till today when a warning sign telling me that my firewall isn't turned on. I can't find out how to turn it on. (doh!). Do I have to reinstall the whole AGV thingy all over again? I'm soooooooooooooo technically minded - not.
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PHP Form?
I out a php form on my website today but when people are filling out the form im just getting blank emails and i dont know where its going wrong and wondered if you guys could help? This is the form code and the php code is can anyone please tel me where im going wrong? Regards
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Blu ray on ps3
Hi, Sorry if this has already been posted but couldnt find it. Will region A blu ray films play on uk bought ps3s. Theres alot of people on ebay claiming that they will. Thanks Lindsey
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Techspert Advice needed please
Hi I know people will say don't do it, but I want to upgrade my notebook to run Vista. It has a Celeron M420 1.6ghz processor and will have 2gb RAM - would this be enough to run Vista? Answers on a postcard pls :rotfl:
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Just installed XP for the 2nd time> Grrr.
Hi all, As said but I cannot use IE to type anything on these pages. Really odd. Using IE6. ANY Suggestions? I also remember that there were a lot of issues with ie7. Well now I have ie6 back again should i stick or upgrade to 7? Main problem I have is concerning Zone Alarm. On Saturday, as soon as I was able I downloaded…
