Archive for October, 2007

Unable to recieve ADSL

Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Internet | No Comments »

I am currently with Telstra broadband but about to move house and cannot get broadband due to no available ports at local exchange, I am not sure wether to ... Read more..

Megaclick spyware

Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Spyware, Virus, Windows ME, Windows Vista, Windows XP | 1 Comment »

Hi, Im not to bad with computers but latley of got the \"megaclick\" virus were it takes you to the megaclick page whenever you clickany link and claims it doesnt exist(obviously ... Read more..

Outlook Express colour highlights

Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Outlook Express | No Comments »

In Outlook Express, when I wish to highlight words in colour (HTML enabled) the colour no longer shows on my screen, but it does for the recipient. Colour works fine in ... Read more..

Buying cheap software

Monday, October 22nd, 2007 Posted in Buying a computer, Office, software | No Comments »

I have been looking at ways of buying Microsoft Office cheaper than recommended retail price. In my travels I came across an American website (Soft Sales)offering Microsoft Office(OEM) for ... Read more..

Slow disk checking in Vista

Thursday, October 18th, 2007 Posted in Hardware, Windows Vista, Windows XP | No Comments »

Why does it take a very long time to run check disk utility in windows vista?. It starts running at startup and runs for more than half an hour displaying ... Read more..

Cannot open MSN Premium Mail

Thursday, October 18th, 2007 Posted in email | No Comments »

IE cannot open my MSN Premium Mail now. I get this message: Windows cannot find "C:\Program Files\MSN\MSNCoreFiles\MSN.EXE". Make sure you typed, etc. Clicking on the MSN Installer [desktop] ... Read more..

My computer has no sound

Thursday, October 18th, 2007 Posted in Hardware, Windows Vista, Windows XP | No Comments »

I have no sound. If I put a cd in these are the messages I get: "There are no active devices available. To install mixer devices, go to control panel, ... Read more..

My computer keeps shutting down

Thursday, October 18th, 2007 Posted in Hardware, Spyware, Virus | No Comments »

My PC keeps shutting down. What might the problem be? This is one of those problems that could be a number of things. It could be hardware or software related. The key ... Read more..

A recovery disk wiped my data

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 Posted in Windows Vista, Windows XP | No Comments »

One of my kids has done a system recovery on the PC. We haven't done a back up for some time. The last restore point is after ... Read more..

64 bit security software

Monday, October 15th, 2007 Posted in software | No Comments »

I have Windows XP Pro 64 bit version as the operating system on my home computer. Can you recommend internet protection software, such as anti-virus, which will run on a ... Read more..