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Can't open a Word attachment
Hi I don't have Microsoft Office/Word and thanks to recommendations on here I now use Open Office. I have received an attachment that I need to open but whenever I click it it goes into an old trial version of word that is locked for editing so I can't complete the form to return it. How do I get the form to open in Open…
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USB Digital soundcard?
I'm looking for a USB digital soundcard that outputs 5.1 in a digital format to go into my amp. Either coaxial or toslink. I've seen a couple of cheapies on Ebay, but they only output stereo in digital. Any one know if they exist?
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PC Tune Up for £5.99
Hi Guys Renewal Buddy are doing a MySecurityCenter PC Tune Up RRP £49.95 for £5.99 if you like their facebook page. I don't know if it's an error or just a good promo. facebook.com/renewalbuddy#!/renewalbuddy?sk=app_135607783795 Regards Matt
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Site is running very very slow.
A site I use frequently,probably daily( a football forum) is opening pages very very slowly. Seems to be just this site, I havent changed any settings anywhere. How or why is this?:cool: Thanks.
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norton antvirus download
hi i have 3 lads, 2 at uni and their norton security runs out in 3 days ..........was going to buy the disc in W H smith for £ 25 but they all need the disc to download ......... can i buy on line and e mail them the number ......... or will i have to post the disc to each child ? thanks :beer:sorry don't want an ant virus…
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Please can you help, my screen has gone grey
Evening, please could anyone help me. I have a toshiba laptop and I was just reading some stuff on the screen when lines appeared down the middle of the screen and then it just went grey, have plugged in an external monitor and the laptop is working okay so it looks like screen problems. Does anyone have any idea how I…
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Real Player not downloading
I use the Real downloader fairly often.I installed a download manager,but felt it was slowing it down,so uninstalled it.Since then,the downloading tag no longer pops up,and when I right click on the video,the real player download is no longer on the list of options.I've uninstalled Real layer and downloaded it again,but…
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Opera
Settings- I have lost my MSE smilies having switched to Opera from FF4. They still appear in the menu but when I select them they only turn as symbols not ICONS. Can anybody what I need to switch on?
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ipad equivalent - perhaps tablet
I'm looking to get some form of gadget that I can use for my digital photography. The issue that I have is sometimes it is hard to establish whether or not a photograph I have taken is sharp just from looking at the LCD screen on my camera. It's only when I load the pictures onto a laptop that I notice the pictures are no…
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Sound and No picture in Flash Player on FF
Hi Guys, I have it on good authority that you may be able to help. I have searched to see if anyone else has asked and the nearest I can find is the sign language lady but the replies in her thread are confusing me as I know nothing of Hijackthis etc. My problem.. Yesterday everything was fine, today I switch on and I can…
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Excel Formula help
Hi there guys, using Excel 2010 here.... http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p275/foxystoat/Excel.jpg If I had varying amounts of data (see picture in above link - tried to paste image direct to this page but website wouldn't let me) and wanted to put in sub totals of each group of data (as per the red boxes), what way can…
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tune up utilities
Hi not sure if i am in correct thread but anyway im thinking of purchasing pc tune up utilities to clear some probs on my pc is this product any good for removing viruses + any other probs my pc may pick up cheers.
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Windows mail, please help.
I have an email account set up in Windows Mail on my Vista computer. I hadn't used it in a long time so I wanted to remove the account but I signed into the account using webmail and noticed one of my old contacts is sending out spam from her address. It went into my inbox but I deleted without opening and then created a…
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External Hard Drives Not Appearing In My Computer
I'm hoping someone on this board can help me. So, my brother passed away recently and some of his stuff has been passed to me. He had 3 external hard drives. One is a Buffalo Ministation, one a Samsung Story Station and the other is (I think) a Freecom XS. I myself have one of the Seagate expansion drives. My own one, and…
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Digital Music Player / Server
[FONT="]I’m looking for a device that allows me to play FLAC / MP3 / WMA audio files that I have stored on an external hard drive via my HiFi phono connections. I’m not really interested in streaming music over my wireless network, as all my music is stored on the hard drive, any new music I get, I’m quite happy to…
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Connecting Laptop to HDTV
Firstly, good idea or not? I have taken delivery of a new 14" laptop (HP DM41150ea) I notice it has a HDMI port I have a 42" full HDTV and i thought it might be a nice idea to be able to use the TV as the display from the laptop How would this best be done. Naturally I already have a wireless connection in order to connect…
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Trying to run windows 98 game in xp
Ive bought a pc game for use on windows 98/me but i cant run it in xp, ive changed the compatibility settings to run the game in 98 mode but it still wont work, anything else i could try.
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Chrome Problem
Hi I have been having problems with Chrome running a bit slow and some plugin crashes. Yesterday I uninstalled and reinstalled it. It's still not running well. On checking the task manager to see what processes are using what, I have found four instances of Chrome, surely that's not right?
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Music into Media centre
hi, i recently had to take my PC into the shop to be looked at, and they did a rather naff back up.... ie they saved short-cuts to my documents etc.... HOWEVER the thing that is frustrating me the most is i have no idea how to get my music back in to media player.... any ideas welcome, as i would love to set up a play list…
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Bridge camera recommendations
Hi I'm after a new bridge digital camera with the following specs: 1) MUST take AA batteries. Reason being i always lots of spare AA 2500mh eneloops lying around (have many other gadgets) and i find the 2500 mah eneloops very powerful with low discharge rate. 2) Must have at least 20x optical zoom 3) Should be small as…
