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New Laptop
I have just purchased a new HP Laptop from Tesco running Win 8.1 it said - do I want to upgrade to Win 10 which I said yes but the download starts then says it failed. Does anyone have any ideas why this is and how I correct it?
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Mcafee antivirus
I have just purchased a new HP Laptop from Tesco running Win 8.1 It has Mcafee antivirus pre-installed. Is this a full program or trail for one month - I suspect the later. Could someone please give the the removal tool for this?
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AVG removal tool
I have downloaded AVG free by mistake could someone please give the link to the AVG removal tool for Windows 8.1?
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Sync Email Across Devices
Hi all, Asking on behalf of a friend, as I cannot offer much help myself. She has a laptop, phone and tablet and uses one email address (its a Microsoft Live email account). When an email is viewed or deleted an on one of her devices, its still classed as unread and viewable on the other 2. Even deleting old messages…
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Freesat BBC3 Iplayer
How do I get BBC3 on my I player via freesat? BBC channel 3 is no longer shown. Mike.
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Ping and packet loss
I'm not techy at all and I've just stumbled on how to do a ping test and the results were:- 20 Pings Sent 0 Pings Recieved 100% Packet Loss Can someone please let me know what causes pings not to be received at the server? I was just wondering if it can be anything to do with my ISP before I call them. I had no internet…
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Email recommendations
I am soon to dump BT as my ISP due to poor service & an abysmally slow connection. I am thinking of going with a local wireless/satellite company but they do not have their own e-mail service. I've always used an ISP provided email so does anyone have any recommendations as to where I can get a good reliable & secure…
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How Can I Wipe My Hard Drive?
I want to clear my hard drive of any info such as sites visited and old emails and conversations etc. Do I have to buy any disc or software or can it be done for free. And please can anyone tell me when you delete membership of a site how long do they keep you details like your email and IP address for.
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how do you turn off/exit BBC iPlayer radio on an android tablet?
How do you turn off/exit BBC iPlayer radio on an android tablet? I cannot find anyway to do this. 😕
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TV Purchase Advice - 1080p or 4K?
I am looking for advice for the purchase of a new TV. After looking around I really like a Sony KDL-43W807C although it's just a 1080p model and not one of the new 4K models. The price is similar to the cheap 4K models. So should I be considering a 4K TV only? I cannot see the point because there are no 4K TV stations…
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How to connect LAN only blue ray player wirelesly
Hoping for some help here here guys. I've got a blue ray / DVD player with Internet, Netflix, YouTube etc in our bedroom. However, there is no phone socket to connect Ethernet cable to, so at the moment it's just used as a DVD player. Moving forward, I was hoping to use all of the available options of the player, but would…
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Excel MS Query criteria
I have done this before but can't for the life of me remember how I did it. In Excel how can I ask the user to enter/specify the 'start date'and !nd date' to run a data query on. I can get the data using set criteria if I enter it manually in the MS Query boxes (Excel 2013 right click in data then #table #edit query) which…
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Intel g3258
the old Pentium "anniversary model" , what a cracker! 2 machines , both using asrock z97 motherboards and the same memory (16g) the first CPU is the i3 4150 but in the "t" format , as I needed a low heat output for a build the second , the little g3258 , 30 secs in the bios and she runs at 4290Mhz memory upped to 1866 ,…
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FaceTime and Whatsapp breaking up
After using either FaceTime (video or audio) or WhatsApp calls for around 10 minutes the sound and/or picture is breaking up. We can see/hear the other person but we are freezing at their end. Any ideas? We've only tried in the house. We're in Spain with a consistent 20mb connection and internet TV works fine (even if on…
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Free/cheap website builder I can point my domain name at?
The free website builders/hosters out there don't usually let you point your existing domain name at the site they're hosting for you. Are there any that do? Or charge closer to £1 a month than £5? My existing site is with Moonfruit. I seem to be on a legacy plan, which is free and lets me point my domain name to the site.…
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Google Drive Security
Hey guys, do you use Google Drive to store your data? I work online and I use it to access my daily work sheets which contains sensitive data. I use encryption to protect my data however recently it was compromised. Is there a software that I can use to extensively protect my data and other documents that I use online?…
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Windows 10; Cortana and Search the web and windows has stopped working
Suddenly yesterday for no apparent reasons Cortana and "search the web and windows" on Windows 10 stopped working. I tried Left click on the windows emblem at the bottom left of the screen but it is frozen. I have investigated to the best of my limited ability and went into task manager.I have found Cortana in my Apps…
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Can't get amazon underground app to install on google nexus..
Anyone know what I can do? Thanks :-)
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Custom install Zonealarm?
I have ZA installed, but it wants me to update it, fair enough I thought... Until I download the installation file and there's no custom install button, only "quick install". (no, it's definitely not there in faint text) I searched online about this and a lot of the answers were that if you have it installed already then…
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Is GET_IPLAYER working ?
Is get_iplayer working ? Have been getting following error output this afternoon/evening (Sun) when I try to run.
