are you running on vista?

try zapping your p-ram.

it's windows 2000

tried using ie instead of firefox? Firefox has been crashing heaps for me for the last three months or so.

are you left clicking or right clicking then ''save as'' on the link to the media files?

if you're left clicking firefox is probably trying to display the file itself, and whatever plugin it's using is probably causing the problem.

if that's the case go to view > preferances > content tab > file types box > manage > then remove the action for avi and wmb files.

but for some reason Icant save wmv files in ie

I don't even get that far t.dog.

It freezes up then I have to 'end task'

but you click on the link to a file, yeah?

yep

left click to download a file etc

well as soon as you do that, firefox is probably trying to load a plugin to handle the file, and that's what's freezing. if you disable the plugin, it'll just ask you what to do with the file and you should be able to download it.

how do I disable the plug in.

I know I sound like a retard

in the menu, click ''view'', then ''preferances'' - in the dialogue box that comes up go to the ''content'' tab, then in the section at the bottom labeled ''file types'' click on ''manage'' then remove the action for avi and wmv files.

view doesnt have preferences.

all it says is:
toolbars
staus bar
side bar
reload
increase/decreease txt size

etc

by the way I'm running firefox on this

yeah sorry it's under ''edit''.

edit doesnt have preferences either,

I tried
tools> options> downloads.

thats as far as I've worked out. tried removing avi and wmv

the trierd clicking on a wmv file and it foze again

does anyone know how to bring my saved backup of my email and contacts back to life on a new computer?

i have the pst file, but i don't know how to make it work in outlook.

anyone know?

first link when googling for 'outlook import pst'

see i couldn't even get the search term right...

thanks michael horse

grandma's been raped ?

it's not working anyway...

Ah yes ok. that makes sense.

Would the shit one i bought at coles last night suffice?

I think it would.

I think it would.

i reckon so

not sure if it's still the case, but when i last checked tpg's phone network uses voip from the exchange, so services like fax aren't available on their landlines.

i'd double check with them on their forum or their timewasting helpdesk tho, cause this may have changed for certain exchanges or completely.

lotta services offer sending/receiving faxe via email for next to nothing of course, probably easier either way.

The FAQ says they don't support Fax Duet (which means two phone numbers one the one line. one for fax, one for phone). Just having a fax machine on your home phone line doesn't cound as a 'complex' product'.

hen i last checked tpg's phone network uses voip from the exchange

i'd be surprised if the way it's trunked should have an effect. it's the equivalent of a VoIP ATA on the exchange port instead of at the customer's premises.

oops, FAQ here

haha oeven more oops. should have read further.

2.7 Once ADSL2+ with Home Phone is installed, are there any services that will not work on my line?
Yes, the following services will not operate on your ADSL2+ with Home Phone line:
– Fax machines
– EFPOS
– PABX
– 56K Dial up modem
– Digital Pay TV (e.g.Foxtel) will still be ok however services like voting or purchasing box office movies
will not work

anyone have any recommendations for a program i can use that will best sync things between my home desktop, work desktop and phone? i'm mainly thinking music here (because i lost the computer cable for my bloody phone)

dropbox isn't cutting it - i guess its designed more for documents.

something like icloud?

haha. is fang's still on lygon st? great name.

never used icloud...will look into it

amazon has a music cloud thing as well doesn't it?

icloud seems to be for mac users, no?

i have an android and don't use itunes..

icloud seems to be for mac users, no?

yep. I did say like... i don't know what else is out there.

this is the amazon thing anonymous was talking about, but it seems pretty dropbox-y to me.

what about dropbox doesn't cut it for you?

it seems to take forever to sync and sometimes i have problems opening files. i'd rather a music player/sync set up...

will have a hunt about.

google music might be the closest thing...don't think it's available here though.

i reckon if there's a music-specific service it would likely be tied into buying from some online store (as the google one seems to be)

I got a movie on a 4.7GB dvd. rip it onto my computer and it says 1.9GB mp4 file. I want to burn it back into a DVD and the computer program says needs to convert to mpg. fine. whatever. converts. now it's a 5.2GB mpg and won't fit on the blank dvds I got.

Aside from being dumb with computers, where did I go wrong??

if you have the dvd still you could just make a iso copy of it.

do go on. i'm on a mac and just realise I've never needed to make a dvd (copy) before. I may have never burnt a dvd. this packet of blank dvds came with a tv recorder and hasn't been touched in years.