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Toshiba Satellite C660D-155 - Any good?
Could anyone tell me if this is as good as it sounds and if so is it worth getting the larger capacity for the extra £50? It's on offer at Curry's for £379 instead of £499. I'm looking for a laptop with a good battery life, and not too heavy. General use, email, facebook, surfing, excel, word, photo's and listening to…
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Advice on a 5.1 System
I've been looking for a (5.1) surround sound system for some time and think I may have settled on the one that would be best for me. What I'd appreciate from everyone is their views on the system: Let's start with some basic facts first. 1. The room is approx 12' x 18' with open stairs leading up towards the back. 2. There…
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humax lg tv codes
hi got a 320gb freesat recorder but cant find the code for my tv 37lg3000 anyone help
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'best matches' dialogue box
I thought I'd try internet explorer but a "best matches" dialogue box keeps opening after Google Searches. What's the point in that and is it easy to turn it off? Thanks T
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Email problems Web Mania
Hi everyone I had a business email address 'info@' set up with web mania. It was never totally reliable and when I recently got an imac, I decided to have Outlook instead with web mania diverting all emails. The problem is that when i send messages out, it randomly decides not to send certain emails and if I try it again,…
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My computer keeps crashing , please help
Can comebody help me please. My computer keeps crashing everyday and I don`t know what to do with the damn thing. It just comes up with a blue screan saying that is ready for damping and some data is not instaled in the hardware or something like that. It usually comes back after some cliking, but sometimes not and…
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360 wifi issues
okay I have a 360 elite with the wireless N adapter its been working fine for a few months then it decided to throw up errors accessing wifi tried resetting it different 360 rebooted the router etc etc everything else can use the wifi so its fine when i turn off security on the router,the 360 logs on fine when i use WEP it…
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Good wireless modem?
Hi, My dad's wireless network is pretty bad and so I want to buy him a new modem (he currently has the one given by Sky when he signed up for broadband). Can anyone please recommend a decent one (not too expensive)? Thanks a lot.
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which printer is best please
hi guys, at the moment tescos have a deal on printers £10 off a £50 quid or over:D there's a few to pick from but i don't know which one is best, any advice would be of help. i would not need to use it much, photo's maybe? printing ( yes ) just everyday use nothing major, wifi, to be honest i would rarely use it, most of…
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help with asus laptop problem
son's laptop is giving problems on startup there is a screen saying your laptop didn't close down properly and 2 options 1. launch startup repair or 2. start windows normally 1st option just makes screen flash then goes back to screen with above 2 options 2nd option goes to start windows then restarts laptop and goes back…
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Change registrant: will it affect domain name account at 1and1
Oh god I'm confused. Right: "Bob" bought a domain name for someone ("Jo") at 1and1 (I know, I know, they're awful) and hosting elsewhere (Nexcess I think) and sorted them out a website. Great. It's coming up for domain name renewal in May. Bob doesn't do website design any more, so I was asked to tart up Jo's site. Easy…
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Resize jpeg photo...help please
I am wanting to resize a photo to passport size for uploading (35x45mm) I am trying to buy a railcard online & have to send a passport size photo with a minimum 300dpi ( whatever that means) If i buy online there is currently a discount of 10% I have tried & tried but cannot do it. I dont have photoshop . Can anyone offer…
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Extremely slow printer
Hi, I have a hp deskjet F4180 printer that was running fine, but today has been painfully slow. I am trying to print out 30 pages, it prints 1 then takes at least 30 minutes before it prints the next. I have tried reinstalling it but that solved nothing. Does anyone know what could be causing this?
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Laptop advice please...
Hello all, I don't normally post on this board, but was wondering if someone could give me some advice pretty please :D I'm looking to buy my first laptop - will just be used for general surfing, maybe youtube or i-player and will need to connect wirelessly. Only have a small budget though - looking to spend no more than…
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internet connection problems
Hi i hope somebody can help/offer advice (as its driving me mad!) i have an acer laptop with wireless card, the laptop is picking up the signal from the wireless router because when i log in, it connects and says internet connected and tells me how man mbps it is currently receiving..... but when i go top open a webpage…
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PhotoShop won't save changes
Hi I'm using Photoshop as part of the CS4 package. I have taken a colour image, made it black and white, and removed the background colour using Replace Colour function (it's writing on a papyrus). I'm left with the black ink on a white background. When I zoom in close, there is 'noise' around the edges of the ink, that…
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Epson or HP Printer?
Hi i told someonre to look at the epson sx425w printer and someone came back saying this; I'd forget it as a printer - it's slow, print quality is merely moderate and the TOC (total cost of ownership) is likely to be on the high side of average. HP C series printers can be had for the same sort of money and are much better…
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uploading dvd content to main frame computer
Hi I am not technically minded so please be gentle with me. I got an old family video transferred to dvd and would like to upload it onto my main frame computer. I have an old nero 6 programme and cant figure out how to do it. It lets me copy onto another disc but I cant see where to just copy onto computer. I have had a…
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Problems in Windows 7 connecting a network printer
Hello all, here is my problem. I have a new Windows 7 Pro 64 bit laptop at work, an older Windows XP machine (called the printserver) has an HP 2605dn Laserjet printer connected to it. When I try to add the printer I click on Network Printer, Windows searches and finds the printer so I click on it and get the message No…
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Hijack log help
moved my info,thanks
