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Netbook advice, please
I'm looking for a handy little netbook purely to work on VPN hooked to company internet based applications. Whats the current hot favourite at the mo......particularly the durable ones suitable for travel - without the flimsy bits that easily break off and which ones to avoid?
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Drivers for Dell Mini 910
Hi guys Had to replace a cream crackered hard disk drive on a Dell Mini Inspiron 9109. It came with Windows Vista. Now I have installed the operating system on the new drive. But I don't seem to be able to find the Windows Vista drivers anywhere. Can anybody help? Cheers
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@ key not working
Have just bought a new netbook with Windows XP. The @ key does not work. Obviously this my PC. Help me please.
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Panny TZ 7 class 2 card.
Why does the handbook say you need a class 6 or higher SD card to take Cine? mine seems to work fine with a class 2 card (yes HD) Just wondered.
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Desktop down - help needed to diagnose problem
My computer froze and will not re-boot because of a "disc error". I assumed it was an hdd failure because of a similar experience a couple of years ago. However, when I took the unit for relacement at a local repairer, the guy checked the hdd by connecting to another computer and was able to access the files. So I brought…
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Recording to dvd from VHS
I have an LG dvd recorder and some tapes which I'd like to burn to dvd. Now, it's not a simple case of pressing play on vhs and record on the LG because it doesn't work like that. I've connected the two by scart and tried various combinations but still can't get it to record from vhs. The manual is very confusing. Any…
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Laptop Speakers. A really dumb question...
I've recently aquired my first laptop and I'm especially thrilled at the streaming music available on Spotify. Also the mobility of iTunes etc. The sound, of course, is poor but I understand one can buy laptop speakers. Now, can anyone kindly let me know if these come with their own amplification or is additional equipment…
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Paypal
Please can someone help I have set up a paypal account . However I am not sure about business banking,setting up the buttons and pricing as this is different almost everytime. I make curtains
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Any good deals on 1.5/2TB external drives at the moment?
My 500GB backup drive is getting pretty full. I probably only need a 1TB driver to replace it, but if there are any 1.5/2TB drives for only a little more, I might be temped. Anyone seen a good deal? Cheers
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Website building, hosting etc....
Hi. I am looking to start a website along the lines of ebay. Now i don't intend to buy sell but provide a website where people can do this. Trouble is i am a complete noob with knowing what i need to do to achieve this and am looking for some recommendations and pointers please. :)
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Whats It Worth IYO!
Hi Folks I am selling my PC and wondered what I should ask for it Specs Below INTEL CORE 2 QUAD [EMAIL="Q9550@2.83"]Q9550@2.83[/EMAIL]GHZ 12MB CACHE 8GB CORSAIR DDR3 1600MHZ CORSAIR H50 WATERCOOLER 2X320GB HARD DISK DRIVES LCD PANEL FOR CONTROLLING FANS 5 RED LED FANS SAPPHIRE HD5770 1GB OVERCLOCK EDITON ASUS P5Q3…
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Power options box win xp home?
On the power options box/window when i click on the UPS tab on the 1st part under "status" its all "greyed out" then under the 2nd part that says "Details" it says manufacturer "None" then at the bottom of the box theres a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark in it that says "The UPS service is currently stopped"…
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Kindle 3 Won't Connect to Wireless Network
I've spent a couple of frustrating hours trying to do the above for a friend. It's not a wireless problem, as I can connect my iTouch to his network first time. It's not a Kindle problem, as I brought it home and it connected first time to my home network. It's not a firewall issue (tried it with the firewall off). It's…
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SKY+ / Magiceye / Booster questions !
HI All, I wonder if anyone can offer me some advice on this: I have SKY+HD in the living room, and wish to use a magiceye to watch upstairs and control etc. I have a booster box in the loft, with feeds going to the living room TV and also bedroom TV's Do I need to send the aeriel signal straight from the aeriel to the sky…
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A good time to make some bootdisk antivirus scanners / rescue cds
After reading all the fun about the System Tools infection, I figured it would be a good idea to remind people that you can make antivirus CDs that the computer can boot up instead of Windows, allowing an antimalware scan without having to load Windows. This is important particularly if you have only one computer, and a…
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Cheapest place for Norton Internet Security please
Hi All My parents friends NIS subscription is about to expire. Just wondering if anyone had spotted any good offers for the 3 user version. Cheapest I have found is Tesco Direct. £25 ish. But out of stock. Cheers To avoid any more "useful" posts, I do not need recommendations for Free AV or alternatives to NIS. If I did…
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Gmail / Outlook advice please
Hi peeps, I have got a nice new computer and have downloaded the Microsoft Office 2010 Professional package. I have opened outlook and have added my g mail account to it as I prefer using outlook for emails. Having an issue though - none of my sent messages are appearing. I've checked all the folders and they don't seem to…
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New Laptop question
I have just bought a new Laptop and when i switched it on a warning bow opened up and said Windows Firewall has blocked this program (oovoo) so we dont know whether to carry on and install it or not, also the new laptop came with a Full version of Bullguard which we installed on the Laptop but Bulldog found McAffee already…
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Hijack This Log
Hi all, with all the talk of infected web pages, and this system tool that seems to be surfacing i want to make sure my work PC is running the best it can, can someone take a look at this and let me know if there is anything that looks out of the ordinary, cheers And apoligies in advance as i will be running one on my home…
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Can I reinstall Hotmail?
Got a problem with hotmail in that yesterday it stopped working for about 4 hours, then it started slowly putting emails in my inbox however i cannot do anything with them, cannot read them, cannot delete them, cannot send new emails etc. I've done a virus scan etc and all fine - however if i use my spare laptop i can use…
