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Help - lots of icons have appeared on the desktop!
Well as the title says.....I was trying to install Samsung PC studio on my laptop but think I did it wrong, it started downloading 311 things (this was what it said on the screen) anyway it was taking forever so I decided to cancel it as I've installed it on a computer before and it didn't take that long. So when I…
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3 mobile broadband - problem setting up my3 registration SORTED NOW
Hope someone can help... When I try to register on my3, it says it will send a text message with the password to my sim. This isn't very handy as the sim is in a dongle rather than a mobile phone! They do indeed seem to have sent a message which is visible on the computer, but it's in a chinese font! I guess it's…
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Sony Vaio laptop
I'm trying to fix a Sony Vaio laptop for a friend by installing antivirus and anti-spyware tools (it runs slower than a snail trapped in glue at the moment), running Windows XP Media Center edition with Service Pack 2. I can get the machine to boot, log in (my friend gave me the login so I can get to work), but after…
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Peugeot Transponder key
Does anyone know anywhere I can get a transponder key made up for a 2000 peugeot 406? I tried a shoe / key cutter s but they said they couldnt do it as it was a rolling code "philips crypto" peugeot want £91 any help would be good
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Dell Tech said to do this .....
I have a new Dell laptop about a week old and the sound is very tinny. I can hear it but it does not seem right and I am no audio buff. Anyway I emailed Dell technical support and they said to disable the A band on the wireless card and told me how to do it. So I have disabled 802.11a via Devise Manager and it sounds…
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drunk
I had an HP printer the 1310 desktop make until July this year. I had had it for about 3 years and it used the HP56 and HP57 ink cartridges. I was buying them from tesco or morrisons cheaper than the HP price and I were happy with the compatiable ink cartridges. they were about £20 each and I was using about 3 of each a…
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ribbon printing machine
I am after a printer that can be used on ribbon , I have seen this but seems out of my price range (£499)http://www.ribbonprint.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=43 I know nothing about printers ,so any advice would be greatly recieved
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Problem with Browsers?
I'm trying to upload prints to Photobox, but when I try to upload them a box comes up saying "firefox is not responding" then i have to start the task manager to solve this. It happens on Firefox and Safari and I thought i'd try IE but the same thing happens as well. Also sometimes after a while, this happens even when I'm…
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losing sky channels
I've got sky + and in the past week have suddenly started to lose channels, what happens is that when you select a channel, usually a movie one, all you get is a bright blue screen. I have phoned them up several times and they have talked me through all sorts of updates to software and checking my leads but they are…
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Router Firmware
I've got a cable and wireless router that I've had for a while.... How would I go about updating the firmware? Do I even need to do this? Cheers dudes...
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Why won't iTunes let me.....
Upload some album artwork!!?? I've just loaded an album onto iTunes, I selected all the tracks, right click and selected "Get Info". I put the album artist in, the album name in and tried to put some artwork in too, but when I click ok its not there! The album name and artist are updated but it just won't let me have…
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windows update error 80070490
windows will not up date and this is the error code, what should i do please
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alot.dll error
I have a friend running Win ME who is getting a alot.dll error when trying to start Internet Explorer. Can anyone tell me what the file or error are and how to correct it. Obviously as the pc will not connect to the internet we will not be able to download any progs to fix the matter Any help will be more than appreciated.
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Recommend some components please
I want to buy a new Socket775 motherboard, a Pentium Dual Core processor and a PCI-E graphics card and have a budget of about £125. Had a look on Scan website but i'm out of touch with all the jargon and abbreviations that follow the description of each product. Could anyone recommend 3 components that will definately work…
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fault with brand new dell 1525
my aunt has bought a new inspiron 1525 straight out of the box and it wont start up. the power light comes on on the power lead but when you try switching it on nothing. the dell help line is next to useless so unless any one on here can tell me something i might be doing wrong it will be going back. theres another post on…
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help wanted for PC (cmos pattern test)
Hope someone can help me. My monitor keeps switching itself off usually when I am playing a game. I ran PC Doctor which said it found a fault on the CMOS PATTERN TEST and gave me a code MB152-C2. What should I do now?
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How long does it take AVG to ...
... complete a system scan on your PC?
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urgent advice please
I have a problem with my laptop unfortunately the warranty runs out tomorrow 6/10 phoned tesco where I bought it from and they said I could it a refund or replacement but I need to do this by tomorrow, problem is I need to take all my information off it first such as files, software installed etc and I haven't a clue how…
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help wanted dvd player error
when I put a dvd in it says wrong disc it has done this with a few dvds I have gave it a clean and stuck with what to do now any help would be grateful. I have never had any problems before this.
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Help. wireless setup :/
Hi there. On my main pc i have my wanadoo live box.. using the ethernet at the moment.. but my mums got a computer she wants to set up to it using the wireless connection. Ive used it before on a friends laptop.. BUT tried lots of things to install the drivers/setup onto mums computer not working? Recognises the wireless…
