-
Grrrr....anyone know what to do?
Hi Everyone It's a really silly, trivial little thing but it's driving me crazy...wondered if anyone knew what to do. My laptop cursor 'guesses' what I'm trying to do with it, so sometimes as I'm moving it it will zoom into the screen, zoom out, or scroll up fast or slow when I'm not doing it manually. If there's one way…
-
Speakers
I have an ancient but powerful Sony HCD XB6 (one of these http://www.preciolandia.com/ec/equipo-de-sonido-sony-hcdxb6-i-sierra-de-6nu966-a.html) which has brilliant sound, but will need professional cleaning as it's been in store for years, so is full of dust. My question is : If I joined the headphones socket of my laptop…
-
Oops! Google Chrome could not find
Why do I get this message when I try to view my son's school website which I know isn't down or having problems? Oops! Google Chrome could not find :mad: I'm using Chrome on a win 7 Dell laptop and every other web site is ok. This happens on my desktop as well. :( Could it be the wireless router? although I can access the…
-
Laptop USB Port half working
I have a four year old HP DV7 laptop. Last year one of the USB ports would only work with a mini mouse receiver dongle - all other devices such as powered hubs, hard drives and audio interfaces would fail to be recognised or the drivers would not be installed. I reinstalled Windows 7 for various reasons recently and it…
-
BORED? This one's for you.
Mind if I ask if anyone has had problems installing latest ADOBE SHOCKWAVE update from FieHippo onto old budget laptop running VISTA? (SP2 only - SP3 not installed) Not important at all, old laptop due to die anytime now, so laptop going into meltdown after updating software (3X Piriform, 1 Adobe), wasn't a total surprise.…
-
Excel multi-spreadsheet question
Hi folks, hope you can help. I want to try and total figures from multiple spreadsheets (set as individual months) within the one file (the whole year), over a maximum of 3 spreadsheets, so I can analyse them. How do I total figures from cells in different spreadsheets ?? Many thanks for looking in ..... TTFN Stuart
-
Kobo Issues
Hi I'm hoping someone can offer advice on this. I have a kobo ereader and on the weekend I was on the kobo app, with the kobo plugged into my laptop and it started to automatically update my Kobo. The update has caused the Kobo to crash and it won't move of the start up screen. I've tried reseting it and nothing happens. I…
-
PC shuts itself down after Windows 7 installation
Hi, I recently installed Windows 7 (previously XP) and since then my PC shuts itself down after lying idle for an hour or so. I have cleared all dust etc and even after leaving the side panel of the PC off, the problem persists - so I am guessing the problem is not caused by overheating? I did a quick Google search which…
-
What is http://192.1xx.1.1 ? What type of login is it ?
http://192.1xx.1.1 is the login, to the broadband login admin of the router, while we are using the net. (the xx are numbers) It gives the router speeds, connection settings, username, password, LAN settings, and many other numbers. but from a technical term/word, what is http://192.1xx.1.1? called? What type of login is…
-
Apple iMac and Flash Player woes
I've just been setting up my new iMac but it won't install Flash Player (fort Mac of course). It keeps stopping half way during installation and tells me to quit Safari. I close the browser but no luck, it keeps asking to close it and I already have! I can't access my youtube material without Flash Player. Any ideas?
-
Outpost Security Suite Pro for Free
Anti-Malware module with greater detection accuracy Two-way firewall for secure network connections Proactive Protection module to preemptively block unknown and zero-day threats SmartDecision technology to facilitate secure decision-making Web control with fast web content filtering to protect your PC from web-borne…
-
best place to sell ipod 4th gen too?
Ive been offered £50 cash but on ebay going for more. Any other suggestions of places to sell too please. Ive hardly used it.
-
what is in the zip files
I have a few hundred zip files with lots of files in them. Is there a way of running off a report (csv / excel) which would show what files are in the zip files ? I have looked at 7zip and winzip and cannot find any 'export' feature for the content of the zip file. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
-
Text Comparison freeware
Does anyone know of any freeware that I can use to compare two separate (slightly different texts) both around 50 A4 pages ? This is to check where they differ - and to combine them into one .... ?
-
Recommendations for 2TB portable hard drive?
Hi folks, I know that there are quite a lot 2TB portable hard drives available and would be very grateful as you to what you would recommend, particularly as regards to the longevity of the guarantee? I have a Seagate 1TB expansion which is full up at the moment with backups and stuff and quite like the idea of plugging in…
-
iMessage problem. Any ideas?
For the last few weeks iMessages are not getting through to one of my regular contacts. Obviously we are unable to FaceTime as well. It's as if one phone is not recognising the other as an iPhone. It's not related to location and poor signal either, as I can iMessage her husband, We have each tried deleting the other and…
-
Backing up with icloud to new iPad Air from iPad 2
Hi can anyone suggest how I do this please. I ve clicked on the choose back ups menu on the new iPad but it won't let me click on the one I want to use as firstly it says iOS7.1.1 required which I already have and secondly at the bottom it says some I cloud backups are not compatable with the version of ios7. 0.6 on this…
-
SD (TF) card
I've recently purchased a dash cam, but require an SD (TF) card, not being techie minded, unsure what to buy, can someone please advise me?
-
Updating Adobe Photoshop Elements
On my present computer I have got Photoshop Elements 7 and lots of photos I created and filed using this. I am about to transfer these photos to my new computer via an external drive backup. No problems so far (hopefully!). BUT I have bought Photoshop Elements 12 to go on my new computer. When I have used this before it…
-
Radio in Spain
Will I be able to listen to UK Radio on my Kindle? I have the I Player App. Thank you.
