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Why won't SD card work in Hifi USB slot?
Hi, Have been looking around for a cheapish hifi, with USB slot. Bought the sandstrom hifi from Currys http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/sandstrom-shfusb10-micro-hi-fi-system-black-05057336-pdt.html Liked the look & the sound playing CD's is really good. However, tried the USB slot, and although the card reader flashed green,…
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Help -new notebook can't access wifi
Just picked up a new notebook today. it's not finding any wireless connections - i know when my desktop looses the connection I get several options to conect to. Can anyone explain what to do in a non tech way? Its now asking for an ethernet cable to be plugged in. why would that be if it is wireless?
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Snowed under with remotes
Having just converted to this new fangled digital technology business, I now find myself surrounded by 8 remotes. My trusty Lidl multi-function job won't communicate with some of my exotic tastes in electronic hardware including my Yahama surround sound and Yelo dvd so I thought that it was time to upgrade. Having heard…
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drivesentry - so annoying - can it be uninstalled safely?
Hi all, I've had drivesentry on my vista running laptop, (2 years) and it is always prompting me whether I trust a file or not. Usually I have no idea what the file is, and say no, as it can take ages to google it up, and I can carry on. However, since yesterday, there is a file arccon.ac from arcsoft which is constantly…
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Video recording - Canon IXUS 95IS
I have the above camera and record short movies on it which are quite successful. However, on replaying through the camera there is no sound but downloaded on to my PC the sound is clear. I have tried altering the settings on the camera (have looked through the manual) but cannot see how to make the sound available. There…
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Windows 7 Upgrade
I'm intending to upgrade Dell Inspison 1525 Laptop from Vista to Windows 7 Prof. When I start the process I see that the their is an OEM partion of about 45Gb, where I take it Vista is installed - first question is where do i insatall 7 - it won't let me use the partition - what happens to the partion if I install on C.. I…
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router problem
Hello, I've never got to the bottom of this one. Before Christmas my internet would not work. The dsl light on my thomson 585 v7 (3 years old) wireless router on the talk talk network would keep blinking but never go solid thus connecting. My phone has worked perfectly throughout. At first I thought it was a phone line…
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ZTE MF112 Mobile Broadband & Ubuntu
Hi Guys, dont normally venture in here. I've posted this on the ubuntuforums.org but thought I'd check in here too I've recently aquired a ZTE MF112 dongle on 3, and am trying to get it to connect under Ubuntu 10.04 netbook remix (it functions under windows, but keen to avoid having to use windows to go online) I've…
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Don't touch tune up utilities
I downloaded a trial of Tune up utilities -As soon as I started a scan my pc restarted and when it came back on I had the Classic desktop and was only able to change back by doing a System Restore.
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DVD/CD Drive not working
Any help would be greatly appreciated. The drive is not working properly as it will only open a couple of rewritable CD's that I have. I have even put brand new ones in and it just will not open them. Is there anything in there that can be cleaned?
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How to remove software called windows disk?
Not sure where this has come from but its really annoying me. Keeps telling me i have low disk space and critical errors. It was not there yesterday and not downloaded anything lately. Tried spybot and adaware but not picking it up, its also not in program files. Any ideas?
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Firefox
I'm not computer savvy, but I was told by someone that the Firefox browser was good to use. I currently use IE8 but now I'd like to try Firefox. Where do I download it from? I did search for it but it came back with several sites and I want to make sure I get it from the official source and not download something wrong. My…
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Browsers
Hello, is there any limit to the number of web browsers you can have on your desktop. Can they cause conflicts with each other in any way. I currently have IE8, chrome and firefox and am thinking of downloading opera. Is there any outstanding one amongst the bunch. Many thanks.
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wireless router for cable?
We currently have an ageing pc and will be buying a laptop over the next month or so. We obviously need to use the laptop wirelessly and wonder what we need to do this. We currently use virgin media (cable) as our internet provider if this makes a difference and use the modem they sent us (model number e08c007). Not too…
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Help me to choose a printer with low running cost and reasonable print quality
Hi MSE-Techies... Can you help... Can you recommend any good printers that offer reasonable print quality for my business and does not cost a bomb with the ink cartridge. I have a Epson stylus sx215 and the cost of the tiny cartridges is too much and it only last a short time. Compatibles don't work with this printer also.…
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Google hijacked!!!!
Hey was wondering if anyone can help me i think my google homepage has been hijacked each time i click on google or use the search engine it goes to superfish.com how do i get rid of this?? thanx x
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hijackthislog - closed can you advise please?
Hi closed, I'd really appreciate your help. I found your thread last night and am going to try to work my way through your mini guide (looks v scary mary at the mo!) This is the hijack file - I am unable to run the task list, its saying that the command is unrecognised, can you advise what I'm doing wrong please? cheers…
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detecting key-stroke logger activity
Can anyone recommend a good program that will detect if there is any activity of key-stroke logging and dubious screen-shot activity?
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Laptop went dead!
I wonder If I may ask the experts a bit of advice regarding my laptop at home. Basically I was using my laptop last night and then all of a sudden everything went dead. I tried to re-start and re-boot the laptop but nothing happened. I then disconnected everything including power and the laptop is now working fine on…
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Changing IP address, with the Router log in panel - any disadvantages?
If Logging into your network Router settings website, You can change the IP address, by deleting the numbers and adding new ones. with the restart of your system. Is there any harm in doing this? (I have a D-link router) The reason- computer is shared by many people, and i noticed it in the History, somebody else checked.…
