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broadband/wireless

Hi Am moving over next month and want to get my mac and macbook up and running as soon as possible. Who do i contact for the best wireless and broadband set up that fast but a reasonable price? Thanks ...

IE7 on Vista

Hi I have just got internet at home and Internet explorer 7 on my new Windows vista laptop won't even start. It just opens a pop up window saying it has stopped working. I've tried downloading diferent things but still no j ...

e-mails I send arrive as junk mail

Only just arrived in Cyprus. My Cytanet account is 2 days old. Somehow all e-mails I send to others are arriving as 'junk mail'. Most are therefore binned by the recipients. Have I set up something wrong for this to happen? ...

Cytanet do not do wireless broadband...or do they?

Tuesday I went to the Cyta shop to get online. I asked about wireless broadband and was told they don't provide a wireless service. Friday and the Cyta chaps came round and fitted my modem, checked it out and went away. ...

Slooooooooowwwwww Computer

Help and information please. As we're only renting and don't have a 'phone line, I have the great pleasure of using a Areeba mobile connection. Excuse the sarcasm. It's always driven me mad because its so slow, but now ...

Please help!

Could someone please advise me how to solve a problem we have. Every time we try to log onto a particular website we get the following message- vBulletin error caused by one or more of the following; 1. Turck MMCache has b ...

DVD/SLIDESHOW software?

Can anyone help me in finding the best software to make photo slideshows into a DVD, i'm currently using WINDVD, ive tried the Cyberlink, Nero, Roxio, and a few others, but none of them are good enough, I'm looking for somet ...

keylib error #15

please help my incredimail has disappeared, cant get on at all, when i try to go on it comes up = keylib error #15 file missing, i have tried system restore , no good, dont know what to do ...

help with wireless lap top

Please can someone help have ust bought a new desk top with vista I have a lap top xp which is wireless I have bought gadget to turn my desk top into wireless but cannot connect the two to pick up internet from my wireless l ...

Recording Studio

Hi I am after someone that has a recording studio setup over this side of the island. As part of a duet, we want to record a master CD of around 14 tracks. I did one in the UK with 9 in 6 hours, so it would be a one da ...

PayPal & Cyprus - Update

Hi all, Thought this announcement I received today would be helpful for those who do a bit of online selling from Cyprus. A very welcome move from PayPal: "New today, PayPal now offers account balance withdrawals t ...

picture sound sync

8) Slight problem - im hoping someone knows the answer. Im downloading films from a torrent site and usually i dont have any problems - but occasionally i download a film and although it seems ok when viewed on the p.c. w ...

New Laptop

Hi I need to get a new laptop which is for the kids at home, who manage to ruin every computor we buy. They use the pc for on-line gaming, so I need to get a pc that has lots of memory & power that does not cost the ...

Help - Removing Software which I never wanted

A while back I kept getting pop ups asking me to download free virus software. Unfortunately when in a rush, I must have accepted it and 3 Icons appeared on my desktop for 'Privacy Protector' 'Spyware & Malware Protect ...

free films and tv shows

i hope its ok to post this http://free-tv-video-online.info/internet/movies/ some great new films to watch regards james. ...

b-focus 352 modem supplied by cyta

I have seen various posts referring to how to change the b-focus to be able to operate as a router and wireless. Unfortunately all the posts are a bit 0ld and any links they refer to have been deleted. Does anyone know how ...

Warning to (particularly) UK ebay users.

No, its not one of those emails that clog up the internet. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136729-pg,1/article.html http://tinyurl.com/28q6nd "Online auction site eBay has been targeted by identity thieve ...

usb keyboard

8) Hi all i was looking to perhaps change my keyboard for something a bit newer. Now ive looked around generally (kokkinos,carrefore etc) and the keyboards there all seem to have a PS2 connection whereas i was looking for ...

News 24 live feed

Hello, Is anyone successfully playing this live feed in Cyprus using broadband? I have 1MB download speed for information. I am using Real Player, hopefully configured correctly. The BBC server, whatever, keeps timing ...

Speed up your web access

Just come across - I've changed my router DNS addresses and it seems to have improved the response speed considerably. Sounds technical, but it's explained well. Remember to write down previous settings before c ...

help - internet home page

My problem - Every time i change the internet home page on my 7 computers, the next day its changed back to the old one (which is my rival's home page next door :!: ) It seems ok and then when the computers shut down, t ...

LCD screen problems

Hi My laptop screen has developed a series of various coloured vertical lines. Any advice as to what may be causing it? If it is terminal, where can I get a replacement 17" screen in the Paralimni area? Thanks Larr ...

uploading pics

How do i do this ? to a forum. ...

Nokia BL-5C battery may be dangerous

not exactly a computer topic, but I didn't know where to put it.... Quote:Product Advisory: Nokia BL-5C battery Dear Nokia Customer, This is a product advisory for the Nokia-branded BL-5C battery manufactur ...

Anyone use Skype?

