Recent content by Richard Myers

A neighbough of mine has brought me a stricken laptop. She explained it had been running slow and after restarting the recovery screen appeared. At this stage a simple key press should initiate the process however the keyboard is unresponsive. Does anybody have any ideas how I could recover...

All sorted now. After using a "unlocker" I was able to delete the offending folder and re-install successfully.

It is quite a new and frequently updated application. I have posted on the developers website with no reply yet. However there is a similar post suggesting temporarily disabling anti-virus software and using some utilities to unlock and then delete the folders after which the software can be...

I did try that without success. I have also manually tried to delete the contents of the relevant folders but get the message that need Administrator Rights etc... The PC has a simgle user account, mine, which is set as Administrator.

Good evening. When trying to install a program called GSX into Microsoft Flight Simulator (Steam Edition) I get the error shown in the screenshot below. If I "Retry" the error repeats, if I "Ignore" the program installs but does not work correctly. I did have the program installed but...

Well...now it's working just perfect! No idea what I did but it is very reliable and frees up a USB! Thanks for the input!

I bought this one - http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/accessories-and-bags/mice-keyboards/mice/sandstrom-smbt14-wireless-blue-trace-mouse-21945621-pdt.html Thank you

Bluetooth....a great piece of technology but am I wrong in thinking it is more trouble that it is worth! I purchased a new Bluetooth mouse yesterday to use with my Win7 laptop with a built in Bluetooth adaptor. It took several attempt to get the mouse to connect to the computer and then the...

That would make sense. Such a shame though as I do like to keep to a single service as much as I can for storage, email etc..

Thanks. it's a shame the image cannot be embedded in a forum post. Richard

I do like using Onedrive as my preferred cloud storage. Generally I think the default storage levels are reasonably generous and using the online versions of Word and Excel are more than enough for my requirements. The two features I think it really lacks (and I may be wrong here) are the...

Thank you for the replies. So the only way to disable this is with a new shell?

Hello My wife has recently purchased a new laptop running Windows 8. She is very conventional approach in her use of PC and prefers the traditional desktop environment rather than the "app" focused navigation. When the mouse pointer moves to the corner of the screen a three / four icons...

Wow! Thanks - that is a very powerful tool. One I'ill be keeping and running on the other household PC's! I do have a pet frustration about the number of "pre-installed" programs that new PC's come with and much prefer a stripped back lean machine running just what is needs to and not what...

My wife has had a Windows 8 laptop (basic spec for internet and other light use) for just over a year. Recently it appears a little sluggish and not as "sharp" as it was when it was new. I have done some basic maintenance (used CCleaner, clear temp files & dedrag'd he disk) but it still seems...