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HITACHI Travelstar Internal 2.5" SATA Hard Drive
Hi I am looking to upgrade the hard drive on my Acer Travel Mate 2490, at the moment it is 60GB with about 10GB free. I am fine with removing the old drive and replacing it, I will also have to buy a dock to copy the old drive. I am looking to at least double the present size, may go even larger but depending on the price.…
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GMail slower
Has anyone else found the gmail website slower since the upgrade to the new style? Switching between Inbox/Bin & Opening messages seems slower to me. Sometimes it just doesn't open the message clicked on (and sometimes gives an error othertimes not) No other sites slower than normal Using FF8/Win7
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Pc recommendations please
I am looking for a new quite cheap pc for Grandma to replace the one she's got which has seen better days. I was surprised at the price of PC's when I had a quick look today in PC World. I was thinking much much less than £300! Am I kidding myself?!! She only really does e-mails and browsing the internet. She views and…
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Gaming Chair & Headphones with Speaker
Hi I'm wanting to buy my son a gaming chair and a set of headphones for xmas. I'm looking for the headphones to have a good sound for games. He plays lots of war games. Can anyone recommend some half decent products please? Many thanks Terri
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Scalextric Spares (1:32 Sport size)
Son gets a Scalextric Start Audi TT set for birthday. 20mins later, one Audi TT not working. Motor burnt out, the wheel had some white tack on it which jammed the wheel. Son did not notice. Hey presto, one smelling car & one very hot motor. A quick check on eBay brings up lots of motors, though none appear to be for the…
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Cordless phone Query
My BT Phone has stopped working and is dead. Search Base does not show when put on stand and batteries arok as I have a tester. It is quite old so I have bought a new one which says charge for 24 hours before use. As I have an important call to make, will it be ok to use it in the morning which will be 15 hours and then…
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Blue screen of doom
My laptop has twice this evening come up with a blue screen. Before I had time to read the text, it restarted itself, and then told me it had recovered from a serious error, and an error log had been created. I don't know much about computers but would be v. sad if my laptop died! Can anyone help me (please!)?
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Cheap (but good) DAB radio required
Hi Everyone, I need to get a DAB radio as a Christmas present but they are sooo expensive. I've been watching USED ones by Pure sell on ebay for £60 - £70 and thats with no box, a major scratch in the top and sometime a knob missing! A few sellers have ex display ones for £20 that were apparently ex display ones from ASDA.…
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Full Screen!
How do I stop my internet screeen showing as full screen? I know its something simple byt I cant remember what!
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Sony laptop battery
I purchased a Sony laptop from a Sony Centre 22 months ago. A fully charged battery now lasts less than 20 minutes. Do I just swallow it and buy a new battery or do I have grounds to go back to the Sony Centre?
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Disposing a PC safely!
I have an old Dell that has died on me.Just wondered if anyone knows of charity that would take it off my hands for free and erase my hard drive .
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facebook account help
Hi our son has put his blooduy mobile no. on his wall like this 07976******07976******07976****** and so on and on. How do i delete the post or get face book to do it? I have trawled the pages and gave up. Please Help step by step please Thanks
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software to back up pc drivers
hi there i am wanting to re format my pc is there any good free software to back the drivers up? , thank you :)
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Best Battery Charger ?
Over recent years I've accumulated an assortment of rechargable batteries, ranging from 1200mah to 2800mah. I've also got a selection of chargers, most of which seem to be rubbish :-) ( either came free with the batteries at various times, or were very cheap ). My batteries don't seem to hold much charge ( even the newer…
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Mint 12 is out - goodbye Ubuntu?
Mint 12 has finally been released - has anyone here made the jump from Ubuntu yet, and if so was the experience a good one? The Release Candidate has been running here on an old laptop for a week or so and - leaving aside some installation problems (the laptop's hardware can't provide hardware acceleration, but the RC…
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Please help ! Keep getting this message.
My computer has suddenly started to put up this message every time I click to read an e-mail, also won't let me right click to delete messages................. "Could not install the custom actions. This form cache file 'C.\Documents and settings\My user name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\FORMS\FRMCACHE.DAT is…
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someone accessed my email and sent spam to all my contacts... help
hi guys ... i have given up ntlworld and all my mail is forwarded on to gmail now... this afternoon i noticed i have loads of undelivered etc from allegedly me... here is the script etc.... how do i stop this? find it..? now deleted the ntlworld forwarding...... help Technical details of permanent failure: Google tried to…
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Return Faulty laptop to Best Buys or Dell?
Hi it seems that DS2 laptop has developed a fault. I have just phoned Best Buy, where it was bought, and they have agreed for their 3rd party repairers to take a look at it. The chap that I spoke with said that the turn around would be about 4 weeks as things changed at Best Buys a few days ago. I am now concerned that we…
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Grrrrebuyer £1 Sale
Did anyone actually get anything today so far ?? If so, anything decent? Spectacularly failed to get on the site :mad:
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Any help please :)
Hi I would like to move my TV across the room but the lead from the Sky dish to the box is to short. It's a Sky + box. Anyone know if you can extend these leads? and if you can what is the lead called? Thank you :)
