Online ID Fraud - Advice

ID Theft and online fraud is on the increase and even those who have taken precautions to ensure letters are shredded and passwords are protected have succumb to ID theft.

If you are contacted by anyone claiming to be a bank, beware, do not disclose any personal information over the phone and request that they write to you, make them aware that you will only be prepared to go to the local branch and discuss matters face to face.

Get in touch with one of the credit reference agencies listed below, I found Equifax to be the most user friendly.

Also get in touch with Royal Mail to make sure your mail is not being re-directed to another address - 01332 62 72 00 (Derby)

It's also worth ringing Action Fraud Helpline on  0300 123 2040, especially if you have been asked to provide a crime reference number.

Ring or write to the relevant bank and raise any concerns with them;

Santander 0845 972 4724 - Fraud Line - 01908 343 925

Barclaycard KOD

52 Saffron Road

Leicester

LE18 4US

The addresses of the credit reference agencies are:

Equifax Ltd

Credit File Advice Centre

PO Box 1140

Bradford

BD1 5US

0844 335 0550

www.equifax.co.uk

Callcredit Plc

Consumer Services Team

PO Box 491

Leeds

LS3 1WZ

0870 060 1414

www.callcredit.co.uk

Experian Ltd

Customer Support Centre

PO Box 8000

Nottingham

NG80 7WF

0844 481 8000

www.experian.co.uk

Be careful you do not disclose any information to anyone posing to be a survey or consumer company.
The Telephone Preference Service (TPS) is a free service. It is the official central opt out register on which you can record your preference not to receive unsolicited sales or marketing calls. It is a legal requirement that all organisations (including charities, voluntary organisations and political parties) do not make such calls to numbers registered on the TPS unless they have your consent to do so.

If you still receive call you need to obtain as much details about the company and make a complaint on the following website:

http://complaints.tpsonline.org.uk/Consumer/

Uploading Images To Blogsite

You may upload multiple files at once. Use JPG, GIF or PNG files. Once the file has been uploaded you can click on the image and alter the size which fits best with your design.

To make it easy for others to view or print, right click on image and select copy link, this can then be used in links list for easy access. If you use this method you don't even need to display the image.

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.

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/

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).

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)