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Mobile broadband poor connection
Hey hope someone can help with this... I have an o2 Huwaei 160 mobile usb modem. it worked fine for 6 months then suddenly i started having connection problems. Ping results show over 10% packet loss with response times going up and down from 200m/s to 4000m/s. i tried an updated firmware without any luck, then purchased a…
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Access 2007 - Macro Question
Hi I wonder if anybody could help please? I have a series of saved imports in an Access 2007 database and I would like to write a macro which would run them all, rather than me going in to run them one by one, but I can't see how to do this. Microsoft site seems to suggest that it is possible, but I can't see how to do it?…
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Windows 7 question
hiya i have a few questions with windows 7 hoping someone can help under pinned - it shows my favourite sites -when i righ click on a site it only shows open / unpin - is there a away to rename the sites? under "frequent" it list my recent sites is there away to stop the list growing? i use openoffice and have a blank…
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Back up has killed my NAS
I decided to back up my laptop this morning to my network hard drive using the facility in Windows 7 ultimate. All seemed to be going ok until after about an hour when an error popped up saying that it was unable to complete the back up. But in the process my network hard drive has become innaccessible from any of the…
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HP Motherboard
Can anyone please help me out with a motherboard for Hewlett Packard G6062EA Laptop, I think maybe any 6000 series would work. Mine is just over a year old but HP won't help out. They want to charge me £267. I haven't worked for 12 years due to ill health so there is no way I can find that sort of money. If you can help…
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which of these desktops is best, please
Just seen these on Ebuyer: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/186618 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176495 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/189013 Needed for the usual surfing, emails, word processing, editing and storing photos, some gaming (nothing quick or flash) Also: are Ebuyer okay to buy from these days? All input greatly…
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Shuttle PCs
Hi was just wondering what the general pros and cons of Shuttle PCs were. As I understand it they are smaller than a regular desktop pc tend to be used as a media centre pc. thanks
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copying dvd
i occassionally want to copy a dvd . just for family use ... think i used to use "free studio" software ? .... but can't remember which or how . .. Want the easiest way please !! thanks
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mbam found problems again!!! help please
Hi I had a problem before in which I discovered a trojan and thought it was all sorted:mad: It was clean for the last 3 weeks and now today not!! (I run malwarebytes weekly to check computer ok) I run xp and as I couldn't update to avg9 I uninstalled it totally and put in Avast. I know this may sound like me being thick…
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Help, can't connect to wireless access point with Windows 7?
Hi A friend just bought a laptop from PC world and asked me to setup wireless networking for him. I decided to test it on my own network but I can't get a connection to the internet. I can connect to my access point no problem but not the internet. In the network and sharing centre under access type, it shows 'no internet…
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"chess" ISP anyone heard of it
Hi, my friend says her ISP is Chess.Cannot find it anywhere.wondered if any moneysavers have? She has just renewed contract, BB+Phone, £23pcm, includes line rental paid direct to them.limited amount of minutes on phone. Said I would check them out for her, don,t know where she got it from?
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Laptop backlight problem
Hi, I am having problems with (Ithink!) the backlight on my laptop. When I start it up, it comes on ok, but then the display starts to flicker and then goes dark (you can still see what is on the screen if you tilt it the right way in the light). Sometimes by closing and opening the lid, you can it back again. Is it…
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laptop safety whilst on repair???? pls help!!!
ive spoken to one of the "tech person" regarding the screen of my laptop getting blurred/blurry. she said someone gonna come and take it for it to be check and this normally takes 10-14 days. n ow. i wanted to know if everyhthing i have on my lapotp like photos and details will be safe. what shall i do?? im very…
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end of microsoft office home and student 2007 trial, HELP??
Hi all, a few months ago i purchased a laptop for my son, for internet use and homework etc, it came with a microsoft trial. However the trial has now expired and to buy the full package its going to cost £80. I didn't realise it was only a trial when i purchased it, yes i should have read into the purchase more carefully…
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Disk management help
I have recently completed a clean install of Windows 7 on a new 320GB hard drive, I made a partition of 20GB for Windows 7 which is labelled C drive, I have un the region of 290GB drive space which is labelled 'E'. My problem is that any new programmes are being saved to the 'C' drive instead of the empty 'E' drive. How…
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Exactly how do i go about converting a 360 to play original xbox games?
Does anyone know the proper procedure? Thanks if you can give me a link. :beer:
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Cannot open power options from control menu
Hi, I need to change my power options on my laptop as it seems to be set to battery mode and not power mode. Unfortunately I can't open it via the control panel. I tried using the following: powercfg /RestoreDefaultPolicies but nothing. Would system restore work? Everything was fine until this morning when my laptop was…
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Anyone having speed problems with Giganews
Giganews speeds have dropped dramatically since last week. I was hitting 800 Kb/sec last week now im struggling to hit 400 kb/sec i know its not my router as i am hitting 800 with downloads thru firefox. Possibly BT throtling the connection on the port im using?
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Can't sort out sound in Windows 7!
I've recently bought an Asus RADEON EAH4850 graphics card (http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop/index.pl?prodID=B249410) and MSI S775 INTEL G31 motherboard (http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop/index.pl?prodID=B256617) but I can't get the sound sorted at all. I'm connecting to my HDTV through the HDMI cable but…
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How many computers can you install Windows 7 on?
I'm thinking of buying Windows 7 as my computer is currently without windows following some repairs! If I buy it can I install it on very computer in my house ie my PC & laptop or do you only get one install for your money? Also where can I get the best price for Full home edition with Student discount? Thanks very much
