Thanks also Kim - that's good to know.

Moved to the correct thread!

Ahem, skinny, wrong thread!!!!

Harry :-)

Anyone had this problem today

Everytime I use Hotmail and want to reply or type a new message, it crashes the web browser how do i fix it?

update, just uninstalled silverlight which was updated 16th feb and that seems to work

hope this helps anyone with the same problem ;-)

Ever heard of the word 'please'?

And also

the other two words 'thank you'?

I've just had an email from the people who wrote my FTP upload software and they are promoting this:-

http://www.tappin.com/

Has anyone tried it? I can see the dangers of losing a cellphone that has access to one's home PC but presumably they've thought of that one.

TP

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Look through forum pages for your needs here.

I'm looking for a cheap option for a secondary machine capable of supporting 2 monitors.

Any views on buying something like a refurbished DELL OPTIPLEX 745 for £100 and installing something like a Radeon 6450 - I realise its windows xp.

Probably won't support a full height card - I have a similar s/h machine and the internals are very "compact". In fact, I would say there is very little room for any extra cards. I'll try and have a look in mine when I get home at lunchtime - if I don't reply it will be Monday evening before I can respond as I'm away for the w/e.

Cheers Seymour - absolutely no rush - I've been sitting on this for months! I thought I could use a "half height" card (if that's the right description)?

Yep, I suspect you could use a half height card.

Here's the specs - http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/optix/en/opti_745techspecs.pdf

From the specs, the "desktop" and "small form factor" cases allow a half height PCI-E graphics card. The "ultra small form factor" case does not allow any cards to be fitted. The one on Amazon looks like the desktop case.

So worth doing as a cheap(ish) backup?

skinny,a 1st class and very reliable backup machine.

I don't see why not. Personally, I'd prefer one with a Core 2 Duo rather than a Pentium D. It's a later processor that uses less power, generates less heat, and is faster (despite the lower clock speeds). But that's just me being fussy, I expect it would be fine :)

That's the problem Jon - I always start (with anything) looking at the sensible/minimum to fulfil the requirement and end up buying anything but!

You're not alone there, I'm exactly the same!

Has anyone used an Eee keyboard that Asus computers use? I've got an issue that must have an answer but for the life of me can't sort it

Hi I have ACER 3690 laptop,The battery is BATBL50L4 14.8V,
just bought a replacement battery (not original manufacturer battery )
when i put the new battery in the laptop i keep getting ERROR MESSAGE THE BATTERY IS NOT A ACER BATTERY,PLEASE CHECK YOUR BATTERY AGAIN,and it turns off and comes on again with the same message,and it start all over again. help