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Printer saying offline ?
Hi can anyone tell me how to change my printer from offline to online please. It's an Epson stylus sx425w.
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soundbar or surround sound
Heya, Looking at getting a better sound unit for my tv. Currently just use the tv speakers from my LG 47LW550T. Not got much of a budget and was hoping to get something around the £100-150 mark. I've heard that although soundbars try they aren't great at surround sound, especially at my budget. Will be using it for film…
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luhe lockscreen a
I have just run an AVG antivirus scan and it has detected "luhe lockscreen .a" on my PC I have googled this name and drawn a blank Any ideas ?
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1st PC build advice/help needed.
Hi all I am preparing to build my 1st PC using some of the parts of my now broken Dell Inspiron 660 I5. The Parts I have are:- 128gb Samsung SSD 1tb Sata HDD 1 x 4gb DDR3 1 x 2gb DDR3 2 x Sata DVD RW drives 1 x Creative PCI-E Soundcard 1 x Asus Graphics card (PCI-E?) Various wires I basically use my PC for video encoding…
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Problem installing TP-Link router
TP-Link TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless Gigabit CABLE Router I easily connected our computers to this new router on my Virgin cable. However I cannot make a wireless connection to my HP Photosmart C4780 printer. It worked OK with my old Linksys router. Has anyone come across a similar problem please?
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Windows 8
I have just bought a new laptop running Windows 8 when I click on one of the app. 'people' and enter my Microsoft ID details it displays all of my address book even though I have never entered the address book on this computer. Can anyone please suggest how this has happened and can it be removed?
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Windows 8 and scanning
Hi since getting my new Windows 8 computer I cannot find the scan button, any ideas? My computer is a Lenovo and my printer/scanner is a HP Photosmart Plus Ta
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iPhone planner app?
Hi, I am looking for an app that will be able to help me plan my work for weeks in advance by block booking weeks or days to show where I will be. In my job I am traveling a lot and when people ask if I am free on a certain day or days, I want to be able to look at an app and quickly be able to tell them where I will be in…
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Facebook constantly freezing and then takes down all open pages !!
Does anyone have any idea why Facebook is constantly freezing on my PC ? When I type anything..it takes absolutely ages for it to come up and then the timer thing comes up. When I try to close the page, the page not responding warning comes up and the PC then closes all open pages. This is only happening when I am on…
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listening to radio2 in the Republic of Ireland
Please could someone help me. I love to listen to radio 2 all day. We go to Ireland regularly and are currently renovating a cottage, so to be able to listen to R2 would be fab. Is there anyway apart from using a dongle? If I listened to it on my mobile phone would that be really expensive re roaming charges? Thank you in…
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dead hard drive
Hi Peeps, Lost my seagate drive (was the system drive) to the click of death last Monday. I finally got my system rebuilt with a new drive today and tried powering the drive up externally to the PC case. I get about 5 or 6 long clicks with a about a seconds delay between each on 1st power up it then stops. I was hoping…
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how to view lost programmes?
am sorry if in the wrong forum, if so could someone please nudge me along. I seem to have a problem with my sky recording, for some reason it will decide to tape some programmes and not others. I have plenty of space and then if I am lucky enough for it to tape and I start to watch, oh how quick it manages to see me nod…
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"This copy of windows is not genuine" errrr, yes it is!
I'm a tech phobe, so please be gentle with me :) Can anyone offer some advise please? This strange message has appeared as I start my laptop. The screen saver has turned black but apart from that I can continue to use my laptop as normal. Thing is I believe that message is incorrect, I've had the laptop from new about 3…
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Difficulty printing out Excel spreadsheet
I haven't come across this before so perhaps someone come help, please? Our group members were sent a spreadsheet in .xlsx format. We all tried to print it out but only the title and the opening balance were printed on all our computer/printer combinations. All the in year transactions we could see on our screens failed to…
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iPad screen repair local / postal?
I've dropped an iPad 2 and it's now got a large crack on the screen. All the touch screen functions work fine so it just appears to be the glass. I've called apple and they're quoting a fixed cost of £200+. However, I see that there are plenty of places online that seem to offer repairs for £60-£90. Alternatively, there's…
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Can My IP address be changed via a mobile phone if.....
Daft question I know but . If someone knows your IP address and password can they change it if they have access by a mobile phone and close access to the router ? Thanks Technies :D
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Hp Sleekbook factory restore
Hi I am just doing a factory restore on my hp sleekbook however it has been doing it for almost 5 hours now and only up to 24%. the laptop is only a day old but i clicked the wrong option to factory restore not just wipe data. Anyone know why it is taking so long?? as it looks like i am going to have to leave it on all…
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Continued - slow computer, me banging my head
Sorry - didn't see the really big letters that said new thread, me numpty. Done step 1, thought I'd done step 7 but hadn't checked the delete personal settings box, done that now. How to delete googleupdate? Thought I'd done it via one of other steps. It's not in add/remove programs, where do I find it? New hijack this log…
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External Hard Drive Not Recognised by Vista Suddenly
Please help guys, I've been tearing my hair out for last 3 hours over this now. Suddenly today my Buffalo 500GB HDPV500U2 is not being recognised on my computer or my samsung smart tv. I have had this hard drive got last 2 years and has always worked on this computer, I have not made any changes to my laptop recently. When…
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How to get a 'tick' inside a box on word doc- Please help! :0(
Hi Guys This may seem so simple but I'm not exactly tech savvy. :p I am currently trying to fill in an application form online (word doc). I have found the tick symbol but I can't get it inside the boxes my cursor will only go either side of the box when I insert the tick so the tick will go to left or right of the box,…
