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How to download dvd and copy onto harddrive
Help am trying to download wedding video onto my hard drive. Windows Media player will play it from the dvd+R itself, but when I have copied the file nothing is recognised get usual message to check online, the suggested software by windows is VLC Media Player, but have subsequently read that you cant burn to another DVD…
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sipgate query
hi all i am thinking of getting a voip number from sipgate i am i right in think you can have a geographical number for free, i am wanting to use it for incoming calls and use voice mail, i assume for this is free when you register do you have to give them your bank details how do people find the service ? many thanks
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Momentary Freezing Advent 7098
Hi folks I know this is an old laptop, but used by a 70+ year old neighbour for email and booking plane/ferry tickets via dial up:eek: (though it is running currently on my wi-fi) It appears to be momentarily freezing, just stopping doing nothing and then starting again? I haven't come across this before. Done all the…
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Is a Sky Sagem ADSL router worth selling?
Sky sent me one of the new routers, but they managed to mess up their end and stopped it authenticating. Rather than try and resolve the issue they just sent me another one. My question is whether the original one is worth anything, or should I just bin it.
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Blackberry Social Feeds Problems
Hey I dont know if anyone will be able to help me however when I am using the Social Feeds application on my Blackberry Torch 9800 Smartphone, when I use this application to post a status on Facebook it is setting the privacy to Custom only allowing my mother to see my post and not my friends list! How can I change this? I…
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waddler - second opinion on DDS log
waddler old chap ;) ...don't know if I've been working this one too long, or I'm tired, or both, but gis a second opinion on this DDS log,would you old bean ?? It'd be appreciated :) . DDS (Ver_2011-08-26.01) - NTFSx86 Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.5512 BrowserJavaVersion: 10.4.0 Run by admin at 22:52:48 on 2012-05-17…
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BT internet on PlayBook?
Hi. I am having real problems getting my bt internet on my bb PlayBook. I have searched the Internet and it seems others have had the same problem but I still can't get connected. It tells me to check my email address or password but they are correct. Can anyone help?
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Cheap touchscreen mp3 player wanted
Hi I'm looking to buy a 2nd hand touchscreen mp3 player for a youngster to use. It just needs to play music and videos. Sound quality, GB size are not important. I am only looking to spend £20, hence probably 2nd hand. He had been using a 2nd hand Samsung yP-R1, which has now broke. These are now selling for over £40 2nd…
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Firefox homepage question
I have set my homepage to an online game but I want my tabs to open in google, how can I do this?
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Freecorder for Mac / iPad
Hi, Does anyone know of a product (free or cheap) that does the same as Freecorder but will work on a Mac (without Parallel), or better still an App for an iPad that will do the same. Thanks
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Hard Drive Enclosure
Hi All I have a couple of old laptops with 250 and 320gb hard drives and also 2 SATA (I think) drives in external enclosures. Wanted to either put them all in 1 enclosure or sync them all some how. Any advice on the best way to do this please, thanks. Ideally if I can put them in an enclosure or NAS (???) so that they can…
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which free antispam
Hi Getting towards end of 12 months of Kaspersky 2011 slowing down my pc and looking at getting AvastFree. However, one of the useful aspects of Kaspersky was the facility to have a blocked sender option. So, looking to get a free spam blocker to work alongside Avast and Thunderbird that I can apply a blocked senders list.…
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downloading printer software
I am trying to update my printer software and I go to this link and download and run the file. http://support.en.kodak.co.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/32663/selected/true However when I run the file I get stuck on a window connecting to server. Is it me or is the link broken? I have contacted Kodak but as yet I have had no…
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Choosing camera
Hi, I have £300 of jessops vouchers to spend. I have rounded myself down to two camera's. Panasonic Lumix TZ30 Samsung WB850f I can find reviews for the Panasonic and they are all good but I cannnot find any reviews for the Samsung yet. I like the idea that the Samsung has All Share as I have a brand new Samsung…
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Filling online forms
Hi, I am stuck again, I am trying to fill in a form but I cannot write any thing in the boxes, just the Hand appears and moves. I used to be able to do this, not sure what happened, any help most appreciated. sebastian
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pc upgrade please help
hi need some advice was thinking about upgrading my pc at the moment i have windows 7 intel core 2 cpu 6420 @ 2.13ghz 4.0 gb ram amd radeon hd 6800 series my budget is around £500 thanks
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Using XP printers with Windows 7
Windows XP support is ending in less than 2 years so I want to start planning for upgrading to Win 7 (or 8). Unfortunately Win 7 drivers are unavailable for my scanner and 2 printers. Will this mean a round trip to the dump and back via PC World, or is there any possibility of using them with a virtual XP machine etc? Can…
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WiFi DHCP Lease time?
Hi I've just got a laptop connected to a home network. The DHCP lease time on the desk top PC, is set automatically to '0', where as on the laptop the 'details' show 'Lease Obtained & Lease Expired' within a date & time for 24hrs, is this normal? & this lease for the laptop should renew automatically? Is there a way of…
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Need help choosing a Touchscreen PC
My Mum has offered to buy me a computer. I have now decided to go back to the desktop instead of a laptop, as I seem to wear these out after about 3years having previously had a Dell Inspiron and a Sony Vaio. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab which I use for browsing and DH has a spare laptop should I need/want anything more…
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fan
Hi, The cooling fan on my Advent 6311, seems to be running a lot these days and slows down the programme . i have checked for dust and rubbish in the fan grill, it seems to be clear. What do i do next? Smudge
