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Laptop - Wireless Networking
Currently I have an internal PCI wireless adapter abg. I am getting an N1 router, and if all goes well, will upgrade my laptop to be able to handle N1 signals. Now, I am not sure whether I need a Wireless Notebook Card or ExpressCard. The slot to the side of my laptop is about the length of my little finger and only a few…
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lomography cameras
Does any know much about these? A while back, in the sales I brought a Cyber Sampler, and want to give it as a birthday pressie, it was heavily reduced, but doesnt contain any instructions at all! Does anyone have one of these and would be prepared to scan and email me instructions or have any idea where I could download…
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Please help with Trustedantivirus Removal
Hi, I'm having problems as virus checker programs aren't picking it up, or anti ad / malware, and I can't find the individual components on my PC. It pops up every now and again, and I shut it before it gets scanning but then there is no trace 'til it reappears. Symantec caught it once when it popped up but couldn't do…
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Your Dream/Ultimate PC?
I'm having trouble deciding on components (most likely nvidia 790i Ultra chipset is about as definite as I've got and that's not really definite) for my next pc. So out of interest what would your dream PC be (be as specific as you want about components and then I'll plaguarise your ideas ;) ). Water cooling, case modding,…
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Setting up a code for wireless router?!
Hello I admit I am rubbish with computers....... :o I have got a laptop and have a wireless router. I bought an adaptor so I could use the router wireless and my DH set it up for me.... So I can now use it wireless.... I was reading somewhere that you should have a code set up before you go on the internet so on-one else…
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Wifi USB connector set up problems.
Hi folks, hope you can help. Trying to connect my wii up to the internet. I have a wired modem, a nintendo wifi usb connector plugged into a usb port and I'm on windows vista. I have managed to get up to the stage of the connector set up complete, and I've been able to grant permission for the wii to connect using the wii…
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testdisk
Does anyone have any experience with testdisk? I've managed to 'break' my machine with it! :doh: I wanted to put Ubuntu back on my system but Gparted on the live CD showed my whole HD as 'unallocated'. Testdisk showed me that the number of reserved sectors in my FAT partition was wrong so I tried to use it to fix it and..…
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Read a corrupt PDF
I am involved in a thread here on MSE with a user needing to read a corrupt PDF file. I told the user to ask here but for whatever reason they don't want to take that advice. I have recovered a deleted PDF file from my own harddrive just to see if I can do it myself. I'd like to do this for my own satisfaction now.…
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PC can't see new SATA drive!
Got round to replacing old IDE drive with new Hitachi Deskstar Sata 2 drive and have plugged in all the connections. However, PC can't see it! Have AsRock K7VT6 mobo which supports SATA. Have made diskette for sata drivers from asrock support cd and tried to do a Win XP installation. Pressed F6 at the appropriate place to…
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Sky HD, is it that much better?
Hi All, We had Sky HD installed yesterday. When the engineer left HD hadn't icked in, he said it would be a couple of minutes before the signal came through. When we switched the TV on last night we could get the HD channels but to be honest we couldn't see much differnce if any. We were expecting a lot better picture and…
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Staples price match - help!
I bought a laptop a couple of days ago from Staples for £379.99. I have since seen it on their website for £323.39. I have done a quick search on comparison sites but it seems to be a Staples exclusive. It is a HP G6092 laptop. Can I get the store to pricematch their own website? Thanks
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C:/drive is now J:/drive (help)
I Have just reloaded all my stuff from scratch on my Home PC Its all good apart from the Local Drive (C) is now Local (J) How can I get it back to being the C drive? (I hope ive explained all this) Thanks
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xbox 360 games from asia
hi, my daughter has brought back a xbox 360 live "Don King presents Prizefighter" game for her brother. However when he's tried it this morning, the caption on the screen says "load this into an xbox console"......Do the games from abroad not 'transfer' to uk xbox? any advice appreciated
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camcorder help
have a sony dcr-hc51e mini dvd camcorder.have used windows movie maker to transfer tape and burn to dvd-r no problem.today when trying to do same thing it is saying ,import video cannot find compatiable digital video device.am using a firewire 1eee1394 cable .any idea what the problem could be:mad:
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multiple monitor question, need info please
Hi on my current PC arrangement I have two monitors (DELL 2005FPW). They are connected to the two svga outputs on my pc so that I can use each monitor with separate windows open, ie I am not duplicating on the monitors but opening say for example Word or emails on one and IE on the other. I would like to continue to do…
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new computer but where's its WiFi enabled bit
just bought a new advent laptop computer which is supposed to be wifi enabled, but when i look in device manager there is nothing.Also its not asking me for drivers etc.:confused: thanks for any help ps its not connecting to anything
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Need Help again, going very slow.
I printed off two lots of advice from the last time I asked for help with this. One was from WOMBAT and the other is a 2 page list of thing to do after booting in Safe Mode and the last line of that says "Last edited by Browntoa 10-07-2007". I am not sure which to start using. My computer is running very slowly and pages…
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Another feed from SKY Box
I want to set up another telly in another room. I presume I can get another feed from my Sky box ? If so I presume it means running another cable fro my Sky Box ? What will be be - Scart lead ? Coax cable ?
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Firefox not downloading
Whenever I click on a download link in firefox, it will pop up with a dialog asking me what I want to do with the file (save or open), show the name of the FTP area in the bottom left, but go no further, certainly not open the windows explorer dialog. What can I do? The problem does not exist in internet explorer.
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Windows Task Manager
Now, i am not able to terminate any programme using windows task manager. This has been the case since the last two days. Everything gets jammed up, even the task manager sometimes and i have to just switch off the computer my pressing the on/off button for 15secs. So, why does this happen? Why does my laptop gets jammed…
