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Replacement Laptop Battery Dell Inspiron 1300?
Can anyone direct me to a reliable online source for the above please? I'm looking for a clone, not a Dell original-but equally not the cheapest nastiest Chinese clones either. Obviously loads on eBay etc, but can anyone recommend somewhere that they've used?
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Wii problem
Apologies in advance, I am completely useless at anything techie and I don't even know the right words to use. A few years ago OH bought a wii fit. I would quite like to have a go at it but I am not sure how to use it and he says he will show me later. ds is due to cover a class in school about things like wii, playstation…
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Setting up email on Blackberry
My Blackberry broke and they replaced it with a new one, but I am now struggling to set up email on it - does anyone have a clue what I need to do? It is telling me that the password or email address is wrong, but it isnt - I dont know what I am doing wrong..
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Ipod Touch - Where is my film?
Hi Bought a movie from Itunes - did the sync - took a while but my 1st movie so thought fair enough - now cannot find the film on the ipod touch? - where should it be - is it a video (I can see purchased music videos in here)? Film is in my movie playlist in my Itunes library and plays fine. Not a space issue. Thanks in…
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adding ram to a laptop
I want to add some ram to my grandaughters HP 7000 laptop running vista basic. I have been to the Crucial website and run a check, it tells me that there is space for 1gb of ram to fit in an empty slot. the question is. Do I need to buy 2 of the same make of ram or can I just add one of any make of ram? thanks in advance.
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monthly allowance remaining - android app?
hi there am with talk mobile and there is a up 72hr delay on how many mins txt and data you have used. is there a free app where up can insert this info into at the start of each month, and will keep real time track of your allowance used/remaining ? many thanks
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Blackberry Playbook - Worth it now?
http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/blackberry-playbook-uk-price-cut-to-169-1051956 Now teh playbook is down to affordable mone, is it worth buying as a home use Tablet? Kinda had my heart set on an Ipad3 when it comes out (I have been a good MSE saver!) but is this good enough for my at home toy?
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DEll inspiron mini 10 recovery/factory reset problem
Hi, my mum owns a dell inspiron mini 10 (netbook) bought almost 3 years ago. basically she wants to sell it on, but we wanted to do a factory reset before selling it. We have a problem in that we have no cd's cus none came with it (has no cd/dvd drive as its a netbook) and there appears to be no recovery console available.…
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Windows XP validation.
My p.c. has Win XP Home and an icon has appeared in the toolbar to the effect that "This copy of Windows is not activated". What! That was done 5 years ago! When I click on the icon three options appear. I selected to download and install Windows Genuine Advantage - done. I click on refresh which states the plug -in…
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Setting up webcam to record dogs (sound needed)
I'm wanting to record what my dogs get up to during the day when we're out, as a neighbour has claimed they bark non-stop (not convinced myself). Trying to save money and not buy special equipment for the purpose, I have a PC and a webcam I can use. I need it to - record for at least a few hours (dogs seem fine when I…
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Names and Websites
Don't laugh!!!! I am trying to come up with a name for a website but am getting bogged down with feeling I have to start at begining of the Alphabet to come up quickly in searches etc. (Like when you list in Telephone Directories - abc) As you can guess, I know nothing of the "techi" stuff related to this and know I am…
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suggestions for new laptop
hi folks due to a recent failure on my laptop im needing help with picking a new laptop im looking for one i can use for work i.e word spreadsheets cad packages stuff like that but also for gaming i currently play ceaser 4 and sid meiers pirates but if i could id play other stuff to. i havent got the biggest budget in the…
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Xbox live fifa 12 players stolen
Hello. My 10 year boy is upset because he says that his xbox live has been "hacked" and players and coins in his team on FIFA 12 'stolen'. Is this possible and perhaps more importantly are there credit card implications? He says he was playing in a tournament, player joined and then left taking his players and 15,000…
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Kodak Hero 5.1 printer not working
I've recently bought the above printer and cannot get it to work properly. I keep getting communication software error 105-100009 and when I investigated that it basically just tells me to switch the printer off, switch my pc off, restart everything and try again. That never works and then we get error 105-100003 which…
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Laptop Screen Cracked :-(
Hello, Was hoping for some advice please. I tripped up while holding my son's laptop and went flying :o along with the laptop. The outside screen is fine but when we switch it on, it shows all cracked and ink leaking type of weird thing. I have no insurance on the laptop and no home insurance. I went to PC World today and…
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Returning a product
I bought a keyboard this Friday gone and have decided not to keep it. Having used it, am I still able to return it?
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unblock-us help
Hi gang I'm trying to watch the netflix us version which everyone says is easy to set up. I need some help with unblock-us. I've signed up for the 7 day trial, changed the settings on my wdtv smp and tried unsuccessfully to change any DNS settings on my sky router. I've restarted the wdtv smp and my laptop but to no avail.…
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packard bell easynote aj300 not starting
last night my laptop screen dark i could just see what was on the screen but not that good i could use it. then to get it to turn off we had to remove the battery to shut it down after that it would not turn back on. we left it all night and it booted up this morning but the screen was still dark so shut it down and it…
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Touchscreen Laptop
Hi, on the hunt for a touchscreen laptop. Does anyone have any suggestions of a reasonably priced one? All I've found so far is the netbook dell version which is too small. Spec isn't majorly important as it won't be used for anything too intensive, also it needs windows.
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hi again internet freezing on some
hi all posted couple weeks ago trying to connect to low cost holidays and some others, using avast free but some pages not loading freezing internet speed around 7 mg anyone..... not watching sunday night telly....yawn
