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AV-C Whole Dynamic Tests (March 2011 preliminary results)
I haven't seen this mentioned yet, so I thought people might be curious to see how the various antivirus programs are performing so far with the initial results. This is particularly since AFAIK there aren't any good tests so far of the new Avast 6: http://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart2.php The majority are doing…
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Cordless Iron, recommend one....
Am thinking of getting my sister Alison, a cordless iron for her birthday present, a) How does a cordness iron work? b) Does a cordless iron work like a remote control (Infra red)? c) do you have to plug it in, with an Infra red signal going from the plug to the iron? d) Do you have a cordness iron? e) what are the…
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Stapler needed- 100+ Page STAPLER, Recommend from these 3...
Office people, this is a question for you lol We are looking for a stapler which staples 100+ pages, for our vast amount of paperwork for out invoices, but we have heard some of them are poor, -require tonnes of effort, -make the staple bent etc. Is there any you can recommend, that you have purchased? and where did you…
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is it worth it?
I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop which i was hoping to sell for £200 as i need to replace it with a netbook. Was thinking about putting it on ebay.... however i think i have a problem with the battery as it wont work without the charger and on the battery display it says 0% plugged in, not charging. Other than that its a…
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PS3 on home network
Have a home network with PS3 linked in as well as an Iomega storage device. Have put photos and videos into pre set up folders on the network storage but when I view them through the PS3 the folders are different, ie the one with the photos in comes up as video and vice versa and then the system does not recognise the file…
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PC Problems - Wont boot up past PCI Device listing screen
Hey folks title says it all. Pc has recently been wiped, updated drives for graphics card etc and all was well. Just installed software - Autocad onto pc. Now the pc wont boot up past the PCI device listing screen and cannot F8 to start up in safe mode. Any takers??
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Router can't connect to internet
My router (Belkin) was working fine Sunday afternoon, but I haven't been able to connect since then. I've changed filters, leads, and telephone sockets. I don't have a master socket. Every so often it hunts for ASDL line, but fails the connection. Is it my router or ISP (TalkTalk)? What can I try next? I'm piggybacking on…
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blackberry curve 8520 unlock calculator /software
Hi, I've come off my contact with my mobile network provider and my phone is currently locked. Is there any sort of blackberry curve 8520 unlock calculator /software I can download and use to unlock my phone? Thanks in advance.
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Decent wireless mouse / keyboard set?
Can anyone recommend a decent wireless / bluetooth mouse / keyboard combo? I currently have an MS keyboard (wireless) and an MS notebook mouse (bluetooth). The keyboard has an ugly wireless receiver that sits on my desk and I want rid of it. The mouse has just a tiny, unobtrusive USB dongle. PC will most likely be moving…
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Grub Loading error
Can anyone help Receiving a grub loading error 17. How do I get round this please?
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Embeded photos disappear when I forward
A problem has arisen whereby when I receive an e-mail with photographs and text, the text forwards when I send it on but the photos disappear to the recipient and a blank box with a small red cross appears in place of the pics. If they reply to me the pics are back there in their reply sometimes. Can anyone explain what is…
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Monitor keeps flashing on and off
Hi all About a week ago my monitor started playing up and has stopped working completely now, it just flashes on and off, I went out today and got a new monitor and now this is doing the same thing, however when I plug it into my HD ready TV that is on the wall near the PC it works ok, Anyone have any ideas, I’ve updated…
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Ps3
Im trying to set up my daughters new PS3 but its asking for the WEP KEY, how do i get this ! I need to put this in , i thought i had it but every time i put it in the box i keep getting a message saying " a connection to the access point could not be established, check the security settings for the wireless LAN "
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Free website for photos?
I've been trying to find is a website where photos can be right clicked and saved and still look OK. With weebly they are all blurred when you do this. Any ideas? I am thinking of starting a website for people to download photos from for press use so has to look good....and preferably free (this is MSE after all!) Thanks x
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PC crippling problem cropping up... any ideas?
Af'noon all, hope someone can shed some light on this. I'm running (genuine) Windows 7 Professional (32bit) on a 3 year old PC, and have had no real issues until recently. When the machine has booted into Windows, I'm now receiving a message saying: "cmd.exe - Application ErrorThe application was unable to start correctly…
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KB9s, where do they all come from?
And can i delete them Hope you will bear with me for this, not good with computers but I do endeavour to clean it up and regularly go onto add and remove programs to see if anything needs taking off. Went on this morning and found a lot of items starting with security update kb9, followed by another 6 nos. Stopped counting…
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website?
Thinking of starting a business, will definitely need a website. Can anyone suggest any suitable applications/packages to help first timers create a web site. I have domain name,whats next in the process? Any advice greatly appreciated. Omnipeta.
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Writing in a circle ???
I am putting together all of the names of the pupils in their final year at a junior school, in order to have a keepsake t-shirt printed. I would like to write a sentence in a circle(diameter of circle about 20cms) to surround the names. I have Microsoft Word, but cannot find the way to do this using Word. Does anyone know…
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Google toolbar font has gone very large!
the font size has increased in my google toolbar when typing where as all my other font is the normal size, it has gone this size :(, how can i change it back? i did uninstall and reinstall the toolbar but no change to font size, any help much appreciated thank you.:)
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Warning 09234765437
I've just had a telephone call from 09234765437, the person claiming to represent Microsoft Antivirus team. He claimed they had detected a virus on my PC during a routine activation check. He then asked me to download some software which would allow Microsoft Engineers to remove the virus. The software is:…
