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Archives for May 2010

Windows 7 Zoostorm FreedomXL 250GB 10.2in Netbook £199.99 + free Argos £10 voucher
Does anybody have one of these or would recommend?? Windows 7 Zoostorm FreedomXL 250GB 10.2in Netbook £199.99 @ Argos (was £249.99) Needed Just to surf the internet around the house and maybe another odd task. Has good specs 250 gb hdd, screen is 10" - should be enough for the net. £190 value or not?? (inc £10 vouch)
Playing region 1 dvd n region 2 laptop dvd drive?
Hello all.:wave: I have a region 1 boxset but I don't own a dvd player, apart from my laptop dvd drive, which is set to region 2. I know that region 1 won't work in region 2 dvd drives and that you can change the region of the drive a maximum of 5 times. However, I was wondering if there's a LEGAL way of being able to play…
grandprix on wii iplayer?
Help me please techie folk, my husband is trying to steal my laptop every second sunday for three hours, to watch the grandprix on bbc iplayer. I just noticed you can get iplayer for the wii, so did all that...but then grandprix today is not showing on the wii iplayer, but it is on the online bbc iplayer. I have a wee tiny…
It is true!
I have just got rid of Mcaffee and all my issues with slowness have gone too. I have read on here that some of you do not like it but doubted it. Is it only a problem for some computers? Surely if it slowed down 80% or more they could never sell it.
Splitting a PDF
HI all Does anyone know how to split a PDF document? I have a document of my own certificates that someone has scanned in for me. I need to split this one document into a number of other documents to be attached to an online application. They also need to be rotated but I think I can manage this once they are split . I…
outlook express password
Hope somebody can help? Attempting to set up new email address in outlook express. Got everything else I need, but its been so long I can not remember the password that I used to set up the existing addresses. Its in there somewherebut where? Many Thanks in advance for any advice Bob
Caddy for Hard Drive?
Hi, I need to get some data from a hard drive from an old machine (the drive is out and the old PC gone) onto a new machine and i've heard that a caddy will do this via USB? It's a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 ATA/133 - 3.5 series if that helps? Any ideas as to where I can get a caddy that would suit this and does it matter…
Free File Recovery Software
I've been using Treepad Lite for ages.... this file has the last six months' of notes and copy/paste and ideas I've had (I just dump everything into Treepad and it's all just there when I want anything). I use it several times a day. Every day. Today I opened Treepad and the file didn't open. No error, nothing, it just…
Excel Find/Replace Issue
Hi, I have been passed an Excel sheet for a presentation from a colleague. Save putting all information into a seperate cells for each area, it has all been wrapped into one seperated by hyphens for each item of stock. Eg: Widget type - A Widget Place - Warehouse Widget Colour - Red and so on. It has not been formatted and…
Need Sony Drivers for HC22E HandyCam-Windows 7
I am trying very unsuccessfully to get stuff from my video camera onto my computer. I've googled and the sony website has an update but you need the original disc. I don't think I ever got one because I've still got the box and all sorts of wires with it. Does anyone know where I can get the driverdownload compatible with…
Internet explorer 8
I've been away for 2 weeks, and since I got back my IE8 isn't the same as when I left. Previously when I clicked on New tab the most frequently visited sites were displayed as icons, so easy to click on. Thats gone, and I get 'What do you want to next' splash screen instead. Is this because there's been an update, and can…
Outlook Express 6
I am useing Outlook Express 6 on a desktop computer running XP Pro. Can someone please tell me how I can copy my emails?
Yes, I Know I'm An Idiot....
I have a couple of old Word files, password protected, and yep, you guessed it, I can't remember the passwords. Is there any way of getting them open, or am I stuffed?
virtual memory low could this be why?
Well had problems with pop up virtual memory minimum low etc message for a while whilst checking the task manager it seems to show 2 iexplorers are running? can anyone advise how i stop one of them from loading. Not sure if i have explained myself properly but hope someone understands Thanks Sam
Wireless Internet
I've read some of the sticky on wireless internet and will need the rest later, but a few questions... Getting a laptop soon that will preferably be run wirelessly. I have a desktop, which is unlikely to be wireless enabled, so will this be an issue - i.e can I run one machine wired and one machine wireless on the same…
Skype snapshot picture size
i've just started using skype and during a video call yesterday used the snapshot function for the first time, when i checked the pictures that i'd taken during the call they are really small in size. Should they be like this or can the capture size be changed and if so can someone please tell me how to change it.
Lost wireless capability
My son decided to help when I lost access to a site. The computer is up and running again but he has lost one of the drivers that provides wireless access.Any help gratefully received.:)
Music/Media Player: FAST, FLAC and LAST FM support.
I've been using WMP for a while and although i like it, it doesn't support FLAC and Last.fm together. I then tried foobar2000 For about a month and I loved how quick it was and it did flac and lastfm. But i keep messing up settings without even knowing what i did and it was driving me insane. too complicated and only for…
Windows XP keeps rebooting to Disk Check - HELP!
Hello All, I'll try to keep this short and simple! This morning, I upgraded to MS Office Home and Student 2007 on my old laptop. It has the necessary system requirements to run Office 2007. First install failed with a 10007 error (I think) so I ran it again as a repair. All went as expected and seemed fine. I was asked to…
Copying Homemade DVD
Are there any free progs out there that will let me copy a home made DVD? The recording was made by someone else on a camera and editied to include a soundtrack, I have bought it and been advised that I can make copies if I want to. It plays ok on my DVD player linked to my TV and using Cyberlink Power DVD player on my…

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