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Keyboard
How do I get my keyboard to type as per key display? e.g. 'pound' sign comes up as # & " is my 'at' key. @ Comes up as ". This is probably simple stuff to you Techies, and I've hunted all over my computer. Unfortunately, most of 'Frans' techie threads/pages don't want to load up anymore, although to be fair, there is a…
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Removing Programs
I have alot of old programs on my computer that seem to be slowing it up a fair bit problem is when i try to unistall them it tells me i need the disk to unistall but it is my dads old computer and he is 300miles away and i dont think he has them anylonger anyway is there away of removing all the cr*p.
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cheap pc package help please
Sigh all this techie talk I'm lost! I want to get a new pc this one is always crashing aparently it has 40Gig hard drive and 128mb of ram and its got 1300 mhz and 1.29ghz. I have no idea what any of that means I just copied it off properties menu. Anyway I would like to get a new comp with flat screen as we have a chunky…
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parental control software
I'm looking for parental control software, pref freebie! I wan tot control the times that my little horrors can access the internet and to stop them accessing undesirable web sites. I know that you can use IE settings for undesirable web sites, but it does not do the rest. Any suggestions? :confused:
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What do I need?
Hi Experts, What do I need to play PS1/PS2 games direct on my pc/laptop? Thanks in advance. Spikey
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Buying dell computer!!
Please those members who have got a Dell computer, what softwares come loaded on it? I was talking to someobdy and she said her lap top did come with any back up CD like it used. Thanks
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Intel------a Superb Helpful Mse'r.
My laptop developed a fault and Acer agreed to take it back so I inundated the wonderful Intel with PMs asking him for advice. I wanted to save lots of stuff. Well, he realised just how hopeless I was so he arranged to work on my laptop with 'remote assistance' and spent most of Saturday afternoon sorting me out. I was…
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how to get game gear emulator to work on archos.
Hi Guys i have bought an archos gmini 400 and i know you can get a game gear emulator for it. i have downloaded the emulator but can't get it to run on my archos. im using the latest firmware 2.1.10 can anyone help/ provide me with clear instructions on how to get it to work. cheers SiMaster
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Hi. Can ANY Techie answer this?
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=1326123#post1326123 Any Suggestions? Riz
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Plasma TV - Swisstec?
Makro had a 42" plasma TV, make Swisstec, for £699 + VAT (about £830 in total). Anyone had any problems with Swisstec or are there any similar priced offers anywhere please? (Manchester Makro doesn't have them in stock now)
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Real Player - Its A Different One Now (?)
I wanted to listen to a radio show on radio 2 which I missed. I used to have real-player but since my computer has been updated ie a new CPU and bigger memory, the person updating had not fed it back on I now discover, So when I went to 'listen again' - on the radio 2 website (which I have done trouble free for ages now -…
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Hijack This Log
Hello, I had a spy sherriff situation on my pc. after checking this site (and others) I think that I've finally got rid of it (as I can now change my homepage from c:\\ secure32). I down loaded and ran spybot and avg and also, I've deleted the paytime file and the secure32 files and run Hijack this. I would begrateful if…
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Change/add email client in Start Menu
Hi, I need someone to help us out I have windows XP home edition. When I click on the start menu at the top they are two options of Internet and Email clients. The Internet is set to Internet Explorer which is fine however the E-mail client says Hotmail underneath it, I do not use hotmail. I went into Taskbar settings then…
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CPU usage 100%???
I have just noticed a little green box bottom right, when I put the arrow over it it says CPU usage 100%, can you tell me what this is and if is OK, My PC is running very very slow, all my scans are ok so wondered if this could be the reason. Thank-you Michelle
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Microsoft Encarta Gone?
I have Microsoft Encarta on my PC but it now says (empty) i.e. there is nothing there. The program seems to have been erased. I haven't erased it and I don't think any of my family know how to use add/remove programs. Any ideas how this could have happened? We have used this program regularly for daughters homework. But…
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What is the file: btballoon.dll ?
My OH has been playing around with the desktop pc and now the internet wont work, it comes up with the warning 'Can not find btballoon.dll' on start up. We have BTyahoo broadband with a BT voyager 250 ADSL router.Can anybody help? :confused:
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help needed removing virus please
I have logged onto my daughter's computer which is running on xp professional with, lavasoft adaware and avg antivirus. AVG resident shield has detected a virus which says: while opening file: C:\Documents and Settings\OTHERUSERS\LocalSettings\Temp|UnistallRar.Bat Warning: Hidden extension.Bat I cannot get rid of this…
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New to making websites - how do I password protect a part of my site??
I'm very new to website creation and am making a website where I want some pages to only be accessible to certain people. I want each person to have a unique password and username which they enter into the login page. Then they are taken to a personal page where they can access the necessary info setup for that person. I…
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CRT monitor
I'm looking for a crt monitor which doesn't have a huge bit on the back.I'm using a tft at the moment but just dont like it .Can anyone suggest a make?? ;)
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have 33 fixes on comp to fix,
Have the cd from son who is abroard at present, and need to fix my comp, wrote the number on paper and now can't find it,(being an OAP with brain damage.lol well thats what I call it )Can any one help with a key number to fix it please, I'd be very gratefull,thanks in advance . Clearvisor