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Building my own PC
Hi all Following the problems I'm having with my current machine (see my thread on "Problems after re-install of XP", I'm seriously thinking about building my own PC. I think it would also be useful for the experience (so I know how things go together, etc). Can anyone recommend the parets I'd need for a decent machine? It…
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google mail - this is becoming annoying !
hi, can anyone help please every time i try to access my gmail or googlemail account i get the annoying security pop up asking if i only want parts of the message delivered securely .I often have to click on either yes or no twice before i can read my emails This never used to happen and would appreciate any advice thankyou
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in-car ipod suggestions please =)
hi guys , any suggestions... i have a focus with the fitted 6 disc cd player fitted so dont wanna really get a new stereo and ive tried one of those fm transmitter things which didnt really give that good quality, i was thinking along the lines of a dension ice which halfords used to sell but sadly dont anymore... thx for…
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Broken Laptop Screen
Only yesterday Amazon delivered to me a new Samsung R530 15.6-inch Notebook and today my son dropped it (he tripped on the stairs and notebook got dropped). As you can imagine I am not at all happy. The notebook starts up ok and seems to run ok but the screen has been damaged. The left hand side of the screen is distorted…
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iPod Nano - Video Accessory???
Sorry if this is meaning being very blonde but my stepson has the new ipod nano, we have put to movies on it for him but whenever you click to play them the screen says: 'TV out Enabled - Please Connect Video Accessory' Have no idea what the means or why he can't watch the movies?? They were loaded onto his iPod from…
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Confused about Microsoft Office-which to go for, from where?...
Title says it all :rotfl: I need Office as I am starting a new business, but I have no idea where to get the product from. Is it something I can download or does it have to be CD? I need Word Excel and Outlook :) Many thanks in advance
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Computer graphic problem
My PC has 2 op systems,Vista and Win 7,connected to a HDMI monitor via a HDMI cable,when I use Win7 the desktop and icons are pin sharp,as is all other applications,but when I load up Vista,it all goes horrible and fuzzy and not as clear as under Win7,it's the same cable etc,why is this,is it purely because Win7 handles…
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Computer wont turn off
hi all my typing at best dodgy. but after recent download from update from widows.and it says windows will turn the computer of, it does not, updates 2/of 2 then does not shut of how do i slove this tried it 3 times just stays on.
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2nd Ipod
Hi I have just hooked up my new Ipod Touch and it brings up my original Ipod playlist in iTunes. I want to register this as a separate gadget. Help please, thanks very much.
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Hard drive running noisily
When Ive put my computer on today the hard drive sounds louder. Would be grateful for any suggestions at maybe why. Im started running Hijack this to see whats on. I remember it happening once before.
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Starlogic Dvd player
I have got the above although it is cheap and basic it has served me well. Recently I have noticed that the picture is not so sharp, the star logic logo used to be very blue but now it is a light blue. I have reset the settings and still nothing. I have used another dvd player and I still have this problems. I think it…
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Help with the SONY ERICSSON W395
Dh got one of these yesterday and it has a couple of weird issues that neither of us know how to sort. The names came up twice when he put his old sim card in, he started deleting one of each but is there a reason for this and quicker way than going through all the names When it rings no name comes up, both looked through…
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A good used laptop ? All advice gratefully received !!
Apologies for another laptop question but I can find out loads of info about new laptops but little or nothing about buying a good used one !! My other half needs a laptop to occasionally work from home. We have sussed out her requirements and they are the following - 1. Wireless 2. Min Windows XP 3. Able to connect to…
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Advice Required on IT related job.
Hi All A job vacancy within the company that I work for has arisen, I seem suitable for it by and large, however there are a small number of points I need some advice on. The position is an Online Co-ordinator: 1. Registering Domains - This is something that I have not done before, is there much to this process? 2.…
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Changing advanced properties of multiple files??
I've just ripped a couple of disks to stick on OHs ipod, and itunes has picked up a tracklist from the wrong album. I've renamed all the files by simply creating a list of the files in the directory (ie dir > list.txt), and digging up the correct tracklist (from play.com) sticking them all into excel and building the…
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Downloading maps to SD card for sat nav
We have a 3 year old SilverCrest Navigator 4200 purchased from Lidl.It is a really good machine for UK and Europe , but we are travelling to the USA and Canada and want to know how we can load Us and Canada maps onto an SD card to use with the sat nav while we are there. Does anyone know how we can do this, where we…
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Firefox Send Link is not giving whole link addy
Hi Have had a new computer and just trying to get the functions I had on old one I send links of competitions to my BIL but when I send them now it only gives site addy and not page addy or page title as the old one did I use FF and yahoo as e-mail cannot fathom what is wrong Any help would be apprciated :)
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Windows Live Mail
I have just started using this programme because Outlook Express was giving me problems and I like the look of it very much. But at the moment I have one problem which I can't seem to fix. I want to view my folders in a larger font and different colours but I can't seem to find a solution to tus. With OE, you could go to…
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Open Office "very dangerous vulnerabilities"
I only have Works on my computer and often I need to send documents to people who have word. Open Office word processor seemed a god send for me to do this but Kaspersky isnt happy about it. Every time it scans it tells me that there are very dangerous vulnerabilities on the OO program. Ive ignored this as I thought it was…
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Shameless plea for help from a web techy.
Would any lovely web techy be willing to donate some of their time to help me with a small venture I am planning for charity? I can't pay you but you can be rewarded in the knowledge you would be helping charities and have done your good deed for the day. :D I'm not HTML or CSS illiterate, but I'm by no means good at it…
