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Which of these 2 Printers Should I Go For?
I've been offered a free printer/scanner by a freind and just wondered if it is better than my current one. I currently have a Dell 922 All In One. I've been offered this Canon MP390 and just wondered whether people think I should take the Canon printer. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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IE& conflict with HP4500 Scanner
I have twicw installed IE7 and had to revert to IE6 after finding that once IE7 is installed I cannot access my HP4500C scanner. Does anyone know if this can be rectified as I would prefer to have the latest browser installed.
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Wireless built in
Please excuse my ignorance, but.... when a spec for a computers states wireless built in, does this mean that you can connect to the internet without using a dongle?
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Laptop Safemode not working. Please help
I have an ACER 3200 Travelmate laptop. When I switch it on it goes direct to a blue screen with a message on there. This flashes off too quickly for me to read. If I go to Safe mode or last known configuration the same thing happens. The blue screen comes up and then it goes back to the safe mode menu. I am running windows…
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R4 revolution
Does anybody know where I can get the best deal on this? I'm looking to buy the DS adapter and microcard. Any help would be greatly appreciated - thanks :j
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Is My PC Clean?
I was wondering if someone could have a look at my HiJack This log and see if my PC is clean. The reason I ask is because i'm having trouble with Eset Smart Secuirty when I boot-up windows (XP). The splash screen for Eset SS shows on the desktop but the warning icon for windows appears in the bottom right hand corner…
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DVD disc wont play!
Can anyone please help, I am a novice at this. I record a programme off my Samsung TV on to my Samsung DVD recorder. It plays ok. The problem is that when i take the disc to work and try and play it on my NIKKAI dvd player or any other dvd player it wont play. I would appreciate any advice or help. Thanks.
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XBox Failure - Microsoft Dire Customer Service
Just wondered if anyone has got the same problems as us? This morning we have just encountered our SECOND xbox failure which has resulted in a red light flashing in lower right corner of circle, and a E74 error message. Our xbox is 13 months old!!!! 1 month out of warranty conveniently! We work in the computer industry and…
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Connecting to Xbox live with wireless adapter
Over Xmas I got a official Xbox wireless adapter for my sons Xbox360 and it connected straight away no problems. a week later we got the red ring and it was sent to Germany to be fixed, it came back yesterday and I set it up and guess what ? I can't get it online. I've done everything the same way as before, it finds my…
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Bad Sectors - cant backup - please help!
Anyone know of any good software (preferably free) that can repair bad sectors? I have about 8 consecutive ones and its preventing Acronis from backing up my hard drive. Am a bit worried. Its only a 6 month old hard drive too. Windows is still running fine on it and I havent (touch wood) noticed any problems yet! Want to…
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Blocked websites/unable to
Hi everyone, I got a new laptop the other week, now connected to internet wirelessly...everything going ok except there are certain websites that I cannot visit. The message that pops up is that the 'link appears broken' Can anyone advise whether it's just a settings thing that needs changing on the laptop? The websites…
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Never done it before but is there anywhere you can download music free and legally?
and if so what do you do? im in need of some dancy music to get me motivated to excercise my 10 bellys off from xmas :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: so if anyone knows anything about downloading music and if theres somewhere i can do it for free id love to know must be legal though i cant risk anything for a tune. thank you xx
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Please help!! TV/Aerial problems
hi, I have tried so many different aerials now and I not sure whether its ME (whose is really useless with all technical stuff) or that the aerial is just inadaquate. I have tried all the cheaper options ... so I went to maplins and bought this I couldn't get anything with it placed at the side of the TV so I hung it up on…
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Tearing my hair out with wireless connection!
Would be grateful if anyone can help with this. I usually get the job of sorting out all of hubbies computer probs (which I do more by luck than by skill). But this one has me stumped. He uses his laptop at home and in his office via separate ISPs/wireless connections, but the one in his office has stopped working. It…
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Recommend a Fuzzy Duplicate Finder for Excel
Hi Please can you help me. I think I am right in saying I need a Fuzzy Duplicate Finder for Excel but please correct me if I'm wrong. I need something to find duplicate entries on a spreadsheet, including those where some entries may have been mistyped. And be able to delete/correct them. Preferably a free download as not…
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sync probs
my hubby's having problems syncronising his palm top with his new laptop. laptop has windows vista and it freezes when trying to sync documents to go tried upating all software etc, but still no joy any ideas or help please? :confused:
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Itunes trf my songs from PC to laptop - how?
Hi I have been trying to trf my songs from my PC to laptop. I copied them all to my portable harddrive and copied them to itunes on the laptop (or so I thought). However, when I disconnect the harddrive it can't find the songs but has them in the list on the laptop as songs available. What have I done wrong pls?:confused:…
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Windows Vista Home Basic
I seem to have a problem with my laptop today. Screen looks a bit large and colours are not right. Friend used it last week trying to view photos on TV. Has not been right since. Any idea what he may have changed that would cause these problems. A message came up today saying something about windows Aero. I don't have…
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Decluttering electrical gizmos, help please
Dear all, I seem to have collected masses and masses of electric-related cables, adaptors and chargers over the years and have no idea how to match or make use of them. I can identify computer cables, scart cables, tv aerial cables and landline cables, but other than that I have masses of what I assume are phone chargers…
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'Browser Help Object' - any threat?
Weird things happening with PC. Had my google toolbar suddenly disappear, accompanied by a heads up from Spybot S&D saying: Browser Help Object - key added - entry:{C84D72FE-E17D-4195-BB24-76C02E2E7C4E}. I tried to deny the change but the box kept reappearing. Ran Spybot and Avira scans which both showed no…
