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Samsung tv with wireless -homeplug!!
I have a new samsung tv which has wirless. When watching you tubes vids it sometime looses sound or vision... also happens when watching film through lovefilm etc. It only looses the sounds for about 1 or 2 secs. I'm presuming this is the internet connection dropping? I'm also presuming if i stuck an ethernet cable in this…
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'Cartridge Stall' on Lexmark
I'm stumped by this; cartridge has been removed and put back, but no change. It's an X1150. [IMG][/img] Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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Nexus 7 (2013) KitKat OTA update
I am confused, I have been reading for about 3 days now that the Nexus 7 wifi 2013 version is getting the OTA update to KitKat - mine isn't. I see that the 'official' KitKat software is available for download from Google - so where is the OTA update? Am I missing something?
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best youtube downloader
Whats the best free youtube downloader, I used to go on cnet.com website and find one on there because they where always trusted to have virus free downloads even when being directed to a 3rd party website to download, ive used them for 10 years and had no problem but now it seems cnet.com do not check there 3rd party…
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samsung galaxy note 2 has started making a strange sound?
My samsung galaxy note 2 has started making a strange sound? It resembles a cash register. Can anyone tell me why it does it? Thanks Pam
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Sky HD (planner) Disk Space
We have a Sky HD box (one of the smaller disk ones) I noticed that the disk appears to be getting rather full - in the planner - the bar is showing 97% (it says 97% at the right hand side - I assume that this means 97% full as opposed to 3% full ?
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What tablet please? Apple I pad mini 16gb, or Prestigio 10.1 Inch 8GB Quad Core?
Hi I would like a tablet for I Player, U Tube and Spotify or Last Fm. Facebook games: e.g. bookworm, bubble witch, tetras, scrabble etc. I Also want to !read emails and surf the net. Do you think the Apple I pad!mini!is better then the Prestigio 10.1 Inch 8GB Quad Core Android Tablet please? I have been told that if I put…
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Help with gaming PC
Hi, My son is about to spend his money on a gaming PC ( oh and some of mine! ) . He assures me he has done his research but to be honest I have no idea. Could anyone let me know what they think of this PC/spec.…
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Has someone been snooping on my laptop with USB?
I am a bit puzzled but I am not sure if someone that went into my room has tampered with my laptop. I do have it password protected and turned it off before leaving the room before the person went in. When I turned it back on again just now it said downloading usb driver but I haven't put a usb in and there is not one in…
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Which tablet?
Hi, I'm posting on behalf of my mam who's wanting to get my brother a tablet computer for Christmas, although she hasn't really got a clue what they are and I don't know much more! My brother would probably mainly use it for Internet browsing - he has an iPhone and uses that at the mo. He works away from home and doesn't…
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Help please, computer screen black due to virus
Hi, I hope one of you talented techie guys can help me. I scan my computer and husbands laptop daily for 'bugs' and this morning avast showed that there was a trojan on both machines, My husband pressed the button/option to remove all. Which appears to have worked on his laptop ( the one im using now) but on the main…
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Formatting a large hard disk to FAT32 ? How?!
Hi My son's 40GB Playstation3 hard drive is full, so I'm planning to replace it with a 250GB drive I have lying around. First I need to backup the data using the built in backup utility. However the PS3 will only recognise an external storage device formatted as FAT32. I have a portable 320GB drive I was going to use for…
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IE not working?
When I try to load Internet Explorer it initially says there 'is a problem loading page' but after a few attempts it eventually loads ok? I've just renewed my 'Avast' security, would this be the cause? Any advice appreciated, thank you. Omnipeta.
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Laptop stolen - are keys traceable?
My son's laptop was stolen, and we have an insurance claim being progressed. When we got the laptop, we got it with no OS and software and I supplied and installed Windows 7 Pro 64-bit and MS Office (Home & Student). I still have the keys, which I plan to re-use for the replacement laptop when we get it. However, it occurs…
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Advice on tablets please
Hi first time poster here!! I am thinking of buying my 8 year old son a tablet for Xmas!! I'm not prepared to buy or spend on a iPad ( mainly cos I want one!!) but I've done some research and wondered what others thought of kindle hd nexus 7 samsung galaxy or asus. He will prob only want I play games mostly... I want the…
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Laptop faulty
We have a Toshiba Satellite L350d laptop which will not boot, fans start but screen remains black. I was convinced a new one was necessary but I have just received an external hard drive caddy in order to retrieve some photos etc from the drive but the hard drive is not recognised when put in the caddy, no noise or…
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IE 11 Grrrr
Hi I have just updated my ie to IE11 and when I click on the mail icon I get this message: Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed My e mail worked before I installed this new IE so what is wrong with it now? ideas please
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Using a WIFI router to make a computer wireless?
I have a spare computer which is only used occasionally, connected to my Virgin superhub by Ethernet cable as required. Is it possible to use a spare Virgin wireless router as a "wireless dongle" instead of using a USB WIFI adapter? And if so how?
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templates
Hi can any one advise if there is any where i can get templates to make my own flyers and posters
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is there any point in trying to salavage an internal hard disk that is giving errors
Hi folks, I have 2 internal hard drives in my computer one for OS and and other for data etc. A few days ago windows 7 started giving me messages that Hitachi 1TB data drive was about to fail. I did have a few prgrams on it which failed to open in windows (I had it partitioned into 5 different partitions) chdsk said that…
