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Completely confused....
OK..Please bear in mind I know little about computers (and now am totally puzzled lol!) Came home at lunchtime, switched the PC on to get the message 'NTLDR is missing press any key to re-start' any key I pressed just gave me the same message. Rightly or wrongly I bought the PC from PC World in Nov last year. Rang their…
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Best E Mail for Virgin Media
Hi, can anyone advise, I've always used Thunderbird and my Virgin Media address, now I can't get the two to work together. I've just been on the phone for an hour to Virgin. They say they don't support Thunderbird. I've tried using Virgin's own site which I don't like but now I only get the heading on the screen no drop…
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iPlayer video
Can anyone explain why when I'm watching a downloaded program on iPlayer Desktop, the picture freezes but the sound keeps on going? The picture doesn't ever recover, and all I'm effectively left with is a sound track. Why is this happening?
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Laptop & Digital Camcorder Help
Two things: 1/ My laptop - a Del Inspiron 1525, is ok for what i need this one for, BUT it runs slow as anything most of the time. What are the ways to speed up laptops and the memory as well? Can you get a - oh god i don't know what you call it - a box that gives you more memory etc? 2/ Im looking to get a new Digital…
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XP to Vista.. A little Advice Please
Hi I am just about to boot up a new computer with Vista as my OS. My old(current) PC runs on XP.* If it's possible, how can I transfer some emails from Outlook Express to Windows Email * When I tried to open word docs created on XP onto a Vista run laptop, all I got was gobbledy gook so to speak. Is there something I need…
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Mcafee removal just check before i do
Hi Bought Toshiba Satellite L450d-128 with windows 7 home premium and Mcafee 30 day trial preinstalled. This is now up tomorrow so i plan to remove it using removal tool found on here and install MSE. Presumably i uninstall Mcafee then reboot then install MSE. Do i need anything esle other than MSE? Thanks
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Unable To Do A Screen Shot Help
Ive been unable to do a screenshot for a few months now. I used to just press prt sc (print screen) however it no longer works. Does anyone have any suggestions why this may be? :confused:
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IPOD touch, faulty/fix help please :s
I have had my ipod touch for about 2 years now and theres a internal fault with it as once turned on at the slightest movement its freezes and turns off. so is impossible to use. I believe apple have a 1 year warrenty when you buy it so im over that now, so wondered if anyone has occured an alike problem and best way to go…
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will change of ip affect wireless network
the main pc is wired to a bt home hub. the printer is wired to the main pc. i have 3 x laptops running wirelessly off the hub sharing the main pc printer and files. if the hub is switch off and the ip changes when switched back on will it affect the printer and file sharing?
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how to set ppi settings on a digital camera NOT dpi
I have a couple of digital cameras I use to take photos, a Sony Cybershot and a Canon powershot. Recently a friend asked me if they could use a couple of photos I had taken to accompany a magazine article they had written. So I emailed the images to the publisher. One image was 3.5mb in size and the other was 2.4mb. I…
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Does anybody know what this number is 01113
Hi guys posted on the telephone boards but dont think anybody knows so thought i would ask you people. Thats all just 5 digits 01113 ...when i came home today i done the usual 1471 to see if i had missed any calls and this number had called me today 01113 thought nothing off it then my phone rang again 5 min ago ..it only…
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Video link to DVD player
Hi everyone, I'm trying to do something which hopefully would save me some money. but so far I failed, so I wonder if someone can tell me where I am going wrong. I would like to send the TV signal from my main TV to a DVD player using an AV signal sender. I don't have a scart socket on the DVD player, but I do have the AV…
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Windows 7 Screensaver not working
My Dell Vostro 1000 screensaver doesn't work. Even the preview only just flashes on for a split second. I have tried coming up in "Clean Boot" and altering the settings so it doesn't conflict with the power settings to no avail. Don't know if its significant or not but when I hover the cursor over an item on the taskbar…
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Confused.... what's this?
Please can someone tell me what this is on amazon
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HELP! digicam memory card trouble
Hi folks! A plea for some tech help here! I spent a good few hours transferring pics from my Fiance's camera memory card yesterday (put it in the slot on my pc) and now the card is telling me it's "write-only protected"! How do I rectify this? I'm averagely savvy when it comes to tech stuff but something's gone badly wrong…
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Can an individual buy a Dell computer which is meant for small business?
My cousin asked me to put this question on the forum, as she doesn't have an account here. She wants to buy a Dell All-in-one PC. By coincidence, she found something call Dell Vostro All in One which is listed in the Business section of the website.…
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Restoring Email Settings & Emails - Vista
Hi guys, I backed up all the docs & emails on an external hd & reinstalled Vista. Does anyone know how to import the email settings & emails back into the clean machine from the external hard hd? For the life of me I cant work out how.... So far I have word searched on here & the microsoft site. It seems easytransfer is…
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SD/sdhc memory cards
Can someone please tell me the difference between these two cards. I have a Samsung D860 camera with a Transcend SD 2gb card in it. Can I put a 4 GB SDHC card in it? Many thanks.
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External Hard Drive advice please
Hi Sainsburys are selling a Seagate 250gb external hard drive for £39.99. Is this a good buy? TIA Dx
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Excel 2007 Footers Question
I want to put a footer in my spreadsheet. Ideally like to copy one from a Word document. My problem is that the footer gap in Excel is in 3 sections and I can't figure out how to format it into one big space, can any one please help??? Thanks
