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How can I get my Vista laptop to Hibernate?

Posted onOctober 12, 2009Leave a comment

I’d prefer to put my Vista laptop into Hibernate mode rather than shuttind it down completely, but I don’t have a Hibernate option in my Start Menu. Where is it?

CategoriessoftwareTagshibernate, Laptop, Windows Vista

Why won’t my computer read my 4Gb SD card?

Posted onOctober 10, 2009Leave a comment

I recently purchased a 4Gb SD card for my digital camera. It works great in my camera, but when I put it in the SD slot in my computer it doesn’t recognise it. Is there Read More …

CategoriesgadgetsTagsCardReader, hardware, Secure Digital card

Am I spamming myself?

Posted onOctober 6, 2009Leave a comment

I’ve recently started getting spam email and they seem to be coming from my email address. My virus scanner tells me my computer is clean, so is this something I should worry about?

CategoriestipsTagsAntivirus software, E-mail filtering, E-mail spam

How can I rotate video?

Posted onOctober 5, 20091 Comment

I need to rotate some short video clips taken with my camera in portrait mode. They’re currently showing on their side; how can I do this?

CategoriessoftwareTagsVideo clip, Video editing, Windows Movie Maker

Where can I get really cool USB sticks?

Posted onSeptember 27, 2009Leave a comment

I have a mate who has a whole collection of USB memory sticks. Where’s the best place to get some?

CategoriesgadgetsTagsgadgets, memory sticks, USB

How do I get programs to start automatically?

Posted onSeptember 26, 2009December 3, 20131 Comment

I have a webcam program that I have to keep starting up manually every time I turn on my computer. Is there any way I can get it to run automatically on startup?

CategoriessoftwareTagssoftware, startup, windows

How do I read/write to my CD?

Posted onSeptember 23, 2009Leave a comment

A few years ago I had a computer running Windows 98 and I remember using my CD drive as a floppy disk, adding and removing files as I wanted. I now have Windows XP and Read More …

Categoriessite-relatedTagsCompact Disc, USB flash drive, Windows XP

How do I get my “@” back?

Posted onSeptember 20, 2009Leave a comment

I seem to have broken my keyboard. When I press SHIFT-2, instead of the quotation marks I get an “@” symbol and when I press “@” I get quotation marks. How can I fix it?

CategoriessoftwareTagshardware, keyboard, windows

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