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Deals on mig welders?
Does anyone know of any good deals or websites for mig welders and accessories? Wanted to teach myself this for a while as i'm always working on cars. Cheers, mark
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Wireless connection works but only when wired!
My PC says that the wireless network is connected, signal strength excellent, but I cannot connect to the internet unless the ethernet cable is connected to the router. This has been the case since I bought the router a few months ago. It was installed and set up by a local computer shop and it worked wirelessly there with…
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For CLOSED - my Hijack This log
Hi. Thanks to your advice I have managed to speed up my PC quite a bit, but it's still not great. Here is my log taken after following your instructions. Is there anything that needs to be removed? (Hyperlinks removed from log.) Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 03:43:06, on 31/01/2012 Platform:…
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free VPN
Hi, I'm looking for a free VPN to run facebook etc. off, have been using hotspotshield which was fine but recently it will not link to the new pages. Just wondering what other good VPNs there are out there; aside from the hit or miss ones around
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Thoughts on this laptop
Might get this http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pavilion-g6-1326ea-15-6-laptop-blue-11884693-pdt.html looks good to me but is it good value?
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Not sure if this is the right place, but I need help picking a laptop
I currently have a Dell Inspiron 1520, I've had it for two years. The battery is knackered, the power cable just popped out and the battery lasted 3 seconds, no joke. Plus it runs really slowly despite having had many a clearout and MOT from laptop specialists. Time for a new one! I was leaning towards getting an ipad2,…
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Help please - best 500GB external Hard drive
Hi all, I'm looking to buy a portable external hard drive of about 500GB. This is for my music collection and for when I eventually get a new laptop to transfer everything over easily. A colleague also advised my to get one on USB 3.0, backward compatible with 2.0, to make it somewhat future proof - I don't know if this is…
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Samsung Galaxy S 3G problems
My girlfriend has a Samsung Galaxy S and has been working fine. She took the sim card out to put another sim in (a Lycamobile one) to call her family. When she put the T-Mobile sim back in she has now got problems with using the internet via 3G. I have had a look at it and it works over a wi-fi connection and it also makes…
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Need a decent all-in-one printer
Looking for printer-scanner-copier. Currently have a HP Photosmart C5280 - the cartridges are expensive, it's very temperamental (won't do double sided printing even though it's supposed to), not much warning when cartridges are running out and it's now eating my paper on a regular basis. I'm looking for something of a…
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Mansion 23" led tv
Hi, i am looking to purchase a cheap tv for my bedroom, and have stumbled across a company called mansiontv, who are selling a 23" led full hd tv for £109, i realise for the money it wnt be the best thing in the world but as i say it is just for the bedroom and for the money i cant see me getting better, i was just…
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Transferring website name - and other queries
Dear all I want to set up a website for our recently started small business so have been looking at a domain name. By checking on 123 reg I find that the one I really want is registered to someone but the website is very dead. 123 says it won't become available until Feb 2013. I've googled the name of the guy who has had…
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MP3 player for a beginner
Can enyone recommend where to start? I want to buy a good quality one without too much to confuse me (just turned 60!!) :rotfl:
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What has happened to street view on Google Maps?
This was working fine until a couple of days ago. Now when I drag the little man across to the desired location he just disappears and nothing happens:mad: I can't seem to get into street view at all now. I can see the satellite view but not the street. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Thanks.
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Error "this is not the optimum resolution"??
Has anyone come across this problem. Running Office 2007 on Windows 7. Up until 2 days ago everything was fine but then whenever I tried to open any office file I got a message saying "Microsoft Office 2010 cannot open this file" and giving me the option to buy said programme., Obviously free trial version installed as new…
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USB External FDD Won't Play
Hi all, I have just purchased an external USB FDD to use with my laptop (vista). The drive works on my desktop (XP) and spare laptop (vista) with no problems - there's no need to load up any drivers from an external disk, website etc. However, it just won't play with my Acer Aspire 5720 laptop (vista); USB memory sticks…
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Mouse pad on my macbook air not working :(
Used my MacBook Air last night - all fine. Trying to use it now, and the built in mouse clicky thing is only working on one side! :( It clicks on both sides, but it is like it is only registering the clicks on the right hand side - any ideas?
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Mac4cash.co.uk taken my old laptop and now say it's worthless??
Arrrgh help please. I got a quote of £180 from mac4cash.co.uk for my old Macbook which they collected. Now they have told me that 'the motherboard is failing' and it is not worth any money, but they will 'scrap it for free' (or break it down for spares and repair, presumably). And if I want it back I have to pay delivery…
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Laptop recommendations
I was wondering if anyone can help me. I am looking for a new laptop. Range of price £250-£350. Has anyone got any recommendations? or the ones to avoid. Thanks in advance. Also is the Toshiba satellite laptop any good. I've seen the 500gb version for £329 and the 640gb version for £349.
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pc start up time?
from switching on my pc to being able to open up the email or get onto the internet takes 4.5 minutes. Is this normal? i went and used my libraries computer and it was so much quicker, i am using avira antivirus, could this be slowing down the start up?
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End Program - DLL Hoster
I'm getting a grey box appearing when I turn my computer off which says "End Program - DLL Hoster". Can anyone tell me what this means, please. It's only just started to appear. I've run a virus scan and nothing's registered. I've just renewed my Internet Security Suite and it's only happened since I've done this, so don't…
