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From the Lateral Thinking Dept: check the little micro-switch under the lid. I've come across a few faulty ones that "think" you've closed the lid and switch off if you've got the option set.

+1 for Adblock Plus. I also use Ghostery with virtually no ill-effect.

While I'm on the subject....



.....I find that Facebook works fine unless you want to play games, in which case you can...

You'll get your reward in heaven lol

This one is far better.

I have to declare neutrality here, as I can see both sides of the argument (I'm not planning to upgrade to Win7, let alone Win8, just to be up-to-date. XP suits me just fine.)

On the one hand (and...

I got rid of mine years ago..........

YW, glad you're sorted.

Don't worry. Whenever I've been in PC World I've never managed to find anyone who knows anything about computers. :D

I like Stickit by Singer's Creations. Been using it for years (though not the latest version). If you're on a LAN, you can even put notes on other people's desktops, though you have to know their IP...

Excel's method (cut & Insert cut cells, not paste) definitely works. If you simply cut & paste, you will move the cells from one location to another, but not the row itself, thus overwriting the...

Try opening help and typing HP01216414 into the search box.

It's a lot easier than all that:

Let's say you want to move row 10 to between rows 5 and 6. Right-click row 10 (click the row number, not the cells), and click cut. Right-click row 6, and then...

In Firefox, it opens a new tab but gives it the focus. It's <shift+middle click> to do as you describe.


Good tip! I never knew that, and I've been using Firefox for years. Just goes to show,...

Aha! Thanks, Tinto, that was my mistake: I thought that if a router froze, then all of it would stop working, not just the DHCP server or anything else in fact. The static address idea is a good tip,...

Hello Lounge, I was recently trying to sort out a connectivity problem in a small office.

There are three Windows XP Professional machines in a (wired) workgroup, connected through a router to the...

I too had this file - it turned out to be the file which downloaded my fax program installer from the website where I bought it. As I have the installer and registration code backed up (the company...

Roy, the link you showed in your OP was the easiest way and does work. However, I suspect you followed the instructions a little too literally. In the pictures, you're shown the Administrator account...

I think Axcrypt is pretty neat. No UI as such, it just becomes a right-click option in Explorer. You can also encrypt the name of a file, so no-one can tell what it is. And if you want to send an...

I too can recommend the 6200, lovely little card and cheap as chips. I'm using it in an XP machine, and the Win7 Upgrade Advisor says it's fine.

A sad comment on the times we live in, but true, alas. Built-in redundancy.

My first mouse was some obscure make from Outer Mongolia or somewhere - the left button did wear out and I got myself a Microsoft wheel mouse. I've used it ever since and it's showing no sign of...

Try this:

1. On your daughter's laptop, install the printer as a local printer (like you did before). Check that it works and plug the device back into your XP machine.
2. Back on your daughter's...

Al, in XP, to see the Security tab you have to disable Simple File Sharing - to do that in Home Edition you have to reboot into Safe Mode.

To get into Safe Mode, you have to press F8 at the right...

And digital photo frames. :)

Somehow I'm struggling to see how touch will catch on in the corporate world, despite what we see on James Bond and the like. I don't know about America, but in the UK we have pretty fierce Health &...