Computer problems and/or advice 2012

[Alan_b]

Mark,

1.  I have no idea.

2.  I quite like this one http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/lenovo-h330-desktop-pc-11875742-pdt.html if it is available where you are.  The reason I like it is that it has a good quad-core Intel processor (Core™ i5) which would cost in excess of £140 if you bought it by itself yet the price you pay for this computer is similar to the price you would pay for one with a less dual core processor (Core™ i3).  It has a compact case but the innards are not cramped.  It runs good old Windows 7, has enough memory, good big hard drive.  Lenovo is quite a good brand and they seem to be trying hard at the moment.  What's not to like?  Just be careful you buy the right one as there are other models with lesser specifications sold under the same name ("H330").

[mark smyth]

Thanks Alan. I'll phone my local PC World tomorrow

[Alan_b]

You'll save £10 if you order online and then collect in the store.  This process will tell you if it's in stock locally and if not you can order one for delivery.

[Martinr]

Here's one for the geeks experts. Ive got a desk top running Windows XP connected by an Ethernet cable to a BT Home Hub and a laptop running windows 7 connected to said Hub by WiFi. Is it possible to set this up, securely, as a home network to allow file sharing between the 2 machines?

[Alan_b]

It's perfectly possible to network an XP and a Windows 7 computer (I have such a network here at home) but it may be a bit fiddly. 

Firstly you need to set the network name to be the same on both computers.  By default it is MSHOME on XP and WORKGROUP on later versions of Windows.  On XP there is a Wizard you can run to walk you through this process.

Then you may need to change the default setting to allow file sharing on the Windows 7 machine

Then there may still be problems if one or both accounts don't require a password to log on.

This guide http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-7/share-files-and-printers-between-windows-7-and-xp/ gives the details. 

[Martinr]

Thanks Alan, I'll have a go when I can sit still for 3-4 hours

[brianw]

I am a member of several email discussion lists, some with daily digests. 2 have an index at the beginning of each email, which used to act as hotlinks to the individual postings, down the page. Recently although they still appear to be hotlinks I can click, they no longer page down to the individual messages. This happened at about the time these cookie regulations came in. Is this the reason they no longer page down, or just a coincidence and it is my setup?

[Alan_b]

It's the program you use that is responsible for making the hotlinks work.  If you use an email program then it is that.  If you view your emails online using a web browser then it's the web browser.  You have to be very careful clicking links in emails because they don't necessarily link to what they say and can take you to a web site that will then try to infect your computer with a virus.  So perhaps hotlinks have been blocked as part of a  tightening-up of security policy?  I doubt that cookies or their regulation have anything to do with this.     

[maggiepie]

What cookie regulations?
I must have missed that, can someone explain please.

 

[brianw]

Cookies only for UK websites
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18194235

I am using BT/Yahoo webmail with Explorer. Noticed it has also affected my birdguides.com weekly email.

Cheer yourself up with http://taxi.ba.com (if you have a UK postcode) (needs flash)

[maggiepie]

Thanks, Brian.

Thinking it is too little too late for that.
Wonder what they will bring in to protect privacy on social networking sites.

[Hans J]

Hi all ,

I need a suggestion for a Backup software ..can anybody help ?
Since two years I have portable hard disk for my backup from Samsung- it runs well under XP ...now since few month I have Windows 7 and now I have a problem that the software is not compatible with W7 ...grrr
Samsungs has in meantime given this part of production to Seagate ....and they make no updates
So I need now a other software for my external disk ...which software use other members ?
Maybe has a other member from Germany a advice for me ?

Thank you in advance
Hans

[Alan_b]

Windows 7 has its own built-in backup software.  Have you tried that?

[Hans J]

Thank you Alan !

I know that this software exist and i have asked my PC- Doctor ...he is not so happy about it...

Hans

[Alan_b]

The Windows 7 built-in backup software is perhaps not the ultimate but it works and it is free.  Can your PC-Doctor recommend anything better?