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Laptop battery - which company do you recommend?
Hi techies, My boy needs a new battery for his Acer aspire 5715z. Having googled this, I have never heard of any of the companies which come up (other than Amazon and theirs are via a third party). If you were looking for one of these, which companies have you used before/recommend? Thanks in advance for your help.
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best /cheapest way to back up ?
I feel I should safeguard my photos etc but I'm not sure of the best cheapest way to back up.Do I need a hard drive or what ?I'm very non techie so understand very little Help.....:)
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Yahoo mail problems
Hi, I have a yahoo mail account and for some reason over the past couple of days I have been receiving Yahoo mail failure notices, not just one or 2 but 20-30 a day, but I have not sent anything. I'm really carefull with what I open and the PC has no viruses as far as I know. Anyone have any ideas?
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Problem viewing photos on SD card
I am trying to transfer some photos from the SD card to my computer but not all the images are showing. I know the photos are there because I can view them on the camera. I have had to take the card out of the camera to make the transfer because I cannot find the cable that links the camera to the USB port. Can anybody…
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Speakers... POP!
I've just bought some speakers with 4 - 8 ohm. My amp says 8 - 16 ohm. The speakers are 100W long term, 170W short term. I don't know what watt my amp is. If I turn it up full blast (which I'm so tempted to do - sod the neighbours) will I blow my amp or speakers?
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All of a sudden cannot hear certain radio stations on computer!
I hope someone can help please. I've been listening to LBC radio on my computer for the past few years and now, all of a sudden, I can't. :( When I click on the listen live button, all it keeps saying is "opening" and nothing happens. I've left it "opening" for about 5 minutes and it's completely dead. The same thing…
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sound driver for packard bell imedia 1529
A friend has one of these and the moved house, now the sound does not work, the sound wire comes off the monitors avg cable and is green so plugs into the green recepticle, no sound, and no sound icon in the sys tray ive read the sound card is built in to the motherboard can anyone provide me a link for the actual driver,…
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New G2.Nu effects pedal
I haven't a clue how many guitar players are out there on moneysavingexpert.com, but I really need help. With the new Zoom G2.1Nu and Zoom G2.Nu you are able to use a software called edit&share. One of it's features is that people can edit&share their patches amongst other Zoom users in the world. I have tried to download…
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MSN signing out
Whenever my daughter goes onto her MSN and does a Video Call with her friends it always seems to sign her out without her signing out herself. I have done virus, spyware and all of the other scans and there has been nothing wrong with her computer. Can anyone help?!
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sync mediaplayer
Hi i cant get my memory stick/flashdrive usb thingy to sync with windows media player when using it on Vista. Yet when i try it with the mediaplayer on the XP PC all the sticks sync. One stick is new and the other has songs on it please can you help? Thanks
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Hardrive problem
Hi I am trying to format an old hardrive from a vista machie. I have connected it to my XP machine as a slave drive. i want to format have tried yet for some reason it is taking REALLY REALLY long to do it or says it can't be formatted. Is there any easier ways? It also gives the same error for quick format. Can I format…
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external hard drive
have a toshiba laptop need to purchase a external hard drive . what is the best one to get.
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No wireless connection with a notepad Asus Eee PC 4G
Hi guys I really hope you can help me. Last year santa delivered a notepad for my daughter. The internection was via Sky broadband which is netgear wireless, everything was working fine. Recently I purchased my laptop and use the internet wireless, since doing this my daughters will not work in my house. If her notepad is…
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Gmail 'conversation view' soon to be optional!
The 'conversation view' feature of Gmail appears to be the most polarising entity in present-day computing, perhaps even more so than PC vs. Mac or Windows vs. Linux! And soon, after at least three years of vituperative feedback from those who hated 'conversation view' with a perfect hate, Google is now magnanimously…
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Is ethernet port on an acer laptop on motherboard or pc1?
Hi everybody, I have a 4 year old acer laptop aspire 5601 and the ethernet port at back is faulty definitely a hardware fault as I have tried everything drivers etc. My question, is the ethernet port actually on the motherboard or is a pc1 card? Many thanks martin57
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Font gone large
I'm sure it's simple to rectify but I've no idea how I've done it - the font has gone really large on my computer. I've gone on View and changed the text size to smallest, but it's still the same. Any ideas?
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Double click with the mouse
Will someone be kind enough to answer this Question. When I click on any site with the mouse pointer it seems to double click and misses the site/page I wanted to go to and goes to the next page/site. Do I need a new mouse or is it something else any help please thank you.
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Advent 6441 question
Googled but couldnt come up with anything but was wondering if there was a way to connect it to my tv? My other laptop (Packard Bell) does it, I bought a cable from Maplins but that cable doesnt fit the Advent. Cheers for your help
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COD: Black Ops - Zombies!
Does anybody know if this game will have zombies? I thought that was the best bit of WAW and I'll probably only get the new one if it has something similar to entertain me online! :) Anybody seen any good offers for the game yet?
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Does the Windows 7 Firewall provide adequate protection ?
Hi At the moment I'm in middle of setting up a new laptop for a friend and installing the programs she normally uses. The operating system is Windows 7 which seems great but is new to me. It had a McAfee trial which I uninstalled and replaced with Microsoft Security Essentials (which I've been using successfully on my own…
