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Photo Editing
Anyone know of any decent free software I can download for this?
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Which broadband?
Son is moving into own place soon, and we are both confused about the different types and cost of broadband suppliers. He does not want a landline or TV (will get a smart freeview TV) but uses his PC for downloading quite a lot so needs unlimited and reliable broadband. Any suggestions? we have looked at comparison sites…
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Ripping DVDs
Hi All. Trying to rip some DVD's using handbrake and playing them back on VLC Media player. I don't appear to be having much success the films are all pixelated probably due to the anti-copy anyone know a way round this? TIA.
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mfc100.dll
How do I find or replace mfc100.dll ? I am trying to uninstall Avira9 but the registry cleaner I got says it cannot run because I am missing that file. I have XP Home SP3
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Do phishing fraudsters even read what they send?
How can anyone fall for an email like this? We have recently determined that various computers connect to your Amazon account, password, and the present of chess more taient before the connection. Now we need to confirm the new information from your Amazon account. If not completed within 48 hours, we will be forced to…
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Tablet - Help Please
Bought my daughter a Samsung Galaxy Tab2 10.1 for Christmas It has updated to Jelly Bean She has a number of MOBI books on her PC which is running Windows 7 I am trying to enable her to be able read them on her Tablet I have downloaded Kindle and Moon from the Google Store Also have transferred the files to an SD Card…
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Do I Report Phishing Email?
Hi all I'm victim to the usual phishing emails, banks, fed ex etc; normally I just used to delete these but recently I've been forwarding them to the relevant companies dept. Anyway question is really is there any point in reporting these emails? Do the relevant companies actually look into the emails and try and stop them…
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Samsung Smart TV PVR
Just bought the Samsung UE8000 TV which apparently has USB recording from the built in freesat. I tried hooking my 500 hard drive onto this to try but it's asking me to reformat the drive before using I didn't go ahead as I didn't want to lose all my stuff from the drive. Has anyone used this feature and how good is it can…
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Help using calibre
I'm trying to convert some ebooks to upload to my tablet. I'm trying to do it in bilk to save going through them individually. How do you get it to convert and only save the epub formats as at the moment its saving the epub and the original format meaning I'm having to delete the extra format one by one. Any idea as this…
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Google - whats with youtube, gmail cookies?
google related sites seem the ONLY ones I have probs with, re accepting cookies (I can't log in, on home pc - cyber cafe / library ok though..) is my home security too good?
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Does anyone know if there is any way of upgrading my graphics or video card?
Basically i have a laptop that has a not so good graphics card, is my only option to buy a new one? I have seen some external graphics cards, will these actually do anything?
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Monitor not turning on.
Hi, I have an acer aspire, I came to turn it on today and the desktop fire's up but the monitor is staying on standby. I used it yesterday and it was fine, does anyone know what the problem may be? I've pulled all the cables and refitted but still the same.
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transferring my I-tunes ...
changing from desktop to a new laptop .... how do i move my i-tunes ? thanks
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WMA to MP3 batch convert ?
Am trying to convert all of my songs from WMA format to MP3 format , as I want to put my music collection onto my phone. Have got around 50 -60 albums on my computer that I want to convert and wondered if anybody could recommend a fairly simple program that would do this ? Thanks :money:
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Using quidco with firefox and adblocker
hi hope its the right thread i have had a problem with quidco recently and today had a thought that maybe since i installed adblocker on firefox the problems started. on quidco i shop as usual and all the boxes appear but nothing tracks. maye its a coincidence but thought i would check here. i use avast free version as…
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Can this SATA Wire, be used on this hardrive ? (seagate barracuda)
Can this Sata 3 wire, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230854344862?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 be used on this seagate barracuda hardrive ? http://www.dabs.com/products/seagate-500gb-barracuda-sata-600-7200rpm-16mb-3-5--hard-drive-7M3C.html?refs=50410-52450000-56320000-52100000&src=3 (or is that Sata 1, or…
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(legal) movie downloads
Happy new year folks :) We have a fab deal on our broadband - 60gb limit plus free data 12am-8am - and due to various factors it's difficult for me to browse racks of DVDs locally so I was wondering if there was a legal, cheapish ways to download movies & burn to a DVD to watch at home or on our laptop when away? Similar…
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New TV? PLasma, LCD HD, HD Ready???
Hi All Apologies if this is in the wrong section. Im looking at buying a new tv but ive not bought one for over 6 years and have fallen behind in the latest technology/terminology. I have a budget of around £300 (dont want to go above £350) and im looking for a size of 40". I think ive narrowed it down to 2: PANASONIC…
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HP G62 laptop
hi, the laptop i have been using for the last couple of years has just developed an 'internal battery fault' there seems some contradictory information as to whether this is the laptop battery (which i know is not holding a charge for as long as it used to) or is it the cmos battery? if its the cmos battery how urgent is…
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SQLite3 .dll. removel
Can any body recommend a easy way to remove SQLite3 .dll .Google offers lost of sites but how reliable are they.I have tried uninstalling and reloading I TUNES without any luck.