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What is onred.exe & how do I remove it?
My kids computer (windows vista home premium, sp2) keeps getting a pop up from "onred.exe" (well, Norton pops up & tells us about it) and I always click on Deny/Cancel because I don't know what it is. I have tried searching the computer for it, but it turns up nothing. Internet searches haven't helped either. I think I did…
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Choosing a computer for programming
Hi, Having always believed my son was not academically inclined, I was recently amazed by the comments from his IT teacher during parents evening. He is an A* pupil. His teacher would like to push him to do computer programming and coding (python), like autopilot on planes. He is in year nine so will begin GCSEs next year.…
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Windows XP support ended - day 1
Despite the dire warnings about virus-makers and hackers waiting to pounce on day 1, I'm writing this from an XP Service Pack 3 installation, Chrome browser, and no virus software. This machine hasn't had a virus checker for years, the last time it had one was when I was running MS Vista on it WITH a virus checker, and…
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keyboard question
* help * two year old always wants to press laptops keyboard keys ,Is there a way to disable keyboard by pressing a F key to watch youtube nursery rymes
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macbook pro - possible to get a deal?!
Anyone know if it's possible to get a deal on a mbp these days? I've changed jobs and now working on macs all the time, since it's been about 12-13 years since I've properly used one day to day, I am thinking of buying a 13 inch mbp so that I can learn/use the software I need for work a bit better and also get used to the…
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airport time capsule help please
Hi I bought an airport time capsule at the end of last year and had it set up added to my then sky network and noticed a better connection in my bedroom which is quite a distance away from the main router. In Feb this year I switched to plus net and forgot all about the ATC, but having noticed a difference in the signal in…
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YouTube problem
Hi folks, Hopefully someone can help,as this is driving me round the bend :D I have created a playlist on youtube on my iPad with 90 videos,however when I try to watch it on Apple TV not all the videos are there. I have tried deleting them and adding them again but the same thing happens,very frustrating,any ideas:cool:
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DAB radio - mains powered with decent sound output?
It's pretty boring doing work on the house in silence. I notice there's not nearly the selection of radios as there used to be the last time i looked (which would be well over 10yrs ago now). I quite fancy the idea of one of these DAB radios. It'd have to be mains powered as i don't want to be messing about with batteries.…
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FAO Nifty Digits
Hi your inbox is full so had to post here. It's not in my spam/junk mail either . Any other suggestions please
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Accessing spam/junk mail on iPad
Is there a way I can access my junk mail/ spam on my iPad please. I m away from home and can t read it on my laptop. thanks
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Wiping PC clean
And not with a dishcloth !! :j I've reasonable PC skills and knowledge, but would like to know if I use the suggested methods on these forums to wipe my hard drive, will it wipe everything, including the OS ?? Many thanks all !
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Sorting Old PC Before I wipe HD - Have I missed anything?
As some of you will remember I'm sorting / organising 2 desktop XP Pc's to get rid of. I have nearly finished the first oldest one of the 2. So I have checked through: 1: My Documents 2: My Pictures 3: My Music 4: Emails (Use Gmail since then so wouldn't need to do again) 5: Browser Bookmarks 6: Ebay Turbo Lister (very…
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another xp question!
Over the Easter weekend,my computer is being updated to Windows 7.In the meantime would it be ok to download a free antivirus or similar for some protection until then.Is there anything it would clash with? Or do you good knowledgable people even consider it necessary for the next 10 days or so? Which would be the best one…
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One for MS Word experts (space/tab sizes)
Hi. A layout (spacing/tab) issue. Doc produced on Word 2003 Looks fine with 2003 and Starter 2010 (on different computers) But with 2013 there's a space/tab issue. (looks different - takes up more space). Spaces and/or tabs appear to take up more space hence paras are bigger and a 2 page document goes onto 3 pages. Most…
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Have I got a bug?
I don't know much about computers so perhaps you can help. My computer has been working perfectly normally - until yesterday. The only difference yesterday was that I received a message to update Java, which I started. I started getting messages come up about disk nearly full so I can cancelled it. Now, every time I open…
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DVD cover template?
I have made a dvd as a present for a friend including all the footage of her kids which I had on my camcorder. To complete it, I wanted to make and print a cover, with a title, a list of the contents and photos of her kids. Is anyone able to point me in the right direction to find a free template to make this easier? Many…
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Can someone help me?
I bought a Kobo Min a couple of weeks ago and I'm now so peed off with it!! It won't link to my internet wifi nor will it download my recent buys from the internet when plugged in to my PC. Does anyone think I should return it or is it operator error? Fast running out of reading material!!
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Deleting browser cache?
Hi all, How do you go about deleting your browser addresses please? I am running Windows 7 Thanks
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Microsoft Office for Android free but not for tablets
MS Office for Android - free, but not for tablets... That's a real pity as a free version for tabs would have been great! Any views? Roy
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Pc not firing up
Hi the pc won t start up all of a sudden. It lights up but then nothing .Anyone know what I could try please
