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Windows updates
Hi all I' running Windows 7 Home Premium (got that bit out of the way). Until recently, any updates were downloaded and I had the option on shutdown as to whether or not to install the updates. Although the setting hasn't changed, the update centre now says there are (at the moment) 19 updates to install. I've clicked on…
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Unknown conversations in yahoo e mail
About once a month i get a unknown message in my conversations box in my Yahoo email.I have no idea where it comes from and do not recognize the name in address bar.Can anybody tell me whats going on please
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Reccommendation for a good laser printer that's not too expensive to run
As per title OR if anyone wants to help differently I have a brother hl-1440 which is flashing the reaady and alarm lights constantly indicating a paper jam. I have no paper jam and I havaae carried out most of what seems to be suggested on teh internet with no joy. If anyone wants to help with this too then i'd be…
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Ccleaner -- SSD
Is it ok to use Ccleaner in default normal delete mode to clean history temp files etc on a SSD
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Turning off Tagging in Facebook
Some time ago I turned off tagging (of me by my friends) in fb. One or two complained but it worked. Now I find I am being tagged anyway, and I have not changed my settings. Has fb changed so that I cannot prevent my image/s being tagged anymore?
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Bounced email
Hi I sent a friend an email recently in USA and it got bounced back - no explanation or codes - just the raw email. I think she may be annoyed with me and was wondering if she has blocked my email address - I'm a nice person really and cant understand this. Dont want to write or phone or text until I know whats going on.:A…
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flash player
Am thinking about getting a Google Nexus 7 tablet. The only thing thats putting me off is being unable to view Flash content. ios doesnt support Flash and neither does Jellybean (and presumably neither will future versions of Android), so i'm guessing you'll see lots of content changing from Flash to HTML5 quite soon,…
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Password Problems??
Anyone else? I'm having loads of them and it's driving me mad. Just tried to get into Paypal to pay for an Ebay item and it REFUSED the password that I know is DEFINITELY right because I emailed it to myself recently when Paypal inexplicably refused my original one I'd had for years and made me change it. ?? So.. I've…
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Laptop - procdedure entry point problem
Hi all, I'm looking for some help please. This morning (10/10/2012) when I turned on the laptop windows automatically updated (like usual) but ever since then every time I click on something like Internet Explorer, Google, etc a message comes up - Entry Point Not Found. The procedure entry point RtlCopyContext could not be…
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Problem opening yahoo email.
Is anyone else experiencing problems when trying to open emails in yahoo? I am never quite sure if it is best to double left click or single right click. Maybe it doesn't matter, but since arriving home yesterday, opening any email from the inbox is a nightmare. If and when I do open one, I have been hitting the up/down…
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IT Dropshipping
Hi There, It's been a while since i've used MSE however I'm looking for advice. I'm looking at setting up a small business reselling computer parts, i.e boards/ram etc at all levels, budget upwards. The ideal solution seems to be setting up a website and using a dropshipper so I don't need to purchase or store products. I…
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Setting Google to show UK sites.
Lately when I Google something it directs me to mostly US sites, not UK, how can I get it bake to show UK sites first?
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Acer Aspire 5535 black screen of death
Had the black screen of death and no start up on a AA 5535 a couple of days ago. The machine is about three years old and is run on cable with no battery.. Tried all the fixes of holding power button 30sec, Fn Esc and power, etc ...but no joy. Removed the back disconnected HDD, wirelesscard, Ram, and the cooling fan with…
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WiFi problem with my phone.
Have got a slight problem connecting my mobile phone to my home wi-fi.Not a problem as such but cant connect it due to my not remembering the password :( Got my phone fixed and had it returned Yesterday and tried to connect to the home wi-fi.My laptop connects automatically and I dont need to sign in but my phone prompted…
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Setting up cctv
Hi after another brake in I am wanting to set up some cctv. I have had a look on the net and the ready made set ups seem quite expensive with mixed reviews. I am looking for a 2 or 3 camera set up with night recording. It does not need to be fancy or even brand new. I was thinking of buying a hard drive recorder and…
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"Hotkey" accessible clipboard
Hi there, I've got a friend who uses a very old word processing package, LocoScript, primarily because it it has a particularly helpful feature that essentially allows mapping multiple clipboards to key combinations (say Ins+1). Unfortunately, its totally unsupported and it's got worse between XP and Win7. So I'm looking…
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USB 3.0 Expansion Card
Hi everybody, I recently bought a USB 3.0 (4-port) expansion card and put it into an empty PCI-E slot in my Asus P7H55-M mobod. I then bought a USB 3.0 pen drive and it is working fine. The problem is that the card will not accept any of my USB 2.0 pen drives although it is supposed to be backward compatible with USB 1.1…
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Skype warning.
I've just received an email from the OU with the following warning to Skype users. B U L L E T I N Skype users are warned to be on their guard; malicious instant messages have been sent through the service, with a clickable link designed to infect Windows computers. Clicking on a suspicious link would lead to the…
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XP hanging on shutdown
Hiya I've got an XP machine and whenever you try and shut it down, it just hangs. If left, it would just hang on the screen saying "shutting down" I have scanned for viruses, I've ran updates, I'm just out of ideas. Please can somebody help me
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Emails onto a cd?
Hi All, I've got a lot of emails that need to go on to a cd/memory stick is this possible to do. If so how will I do it? Many Thanks Steph xx
