-
Help to Identify a Cable
Good Morning I have a Dell PC 'Dimension C521'. The cable which I need help with is the cable that runs from the base unit to the Monitor. I think the connection is DVI. The connection from the cable into the Pc is as follows: I have a cable on it's own which I think is a splitter as It has written on it 1 & 2. The end of…
-
Transferring iTunes music to memory stick
I wish to back up my iTunes record library to a memory stick. Presumably I start by going to My Music (I'm on Windows7 by the way) where I find the Music Library and the iTunes folder which has other folders within it such as artwork. But then what ... how do I back this up to the memory stick so that if I need to have my…
-
Hijack this can anyone help
Can anyone help please my pc is so slow even though I am on 10meg broadband. Each page takes an age to change and I always have to left click on everythimng twice before anything happens (or 4 times if I need to double click) Commit charge peak 596960 Physical memory total 1047856 Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4…
-
Browsing History
Why every few weeks does my puter stop recording browsing history? I need to do an IE reset, getting rid of everything, to start recording again. Set to 365 days. Windows 7, IE9. TYIA
-
Ramnit.b virus???
Anyone know anything about this? I managed to trash my laptop the other day after it fell over the stairs from top hallway (yes,I know...stupid!!) and as I don't use it for much replaced it with one from a secondhand shop -tested.I had to return that one as soon as used the internet something happened and a virus wiped…
-
Sky
Whats the little box called which to attached to your white sky lead which connects to your other tvs, so u can get sky in your bedrooms please !
-
Digital box
My daughter needs one in her room soon as she still only has normal tv and tv coming from my sky, well its not multi room so she has to watch what we watch ! I was thinking of buying a digital box but her tv has no tv airiel, will the digital box work without one or not ! Thankyou
-
Whitesmoke web search
I cant uninstall this thing and I dont want it, its not showing in my control panal, do anyone know how I can uninstal this thing? thanks
-
Skype hardware
I've just downloaded Skype at the request of my folks but I don't have a web cam- can someone recommend one to me. I use a PC with a widescreen 22" monitor. Do they come with built in microphones, otherwise I will need this as well- basically I need the hardware. Thanks in advance
-
Need help to find strange plug
I fully expect people to have no idea what I'm talking about. The plug on my sons bubble tube has broken. It's a very odd plug, kind of the opposite of one of those universal adapter plugs for a laptop as the metal jack plugs into the plug rather than into the bubble tube. How on earth do I go about finding a replacement?…
-
Installing Windows 7
Hi,Just ordered a new PC very much like this: http://www.ebuyer.com/338524-zoostorm-desktop-pc-7873-1050 It needs the operating sytem installing so have also ordered:http://www.ebuyer.com/259863-microsoft-windows-7-home-premium-w-sp1-licence-and-media-1-gfc-02050 My question is how easy is to install Windows & are there…
-
McAfee renewal - Dell
Hi, I'm sure this gets asked a lot but I can't find a recent thread. I've looked at some IT forums as well but they are bit full of jargon. My McAfee Security Centre on my Dell is about to expire. Renewal is £39.99/1yr, £69.99/2yr. On their own website, Total Protection (1 user) is £30 and described as 'ultimate'. Is this…
-
Hijack this log
Hi, I've noticed the speedup pc thread, and wonder if anyone can advice on the hijack this scan Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 18:27:02, on 27/01/2012 Platform: Windows 7 (WinNT 6.00.3504) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.7600.16912) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\Program Files…
-
Can anybody help with a couple of pc matters?
I have put up with the following for ages- in fact I think from new. 1. Often when the pc and monitor go to sleep, when I move the mouse to wake things up again, the pc light changes colour and makes the right sounds but the monitor doesn't follow. I am then forced to power off the pc and switch on again. Can't be doing it…
-
Security for Netbook
Hi i have just purchased my wife a Samsung Netbook,please advise me how to get some internet security on it ,and what is the best.I am not to switched on when it comes to computers.
-
Connect laptop?
My ISP is Virgin Broadband, just bought a new laptop, how do I connect to internet? I believe there is some code or something? Regards, omnipeta.
-
Received several emails ref: Changes to Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service???
This is a weird one.....not strictly techie but I'm not sure who else to ask! :o I have a gmail email address and amongst others 3 virgin emails. I have had copy of the "Changes to Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service" sent to all 4 of them yesterday / today. Obviously the gmail one is self explanatory but I haven't…
-
HTML Image help - it's driving me mad!
I'm trying to build a site. I need to be able to display images of the same size in rows, so that you can click the different images to go to different pages. I've spent hours trying to do this - photo galleries don't work because I need to be able to link the photograph to the right page, and I can't get the HTML code…
-
How to do a picture/similarity search OR a chemistry teaser
I have a hand drawing of a chemical structure that I can't interpret. I have it saved as a PDF and as a bmp. Is there anyway I can search for the picture or something similar on the t'interweb? I have tried tin eye, but I don't want to do an origin search because there is no origin. Thanks muchly. Jo
-
Google Chrome
Can anyone advise how I make Google Chrome my dafault browser please? I have recently updated to Windows 7.
