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Acer mouse pad not working (+ charging issue)
Hi, the mouse pad on my acer laptop has not worked for a bit. I've been using a USB mouse for a while as I was considering selling at some point. I've decided to keep it and have a bit of time so want to try fix it. I believe it's a software issue, but wondered where I should start? Drivers or something? Also, I need to…
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Please Share Thoughts on Laptop Options
Hi everyone, happy New Year. I would like to ask for guidance in relation to my current laptop please. I have a HP Pavilion dv6 which is 10 years old and works well. It has 3GB of memory, a 320GB HDD and Windows 7. I also have Norton anti-virus which is due to renew this week. I only use it occasionally for emails and…
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Argos Card
I tried to buy a macbook on the argos website by using the 6 month buy now pay later, I went through the whole application right to last page were you have to tick the box that you agree to the contract and then it just went back to buying the product page. So now I don't know if the 6 month buy now pay later was accepted…
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Virgin BB with BT Complete WIFI discs
Very specific this. We are moving to a house where BT do not supply broadband, only Virgin. We currently have BT Complete WIFI with the black discs (not the white ones which are sold as packs separately). Has anyone had any experience of using the black discs with Virgin BB?
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Technika tv. Lost itv channel four and channel five channels.
ITV was stalling and breaking up. Then got a free view no signal error message. Did a automatic channel search and then lost itv channel four and five on tv. 69 digital channels found. Ive just done another update and the three channels are all broken up. I think it must be reception issues but bbc channels are okay? Any…
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New HP Laptop Issue
Hi all, I wonder if someone could advise me please. We bought an HP Pavilion Laptop online last June from John Lewis for my son who is in his final year at Uni.All was great until last week at 50% charge it just died. Plugged in the charger, soon went up to 100%. Then last night at 65% it died again. So when plugged in all…
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excel formula?
In F400 I have A365-A1 and in G400 I have B365-B1 and in F401 I have A366-A2 and in G401 I have B366-B2 and fill columns F and G down as I add to column A and column B. Occasionally the result in column F is out of sequence so I have to manually adjust F410 to A362-A3 so therefore G410 becomes B362-B3. Is it possible to…
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Laptop -v- Beer!
Aaaaarrghhhh! Spilt a glass of beer over the keyboard of my laptop last night. Immediately mopped it up as best I could and left it close to a radiator to help drying out. Tried it this morning (> 12 hrs after the spillage) and it powered up OK, but the keyboard has obviously suffered damage as it would only recognise some…
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Subtitles on YouTube
My elderly and very deaf DM's wants to watch a YouTube recording which has subtitles. It's easy enough on her iPad, however when I get it up on her TV I can't find any settings options to select subtitles. I've tried a quick internet search but only get general info about subtitles when using a browser. Can anyone offer a…
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Inernet/Bluetooth Radio
I'm looking for recommendations for an internet/bluetooth radio. I really wanted one to connect to my pc, so I could play my own media, but I was bought one that was internet, DAB, and FM, with bluetooth. Seeing as we have 2 DAB radios already, I thought this was a waste, seeing as it wasn't what I wanted. My wife ordered…
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BlueMail, Good, Not So Good, Your Experience Please?
I would appreciate all your feedback on the "BlueMail" email client / reader? Pros & cons of BlueMail? Which email provider do you use the BlueMail client / reader for? After googleing and getting mixed reviews, all info re. BlueMail would be appreciated. Thanks for all replys. Please keep posts "on topic". Thanks. Happy…
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Best Client For TalkTalk Tiscali Emails?
The TT one is slow and glitchy. I also use Gmail but wish to keep TT Tiscali. Please help. Thanks for all replys. Happy New Year to all.
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Eureka! Did I just solve my 10 yr problem of displaying PC/Tablet to TV?
Hi all For many years I have (on and off) been intermittently trying to connect various tablets, PC’s to my TV without any success. So, tried again tonight to cast my PC to our living room TV. IT FAILED. Apparently the PC doesn’t support Miracast so that option is out. The TV is quite new (Panasonic Vierra) and doesn’t…
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Too easy to be true this Dual Drive HDD Clone Docking station??
Hi all A few of you may have seen some of my other posts regarding various stuff on old PC’s. Whilst sat with my can of Beer and glancing at how it’s made on the TV and browsing eBay (See! Guys can multitask) I came across this: ————————————————- ORICO 2.5"/3.5" USB 3.0 Dual Bay SATA HDD/SSD Hard Drive Clone Docking…
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easiest way to cut a video clip
I got great help on this forum with shrinking a video clip, but I now need to shorten my videos into short segments so that I can get them below 100MB. What is the easiest way? I just want to cut them into 15minute segments. A google search pointed me towards Microsoft photos but the trip option is not available.
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smart thermostat
i am not tech savvy so here goes looking to use 2 radiators in one room with smart radiator valves what do i need ie valves also do i need a hub a bridge or wall plate for temperature anything else thanks all
