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IBM/Lenova Laptop
Any views on this one from Morgan Computers it looks a bargain! Though I vaguely recall from bad feedback on this site about this supplier. I need a cheap robust laptop for meetings, email, the BBC iplayer and other uses but main thing is omething robust for doing long reports.
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Basic (I think) excel question
I have an excel spreadsheet with a sheet for each month. Dates are down the left hand side then there are a number of headings along the top. The final column is the total of everything for that date and at the bottom of that total is a box where the total for the month lands (it's a running total) Every flipping month I…
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Virus detected, is it worth doing other scans
Other day i had a call from a relative who was presented with a box asking them to pay for anti virus and it apparently was from avast(can be sure as i never saw it) but they immediately closed the box down and thats when they called me. When i first saw the screen(via logmein) the my computer screen was showing and…
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Lg tv and V+ box
I hope someone can help me with this. Bought my first HD tv over the weekend and got it all up and running last night. the TV is the LG 42LD450. Now everything seems to work fine when i have it connected to my xbox but having plugged my V+ box in every now and again (from anything to 5 to 20 mins) the TV goes black and i…
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Problem with Vertical screen on start up
Not sure how or what she has done but my daughters Dell Inspiron Laptop, when it powers up, the log on screen appears in Vertical format and this causes problems trying to log on it appears if we press F1 there are several options to reformat the screen, however once we reboot the laptop we have the same problem has anyone…
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Stereo techie question
Hoping this forum isn't exclusively for computer techie problems...! Have recently bought a vintage turntable to rediscover my vinyl collection. I knew my micro system wouldn't directly support the addition of a turntable so bought a phono preamp, and connected it all up. Good news is it (after some basic errors on my…
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How to see/copy UDF files off a DVDRW?
Hi everyone, We just had a family wedding and the photographer was a family friend who took the photos so put all the files onto disk for my cousin. But she cannot see any of them. Looking at the file format of the dvd its in UDF and there is something on it as its 3/4 full. Also when she took them to asda to have a photo…
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youtube
I use internet explorer 8 and windows xp and i presently cant access youtube, All i see is that I.E cannot find the web page. Has anyone had similar problems and can anyone advise please? I can access it on Chrome but i am more worried about my PC settings perhaps and i have used I.E for a long time and feel more…
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Nero error message help please
I'm burning a mp3 disc using Nero and keep getting this error message but don't actually know what to do about it - any advice or suggestions would be greatly received (unless rude!) There are a number of these and the file name is, I think, irrelevant although it only affects some tracks in a CD and not all. It may be…
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Small Device to email, internet n Photos
I am looking for some advice here on what I can buy. I find that I am not travelling quite a lot so I would like to get a device which is lighter than my current laptop and lighter. I want the device to be able to do email, internet and as I want to use it to store the photos I take and maybe edit them I wold like to run…
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YM and link to Yahoo e-mail
Hi can anyone help. I use YM and receive a notification at the bottom of the screen (right side) when an e-mail arrives. I used to click on that and it used to open my e-mail account but now it won't. It says: Application not found. Any ideas on how to fix? Thanks.
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Phoneline from BT Pole to house
Hi I live in Elgin, Scotland and would like to know who is responsible for the upkeep of my telephone line from the BT telephone pole in the garden to my phone socket in my house.. My line rental is with TalkTalk not BT but the line is very old and i think it's starting to crackup.. I have 2 questions 1: Can i demand that…
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Google earth problem
My Oh tried to get onto google earth recently and couldn`t so I uninstalled and downloaded again .However it downloaded but we are getting error message saying cannot contact google earth server and asks to run diagnostic test but getting nowhere.HELP !!!!!:mad:
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Logging in to giffgaff.com... .
I have an unusual problem which I can't seem to solve. I can't log into giffgaff from this particular computer. My login details are correct because it works with another computer on the same wireless network. I have tried deleting cookies, have used Chrome, IE and Firefox, and all that comes up is 'unable to login - wrong…
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WWE and XBox Help Please
Hi (Sorry if this is not the right place) My son has had Smackdown Vs Raw 2011 off santa and he has tried to go into online axess by using the redemtopn code on the instruction manual. We have entered the code but when we went to play now it would not go any further and and only gave us the option to save to hard drive or…
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Old IBM having a tantrum
We have an old IBM NetVista desktop running XP, that my son used for internet access with a dongle.Unfortunately he fell victim to one of those pop up adds that says you have lots of problems with your PC but this magic programme can fix it!He thinks it was called antivirus 8 (av8) So now the poor pc wont start up.If you…
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Got 5 mins to help test our suped up Mobile Valuer tool
If you've got a few minutes please see https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/40133500#Comment_40133500 And if you would feedback there - it'd be fab :) Martin
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Trend Micro security suite, any good?
Bought an Asus laptop. Its got free trial of Trend Micro security suite. I've never used this before, is it worth trying? or shall i do what i usually do and unistall it and use MSE?
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Can Turn a Wireless Router Into a Gaming Adapter ?
Hi I have recently bought a Sony Bravia KDL32EX403U 32" TV which is Wi-Fi ready. I have read a lot , on different forums, about connecting it to the internet. I have decided against buying a Sony dongle as it is not very versatile and have read about the Belkin Gaming adapter that will work via the ethernet cable. I have 2…
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where can i but an R4 card for DS and wiikey for wii?
as title states i am looking for an R4 card for my daughters nintendo ds and a wiikey for the wii (similiar to R4 card) Does anybody know where i can get these? :beer:
