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external hard drive
Hi, I wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction and recommend an external hard drive please. my laptop is running slow (thats another story to which i do have a post about) but what i thought i would do is transfer all my pictures off the laptop onto a hard drive and then hopefully it will keep it clutter…
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Cheap USB Drives
I am looking for cheap USB drives. Preferably fairly small size - say 1GB USB drives seem to be about £1 a GB so was wondring if anybody knows of someone who sells a job lot of 1-2GB drives for around the £1-2 mark
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Corrupt Photos - HELP
:cool:Hi I wonder if any of you can help me. I recently recovered lots of old photos from a damaged disk usuing a recovery software I downloaded from the web. I have now managed to get these off the disk and onto my harddrive. Whilst most of the photos are as clear as the day I took them there are a few which are "corrupt"…
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WIMP video
I have been sent a video as WIMP and cannot play it,can i change it so it will play and how?
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Microsoft office 2007
I have a disk for the above and want to put it on my wifes netbook which doesn't have a cd drive,how do i install it with the key code.
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How exactly does windows activation work?
Hi folks, Well I know that when you activate windows it contacts Microsoft and checks your product key etc, but just wondering as you have the right to transfer your licence and copy of windows to another computer (probably not an OEM copy though) how does Microsoft check the genuine copy in this instance? For example. if…
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Is BT a shadow of its former self?
My ISP is Eclipse, using phone and broadband. I decided to change both services to BT to its Infinity broadband. I placed the order on Oct 8th, with the premise it would take 13 to 15 days to switch over. In my account it states the order was placed on Oct 26th. Naughty! The confirmation email that I received on Oct 8th…
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How can I stop IE7 updating to IE8??
I have british gas home top up machines for my gas and electric meters and it will only allow top ups if its IE7, for whatever reason it doesnt support IE8. I reset my IE to 7 last week, but it has updated to IE8 again, is there anyway of stopping it doing this??? I have removed IE8 and am running 7 again now but would…
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Huawei Ascend Y201
Can anyone please confirm whether this phone comes in 2 versions -Huawei Ascend Y201 & Huawei Ascend Y201 PRO as some websites list one or the other. Also does the standard version support push email. Talktalk have a really good offer of £5 pm with the minutes / texts I need but must have push email. Many thanks
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Christmas present help - durable digital camera
Hi, Trying to sort out my christmas presents relatively early and don't know all that much about cameras so just looking for some advice. My boyfriend has asked for a digital camera for christmas...he goes to Thailand travelling for 3 weeks just after so this is what he mainly wants it for. Ideally it needs to be…
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Computer running slow - any ideas?
My computer is running extremely slow at the moment, particularly scrolling down pages. How do I 1. diagnose the problem 2. fix it. Many thanks
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Wireless password not being remembered
Hi everyone, Please can someone help me with my wireless connection? Every time I logon, I have to re-enter the password. It used to work fine before I reinstalled the operating system to try and resolve some other issues. I've got a Dell desktop running Windows 7 and a new TalkTalk wireless modem router. Thanks for…
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any high stores got any good prices on a top spec laptop?
hi folks,anyone know of any good deals on any decent laptops that the likes of pc world,currys etc are selling? its for my other half and will be used a lot for work purposes so his percific requirements are that it has to be one of the fastest with plenty of memory??? Apologies technology is above my head i'm just the…
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online radio problem
Now I always listen online to radio kent or on i'player for my favourate shows. So since the weekend the reception is awfully slow and sounds wobbly. I can't see anything about low bandwidth, and have tried searching but still at a loss. Please can anyone help, my security updates are all done, it's driving me nuts. Oddly…
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htc sensation not letting me go to next page on hotmail
THis has just happened recently, when I go onto hotmail via the internet on my phone I can't delete any messages nor go to the next page. I can view messages on the page and go into them but can't delete by ticking the box and it won't check. I don't want to use the official hotmail application as that also doesn't work…
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Windows 8 Pro tablets
Any decent Windows 8 machines in the tablet space? I looked at what they had in Currys and it was a bunch of cheap and nasty looking laptops some of which had a slightly confusing mix of touchscreen and keyboard, but nothing really compelling when just next to it is the ipad, which makes its own statement very clearly. I…
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replacement Ipod
Hi, i'm buying my son a new i pod touch for christmas. He already had one and has lots of apps on it. Can he transfer all the apps onto the new ipod or will he lose them all. Sorry if this sounds daft Thanks in anticipation
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can someone Highjack this please
My laptop has been running very slow again recently have done scans but kept coming out clear???? when checking my e mails today i noticed in my sent box i had loads of e mails with no subject sent to what i think is facebook, these e mails all have a links in them. does this mean my email account has been hacked or is it…
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which laptop for children to use?
Hi, I want to get a laptop for my kids for christmas. They will want to play games, internet, daughter likes to type stuff and print it out (office would be good - or word at least). Can anyone recommend what sort of laptop would be best - what kind of thing should I look for? Thanks for reading!
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cPanel cheap or free hosting?
Hi, Does anybody know of any free or relatively cheap website hosting that has cPanel? I'm looking to build my first website using Wordpress and have a guidebook that recommends I use cPanel. Thanks you.
