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re- installing Windows 7 on vista
Hi I have Vista on my PC and now finally i have had a reinstallation disk for Windows 7 professional but how do i install it over the vista. I have several user accounts on my PC do i need to sign into one of these to install the disk Many thanks for the help
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Lottery Syndicate
Hi all, I've taken over a syndicate of 7 people. Everyone pays in advance, some £100+ at a time. We play 3 lines on wed and 3 lines on sat and a euro on Friday, which is £2 each per week. Main lottery draw numbers have been chosen by the group and the euro is a lucky dip. I've used excel for basic stuff but i would like…
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iTunes
Win10 downloaded itself to my desktop recently. I decided to try to have a go with it. Today, a box popped up telling me to update iTunes, so I did. Now I can't find any of my music on iTunes, it seems to be empty. Where has my library gone to, and how do I get it back? Thanks for any help on this.
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Posting photos on this forum
Been a member for years but never felt the need to post any pictures. However I'm looking for gardening advice and want to post a few pictures, can anyone please advise as to how I do this? I've taken them on my iPad. TIA :D
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Finance Apps
Hi I use the old Microsoft Money software on my laptop to budget each month and basically enter all my income and outgoings for the month well in advance so I know where I am each month and how much money I have left. I have done this for years and find it really helpful as I check the balance with the bank online each…
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Car DAB Radio changes stations
From time to time my car (Audi A3) DAB radio automatically changes station from my normal choice, Radio 4, to Heart. Its always Heart, never anything else. Any ideas as to why and how to stop it? My first thought was the Traffic Programme. But turning that feature off makes no difference, it didnt correspond to Heart…
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Can't format hard drive.
Wondering if anyone has any advice. Does my HDD need replacing? My PC is ancient in technology terms but I only use it for browsing and iTunes so it does me fine. Working fine a few days ago. Put it on tonight and Windows 10 said it was diagnosing a problem then give me a few different error messages all which asked me to…
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Windows 10 installation - damn forgot to turn off!!
Hi Not used my laptop for a couple of weeks and turned on this evening to see this screen.....see link: https://twitter.com/payrollexcel/status/751924197362962432 Is this it installaing? Can I stop it? How long will it take? It's been going an hour Any helpers !!
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Problems with latest update of Google Play Services
Has anyone got Google Play Service version 9.2.56(038-124593566) running on their android system and not having battery drain issues? A couple of weeks ago my battery started to run down in a matter of hours rather than days of light use and I thought there might be a problem the battery. When I checked this out online I…
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HP 6520 scanning to mac - help!
I have a HP Photosmart 6520 (all in one) and a Mac. The 6520 has always worked perfectly, printing, scanning and copying. However, recently (maybe since last update to OS El Capitan 10.1.4), the scanning function either doesn't work at all, or the image is covered with dense vertical lines. I have re-installed the HP…
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how to move photos in windows 7
as above how do i drag Photos i have taken into a different order on windows 7, at the moment i try to drag but they stay in the same postilion, which setting do i need to change many thanks
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JS:Downloader-DFD Trojan
This started about an hour ago. I've got Avast Free installed and it keeps popping up and saying "Threat Detected" with the above in the description box. Avast has blocked the threat. Thing is, it's only happening on MSE and it's making the site pretty unusable - it beeps, pops up etc every time I click on a thread. Is…
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TripAdvisor - Does not match the postal code format for the country you have selected
I was endeavoring to add a new place to TripAdvisor. When putting in the details it came up with the warning "does not match the Postal Code format for the country you are selecting".As it is a place in the UK and I have tried putting the post code with no gap and a gap between the post code part and the address part and…
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Ladies Sekonda watch Model 04720
We have an oldish Ladies Sekonda watch model 04720. which we wish to use as a back in case of need. Sometime in the past someone on our household has removed the battery and we are trying to find out what size button cell battery we need to fit into the watch. We have trued the standard size AG4 377 1.5 v but that does not…
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Iphone/icloud photo storage confusion..
I normally very technically capable but i will admit i have a definite block with apple products. Anyway the story is i have an iphone and im being told my icloud storage is almost full. Its mostly photos. Now im guessing that every pic i take is automatically being duplicated on icloud. Here what i want to do. I want to…
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Best DSLR Camera for GCSE Photography
Hi, My 14 year old daughter who will be going into Y10 needs a DSLR camera for her GCSE Photography course. Info from school: As part of the course students are expected to equip themselves with a Digital SLR Camera. We recommend the Canon EOS 1200D as this is an entry level model with creative modes. Kits can be found at…
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pc does not detect my phone
my dad wanted me to transfer some music from the pc to his phone. the pc only detects it to do the usual charge via usb. his phone is a sony m4 aqua. nothing on the pc detects that it is there. they all say no device detected. this includes sonys own media go and play memories software. the pc does not have a blue tooth…
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duplicate photos
want to put all my photos off pc onto a memory stick but most of them somehow are duplicated at least 10 times each photo obviously its my fault somehow, but it is time consuming to delete all the duplicate copies is there any sort of programme that would do it ,my pc is running windows 10 ,did try dupe guru but it didnt…
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Windows cannot access.............
Please can somebody help me. I'm trying to set up file sharing over my wireless network, and though I can see the computer, and the shared folder, I cannot access them. I keep getting the message; Windows cannot access \\user name\shared folder. You do not have permission etc etc How on earth do I get permission?? I've…
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Freesat not recording SOME of the time.
We have had freesat for about six years and it has been ideal for our needs. The programs we like, we record and watch them in recorded state then if anyone calls we can put them on hold (yes, I know its sad). Irrespective of whether it's a "one-off" program or series, when we set to record,a letter L appears and when the…
