I am encountering difficulty installing Google Earth and iTunes. While I can download the install files successfully when I attempt to run the installers an error message appears with code 0×80040905. Are you able to assist with solving this problem? (more…)

If you need a complex algorithm solved, or have some other kind of factual query, then Wolfram Alpha (www.wolframalpha.com) is a fantastic service that you may find useful. You can enter factual queries (such as algebraic equations, or specific questions) and it will calculate or compute the answer to your query. If you have never used this site it is certainly worth a look, as at some point you will likely have some kind of question or query that Wolfram Alpha will be able to solve.

When closing Internet Explorer a message appears asking whether I would like to close all tabs or just the current tab. If I click the “All Tabs” option the timer goes round and around forever and nothing is closed. If I click the “This Tab” button it usually closes but then the timer appears and the same thing happens. The only way to stop the timer is by going to the “Start” menu > “Turn off computer”. A message appears to say that Internet Explorer is not responding and asks whether I would like to end the process. This force closes Internet Explorer and turns off the computer, allowing me to restart and Internet Explorer works until the next time. The computer is running Windows XP with auto-updates enabled. (more…)

If you have created a great slide presentation that you wish to share with people it can be quite cumbersome and inconvenient to email the entire presentation file. However, there is an online service called SlideShare (www.slideshare.net) which allows you to upload your presentations and make them viewable online. Free accounts are available together with paid Pro accounts that have additional features.

The two computers (one running Windows 7, and another running Windows XP) in my house are connected to the internet through a broadband router. I understand that because the computers are on the same network I can share files between the two machines. As a workaround I have been emailing files to myself from one computer, and then downloading the email message on the other computer, but this seems like a cumbersome way and I am thinking that there must be an easier method. (more…)