Boot sequence

February 1, 2012
Boot sequence

Q: I have made a DVD by copying the Ultimate Boot CD. But to be able to test it my Windows XP Professional machine needs to start up from DVD. When I use F8 at startup so I can alter the BIOS, I can’t get [...]

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No experience

January 27, 2012
No experience

System: Dell Inspiron 531, Athlon 64 Dual Core, Windows 7 Home Premium Q: When I try to run the Windows 7 Experience Index I get the following message: ‘The Windows Experience Index for your system could not be completed. Could not measure storage performance. Error: [...]

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Wireless printing

January 23, 2012
Wireless printing

Q: My daughter who is disabled spends a lot of time in her bedroom and when able uses a desktop Vista PC, however the amount of disability paraphernalia has left no room for a printer. There is an HP 2575 printer downstairs connected to an [...]

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No charge

January 19, 2012
No charge

System: Acer Aspire 7730 Q: My laptop is around two years old and has been intermittently temperamental for a while. Just recently it won’t charge and won’t boot up even when plugged into the mains. Is there anything that can be done or is this [...]

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Extra! Extra!

January 16, 2012
Extra! Extra!

System: Acer Aspire M1610 Q: I have been fortunate enough to be given a computer, but I don’t have any other equipment at present. Apart from a monitor, mouse and keyboard what other equipment do I need, eg printer, cables, leads, etc? Could you please [...]

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Missing icons

January 10, 2012
Missing icons

System: HP Pavilion t3200, Windows XP Home SP3 Q: I have recently encountered a Windows startup problem following my attempt to reduce the system’s start up time. In Msconfig having de-selected a program in the Startup list and clicked on Selective Startup in the General [...]

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Digital switch

January 3, 2012
Digital switch

Q: Where I am located in the UK, we are now faced with the forthcoming digital TV switchover. No problem is expected with my TV’s as they are already digital, or, for the ones that are not; include set top boxes to convert them. The [...]

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Syncing feeling

December 27, 2011
Syncing feeling

System: Dell Precision T3500, Intel Xeon W3520, 4GB RAM, Windows 7 Professional Q: I recently purchased a new Dell PC with Windows 7 Professional and once delivered I started putting my software from my old PC on to the new one. One application I tried [...]

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Unreadable discs

December 23, 2011
Unreadable discs

Q: Being a long time reader of PCU I have a question about my CD R/RW drive, a CyberDrive Cw088D. Over the last month are so I have been experiencing a problem where I cannot burn discs or read ones which I have burned from time to [...]

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Recording LPs

December 20, 2011
Recording LPs

Q: Is there any software for converting music from LP records into the computer from my turntable so the music can be listened to in digital form or burned to a CD? I’d appreciate any help. A: Converting from vinyl to MP3 isn’t hard, it’s [...]

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