Forum: Computer Help & Advice

I sometimes need good quality images for my dvds and some sites disable the right mouse button so you can't save the image. I used to have a piece of script to get round this but that stopped...

I've got a WD 500gb passport that uses a password to access it. The other day after entering the password it came up with an error message. I went to the western digital website to down load the...

set up a new router ,, tp link, i tried to set it up as advised on a customer review, who said it was quite easy, and yes it was, but i had been told to set to PPPoE, i did this and tried several...

Good news for the regular punter but not so much for those who like to do analytic's.. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/10/google-search-https/ ...

iv just downloaded the newer version of yahoo messenger ym11 you may have already seen and downloaded? good news for saving your messages, the new version now saves your archived messages...

My broadband has been playing up for ages, although it's been a lot better since I bought a new router and wireless adapter a couple of months ago. However, it's playing up again now. It can...

Plenty of news about it but here is a nice little article which may open some peoples eyes to two of the social media giants. ...

Yes we all know to bank and I hope use our Email with https especially on a network outside of your home network. But try and use as much as you can please:) Same with facebook and twitter go...

I need to buy a new dongle as current 3 yr old £6 Vivanco one for some odd reason seems to be making the Vista system blue screen. Should I buy a 150mbps or 300mbps one ? Wireles G or Wireless N ?...

I recently had a problem with Google Chrome crashing because I had installed a Skype Toolbar . Skype Toolbars is an add-on for widely-used browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google...

Just wondered if anyone knows how to make an avatar have a sharper picture on Photoshop? As when I re-size the pixel size to get the kb to the max 19.5kb stated, the quality is really soft/rubbish...

While I browse the Forum I regularly get a Yahoo page pop up. Its been happening for about a week, and only happens on this site. Anyone else experiencing the same ,or how to resolve the...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14322957 i wonder how far this will go, start of censorship of the net? , what about article 8 - Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family...

So I'm now looking out for a new laptop. It doesn't have to be anything flash or have a masive memory as I have external hard drives. Basically something around the 12-15 inch screen and resonably...

Does anyone suffer from regular wifi drop outs with Win7? My problems started about a year ago when I got a new Win7 laptop and changed ISP at roughly the same time, I have always incorrectly...

turned me pc on the other day, who turned it off :Erm:... :yikes: blue screen of death :yikes::bigcry: after many hours finally back to where it was b4 :Jump:, lost nothing :rolleyes: thats...

I won an auction of desktop computer through e-bay cost only 10 pounds but when I asked the seller about the shipping fee from US - UK they said it cost $260.00 . That is a CPU only no monitor...

I used to use the channel 5 website to watch missed programmes but I haven't used it since it changed to demand five until a few days ago after my PVR failed to record a show:cwm23: I clicked on the...

Just a recommendation for a utility called dfx for your pc. It basically gives your music a better sound,used it for ages but thought some people might not be aware of it. I use Win-amp with dfx...

Does anyone know if you upgrade from an older yahoo instant messaging version to the current new one, if your chats will be saved or wiped? Just that Viva is on an older version and has put off...

morning all Got a problem with a word document. It opened up ok yesterday but I've tried to open it today and it comes up with a box on the screen for file conversion asking to select encoding to...