I am looking for an external USB3 Optical Drive that will operate in positions other than the usual horizontal one. Weird request I know, but having just bought a new laptop which doesn't come with an...
When I bought my Sony laptop I paid extra for Microsoft Office 2010 which came with Excel, Word, Powerpoint (the ones I wanted), plus OneNote and Office Tools. I now need to replace the laptop but am...
Up until a week ago I was happily enjoying the ability to wirelessly print from both my laptop (Win 7 64) and my iPad, but am now getting a 'printer not responding' error message when I attempt to...
Can anyone point me to a tutorial or reference - or even if you know how to do it yourself - to show me how to position a horizontal row of small (50px x 50px) images, say about 8 of them, with equal...
Whenever I wish to view a pdf file that is a link, ie http://www.ipc-wcresu...L_Female_R6_Final.pdf my laptop will always download the file, then I have to open it from the download folder - whereas...
I need to publish some competition videos to the web, but even the 1.5min video files in wmv format comes in at over 15Mb. Maybe if I convert them to flash they'll be smaller, ie quicker to upload?...
I have been trying to convert 3 AVI files to DVDs, the first attempt was by using Free DVD Creator, the 2nd attempt I used AviDvd. On both occasions the generated AUDIO_TS folder was empty. It almost...
Does anyone know how to 'find and replace' across a hard drive? I have a database that insists on having the file types in lowercase so I need to change several hundred JPG files to jpg, but there...
Try as I might I cannot create a playlist that is recognised by my Sony MP3 Walkman using WMP11, as recommended by Sony. So far playlists saved in wpl, asx or m3u formats are all ignored, in fact the...
I've been given a homemade DVD comprising a number of freebie graphics manipulating applications which I thought I'd copy and return the original to its owner. These programmes are on a DVD+R (16x)...
Automatic updates on Windows XP Pro is telling me that Service Pack 3 is ready to download/install. I've just had a look at the support site for it and it's packed with things like, 'steps to take...
I know this sounds weird, but how can I access my already sent/received emails in Thunderbird whilst not having an internet connection? I've deleted all previously set-up passwords but every folder I...
For the past couple of days whenever I start my PC, it appears to go through all the normal start-up checks and sequences, but when Windows desktop appears, well my chosen photographic background...
I'm seriously considering asking my ISP (Orange) to update me to their internet phone service, but would I have to use their Livebox system in order to use the ADSL phone? I'm actually living in...
I know this is very much a long shot, but can anyone tell me what this plant is from the following info .... it's an annual it has a single stem with long slender leaves the foliage is brown/bronze in...
I offered to rip a couple of my friend's cds for her and create a playlist, on my XP based pc, then drag and drop the resulting files into her ipod, again using my pc. (Her own machine's os is Win...
I live in Europe and when I try to, say, sign up to on-line banking to my UK bank, my application is refused as the bank knows I'm not using a pc in the UK. Similarly, I can't watch some BBC streamed...
Not being particularly 'au fait' with financial formulas I'm unsure which one to use within Excel to give me the answer to the following: On a capital sum of money at a fixed rate of interest, how...
My daughter and I are renting a house on a 6 months renewable tenancy but there are several aspects which neither the agency nor the landlord will address, namely. (1) The CORGI gas safety certificate...
