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Hi there I have a laptop where Windows XP is corrupt and I cannot do anything once the system has booted up. Everything takes ages and all processes soon freeze. I cannot even run antivirus or spyware scans. I recently made an image of the drive using Acronis True Image and can reinstate it...

Hi I am naming my Excel SHEETS with dates i.e. Sheet 1 is called '1 dec' Sheet 2 is called '2 dec' I would like this (Sheetname) DATE to be copied into a CELL (formatted for date) in the same Sheet. Can this be done? Appreciations Emerald "Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a...

Hi there, I have a VLOOKUP cell which is =VLOOKUP(C11,SchemeList!$A$2:$B$39,2,FALSE) Is it possible to put in a condition in this formula so that if an entry is put into C11 that cannot be matched from cells A2:B39 in the 'SchemeList' Sheet then the entry 'BSS' appears in the VLOOKUP cell...

Hi I have created a drop-down list in a column in an excel spreadsheet. There are several CATEGORIES for the ITEMS in the drop-down list column. The ITEMS are e.g. ORANGES, BANANAS, APPLES, CARROTS, BEEF, LEEKS In the adjoining column to the left I manually enter the CATEGORIES e.g. FRUIT...

Does anyone know if there is a simple and good quality program to backup my linux hard drive and make an image where I can make a boot CD like True Image for Windows? True image by Acronis is a great program for Windows and you can make a boot CD, but unfortunately it is not suitable for Linux...

Something strange has recently happenned with my computer running XP Pro and Photoshop 7 although everything else feels and appears to be totally normal. So I believe I may have accidentally activated some hidden function in Windows XP or Photoshop. When I right click on a JPEG file and choose...

I am going absolutely barmy trying to get some code from a Dreamweaver created web page into a new mail message(HTML) in Outlook XP. I cannot believe it is not possible!!!???? I know it can be done in Outlook Express (a program normally used by less demanding users). Has anyone achieved it in...

Everything worked fine upto a point on the compaq armada e500 notebook with win 98 and is much better with a recent windows XP installation except for the fact that the Toshiba CD/RW DVD-Rom plays CDs fine, but cannot seem to play DVDs for want of some kind of driver/firmware/update. I went to...

I am trying to rid myself of a Norton Antivirus program on my Win XP Pro system and the add/remove programs does not respond. There is also no uninstall file in the Norton Antivirus Program folder. Does anyone know how I can remove it manually i.e. by carefully removing selective files? This...

I have a stable windows (XP pro SP2) environment. Everything seems to be running smoothly, however, recently Services.exe wants to be active on the internet for hours - I see this from Zonealarm. I have now blocked access to the internet for services.exe Does anyone know what exactly is the...

I have a laptop which has no floppy drive but has a CD drive. I have partitioned the hard drive so I have a system drive (C-drive) and a D-drive. I have made a ghost image of the system drive and stored it on the D drive. I would like to create an emergency bootable CD for when I have an...

I have been messing around with ALL my LAN settings in my network connections trying to network my pc and want to restore the default configurations . I want to start from scratch. Is there a utility or command that I can use to do this? "Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle

I hv 2 pcs (windows xp pro) networked. pc1 is connected to the internet using a broadband modem(USB) and accesses fine. Both pcs can share files OK but pc2 cannot access the internet connection via the first pc. I have tried disabling firewalls, using the network wizard and allowing internet...

I wish to upgrade the hard drive in my Dell laptop - cpi d266xt to something larger (at least 12 Gb) and have been looking around for second had and new drives Can anyone tell me what I have to look out for? thanks the hard drive I have in it at present is an: IBM TravelStar 2.5 Inch...

As an administrator of a standalone pc is it possible to prevent certain users from running .exe files and if so how is it possible? Thanks for any advice "Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle

Does anyone know how to do this from the Mac version of Outlook Express? I know how to export from a PC version of Outlook Express... that is easy. "Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle

Syntax SV266A motherboard I have tried flashing the bios in DOS with latest download from the syntaxusa website as well as using the Syntax utility in Windows, but in both cases there is a dialogue box that says the Flash Rom is write protected. I have looked at the bios menus e.g. Advanced...

OK the situation is that I have created a .gho norton ghost file of a partition and would like to make it bootable from a set of CDs. Am I right in thinking that all I have to do is use Nero to burn a bootable set of CDs using the Norton Ghost boot floppy when Nero asks for it and then feed in...

I bought and installed this motherboard which was cheap and did not come with a CD. I went to the Asus site and the downloads are many and confusing. Is there anywhere I can download the CD for this motherboard to get rid of this headache? any help appreciated "Keep away from people who try...

I have an AMD 2600+ CPU and my Windows XP Pro and bios setup tells me that the CPU is presently set to run at 1.53Ghz I would like the CPU to run nearer to 2.6GHz but I am a bit worried about vapourising my motherboard and CPU and so need advice from you guys. I have a default disabled jumper...