computers

Anyone any ideas as to what on earth is wrong with this thing? It drives me crazy.... My lap top is HP Pavilion and has recently been away at lap top hospital for a new hard drive as there were probs with switching it on, any way, that sorted. Before it went away, my arrow used to jump around...

For some reason, this morning, my laptop has decided that it isnt going to remember my login details for any of the sites that I go on (accyweb, yahoo, facebook etc) Normally I just type in the web address and it logs me in automatically but everytime I leave a site now, when I go back I am...

This has never happened before but each time I open firefox up It automatically opens two windows. One being my internet the other being an AD . I have run S & D and also Adaware and I have done all my checks cleaned my PC and still it happens . WHY??? Any suggestions on how to stop it its...

I have Windows Vista Ultimate and for some strange reason my MSN Messenger has developed a problem. It has been three days now and I can't sign in. I was really surprised earlier when one of my mates started chatting to me. She reckons that I'm permanently signed in. The error message is...

hi, had a problem other week with the laptop, very dark screen, at the shop, said it needed a new inverter(think thats what he said) got it home, could, nt get windows, back to the shop, he says computer won,t pick the hard drive up or something to that effect, nothing wrong with the hard drive...

I'm wondering if someone could guide me with instructions on getting another computer to work on my router? I have a netgear router and one laptop connected wireless. We have an old laptop that doesn't have wireless so I got an ethernet cable but I'm unsure how to allow this computer onto the...

Kelsey's laptop has gone off on one again tonight, it was working just fine and then we got the message " windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt; \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM Any ideas?

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Microsoft squirts out Vista SP2 • The Register its a 350 Meg download so those of you on capped packages be careful what else you download this month!

Well, the problem that I have is that it appears that my copy of windows is not genuine (think somebody has changed the windows on this laptop since i bought it 2 yrs ago :mad:) I have the genuine key thingie on a windows sticker on the bottom of my laptop (am guessing that this is what was on...

Who's a spreadsheet expert? I want a cell and text to change colour when 3 other cells match, done it before but can't for the life of me remember how :eek:

My niece got a new laptop for her 21st and its been perfect till today , Shes had no trouble connecting to the net on it whereever she has been , but today she cant Ive had a look and it keep saying that there is no network adaptor installed on the computer. I can only assume that somehow...

I (or one of my family should I say) have managed to pick up WINPC ANTIVIRUS on this computer. :mad:This means that every 7 milliseconds I get a pop-up telling me that I have 24 infected files and that I need to register to get rid of them etc etc.:mad::mad: I am currently running Mcafee Total...

I used to be able to see all videos (usually Youtube) posted on these forums but since early February I can't see them at all. I just get a blank box with a little symbol in the top left corner but I can see them everywhere else, just not on here. I haven't altered anything on my PC and I have...

hi all im planning on purchasing a new wireless adsl router .. any suggestions on what i should get?

Linux is a total nightmare..ubunto loads when it feels like doing and Mozilla is far from the secure exporer some bods make out.. it breaks down after a few weeks.. anyone else had problems with this so called secure alternative to I.E ?

I've now spent a week running my laptop from an SSD drive instead of a normal hard drive... The difference is pretty much amazing. It used to be that RAM was the best upgrade on a computer, I would now say that adding an SSD is probably the best way to speed up your computer. Especially if your...

Help needed..on certain downloads i keep getting the message Windows Installer not correctly installed any advise would be welcome...simple terms please :rolleyes: :enough:

i would strongly recomend AVOIDING the place on union road near teh town hall a friend of mine took their pc there and was charged £90 for un needed repairs they said the onboard graphics was broken - a lie thy installed a pci express graphics card that wasnt needed they wiped of the...

Hi I've had to reinstall windows on my daughters laptop. I've managed that ok, but although we have a wireless adaptor card in, and the computer found the new hardware, it won't install it. I've checked the drivers and they are ok. Since the computer can't install the wireless adaptor...