Son's just started uni this week. At his student accommodation, he has internet access but only through a wired connection. Problem is, he's only taken an iPAD with him as he couldn't lug his desktop machine all the way. What options does he have to get on to the network using the ipad? I understand there are various types of adapters. Would appreciate some pointers.

Can't he tether (I think that's the term) it to his phone?

Otherwise there seem to be a plethora of adapters - eg :-

F8277 Portable 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi Express Adapter Network Card for iPhone / iPad / MacBook - White

ipad to internet adapters

I find that movies play best on the TV if recorded as .avi files. I download movies on a PC and play them on the TV. I usually look for downloadable files that are in .avi format.

Thanks skinny. Not sure about the tethering bit...will explore that too. The adapter way seems best though. Looking at those now to see which one might be best for his situation. The management of the accommodation building do say that they will have wi-fi in place around October.

Klal,

Google Edimax EW-7228APn.

Thanks Hils. He'll still need to borrow a machine to go thru the configuration and that might be a show-stopper!

When you configure it, it doesn't need to be in its final location.

My son had the same problem at uni. I bought him a WiFi extender. You plug it into the Ethernet socket and it broadcasts its own WiFi signal. It was about £30 pounds. He has now am bed into a large house in his second year and is using it with a 20m cable to extend the WiFi to the upper floors.

I can't see where you put the sandwiches in!

Thanks guys! I think I see a solution!

Here is a link to the WiFi extender I bought. It turns an Ethernet connection into WiFi.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0056YU8KW/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

MB
Just seen your post re WIN7.
Google Sofway.co.uk.
They have WIN7 32 &64 bit,Home ,Premium &Pro
Dell branded & Ms ,OEM, from 55 to 115 pounds +vAT.

Advice please.

Last night I went to see John Lloyd 'The Liff of QI' - an excellent evening.

My friend recorded (audio) a section and later forwarded it to me.

Problem - on my copy the audience is very audible, whereas the narrative (JL) isn't.

So any recommendations for audio enhancing/editing software to enhance the narrative?

can you just load win7 into a win8 machine?

skinny
The video player vlc can boost volume by 400% if required

Thanks Haystack - I'll have a look.

skinny

Have a look at the Levelator:

http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator

Hope it helps.

My neighbour has an oldish laptop that his daughter gave him with XP on it and it's running very slower then usual, I said I would have a look and thought that clearing the cache would do the trick. Had a good look over the W/E and can't see where I can do this on "his Computer". I cleared his history which made it a little bit quicker and his trash.

When I'm at the library I just go to Tools I think from memory and tick a few boxes and bingo!

So my Q. is, is it because his Laptop OS is to old or what please?

Thanks Exec - I'll have a look.

Stan - Have Windows xp. How do you empty cache? Thanks.

or with pictures :-)

How to clear Windows® XP cache

I use CClear to empty temp files and cache