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Outlook PST problem

Hi All This is a follow up to my last post re Outlook 2007. I have been told that the problem lies within the .pst file on my PC, not with Outlook itself. I have been advised that I can "rename...

learntojive

A follow up wordart query

Thanks to everyone who helped with my circle text yesterday. Now I have my circle does anyone know if it is possible to put some straight text in to the middle of it? Thanks, Anne...

taria

running out of space on main drive. please help

Second time doing this, okay here's my problem and it's going to take a long time to read. I have 2 drives one in and one out. (make sense?) If I open a program such as Poser or Rhino or Photo-shop,...

bricro

drives

What is the difference between a flash drive and a splash drive,please.

jacksprat16

compaq presario cq56

a friend has just bought this model and the sales guy said do a back up of the system as soon as you start it up as it doesn't have a o s back up ,but looking at the disc drives it has "d"...

acleaver

Mouse scrolling in MS Money

Hi.. I have MSMoney working on a Win7 laptop but my mouse (MS wireless2000) will not scroll up or down whilst pointing on a given page (it works OK on other pages e.g. within IE8 or a Word document)....

tearinghair

opening pdf files

You'll all be getting so fed up with me asking basic questions; apologies in advance! I can't open pdf files at the moment (now running Windows 7). I was having problems with Acrobat reader, and while...

secsee1

Form Auto Fill

I am running Internet Explorer on Win.XP, on some sites where you are required to fill in forms with name & address Etc. you can just click on "Auto Fill" on the top toolbar and it saves...

711

Boot up problems with laptop.

My wife`s laptop has developed a problem. Firstly, it froze, so she turned it off manually with the on/off switch. She then switched on again but after about 5 seconds it switched itself off, then...

711

Laptop boot up problem

My wife`s laptop has developed a problem. Firstly, it froze. She turned off manually with the on/off switch, then tried to restart. It stayed on for about 5 seconds then turned itself off. After...

johntywino

NUA

It's taking around 30 seconds to get off desktop lately,so I,ve been googling all the startups to see if they were really necessary. One of them (NUA) I can't find a thing about, and it hasn't been on...

johntywino

Avira antivirus

I have got Norton 2010 installed. Is there any point in adding Avira antivirus,and if so could they both operate together without problems ? Thanks in advance, John

Uzoma

Two right mouse keys

I can't understand why, on my wife's laptop, the left mouse key does exactly what the right key does. I don't know what caused that or how to rectify it. I had a look at the mouse option in 'Control...

grandpajoe

Trouble opening websites from short cuts!!!!!!1

I have a folder full of shot cuts to the various sites and other folders i use. Just a single click and I get to the site. I like this arrangement better than "Favourites" BTW However EVERY...

Hopkirk

Can I run speakers from a USB port?

I have a six year old Packard Bell computer. The loudspeaker socket has long had a problem, so I run the speakers from the headphone socket on the front. This socket now also has bad connection...

learntojive

Can you adjust the text size in word art?

Hi, firsly aplologies if this is in the wrong category, I'm doing some text in a circle shape using wordart. I've manged to get the text into the shape going round the edge just as I wanted but no...

caroll4711

numbers coming up when i press letters

hi can any body help ive bought my grandson a laptop for christmas but heas pressed somethink on the laptop and when he now goes to type any think the letters that has got numbers next to them the...

philg

Slow hibernating

I've always hibernated my Windows pc as it restarts much faster BUT for the last few weeks, although it used to hibernate in about 30 seconds, it now takes up to 15 MINUTES to do so What might I have...

andy-hughes

Slow Start up with Windows XP

When my PC starts up - it opens my Roxio System, and my Roxio Media Centre, as well as my Windows messenger. How can I make it open the Roxios only when I open them myself, and not on Start-Up - as...

kia cat

adding a new external hard drive

We managed to fill up the old ext. hard drive. I've just bought a new one, how can I safely move stuff over [like iTunes music etc] without losing links for them? Can I also transfer programmes from...

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