Can anyone tell me if it's possible and economical to have wireless broadband without having a fixed land line connected because i'm sick of paying the line rental on a phone that i just about never use. I sometimes think we pay through the nose for communication that's not really up to speed in Australia.

I have an Epsom Stylus Photo 1290 printer which doesnt like running on my new computer. At the moment it is printing nothing at all even though the printing jobs are in the printer. I was hoping that making it believe it was running on XP would help but I have forgotten how to do it. Can anyone out there help

Hi I am having some problems installing a HP Deskjet 5940 under Windows Vista. I have run the install file for Windows Vista which I downloaded from the HP website this Installs the driver and some other HP software OK but it gets stuck at 96% and won't go any further so I have to restart my computer to exit the setup. When the computer restarts I can print documents ok but when I got to...

I recently installed Windows Vista. Ever since my speakers are all distorted. Have tried two different sets of speakers both are the same. Also tried to update drivers...no help. Any ideas?

after I plug the fla**** produces a soundand shows the 'safely remove' icon in the lower right toolbar. windows explorer does not show it, so I am unable to use it. it is not mounted. the disk management shows it, but it has no letter assigned to it. trying to assign a leter or format produces an error. tells me to lok in the system log. there is nothing in the system log. please, help.

I have lost my D partition for some reason I turned my computer on and it was gone so went to computer manager and it is still there but it dosnt have a Drive letter and it wont let me give it one it just says that I need to refresh computer manager before I can allocate a drive leter can anyone give me some hope I have a heap of stuff on there I dont want to lose

How do I find how to enable or even if my computer has bluetooth?

I read in the news, this past January, that MSFT was not going to support XP after June 30, 2008. I don't remember the extent of support downside. My concern was that I wanted to be ready and updated. I like having the latest gadgets, especially if helps organize my life. I had the machine to upgrade on, too. I have a HP Media Center PC, Pentium D (dual), and a decent and adequate graphics...

My mouse is seeming to hide behind any text in a seach box, or other such text boxes, i have disabled hide my mouse but it seeps doing the same thing.

My touchpad is not working properly. When I move my finger down, the mouse on the screen goes up and vice versa. How do I get this fixed?

How does one change the gamma rays setting for windows vista basic. I just upgraded 2 months ago from windows xp. In windows xp a person can click on advance settings, click color tab, then change the gamma rays setting. Does any body know how to change the gamma rays setting for windows vista basic?

Upgraded from 1 gig to 2 gig memory, about once a week sometimes more often it gets hot enough to shut down, is it the memory or the laptop. Used Kingston memory.

When I try to use Roxio DVD creater, the program says "drive not detected" I have tried re-installing using Recovery Manager, but still does not work. Any ideas??? -- Kathy

Dose anyone knows if they make a printer cable: I received a new lab top and it didn't come with the older printer jack on the computer. I guess I need to use one of the usb ports? My Epson 660 still works I hate the idea of getting a new printer when my old one works.

Hello. I'm having an enormous amount of trouble getting my HP LaserJet 1012 laser printer recognized by Vista Home Premium. Here's what's going on: This is the second time I've installed Vista Home Premium. (It's a legit copy, full version, not upgrade.) The first time, I had some trouble getting the laser printer recognized, but eventually I got it working.

to clear up what i have: dell inspiron 530 windows home premium microsoft works 8.5 intel core duo e4500 integrated intel graphics media accelerator 3100 dell 19 in 1 media card reader. my screensaver is gone the screen says" screensaver can't run-requires newer video card or one that's compatible with Direct 3d". this is nonsense, my computer came installed with screensaver.where do i go in...

Hello, I don't speak(write) english very well, sorry me for error. I bought a notebook (HP) with Windows Vista. The Vista give me a size incorrect of space used and space free. Difference of 20 GB of the space real used. Some Solution? thank and sorry me by bad written.

A while back I got an upgrade from intel, it screwed everything up. I deleted it and most everything is ok now except i have lost my screen saver . where in my computer do I go to re-activate it and how do I get there? I have a Dell 530 with windows home vista.

I've had Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit for about 4 months now. When I got it and installed it my DVD-RW drive worked fine, read and burned. Now my Drive no longer works. I checked in Device Manager it says that "windows was unable to load driver, file is missing or corrupted (Error Code:39). I bought a new DVD-RW drive and im still getting that message. I tried Windows Update and i tried...

Here is a strange one. If I have a window open and move my mouse over to the left or top edge to resize the window, the cursor changes to the double arrow not on the border but inside the window a bit. On the other two sides the cursor changes outside the window a bit. If I click on the mouse, the cursor edges over to the correct position on the appropriate border.