Recent content by henry222

Well, I thank you for the effort, fourtunately I fixed (?) it with another wired mouse.... this worked correctly and Programs now behave a lot better. The Optical mouse I took apart, but frankly with sm components there is little to see - even with a x10 Lupe. I cleaned off some surface...

My desktop PC uses Win7(32) and it has a wireless Optical mouse. Recently I changed the Mouse batteries and it continues to work ( red light underneath ). However, I'm experiencing rather odd effects when left-clicking to select items. ( eg in Wordprocessing and Video Editing which are far apart...

Doesn't your music s/w have Ext recording feature? + How are you inputting the Guitar??? I don't think an ext card/box is needed - not to see if the PC will "record" anyway. As BigB suggests, you need to change the 1/4 jack to 3.5mm, use an adaptor with care as the leverage is great. Better...

Bugsy has some good ideas, well worth doing what he says . . . .but I'm still puzzled by the switch-on failure. If a PSU is "failed" it should not switch on - if it's overloaded it will shut down and you get no operation - yet this old PC was working until recently...? So if nothing has...

Ghoastman make an interesting comment - - - - However, unless you are competant to delve - DON'T. - - - - It is possible you have a solder fault - maybe caused at a time switching cables, etc. A tiny break in the connection on the pcb.....(you've tried an alternative cable?). So, it "might" be...

Thanks for the prpompt reply - Ah, yes; but that doesn't explain why the "new512" won't work on its own - that's the puzzle, IMHO.

[I presume you are expecting to use 64-bit software.] However, I'm surprised it isn't cheaper to buy from yr dealer who will put the bits together and load the OS....this is certainly "cheaper" in the UK, even than putting it together yourself. Strange but true. Also he will know any software...

FWIW I suspect this is better nailed to a piece of wood and mounted on the wall marked good ideas at the time. XP should be able to find a driver itself, although it's possible this is much older than you believe - so it might be looking for a Win98 driver - ie XP is a leap too far. You can get...

I can understand there being a RAM-Limit (in the BIOS), but why stop at 512M? The issue as I recall is that the Dell takes one "Old 512" but won't accept a "New512" - even on its own. It just beeps . . . exactly the same as when I tried to give it "Server RAM" which is a known issue (but not by...

Not an expert, but FWIW it sounds like Win7 is arguing with Ubuntu files. You don't say which discs contain which OS....except the Win7 you said was on a separate HDD...is that the same one with Ubuntu? Does Ubuntu load OK and it's only when this WD disc is accessed it fails under Win7 but not...

Not so sure! - What do you mean it's working fine? Those 3" discs were an "Amstrad Funny" - even if you can power it up I doubt a PC will read it, almost certain to be a funny format. Isn't the data rather old? Probably not worth huge effort unless you need an old contract, etc. Do you have...

Here's a daft Q. When I print text, I specify "Black" and get just that....until the ink runs out and I replace the cartridge...this is what I've done for years. (For "Pictures" I specify "colour" and get reasonable prints on glossy paper.) Now however, if my Text contains colour-highlights...

edrjs, thanks for the repl;y, sorry mine is so late...the issue has gone away as I don't use the new Win7 PC. A bit of a waste I'll agree . . . . . . but I don't want a new printer that stops me refilling the cartridges (and I understand the Manufacturers are getting quite stroppy about this...

FWIW, you have two issues: old greybeard says- 1) Always have a spare - a "Get out of jail" solution, this applies to life generally. The real problem, if your college work is behind, you need to get on with it, and forget the Games tournament - - - in a few years the Tournaments will still be...

Wow, it will be easier and cheaper to buy a new keyboard (often £6 or less), than buy all that stuff - and your labour is surely worth £10/hr. FWIW, I never clean mine, I don't lick it, nor do I wear gloves, impregnated wipes etc aren't in the house. I have read that the way to keep...