Forum: PressF1

Separated this out from the previous External Hard Drive thread. I have a WD MyBook Essential (2TB) HDD, with a USB3 connection. Drive was last used about a year ago when I created backup images of 3 laptops (using EaseUs ToDo Backup Free). A couple of nights ago I had a need to restore some...

Please tell me that I can get rid of the horrible transparency all over that awful OS. It makes the windows hard to see clearly. I have chosen the scheme that is easiest on the eyes, but it is still hard to look at.:horrified

Clean- re-installed Vista, OK. :) Bought Office Home and Student 2007 (with install media) from DSE; and 'upgraded to Office 2010 with a Product Key only. Where can I download the installation file? Digital river used to have those downlaods but apparently couldn't find it now. Can...

Couple of issues with Outlook 2010 Rules Some mobile users are set up with couple of rules, to copy incoming email from an IMAP InBox to a local InBox and to copy the Sent Items in the local Sent Items box to the IMAP Sent Item box. The rules work very well, with couple of exceptions ... 1....

I use trademe on a desktop, netbook and a tablet as does SWMBO. We all use FF as our browser of choice yet my desktop is the only one that won't stay logged in to my account. I have tried everything I can think of including clearing cookies and temp files with ccleaner and still it won't stay...

Thought I'd roll two threads into one here. First Question is, how do I stop windows downloading what it thinks is the right driver for my synaptics touch pad? The generic drivers work much better than the "correct" ones, but after a while windows updates them which installs another driver. I...

Hi we have one computer running windows 7 and ie10 that doesn,t want to allow me to get to the logon screen on the home page of the ird website. Other sites as well but this one i know is working and easy to test. I can go onto the site but when I push the login button on the home page I get a...

This is a bit of an odd one - on Friday, I think, one of my Win7 Pro x64 PCs suddenly stopped searching programs in the start menu - so if I hit the windows key, and type in word, for example, word (or anything related on the start menu) won't come up, however it still searches control panel items,...

Hi PressF1 people, I am in the market for a decent sized lap-top as I need to be able work excel spreadsheets (full page) whilist on the road. I have been doing some research but get confused over a number of things. Ideally I need to be able to access emails, write replies, deal with daily...

Hi all I am looking at updating my website and wonder if any of you have used a website builder site. I'm not interested in wordpress or jumla more something like squarespace or similar. Any suggestions? It does not have to be free nor outrageously expensive, Thanks

Hi y'all, I asked this question a while ago and Handbrake was suggested. It works well BUT if I have a .vob file that has two or three separate titles on it, it only converts the first and not the others. I have tried playing with the settings on Handbrake but either I'm thick (highly possible)...

Thinking of getting one. There's an Asus has 2560x1440 resolution. Could there be a problem with my computer not being able to handle this? Otherwise any recommendations?

Hi Folks, I'm not only new here but posting in the hope of getting some help with my Samsung Y smartphone. All of a sudden, and out of the blue, my phone appears to have lost my password for gmail, denying me access to mail and a number of apps. Unlike my pc, there is no facility I can find on...

Wish to do a clean reinstall (get rid of all the bloatware) of Win8 x64 to this HP notebook computer as it's badly infected with virus/malware. If I were to use the media created from the HP notebook, I'll bring back all the bloatware, which I wanted to avoid. Question: Can I use my Win8...

Hi Is it possible to get USB adapters to go from mini USB to micro USB? Basically I have a few mini USB wall chargers but my new phone takes micro USB so rather than buying new chargers I want to try and adapt them. Cheers

Hi all I have noticed lately that various areas have poor quality images. See this and then this which is two clicks closer and when you get up close they seem to be very bad. Has anyone of you come across this?:confused:

Help me out guys - I'm smitten with the idea of getting one next week. Currently using a Galaxy Pocket which is all good and fine but mmmm The forthcoming S4 deal will satisfy my soul. It offers: * Free handset * 2 GB data per month (carry over each month for a year) * 700 minutes talk time...

Hi I am just trying to find the monthly cost for MYOB Atlas I can find this for the Aussie side, which has prices http://learningcentre.myobatlas.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/265 but for the NZ side no prices http://learningcentre.myobatlas.co.nz/app/answers/detail/a_id/385

For a friend.Budget is about a grand and it has to be from Harvey Norman. So far I have these 2 http://www.harveynorman.co.nz/hp-envy-m6-1105tx-laptop.html http://www.harveynorman.co.nz/asus-k55vd-sx010h-laptop.html I have 1 hour to decide.

Trying to help a friend whose tethered USB connection from an XP laptop through an LG Android phone to 2degrees is working only sporadically. Have established that it's not a fault in the USB cord, and that my friend is setting it up in exactly the same way as I can through my Samsung Android...

Hi guys. We looking at replacing our, poor, worn-out Compaq Evo. Which is over 10 years old. Have update to 2 GB's ram and a sata 500 GB hard drive. Thinking about this, http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.asp?id=584797007, and wanted your views, on it. We have heaps of photos, thus the 500 GB...

Logic is failing me on this one. Son's Dell Dimension 5750 had a PSU (Silverstone 500W) upgrade a couple of years ago when he got a beefier graphics card. A couple of days ago the machine failed to power up. Mobo LED lights up, front power LED blinks orange, fan doesn't run - no kick at startup,...

I am looking at my upgrading compaq CQ57-307TU laptop. All the laptop is used for is internet and email. Would like to upgrade to Windows 8, more ram and a SSD. Any thoughts on what I should do?

I.have.removed.the.bar.to.make.sure.nothing.is.making.it.stick. Its.so.annoying.cos.I.NEED.it!!! Any.thoughts?

Would that mean I'll have to reinstall all of my programs etc. I have a horrible feeling it does......... Cheers Billy 8-{) :groan:

I'm really out of touch with the latest offerings, and I'll be wanting a new laptop soon. My current one has been great, recommended by Jen, but I'm itching to upgrade. Looking at the adverts I guess I can expect to pay around 1000 bucks, or is that unrealistic? I hope to have something with...

After using Revo, Win7 Disk clean-up and CCleaner and then Defraggler, I ran my trusty Auslogics defrag. I am surprised to see that Auslogics claim that I have 224 junk files taking up 831MB of space. This is not the first time this has happened and if I run CCleaner followed by Auslogics I have...