Search results

Legally yes you should use the license key of the PC the disk is in, in practice if you are not intending to re-use the old machine and sell it on then I wouldn't bother. If however you do intend to replace the disk in the other machine and use the OEM key on the side of the computer then you...

Format it. That'll do it

lol I love these sorts of threads. This is like the modern equivalent to the BBC Micro / Spectrum wars of the early 80's and the commodore / atari wars of the middle 80's and then the Nintendo / Sega Wars of late 80's etc etc I run Windows 7 on my laptop, OSX on my Mac Mini acting as a...

You would probably be best posting in the Vodafone sure signal forum here: http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Vodafone-Sure-Signal/bd-p/70 (wasn't loading when I tried it so may be offline right now) Come armed with router make / model / firmware, details of your ISP and run results of a...

Indeed, I just wanted people to realise that a NAS doesn't solve all backup options and then it kind of snowballed lol On that note, I was just looking at the ReadyNAS Duo for a client. I wondered if purchasing two of them and having one in their office and one at their home would be a good...

Works for me too but then IT is my job so its easier for me. Alright if you happen to have a fireproof safe as well! I don't have a NAS but I have a Mac Mini as a central repository. It turns itself on at 02:00 in the morning and backs itself up to mozy.com then shuts down again. It also...

I like what festive is doing (thanks for taking the time to post) but I think a more comprehensive strategy needs to be thought out for home users. Yes backup is an issue but in the days where people now have multiple machines, want to share printers, files etc then there are many options...

Hi, Thanks for the reply. I wasn't planning on a breakfast bar since we have the dining room next door and it's not that big. I think I'll go with the stud wall, my bricklaying skills are garden wall quality only! With the ply, is it ok to tile straight on to it? Presumably it is safer to...

Just so as you know it can also be the charge controller on the main board. This is responsible for charging the battery. My advice would be to try and find an adapter you can borrow first. Then see if you can borrow a battery and if none of those work you may need to try to replace the dc...

Hi, I had this on my ps3, the 40gb version. All I got was the revolving access icon on the top right of the screen, no noise at all. This was the laser that had broken. I got a new laser assembly on eBay for approx £50 and also bought the correct screwdriver to open the ps3 up. I then...

Hi, I currently have a non retaining stud wall separating the kitchen and dining room. I want to pull the wall down and then create a waist or chest height wall as a back for the kitchen cabinets and to add sockets into. It will be able to fix to the concrete floor and to one brick wall and...

I am looking at getting a wicks kitchen and fitting it myself with a friend. I am getting all of the electrics done by someone qualified of course. Trouble is the appliances seem very expensive, I am looking at a single oven with grill and then a built in microwave with oven function above. I am...

Thanks for the reply. Using the instructions I took all the coals off and cleaned the unit and all of the coals. The coals had been arranged wrongly by the guy that serviced it last year so I put them back in the right order and it lit first time. Even better it lit without the large and...

Title says it all! Follow the instructions, pilot lights ok, fire lights ok but after about 30 seconds it goes out with a click. Was working up until a week ago. Have gone through the instructions and the only thing that I read was that it has an oxygen depletion sensor that can shut down the...

I removed a fitted wardrobe the other day so was finally able to get under the floorboards to see why it creaked when the heating was on. I found that all of the hot water pipes route along perpendicular to the joists. They have not been clipped and are rammed into two huge notches taken out of...

Just FYI, quite a good way of seeing whether it is a MB or supply problem is simply to keep and eye on the processor / case fans when you switch on. With an ATX supply it is designed to immediately cut the power to the computer if it detects a fault, if the problem is a faulty component you...

The act of taking the battery out and leaving it a while normally causes capacitors in the laptop circuitry to discharge, the same effect can be forced by removing the battery and mains power and holding the power button down for approx 10 seconds. If you continualy have to do this to get it...

lol I am pretty sure that that the russians have much more exciting things to do with their time than mess with my heating and I'm pretty sure I can keep the rest out. M$ has very little sway in this household! I just took a look at the home automation site and it is just that - home...

I have a Baxi Combi 105e that currently has a Honeywell CM67 thermostat. The thermostat has been messing with me, it decided today that today no longer existed and just stayed on. I believe it to have some kind of thermostat dementia as this in not the first occurrence. I would like to...

Is the desktop seeing the wireless?