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Help, I cant find this DVD rom driver
Hello and thanks for looking in on my problem :) I'm installing windows 7 on an old Dell Latitude D600 laptop, although the Dell support site says that windows 7 is not compatable, it is actually do-able. A few people have reported to have it running with no problems. I've started the instalation and as W7 is looking for…
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How to connect internet radio to modem?
I have a netgear wireless modem. My son was able to connect wirelessly with his laptop with my last isp. Now with plusnet he cannot connect. I have bought an internet radio and it does not find a network. Do I check with plusnet or netgear? Any suggestions?
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media player problem
I've a reasonably new (2 months) 'Acer' desktop PC running 'Vista' I tried to download an email attachment that required me to use my windows media player, I've had no problems till now. I'm getting no response? nothing happens? I've gone into programs and clicked on media player, still no response? Any help greatly…
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Rubbish Toshiba laptop needing repairing, advice please
I was bought a Toshiba L350-170 for christmas 2008. I've had problem after problem with it and would like the opinion of somebody 'in the know' as to whether it is worth spending money on. Within the first week the power supply blew up. Since then, the socket you insert the power supply into sunk into the laptop casing.…
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Audio problems?
Hi i have a SHARP 32DH500 32" TV, and a Acer 6930 laptop. The Laptop has a HDMI slot, so was trying to hook my laptop up to my tv to watch films, picture is fine but the audio still comes from the laptop. I have another TV, and it works without messing with any settings, so why is the Sharp one not just working as soon as…
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Where do you buy your desktop PC?
There are so many websites and stores which sell desktop PCs that I don't know which to choose. Could you pls give some of the names that you trust, in terms of price and customer services? It seems to me that Currys or PC World don't have competitive prices these days. My sincere thanks,
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Want your opinon on this desktop spec?
Hi there, After taking all your good adivce I have now decided not to buy a desktop from argos after all (silly me didn't notice it was only vista os) I would like your quick advice on this configuration from pcspecialist. Will be used for music recording and video editing as well as general stuff. Price of this pc…
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How do I remove sound from .avi file
Can anyone recommend a program to do this and a safe place to download from please? Many thanks in advance.
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laptop soooo slowwww - hijack this log
Hiya, My laptop is getting sooo slow, so I've read through various threads on here to get help. I've run Malwarebytes and it found no infections at all, which is good news I hope!!!! So, I've just run Hijackthis and this is the log I got, can anyone advise what I should do now? - edit - just noticed it says "the best thing…
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File Compression
Hi, Does anyone know of any free file compression software. OS: Vista 32-bit Thanks
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Another problem
Thanks for all your help re my wireless connection. Seems to be fine now. I have tried to install my Epson C66 printer. When setting up the port I receive a message stating that the rpc server cannot be found. Again, any ideas please?
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Any Joomla admins out there?
Hi, I'm having a problem with my Joomla site where IE stops reading the code at a certain point and won't load the footer etc. Not having this problem in FF or Safari, but I'm not an expert so I can't figure out what is upsetting IE. Could anyone spare a minute or two to have a look at the code and see if they can spot the…
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rubbish telephone line since installing wireless modem
My telephone line has been really crackly and rubbish since we put in a wireless modem, just wondered if anyone could give us some advice. the modem is quite near the telephone so not sure if that is why, but there is much i can do about it to be honest.
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Does The Cold Affrect Freeview Broadcasts?
I noticed a couple of days ago that I have lost everything on UHF channel 54 - that is Film 4, Viva, 4Music, Yesterday, along with everything else on that channel. Is this because of the cold? The all the other UHF channels (41,44,47,49 and 51) seem to be OK.
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have been tasked with buying new PC - help?!
I used to work in IT so everyone assumes that I 'know', but the fact is I'd never heard of a quad core until my FIL started wittering at me about them 2 days ago. I have a cheapie Medion from Aldi which does everything I need, a wonderful techie who sorts out problems I can't cope with and I never worked in…
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AVI file won't play properly in Windows Movie Maker/Media Player
I have a Sony camcorder which is probably 4/5 years old and records onto tape. It has the facility to download to pc via Sony's Video Capturing Tool which I have done and the resulting files were saved as .avi. The disc which came with the camcorder (Picture Package) allows me to view the files but not edit them which I…
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on board or agp graphics on old system?
I am trying to upgrade an old system, socket a athlon 2600, 512mb ddr with on board real256e graphics, running xp, it is only used for internet and office work, no gaming. I have an extra 256mb to add to the board, but I also have an ati rage pro agp video card, which I know is ancient, but would that speed up the system…
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xBox 360 and repairs/insurance
Hi - my son has an Xbox 360 - bought from Argos in Nov 2007. Because we'd had lots of problems with a previous one we took out insurance - Argos Extended Guarantee - covering 3 yrs breakdown up to Nov 2010. It went wrong last summer, then Nov, then Dec and now again this week. I ring the insurers - Allianz -and then get…
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Best 'pay for' DVD / Movie download site
Hi Folks, I want some advice as to what site you would recommend for DVD/Movie downloads. I'm not interested in p2p illegal downloads, so the site has to be legit. iTunes is an obvious suggestion, but I dislike all things apple. I would want the option to burn what I have downloaded onto DVD should I feel the need. So my…
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Pc not booting
Help please!!! My pc will not boot up, all it does is keep starting again it gets to Windows XP screen then starts all over again, why?? How do i fix this???:confused:
