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Apple incentives?
Anyone used the website? It appears by getting guys to sign up and try stuff or fill in forms you can get free Apple stuff. I can see why companies would sign up for the publicity and hits, but has anyone done it and is it too good to be true?
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Pc rip off
If you're based in Herts and have a problem with a pc, don't use a company called Selecter PC. He's dissapeared with peoples money and PC's. More info here: https://www.ripoff.me
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free video converter?
i need to convert a video i downloaded with real player so that i can burn it to a dvd and play it on a regular dvd player. anyone know of a free converter?
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Unable to print from desktop
I have a problem and wonder if anyone could help. I have a Dell Dimension 8400 and a Dell AIO 922 printer connected to it. Whilst completing an application form today I thought I would try and print the job spec from Adobe, however nothing happened. I then tried to print from MS Word and again nothing. I've checked to see…
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Urgent help needed..pc wont start up
Shut pc down with on/off button as it had all froze..i know,i know...now it wont kick in...has happened before and sorted the problem with advice off here,but cant find the thread...think it was by doing a start up repair....any help is grateful as its my work pc:confused:
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Netbooks (mini laptops)
for those that dont know netbooks are mini laptops, you may have seen them, they have small 8-10inch screens and weigh normally under 1 kilogram. im trying to find the best one for my money because i'm a student at uni so my budget is very tight. i've done a fair bit of research. but i just need some external opinions. i…
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My Desktop has died!
Unfortunately L I have had it for about 8/9 years, I have no software disks, it was in the sold as seen in the sale at pc world. When I turn it on, the message comes up: VMM32.VXD is required to run windows. If this file is not in your path, you may need to reinstall C:\> Is this fixable? Can some one help me? Failing that…
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Physical Memory problems?? Computer very slow despite having 4GB of RAM!
Hey All, I've got the DELL XPS M1730 - 2.4ghz and 4GB of ram however my computer has gone SO SLOW! Does this look right to you? look at the physical memory and the amount of memory IE takes up and how much free physical memory I have (which sometimes drops to 0) See here…
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Instalshield Problem
Have big issue with this on my Dell laptop Vista OS and the solution below to the to the problem number does not work can anyone help or advise? Q111002: Error -2147467262 Problem When checking for updates, error -2147467262 occurs, and no applications are displayed in the Update Settings tab in the Update Manager. More…
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canon G9: taking flash photos of my cats
I've got an old S2IS and the viewfinder's packed up and I'm thinking of replacing it with the S5IS or G9. I take a large amount of indoor photos of my cats - they are old, adored and near the end of their lives and memories of them are very important to me. One has had seizures and is blind and I can't use bright flash to…
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Can't access yahoo email
Has anyone else experienced problems accessing yahoo emails ? The last 3 days I have experience problems accesssing my account. I can't get into it at all now, I type in my user ID and then password and it keeps taking me back to the log in page again and I am 100% sure the password and user ID are correct. Checked things…
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McAfee Spam filter has just stopped working!
I had set McAfee to filter my e-mails and set it to high as in the extract from their Help facility, as shown below. I had set all my acceptable address as Friends. It was all working fine. Still getting 40 odd Spam e-mails a day but they were going in to My McAfee anti spam folder and were easy to delete. Last week I…
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Wireless Adaptor
I recently moved to BT wireless broadband but when i went to set it up I got a message that my computer was not set up for wireless broadband. I have been advised that I need a wireless adaptor. Can anyone advise of a good brand to buy and the minimum mphs I need? Thanks
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Problems with Hyperlink in e mail
Hi All I use Outlook as my e-mail and am inserting a hyperlink for a web address in an e mail that I send to a group on a regular basis. I insert the hyperlink by highlighting the text in the mail that I wish to use to create the hyperlink e.g HERE and then going to insert hyperlink and putting the website URL e.g…
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AVG download query
hi great minds! reading thru "what security do you use" thread and martin's advice and realize my 7.5 avg anti-virus thingummy is out of date (on vista btw). if i go to avg mainsite they want to charge me £40 to upgrade to the 8.0 new version, if i go via martin's link i'm put into a site marked cnet download.com. how does…
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Best Laptop???help Required!!xx
WHICH ONE IS BETTER???.......would be grateful for any help (I'm a computer novice so haven't a clue but would like some good/bad points -THANKS!!XX) (i'm getting a laptop as a pressie - I've been given these 2 choices)…
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how to create a family photo montage?
help, i want to create a montage of different photos onto a single document (A4 size) so that it can then be printed and framed any ideas what software i can use to do it.... ive looked at ms-word, but that will only allow regimented block like pattern regards rob
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Quick Tip: Copying error messages...
Hi All, Just a very quick post to share the following...I know that to some of you this is going to sound *blindingly* obvious, but I think we'll be surprised how many people didn't/don't know it...I certainly didn't (despite 4 years studying CS at uni, a number of years software dev etc) until this morning when a…
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Deleting Dead Range names in Excel
Solution now Found.
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Definitive guide to buying a television?
Does anyone know of a good guide to buying a new television? I have read loads of mse threads and posts, the sticky to give information and looked at loads of websites at the different tv's on offer. I am now totally confused with what is what. I only want a 19" tv but you now have to look at widescreen, pixels, freeview…
