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In car camera
I have just had the police out because someone has deliberately damaged my car (this is not the first time it has happened), I was wondering if one of those cameras people put in their cars to record driving/accidents would help? Is it possible to use them when the car is not running (i.e. do they run off the car battery)…
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Messenger Help Please
For some reason when I open Live Messenger it automatically sets my status as offline and asks me if I want to appear available. It never used to do this, before whenever it started up I was showing as online. I know it's not a major problem but it's annoying me and I can't see where to tell it that when it opens then to…
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Google Chrome- 2 queries..
1- cant seem to turn off the tab thing.. v annoying, when i click on a link, i want it to stay in the same window.. 2- how can i open a new window, full sized? hate having to max eac hone, EVERY time... I have tried stretching the sides, but just goes back to half the next time.. (small things, annoy petty minds!)
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Facebook want mobile 'phone number
I don't use Facebook so haven't a clue about it, but know you techies will know the answer to this. A friend uses Facebook (to keep in touch with distant family), but when they tried logging on the other day, was asked to enter their mobile 'phone number in order that they could continue to access their Facebook account.…
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Anybody use Outlook (2003) with Google Mail?
Been using this for a while and just realised that deleting mail in Outlook doesn't delete in Google Mail (specifically "AllMail"). There are probably lots of questions here but I guess if anybody knows a good Google Mail+Outlook FAQ could you point me to it please? I'm using IMAP. I've worked out that to delete a Gmail…
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laptop/netbook help please
hi my 5yr old has been diagnosed with motor problems which mean he is struggling to write. school are starting to teach him to touch type and I would like to support this at home but would rather he wasn't on my laptop. due to the nature of his problem he is extremely clumsy and a bit heavy handed... I would anticipate him…
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Tablet PC with free 3G
Hi, I am considering buying a tablet PC and have been told that some are available with lifetime, free 3G access as well as wi fi. Queries :- Does such a product exist If so, does it allow full, free, internet access What examples, if any, are available and costs. Any comments/sugestions would be welcome. Hamer
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USB problem
Hello Hope someone can help with a slight problem I have. My computer (tower unit) won't recognize anything I plug into a USB port, (camera,phone MP3 player,etc) but they all work when connected to my laptop. does anyone have any idea why this could be & how I can cure it? a mate told me to restore to factory settings, but…
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Imediashare on iphone
Hi there. I have just downloaded imediashare to my iphone, but it cannot find my new tv which is Panasonic Viera smart tv. Anyone have any ideas. Probably something really simple!!
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samsung galaxy tab is it 3g
I bought my sister a Samsung Galaxy Tablet GT P1000 on sale is Tesco recently. ( she paid me for it not a gift). However she seems to think it is only WIFI and does not have 3G. I have looked on their website and it says it has 3G but she cannot seem to find out how to use it. Now I am quite technically minded and she is…
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Me back again to bug you
Hi, got another problem! Is it poss for a Sky dish wiring to interfere with my broadband speed? I have the router in the same place as always, not made any changes at all, but since the guy came last week to install a new dish (to replace the old one that got damaged, no changes made to anything else) - my speed has…
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Choose the program you want to use...
...to open this file Hi this has started to come up on my computer when it boots up: Open with Choose the program you want to use to open this file: File: Family What should I click on?? Adobe photoshop Adobe reader Internet explorer iTunes Microsoft Office " Word Notepad Paint Picasa Windows live " Movie player " live…
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Buying an SD card - clueless and need help
I want to buy a 32 gb micro sd card for my Galaxy S II. I've come across 2 options on Amazon but I'm clueless as to the difference between them or the best one to get (It's going to be used to store music mostly). Which one would be best and why the incredibly cheap price (I know there are lots of fakes around, but if it's…
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Samsung UE37D5000 sound problems
Have just purchased a Samsung UE37D5000 Reason for purchase, read a lot of positive things about the picture and sound quality and when I saw the price I thought thats the one for me. The problem is, the sound. Its so tinny. It sounds like I am watching TV on a laptop with poor speakers. I know its probably me and the way…
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Back up error message
I'm trying to do a back up onto an external hard drive but it keeps failing. I'm getting the error message 'transient error Ox800423F3'. Anyone help?
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Registry editor for external .reg files...?
My friend has asked me to help him implement a fix on his PC that requires some significant registry changes. It's a long story but I need to see the whole of the HKLM\SOFTWARE key, which he has exported and emailed to me... unfortunately it's ~240MB in size!!! I've tried opening it in various text editors (before I…
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Formatting an external drive
Help! I've recently bought an external drive for backing up and when I went to copy & paste documents across I came across a 'back up' tool in my system tools which seemed better in case a blue screen of death happens. Problem is everytime I use it it stops and tells me the max size allowed is 4gb and that it must be FAT…
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Externall HDD
Hi, I've a little bit of a dilema. I'm in need of 2 external HDD for xmas pressie's but its been around 4 years since I have bought some so I am a little bit outdated. The 1st I need is just for backup of photos so I am thinking an 80gb hdd. The 2nd is 320gb hdd to be used for storing films on and connecting to a sony tv…
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Portable Router
I have a photographer friend who wants to wirelessly stream photos from their DSLR to their computer whilst they are away from their office. EG if they are working as a wedding photographer and they want their photos available to a computer / many computers so the brides/grooms parents can quickly look at photos whilst…
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iTunes No Connection
Am on Win 7 Ultimate x64 and have been using iTunes for 12 months plus now. Was on latest version which has stopped working so removed and installed older version instead. Recently tried syncing and get error: iTunes could not connect to the iTunes store. The network connection timed out. Have unchecked proxy in LAN…
