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Quote: Originally posted by Fiona W on 10/6/2020

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Battery mice work just as well & aren’t expensive. Or, I think I’ve seen an extension cable - one USB plug with a box of 4 USB slots at the other end: you could tuck all the wires round to the back. But I’m no expert.
Still on Windows 7 because it does all I need. Once shops open again up here, I’ll look for a W10 laptop but I use Chrome, so thanks everyone for the warning about W10S.

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Quote: Originally posted by Fiona W on 10/6/2020

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Battery mice work just as well & aren’t expensive. Or, I think I’ve seen an extension cable - one USB plug with a box of 4 USB slots at the other end: you could tuck all the wires round to the back. But I’m no expert.
Still on Windows 7 because it does all I need. Once shops open again up here, I’ll look for a W10 laptop but I use Chrome, so thanks everyone for the warning about W10S.

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Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 10/6/2020

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I also use ethernet cables Colin as my router is in the living room and my computer room is at the back of the bungalow with poor wifi reception. I use powerline adapters which utilise the house wiring.

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 10/6/2020

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Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 10/6/2020

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I also use ethernet cables Colin as my router is in the living room and my computer room is at the back of the bungalow with poor wifi reception. I use powerline adapters which utilise the house wiring.

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I have two computers and a printer connected to my router by cables, all in the office upstairs. Our laptops downstairs connect by WiFi. All works reasonably well, considering most of the stuff is quite old now. I'm on my laptop now, but I have been playing around with the "new" computer upstairs with Zorin operating system instead of Windows. Still a few things I have to figure out. I can't at the moment get my laptop to "see" the Zorin computer upstairs on the network.

I've heard of those Powerline adapters, but never used one. Are they any good?

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 10/6/2020

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I've heard of those Powerline adapters, but never used one. Are they any good?

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Quote: Originally posted by Ernie DB on 10/6/2020

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 10/6/2020

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Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 10/6/2020

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I also use ethernet cables Colin as my router is in the living room and my computer room is at the back of the bungalow with poor wifi reception. I use powerline adapters which utilise the house wiring.

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I have two computers and a printer connected to my router by cables, all in the office upstairs. Our laptops downstairs connect by WiFi. All works reasonably well, considering most of the stuff is quite old now. I'm on my laptop now, but I have been playing around with the "new" computer upstairs with Zorin operating system instead of Windows. Still a few things I have to figure out. I can't at the moment get my laptop to "see" the Zorin computer upstairs on the network.

I've heard of those Powerline adapters, but never used one. Are they any good?

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Colin, you may need to install SAMBA from the App Center on your Zorin computer.

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Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 10/6/2020

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 10/6/2020

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I've heard of those Powerline adapters, but never used one. Are they any good?

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I had lots of problems with wifi when I first moved and since it is only a small bungalow I couldn't understand why the wifi was so weak when not in the same room as the router. I think an emergency alarm system in the hallway might have something to do with it. The provider was less than helpful so I bought a pair of powerline adapters and they solved the problem completely...real fast internet and no drop outs.

You plug one into a wall socket near your router and run an ethernet cable from it, to the router. Then you plug the other one into a wall socket near your computer and run an ethernet cable from it, to the computer.

The signal passes through your house wiring from one socket to the other. I gather you have to make sure that the two wall sockets are on the same ring main which is usually the case unless you live in a mansion.

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Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 10/6/2020

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Can anyone recommend a set of laptop speakers that have a fantastic bass sound without a woofer, as the speakers on my new laptop are pathetic? I would prefer ones that plug into the mains rather than a USB socket and then have one plug into the earphone socket of the laptop.

I have some Creative Inspire T10 speakers attached to my TV which are excellent but I bought them some years ago for £30 and they are now selling on eBay for £50 - £60 odd.

I can get some directly from the Creative company in the Netherlands for £34.99 I think and free postage but don't know if I might have to pay import duty or VAT on them.

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Quote: Originally posted by Ernie DB on 11/6/2020

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Quote: Originally posted by Bob61 on 10/6/2020

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Can anyone recommend a set of laptop speakers that have a fantastic bass sound without a woofer, as the speakers on my new laptop are pathetic? I would prefer ones that plug into the mains rather than a USB socket and then have one plug into the earphone socket of the laptop.

I have some Creative Inspire T10 speakers attached to my TV which are excellent but I bought them some years ago for £30 and they are now selling on eBay for £50 - £60 odd.

I can get some directly from the Creative company in the Netherlands for £34.99 I think and free postage but don't know if I might have to pay import duty or VAT on them.

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Amazon have them for £39.99. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Inspire-T10-Multimedia-Speakers-Black/dp/B000WQI........

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