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Motorola xoom tablet Facebook?
Hi all Just popped over from Oldstyle moneysaving with a quick question. When I access Facebook on the tablet the chat bit isn't displayed. Any thoughts please? Much appreciated. Thanks Gintot
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Sat-nav software for mobile phone
Hello. I don't know if this is in the correct section. I have to go to funeral this Friday and i will need to get to the church and then to the burial and then onto where the wake will be and eventually on my way home. I don't have a sat nav but for that day i think some sort of help would be handy. I have a Samsung S5620…
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Watching films from laptop on the tv...clueless!
Hi everyone, I'm trying to buy films online (download) and then watch them through my TV but I have NO idea what I am doing! Firstly: Is it actually possible to download films to keep and put on a USB stick? If I do that I can put the USB into the TV and watch the film. Secondly: If the above is possible, where do I buy…
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slow pc
This got slow a week or so ago and hasnt improved. When I go into the wireless connections in my control panel it always sits at between 19-26mbps. It used to be 65. Is this anything I can do or is it in the phone line?
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What laptop?
Can anyone advise please? My daughter is doing her PHD & her current laptop (5 years old & a cheapy) is just too slow now. I would like to get her one for christmas & would like to know what to look for. She needs to have several windows open & to be able to get things loaded quickly. Needs to have good word processing…
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H.S.G. Computers.
Hello there, my turn to ask for advice here on the techie board. Has anyone heard of a company called H.S.G. Computers, I am considering placing an order. Anyone ordered from them before?
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Watch batteries
A while ago, I bought a flat pack of various circular batteries from a pound shop, and we have successfully used a couple of them, which means that we have got our money back. This morning however, I tried to replace the battery in my OH's Seiko watch (small ladies variety). Initially I thought that the battery would fit,…
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Avira Pop Ups
On the new version the pop ups appear in the bottom right hand corner of the screen every time you switch on and you have to click to get rid of it. The old way of getting rid of them does not seem to work http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-the-Popup-Ads-in-Avira-Antivir even though the security level on C:\Program…
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Hijack This - Bearshare on New Tab FF
My son installed Bearshare without telling me. I have uninstalled as much as I could by following various threads - however when I open a new tab on FF Bearshare Search still appears. I am attaching my log - thanks in advance Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 01:32:22, on 23/11/2011 Platform: Windows…
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Problems connecting to router via wireless (DNS failure?)
My sister has sky broadband (sky sagem com router). They have 4 laptops and one desktop all running off the router. All the other pcs are fine except her son's laptop (Vista running google Chrome but same problem when tried through IE). It will work plugged in but if he uses wireless when he tries to load a webpage they…
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Sky cabling
We'll start with a diagram just so you can see what I can see Which is a rough sketch of my lounge. At the minute the TV is currently in front of the window in the corner next to where the cables come in. I want to move it to the left hand wall to open the room up more; I've had it there previously and ran the coax through…
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Email virus
Hi , I seem to have a virus in my email. I am getting 100s of emails every day in my inbox from mailer-daemon@yahoo.com. It goes on to say " sorry we were unable to deliver to this address" followed by lines of gobbledygook . Help please.
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Can anybody recommend a good Apple repair centre, that doesn't charge the Earth?
My daughter has water damage to her lap top and we have been quoted £800 for parts and labour. Does anybody know where we can get a good job done but for less.
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Free game shown on gadget show last night? (21st)
Hi all I had the gadget show on last night but was only half watching :o they were doing budget things and showed some free games, I caught sight of one that looked to be some sort of Gladiatory/Roman (could have been anything) fighting game and it looked good but I can't find the name of it, it was a free online game if…
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New modem router advice required please...
Hi all, My trusty Netgear DG834GT has died on me after 8+ years of faultless service, so I'm in the market for a suitable replacement, that will provide the same sort of future proofing. I've seen the Netgear DGND3700, which looks like it fits the bill, but is a little pricier than I'd like. I've also seen 2 Belkin routers…
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camcorder advice
I am looking for a camcorder for my partner, he will want to be able to make any recording on to a dvd ,Iit will need to be simple to do from a pc! you used to able to buy the ones that recorded straight on to the dvd but no longer seem to be available.would anyone be able to give me any advice please. My budget is about…
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Program Options lost
I have lost all the options in my Accesories-System Tools folder (Back-up Defrag etc) is there any way to restore these. My Dell installation disk does not allow this saying my installed version is later than the disk version, I think because the disk is service pack 1 and the pc is updated to service pack 3.
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kindle /wi-fi connect
trying to put my wi-fi pasword from router onto kindle to connect it , it consists of 25 digits though and it sems to only let me put in 24, sorry if i sound a bit dim or am missing something when i do this ? any suggestions what i'm doing wrong thank you
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o2 phones - strange one!!
sorted ...........
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Buying a laptop from overseas EBAY seller
Hi.... I am looking to buy a new laptop. After reading reviews, every laptop I decide I am interested in, seems to be cheaper in USA by about £200. I am talking about new Laptops, from major sellers (EBAY shops) with 99.8% feedback or better, including shipping costs to UK But what if I have a problem further down the…
