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USB to HDMI for laptop to TV?
Hi, I have a TV with HDMI input, and want to connect a laptop (without HDMI). Have been looking for some sort of HDMI to USB converter, but what I've found so far has been expensive and somewhat confusing Is there a cheap way of connecting the 2 together?
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How to get FREE Office for windows 7??
Hi, am a mature student just gone back to uni and need something to write all my assignments on etc...been told can get it for free online but no clue where to find it? if not anywhere cheaper for students or NHS workers? Thanks
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Samsung Recovery Solution 4
Hi all I've been asked to look at a friends laptop because it wouldn't boot. Basically it wouldn't see any OS. I can get into the recovery centre (he's said to wipe it back to factory settings as everything is already backed up) and I've chosen Complete Restore. In there, I only have one option which is Computer Initial…
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Apple TV?
Does anyone know if DVD's, either played through the SuperDrive of a Macbook Pro or DVD's that have been ripped using HandBrake and put into iTunes will stream through Apple TV and onto my TV set? I've looked at the apple website and it only seems to be movies that have been purchased/rented from iTunes. (As well as home…
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Hard Disc
My computer got damaged and would not work so as it was an old one i decided to scrap it ,i took out the hard drive and would like to copy its contents to my new computer,is they a way to connect the hard dive to my new computer to copy the files
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whats the difference in ......
looking at 2 laptops which should i go for - facebook, wordprocessing assignments for school... cheaper option - CPU and Memory: Intel Celeron M925. 2.3GHz processor speed. 1GB DDR3 RAM memory. 250GB hard drive. or for an extra £70 would it be worth getting this ?? CPU and Memory: Intel Celeron dual core T3100. 1.9GHz…
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Does this sound like a dodgy monitor (cable)? Hmmm UPDATED
Please see end for update Before I go buying a new monitor and wasting my money. :o Currently got a Packard Bell TFT(?) 15 inch or whatever it is. Plugs in to the desktop/tower via a VGA connector. The end at the monitor is a sealed connection rather than removable. Recently the colour white has been coming out a shade of…
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buying a hard drive
i need to buy a PORTABLE hard drive. it needs to be larger than 1tb pref 1.5tb or 2tb USB 3.0 capability i go away abroad ever week so needs to be very portable and also needs to be usb powered. if anyone knows of a good one pref no more than £150 many thanks! xx
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quick transfer of iTunes library to iPod Nano?
My iPod nano (5th gen if it makes any diff) has some but not all of my iTunes library on it. Is there a quick and easy way to transfer the whole library to it, with an option not to duplicate what's already been transferred please? I've tried and can't see how other than dropping and dragging individually. Please help as I…
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Virus help please
One of my friends has a virus on her computer (due, she suspects, to teenage son visiting unsuitable sites!) Anyway I've been round and run malwarebytes (logs to follow) and tried to run hijack this but I keep getting a message about the hosts file. I have tried shift, right click and running as administrator but still…
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are netbooks worth it?
looking for a small netbook just for accessing the work's website. wont need to do anything else. is a netbook worth getting?
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Converted Word Doc to PDF and went from 700kb to 7.4mb!!! WHY!
I am trying to send a Word Document standard 2 page text with some colour and one small picture and when i convert it to a PDF file to send it via email the size goes to a whopping 7.4mb!! I have no idea why as a similar other document only goes to 2.4mb so i am unsure why this one goes so big! Suggestions? I am using Mac…
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Kodak All in One printer - error message won't go away
I'm hoping someone out there in MSE land can help me! I bought a Kodak AiO ESP5250 printer in May 2011. It had been working flawlessly until last weekend when an error message came up on the screen, code 3533 paper jam. There have been no paper jams but I followed the diagnostics on the machine and on the Kodak website, no…
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My emails/computer has been hacked into
hi all, really looking for some help asap if anyway can assist - basically last night when i tried to get into my emails i couldnt and eventually after saying i had forgotten the password and gone through secruity etc i got in - when i got into my emails i immediately noticed an email from paypal saying i had paid someone…
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Sky BB - can't you use any other router?
Just had son on the phone, he's fed up of the poor wireless capability of his Sky supplied router and went off and bought a new Netgear. He's struggling to set it up and after having a quick shufty on the net in an effort to help him, I see people posting about how you are only supposed to use the Sky router and no other.…
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Notebook recommendations please!
Hello, my laptop is slowly dying a death so I'm looking for another one as i will be scuppered if it goes in the middle of an assignment! Any recommendations,I've got a dell at the moment but its a 15inch screen so was looking for a smaller one to carry round with me for uni! Thanks!
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Could someone help me out with a basic disco/karaoke setup?
Ive got a pub and i want to start doing my own karaoke/disco nights from my laptop.Ive got all the music and karaoke tracks/software so what else do i need and any reccomendations please?Thanks.
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Laptop so slow
Please can someone help me, my laptop is so slow today, some site r ok, but some i cant even get on ! Thankyou
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THOMSON ST585 v6 SPEEDTOUCH - is nat open by default
hi there on the THOMSON ST585 v6 SPEEDTOUCH is the nat setting open by default the reason i ask is a do a bit of xbox 360 online.? i currently have a netgear dg834g v3 the nat on this is open by default ( confirmed by running xbox network test and fifa 11 and mw3 tellls me my nat is open) , the problem i have is at night…
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Screen protector for e reader
Hi I'm after a screen protector for my 7' screen e reader does anyone know where i can get one cheaply ?
