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Yosemite - thoughts?
I've installed Yosemite on my Mac today. The upgrade ran without a hitch. My first impressions are that the new flat dock looks a bit out of place, but they have stepped away from the glass shelf which bore a remarkable similarity to the Looking Glass project. They have (just as with IOS) done a decent job of perspective,…
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iPhone warranty question
My iPhone 5s is throwing a wobble basically the screen is freezing unable to slide to answer calls can't put PIN etc can't turn alarm off I'm with Vodafone the phone is under warranty till may next year someone has told me I will have to make a appointment at my nearest Apple store some 40 miles away and that my local…
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HELP!!!! RAC SatNav200
Hi guys...I am after urgent help...I have an old (about 7 y old) Rac sat nav that originally came with Route 66, however it does seem to exist anymore updates for it, something to do with RAC and Route66 not having a deal anymore or whatever...anyway I was told its possible to load TomTom maps on to it and wipe out…
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Which tablet / I-pad?
I have been after a tablet type thing for ages but everything out there just baffles me, I go, I look, I choose one, I talk myself out of it in case its the wrong one. I travel a fair bit by train (just UK) and am sick of lugging around my laptop. I need it to: a) Be able to have an app to watch TV mainly US shows that…
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monitor slow to 'awaken'
When my pc has been hibernating, and I awaken it (usually by moving the mouse) it has recently been taking a while for the screen to return to full brightness. It comes on very dimmed, and still functions, but seems so slow to light up. After a minute or so it's fine but it used to do this instantly, I'm sure. Does this…
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Tesco Hudl Fault- Statutory Rights
HI, Quick question. My Daughter's HUDL has developed a couple of faults. Firstly the charger won't stay plugged in (cannot see any damage to the pins) and then yesterday the screen became unresponsive so it could not be unlocked. I have reset it following the HUDL instructions through the Tesco website but it has made no…
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Help to pick parts for htpc self build
Ok to be fair haven't got much of a budget as a lot of my savings went on vet bills, sadly lost one cat other cat on the mend now. So I want to get my mind off things and build a small pc for the bedroom to watch drama/movies and browse online from the bed. Budget is £150 at a push £200 if I wait another month, this is for…
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Leaving BT
Hi does anyone know if there s a free way of keeping my bt email address or do I have to pay £1.60 for a premium one please. Or would I be best to make a new email address and try and inform everyone but that seems a daunting task.:o Thank you
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Home Network noob
Few days on youtube and a trip down to Maplins I now want to wire my house up with ethernet connections. No more wireless where possible! Now I have never done this before so have a few questions. Mainly technology advances so fast and a 2010 youtube video may be obsolete and I wouldn't know. Ok to the questions. 1. Is a…
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My task bar is see through??
Ive had this problem but its more annoying than any thing else and ive search google and seemed to have found info on it but still cant get to correct it. Several months ago my bottom task bar became kind of see though, as in the picture below. click to enlarge. As you can see you can see my desktop wall paper through the…
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Which iPad
I am thinking of getting a iPad and wanted to get an use weather to go for apple or Samsung As saw a Samsung one which takes call on iPad while it recharges as want it saw my son can use and the screen shoulda good size
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Can't stay logged on
I can't stay logged onto Facebook or Ebay even though I tick the box to stay logged on. I don't think I have done anything unusual I the past few days. Can anyone help.
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Yahoo mail
When I go into the above to read my mail on the top centre of the page I am getting a 2 inch white square which is blank and covers up from who the emails are from,anyone know why this is please.and how do I get rid of it.
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Printing ink
Hi I was about to get some ink from Asda under Asda own brand as it is the same price as the local PC shop and market stall. Epson T1285 = £34 asda own brand T1285 £13.47 But a friend suggested e bay Ekk Yes the ink is mega cheap but they all seem to have crap reviews. Where do you get your ink from?
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Computer running really slow and crashing
Our PC is using windows 7. It has recently started running really slowly and crashing whenever you try to do anything. I'm embarrassed to admit that, despite being a well educated and reasonably intelligent person I have no clue about computers really. My husband has spent many hours attempting to fix it, but I have had no…
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samsung N150P notebook died. Replacement?
My little Samsung N150p notebook has died. I want to replace it with another small notebook which runs some form of windows 7 and has a keyboard. Any recommendations? Note: I do not want to run apps on it, want a bog standard small pc. Would like an HDMI port.
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Replacement laptop screen no worky
So I'm hoping one of you clever folks can help me. I have a Dell 3737 laptop and broke the screen a couple if weeks ago. I've just got aaround to buying a replacement screen and fitted it. On switching it on, the screen stays dark, it boots up fun and if you shine a light towards the screen you can see a faint desktop, so…
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IE11 and new tab bing search
Something updated on my windows 8 computer yesterday and since then whenever I open a new tab on IE11 there is now a bing search type in window (can't think what to call it) as well as my 10 most frequently visited web sites. How do I get rid of it, or change it to google?
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question about shortcuts
Please could someone help? Is there a shortcut when it comes to copying an image in a word document and paste it multiple times to fill up the page. Many thanks
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Black screen, then shuts down
Hi, I have an acer aspire 7520 running on windows 7 I can be just browsing, using google chrome, then my screen just goes black and shuts down, i then have to press the power button to restart it. Any ideas what's causing this problem and how to fix it please? Thank you :)
