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Will I actually benefit from newer versions of HDMI cables?
I could do with a couple of inexpensive HDMI cables (less than £3), but a few I've seen at this price have been 'older' HDMI versions i.e. 1.1 & 1.2. If I were to go for these cables, would there be any noticeable difference? I've looked on Wiki, and to be honest, a lot of it made no sense to me. I'd be using them to hook…
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the cd drive on my laptop has dissapeared
can anyone help??? i have no clue what has happened to it- on 'my computer' there is the c drive a d drive which it says is another hard drive and no cd drive- i have tried playing a cd a dvd and a program cd and it keeps telling me there is no cd please help!
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I phone touch
Not sure where to post this - I'm looking to buy an iphone touch (prezzie) -they seem so expensive in this country.. I'm considering Germany/France via amazon (seems the wii fit is available there) but when I looked on Amazon I couldn't understand the writting LOL Does anyone know of any good deals - without a contract?
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finding password question
Not sure if this is legal or not, but I wondered if there is anyway to find out my OH hotmail account password. I think he's having an affair and I want to have proof before confronting him with it. I have tried to answer his secret question, but although I thought I knew the answer, the site says it's not right and I've…
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Laptop bag/case
Can anyone advise on the most cost-effective places to buy laptop bag/cases? I need a !7" bag or case.
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Minibook in Canada
Hello all I am seriously considering buying this unit from Maplin. I am about to go to Canada for a three week holiday and thought such a device would be useful to make use of hotel internet connections rather than hunting down internet cafes. I need some advice regarding differing voltages. Would I be OK to use the power…
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Setting up Windows Mail - IMAP and SMTP
I am trying to set up windows mail but it is asking for both the Incoming Mail (POP3 or IMAP) sever and the outgoing email server (SMTP) name? Does anyone know where i can get these? THanks
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Free SMS texting of calendar appointments?
Hi I have a friend who wants to send a text to remind people to attend an appointment. For example, to attend a doctors appointment. Has anyone any experience of any free s/w that can allow this? I'm thinking that perhaps an extension of Microsoft Outlook may be the way forward, but not sure how that would work? Any help…
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advice on storing photos
I have alot of old photos that I intend to scan and archive and have the following queries: When scanning them to my computer which is the best format to use (eg. Tiff, Gif, Bmap)? After using Paint Shop Pro to edit the photos am I best saving them as Tiff or JPeg etc? What medium is it then best to save these photos in…
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replacement camera battery - looklike vs original
HI, I'm looking for a replacement battery for a panasonic TZ3 camera, and a quick google has thrown up only sites that offer generic rather than panasonic replacements. These vary quite a lot in price, and I wondered if anyone had any suggestions as to what to look for/ which ones to avoid, or are they all pretty similar…
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Old laptop and installing Linux
I have a laptop that is really old ok well about 6 years old. It is has a Celeron chip set (not sure which as not at home at the moment) and 256mbs of ram (I know, I know). It runs so slow on windows XP. I was thinking of sticking extra memory in to take to it's max which is 512mbs and sticking a Unix Flavor on it. As I…
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More eee pc questions...
I bought the 900 on the special offer from E-buyer. I want to connect wired broadband with it but talktalk like you to install software... Otherwise I can use the ethernet apparently but my modem has no cable for it. Do I need to buy another modem or is there something I can plug the USB that runs from my modem into that…
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page loads up then jumps to control panel
on another forum everytime I load/navigate to a page it immediately jumps to the control panel (so everytime I click on a thread it goes via control panel) it only happens on this website and on this computer. i have delelted cookies and signed off again but to no avail does anyone know what could be wrong? many thanks
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Best Sub 550 Laptop?
I'm looking for the best sub 550 Laptop to be used as the main PC in the house. Will be used for Primarily for internet acccess and Ms Office however will need to be able to be good with graphics apps. If will need to be from the highstreet so any doscount codes, voucher would also be useful, over to you guys!
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How do I find out which programmes strat when my computer does
I have a computer which takes forever to get going after switching it on, is there a good "start delay" programme which will tell me which programmes start with the computer and allow me to stagger them a bit. Thanks.......
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Audio CD for car stereo.
My brother gave me a cd that he burned for me. It works fine in my car stereo. I burned 2 audio cd's (1 in nero, 1 in wmp) and neither of them work. The file types look the same when i view them on my pc. Is there something I need to look out for?
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tiger woods 09
i see morrisons are selling tiger woods 09 all play, along with other games, for £15 this week. my question is: is there a difference between 'tw09 all play' and just 'tw09'. ive noticed tiger is wearing an orange top on the cover of the all play version, and is wearing a green top on the cover of tw09' so is 2 different…
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New TV wanted.....where to start?
Hi everyone! Please could someone point me in the direction of a website which can tell me everything i need to know about buying a brand new top spec TV? I don't know where to start!! :confused: Once I know what I want then I can start some price comparisions! ;) Many thanks.......
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junk email from offer@
I only get junk email from Offer@. All the emails are different names but all have offer@ in the address. Does anyone know how i can stop these. I block each one individually in hotmail but as the different of each address is different i cant block all from offer@. [EMAIL="Eg.offer@bawnweart.net"]Eg.…
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martins cheap laptops
hey all, was reading the email sent out and noticed the cheap laptops feature. i recently got a email from the company i bought my tower from, must be on their mailing list. the have another cheap laptop there and other deals which may be of interest to some folk. oddly their prices for dell equipment worked out cheaper…
