Computer Help

[Tony Baloney]

This should be an easy one.

I had the laptop rigged up for watching Sky Go on the TV via a HDMI cable - usually I dragged the screen I wanted to use off the right hand side of the screen and it appeared on the TV. When I hooked it up today I had to go through the whole setup again for some reason and when I was finished and disconnected the cable and my laptop display went black and it was a session getting it back again. This didn't happen before so have to assume I didn't set it up correctly.

Someone want to tell me what the correct setup is in Control Panel > Display >Screen Resolution in terms of Display, Multiple Displays etc!

Much appreciated...

[Hardy]

Does anybody here know anything about working with MySql in PHP? I've installed Apache 2.2, PHP 5.3 and MySQL 5.5. As far as I can see, I've configured PHP  correctly in the PHP.ini but it won't communicate with MySQL - mysql commands are not recognised. When I run phpinfo, there's no entry for MySQL in the output file.

Any ideas?

[aidanmcg33]

use xampp
It will install it all for you in one easy package.

[Hardy]

Thanks aidan. That worked. I chose to install everything individually to learn as much as possible as I went. What I learnt was that I couldn't sort out the problem that arose.

Thanks again.

[DownFanatic]

Error message: "The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded", when logging on to Windows 7 or Windows Vista

How is this sorted?

[Seamroga in exile]

Error message: "The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded", when logging on to Windows 7 or Windows Vista

How is this sorted?

Have you tried rebooting?

You'll find what you need to help you here.

[Main Street]

That's a fierce complicated fix process for something so mundane.

[ONeill]

After cheap eternal hard drives. Any recommendations? Nothing that big (TBs etc)

[Minder]

After cheap eternal hard drives. Any recommendations? Nothing that big (TBs etc)

One that will last forever?

[ONeill]

2 years would do.

[Tony Baloney]

Take your pick of the 500gb ones on the maplin or amazon websites for about 50 quid. I need one myself.

[ONeill]

£50 sounds a lot. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Core-1TB-External-HD-USB-2-0-/180813279716?pt=UK_Computing_HardDrives_RL&hash=item2a194fb1e4

[Lar Naparka]

£50 sounds a lot. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Core-1TB-External-HD-USB-2-0-/180813279716?pt=UK_Computing_HardDrives_RL&hash=item2a194fb1e4

Yes, it does but the one  on EBay you refer to one is second-hand. Furthermore, it isn't for sale at £50; it is being auctioned so £50 was probably the highest bid on offer when you came across it.
I just checked it out and the leading bid at present is £53. I think the winning bid will be around £75 or so.

[Main Street]

Hard drives have risen in price since floods in Thailand.
Buying 2nd hand is risky.
I would not do it without a full health report, which includes hours of use.
New HD's are covered by a decent guarantee, sometimes 3 years, sometimes 5 years.
Buying new from a local enough place, that is easy to return a defective drive (should that familiar enough situation arise)  makes good sense.

USB powered external - I have had 4 failures in a row.
External powered 3.5" is better and faster than USB powered external, if portability is not an issue and you can always use a flash drive for portable transfers.

[mylestheslasher]

Harddrives fail more frequently than you'd think. Save the few extra pence and buy it new. Make sure you back it up too. I had 2 brand new hardrives fail on me in the last 6 months and they were both top end models.