My step daughter is travelling the world and in doing so is writing a blog. For the last 12 months she's been successfully uploading photos to her Ipad using an official Apple SD card Reader. However,...
I want to adjust the screen brightness on my 2 year old Toshiba Laptop which runs Windows 8.1. I have done this in the past I'm sure, by using the up/down button on the keyboard that have a "sun"...
I was just wondering what others thought. Our neighbours' gardeners come every two weeks on a Friday morning and begin work at 8 a.m. We are retired so don't need to be up early and yet we're woken by...
I began getting emails from a few friends who'd all received a spurious email containing a link, which "appeared" to have been sent by me. The email address it had come from looked like mine except...
I recently tried to stream a movie from Amazon Prime to watch on my laptop. This was my first attempt having taken up a 30 day free trial (We don't yet have a Smart TV). It would appear my Broadband...
In the old days!!!! I knew how to change a tap washer. Our two year old kitchen has a modern mixer tap but which is now starting to drip. Not sure but I think it is the cold side. Can anyone tell me...
In my kitchen I am replacing some old 240 volt ceiling downlights with LED ones. The ones I am looking at come in both 240 volt or 12 volt using individual transformers for each light. Can anyone tell...
Just recently when going online my Laptop has become so slow, often timing out rather than finding the chosen website. I am not very techie so don't know where to start but I've done a full scan using...
I am lucky to be part of a final salary pension scheme. It allows retirement at 55, which I have just turned, although I plan to retire at 60. There are concerns that the company's future is uncertain...
When a bought Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 a year ago it was a 3 user CD version. To install on each PC was simply a matter of popping in the CD. I have just accepted an offer to renew, but...
I have just deleted hundreds of unwanted email addresses from my Yahoo account. These get automatically saved every time someone new emails me, regardless of whether I want it saved. Can anyone tell...
I am still learning about my new Ipad!! I'm sure there are loads of ways to get ebooks onto it but can anyone recommend any sites that offer Free EBooks and also tell me how you go about getting the...
I was on my yahoo emails looking at what was in my inbox when suddenly for no reason the font size went tiny. Everything on the whole screen was affected, folder headings etc. When I opened an email,...
Can you buy a Kindle book from Amazon UK for someone who lives say in Sweden. He would be using his PC to read the book I think. Just like buying any normal book as a gift, I'm sure there has to be a...
We are old fashioned!! and still have a Lovefilm DVD postal account with Amazon. However, we're looking at getting a Samsung or Panasonic Smart TV (laptop too small for my poor eyesight) and that will...
I'm gradually getting familiar with my new Ipad mini2 but am stuck on something. The other day I found a great "Beginners Guide forum" and was reading it the morning via my ipad. I wanted to look at...
I am very new to IPad. From the App store I went on to Newtand and downloaded a Guardian newspaper app which was free. I later realised it was a free trial after which I suspect I will automatically...
Not sure if it is called a "sidebar" but when I move my mouse curser across the screen (right to left) a display bar appears on the righthand side showing the following icons - Search, Share, Start,...
I'd like to know is whether Kindle books can be downloaded to say a Kobo EReader or other EReader such as Nook, and vice versa can Kobo Books be downloaded to a Kindle. In short can any ebook be read...
On my partners Laptop running Windows 7 BBC News used to fill the screen. Now for some unknown reason it is a bit like viewing it in 4:3 rather than widescreen. She wonders if by chance she has...