DVD vice soft is fantastic. It is virtually the only video/so and software you will need. It handles everything including downloading from YouTube. It handles creating files for mobiles, copyingCDs DVDs etc.
There are separate modules but download free studio and that has them all

http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/free-dvd-video-software.htm#.U_XPCI7TVYk

Thanks - I'll have a look over the weekend.

Next question - I don't speak MAC, but my son is after a 27" IMAC @£1449.

Apple do some refurbed models with better specs including 'fusion drive'.

Stan/Harry/anyone have experience of similar - Refurbished 27-inch iMac 3.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i7

If you know anyone going to the States, get them to buy you one whilst out there. Only problem is getting it back as hand luggage! I heard of someone who bought a Macbook Air this summer in the US for £575 (UK £999). Doubt it was declared at customs mind you :-)

I'm not sure a 27" screen will fit in the lockers! :-)

A mere technicality Skinny. :-)

SC

People complain about lugging around a heavy 15" IMAC Pro and have been known to trade down to a 13" instead for that very reason.

Obviously a 27" screen can tolerate two pages of A4 side by side with ease.

Hmmm? I do hope your kid isn't into plagiarising?

Certainly NOT! Came back the reply.

;-)

ExecLine/Haystack,

Printer problem sorted by son, but thanks anyway for trying to help.

Have either of you got windows 8.1, as that is on my new laptop, problem is that the screen is too sensitive as every time the cursor goes anywhere near the right hand edge of the screen, icons jump out from the side, very annoying.

Is this a common problem.

Greekman - I have W8.1.

It is much more friendly (to my mind), if you configure it to boot straight to the desktop.

Plenty of Links here

Thanks Skinny, out now but will look later.

Installed a privacy tool called "Ghostery" on Chrome and Opera and opted to block all trackers. Amazed at how much faster browsing has become!

http://lifehacker.com/ad-blocking-extension-ghostery-actually-sells-data-to-a-514417864

Hmmmmm..that doesn't sound so nice. In any case, I did not opt for the ranking feature. Hopefully I am okay and as long as the pages continue to load as fast as they are now, I'll probably stick with it.

For the moment, and I might well be persuaded otherwise, using Ghostery gives me a much, much faster surfing experience. Indeed, I am totally amazed by the increase in speed on some web sites. I am amazed as to how many tracker thingies some web site are using too.

So...which sort of sucker punter should I choose to be:

1. Slow surfing with no Ghostery. Hmmm? The sites I visit track what I'm doing and where I'm going and get money for it supplying the results to whoever.

2. Fast surfing with Ghostery. Hmmm? Ghostery earn money from inspecting what trackers I shut down and supplying the results to interested parties. Interested parties will then develop more invasive tracking tools which I ultimately will not be able to shut off.

Answer: No. 1 every time. The development of unshutdownable supersonic trackers will come anyway.

Hmmm? Thinks......Must remember to put them back on when I'm shopping through my Quidco.

I guess every little advantage one gets with these tools is but a fleeting one. Use it as long as it provides some advantage.

Skinny,

re your post 10654, good links and am working my way through them.

Thanks

F5 on my PC keyboard is a refresh command button.
On my new laptop F5 has a different function.
Is there a laptop keyboard command for refresh or do you have to use the cursor every time?

It should be F5 by default - have you assigned a different function to it?

By default the F5 key turns the touchpad On /Off.
(Toshiba Satellite C75-A-156)

What about CTRL + F5?

Where's the refresh button on my toshiba satellite laptop?