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Virus
Personal Internet Protection, what is it ? Can I get rid of it on my friends daughters PC ?
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Opera 11 Email Problem!
Hi Folks Have been using Opera 11 past 2 days and Im well impressed In the Email add on` I cant seem to be able to send any Emails I use Sky IMAP and have the correct port numbers in 993 and 465 I can recieve Email fine but cant seem to send it,is there anybody else who uses Opera 11 and has Sky that could maybe tell me…
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Anybody else having problems with earphones on their Samsung Galaxy S?
Tried a few pair of earphones on my phone and they sound terrible. I can hear music but no singing. My last apple pair that broke recently worked fine. None of the pairs I have tested with are new but work fine on my girlfriends iPhone and on my other mp3 player. Anybody heard of similar problems? Is it likely to be the…
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KWorld DVB-S 100/DVB-S 100SE sat receiver in computer
Since no one who reads the digital TV forum seems to know, I thought I would post here as well. I was given a KWorld DVB-S 100/DVB-S 100SE PCI card sat receiver for my computer. I have windows ultimate. I got an extra cable from my quad LNB dish and can now watch freesat on my computer. I have all the latest drivers and…
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Rising price of gas for oven cooking - substitutes?
As I have plenty of worktop space in my kitchen, I have been thinking about getting a mini-oven of some type - possibly a halogen oven. Would this be likely to save me money versus using my full sized conventional gas oven?
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How Secure is Virgin Media Wireless Network?
I am getting a Virgin Media Wireless Superhub soon and looked at their instructions, and it says it's WPS, but all the info I have found on secure networks say that it must be a WPA or (better); a WPA2 connection. So is a WPS the same as WPA or WPA2 please? Also, the instructions seem like a lot to do. Does this mean I can…
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Blue Screen of Death!??!
Hi, My latop just came up with a blue screen saying something about crucial dump? I immediately shut it down and restarted, at first when it restarted I had black screen saying 'Operating System Not Found'. We then started up again and everything was fine - immediately did a security scan and that's come up clean. Was just…
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Replacing GU10 Halogen with GU10 LED
Hi We have a GU10 Halogen light running off a manual dimmer switch at the moment.. Is it possible to run a standard GU10 LED Bulb off the dimmer switch if the dimmer is switched onto full power? I have read you can't dim a LED bulb, but i think we would be ok with it running at full brightness JC
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how to stop windows 7 asking me ...
Hi there Every time I open certain programs e.g. Acronis True image I get a message in windows 7 asking if I want to allow the program to make changes to my hard drive. I'm not sure what changes Acronis is making by opening but I'm not concerned so I'd like windows to remember my response for that program. Is there anyway…
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HDC HD2 screen broken
I usually hang out on the comps board, and was lucky to win this handset, an HDC HD2. My teenage daughter uses it, but dropped it today and the screen is smashed. She tells me that other than the broken 'glass' it is functional. She contacted a local repairer who said I needed to get the parts and then they would do the…
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Slow running attachments
When I try to view an attachment from an email - youtube, or other programme, it freezes and the little 'daisy wheel' turning in centre of screen keeps cutting in. I've tried running the whole attachment then playing it again but the same thing happens. Any ideas how I can speed it up, please?
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Disposing of a computer
Hello, What do you need to do before you dispose of a computer. I have copied all the stuff I need to an external hard drive but what do I need to do to delete everything on the hard drive. Can I just take it to the tip afterwards? Thanks for your help.
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Clicking sound on sagate expansion drive.
Hi I just noticed a fe wweeks ago an intermitant loud clciking sound on my seagate 1 TB expansion drive. Anyways its all packed up now waiting to go back to them, anyone else had this probelm? Martin57
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Help needed with router problem.
Can someone take pity on me and help me! Basically we have a netgear Rangemax Wireless-N modem Router, with a pci adapter as well, which is plugged into pc, and then I use the wireless for the ;aptops. My husband passed away a few weeks ago and had set all this up, I paid no attention to what exactly he was doing, but I…
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Specification help
HP DV6-3120SA / hp dv 6-2115sa Which is better, or what is the difference?Thanks.
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Organising iTunes
am new to this itunes stuff have managed to import some of my cd collection into a libary but when i open itunes it hasnt saved as i expected to have (in album clumps) I have heard talk that there are some programs on the market that will clean up / organise itunes for you Is this correct and if so what is the best to use…
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New TV set up / ariel problems advice needed
I have just bought a SONY Bravia 40" LCD. I am having problems with the set up. I have aTV in the kitchen with a separate FREEVIEW box, it is fed off the ariel in the living room so I can switch between sky and freeview. I have a TV in the bedroom which is also feeding off the living room. In the living room I have a…
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Laptop Stuck in Safe Mode
My Mum's laptop is stuck in safe mode. I've tried to use system restore but it says 'system restore does not appear to be functioning correctly on this system' and won't let you do anything. How do I get it out of safe mode?
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HTML Problem with <ol> tag
Bizarre problem... Have some code like this: * test * test * test On some PC's it lists correctly as: 1. test 2. test 3. test On mine and others, its 1. test 1. test 1. test Testing on internet explorer, works ok on some IE8 versions, but not others. Target browser is IE only (govt stuff) so not testing against ff/chrome…
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Uninstall Virgin Security
hi can anyone help me my virgin antivirus has disappeared and following advice from virgin to uninstall and reinstall package - have been unable to uninstall the virgin hub Help me please - frustrated
