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Best Desktop for around £500?
My main needs, Photoshop CS5 watching DVD's (or Blu Ray quality video) Don't do any gaming, but just want a processor that can multitask seamlessly. Only need a base unit as i have screen, speakers etc sorted. At the moment im leaning towards one of the Medion Akoya's but thats because i havent found anything else that…
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Hotmail messenger issues in Firefox and Chrome.
The new hotmail has messenger built into it. It was changed a few weeks ago. Since then I've been getting the following error in Firefox: "A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete. Script:…
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Chess game for Windows XP
I have noticed my daughters laptop (Windows 7) has Chess Titans as standard. I have searched for Chess for Windows XP, and so many sites appear, but I am a little hesitant to download any of them, in case there's a virus or trojan. Can someone suggest one that they have used? Please?
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Assassin's Creed II: Game Of The Year Edition £9.99
Hi guys, a friend of mine emailed me a site last week and thought i'd share it. Don't bother if you are not into Assassins Creed of course. oopps.. not allowed to add link right now. np Send me a message if interested because i don't like to spam this site. cheers Jo intrench@gmail.com
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Can anyone recommend a printer
I want to buy a new printer. I want good quality printing with cartridges that last a long time not costing too much. Is this an impossibility?
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best way to do a fresh install of windows7.
im going to do a reinstall of windows 7, ive got the disk and the serial number, do i put the disk in then turn off pc and reboot? or do i start up then insert disk? thanks.
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Can't find SR-44P silver-oxide button batteries anywhere :(
My Lomo-LCA batteries have died after 7 years lol and even though I have searched Amazon, eBay, all major retailers on the web etc, I cannot find SR-44P silver-oxide button batteries. I need 3 of these SR-44P silver-oxide button batteries, does anyone know where I can buy them? Thanks
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pc to tv wirelessly
are there products out there that can transmit / beam videos, photos etc from my pc upstairs to a tv downstairs. i want to do it wirelessly. the tv is a panasonic with a socket for using it as a monitor. your help appreciated
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I- player wireless connection to TV
Hi, I have a wired and one wireless PC. I would like to send my I-Player broadband signal to my lounge TV without wires. I have a USB port on my TV. Freesat recommend a Homeplug type connection for I -Player but could I not use my existing wireless Broadband connection/router? What additional gear would I need and how…
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blocking my partner from !!!!!! sites
my partner uses my computer to look for jobs while i'm at work, he also looks at !!!!!! sites. although i don't mind him looking at these sites if he had his own computer, i don't want him using mine. i've told him this, but he doesn't understand why because he doesn't know much about computers. how do i make another user…
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re-installed windows - lost everything
my friend has reinstalled windows xp from a service pack 2 disk, she has managed to lose everything which was on her pc before she did it. I have a laptop and internet connection and i want to help her get back anything i can (photos, letters, screen dumps). I read a similar post from a while ago but i don't know much…
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Looking for a Toshiba Laptop
Hi all i hope someone can help. Iam looking for a brand new Toshiba laptop and have narrowed it down to 3 models. They are:- Satellite L670-1DR Satellite L670-1DL Satellite L670-10N Now Argos say they have the 10N but on looking at their specifications they differ largely from the specs on the Toshiba website, for example…
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WEP to WPA
I remeber reading somehwere that the standard encryption set up on your router is usually wep which isn't very secure and that you should change the settings to wpa instead. I use a wireless Thomson router which allows me to connect to my windows laptop, my mac desktop and android phone. Can anyone provide an easy set of…
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Can't connect to the internet...
Hello All, I have a Samsung NC10 netbook. I use it at home on a wireless connection every day - no problems. I also used to use it at my brother's house - wifi connection, again, no problems. I would take the netbook between to the two homes accessing the internet without issue. The other day I could no longer connect to…
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Ebay Keeps Crashing
HI there Am trying to take advantage of the free listing this weekend but everytime I try and sell the site crashes It states Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Rutime error Is anyone else having this problem ??
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is this alternative to an ipad any good ??
Hi everyone I just came across this in the paper and would like to ask if you thought it was any good. I know nothing would probably compare to the ipad but that is not an option at the moment. it would be for my daughter who's 13. This is the link, i can't seem to find a name for it though…
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Help with download monitering
Hi guys, I've been using networx for a while now and are on an unlimited service, so don't pay much attention to it. But its been asking me to update for ages so I just did, checking it, it seems to think I downloaded over 1000GB, last month. Its all ready shown me downloading over 3GB in the last hour. I started the think…
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Humax freeview recorder question
:beer: Hi everyone I hope you don't think this is a silly question but please bare in mind I am a mere woman, blonde and a pensioner, lol. I have recently purchased a Humax freeview recorder. When I have scheduled the machine to record a later programme is it ok to turn the machine onto the stand by position or should I…
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pc wont boot up.
i took out my dvd player from my old pc to use in my new one,i then took out the hard drive so i could get the the dust from under it,after putting hard drive back in and fired it up,now it seems to be in a continious loop of booting up,ive clicked onto safe mode and last know working configureation but it still wont boot…
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Which Digital Camera for Wildlife Safaris?
Hi all, I live in East Africa, so get quite a few opportunities to go on African wildlife safaris. The camera I have at the moment doesn’t do any justice for me, it’s just a small beginners one, I’d like to upgrade! Can anyone recommend any good camera’s which are going at bargain prices at the moment? I want something…
