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Archives for June 2010

Freesat and old satellite dish
I recently got a Freesat HD box, and as I have a satellite dish, I presumed that I could just plug in and get going. However, I am getting a message saying that there is no satellite signal. Now, is this likely to be because the dish is old (it's one of the round ones - don't know exact age as it was here when we moved…
Economical mono laser printer?
What's the best mono laser printer which is cheap to run please? Daughter needs to print lots of school work - already have a Dell all in one, but it eats the ink like it's a hungry ink monster :eek: Quite happy to have the 2 printers running alongside each other, but I'm so confused as to which is the best value for…
Web Hosting
Hello I am putting together some contents for a friends website. The web designer asked us if we wanted him to host the site. Well i am not really sure since i dont really know what to look for in a host. He is charging about £7/month which compared to UK2net is expensive. What are some of the main questions i should be…
Help me please!!!
We have recently joined talktalk and things are ok so far. My problem is this: We have 4 computers 1 windows 7, 1 vista and 2 XP. The Windows 7 and the 2 XPs have connected wirelessly with no problems to our new network but the Vista laptop will only connect to the network using the ethernet cable and NOT wirelessly.…
Remove Bearshare installer
I managed to stop installation of bearshare which seemed to be bundled with some other software, but now it keeps asking to complete installation. Does anybody know how to remove this. Thanks a million
hijack this log please help
hey all brothers laptop is being very slow so am hoping you can help speed it up hijack this log below Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 12:02:57, on 14/02/2010 Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18828) Boot mode: Normal Running processes:…
please help!! upside down laptop display!!!
really sorry if the answer to this is already on ehre somewhere, but given the nature of the problem, i don't fancy searching thru 0ver a thousand pages to find it! basically, i'm wondering if anyone can help me - my 7 mth old has been at teh laptop and pressed some key combination that has resulted in my display being…
pixels and sizes mm etc
I have got a design I want to use as a business card but they told me I had to get it to 95mm x 65mm how does that correlate with pixels? I know they can take a large image but it has to be the right ratio but knowing the exact sizes would be nice.
iPhone 3gs, iOS4 better battery life
It looks my battery is running more time than pre OS update, does anyone notice.
Keyboard not working
I have an advent 4211-c netbook and the keyboard is not working. Im not very techie so bear with me! the on screen keyboard is working but many of the keys are not. I have taken out the battery and reinstalled to no avail. the computer says keyboard is working fine - can anyone help? I have also reset computer to factory…
Excel Formula Question
I use Excel for my accounts, which works really well with all the formulas for working out estimate Year Ends, Jobs Per Month, Remote Support Jobs etc. But I would like to work out a new stat, basically they amount of days worked within a month therefore how much I earn on average per day worked. I have columns, which…
Online backup for Ubuntu server
I support a small business which uses an Ubuntu server (10.04 32 bit) as a file server which is access from Windows machines. The server is headless and is accessed through Webmin. Can anyone recommend an automated online backup solution. I have looked at Carbonite and Livedrive but they only seem to work on Windows…
Can't access site
For a few days I've been trying to access https://www.energizer.com and can't. I figured the site was down but its come to my attention that actually the site is fine, I can access it through a proxy. Its not computer specific, I haven't had any other problems and I've tried resetting the router, anyone got any idea whats…
Photographs on the computer
I'm looking for a free program to store photographs. I want to store them on there and be able to put a comment on the picture and then put everything on a cd. Any ideas? Sou
HP Pavilion all in one - wall bracket?
Hi I have just bought a HP 18.5" all in one from Tesco. (no the touchscreen one) and I am wondering if it is possible to mount it on to a wall bracket. As I am a childminding I don't want little hands reaching it. I have googled this but it is coming up with the touchscreen version which can be mounted. Any suggestions…
No sound from netbook
This has just happened today. When I try and play music I get this message: Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There might not be a sound device installed on your computer, it might be in use by another program, or it might not be functioning properly. I'm at a loss…
Avira not completing scans
I installed Avira as my anti-virus freeware as it was recommended as the best thing since sliced bread at the time. (A couple of years ago) However, for no apparent reason, recently it has begun to stop scanning half way through or less and causes Vista to close.... this, despite giving me regular reports that it has…
clone a hard drive to an image file
is it possible ? i only have a single SATA connection in my machine, so i need to clone one drive and write it out as an image file, then plug the other drive back in and then write out the image file back to the other drive. I think Norton Ghost might do it but i'm not sure .. cheers :)
Where is best to advertise
Hi Folks, Basically I am web designer/developer looking to get some cash to emigrate to OZ. What I would like to know where is the best place to advertise? I have tried gumtree etc but have only got one or two jobs from these sites :( Is it ok to post offers and rates here btw?
HP Photosmart C4480 Print/copy/scanner
Have had this 6 months or so, noticed it won't print all the text on what seem to be random lines. By "won't print text" I mean it prints the text but leaves off the bottom 1/4 or so of every word on a particular line. Just skims off the bottoms - 'tails' missing from g's and skimming off the very bottom of letters, that…

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