-
Should I partition hard drive?
Finally ready to upgrade to WindowsXP pro. However, due to various hiccups in the past when I've had to reformat my hard drive and load everything from scratch again, I'm wondering about partitioning my hard drive. I'm working on the basis that if I have problems with windoze I can reinstall it without losing all my other…
-
too much filing in the house/scan receipts - any ideas? (merged)
what are the options of getting this online and any tips regarding security etc and has anyone done this.
-
What features should I look for in a Freeview box and which ones are good/bad?
Hi, I'm going to buy a new TV and with it a new Freeview box to get the extra digital channels. But I would like to make an informed purchase and not a random one. So I would like to know which features to look out for in a new Freeview box plus which models are known to be good quality or bad quality. Many thanks! L
-
Buying a 2nd hand PC-What spec to look for?
I need to buy a second hand PC as I will be moving into my own place soon and the one I use at the moment belongs to my sister. I have an extremely limited knowledge of computers and would be grateful if somebody could advise me of what specifications to look for. I've seen one on e-bay that looks similar aesthetically to…
-
MSN - security and emails.
I am logged in to MSN and it acknowledges my existence, however, when I am trying to get to my emails, it comes up with the 'security' box, to type in the 8 characters you see on the screen in front of you. I do this, and then it comes up with your email and password. So I put that in, it then comes back up with the…
-
LCD Monitor advice
My daughter is after a LCD monitor for her 7 year old. Any advice on what she should go for. Budget of £200 Thanks
-
Windows 2000 Pro. Help needed please.
Hi folks, I recently bought a second hand laptop for the missus. It has been working fine till today when all of a sudden its asking for a password to let you in to windows. The missus swears blind she hasn't been messing around with the laptop but I don't know a way around it. It is showing user name: user, but I haven't…
-
Recording home movies to DVD
I have just bought a new PC from Dell, I wanted to be able to save family films from the camcorder straight to DVD rather than video as I do now. They had an option for video editing, I expected to have red, yellow and white inputs on the back of the PC when it came, however what I got was firewire. Does anyone know of a…
-
Television Engineer wanted
Hi, I have a SONY trinitron model No KVX2282U. About 9 years old now has recently started playing up. The problem is that the remote receiver doesn't always respond to the button pressed on the remote control -- till you bang the TV, or, pick it up and drop it a few inches. That'll cure it for maybe a day or more then back…
-
computer attack
My computer is constantly attacked by a virus? probe? called HELKERN It is always successfully repelled, but why me and what's it trying to do?
-
Hosting a website on ethical cyberspace
Which companies do you recommend? We want someone who is cheap, efficient, but also ethical...the few we've looked at so far have included high class ladies websites and casinos and such and we really would like to use someone who doesn't host these things as well. Am I asking too much?! Any suggestions gratefully received.
-
email a photo taken on my mobile phone?
hi, can any1 tell me if its possible to email a photo taken on my mobile (not mms but email to some1 say name@hotmail.com) DIRECTLY from my phone ? im on 3,o2,orange at the moment ..
-
microsoft charging for email
Does anyone know if its true that m/soft are going to start charging for emails? or is it just a rumour?
-
Sound Card Splitter??
Hi, I need to get a splitter for my sound card so that i can play sound out through both my TFT monitor speakers and normal speakers. Is this possible? I've seen a few adapters but am unsure of the size i.e 2.5mm or 3.5mm ??? I think i need a convertor for 2.5mm(male) to 2x 2.5mm(female) - is this right? How much are…
-
Websites: does £20 per page on web design
sound a good idea? also what about web research being done for £5 per hour? any idea appreciated
-
Help with Firefox browser please !!!
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Downloaded and put the firefox exe file on a cd and took it home - my PC is a Windows 98 (1st edition) . Ran the program - it extracted the data, said it was "initialising the setup" - started to "verify the integrity of achives" ..........then.............NOTHING. Help please???
-
PC Crashing Help!
Hi My Internet explorer browser keeps crashing, and then coming up with the error reporting, I do it, but it gives me an error message, saying its missing a file. Also, if I try and run the antivirus programme (norton) it crashes the whole PC a couple of minutes into it. And occassionally, the PC is crashing for no reason.…
-
Longhorn's most useful feature 'leaked 'as XP tweak!
Use the following at your own risk!!! I've done mine and the difference is quite noticable. IE: Time your word pad opening before and after!! :eek: P.S. I haven't put instructions because if you don't know how to get to registry settings you shouldn't be playing!
-
How do I copy a DVD onto my hard drive?
Could someone help me please? I'm a technophobe and have no idea how to do it. Could someone please talk me through it, idiot style. :confused: Thank you very much.
-
email/outlook/wanadoo
I've just sorted my email out cos i'd had a problem , but now i only get mail on outlook exp. Iused to get the messages on my wanadoo webmail too.i've sent myself an email --both ways and it all worked-so why does mail from others only come to outlook exp??i must have a setting wrong --but what??can anyone help please?…