When I used XP I had a nice little .wav file that said 'welcome' when I booted my system. Now, Windows 7 is supposed to be better and more advanced, so why can't I by-pass the startup tune? I can...
Surely all I need to be completely safe is Microsoft's -" Windows Security Essentials" and Phil Zimmermans "Pretty Good Privacy".?
JOB DONE.
What's all the fuss about???...
I'm going to format my hard-drive and re-install Windows, following instructions downloaded from Microsoft and I would like to know if there is a preferable procedure for getting my computer 'back to...
I've just started using Mozilla Thunderbird as my email program and my question is: "Where are my emails (in & out) stored/saved and can I copy them to another storage/disk area,like an...
I've recently found some old photographs of my parents(sadly now deceased) and I want to scan them onto my hard drive in order to work on them.I'm using the scan function on my HP Photosmart C4280 and...
Sometimes I get emails from people that have loads of email addresses attached to the message and I feel that I can't forward these messages to anyone else because I would be doing what the previous...
Somehow, I lost my Outlook Express 6 and couldn't get it back without having to resort to a re-installation of Windows XP so I decided to try Mozilla Thunderbird 3. I've tried it for ten minutes and...
Why can I no longer just put a dvd into the player and have it play? The light flashes on the front for a few seconds then stops. I use Media Player 11 and I've tried VLC, but nothing seems to play my...
How can the passenger in my car,during a trip, connect to the WWW on their laptop and would they be able to use the cars' cigarette lighter as a power supply?
Any advice please and many thanks....
I've just bought an external drive ( Seagate 1Tb.) which comes with a cable for power and a cable for USB connection. There is no switch or button to power off or on and so I'm concerned about the...
I tried to replace my system with an earlier 'Acronis backup' because I'd lost my 'D' drive and all of the drives E,F,G,H,I. so I tried to install an ACRONIS Backup from an external drive , when...
Why doesn't my DVD drive (D) recognise DVD's or anything other than plain CD's? I'm sure that I used to play films & stuff on this drive. I'm running Windows Home Edition on a Dell Dimension 5150...
I've just bought the above for my wife(Christmas box). Before I give it to her on Christmas day will there need to be anything done to it? Can I download AVG for example or configure it so that she...
The following problem has just appeared recently: When I open the Device Manager and scroll down to Storage volumes I now see 5 yellow apostrophe marks and the names Generic Volume. If I then open any...
I'm off to Glasgow next month ,for a week, and will be staying near the Central Station. I like Italian ( real stuff,not the ponced about marketing exercise)and am asking for suggestions or...
Morning All! Is it possible to setup an audible reminder on my computer so as I'm working it will alert me to an event that is scheduled? I've finally worked out how to schedule Acronis to do a backup...
My screen font seems to have disappeared and I just have the 'default' boot font , which looks faint and spidery? I used to have a nice solid looking font which was easy to read from any angle on the...
