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TomTom V3
thinking of buying one! does this have a memory card slot? do i need one if i only intend to trravel the uk? can i update maps( for free) if a new one becomes availble?
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IE not connecting on admin account but ok on another
we have three accounts, one is OH' administrator account, ones mine and the other is our sons which does connect mine and OH doesnt it just keep saying cannot connect we are on vista and IE8 thanks in advance
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Help! Confused about website hosting
About a year ago I naively persuaded my father to get a website for his business to make it look more professional. We got a domain with GoDaddy.com and paid a designer to set up the website (simple 4-page site with 2 email addresses). The web designer has now sent a bill for 'a year's web and email hosting' - £120. This…
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Spreadsheet help.
I've never used a spreadsheet but I want to use one for household accounts. Where do I start? :confused: All advice welcome. :) [I have excel on main computer and open office on the laptop]
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Security Centre Stopped?
Can anyone help, i havnt been getting windows updates. Opened security centre and there is a message at the top that says security centre is not available because it has not been started or has been stopped. It then says to restart computer, have tried this but no joy. Can someone please tell me where to start it again.
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Windows Bootup Time
Anyone know how to speed up boot time in windows XP? Also got a noisey fan, Could this be due to dust inside? Thanks.
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Thin red line
I have a Toshiba Equium laptop which is about 2 1/2 years old. A thin, vertical red line has appeared on my screen. It is about .5mm thick and is there all the time. What has caused this and how can I get rid of it? Help!
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help for a friend
hi can anyone help wirth n annoying computer problem.computer is on xp, had a recent problem with xp loading that got resolved but not sure how. I'm helping as she had problems connecting to msn messenger and wanted help but there is clearly other stuff going on.internet loads and connects for most webpages.xp firewall now…
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Updating adobe flash player?
I have two versions installed:- Flash Player 10 Plugin 10.0.12.36 and Flash Player 10 ActiveX 10.0.22.87 I think the last one is the latest for use with IE7 and Firefox3. When updating to the latest version, should I use "uninstall_flash_player.exe" from the Adobe website then install the latest version, so I don't leave…
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Vodaphone IOU - how do you stop it?
I signed up for it in an emergency one night and now I want to stop it. I've tried that utterly pathetic "help" on the vodaphone website and can find nothing. For such a big technology company, vodaphone's online customer service is probably the worst I've ever seen. Deliberately pathetic. I emailed them an got one of…
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nintendo wii question
I understand the wii will play dvds-how do i set it up to do this? Thanks
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Website Awards and Credibility
There are loads of sites that have the little log's on saying they have awards for different things like amount of hits etc, but are any of them any good? if you have a website are there any that you should look to submit to or try get an award from?
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Someone sent email from my hotmail account
It seems as though my husbands hotmail account has been accessed by someone as he has sent an email to all of his address book on "Super experience of shopping!" with a link to their website. We have just moved to Sky and have McAfee installed on our PC. Seems to be fully installed, although last week the software did…
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Removed a Hard drive from PC and keeping it.
We have an old PC that we have stripped (ie given MIL the ram etc) and OH has kept the hard drive. He bought a casing for it and plugged it into the laptop and its recognised AOK and we can see all files etc. The question is, is there anything that we need to keep on this hard drive to ensure it works, or can we just…
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Advent 9915w power cable
Does anyone know where I could purchase an Advent 9915w power cable and how much it would cost approximately?
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Help! My son can type 'boobs'
My 7 year-old son has learnt to spell, which I was happy about until I saw he'd typed 'boobs' on youtube yesterday. He uses the same computer as me but on a non-admin account (my admin account's password protected). The inbuilt IE 'Content' security doesn't seem to work - I logged on as my son and googled a couple of terms…
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Desperate for help!!
Can someone please help restore my sanity? My son's Medion laptop running XP Media Ed with SP3 and a recently installed (by Medion) brand new hard drive has 'frozen'. Initially on start up we got the message, "Spooler Subsystem App has encountered a problem" and the 'Common' folder kept coming up. When try to access…
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Can shaving adapters be used for non-shavers?
I have a little electrical dispaly that I bought in asia and would like to plug it into the UK mains system. It has 2 pins so I need an adapter and was wondering if I could use a shaving adapter plug. I would be saving a few pounds if it was ok to do but the instructions with it are clear that it can only be used with…
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Best laptop for around £400?
Hi there I am looking to help my father look for a laptop - he will use it mainly for surfing the web (wireless) & perhaps looking at photos now he has retired. Budget is around £400. What are the best offers around? Many thanks in advance
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Gigapan - Does any one have one?
Just wondering if any one has one? How is it?
