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printer problems
i get a "pc unable to communicate with printer message" - lexmark z2490 i installed belkin wireless which may be the cause of problem - printer is wireless , although at present it is connected by usb , the cable is in correectly and makes "the noise " when it is connected ,so i assume that cable and connection is ok- have…
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Itunes help?
I'm not if this is the right board for this, please move if it isn't... Itunes seems to be working perfectly normally, music can be imported from cds, playlists can be created etc., but when we open it later or the next day, it's been wiped... all the music appears in various folders in the the Music Folder on the laptop,…
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Memory Cost
My laptop has got quite slow of late, and I notice that most of the 1gb of RAM is pretty well used, with around 100mb remaining. When I have a number of tabs open on the internet, it takes a while for the tabs to change. Should I buy more RAM, and if so: 1. How much should I get? 2. How much would it cost? 3. Would PC…
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Help!
I have just been really frightened. I was on line looking at weather forecast sites and suddenly I get a warning that my PC is under threat, I am being attacked by Trojans and Worms and my personal data at risk. It was flashing up that there hundreds of these bugs in lots of my various files. It kept telling me to install…
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Not enough memory to edit a photo in vista
I'm trying to edit a photo which i've scanned, but whenever I try to edit the image, I receive a message stating memory is low, close other programmes. The laptop I am using has 2gb of ram, so wouldn't have thought I would have this problem, is there any way to override this. (the only programme I have open is windows…
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Phorm
Hi guys, If you dont know what Phorm is heres a wee explanation from badphorm. I'm sure a few of you know about dephormation for firefox, and safari apparently blocks phorm as standard. Any other suggestions as to what can be done to protect ourselves from phorms snooping apart from moving isps.
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Just bought a Samsung i7 camera and need help top download from MAC
Hi. Have bought a Samsung i7 camera that has a in built mp3 player (not sure if it is any good) and wonder if/how I can download music I have from my I-Tunes library? I have looked in the manual but it makes no mention of the MP3 player and a mac computer. Thanks for looking.
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Re-installing Windows Media Player in Vista
Please help, HP replaced my motherboard due to a duff graphics/video card. Since its come back I keep getting a message to say that WMP is not installed properly please re-install. I've been on Microsoft and tried to add WMP 11 but it says a more up to date version is on my computer already and won't do it, I've tried to…
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Laptop Dead After 13 Months - Reasonable
Got an HP G6065 Notebook. Laptop has completely died after 13 months - turns on then straight off again. Screen doesnt work at all. The laptop only has a 12 month warranty so not able to send it back to HP for repair however think that as its only 13 months old worth a letter to the retailer re SOGA claim. Thoughts?
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Looking for 32 inch TV
Hi there I`m looking for a good deal on a 32 inch LCD TV. Can anyone help? Budget is £400. THanks
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1e7 and firefox stopped working?
quite recently I notice that while I'm browsing in firefox after a few minutes of using it, sites suddenly stop loading and on the bottom left hand corner it has the word "stopped". Therefore i had no choice but to keep restarting my system. I tried reinstalling Firefox but still had the same problem. This is also…
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Internet Speeds
Not sure if this should be on the internet board or here, but it sounds more Techie to me! Firstly, our broadband is with talktalk and my actual speed is around 130kilobytes per second. We were told at the start that we'd get up 8megabits per second (around 1 megabyte per second I think!) That has since been changed and…
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Counter for Website
After a new hit counter. Requirements: * Free * Reliable * Well established * Able to insert the code into multiple sites and view them all from the admin interface (as opposed to logging into seperate accounts for each site) * Stats of a similar detail to AWStats * Able to show a physical hit counter graphic on the page…
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Blackberry pearl 8110, cant use on PAYG on o2???
Hi Everyone, I just bought a blackberry pearl 8110 from my friend, sim free pay as you go. I put my sim in and tried to request the settings from o2, I ended up having to ring them and they said there are no pay as you go blackberrys as they are made for contract only and i could still use the phone but I couldnt use the…
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Sky remote handset code please
I've changed mt TV todat to a sony bravia but my sky remote needs to be reprogrammed to suit it. It used to do the volume and mute, that sort of thing. Does anyone know how to do this please?
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Program wants internet access!!!
I have a message from McAfee this is what it says:- Program Wants Internet Access A program on your computer wants to accept incoming connections from the Internet. Before it can, you must decide whether to allow it access. To protect your computer, you should only allow programs that you trust. About this Progam Program:…
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Playing on a DVD player
tried to put some pics together using windows movie player and they came good when playing .. when copied to a dvd would not play in dvd player. they were in .wmv files .. do i have to convert them and if so is there a free programme that does it .. nice and easy please .. using windows home basic and ashampoo burning ..…
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TCM mini digital camera
Hi, ive been given a mini TCM digital camera but i cant find the drivers for it can anyone point me in the right direction please
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Motorcycle Sat Nav
Hi, I would really like sat nav for my bike but i refuse to pay £400 for the tomtom rider or garmin nuvo - completely over the top prices imho. So I have two options - either use a cheaper sat nav system - tomtom one perhaps - with handlebar mounts ( about £35 for the mounts ) or as I am also in the market for a phone -…
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Sync at 12 mega bits only get 1.7 mb
I think I was caught out by my local exchange being upgraded to ADSL2+ At the time my modem was capable of syncing at 8 Mbps but it was not ADSL2+ capable. It made many errors, according to it's logs that I never noticed in actual network usage. I subsequently upgraded my router to a recent model (Netgear DGN2000). Netgear…
