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Wireless network controller stopped working!
My wish is for my lappy to work longer than 2 weeks without a problem.....sigh.... I turned on my Dell Inspiron 1525 this morning and had a windows warning message pop up 'Dell Wireless WLAN Card Wireless Network Controller stopped working and was closed. A problem caused the application to stop working correctly' However,…
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Where to get Gamecube Games and/or Accessories ?
Have had a gamecube gathering dust for some time, but the kiddies are now old enough to play it. Looking for recommendations for games for 5 year olds and places to buy games and maybe an extra controller for the little one. I assume the gamecube is too old for stores like game to sell at any reasonable price. so can…
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Those who have or know Dell laptops?
Hey, well I ordered my Studio 15 Laptop, thought id start a new thread cos the previous one seemed to start another windows vs rest debate lol :p 1. How are dell in terms of build quality, Ive read some stories on the net regarding they are not built properly all the time - I think I'm talking about quality assurance…
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Help needed with website/hosting
Can somebody help me please? I'm setting up a greeting cards website so i'm going to need to be able to give people the option of registering, checking out etc. This website is going to be aimed at partially sighted/blind users so it's got to be very user friendly. Is there a hosting package I can get that will have…
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New 37inch LCD TV -Best Buy
I have a budget of £500 in which to buy a 37 inch LCD TV, any pointers to which makes (I heard Panasonic was the best) and any good deals? I want HD now not HD ready Thanks
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Web pages too small/too big to read - help!
I noticed a while back that some web pages I was visiting were showing as really large fonts but recently some pages are tiny. I'm really struggling to read some web pages and I have no idea why it's doing this or how to fix it. It seems strange as the web pages are ones I have visited previously with no problem. Can…
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aldi 2gb mp4 player
This may be a daft questions but can anyone help. Firstly has anyone bought the Aldi MP4 player and are they any good. Secondly and more important can I sync/download onto this player from my I tunes music and movies/films easily or does it need/use other software. Children have I pods and I just want something cheap and…
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Excel time query
My daughter has a part time job and likes to keep her hours in an Excel spreadsheet. She enters time started and finished and then just enters a figure as hours worked i.e. start 18.30 finish 21.45 worked 3.15. I'm sure there must be a way she can enter it so it is easy to total up weekly or monthly but I only know basic…
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Free e-mail address
As I am getting loads of spam, I want to change my e-mail address, away from my service provider, so that it is portable for the future. Can anyone suggest a site for this please.
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Sky+ hard drive
Can anyone help? My sky+ seems to run out of free space very quickly. Is it possible to either change the hard drive or add an external one? If this is possible, idiot proof instructions would be much appreciated!! Thanks in advance.
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Bluetooth Connection
I have lost the bluetooth connection on my computer, neither of my phones or my satnav will now communicate with it. I have tried everything I know, looked on many sites for answers, but none found, it looks as though a Vista re-instal is called for, unless anyone has an answer. Thanks in advance:o
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guitar hero world tour
hi hubby is buying me gh wt band bundle for xmas after playing gh3 to death but can you use the guitar from guitar hero 3 with the world tour on ps3 because i'm not getting the free bass guitar with the bundle otherwise i'll be a guitar short for the game many thanks seabreeze :T
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BBC live news feed - no sound ( flash 10 ?)
Hi I seemed to have lost sound on the BBC news feed online. I think it's related to new version of flash player ( 10 ). I can watch assorted clips but not the live feed. youtube etc all fine for sound. I have tried uninstalling and resinstalling but no joy. When I click the play arrow it just seems to stick at te first…
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problems with outlook express
I suddenly can't open any links that i recieve in emails why? run visa ( hate it lots x ) please help!:confused:
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Searching within Excel
I have office 2007 and Vista. I have a spreadsheet and in one of the columns it contains all the addresses I've had to visit. Is there any search facility to actually search for Manor (as an example) eg, for Manor Road within this column? I'm sure there is, but I've not had to do this before. Thank you.
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Another Ram Upgrade Question.
... I have an IBM Thinkpad that is only used for the Internet, MSN, Youtube etc and is running "ok" with a Celeron M Processor 1.40 GHz and 512 MB of RAM, but I am thinking about upgrading the ram to extend the laptops life. The max ram Crucial says it can take is 2GB, so two lots of 1GB PC2700 DDR 333 ram are going to set…
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Quick Question
Hi I have ordered a DVD box set off the american Amazon website (Amazon.com) which cost in total £42.27. Basically I am wondering if I will need to pay import/customs fees for this item, and if so how much should I expect to pay? I ordered the item as it was cheaper than the region 2 version of the box set but overall it…
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Dual Layer DVD questions
I have an avi file from a camcorder which I want to burn to DVD. However, it is nearly 7GB large and will not fit onto a regular 4.7GB DVD-R disc. So I have read into dual layer DVD-R discs which supposedly store up to 9GB of data. However, I would like to know the following: 1. Will my Philips DV8881 DVD burner (part of…
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External Hard Drive Question
Is it safe to keep an external hard drive connected to a computer (via usb ) even after it has been switched off (via the on/off switch on the drive itself) and then unplugged from the mains? Sorry if this sounds like a silly question :o .. just a bit paranoid about damaging my nice new shiny Toshiba 1TB that came today! :D
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need to drive 2 Dell DVI monitors with my new PC, can you help
Hi I bought this PC recently http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_7963.htm?WT.mc_id=2008-11-24-11-59 I had a Medion from Aldi for the last 5 years or so that I was very happy with. This seemed like a fairly high spec model. With my last Medion I was fortunate enough that it came with 2 VGA outputs to power my 2 Dell…
