Archive for May, 2008

Creating a new Windows user

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Windows Vista, Windows XP | 1 Comment »

Sometimes it's necessary to create a new user profile on your computer. To do this, click Start, Settings and Control Panel. Then choose User Accounts. In Windows Vista, choose Users. Choose ... Read more..

Some sounds don’t play on my computer

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Internet Explorer | No Comments »

Dell Windows XP Home PC. I get sound on some sites and not others. I have real player. Why would this happen & what can I do? It ... Read more..

Repairing Internet Explorer

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Internet Explorer | 1 Comment »

If you have a problem with Internet Explorer, you don’t need to uninstall and reinstall the entire program. Open the Control Panel and click Add/Remove Programs, or Programs in Windows ... Read more..

How do I stop the Windows log in screen?

Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Windows XP | No Comments »

How do I get rid of Windows XP asking me to log on when it starts up? To do this, click Start, Run and type Control Userpasswords2 then click okay. The ... Read more..

Damaged user profile

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows Vista, Windows XP | No Comments »

I am running my new Toshiba Satellite A210 laptop on the same dial-up phone line as my old Compaq PC with windows xp. My PC now seems to have same ... Read more..

Windows cannot find winsafe message when computer starts

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows Vista, Windows XP | No Comments »

I am facing a problem at the time of start up of my Laptop. Ut is showing messages like "windows cannot find Winsafe in a particular location, type the name ... Read more..

Connecting to a wireless network

Sunday, May 4th, 2008 Posted in networking | No Comments »

Many thanks for your help.   One more question though, to connect my BT Broadband through a wireless connection, do I have to use the recommended BT Adaptor connector. If it's ... Read more..

Buying a high end computer

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 Posted in Buying a computer | No Comments »

We are starting up a small business and are looking at purchasing a high end computer (and associated hardware and software) to edit and archive the company's digital media resources: ... Read more..

Recovering lost data

Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Disaster recovery | No Comments »

I took my laptop and external hard drive to my local computer shop. I wanted them to transfer iTunes and My Photos onto the external hard drive to free up ... Read more..

People can’t read my Office 2007 documents

Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Apple, Office | 1 Comment »

I have the new version of Microsoft Office and people are telling me I can't read what I send them. Office 2007 has a range of new formats; Word 2007 saves ... Read more..