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Help with Alienware
Hi My son has an issue with his desktop. It's about 16 months old so out of warranty. . This is his problem: When going full screen in my games (most games are in full screen by default) I will get a black screen in which i cannot do anything. If I am in Skype I will still be able to talk to people but I cannot do anything…
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HP Envy desktop
My son has just received a HP Envy desktop and it came installed with Norton. Is it possible to uninstall it and install a different protection?
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HP D2560 and BT Hub 3
Is it possible to plug the HP D2560 printer onto my BT Hub3 and send print jobs wirelessly? We have 3 devices, running on XP, 7 and 8.
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Help, I'm a facebook nuisance
I found today that things I 'like' or 'comment' on appear in other friends news feeds, even if the other friends are completely unrelated to the 'like'. This means I'm potentially pestering friends with nuisance 'likes' which is not my aim. I don't understand it though because on my news feed, I never see random 'likes'…
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Mute facility on mic ?
Hi Does anyone know if there s a mute facility on the microphone on an iPad 2 please. I know there's a mute button for the pad itself but this is specifically for the mic. Thank you.
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three
Just a quick line to let people know about 3's new policies. After calling them about a fault with my Xperia S (built in battery) I was grilled on my charging habits, I was then informed that because I had been using a car charger other that one bought from 3 or Sony(proof of purchase required) then I has voided my…
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Windows 8 and Office/excel
Well we have this new laptop, with windows 8. My husband blagged, that he can use excel,when he had a job interview. Ive never used it,so not something Ive ever needed. Im sure i could work it out. So now i have to have it! What is compatable with windows 8? And of course, where is the cheapest place to buy it?
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Whats this please ?
Hope you savvy folks can help :) When I start up my PC I get a screen message saying " updating Windows " ....... it the proceeds to update to about 35% then says " update failure , reverting changes ...." I then get my normal signing in page , password etc , and carry on as normal ................ come to shut down , sign…
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Hudl & Mobile Broadband Dongle
My Mum has bought my son a Hudl for Xmas and she wants him to have internet access on it while we are there for a week over Christmas. In the past we have used an O2 dongle via the USB port and £10 top up has been enough for him but it doesn't look like there is a USB port on the Hudl. Any ideas Thanks Mabel
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Tv retailers
Looking at a Samsung TV F5000 I notice some retailers are calling it EU F5000 Others are calling it UE F5000 Can anyone tell me why this is.
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Zeroaccess quarantined - am I safe?
I am not at all techy but understand that this is a real nasty. McAfee quarantined it, I then deleted it, ran stinger and rootkit removal. A full scan then came up clean - is my computer safe? I think it may have arrived on a fake adobe update which I did not do but had to shut down with it still on screen as I couldn't…
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Help: This sounds fishy to me...
My son has a CompaqCQ58-331S His 'friend' does lots of work on it. I have had no idea what's been going on but, given recent events, I don't trust this friend. This friend has Teamviewer and I've just been privy to this conversation. Friend wants his computer on Saturday and my son will be without it until Boxing Day. It…
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What does this network error message mean?
after rebooting my talktalk BB router I keep getting this message click to enlarge image
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hi internet explorer 11
hi after deleting this as my computer was having a fit with it left with on logging on this message . this page cant be displayed also it bugged the hell out of my ebay...lol how do I put bk to norm thanks
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Help choosing a new laptop please
My old Packard Bell laptop has died and I need a new one I've briefly considered a MacBook air but more or less decided now on a laptop These are the two I'm considering but I would appreciate some advice on them I use the laptop every day, mainly for Internet browsing, I also need it for research and writing assignments,…
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Remove > from emails
Hello, I've an hotmail account (it's called outlook now) and I've noticed is that sometimes when I click the reply or forward button, the format of the email changes and every line has > arrow. Is there anyway to turn off this feature? Here is an example. So my content of the email that I received is this. "Hello, My name…
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Which would you choose?
My Christmas present this year will be either this http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...=1&s=computers or this http://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-g505...muid=214344240. They both have everything that I want in a laptop but I'm tempted by the 2yr warranty from JL as my current laptop seems to be failing at 18mths old. But I…
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mysearchdial taken over as default search
I seem to have acquired mysearchdial as the default search browser in my firefox 26 browser in the top right hand corner. I have removed it through the tools > add ons and removed programs with that name through the standard windows uninstaller. I have also run latest version of malwarebytes, but it still remains.
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Help with Sony Bravia KDL42W805A HDMI
Hi all. So I bought a new television, and all is great apart from one thing that is bothering me. I used to own an old Bravia with 1 HDMI port and had 3 things plugged in on an HDMI splitter. When I turned on each electronic item, the TV switched to the port just switched on and then reverted to back to HDMI 1 once it was…
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How to do a screen shot
Hi could someone please explain on how to do this so I can print out the open box on my screen that's on my screen I have tried control P but that wont work Thanks