Hi all, Just got around to playing with an Internet Phone that I bought at Christmas and wondered if anyone else on-board uses Skype? As the phone hasn't rang yet it would be good to give it a test so please let me k ...

Playstation 3

Good evening, My son has a problem with his Playstation3, the 'hard disk file system is currupted' and he says it won't repair itself? (Don't really understand what he's on about!) Does anyone know where I can take it to ...

CYTA Very Slow Upload

I am currently on I-Choice with Cyta. Is anyone else in the Vrysoulles area finding the upload is extreamly slow. I am trying to use DrayTel VoIP and the upload is running around 32kbs instead of the sync speed of 128 kbs. I ...

Saving photo's

Please can anyone tell me how to save about 80 photo's I have stored on my computer to a disc, I have no cd rewriter so presume this means I am unable to save to a blank cd, I tried saving to a floppy and got 1 photo on per ...

Free Laptop with Broadband - UK

Hi all, I saw this on the TV last night and thought that it may help someone in the UK. Basically PC World are offering a free laptop pc when you sign up to Orange broadband for two years: HTH C ...

Creating a Web Site??

Could anybody recommend or tell me of any free web sites I can use to set up a website to advertise our apartment for holiday rentals next year? Kind regards L&M ...

laptop repair

any good reasonable priced computer repair people out there in the larnaca area!! email me and i will explain my computer problem.. thanks! ...

twin towers

8) Hi all me again! When i locate to Cyprus i would like to run or link two P.C. towers to one broadband one screen and one keyboard - i suppose there is an element of difficulty in this? what connectors would i need an ...

Web designer needed

Hi All, Does anyone know of any webdesigners in Cyprus close to Paralimni. Thanks. Buddy ...

anti virus computer

my norton anti virus is just about to run out any suggestions for an alternative as with shipping cost [ how do they get shipping cost, straight to my computer]it has gone up to 71 euros ...

Web site.

Can you help please? can you tell me how i can add _Visit the web site, on to a posting. ...

WiFi Hotspots

Hi All, here is a copy of an email received from CYTA. Hope it is of use to someone. Regards to all, Jim. CYTANET Wi-Fi zone: Wireless Internet Access Dear Customer, CYTANET continues to respond to your needs, ...

kaspersky

thanks cy for info on kaspersky, it sounds good, but as im a novice at this can you please tell me is it easy to down load and will it be compatable with my e-mails as i have firewall.i am just worried about making a comp ...

downloads to iso conversion?

8) Can you help please? what programme do i need to convert torrent downloads fims videoes etc to iso format so that nero can handle them as it doesnt recognise the format at present. Easy answers please, im not that prof ...

Internet Secrurity

Anyone know of free anti virus downloads or whatever is needed to secure etc. Thanks. Buddy ...

eBay Tools

Hi all, As I know we have a few eBay fans who have helped me test out some of my tools I thought i'd share my new one. Just released - so am still tinkering with it at the moment but basically it is ...

Evolution

Millions of years evolution brought us this website. http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/lacingmethods.htm Do you ever feel that some people might have a bit too much time on their hands? ...

Removing Vista

Last week I bought a new HP PC which came with Vista installed, a few things don't seem to run well with Vista so I'm thinking of uninstalling and installing my own original copy of XP. I'm a bit concerned that... 1] ...

Tiscali Email

Hi all, Just a note for anyone using Tiscali for their email. It was on Working Lunch today that Tiscali have advised people to use a free email service as an alternative as they are having major prob's with their ema ...

Time Adjusting on PC

Why on earth does my computer keep going back in time by 3 hours, it just started happening today :?: I have been changing it to the correct time all day, checked the time zone, and everything seems ok, but half an hour lat ...

problem with Flash Player

Hi, as I often use Skype I have a headset permanently connected to my PC. Hence all 'noise' the PC make goes through the headphones. I had a problem the other day with the microfone and got that sorted somehow but since ...

Virgin Media customers

Any member having problems with their broadband connection ?? The trouble is i only have this problem on a Monday evening. I have spoke to nearly every single member of staff at the technical helpline at virgin and they a ...

Vista and Sony Sonic

We've just invested in a Sony MP3 player and find that it wont sync with our laptop that has Vista installed. It works okay with our desktop pc (that doesn't have Vista). The installation disk states that it is Vista compa ...

@*&?!ing cytanet

Had a few problems over the past week or so, and have had to repeatedly had to dial 80000197 to drop my IP. If I've been lucky I've heard a message telling me that I'll only have to wait 40 minutes - otherwise the message ...

Free Software

don't think I've mentioned this before, but if you'd rather give your hard-earned cash to Keo than Microsoft or Adobe and all the others 'The Open CD' project is worth a look: http://www.theopencd.org/ A collection of ...

Two Screens

Advice please, it may sound a bit strange this, but can i run two screens from the same Computer, i,e the main one and just to check another by plugging into the front USB plug. Dont want to do it without asking i'm only a p ...