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Help choosing laptop / iPad / tablet please
Hi there I'm looking to get either a laptop or a tablet for my wife for Christmas and would appreciate some help/advice. Over the years she has become increasingly technophobic. I am probably partly to blame... I'll send emails or look things up on her behalf because it's quicker and, as I've done this more and more, so…
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want to get my emails through outlook express now
I have always gone into orange webmail to access mails but would now like them to come through automatically on outlook express or similar? What do i do. I guess i have to download something and set it up? Thanks
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ipod shuffle question
I have been thinking about getting an ipod shuffle. What I'd like to know is, each time I turn it on will it go back to the beginning of my playlist or just back to the last song that was played? Thank you
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Leappad or similar for 6 year old
One of my foster children (age 6) is due to move on early in the new year, and since the move is not likely to be local, our original plan to get her a bike is no longer practical due to the need to move all her stuff in one car boot load. She is very keen to have a computer of some sorts, and will be wanting to play…
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Windows Tooltip Colour / Domain Controller
Does anyone know the method to push settings like the Windows tooltip colour from a domain controller? We have a network setup whereby all user accounts are configured for their policies via redundant domain controllers. One of the accounts is set to provide no access to any Windows setting. We subsequently need to change…
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Samsung Tablet Tab 2 or Nexus 7
As the title suggests, im thinking of buying a tablet but which of the 2 would you suggest. Was thinking of the nexus but its limited in terms of storage the Tab 2 has extra storage so an sd card can be used. Plus theres a cashback offer on of £30 which reduces the price. The Tab2 has resolution of 1024 x 600, dual core…
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wordpress
i need some help with my blog, i put all my posts in blog posts and it's not easily visible to users to navigate, i want it where all my posts run one after the other and are easy to get to, blog posts is down the side at the bottom so people have to scroll to see it
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How do I check if a website is genuine?
Hiya I received an email advertising this website, which, looks to good to be true! How do I check if its ok? http://jewellerydailydeals.co.uk/deals/featured Cheers
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Good deals .. Web Hosting / Domains
In case anybody is interested, Vidahost are having their 'Black Friday' promotion today. There will be various offers posted during the day. These offers are available directly from their 'Facebook' page, following this link https://www.facebook.com/vidahosthosting/app_496345953732050 I have several web sites hosted with…
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Audio clicks and pops, slowing down.
Whatever I stream online seems to have started playing like a slowed down timestretch with clicks and pops. Talking sounds like they are gargling. It's happening with all BBC streams and Youtube. I haven't got anything open that is taking much memory and have never had any problems running multiple websites before. The…
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Which laptop - Asus or Lenovo 14"?
I want a cheap 14" laptop and can't decide between the Lenova Ideapad S400 Intel Pentium dual core and the Asus X401A WX074V Pentium. See: http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/products/area/slimbook I will mostly be using Microsoft Office, email, excel etc and googling lots of thing and will have quite a few pages open at the…
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Kindle touch deleting
I have a kindle touch and im thinking of upgrading it. If I delete everything on it to sell it on, will i still have all the books i have purchased in my amazon account? Also if i do buy a new kindle will these just transfer over to it? Tia
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need pc mic advice please
Hi i need to do a presentation with somebody who will be using a screenshare software (gotowebinar) but i don't have a mc to be able to talk and listen to him I'm not sure which one to get, i use windows xp and think my pc just has a standard inbuilt sound card... Would any normal mic do and where should i buy one from? Oh…
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Help/recommendations on a dual monitor setup
I currently have a normal/single screen set-up for my desktop PC. We've recently started using a dual screen set-up at work which is immensely useful in terms of not having to flick between screens etc, I'm now going to be doing more work at home and want to replicate the twin screen set up. I've seen a cheapish monitor…
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blue ray
simple question ,will blueray dvds play in normal dvd player ,without enhancments...son has a lot of blueray,s but I have old fashioned dvd player 3 years old.
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buygenuinesoftware.com - are they legit?
Just got a new PC and looking into getting an updated version of Office to go with it. Found buygenuinesoftware.com offering it far cheaper than anywhere else I can find - seems too good to be true? Apart from one person posting on mumsnet that they'd bought Office from them with no problems, and this thread on another…
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Which tablet has a camera to take photos
Is it only the i pad/ipad mini which features a camera which takes actual photos?
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Dell 15R or Samsung Series3
Hi Guys, need some advice. I am buying a laptop and it would be between a Dell 15R at £399 or a Samsung Series 3 NP3530EC 15.6” Laptop – Blue Silver from PC World at £369. I would beusing from emailing, web browsing and maybe playing Championship manager. No very little about spec? Any advice? Thanks.
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iPhone emails
Since Monday I haven't been able to get any emails from my yahoo account on my iPhone, the message I get is 'the connection to the server failed', any help please.
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Packard Bell / Tesco
Hi all, brief summary of my situation... Brought a laptop for my girlfriend in April/May from Tesco, was paid for by my friend (he worked there so 10% discount), for no apparent reason the CD/DVD burner isn't working, I can still play CD's and watch DVD's but can't create them, tried various different programs and no luck…
