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Best wireless USB with solid walls.
Hi Our house is 100 years old, with solid walls. We move over to talk talk later this week and the router is plugged in downstairs. The computers are upstairs at the opposite side of the house. Can anyone suggest a wireless USB that will be up to the job. Many thanks.
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laptop probs
Hi....... Hope someone can help me please.My laptop wouldn't start so i reloaded Vista. Now everything is so big, from icons on desktop to web pages. I've tried reducing pages by using the number 100% at bottom right, but this only makes letters too small to read. My wirefree button now won't turn off either. Please help,…
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Nokia N95 8GB
Has anybody had any problems with their Nokia N95 8GB...if you have got one of course Mine is three weeks old and for some reason I can be in the middle of using my phone and it just switches off! To get it to come back on I have to remove the battery...then put it back in the phone...then put the phone on charge....it's…
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Setting outlook express to receive emails from virgin media webmail account
Ive setup OE so i can send emails using my email address from my virgin media address but ive got an erros when i click on sed/receive, the error is "Unable to logon to the server using Secure Password Authentication. Account: 'pop3.blueyonder.co.uk', Server: 'pop3.blueyonder.co.uk', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '.',…
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Epson R265 printer problem!
Hi, Can anyone help? My R265 printer is no longer printing any yellow. I use compatible cartridges and have never had any problems before. I bought the printer before March 2007. I have done a head clean but all colours are printing ok except the yellow. Does anyone have any advice?
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BBC Iplayer probs
Just tried to log onto BBC Iplayer to watch 2nd episode of Sunshine with Steve Coogan. Got a message that it was only available to watch in the UK - but I am in the UK. Never had this problem before - last watched something about 10 days ago I think and all fine. Anyone got suggestions please?
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Problems with my new website
Hi I hope this is the right place to post this as I'm new on this part of the forum! I've made a website using Mr Site website in a box. Although there are still quite a few things I want to add to it, on the whole the general shape of things is pretty much there, or so I thought! It all looks fine on my PC, everything in…
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Fed up with Vista's UAC ?? Give Norton's UAC Tool a try !!
Hello all If you - like me - are fed up with the annoying and irritating constant prompts of Vista's User Account Control (UAC) and are tempted to take the risk of switching it off, thus losing its underlying protection completely, I would suggest that you give Norton's new UAC tool a try. I have been using it for the last…
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Non-Windows Windows OS - ReactOS?
Has anyone had experience using ReactOS? Just wanting an idea of if anybody is using it and how they're getting on with it, thanks? http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html ReactOS® is a free, modern operating system based on the design of Windows® XP/2003. Written completely from scratch, it aims to follow the Windows®…
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Can I temporarily block use of MSN?
DS seems to be spending more time chatting on MSN than getting on with his homework - for which he needs the internet, apparently. Is there any way of blocking his use of MSN without messing things up for other family members? I know I could sit behind him while he gets on with his homework, but with 3 other kids to deal…
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virus
Can anyone help get rid of these or advise what to purchase to get rid of them WIN32:NEPTUNIA-AGB and WIN32-ADWARE-GEN I use the free edition of avast. Thanks Stanehyve
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slow computer
why o why is my computer on a go slow at the moment? i am on aol and just lately whenever a page is loading up it takes for ever!! i had this problem before, ages ago, but i cant remember the advice i was given. is is something to do with lots of programmes running in the background or something like that??
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Orange BB - so frustrating!
I switched from my £17.99 package to £12.00 package on Orange in February - the home starter. Apparently it included home phone as well. So, they changed it. However, since August I've been charged £26 a month. I live at home still, so my mum pays phone through BT and I pay bb through Orange, so really we don't the phone…
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Where's my Sound Gone?
:confused: It was on yesterday, now it says 'no audio output is installed'. What to do please?
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Anyone ever used TeamViewer?
I'm thinking of downloading TeamViewer on mine and my mums PCs. She rings me up quite a bit asking me to sort out problems on her computer and, rather than trying to explain things over the phone, thought it might be worthwhile using a piece of software which would allow me to correct any problems for her. I was just…
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Zen Micro not connected?
I have a Zen Micro 6GB which says 'device not connected' when using the Zen Micro Media Explorer software. Anyone know of a fix for this? I can access all the files via 'my computer' but not using the above software.
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What Virus and Spyware Checkers to Keep
I recently had a serious virus that was cured by the excellent people of this site. But now I have quite a number of virus checkers, spyware and adware checkers and also an online checker. They are as follows:- 1. AVG antivirus 2. SpyBot Search & Destroy 3. Ad-Aware 4. CC Cleaner 5. Dr.Web CureIt 6. Malware Bytes Anti…
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cheap memory?
Hi I'm looking for about 2GB of memory for my desktop. Where's the cheapest place to buy? :confused: Thanks
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"Don't unplug your router" says BT Engineer
For those of you subscribing to 8Mb broadband services. Talking to a BT Engineer today, he informed me that if you have a "max-circuit" (ie subscribing to 8Mb broadband services), you should NOT switch your router off. WHY? Because apparently it takes days or weeks for the line to build up its broadband speed again! Where…
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Virgin Media Netword Card Problem!
Dear all, stupidly I got a virus on my Windows XP computer. I tried various different methods of getting rid of it, and eventually got frustrated so formatted my pc. I can now not get onto the internet of my computer. It is connected to virgin media broadband with windows XP and is connected though Ethernet. I thought it…
