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Interesting article from the BBC. Microsoft offers web browser choice to IE users...

My old Nvidia 8800 ultra turned over and died on me and I have replaced it with a Nvidia285gtx from Asus. My problem is that I am unable to see the taskbar, sides or top of the application windows and even the Vista Orb. Even by changing the resolution, the problem still occurs. I am...

I am thinking of buying a Bluray drive from LG for my computer and a Asus Xonar soundcard to replace the onboard sound. Do I need a digital audio cable to be able to get sound as all the blu ray drives I have looked at dont have a port to put the cable into or does the sound from any disks...

Interesting article with Microsoft offering discounts to early buyers of Windows 7 in the UK: http://tech.uk.msn.com/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=148173278 OR here is the complete article if the link is no longer there: Microsoft announces Windows 7 prices In the UK, Windows 7...

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24174/1103/ Interesting reading this article makes. Not quite sure how to take that Windows 7 Home Premium will be a free download. Intersted to see what others make of the article.

I have a Sony laptop running Vista Home Premium using a wireless internet connection via my Netgear router with no connection or disconnection issues. Two days ago I received from an online company an Acer Aspire laptop which I had ordered, for my partner to use for her work. The problem is...

I have just been given an old Dell computer and have replaced the old 20gb HDD with a 250gb HDD and added 2gb RAM. The problem I have had twice now is that I get Boot disk error, press CTRL etc. I replaced the first 250gb HDD with a new one and today the same error. The jumper settings are...

Updated Vista yesterday and on restarting the computer it got to installing update 3 of 3 then keeps restarting. Tried to boot from CD but after a few files were installed nothing. After a while it says cannot find drive. then nothing. I have tried safe mode, last known good etc but to no...

Just installed service pack 3 for my old Windows XP computer and both my Pictures and My Music folders have dispapeared from my Start menu. I have gone into the start menu properties and tried all available options to show my Pictures/music as a menu etc but to no avail. Any ideas?

Sorry for sounding like a real numpty, but are USB keyboards and mice supported during initial setup of Vista?

My computer came installed with 4gb ram and windows Vista ultimate oem installed. I have been given as a present Vista Ultimate sp1 dvdrom. Due to windows Vista's 32bit issue with 4gb of RAM, do I need to remove 2GB of RAM before I install this upto date version? I play a few games and was...

I wish to remove Vista from my computer and use Windows xp instead. The vista install was not an upgrade. Can I reformat the HDD from the Windows XP disc or does this have to be done Vista disc? Many thanks

I have no trouble printing from MS Word or PDF files but when I come to printing from the internet this is where my problems start. Iam running Vista Ultimate 32 bit. When ever I try to print from websites or my e-mails from Gmail, the printer dialogue box comes up but always says no...

I have recently taken delivery of a new computer and although the Bios says there is 4gb ram installed windows is only showing 2813gb. Is there maximum of RAM Vista will show, just like the big hard drive issues in Win XP SP1. I have downloaded all the windows updates to now as requested by...

Can someone tell me how enable Hibernation mode in VIsta? I used it all the time in Windows XP but cannot find it in Vista! Many thanks

I have upgraded my PC from Windows XP to Windows Vista and I am having quite a few problem since, so I wish to revert back to Windows XP. Can someone advise me how, if possible to uninstall Vista without formatting my HDD. Many thanks in advance

I can't seem to find my favouties folder in WEindows XP so I can back them up. Can anybody help?

I have a SATA HDD in situ at the moment and I want to add another Maxtor SATA HDD. Inserting the hard drive is no problem, but I want the windows installation to be on the new drive as it is of larger capacity and my existing one for running games and storage/backup. I have a windows...

Could someone help me. I can connect to the internet, but am unable to view any web pages. Also homepage keeps changing from my normal one to this one: www.microsoft.com/isapi/redirect ?prd=ie&pver=6&ar=msnhome or something along those lines. I am wandering if it may be a virus, but Mcafee...

A strange phenomenum has just started on my computer. Everytime I use the right mouse button in my computer, my docs etc, when I close them down I get an error message telling me Windows Explorer has encounterd......, etc I have reinstalled my mouse drivers and still get the problem. Does...