Saturday, 3 March 2012

Format SD Card on MAC

The operating system should recognise it automatically.

To format on a Mac, Open the Disk Utility application (Finder, Applications, Utility, Disk Utility).
Select your SD card. Select "Erase" from the menu. Then choose either "FAT" Or "Mac OS Extended" from the menu options. The latter will only work on a Mac.

Monday, 16 January 2012

Problems with Drivers

DriverMax is a powerful free utility which helps you download, update, backup and restore the drivers installed on your Windows PC. It automatically checks for more recent driver versions and identifies and installs missing drivers for unknown devices in your computer. Download all drivers from one place in just a few easy steps and keep your PC up to date. Backup drivers and keep all of them in one compressed file; restore them at a mouse click within a few minutes. This tool will save you a lot of time when reinstalling Windows, both on recent PCs and older computers for which the original CDs containing the drivers have been lost. You no longer have to track down old driver installation CDs, insert one installation CD after another or spend hours searching for drivers on the Internet. DriverMax is able to display a detailed report about all installed drivers (versions, release dates) and provide you with Windows Experience Index rating information before you purchase new hardware.


Download from CNET http://download.cnet.com/DriverMax/3000-18513_4-10572602.html

Also try to roll back driver first, see Dell documentation : http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/Op745/en/UG_en/software.htm#wp1183911Dell

Dell Optiplex GX620 Audio Soundcard Driver (Tested) http://www.getpcmemory.com/drivers/download-dell-optiplex-gx620-desktop-pc-windows-xp-vista-drivers/


Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Word for Mac won't allow words to be added into dictionary.

You will need to make a new Custom Dictionary

Whilst in Word for Mac select Preferences > Spelling & Grammer > Select Dictionaries (next to Custom Dictionary drop down tab) > Select New, name and save (should automatically save in Word folder).

Saturday, 31 December 2011

Copy DVD or CD on Mac Using Disk Utility

Select disk utility (Finder> Go> Disk Utility or shift key, command key and 'U')
File new > select disk image from (disk drive)
Name file, select save location
On image format tab, select cd/dvd master
Encryption none (unless needed)
File will save as cdr file
Once file has been created this can be selected and using 'burn' tab cab be used to burn dvd/cd
File can be saved on hard drive for further copies or deleted if no longer required.

You may find it easier to watch the video rather than follow list.




Or click on the link below for an in depth tutorial.

http://youtu.be/xDkCsVlkkG8

UK Keyboard Setting (PC)

Thursday, 12 May 2011

MalwareBytes - Anti Malware Software

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a surprisingly effective freeware antimalware tool. It's a relatively speedy malware remover, with the quick scan taking about 8 minutes even with other high-resource programs running. The heuristics engine proved on multiple computers during empirical testing that it was capable of determining the difference between false positives and dangerous apps.

Download from: http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html

You may need to save onto desktop as 55440.exe file and then run from there and you may need to run as administrator, if your machine is already infected).

Sunday, 8 May 2011

Cloud Antivirus

Panda Cloud Antivirus is cloud-based. It consists of a lightweight antivirus agent that is connected in real-time to PandaLabs' online Collective Intelligence servers to protect faster against the newest malware variants while barely impacting PC performance.

Despite still lacking some of the deeper customization heft that other free antivirus solutions have, most glaringly a scheduler, the program is not necessarily a bad choice for a stripped-down antivirus. It has added a full on-demand scan, and it runs at around 15MB of RAM when idle and around 60MB when scanning. It's a great choice for resource-conscious Netbook users. Panda Cloud Antivirus makes a decent, reasonable security choice for anybody looking to effectively balance security and system performance.

Download from here: http://www.cloudantivirus.com/en/