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help to find a caddy?
My humax expired recently due to water ingress(through the cable) before I recycled it I took the hard drive out to see if I could use it again. It is a Western Digital WD3200AVVS WD AV-GP, can someone point me in the direction of something to put it in? also the tv recordings that are on there, can they be watched on my…
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Windows 8 with new HDD
Hi, My Hard Drive recently crashed on the weekend. :mad: It was completely out of the blue, but luckily I had everything backed up. Or, at least I thought I did! I thought I had backed up Windows 8 to a memory stick. However when I replaced the HDD I couldn't install Windows 8, as it said it couldn't find the partition (Of…
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Distributing Sky around house
My parents have just moved house, and have asked me to try and sort this for them... They want to be able to watch Sky in several rooms, but only have one box. The main aerial goes into a store room, connected to an 8 way distributor, whichever then goes to 8 co-ax sockets throughout the house. The existing Sky cable comes…
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yahoo mail help
Any help for a complete idiot please. I have two email accounts with yahoo I changed the passwords on the two accounts this morning. I know you shouldn't do it but I have used the same password for the two accounts and now I can only remember half of the password so can't accesses any of my emails. I wouldn't mind so much…
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Connecting tablet to TV
Mrs B has a Lenovo Yoga 10 tablet, which has a micro USB connection She wants to watch ITV player on our TV, which has HDMI input. If I buy a cable ... which one and will it work?? :)
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Skype not working after update. Help please
Hi I had a Skype update last night and ever since I can't access it. I just get a small window with no log in details ... I have updated windows 7 to see if that would help. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Skype... any other suggestions please? tia dx
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Google Chrome
I use Robo form on my lap top to remember the passwords I have on my account. This morning I updated as requested. Now I have lost all the little notes at the bottom left hand side of the bar which used to takr me to my docs pictures etc. It appears to have been replaced with Google chrome tool bar and I cannot get back to…
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sending from google chrome to chromecast
i use my nexus 7 t osend youtube videos to my old LCD tv via a chromecast dongle, and heard you can send other things opened in chrome, but i cant see the little icon to send to chromecast, any ideas what im doing wrong?
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Ip cctv
Hi I need help on IP based CCTV systems. I’m looking to do this on a budget really, as it’s not a complete necessity (the area I live doesn’t suffer crime but I thought I’d future proof the house having recently renovated it). Plus I have cat cables dangling out of my walls! The current setup I have is: 2 x cat cables…
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Youtube problem-when I go back to search page video sound still plays?
Hi, I have a slight problem with youtube. I do a search and then select and play a video, but if I click back on browser the video sound still plays until I select another video. I have tried clearing cache in Internet explorer 10 and restarting computer but to no avail. Seems to work ok in other browsers. Any tips…
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whats more 'private' at work?
have a few lengthly emails and letters to write and have a fair bit of spare time in work at present, whats the more secure way to write (no idea if they read/monitor our usage). I can either write in on Word, and save it onto a memory stick, or write it in hotmail and save it in my drafts folder Whats less likely to be…
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Problem with new Laptop
Hello Bought a new Toshiba Satellite C50D-A-133 laptop with Windows 8.1 from https://www.coopelectricalshop.co.uk. It was delivered last Wednesday. Set it up and created the recovery discs. Used it Thursday and Friday - no problem apart from getting used to Windows 8.1 (old laptop was Vista). All I've done is install…
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wallet in windows phone,what's it for?
new phone here. the wallet thing. it says you can put library cards and loyalty card details into it, but then how can you use them?you need to scan them at the point of use don't you? was hoping I could empty the old purse a bit.
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Samsung Galaxy battery failing
My wife has an 11 month old Galaxy tab and the battery now only holds a charge from full to 10% for 2 hours - it used to last 8-10 hours Is there any reason why it should not be returned to PC world under warranty for a fix ?
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Nexus 7 or Kindle fire hd ?
Good Morning do any of you have an opinion of either a kindle fire hd or a nexus 7 please ? Or can anyone tell me which they think is the better as I d like to buy one or the other for a present . Thank you
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Setting up my new asus x551ca laptop
Bought this in January to use, initially, while in NZ for 6 weeks, leaving end of next week. Was told I would set it up without problems if I just followed the screen instructions. There is no manual. I have never set up a computer before. Finally extracted it from box last week, felt proud enough even to have charged it…
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Outlook 2013 drag&drop highlight
Hi. A simple question about Outlook 2013., regarding drag & drop of messages into a folder... I select a message in the message preview pane, and it highlights pale blue. I drag it to a folder in the folders pane, and the folder I am hovering over highlights with a really faint pale blue which is almost impossible to see;…
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Virus on my computer / Outlook - please help me get my HiJack This! log sorte
I started to receive email not delivered messages a couple of days ago to emails I hadn't sent. I checked my sent items and no copies of the emails were there. The emails are going to people not just in my contacts but also in 'remembered addresses' that come up because you sent an email a year or so ago. I normally have…
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Motherboard temperature? - what is too high?
What are the ranges of motherboard temperature (in celsius) which is too high? and which temp for it, is fine, for there to be running at this temp ? edit- I am actually asking about the CPU temperature, as corrected by members in this thread, thanks, :)
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Warning - www.trustedbuyonline.com
Sorry to have to do this but if it acts as a warning and saves people money and heartache then so be it. Bought a Pipo M2 3G from this outfit in April 2013. Delivered ok. After six months the tablet stopped working, contacted them and agreed return for repair in November 2013. Posted back to China at considerable cost…
