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phylkat

Wrist watch

When did the working man first wear a wrist watch? Did they wear one as far back as 1917 ? pk

wendyl

New router netgear rangeMax DG834PN

Help please Which is the correct wireless adapter for PC and cheapest place with fast delivery thanks

SurreyGuy

Why do I get this on-screen message when I turn my PC on?

When I turn my PC on, I get the following message (the text in "" shows in a blue box; the text in ** shows under the blue box) - "SmartBridge Alerts : BTHelpNotifier.exe - Entry Point Not Found" *...

dinoboxer

Scanning a document

I have an Epson 1240 scanner, how do I scan a document, put it on my pc so that I can write onto it and print off the result

sjlta1

PC and Phone connection problem

I have recently bought a new PC but now I can't make or receive phone calls when logged on.My security is AVG and I have BT Broadband connection. It was fine previously

straughton

pc issue

sometimes when i'm on the net (new internet explorer) my pc goes mad and repetedly opens up new tabs and won't stop?? then i try task manager and there's something running called search glow(pretty...

Cockney_si

Key fob controlled locks

We've had these introduced at work and they are like a small black egg with a green ring around them on a key ring, You hold them up to the unlocking panel whcih has 3 LEDs on it and it unlocks an...

full-throttl

Tiny Laptop USB

can anyone help? a friend of mine had full use of her laptop before going to work the other night, came home and now none of the USB ports are working or recognised. it appears her ex has been on the...

smurfchops

Light Bulbs

Are these new Low Energy Light Bulbs going to take over from the 'normal' light bubs we use now? Does this mean we won't be able to buy and use the old ones, or does it mean the Powers that Be would...

unruliejulie

fan on computer, help!

Can anyone tell me why the fan has kicked in on my computer, its louder than i have heard it before and the whole thing seems slower too. Is this anything to worry about or not?

ultramarine

Buying an external hard drive

I have a laptop computer that I have had for a few years which has about 25GB capacity, and as I have used up a lot of space I have been considering buying an external hard drive to increase my...

dave m

wireless connection

my friend has a old pc,he has bought a external high speed hub,because he cannot update usb to usb2,does he need 2 buy a internal usb2 card because the pc will not connect 2 the wireless router,which...

StreetEndBoy

Backing up XP

I am running Win XP but would like to start using open source stuff Mozilla,Firefox etc. Can I back up XP to disc? XP was pre-installed so have no original discs. I want to back it up in case I need...

mobile_phone

Unblocking a phone

How do i unblock a mobile phone, is there anyone who can do it. Please note i don't mean unlock like most poeple think i acctually mean UNBLOCK. The network blocked my phone by mistake and now i'm not...

pussyfoot

Photo background

I have a photoghraph a building and I want to completely remove the background and leave it just on a white background. Can anyone explain to me if/how I could do this. Thanks.

Chippy1

New Hard drive, New Operating System needed?

Hi Just wondering if anyone can help. I have recently just purchased a new hard drive for my acer laptop, the only problem is Windows Vista was pre-installed on the laptop when I bought it. I did make...

bloomfelt

processor speed

I am about to upgrade my laptop and my current processor is Mobile AMD Sempron 300+ 798Mhz 480gb RAM The one i am thinking of buying is Intel Celeron M processor 520 1.6GHz, 533MHz, 1MB L2 cache As I...

Wolfeymole

A bit of advice on OS disks.

This is not a question but some advice when it comes to buying a new system. Time after time I keep seeing issues where only a Recovery disk is supplied. To me this is a disgusting practice and one...

wendyl

acthetroll

Recently you were veryhelpful about my broadband connection problems.After that weekend,it was back on and working - still don't know why!!! However, as it was not the first time we decided to take...

michaellam

"Memory could not be read"

An error in windows explorer keeps coming up saying: Instruction at "0x5ad71531" referenced memory at "0x000340d0". The memory could not be read. Does anyone know why this happens?

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