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Sky Sports.
Friends say they have bought a box for £40 to watch Sky Sports. Why do people spend quite a lot monthly to have Sky Sports if they could buy a box at this price?
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linkedin question
Cannot figure out how I can make 'connections' in bulk ? I am essentially trying to connect ti recruitment consultants in the UK within a particular industry and don't really want to click on 'connect' a few thousand times after running the appropriate search. Is there a way to get this done in bulk ? I am not trying to…
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Headset gear, virtual reality?
Any one with experience of these virtual reality head gear? I want to buy one, any good makes out there which is not too expensive? I have seen some Chinese makes look pretty good, do I need to avoid any makes? seb
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forum looks narrow :(
dont know what i did last night but something made my page look narrow, its only on mse forum, the grey edges at the side of the page have widened leaving the middle section narrow/squashed and much smaller. i am struggling to read everything, usually after a bit of googling i can sort things, but i am at a loss and it is…
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windows 10 is ready for download pop up
for my sins last year I took advantage of microsofts free win 10 upgrade which installs a reminder on my laptop and tells me every bootup that it is ready to download. I decided not to install win 10 ages ago, how can I get rid of this annoying pop up message.
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CCleaner advice needed
On running CCleaner\Tools\search for duplicate files, I was shocked to find how many there are in my PC. The problem is I don't know which of the files to delete (if any). Several, for instance, are duplicate google earth files, listed as: Google Earth\Client and Google Earth\plugin and Google Earth\alchemy, they all…
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Problems setting file association in Win 10
Most of my jpg's and gif's are associated with an app called photoviewer in Win 10. Unfortunately some files are called 'jpg-large' aren't and need to be re-associated with this app for consistency. clicking on 'open with' options appear limited to Edge (the Win10 version of Internet explorer). These large files are…
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Thunderbird Address Book
Use Thunderbird on several different computers. Everything works fine inbox / sent box etc all seem to 'sync' if thats the right word. What I mean is items sent etc on one computer all appear on the other computers. Except my address book does not seem to 'sync' Any ideas why not ??
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Xbox 360 connections
Hi. I am a complete dumbo with technology, so please bear with me. I have freesat using a humax foxsat hdr. I have just bought a used xbox 360 for my grandson but have no idea how to set it up. There is an hdmi cable which I would presume needs to be connected to the freesat box, but that only has one connection, which is…
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MP3 player tha remembers last track and position
I'm looking for an MP3 player that will remember the track and position when it's been turned off and on again a little while later. Any suggestions anyone? Cheers fj
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tab 4
I have a Samsung tab 4 tablet, my boy put Sky go on it, how can I connect Tab to tv to play films please? Smudge
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TV with no SCART
I am considering buying a Which bets buy TV - the Samsung UE40JU6400. However, it seems there is no SCART connection in this model. I have a VHS player and a DVD player which both do not have HDMI connections. Is there any way to connect these two devices to a TV without SCART and HDMI? Thanks
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Windows 7 updates includes Windows 10 upgrade
I went to do some updates on my Windows 7 PC and the Windows 10 upgrade was one of them! I've got my settings to inform me of updates but let me choose to install them; I'm not sure if it would have just gone ahead if I'd set automatic updates? I've now hidden that update, so hopefully it won't appear again...
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Freesat
Does anyone know what is causing my free sat connection to have no signal. We have it installed in our caravan last two times we had the engineer out he checked the fittings and even put on a new sensor. It worked until we went home back now and no signal it is a bush freesat box and a bush TV . Both fittings have been…
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Pcie cables
Just obtained a new graphic card. It requires to pcie plugs to play. I have only one avaiable. Is there an adaptor that is one 6 pin plug to two sockets? Thanks in advance.
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Is it worth buying a NEW projector with S-Video input? In fact, is it possible?
Hi all I am helping a local charity install a new projector in their meeting room. After routing through all the cables today I have come across loads of reasons why the new projector should run with an S-Video input. One of the reasons is the buried cables, extra walls built since the original projector was installed 7…
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Mystery Files
I have a directory for my Digital Images and loads of sub-directories off that. I noticed today when in Windows Explorer that there are 4 files that I've never noticed before. They are ... NTCSENTRY.TBL 8.12KB NTCSIMAGE.TBL 3.0MB NTCSINFO.TBL 25.0KB NTCSLATEST.TBL 42.7KB All 4 show a creation date of 26/3/2013, the first 3…
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Samsung Smart TV problems
Has just switched off Demand 5, and we can't get ITV player - and now it's telling us we're losing 3D on 15th March. Is there anything we can do about this? Hubby watches tv not me so I don't know if maybe he should be updating it or something? He's moaning like hell about it so please help :D
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HP laptop and updates
I have a new laptop, an HP with windows10. Yesterday it had an update to install, something about BIOS. Today it seems to be doing another massive update which is taking forever. Is this normal and ok? Am I better just ignoring updates?
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Help! Tea spilt on macbook air.
OH fell asleep in his chair and tipped his cup of tea on his mac (I know, I know!). He immediately held the mac upside down and switched it off, we have mopped up as much as we can and left it inverted on the table to dry out for the next day or two. Hopefully there won`t be too much damage as he reacted quickly but does…
