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Wireless connection problems! HELP PLEASE!!!
I have just had a new hard drive put in my laptop, and now unable to connect to the internet wirelessly. At first it kept saying "unable to renew IP address", and now it connects for 1 or 2 seconds, then disconnects. I am no expert on computers so any help will really be appreciated!! Thanks!
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Free Video Editor
Hi everyone, I have an old BBC news report relating to a charity I am helping out that I want to put into Powerpoint, but the video is in real player format which isn't compatible with ppt and is too long. I have downloaded the following products already in an attempt to trim the video to just the 30 seconds of report I…
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Ntldr?
Please help oh all-knowledgeables ones My PC says NTLDR press CTRL-ALT-DEL to restart BUt when I do I just get that ^ again *throws self on floor and sobs desperately*
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Authenticity of Tehyoo.com
Hi Guys, I've trawling the net to find out about and online company called Tehyoo.com The prices are completely crazy and I thought I would take advantage of it but I see that there are tons of low cost deals. It obviously appears to be a scam but has anyone ever used them? cheers, Dan Dan the Shellfish Man
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Sony Vaio VGN-Z31MN
Hi Does anyone have this model of laptop, i am having problems with this and i have been advised by Sony that i need to restore the system using the recovery discs i have. i tried this but my discs have been scratched and dont work. Has anyone made recovery discs for this model? If so would you be willing to do me a copy…
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moving items from one drive to another.
When i came to own this pc it had windows xp professional on it. I put my old hard drive from my other pc into this one as it has more space. I have only had xp home edition on that one and never really put anything on that drive. ive just installed a new router and ive found that on the xp pro edition i cant get a…
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Sky+HD live pause/playback problems, engineer says...
Hi just had the umpteenth Sky engineer visit today to try and sort the ongoing problems out, just wanted to check out what he told me to see if there is a shred of truth? He says that because we have speaker and a PS3 and an optical switching device in close proximity to the box it causes interference with live pause…
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pc not reading card reader
took some pictures on my camera and stuck the card straight in the card reader on the pc - worked fine yesterday now it isn't.:o the green light flashes as if the pc is reading it but the window doesn't pop up to ask what I want to do and when I double click on the drive in MY COMPUTER it freezes for a few seconds and then…
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diagnostic software - is it any good?
Right I'm not sure if what I'm thinking of is diagnostic software. Basically I'm after a program that searches through your pc and checks that everything is working correctly and if it isn't it cures it for you. Does such a thing exist and if so is it any good?
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The memory stick says it is full when it is'nt
I read installing Microsoft word onto a netbook answered by markymoo and amcluesent which worked well ( so thanks ) now I am trying to install the upgrade plus CD to my memory stick and it keeps telling me it is full when it has only part downloaded. It isnt , because I can add other stuff not conected to the program. I…
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Web Mail
Web Mail Notifier I am getting this pop up every time I am surfing. Does anyone know what it is and how I can stop it. Also, I cannot put a title in the box above, the cursor does not work there although it does in this message box. One person asked me to post a Malwarebytes list after a scan. I did this and it was clean.…
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Free Gimp photo software
It wont let me post a link, as i'm a newbie, but if your looking for good photo editing software, i found gimp.org it is totally free :A
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cant change my Pc monitor from 256 colour
Have tried changing my monitor colour but it wont let me change it, it was originally in a hi colour setting I turned the computer off and think I have changed something inthe start up settings but am not sure can anyone help me please?:confused:
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Glary utilities
I see occasionally this has been recommended as a useful tool in the seemingly never ending fight against malware. How good is it? Is it worth me downloading the free pro version from giveawayoftheday.com ? I don't tend to have that many problems with my PC, mainly because !!!!!! sites are banned lol. Any views would be…
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Broadband questions
Finally after 2 long years with AOL my contract has come to an end leaving me free to go with whoever I choose but I'm not sure what to do. I'm definately leaving AOL as there service has been abysmal, I'm not confident I will get much of an improvement speedwise as I live in N. Wales and am also a fair distance from my…
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Text on web pages are tiny!!!!!
Hi, just logged into my Ebay account and everything is tiny......even when i set the text size on largest, it's still really small! I thought it could just be an Ebay glitch, but on every site i go to the text is really small. :confused: My browser is Internet Explorer 8. Anyone else having this problem?
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Is this Site Legit? Has anyone used them before?
Hi, i need an extra: Freeview Remote control (DUAL DPVR 801 ) This is 'only' a tenner, But is the website okay? Seems a bit basic to me :confused: http://www.avukltd.com/
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Newbie seeking Laptop with good battery life that isn't noisy!!
Hello, I am going travelling shortly so would like to buy a new laptop for the trip. I've had the same laptop for about 5 years and its ok, but the battery life has always been very poor when disconnected from the power supply and it's very noisy. I have a budget of £500 (could stretch to £600 if a really good deal). I am…
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Who would you recommend? (BB & LL)
Not interested in TV, just looking for BB and a landline. We have Sky at the moment and after cancelling, we definitely don't want to stay with them/go back to them. I must add, that at the very most, we would be running 1 PC, 1 laptop (maybe 2 laptops at times) and 2 xbox360's online so would need a decent enough BB to…
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A TV question
Anyone know why my 32" LCD Xenius TV will no longer go from standby to on? It's just stuck in standby with the power buzzing to it and there's nothing I can do to switch it on! Thanks in advance as I'm pulling my hair out....
