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    PCSPECIALIST Webcam recommendations for Skyping on Win10? 'Creative Live! Vista IM' webcam no longer supported :(

    Thank you. Yep, that's the kind of thing I wanted. Although I naively thought I could get a webcam for £20 these days. But they've gone all fancy. I see both Logitech and Amazon are out of stock for the C270. We are seeing who the winners are in lockdown. Looks like I might have to swap...
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    PCSPECIALIST Webcam recommendations for Skyping on Win10? 'Creative Live! Vista IM' webcam no longer supported :(

    Cheap usb webcam needed for work video conferencing. Popular subject I should imagine? I have just found out that my old Creative Live! Vista IM webcam is redundant. No drivers available. 'End Of Service Life' beyond Windows XP I read.👾
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    PCSPECIALIST Website designers? Parallax scrolling obscuration to prevent theft of 'complete' photographic images?

    I have since discovered that Wix proposes it can do this. :unsure:
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    PCSPECIALIST Website designers? Parallax scrolling obscuration to prevent theft of 'complete' photographic images?

    Q1. Developers, would this idea work? My aim... A one page point-of-contact website for my photography [Title, About, very few photos, Contact, links to social media. That's it]. Every photo would never be on screen in it's entirety. Scrolling down would make another image or text fade in...
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    PCSPECIALIST Paint 3D in Windows10, stolen my JPEGS from Photoshop. Advice?

    Used Winver and I do have 1803 (OS Build 17134.345). Importantly, today I found the MS response on the Feedback Hub,...upvoted way above other queries ;-) I will add a screengrab here that says MS hope to return the uninstall option in version 19H1.
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    PCSPECIALIST Paint 3D in Windows10, stolen my JPEGS from Photoshop. Advice?

    Screengrab above from two unsuccessful attempts to use the PowerShell to remove the program app [Note Paint 3D was formerly MSPaint apparently]. So hours later I still have the same problem after trying options 1 >3 so far. All I want is to have Photoshop CC 2019 open any picture I click on...
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    PCSPECIALIST Paint 3D in Windows10, stolen my JPEGS from Photoshop. Advice?

    New PC with Windows 10 bloatware Paint 3D. Set all file associations in Windows 10 to use the latest PhotoshopCC including jpegs. Open a jpeg and... It launches in Paint 3D. WHAT?! The uninstall button for Paint 3D is greyed out btw. Tried a remove fix from the web using PowerShell admin...
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    PCSPECIALIST New PC or upgrade from 2011?

    Hi folks, s'been a while! After over six years my PC is full of dust and the 1TB HD is nearly full. All still works just fine though. Thank you PCSpecialists! :) Upgrade or new pc? :tank: I would like more than 8gb of RAM for photography stacking and certainly alot more HD storage. But I...
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    PCSPECIALIST Screen resolution set ok, but appears low after Windows10 update today?

    I can hardly read what I type. Remember this in any answer. So Windows 10 this evening did an update WITHOUT MY PERMISSION, and now my DELL (Nvidia) display is 'bity'. I was expecting to go to display settings and find I just needed to set it back to high-res....but it is still set to high-res...
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    PCSPECIALIST Photographer looking for new MONITOR...

    New Monitor recommendations? My 18inch DELL 'UltraSharp' (made in 2002!) has no power today. Usual plug checks = no response. No flicker, no messages, worked fine until today. <shrug> Using emergency Netbook to discuss options with you. Would like bigger and I know nothing about monitors...
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    PCSPECIALIST Keywording hierarchy changed. How to update 25000 photos?

    Problem: Twenty five thousand photos keyworded already. In something like two hundred plus folders arranged in date order and then subfolder by file type: RAWs, processed PSDs, TIFs, and JPEGs. How to efficiently keyword them all again with a greatly improved hierarchy of keywords? Adobe...
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    PCSPECIALIST Unable to find My Computer for file upload (email attachments)

    Today I am unable to attach any type of file to a virginmedia webmail when it has always been able to do so for years. Tried Firefox and IE. But it can't get to my folders. = blank white pop-up every time and PC hangs. :( I contacted virginmedia support and we proved, with my spare Netbook...
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    PCSPECIALIST How much to charge for licensing one photo?

    A question about the financial business side of photography. My first steps into 'rights managed'. Inspired by a friend wishing to license one of my photos for use on his website for one year. Price to charge? Q. Anyone have any guides to price structures, legal forms etc for rights...
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    PCSPECIALIST Test for USB(2.0) slot status?

    Headphones moved to the usb slot that failed with the usb stick last Monday... Windows found and installed drivers. Does this give us any more ideas? Headphones now working!
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    PCSPECIALIST Test for USB(2.0) slot status?

    Which spec info would help us? Windows7 Home Premium with Service pack1 (64bit).
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    PCSPECIALIST Test for USB(2.0) slot status?

    Hello all, For the first time ever two of my USB data back-up devices are not recognised by my PC. And they work fine in my Samsung Netbook. Q. How to diagnose what's wrong with my pc USB slots? Info that may help: Six USB slots. Four USB2.0, two are USB3.0. One USB2.0 has always had my...
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    PCSPECIALIST Windows update (25-09-12), upset anyone's Start-Up?

    All been fine since last year. Seems a bit of a coincidence that I spotted an automatic Windows update appear as I shutdown last night and this morning... ...my PC asked if I wanted to repair the Start-Up. I tried this recommendation but couldn't use it as the mouse went off(!). So I booted...
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    PCSPECIALIST Unable to burn a System Repair Disc?

    Put in a DVD-R but... System repair disc could not be created Unspecified error (0x80004005) Thoughts? It would be more useful if it asked to format the disk first or could not find burning software or won't fit on the DVD. Shrug. :(
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    PCSPECIALIST Beep or bleep on start-up. Can it be turned off?

    Hi folks, Only one bleep but it sounds exactly like the very first note of my alarm clock - which I hate. :walkman: Can it be modified or turned off? I think it's the 'battery ok' signifier for the ASUS P8Z68-V Motherboard??
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