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Student laptop
Been looking and getting confused tbh... All these differant specs! Processors?? I think i am set on a min 4GB Ram and 500GB memory. Windows 7. Budget is £400 but i am thinking it wont be needed as all my daughter needs it for is general usage plus... University work etc Picture storage /camera work - photoshop. Music…
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Recommendations sub £200 netbook
Title says it all really.... any recommendations would be most welcome! Thanks for any help...
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Microsoft Security Essentials
Please be gentle if this is a silly question. :o Does MSE work effectively with all browsers?, we have only ever used IE, and would like to try Chrome, and possibly other browsers.
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Text from phone to face book equals squares
When I sent a text to face book from my phone, some times it comes out in English and other times in squares, or looks chinese, T mobile, any idea why? how resolve?
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camera. which of these 2 is better
Hi hoping to pick up a cheap camera tomorrow, it will just be used for family pics and scenery. Argos is nearby and Ive found these 2, could anyone tell me which is best, and are they any good at all? http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=19551&langId=110&productId=600278…
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Network Music
I am looking for an explanation in simple words, to solve my problem. I have music on a desktop and laptop and therefore have two copies, both of which are slightly different. It's also a pain when one machine is off and what I want is on it. I would like to try to move all the music into one place, sort it out and then be…
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Are Virgin pushing out router software updates?
We've just had an outage on our Virgin broadband, and I logged into my router to check things out. I then powered it off for a few minutes and back on again, and the layout of the GUI had changed. I'm wondering if there has been a software update?
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iTunes - Podcast disappears after downloading
Trying to download the latest episode of the Sky at Night Magazine podcast. I see see it downloading in the podcast view within iTunes and in the iTunes download folder within Windows Explorer. However after it downloads it disappears totally - the podcast view goes back to "get", it's deleted from the downloads folder and…
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35mm film processing
Does anyone know of any cheap 35mm film processing deals?
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Need a new lap top
I need a new lap as my old one has died. I only use the lap top for just surfing the internet that's it. I've seen this today and was wondering if it was any good? As i know little about computers. http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pavi...84755-pdt.html Or is there another one to be had for less money. thanks
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12+ Months Interest free shops for a 3D TV?
Hi everyone, not sure if this is the right place, so please move if needed. My dad is looking for a new flat screen 3D television, but wants to buy it from somewhere which is doing 12+ months interest free. We saw an advert, but cannot find the shop/remember the shop. Does anyone know if any shops that do this at the…
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Blue Ray problem.......
My computer used to play blu rays,now it won't,says that my region has been changed too many times,when in fact I have not changed it at all!!!!!!How do I get it to play blu rays again,or unlock the region in the player or whatever????Thanks.
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How can I stop advertisement banners?
im suick of these advertisemnet banners popping up on pages thatI view on the net. Ive noticed that on some web pages I go to some are from places ive visited on the internet. Nationwide for example, after going onto their site I find them appearing on pages that have spaces for ads. I play online golf and these ads really…
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Picassa alternative?
I'm having problems with picassa at the moment, it wont let me upload or even watch any videos, so I'm looking for an alternative. I'm not after putting anything online, I just like the way it searches your pc and lets you look at and change any pictures in one place. Any free alternatives?
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Raiding hard-drives
Hi all I'm looking at installing extra hard-drives for a friend and I'm after some advice. He wants 4 (for reasons best known to himself) with the following set-up:- 2 drives striped for normal use 2 drives striped for back-up. He's also looking to mirror the first two onto the second 2. A few questions:- 1) Is this…
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Any website coding experts?
Hiya, This might be a longshot but I was hoping that someone could help me with a problem I'm having with my website. www.animalstation.co.uk - I've been trying to code it myself (and mainly failing :rotfl:) but one thing that is really bugging me is that I can't seem to keep my drop shadow at the sides of the layout when…
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How to select 'Tab Groups' Firefox?
Hi I've checked 'the how to' on how to use 'Tab Groups' in Firefox but I just can't see anything to select saying 'Tab Groups'? I didn't think I needed an extension? Do I ? OS is Vista, Firefox 14.0.1 Thx
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USB External HD stuffed
Yesterday I was listning to some music I had on my Seagate 2.0 USB External HD (500gig) & when I moved it,it started to beep & the music froze. Googling it,it seems to be a common problem with Seagate drives,so I removed it from the caddy it was in,put it in the caddy for the other drive & connected it,same thing,it beeps…
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Help...clueless about wireless!!
I'm with Virgin and have tv, phone and braodband with them. When they set it up last year they told me I have a wireless connection...I was never able to figure out how to make my computer wirless so use an ethernet cable. I've got a Blackberry phone and when I try to use the wireless with that my phone asks me to type a…
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Trying to 'set up back up' on my laptop.
I am running Windows 7 on my laptop, and i now have an excellent personal cloud storage system (My Book Live Duo) which i have been able to set up. My problem is, when i go into my control panel to backup my computer, it says that Windows backup has not been set, and to click on set back up (obviously). However, when i…
