Forum: Computer Help

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...

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...

Help me please! It is the hidden costs that make this hobby so expensive. I have just replaced my laptop battery at a cost of £130!!!! The laptop is just a year old. I am obviously not using my laptop efficiently and I can not find anywhere on the net to advise me should I let the battery run...

I know some people are a bit thick, but I think I’m abusing the privilege at the moment. Just got this error clicking on a link someone sent me. It then logged me out of my email. HTTP Status 404 - /cp/templates/applications/mail/html/null.jsp type Status report ...

On the library computers I use for genealogy, Findmypast images don't always appear. Instead there's just a blank area where the image should be.|computer| I have just discovered by accident that the images are there, just too small to see!:detective: You only have to zoom in to make them...

While my laptop is out of action I am using an old PC. Its keyboard looks normal but some of the keys don't do what they say: pressing shift+2 (which should give " ) gives @ and pressing @ gives " pressing # gives \ pressing the pound sign (shift+3) gives # and none of the keys seems to...

hi I have just been looking at West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1512-1812 on Ancestry through my FTM programme and want to merge the results but in my 'search result detail' it is coming up as 'an error has occured, please try again' but there is also a warning about...

I’ll try and explain what I’m trying to do. Before my old widows xp fell off the purch I used to have Windows Media Player 9. With this new set up I now have version 10. Now with wmp9 I could call a music or video file up off my computer and play it. Can still do this in wmp10. OK....

Am having a problem with the new Windows 7 and saving images from Ancestry. When I try to save to my computer I come up with the various locations to save it in - most locations it says I do not have permission to save in this location - do I want to save in Pictures itself. I have tried that - but...

Having updated everything for Windows 7 on my computer the only thing I am left with is IE9. Has anyone any opinion on this or should I stick with IE8 for the forseeable future. Sue