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Soundcard recommendations needed
Hi all, I have recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 660mt i5 and I am really not happy with the sound quality of it and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of a good budget soundcard please? It's just for listening to music and not for gaming/videos etc. Thanks
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Bewarned Kim Dotcom (Megaupload) starts new site and MSE condone conmen run websites
Bewarned that Kim Dotcom (megaload (dot) com) is starting again this time with a site simply called Mega. this is what happened to Megaload more info here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21106584 [IMG]http://www.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/homeimg.jpg[/IMG]
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Samsung tab2 serial
Hi, I hope someone can help. I purchased a Galaxy tab2 to give as a Christmas present in early December, this was re-sold as it was an unwanted present. I purchased this is the Samsung cashback period and have the invoice and everything else needed for the claim EXCEPT the units serial number! If anyone has a tab2 10inch…
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Where to get music from..
Seem to be going round in circles! Want to get Mp3's to my phone/usb key/cd..im finding itunes quite complicated? wheres best place to pay fro one off songs? Thanks
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I've pressed something I shouldn't on laptop
I'm typing a Word document and suddenly I can hardly read it - the font has gone really small. I've obviously pressed a key I shouldn't. Even writing this I can just about read it. Can anyone tell me, please, how to rectify it. I'm using a Dell Inspiron Laptop. Thank you,
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Add Windows Media Center to Windows 8 Pro
If your PC is running Windows 8 Pro and you'd like to get Windows 8 Media Center Pack so you can watch and record live TV with Windows Media Center, you can take advantage of the following special offer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-8/feature-packs Believe it must be activated by 31/01/2013
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Lotus Agenda - Happy Days
20 years or so ago I used an application called 'Lotus Agenda' which you could run from a 720kb floppy. It was a clever tool in that you could enter a note and from the content the application could allow the notes to be grouped by time, location, contacts or any other 'tag' and could quickly be searched. Does anyone know…
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What are these please ?
IMATION TRAVAN NS 20GB Compatible: Travan NS 20GB (TR-5) Drives/Lecteurs Been having a sort-out of office stuff from the dim and distant past and found a bag load of these. Can anyone tell me what they are, how they were used and if they are of any use nowadays ? I believe they have been used but the machine no longer…
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re-ww.tazstore.co.uk
Hi Guys, need a bit of help. Has anyone had dealings with this company, it,s got a Digi-box for sale, Amazon out of stock, and this is cheaper BUT, never heard of them. Any help appreciated.
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PCeU your computer has been locked
my mate was watching westham on his laptop .I dont know what site but it was new to him . he got a message on screen from PCeU saying "your computer has been locked " and he has to pay £100 to unlock .It even gives an ip address (poss his ) .This comes up everytime he logs on . How do we fix this .The webcam has come on to…
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How easy is it to host your own website?
Hi - I am currently paying Yell to host my website which they did for me at a cost of £24 per month and was wondering if I am able to host it myself and how easy is it to do? Many thanks for any help you can give me - but am not very PC literate so please can you be kind and put it in 'simple' terms. ;)
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Chromebook - Out of Stock?
Hi All, I am looking for a SAMSUNG Series 3 WiFi Chromebook in stock but can't find any or is it just me? Also, I realise the main purpose of these are for browsing. Are you able to buy stuff off the net with these and does it handle stored passwords like windows? Thanks.
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purchasing cat6 cables: huge price differentials, advise sought
So planning a gigabit ethernet at home to speed up a variety of things. Was looking at a switch and cables. I'm not networking the house, just purchasing patch cables of varying lengths. The price differentials have got me all confused. You can get good lengths of cat6 for £2-3 and spend almost 4-5 times as much on a…
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Can't send a file to USB drive as it's too large, despite numbers not adding up
USB pen drive: 14.8GB free (it's a 16GB stick with nothing on it). Next to 14.8GB it says (15,917,375,488). The file i'm wanting to put on there is an Acronis True Image backup file. It was stated as about 55GB, but when compressed & i right click & hit properties it states 13.6GB (14,655,634,432). Yet i can't copy the…
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Window 8 Metromare
New laptop and I replaced the crappy Metro nonsense with a freeware classic start menu and got some sort of usability back. But is there a way of completely getting rid of the Metro junk still running in the background? Is there also a better color scheme for the taskbar - tried changing it through Desktop settings and it…
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Spkye Help Please
My big brother in Canada asked if I would join Skype so we could chat. So I joined downloaded no problems. He joined but then kept getting told his password was wrong and locked out for 24 hours. He kept emailing me something about having to input a 30 combo of numbers and letters. To get his password. In the end phoned…
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
Hi, I am interested in buying a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. I bought one for my mom before Christmas and it cost £178 after the £50 caskback. Now they are ~£280. Is it likely that they will come down in price any time soon? Hope someone is in the know;)
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Anybody got a Nokia Lumia 610?
Looking for a cheap and cheerfully smart phone on PAYG. Basic requirements are a reasonable (>4mpxl) camera, wi-fi, bluetooth and GPS. Since it's going to be a PAYG, don't intend using it for data - will only be using these features when connected to wi-fi. Don't also want/need lots of aps. The question I haven't been able…
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How to resize Wordart on a Mac
I have switched to a Mac last year, and we purchased the Word package. I am having real trouble resizing the Wordart. Whenever I used it on the PC, all you did was click the corner and drag it to the size needed. Now when I click and drag, the wordart stays the same size , but the box increases in size. I'm sure it must be…
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Gaming PC... where to buy?
Hi, DS1 wants to buy a gaming PC and was looking to spend about £700 on one. There seemed to be a few 'reasonably' priced ones just before Christmas, refurb's at Currys and an alienware one from Dell, but these have now disappeared. He has been looking at PC Specialist and has chosen the spec that he wants. However, I am…