Forum: Computer Help

For a considerable amount of time now I have been unable to attach files to my emails in excess of about 250kb. For a long time I thought this was the fault of my ISP, Virginmedia, and have been on to them about it a few times. Although I have Microsoft 2010 professional installed on my computer...

This will sound a bit bizarre but it's nevertheless true. I have a Cherry wireless keyboard (and mouse). A couple of weeks ago I knocked the keyboard onto the floor and immediately afterwards my taskbar moved from the bottom of my screen and relocated itself as a rather wide taskbar to the right of...

Just in case anyone is interested in this technology, I am one of the triallists in the mid-Cornwall area who are on the trial. It is effectively a similar technology to that used by mobile phones - my router has a SIM card, just like those in mobile phones. The big difference is that, unlike a...

Since updating(?) to windows7 with all of it's new quirks to learn, I've bee very annoyed by the inability of the copy/paste action to paste in order of original text. everything appears in a descending file instead of horizontally across the page. 1st noticed in 1911 census. A previous copy was...

Hello all Until the recent demise of my old laptop I was using Windows XP and Firefox with Google Toolbar. My new laptop has Windows 7. Straight away I downloaded Firefox and then tried to add Google Toolbar, only to discover that the two no longer work together. Do I just have to learn to...

I had always thought that the gedcom system was infallible. Not so. Have justed exported a gedcom from Legacy 7 to Brothers Keeper and ran the inconsistency report to find that several dates have been transferred incorrectly. Used gedviewer to look at the gedcom and the errors are actually in...

Folks, I have just received $82 worth of PR's for Wiltshire which i planned to transcribe for OPC using a $100 USB microscope.I am able to get an image of a scrap of paper sitting on my desktop but nothing of the PR which is readable;has anyone used this method? Eric

I'm not sure whether this is the right place to post this but here goes: When I am composing a reply to a thread or a private message, if I for any reason, such as correcting a typo, go back to an earlier part of the message I find it virtually impossible to go back to the point I left. The...

I am feeling rather stupid as I can't find a menu that I know is somewhere in my computer, as I have used it before, but I'm blowed if I can find it. My computer grinds exceedingly slow these days but I don't want to get a new one and have to learn Windows 7 and updated Office until I have...

I know you can send SMS from your computer to a mobile phone Never tried doing it cause I have no idea how its done. Is it possible to send E-mail to a mobile phone from your computer

I have been sent an e-christmas card from a friend, however I cannot access it, as when I click on the link nothing happens. This is not the first time I have had problems with IE9 with this type of email. I do most things in Google Chrome but my BT Yahoo email defaults to IE9. has anyone any...

Earlier this evening I transferred a file to a flash drive and after closing the applications for the file and the flash drive I went to click on "Safely Remove Hardware" on the task bar. The icon had completely disappeared. I have looked on the taskbar notifications list and it seems to have...

I currently have a Netgear DGN1000 modem/router and an Edimax EW-7416APN access point, (set to universal repeater) running, both of which operate on the 192.168.0.* range. To get a better signal at the other end of the house I now have a TP-Link TL-WA801ND access point to install. This operates...

I have just bought a new computer with Windows 7 and Office 7 installed. One of the programs included in the start up menu is Microsoft Office Groove. I have not heard of this program so I googled it. It sounds as if it could be useful from the Family History point of view. Wikipedia calls it...

I haven't seen anything about it here, so I thought I'd mention that Ancestry is offering a new Advanced Image Viewer (still marked as Beta, but it seems to work). You can access it from the Options dialogue in the current viewer. It's based on Adobe Flash, and you need to have a fairly recent...

Hello Folks,a short while ago I posted regarding not being able to start Winreg,92 readers to date,but no replies.Today I gave up and re-installed Vista on my Dell,a success up to now,winreg is back and working,but I have a small but irritating problem with my keyboard.after entering all details...

A real simple question, if you know the answer that is. My niece has given her old laptop to her mum. My sister and brother are on it all the time. They had a little problem last night, which I managed to sort. But when I started the machine it took ages to load everything. ...

Hello folks,after a couple of weeks not using Winreg I attempted to start the programme and only got the heading picture and an error box with the message,"Configuration system failed to initialise". I removed the programme via the Control Panel and reloaded from the Winreg website,but am still...