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Flash for Android 4.1
I am aware that, for reasons known only to them - Adobe has stopped supporting Flash on Android 4.1 and above Next Question - what is the solution ? My wife bought a Samsung tablet on Saturday and needs to view flash videos I thought that Adobe had just "hidden" the link but I can't see it......
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cheapest gizmo to carry around a list of books on pls
I'm a bookaholic and my brain has run out of space for remembering all the titles I already have on my shelves and I sometimes find myself buying duplicates which is very annoying. On the computer I have a database (other bookaholics will understand) which can be exported into excel/word. What would be the cheapest gizmo…
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Microsoft Office 365
I've been looking at this - £70 for a years use, worth the money or not?
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is minecraft available on windows 8
My son had a windows 7 laptop for xmas, long story short its been returned as faulty and have had money back, we got the windows 7 so it was compatible with minecraft, problem is we are now struggling to find a windows 7 with the same spec as the one he has had to return so do we need to buy windows 8 and if so is it…
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1 PC - 2 adapters
I have two wireless adapters on my PC - the original and a USB one ... This has led to 2 IP addresses and (wait for it) 2 MAC addresses !! Is there any advantage in keeping things as they are ? Or should I remove the USB adapter ?
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Windows 8 problem
Hi I have made a serious error when trying to be clever on my new Samsung Computer with Windows 8. It was a bit slow on start up so decided to look into it. I ran msconfig and clicked on services with the plan to uncheck unwanted services. I clicked uncheck ALL services and now I have nothing. When I start the computer all…
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Internet connection problem
I get an intermittent internet connection problem. Then I click on troubleshooting and a message comes up to tell me it has reset the wireless network adapter. What does this mean? Is the wireless network adapter in my laptop breaking? Its a Samsung laptop, and my internet is with a NI company called UTV. I did ask Samsung…
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Multiple updates.
Hi, I did a factory reset of my Toshiba NB2000 last week, using Toshiba Recovery, all went well, and Tosh working fine. Switch on this morning, pop up says 153 Windows updates available, :eek:. Jings, I normally only update 3 at a time when there are a few, just incase. Do I need them all? Could I just do the latest, this…
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How do I check if my monitors at fault?
I have a 17 inch monitor connected to my older desktop pc, recently the monitors been acting strange in the way that it doesn't always come on straight away like it used to, and also when it's been on hibernation it sometimes won't come out of hibernation and so I can't turn off the pc in the normal way. Also the other day…
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Which laser printer?
My trusty old inkjet has given up the ghost, any recommendations for a new home office sized laser printer? preferably one that I dont need to remortgage for toner.
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Another anti-virus question
Good morning, This morning I got the notification that my Kaspersky is due to be renewed, it came with my new laptop for a tenner and for very little I upgraded to the 2 pc option. Now looking at the prices direct from the website there are a little high even with the renew discount, but it has to be the best anti-virus I…
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"Lost" memory
My i7 Medion PC HAS 6Gb of RAM and a 3Gb Video card - yet it still shares 3Gb with the video So, potentially, it has twice the video memory as system memory !! Is there a work-around to regain this shared memory to speed up the PC ? The BIOS does not allow any adjustment .....
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Which Laptop?
Hi folks I know this gets asked a lot on this thread, but I wonder if you could recommend a laptop based on my specifications. I would run Sage Accounting Software and surf the Internet watching I player etc. I would like to connect up to my Panasonic TV sometimes as well in the front room. Ideally I would be looking to…
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Burning DVDs
It's most disheartening. I've recently made a film for closed distribution. Last week I spent 2 nights burning copies, 2 nights labelling and producing covers and a further night checking that each one would play. That's a week of my life that I'll never get back. 80% (so far) of the distributed copies will not play on the…
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online photo storage
Hi Where's the best place to store photos for free, pref full files
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music downloaded directly to iPhone, not possible to sync to PC?
Previously I have always bought real CDs, ripped them via iTunes and manually dragged to the iPhone, or done it via iTunes Sync instead of managing manually. For the 1st time a couple of days ago I downloaded an album via iTunes app direct to the phone. I managed to sync it using iTunes on the laptop once, and could see…
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Internet connection problems
Hi, just wondering if anyone can make any suggestions. We have a Netgear router, and a Netgear range extender. When I switched off the computer this evening everything was fine. I was just about to go the bed, and went to switch off my kindle, when I noticed that it only had 3G connection. The kindle is on the main network…
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DC Jack Dead - No password on computer - UPDATED
So the dc jack has finally died on my trusty old toshiba satellite P100-160 (yes I know its [STRIKE]old[/STRIKE] ancient but it has served me well and put up with being dropped / trodden on / drinks spilt on it etc etc) I knew it was on the way out and meant to reinstate login/outlook passwords etc but the jack went before…
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Iphone camera problem
My Iphone 4 has a delay when taking a photo. It takes a little more than 1 second from pressing the icon to actually taking the snap. Doesn't sound much, I know, but it is really, especially when taking snaps of children. By the time the photo takes, the child has moved. Any suggestions? I don't have loads of photo's or…
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Help! Laptop won't switch on
My OH was watching some clips on Youtube when the laptop suddenly went off. Now it won't switch on. No lights come on at all on the laptop and the light on the adapter flashes when the adapter is plugged into the laptop but is on continuously when it isn't. Its a Samsung R519 and is 3 years old. Any ideas?
