Computer problems and/or advice 2012

[mark smyth]

I created a gmail account today. Can I set it to download my mark@marksgardenplants.com emails than are out there on the 'net?

[arisaema]

You can, just click on the options icon in the upper right corner, choose "Accounts and Imports", and go from there. That same page also lets you add and verify addresses, so that emails sent through Gmail still show as being from "mark@marksgardenplants.com".

[Palustris]

Any one run the newest version of AVG? It contains a one off Computer scan. I ran it and it came up with a list of 'errors'. However it does not seem to fix any of them (except perhaps if one pays). So if these 'errors' actually exist, what is the best way to remove them. Idiots guide please.

[mark smyth]

  636 emails downloading  my email address is working again

[WimB]

636 emails downloading  my email address is working again

  You'll have your work cut out for you during the following night/days 

[David Nicholson]

Any one run the newest version of AVG? It contains a one off Computer scan. I ran it and it came up with a list of 'errors'. However it does not seem to fix any of them (except perhaps if one pays). So if these 'errors' actually exist, what is the best way to remove them. Idiots guide please.

Eric, are you sure you've got the free version and not the trial version of the paid one? I finished up with that and had to scrap the whole download and start again.

[gote]

Dreaded blue screen ...

My desk top c10 years old keeps crashing. The end in near.

Who should I buy a new desk top from?

I assume you have sorted it out by now but it might be a hard disk problem in which case you could get a new one fairly cheap.
You put it in a free bay and transfer everything onto it. Problem is that you cannot use your OP to transfer itself but at least Seagate supply software that can do that for you.
It comes with the disk (at least where I bought it) and creates a perfect copy of everything on the old disk including the OP. If this does not help, you just move the disk into a free bay in your new computer and you have all your old data available. It is important to get the right kind of disk some interface by a wide flat cable and some by a cable with more oval shape. SATA and ATA if you like acronyms.  Otherwise it is a quite simple process. The advantage is not so much the cost since a ten year younger machine is so much faster but that you are able to run your existing software easily. A new machie will have a new OP and may dislike your old software.
Göte
 

[annew]

I am just about going mad with our computers. I can do something several times without a response (or something unexpected) but then after I give in and ask husband, it performs perfectly.  Sometimes he only has to stand within 2m of it for it to behave itself.
Maybe it's something to do with my magnetic personality!

[Maggi Young]

Ian's proximity to a radio does terrible things to the signal.... you may be closer to the truth than you think, Anne

[WimB]

Maybe it's something to do with my magnetic personality!

Ian's proximity to a radio does terrible things to the signal....

  Isn't that what happens after an abduction by aliens   

[David Nicholson]

Ian's proximity to a radio does terrible things to the signal.... 

It's probably fright on the radio's part. It thinks he's going to use it to cobble together a fan for the greenhouse or something!

[Palustris]

You may be correct Annew. I used to work with a lady (sounds good!) who could not go near ANY technology. When she did it stopped working. TV, Video (shows how long ago it was) Computer (Ah good old 32k BBC machines) all sulked. She could watch TV from the back of the room, but any close and ...............blank screen.

[Maren]

Should have had her pacemaker checked for interference.

[TC]

I have a problem with my bedside radio.  When I switch it on it performs perfectly but when I take my hand away the signal breaks up.  If I want to listen to a program I have to lie with my hand outside the duvet touching the case.  Either the radio must need reassurance that I am still there or that my dental fillings are deflecting the signal.  Maybe a digital radio would be the answer !

[gote]

I have a problem with my bedside radio.  When I switch it on it performs perfectly but when I take my hand away the signal breaks up.  If I want to listen to a program I have to lie with my hand outside the duvet touching the case.  Either the radio must need reassurance that I am still there or that my dental fillings are deflecting the signal.  Maybe a digital radio would be the answer !

If it has a separate arial redirect it or connect it to something bigger nad metallic or try to position something metallic nearby some experimenting will solve the problem.
Göte