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Where's this referee from again?  Always got on well with him - good referee. http://vimeo.com/23110489

Eoin Quinn, Rasharkin

If your tv is new it should have a vga port just like what's on your laptop. Then buy a vga to vga connection cable. If not you will need a unit called a tv scanner or pc to tv converter which is a box that can convert signals and provides some connections. The latter is more expensive

Thanks for the reply!
I got a VGA to VGA cable with the tv but when i connect it from the laptop to the tv it shows the picture but the sound won't come through the tv - it only comes through the laptop! 
Any idea why this is or what i'm doing wrong?

Sound doesn't pass through the VGA cable.  You will need another cable to go from your laptop to the TV as well.  From your Headphone socket on the laptop to the audio rca ports on the tv (Red and White) ones.

Cheers.
Would the following cable work?
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500002701&langId=-1&searchTerms=jack rca audio cable#pdpProductReviews

Yep thats the job!!

If your tv is new it should have a vga port just like what's on your laptop. Then buy a vga to vga connection cable. If not you will need a unit called a tv scanner or pc to tv converter which is a box that can convert signals and provides some connections. The latter is more expensive

Thanks for the reply!
I got a VGA to VGA cable with the tv but when i connect it from the laptop to the tv it shows the picture but the sound won't come through the tv - it only comes through the laptop! 
Any idea why this is or what i'm doing wrong?

Sound doesn't pass through the VGA cable.  You will need another cable to go from your laptop to the TV as well.  From your Headphone socket on the laptop to the audio rca ports on the tv (Red and White) ones. 

Use RKill to kill any current malware programs running:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/rkill

Download and install Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/
Free version is grand.

If unable to run either, reboot the computer in safe mode and try again.
(Turn off computer, when you turn it on again keep tapping the F8 screen until advanced startup options appears. Then select Safe Mode with Networking)

Is anyone else's internet slow tonight?
Everything fine here internal in the house so checking if it maybe a wider network issue, BT or the likes if anyone is having similiar problems. 
It does load very slowy, like this page but if try to download a file it is virtually impossible

My internet was really slow Monday evening. Pipex

Cheers Skull, using Pipex as well so maybe they are having problems.
It was down completely last night for about 20 minutes around 1am.

s anyone else's internet slow tonight?
Everything fine here internal in the house

your neighbour is tapped into your wireless.....

Nope, know my own network and its fine. 
Had disabled the wireless earlier and it was the same, even tries using an old usb modem and it was the same craic.

Is anyone else's internet slow tonight?
Everything fine here internal in the house so checking if it maybe a wider network issue, BT or the likes if anyone is having similiar problems. 
It does load very slowy, like this page but if try to download a file it is virtually impossible

[Where do the old emails from outlook express go? Do they be saved in sub folders or anything?]

I have come across a similiar problem before.  The resolution was similiar to this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
Don;t know if you would want to try that.  The Recovery Console Can be downloaded here: http://forums.pcpitstop.com/index.php?/topic/150212-boot-to-recovery-console-wo-xp-cd/

To wipe and install windows you will need the recovery disks for the computer or else a windows disc.
If just installing by Windows Disk you will probably need to download drivers for different components of the computer.

I have the origional windows disks with the laptop, if i insert it in will it try and fix the problem or will it wipe windows and re-install it. Also (sorry for asking stupid questions) will this format the laptop or can windows be installed again with wiping c drive...thanks for your help

If it's a normal windows disk there might be an option for a repair install.  which won't delete any files. 

If you go through the windows setup it will give you the options on screen there might be one for repair, but there will be an option to format and there is plenty of warning before you would wipe anything. 

To backup before hand if you had one of these:
http://www.usbnow.co.uk/Adapters_&_Connectors-USB_to_IDE_Adapters/c42_46/p52/USB_2.0_IDE_&_SATA_Cable_(with_Power_Supply)/product_info.html
You could taske the hard drive out and plug into that and into another computer to backup the data.

Hi Mhic

Does that USB cable fit standard desktop PC's hard drives?

MY PC freezes upon boot up, and if I could access the hard drive I'd just dump it!

Yep it does.
It will both old IDE Drive and SATA Drives. Can even connect CD Drives to it

Bought one of these gizmos... and it works! Fantastic. Some stuff saved that I thought was lost!

Where do the old emails from outlook express go? Do they be saved in sub folders or anything?

open my computer, ensure hidden folders are shown (click the 'tools' option at the top of the window, select folder options then the 'View' tab and select 'view hidden files and folders'

Old emails will probably be saved as archive.pst (this can only be opened using outlook) in the following location

C:\Documents and Settings\'your username ie Norf Tyrone'\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

you could also just do a search of the drive for '.pst' and it will show you where all the outlook files are saved

Yep thats for Outlook.  I think he is looking for Outlook Express which I think is different.

I have come across a similiar problem before.  The resolution was similiar to this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
Don;t know if you would want to try that.  The Recovery Console Can be downloaded here: http://forums.pcpitstop.com/index.php?/topic/150212-boot-to-recovery-console-wo-xp-cd/

To wipe and install windows you will need the recovery disks for the computer or else a windows disc.
If just installing by Windows Disk you will probably need to download drivers for different components of the computer.

I have the origional windows disks with the laptop, if i insert it in will it try and fix the problem or will it wipe windows and re-install it. Also (sorry for asking stupid questions) will this format the laptop or can windows be installed again with wiping c drive...thanks for your help

If it's a normal windows disk there might be an option for a repair install.  which won't delete any files. 

If you go through the windows setup it will give you the options on screen there might be one for repair, but there will be an option to format and there is plenty of warning before you would wipe anything. 

To backup before hand if you had one of these:
http://www.usbnow.co.uk/Adapters_&_Connectors-USB_to_IDE_Adapters/c42_46/p52/USB_2.0_IDE_&_SATA_Cable_(with_Power_Supply)/product_info.html
You could taske the hard drive out and plug into that and into another computer to backup the data.

Hi Mhic

Does that USB cable fit standard desktop PC's hard drives?

MY PC freezes upon boot up, and if I could access the hard drive I'd just dump it!

Yep it does.
It will both old IDE Drive and SATA Drives. Can even connect CD Drives to it

Bought one of these gizmos... and it works! Fantastic. Some stuff saved that I thought was lost!

Where do the old emails from outlook express go? Do they be saved in sub folders or anything?

Not 100% sure but you could try this: http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm
It says the folder there where it may be stored.

On a slightly different note, is it possible to take the contents of a pdf and put them into a word document, including the heading and footer and an image on the pdf? Or can I type on top of a pdf, basically I want to add some text to a reference that I don't feel does me justice from an aul b!tch.

Not really.  If you had Adobe Acrobat it would be easier to edit the pdf.  You can edit a pdf online using http://www.pdfescape.com/

Yep photoshop does it handy, can even extract the seperate images from a pdf.

If ya want fire it to me and will convert for you if only 1. 
Other than that you can download some of the online converters.

how? why? you getting error message?

Could try downloading in Safe mode.

turn computer off, then when you turn it on, keep tapping the F8 key and you will get advanced start up options. Select Safe mode with networking.  Try downloading and scanning from there.

Lads, I keep getting a message saying Security Shield Warning (virus detected, trojans etc) and can not get rid of it.

I have run my antivirus scan and it shows everything ok.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Download the free version of: http://www.malwarebytes.org/
And run a scan.

But would they not be able to then just click restore to the date I restored i.e. restore to February 5th 2011 settings?

He means a Factory restore which formats the hard drive and leaves it as it was when you first got it