General Chat

No problems Steve, nothing can upset me today, my first day as a pensioner-----cannot believe how old that makes me sound. Gloria:-)))))

Gloria / jim I often forget that some people are not as teckie as me and i bandy words around not realising that some just dont understand what i am saying. For that i do appologise but if you need help and i can i will lol Steve

June, it hasn't got a handbook as such, just a large sheet with 'Setting up your computer' and 4 diagrams!!!!! I know it will be dead easy, so will probably get son to do it. Haha Gloria :-)))))

Glotria, I know what you mean about handbooks, you get a nice thick one so you think everything must be in there with drawings too. Then you open it and there is a tiny section in English, no pictures, just techie stuff. June xx

Its not funny is it Jim? Especially when the new toy doesn't come with a blow by blow handbook. Still we will not be beaten Gloria :-))))))

I'm a pensioner too and IT illiterate. All these replies are very well meaning but SO technical. I mean 'burn', 'memory sticks', 'crossover cables', 'router'. It may aswell be Chinese to me - honestly. I was told a while ago I couldn't 'write' things onto a CD - didn't know why or what I needed so left it. I have a floppy disc thingy but how do I use that in a computer? Could I put my family tree on it and if so how? I am used to a word processor but the laptop is a different kettle of fish. Anyway - good luck Gloria. Hope you sort it.

Thanks everyone for your advice. CD Burner or memory stick--thanks will do Should sack the guy at Currys Gloria

Gloria. If you buy one make sure it is at least 512mb memory or best of all 1 or 2gb would be better. My puter can accept memory cards from a digital camer as well. Neil

Gloria, I think these cross over cables sound a good idea, I think I will look into that. Still think I will get a stick though. June xx

take the cd's back to curry's and buy a memory stick babe!! That way you really do just move the files across at the simple click of a mouse!

Gloria you can get an external cd burner (usb) for about £30 Steve

Spoken to son who says I don't have a rewriter, so obviously I can't put the pics on CD, things don't get easier with technology!!!! Anyway, I am going to have a do at tranferring to the laptop, but not before I have saved these pics somehow. Gloria

Bl**dy salesmen!! :O) Hope it works and that your Laptop has the facility to burn CD's..... its the term used to put the photo's on the cd!! let us know how it goes! xx

Yes Bob it works a treat if you use crossover cables you can transfer back and forward between the lappy and main tower. I have to be honest i use a router to net work all mine (4) but a pal uses the crossover cable and swears by it. Steve

Paul, I really don't know if I have one of those. Steven and Bob, both puters have Windows XP so I am going to do as you suggested, and also save all these photos and documents to a CD. I know I should save these things it just never gets done and then there is a load. Gloria

I havent used that yet? have you? and does it really work.? Bob

oops my appologys Bob i did not read that bit lol Steve

Stephen, thats what I was referring to, earlier...... Bob............oooooooooooooops Sorry,... Steven!!

Have you thought of using a crossover cable and net working both puters, if both puters have xp on them its easy to do from the main puter using new net work wizzard cables cost about 3 quid Steve

A program for writing to cds or dvds ie NERO Paul