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SSD for Laptop
Could I put an SSD in my Sony PCG-K195HP? If so, which one, or is there anything I should look out for please? All I want to do is continue to use XP. Cheers
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Poor sky router
Been with Sky for about 2 years now, ok at first as all we had was desktop,but we have since then acquired a laptop, i have noticed signal wireless strength not really very good at all, it drops signal in some parts of the house, which is just a small semi by the way. Even in the same room as the router its never showing…
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Arcam alpha 6 CD player fault
My Arcam alpha 6 CD player has stopped working! I have removed the top cover to see exactly what's happening - the CD loads OK, but doesn't spin. It starts to turn, then stops & the display shows "ERR". Bit of a long shot, I know, but does anyone have a clue what the fault might be? Or can they suggest a forum I could look…
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Online Photo Album
Hi I will be getting married in October and I wanted to create an online photo album for the guests to be able to upload photos they take on the day on digital camera/phones etc. I would like anyone with the password to be able to upload but I would still like to retain overall control. Does anyone know of a way of doing…
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recording programs and pin number
I have recorded a series of gardening progs on free sat and some of them I can watch but some ask for a pin number. It is a panasonic dvd player and recorder. Why do I need to put in a pin number and what would the number be ?
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Computer switching itself off
Hi all I've been asked to look at a friends machine which has suddenly started switching itself off after about 10 minutes. This started a few days ago. I initially thought over-heating so I've asked her to run it with the top off (it's a mini-tower) to see if that helped. It hasn't. I've changed the CMOS battery as it was…
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Anyone a VT Transaction + user
Just had new software in work. Ive inputted the info for a small incomplete records job. Seemed ok. Just posted the bank from the anotated bank statements together with any obvious invoices paid by cash. Now's the tricky bit, I want to match invoices to payments and in the old software that we had the nominal display…
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imac Help
Hi can anyone help me at all I have just bought an imac and I have a Samsung Galaxy G50 YP-G50CW player I have down loaded Samsung Kies for mac but I cannot get it to recognise my player I've looked on the internet and it seems a few people are having the same problems any help would be much appreciated thanks :D
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Heat shield required
I have a bathroom light fitting in a pretty enclosed ceiling space, and it is run on a 25v G9 bulb. There is a warning that this gets pretty hot, and so it does, maybe worryingly so. Is there any material I can use as a heat shield above the unit? The ceiling gap is just 2cm deep, and the celing only 6'6" high, so I cannot…
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After System Restore
Having trouble with the laptop so if I System restore do I have to do all the security updates that had been added after the restore point again.
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highlighting threads
On my last laptop a thread that I had just read would become highlighted so that I could keep track of ones that I had read. But this new laptop with windows 7 does not. Is there a way of enabling this feature. Thanks
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TV freezing momentarily but repeatedly.
We have a flat screen Sony Bravia, about 3 years old, been fine till this week. The picture has started freezing up for a second, every few minutes, so the overall effect is very jerky, like old movies. This happens on all channels at all times. Anyone got any ideas?
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PS3 Guitar Hero World Tour
I have just bought this game, very cheap including the guitar. The only thing missing is the dongle. I have seen on Ebay a Wireless World Tour DRUM Receiver PS2/PS3 Guitar Hero Sony USB. Is this specifically for the drums (which I don't have) or would it work with the PS3 wireless guitar as well? Thanks
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Best and cheapest way/place to get digital photos printed?
Have always printed my digital photos on my home printer but finding it very expensive as it uses a lot of ink and 7x5 paper isnt cheap. What are my alternatives? Would like to find an easy straightforward way that gives quality prints at a decent price. Anyone have any good suggestions?
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wireless Adapter help
Hi there, we have a Desk top Computer with a Router from SKY ( I think the Manufacturer is Sagem though ) and I am wanting go Wireless, my question is do I need a specific Wireless Adapter or can I use any such as Net gear as I would like to buy one second hand ? Thanks in advance.
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Looking for a Freeview HD+ digital box
Hi there! I am looking for a good Freeview HD+ digital set-top box where i can record HD or SD programmes whenever i want and one that you can depend on. What i meant by that is i bought this "hybrid" digital box by Fetch TV over a year ago from Tesco. i can watch and record programmes when i want it and i can connect a…
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Looking for a replacement QWERTY phone
Hi there! I currently have the Nokia E5 QWERTY smartphone. the phone has been out for a few years now and i am looking to replace it with another good (SIM-free) QWERTY phone. I have tried a Blackberry phone (Curve 9360) but i found it to be quite fiddly and the battery life plus the startup time is very appalling. I…
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Olympus SP-810UZ 14MP Bridge Camera
Hi If this is in the wrong place my apologies but i don't know where else to put it. Now Im looking to buy this camera and wondered if anyone had bought this camera or could give advise on it. It seems to have good all round spec and i like the fact it has a li.on battery allot of these I've looked at don't. I've seen this…
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Any app creation tips?
Hey Everyone Apologies if this is the wrong place, but I was wondering if anyone could reccomend me any good links for app creation? I was thinking of making an app but I don't really know much about the subject as a whole :/ Many thanks in advance to anyone kind enough to help me :) :D
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Bloatware
Hi All Got myself a new lenovo laptop and I'm trying to remove some of the pre-installed software using decrapifier. Problem is I'm not sure what to check for removal. There are things like the following: Intel Control Centre Intel Management Engine Components Intel Processor Graphics Intel Rapid Storage Technology Lenovo…
