Computer problems and/or advice 2012

[Gerry Webster]

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 !

Have a look here:

http://www.radioandtvhelp.co.uk/interference/rtis_radio

If you need to contact them, they are extremely helpful.

[chasw]

Can some one please advise on a good photoshop download,since replacing our computer we do not have one .............thanks in advance for any input

[Palustris]

The Gimp program does everything that Photoshop does.
http://www.gimp.org/

[Lina Hesseling]

Help!!
I suddenly have a different lay out of my message index on my iPad. On the computer upstairs it is normal. So it is in connection with my iPad.
Does anyone know how to change this back?

Thank you for your ideas,

Lina.

[Lina Hesseling]

Problem solved! Don't ask me how.

Lina.

[Maggi Young]

Problem solved! Don't ask me how.

Lina.

That often happens to me , too, Lina. Almost as frustrating as the problem in the first place.

[Lina Hesseling]

Correct, Maggi.
I could not see what the new messages were.
This is ok now.
But I still have a little bleu stripe at the right side, which I never noticed before.
But I can live with that. But is is not in the Belgian nor in the American forum.

Lina.

[Anthony Darby]

I have just had a person with an Indian sounding accent cold call me suggesting my hard drive was sending information every time I clicked on to my emails. They asked me to click the Windows flag icon and the letter R and then type iexplore www.ammyy.com into the space and then click Enter. At that point I hung up!





edit by maggi.... do not follow their request! this will allow the scammer access to your computer.

[TC]

I had the same experience yesterday.  However, I welcomed his helpful advice and was shocked to hear that Microsoft had detected malware on my computer.  Could I please have the name and address of his company so that I could inform my anti-virus provider that their product was not up to the job.  Surprisingly, he did not comply with my request and suddenly broke off the conversation. I was disappointed as it was enjoyable light relief from a boring morning.  I did get his phone number 02092201908 which I will report to the Telephone Preference Service.
If you subscribe to this organisation, in the UK, it makes it an offence to be cold called from a business trying to sell you something or a phony market survey.

The latest calls are from solar panel companies who will sell you solar panels which will make you money immediately - in ten years time they will have paid for themselves
Two strikes against this:-
 1)  I will be eighty before I start getting my money back.

 2) This is the West of Scotland - so far this year we have had 4 sunny days!!!  No one can explain how to keep the panels clean and free of moss and lichen.  I think some form of hydro electric power to harness the rain that keeps bouncing off my roof would be more applicable.

[ChrisB]

I've had a flyer through the door suggesting I can get free solar panels installed.  In fact they will be 'renting' my roof and I'll get 40% off my electric bill.  They say in the leaflet that they maintain the panels too.  It all sounds a bit too easy....

[David Nicholson]

Chris, just think of the problems that could cause if ever you decided to sell your house!

[ChrisB]

Harry might sell the house, but he's not selling my garden!!!!

[David Nicholson]

 

[Anthony Darby]

My wife just had a phone call from the manager saying that my Windows operating system is sending error messages that I am not aware of. They obviously know my name and address and phone number. They are going to call back!

[Paul T]

It's a hoax, Anthony.  

They're doing it heavily in Australia and NZ in particular at present.  I have at least a couple of attempts a week at the moment.  One I kept on the phone for a while asking her to verify who I was/details about my computer etc.  Then last night's one I told had been rung the other day...... and it was a hoax.  She actually argued.  Both Indian women, and both have "Overseas" on the calling number display.   Bear in mind that name, address and phone number can be got from a phone book, or online version thereof.  When you say "manager".... manager of what?

I always check www.snopes.com for anything that comes up like this (or emails that are too good to be true etc) and they usually tell you whether true or not.  The original version of the current scammers was that they were from "Micro$oft Tech Support" to make it sound more professional.  
See....... Snopes report on Micro$oft Impersonation Scam

Now they just say that they are from a tech company or some name or other and that they have detected a problem in your computer.  A friend just asked "Which one, I own 10".  That confused them a bit.  Now I think I like to keep them talking, as it costs them more money and stops them pestering someone else for a while.  Otherwise I just hand up.    There is a point where it has happened enough that I no longer feel I need to be polite to them, whereas I used to be polite.  A bit like religious salesman knocking at your door.

Don't waste your time with them, unless you're bored and feel like trying to confuse them..... then it can be fun.