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Conference facilities for new home office
Hi all, I will soon be starting a new job which will mean I will be able to work from home a lot of the time. I've already got a fairly good home office, but what I'm lacking is good conferencing facilities, so I'm after two things:* A good Bluetooth headset to pair with my work phone. One of the ones that just covers one…
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Anyone recommend a budget tablet PC?
Dropped and broke my Tablet PC, A Motion Computing one that originally sold for quite a bit of money. Looking for a budget replacement. Spotted some PC Tablets with Dual OS Windows and Android. Full sized USB would be an advantage but as long as micro to standard USB adapters work then thats fine. Proper keyboard addon not…
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Refurbished laptop
Hi all. Encouraged by posts on this forum I bought a refurbished laptop rather than a new one. Is there something I need to do, e.g. check all the specs are ok, run diagnostic programs etc? Thanks.
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Seo
I have set up a website, I never expected to get 1000s of views per day but i expected to get more than what i am already getting. Is there anyone out there skilled in SEO and websites in general that could help me out a little. Cheers
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Programs not working
Every since recently downloading a dodgey microsoft update my OH's laptop is slowly shutting down. First the printer stopped working then word and excel stopped now vidoeos and iplayer won't work. She can not also download things from kindle. We have done several virus scans and no threats. Any ideas what to do anyone? HP…
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Technical help wanted please
Hi i am no good with technical stuff etc so wondered if somebody could give me a idiot proof guide please. I have a tesco Hudle Ipad and a HP envy 5530 printer and I have downloaded a harvester and toby app and wish to be able to print off a voucher. How do I do this and link it to my computer to print off? Failing that do…
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Selling a PC
I want to sell my PC. I've had it about 8-10 years...no idea what it's worth. Could anyone advise me how to find out what it's worth and also how to delete my docs and photos off it. Thanks.
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McAfee
My McAfee livesave antivirus expires this month,how do I get rid of it completely the renewal price is over £88 and what is the best antivirus package for me to install
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Network Discovery Won't Stay Turned On
Hi I have had a search of the forum and Google but am still struggling with my NAS. The problem is that the connections to my mapped drives on the NAS appears to be intermittent. I'm sure it has got worse more recently. Sometimes in the main Windows Explorer window the mapped drives have a big red X on them. If I double…
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New ipad or tablet.
Hi, I,ve been using my ipad for 3 years, must admit i would be lost without it. It runs slow, and is full, with useful apps, which I do try to keep down. So i think its time for a new one, btw have dropped it, and smashed corner of screen, which i have repaired with a bit of gaffa tape. Its been like that for 2 years. Do i…
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Tablet, can't go any further
I have a Lenovo yoga tablet, it gave the option to update and my grandchild was using it at the time and they pressed yes. Now I am locked out. When turning on I can get to the option to log in to a Google account which it says needs to be the one registered to this machine, when I then put in email account and password it…
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Microwave - best buys and place to buy
It's a while since I've posted, but my microwave door has just broken and after 13 years it's served me very well. It's a combination but I haven't really used it as one in the last 10 years, although wondering if it's worth having one as I know my oven is nearing needing replacing. Any recommendations? Also, I've ordered…
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Airbnb
Anybody know a way to install airbnb on a laptop running W7 please? Had a couple of tries but they seem to want me to install pdf converters, speed tests etc. Can't seem to get past the junk. Thanks for any help.
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Printer
My HP 3 - 1 printer seems to have gone up the swanee, I have tried everything I know to get the thing to work to no avail, so I am going to have to buy a new printer. Any reccy's I would prefer one where the inks are not extortionate if possible. Thanks in advance.
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Need WD my passport cable.
Hi, I bought a WD my passport usb 3.0 cable on ebay, and the transfer rate to my computer is just over 31MB/second, the old cable that I got on ebay a few years ago was at least 20MB faster than this, both cables 1 m in length but old one was a lot thicker. Anyone bought one of these cables recently on ebay and managed to…
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Micro SD issues!
Hello folks, My Samsung phone keep saying 'the memory is almost full, delete unused files'' In view of this, i bought a micro sd phone memory. I went to phone settings to check if the external memory was recognised. It does but my phone is still asking me to delete files like before. What can i do to rectify this? Cheers
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Samsung Galaxy 3 and microsoft accounts
I have always been able to download my photos from my phone to my PC without any problems. Today I cannot get past the 'Microsoft account screen' telling me the benefits of syncing my phone to their accounts - I do not want to sync my phone to anything with the exception of backing up. Please can you help in advising me…
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anti virus apple
I'm using a mac pc at home and starting to use internet banking so I want to do everything possible to keep things safe, passwords etc. My mac pc makes passwords how safe are these if stored in the cloud ? any recommends for anti virus for apple, that would also work on my iPad/phone if possible Cheers
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Network problem
B it of a strange network issue, hope someone can help. I have 4 computers cpnnected to the home network, they all see each other and I can copy files from one on any of the others etc. Until today, I can't see my desktop on my laptop and vice versa. Both devices can still see the other two (HTPC and laptop used as plex…
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Firefox Update