Have you tried running IE8 in compatability mode for the sites you have trouble with?

O
What's compatability mode please? I've never heard of it.

Opti - yes tried that

Bolshi

IE8 compatability mode causes it to render the page exactly as IE7 would.

Click the button at the end of the address bar and immediately to the left of the refresh button, or on the Tools menu, you can specify entire sites (or all sites) that should use this setting.

Compatibility mode is sometimes useful, because IE8 is the only browser to adhere strictly to the HTML spec. Unfortunately, most webpages are written to take account of the various fudges that other browsers - especially IE6 & 7 - use and can't cope with a browser that complies with the rules.

O. Thanks.
Ahah! I've never noticed that. I'll give that a bash.
1 of my main problems with IE8 is with the Royal Mail site that I use for my online mail orders. With IE8 it crashes when printing, but with IE7 it's good. Not sure that the compatability thingy will help with that one but I'll give it a go next time.
Thx again.

Anyone got a good (ie cheap!) source for a Logitech MX Revolution mouse? Best I've found so far is 39.99, and while it is an awesome piece of kit, I begrudge paying 40 quid for a mouse.

Would also accept a package deal eg MX5500 which is a MX Revo mouse and their awesomely ugly keyboard, anyone knows a source for them @ (say) 50 or less.

In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google announced late Tuesday that it is developing an operating system for PCs based on its Chrome Web browser. In a post on its company blog, Google said the operating system would initially be aimed at netbooks, the compact, low-cost computers that have turned the PC world on its head. It said the open-source software, called Chrome OS, would be available in the second half of next year.

Google Unveils a PC Operating System
Introducing the Google Chrome OS

This will give Google an unprecedented opportunity to ramp up their collection and analysis of personal data.

Unfortunately, there will be many people who either hate Microsoft or are too stupid to care about Googles methods, so there will be a significant take up of this Trojan Horse.

On the plus side, by the time it comes out, Windows 7 should be established as a viable OS for netbooks for the more discerning people.

I tend to agree with Optimist. MS seem to have little interest in personal data. Google is essentially a sales and marketing company with different intent.

zzaxx99

Whenever you are shopping for something on the Internet, you might like to try using the Google Shopping Tool. You will see this as a link off the main Google.co.uk site.

You can also arrange the list of results in price order too. Here's what I got for the Logitech MX Revolution mouse and you can see the cheapest are available from several suppliers at or around 'under 30':

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=Logitech+MX+Revolution+mouse&hl=en&scoring=p

hi Guys...

hopefully an easy question.

fiddling around on an old PC (XP loaded )
The screen res is only 640x 480 in Display properties - setting tab
also it says "deault monitor" just above it...and does not allow me to use the "slider" to alter it....

How can I get out of the default to ramp up the resolution?

Sounds as if your hardware or graphics card won't go any higher. Does it have on-board graphics or a separate graphics card? How old is the machine. Is it still attached to the original monitor?

It sounds like the drivers for your display adaptor are not loaded properly.

Try going into device manager, uninstalling the display adaptor and restarting the computer. With luck, it will find the new hardware and install the drivers.

If that doesn't work, you will have to download the drivers for your adaptor.

My computer started playing up on Monday (July 6) in that it opened up and then immediately shut down. I got it up and running again using Acronis Restore from a backup done on July 3, the last available backup. I now can't find photographs that were downloaded from the camera (and deleted from the the memory stick, of course!) on July 5. Is there any hope of finding them or are they lost forever?

TOK
You should be able to get them back using undelete software either on your computers hard disk or the memory stick. I'm guessing that the Acronis restore has basically reformatted your disk so recovering the pictures from there could be difficult though not impossible.

First remove the memory stick from the camera to prevent any changes being made to it.

Try to leave your computer switched off in case you need to attempt recovery from that, to do so will involve some special software - I think I paid around 30 - and you will have to mount the hard disk on another machine.

Undeleting pictures from the memory stick is straight forward. Do a Bing search for "undelete pictures" and you have loads of choice. You should be able to find a program that lets you try before you buy.

Hi Optimist I uninstalled the display adapter...rebooted...gets to load windows...but then a blank screen....obv has not reloaded another or same...adapter...how do I get back to where I was please?

Foale

Try starting in safe mode.

how do I do that...is it f12 on boot up?

TOK,

I chose Photorescue

I'm sure they do try before you buy.

It takes some time and you lose your file numbering - but at least it saves your reputation.....

TP

Foale

F8 at boot.