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512 MB RAM - but only 256 MB recognised

Just bought this RAM PC133 DIMM CL3 to replace 128MB. Make: Kingston = OK. Where: China = ?... Never heard of such a problem. Any suggestions? Only difference I can see is CL2 on the 128 MB RAM.

cameo

Digital TV

I have just read on a bbc news web site that when I change my tv to digital I will not be able to use my video recorder to record one channel whilst watching another. I didn't know this. Is it the...

Mr T 2007

Win98 Internet Explorer 6 web site restrictions on broadband

Hi all I have a very strange problem: I am running win98 (first edition) and internet explorer 6 on a PC. After having no problems for a few years, I suddenly find that I now cannot access certain web...

Curitiba

IP address finder

Hello. Does anyone knows of how can I find the IP address of a specific website. I.e. www.tesco.com or www.bbc.co.uk? Many thanks for your assistance.

sheila2155

unknown files

when i go into my files through the 'my computer' link or through my documents i have some files i don't recognise. lxcerme and PROTTPLN are 2. anyone know what these are and where they belong? I'm...

liquidsuite

Windows Vista arggggggg

Hi there my laptop which has Vista on it when I bought it is giving me so many headaches. So many of my programmes which worked great on XP do not work properly on vista. I had to do a system recovery...

luckystrike

Microsoft Address Book

I use Microsoft 'Address Book' (NOT the one associated with Outlook), and am changing computers. How do I get all my old addresses saved? Can I just put them on a memory stick, then load them onto the...

afairclough

spam

Is spam as in e-mail an anacronym for any thing if not where does it come from does anyone know? Thanks in advance.

thundercrack

what is the electrical symbol

hi, electrical symbol for a double pole pull cord switch? also symbol for a smoke detector which is mains powered with batt back up. thanks, alf.

Lorcan

Anti-virus Message Center

I've just received an email from the above named people advising me that my amti-viral/firewall may be vulnerable and providing me with a download. Is there any way to check if they are genuine? There...

grahamlong

Do you know of a site that scans your PC and advises what drivers need tobe updated ?

Hi good AB'ers Do you know of a site that scans your PC and advises what drivers need to be updated ? WindizUpdate use to do this but now does not - this is the site that you can download Windows...

dolphiness

my puter keeps crashing

can someone help me please my puter keeps turning off whenever it feels like it i have to unplug it to get it started again can anyone tell me wot causes this before i throw it out the window

frogstar

HDD showing incorrect capacity - please help!

I just formatted my 40gb hard drive back to FAT32 and installed Win98se, which had XP Home on NTFS on it. But drive C properties in the My Computer folder is showing the drive to have only 6.02gb...

John Mvula

Windows Vista Home Edition Dos Net work printing

How do you print from one Windows Vista Home edition To another vista home edition using a DOS PROGRAM?

perose

Photos on CD

I am transferring photos from my computer to a CD so that they can be watched on TV. The TV is widescreen (16x9) so we are masking the photos 16x9. However when they are displayed on the TV we are...

isj032

Question on SATA and IDE, help needed please!

Ok, so i bought a new SATA hard drive, my motherboard supports SATA so no problems there. I have been using an IDE hard drive and both my optical drives are IDE, I have all the drivers installed and...

codswallop

repeat photo

How do I print out the same picture ie someones head,6 times on one 6"x4" sheet of photo paper? Thanks!!!

charlieboys1

difference between DVD-R and DVD+R

can any tell me the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R and what you would use them for or can not use them for I know that DVD+RW are just rewritable disk what -/+R I have no idea

daginge

USB Differences

Hi All Can anyone please explain the deiffogs between USB1& USB2. My machine tells me that certain peripherals camera etc. will work better plugged into a USB2.0 port? how do I change my USB1 to...

mrknowall

E-mails

Ive just changed providers i was on virgin and now I'm on sky. I am having problems with sending e-mails from my old e-mail address i can receive them but not send. Virgin told me i could still use my...

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