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PC Startup very slow

On startup, there is an awful lot of disk activity and it takes 10 minutes before the disk stops and I can begin to use it. I have set the Internet options to update pages only when I visit the page....

manxbiker

card reader on my tower has stopped working

My card reader on my tower has stopped working. Any ideas on how to turn it back on

Brent pigeon

uninstall iplayer

How do I uninstall iplayer? I have down loaded ccleaner but cannot work out how to uninstall iplayer, it does not seem to come up on any thing I click on. I am not a techie and I am quite at sea with...

foxyferret

Sending e mails straight from websites

Hi everyone, I have a dell inspiron with windows 7. When I go to a website that has an e mail link, when I click on it I get this message. "Could not perform this operation because the default...

honey33

still need help on dvd to i pod question

Please still in need of help with the original dvd i want to copy to my pc so i can then put it on my ipod but no idea what prog to use....i have all readdy posted this question but it says it has 2...

honey33

Want to play my bought dvd's on my i pod touch and mp3 player. from pc to i pod

Hi can anyone help me out please does anyone no how i can copy my dvd film wich is bought from shop and copy that to my pc so it gets rid of the blocking part of the disc so that i can then load it...

sprayer

Temp files

I am running win. IE and just lately anything on the net seems to be slowing down, I have run virus and malware checks with nothing found but somebody told me to delete my "temp Internet...

ciaran

pc help

I have a Dell Dimension 4300,1.7 ghz,40 gb harddrive,250 mb ram,Windows xp pro. Could i format it and put windows 7 ultimate on it or will it crash out or go very slow ?. TIA....

Bazzer

Can't get online through browser

I have just removed Fraud Antivirus from a friends computer after he accidentaly downloaded it . I use Spybot S & D . However after removing it I can no longer get online through a browser but I...

learntojive

How to keep location when saving a file or picture

Hi, I'm trying to sort out all my pictures of which there are 1000's. When I save a folder or picture in Windows it goes back to the my documents menu every time so I have to trawl through all the...

thelewisgang

Rapport software question

I finally got my husband to sign up with internet banking & after setting him up, was advised to install Rapport software (have never heard of this before & I have had internet banking for...

divegirl

Dell wireless keyboard Dongle.

Hi, someone has just given me the above, but it does not have it's dongle! Is there anywhere I can buy just the dongle? Lisa x...

gettinblurry

Drawing program

Can anyone recommend a free drawing program? I'm looking for something basic that can do simple shapes and diagrams. To be honest, it's the kind of thing I used to sketch on the back of a fag packet...

albalass

connecting laptop to tv

when i connect up the tv picture has no red in it, ie everything has a blue tinge. i tried changing the contrast on both tv and laptop but that doesn't work. tried all the obvious, loose connection,...

stevie m

permanent clock on desktop

I want to put a permanent analogue clock on my desktop but cannot find a site that shows me a pic of what type of clock face I would end up with. I have one at present but it doesn't fire up when...

johntywino

Security packages

Hi, My Norton 2010 security package ends in a couple of weeks..It seems to do a lot,only I don't really understand what it actually DOES. I have just been reading up on AVG (at $55 compared to Norton...