Films and or video clips, music and books for starters.

You could even start a collection or two with that amount of storage.

How about some 'Kindle' books for PC? They have a 'Top 100 Free' and a 'Top 100 Paid' in the 'Kindle Book Store' at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Kindle/b/ref=sv_kinc_1?ie=UTF8&node=341689031

(Scroll down to the RHS)

By the way, you first need to do the free software download, 'Kindle for the PC' which is available from the same location. Once registered you can also put these onto your Kindle or a Netbook or Laptop if you have one.



I see they also have Kindle subscriptions for several newspapers too, so you could even start a collection of these, if you want.

Jon.
That looks just like my Matrox dual head which
has the extension to fit into an AGP slot.
Will that card fit a more modern PCI slot?
Tks.

Tyketto, the card from Ebuyer is for PCI Express which is a newer standard than PCI. Most PC's sold in the last 4 years or so (at a guess) will have PCI Express slots. It would not work in a PCI or AGP slot though.

Thanks Jon
I just checked and found that out.
Unfortunately the comp I was wanting to
expand ha s only PCI expansion slots.
Looks as though I'll have to go to E whatsit.

There are a few PCI gfx cards about still but they are rare. This one looks like it might be OK - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/512MB-PNY-8400-GS-PCI-64-Bit-1000MHz-GDDR2-567MHz-GPU-D-Sub-Dual-Link-DVI-I-S-Video Is the PC quite old?

Kayak etc

Just spoke to my friend. She ran spybot but gave up on it after one and a half days!

She then changed her email from MS Hotmai to her isp and is not using webmail and problem seems to have gone away.

Tks for assistance

Thanks Exec. I still prefer parchment for my reading, but might stick a few films on there. I should also upload all my family videos I think. That'll eat the space up!

Jon,
Yes its about at least 4 years old(S/H)
but a 3gig cpu and 1meg mem its OK for
my needs.
Found a good selection of PCI cards on
Amazon.Reasonable prices and free delivery.
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On my recent visit to India, I was appalled to find my 87 year old dad's cassette tape collection in a sad state of neglect. Tapes badly chewed and snapped by a faulty cassette player - and not one of my brothers showed any inclination to preserve or restore the tapes. I intend taking up the work myself and have brought a few tapes back with me for restoration.

Here's what I want to achieve - fix the damaged/snapped tapes as best as I can and transfer them on to CDs restoring the audio quality if need be. How far is this do-able? Grateful for any advice.

Klal,

You can thank my son for this link. I got him to do a similar thing this summer for an elderly relative.

Thanks Hilary. That looks very comprehensive. Need to find some safe way of splicing together a couple of snapped tapes though. I'm sure I'll need something more than Scotch tape!

This might help, its about the only splicing kit I could find - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUDIO-AND-VIDEO-TAPE-REPAIR-KIT-SPLICING-BLOCK-NEW-/230489399354?pt=UK_CE_Cassette_RL . I think you might have to cut out any badly chewed tape.

jonuk76, thanks for that link. The project is building up!

I need an expert to help me sort out the language on my laptop. I live in France and my new laptop language and keyboard are in French op. system Windows 7.
How do I change the language to English but keep the keyboard French.
Many thanks
Paul

I believe you would need to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate and then you can just change the display language via the control panels "Region and Language" link. Versions other than Ultimate do not have this capability, as far as I know. Source - http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7install/thread/d58fb37b-cb02-41c8-986f-22582fd35a12

Just had a look at my XP. If you go to 'Control Panel', 'Regional & Language Options', click the 'Languages' Tab at the top, it then offers offers you a 'Text services & input Languages' Details button. By pressing this it then offers you both the default input language & the keyboard options. I haven't gone any further as I don't really want to modify my system, but I suspect it then either asks for the Windows disk or boots you to the Microsoft website. I suspect Windows 7 should be something similar.
I was in Paris a few weeks ago & noticed that the QWERTY keyboard was an ASERTY one, which confused the hell out of me!

Thanks for your reply both Jonuk76 & HARRYCAT and I now also believe that my friend can only change languages from French to English if he upgrade to windows 7 ultimate.
Today the assistant in Aachan said that the computer will reinstall and he will have the option to change language by holding down the CTRL key and tapping the F10 key repeatedly. Has anybody heard this before and is he right, Im not sure.

Update to the change language saga. Only windows 7 Ultimate will allow a change in language. The ALT + f10 key (not CTRL + f10 as I reported earlier) is for resetting the computer operating software back to its factory settings and not to change languages as we were told by the shop assistant.

F1: This is the help key. If you press this when you are on the windows desk top or on a windows explorer page, windows help will appear. If you are working in another program and you want to see the windows help program, press the windows button (which is located on the bottom row, its the key with the windows logo on it) and the F1 key at the same time.

F2: You can use F2 to rename a folder or file. When you are on the documents, pictures or music display page, highlight the folder you wish to rename and press F2.

F3: This is the find files button. You can use this anytime when working in Windows.
You can also use the F3 key in Microsoft Word Program to change the case form of letters you are using from all capital to lowercase. To do this, first highlight the letters you want to change and then press F3 and the Shift key.

F4: F4 will open the address bar in Internet Explorer. You can also use F4 and the ALT key to close any web page.

F5: This key will refresh the page for you. This is really invaluable when you are on an active message board.

F6: You can use this key to cycle from window to window by pressing it more than once.

F7: This key does not have any function in Windows. But it does in some other programs. If you are using a program and wonder if F7 does have a function within it, you usually can check under the program's help page under function keys. You can use the F7 function key when using the Microsoft Word Programs. When you press it while using Word you will bring up the thesaurus.

F8: You can enter your computer's safe mode by pressing F8 during the booting process.

F9: This key is like F7 in that it does not have any function in Windows. Again, like F7, it may have a function in other programs.

F10: This key will bring up the menu in most programs. If you press the SHIFT key at the same time as F10 you can usually bring up a short cut menu.

F11: When you are working in Internet Explorer, you can press the F11 key and view any page at full view, causing all toolbars to disappear. This is useful for pages that contain a lot of information. When you press F11 again, the toolbars will reappear.

F12: Like F7 and F9, F12 does not have any real function in Windows. But this key could have a function in other programs.

ALT F10 has multiple functions depending on the computer manufacturer and the operating system. For example, Acer's custom MBR (Master Boot Record) allows the use of ALT-F10 for recovery.

All other ALT + Key functions will vary depending on the open program (Excel, Word, Adobe, Powerpoint etc).