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two hard drives - advisable to get an extra cooling fan ?
basically i've got a 400gb hard drive in my machine at the moment which works fine. what I want to do is take the 160gb hard drive out of my Sky + HD box and add that as well to use as my 'system' drive, with my windows installation, apps e.t.c... then I want to use the 400gb drive as a media drive to contain all my music…
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How can I display photos on a message board?
Hi I am trying to add some photos to netmums message board. I have a lot of the same things to add, and, wanted to post an 'album' that could be flicked through. I have used photobucket and created an album and have made that album public. However , it seems that all my other albums are public too. Is there any way that I…
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Microsoft Outlook: remote access
I want to access and use my Microsoft Outlook account over the summer holidays when I will not be in the office. Is there a relatively simple and quick way to achieve this? Thanks for your advice.
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Blackberry query please
Not sure which is the best forum for this: can anyone tell me how (if?) I can print off a text/sms message from a blackberry so wehave a hardcopy ofa message? Thanks:o
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Sygate On demand agent and IE
hello, I come asking for esteemed advice. To access my work emails etc I have to go through the Sygate On Demand Agent. Unforunately i was told by our IT dept that this would only run on IE 6. So I kept uninstalling IE on my laptop until I got back to IE6. For a while this was reasonably successful. Occasionally I would…
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Adware Hotbar
I am plagued with an Adware Hotbar which is picked up by Norton about 10 times a day. Norton then asks me to fix the problem which I do. Norton then asks me to close all applications and re-boot the system. I operate XP professional.
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Where can I get a cheap PC monitor?
I've just ordered a new PC, but I didn't like the monitor that would have come with it so I am buying that separately. I cannot spend more than £100 tops and would like a minimum 19" widescreen with DVI input and minimum 1400 x 900 resolution. I've tried Amazon and PC World so far, has anyone any suggestions for other…
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Mobile Broadband In The USA
Travelling to the USA in the near future. I have a 3G dongle with 3 which will allow me to roam my internet connection. But it will cost approx £5 per MB. No worth in in my opinion. Does anyone have experience of picking up a PAYG Broadband dongle in the US cheap and where I could get it from. Had a bit of a google and…
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my laptop is making an awful screeching sound
Hi I ssem to have some settings incorrect on my laptop and i cant seemt to find out whats wrong. whenever i try to play music etc -there is an awful screeching sound - does this meant that my speakers are broken, or is it to do with settings? any help- would be much appreciated please thanks Karen
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Printing problem
I sent a document to my HP 2210 PSC not realising it was some 62mb in size. I have tried to cancel the job in the print queue but it is still there. I now can't print anything else. Anyone know how to clear the jam?/ ta muchly
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XP won't shut down properly
Hi Guys, I am running windows XP on an old computer of mine. I don't know why, but just recently when I come to shut it down, it will only do so on the 3rd or 4th attempt (one time it must've taken about 15 goes!). I always make sure I close all my windows first, I then click on the 'start button', go to 'turn off…
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pc restore disc question
hi ok so my friend has screwed her laptop up and needs to reinstall windows. she didnt make any restore discs when she got the pc, but if i llet her use mine will that work or do they have a special code that only lets them work on one pc ?? thanks for any advice
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Air Dusters......
Compressed air dusters. Fantastic for cleaning/dusting your PC and keyboard......one problem though - after a few squirts they don't have the power that they had at first, and then after that they don't last long. Surely though you can get an air duster that is connected to a compressor and powered by the mains? Can anyone…
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Medal Of Honor
Hi, not sure if this is the right place to post, so please go easy on me, does anyone have a spare/unwanted Medal of Honor beta code for the PS3? or know how to get one, i have just finished exams and would love to play the beta. Any help appreciated Thanks Alot
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iMac g5 faulty logic board
anyone know where I can get it repaired? apple want £520!!
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anyone a web developer (HTML+CSS) with project managing experience?
...and if so might you be willing to share your wisdom with a small team of MSE regulars who are trying to set up a website to help other MSE users and those in debt. Any bits of wisdom will be much appreciated!:D Say what you might be up for acting as a consultant on and what you'd need to know and I'll try to post better…
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cant download flash player
For some reason my pc now wont play certain things eg utube videos etc, it says i need to install flash player, I already had flash player 10 so I uninstalled it and tried to reinstall. The error message that came up next said something about integrity? It would not download it, i tried a few times and eventuallt succeded…
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Computer keeps crashing please help
I've got a Packard Bell IXTREME x6618 which has Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 operating on Vista. 4Gb RAM 64 bit operating Its just over a year old. It also has McAfee anti-virus Whenever I play a game, it crashes, actually switches off (it has a powersave thing plugged into it). So I'm not sure if this has anything to do with…
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Wireless connection
My laptop was working fine yesterday, but today won't connect to the internet. The fault diagnosis says that I need to turn on the wireless capability which can be done by using a switch on the computer, or using a function key combination. I can't find any switch, and have no idea what the function key combination is Can…
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how to import bt email into hotmail
Hi guys wonder if you can help me out again? This time hotmail has stopped importing bt emails into the hotmail email so I can read them all at once. Would this be because I changed my hotmail password do you think? If not how can I get the emails directed straight in again? Ta
