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PC speakers not working after using USB headphones
Hello, I need some help. My PC speakers were fine until the other day when I plugged in and used some USB headphones (with mic) to use an interractive language program. The headphones are now removed but the PC speakers have stopped working. any advice would be appreciated cheers skinner
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Installed W7 on SSD but 2nd 1TB hard drive not showing.
Hi everyone, As title - just done a fresh install of Win7 ultimate on a new 60GB OCZ Agility 3 ssd, have installed all the motherboard chipset and other drivers from the mobo dvd and now just going through windows updates. But I have a second 1TB sata hard drive (all my data from previous build) which isn't showing in My…
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Im an idiot help please!
Hello just got a phone which i want to connect to the internet but i can't remember the network password any ideas how i can sort this out please :(
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Noise on Ipod palyback music
Most of my music plays fine but i transferred (from original CD's) a Faces boxset in Itunes and on playback it has awful white noise over the tracks, makes it unlistenable. It was previously copied to hard disc on windows. Is this some kind of DRM issue? I'm using Windows 7 on a HP laptop.
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Laptop screen
How do you clean yours,is there any household product safe to use or is it time to buy a specialist cleaner.
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HELP ME avast stopped working now got trojans/worms
please can you help me as not very techie was online and this dialogue box came up think it was windows telling me parts of my computer were infected eg ; files 4 infections and other areas one was 9 another was 6 lve tried to find this info again but dont know where to look :o l did see a list of the infections saying…
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Free online texting
Not sure if this is posted in the right group but anyway. i wanted to send mms picture messages free online. there are several free online texting services but i wondered if anyone had experience of using any of these services or recommend any.
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Windows 7 Premium vs. MS Office Home and Student
Hello, I hope somebody can enlighten me: I need a new laptop, somewhere in the £350 range, but I don't get my head around the different operating systems: Most of Curry's laptops in this price range come with Windows 7 Premium, while those from Argos have MS Office Home and Student installed. - Now, what is the difference,…
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WiFi range
Non techie tech question here; My wife had a laptop recently. We have Sky internet via wireless modem Main computer is 1 room away from the phoneline and modem, no issues. New laptop shows reduced signal in same room as the modem and will not connect in any other room except on the odd occaission. What do I need to rectify…
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How to make story book of videos and photos with music?
Hi, im hoping some of yous guys and gals will be able to recommend me to a package or help in my quest. I have a collection of videos, photos and songs that I would like to put together for the wife using some sort of straight forward simple package available to download online. Basically for a present I want to create a…
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Credit for pc?
Is there anywhere doing interest free credit on desktop computers?
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Can Lock Screen Image on Orange San Francisco II be changed without modding ?
Hi I've had my new Orange San Francisco II (ZTE Crescent) for a few days and I'm operating it out of the box with a few cosmetic changes. I've been able to change the wallpaper on the Homescreens but have been trying to change the lock screen image to the same wallpaper - so far without success. Can anyone please advise…
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Slow PC
Want to improve my Sony PC. Approx 10yrs old. Very slow from startup often taking 5+min from first switching on. The only hardware upgrade its had is RAM bringing it to 1.75GB. Software, I run AGV free, Advanced System Care and Spybot. Following the speed up sticky. Before - Commit total 743450 Limit 2468496 Peak 1234200…
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Nintendo Star Points
Hello there, I hope this is right place to ask and please don't think of me as a begger I have a young son at the age of 7 and he is Nintendo mad, we have been collecting the Nintendo Star points from inside Nintendo games and system because he is absolutely crazy about getting this Mario Statue from the Nintendo website.…
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Firefox spellchecker
On my old laptop when i used to type a message on here using firefox and misspelled any word it used to highlight it with a red wriggly line underneath. On this new laptop with latest version of firefox i don't have that feature. I can't remember if it was a function i switched on or downloaded. Any idea on how to active…
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Free Website Blocking Software
Sorry if in the wrong section, or posted before - I did use the search function beforehand. Was just wondering if any was available, purely to block Gambling websites on the laptop? I've googled it and they all charge a fee, Internet Explorers own one seemed to block every single site or none, unless I entered them all…
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Do you leave your internet connection on all the time when not in use?
I was wondering if people leave their internet connection/modem on all the time when they are not using it. I only switch it on when it is being used. Is there a preferred way?
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How do i check latest version of messenger?
I am using MSN Messenger. When i click on ''help'' and then ''about messenger'' it says version 2009. How can i check if i have the latest version installed? I went onto msn.com website and clicked on messenger link. Can't see anywhere where it says what the current version is.
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laptop screens
Hi just quick question i need a new laptop screen and have always used eBay for stuff like this in past but the prices for this screen seem very high for some reason. All i was wondering does anyone know of any other sites that are good for screens, preferably ones that they know are trusted. i have googled and seen many…
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Deleting 'documents' drop down menu items...
... how to do it, please? I use Vista basic and I have noticed that in 'documents' there is a drop down menu in the address bar which contains links to sundry and various websites I've visited over several years. There appears to be no option whatsoever to clear this menu and deleting browsing history for IE has likewise…
