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Upgrade Pc or buy new one
I currently own a 2-3 year old hp pavillion 403.uk Its a celeron 1.8, ive upgraded memory over time to 512mb. But lately its gone really slow, even though i use norton system works to help speed it up. My thoughts are either 1) Do a full reboot - but will lose some programs 2) Change from xp home to pro as its quicker 3)…
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free adware/spyware remover ?
Somehting simple for my blonde, baby-fried brain please! lol :-/ Thanks, V
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OLEChannelWnd
When I try to shut down from Windows NT4.0 Workstation I get a message saying OLEChannelWnd is not responding, which then doesn't respond to the End Task command. I've done a search on Google but haven't found anything conclusive about this. Anyone here got any ideas?
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Optimising MS Money file
Hi all, My problem is that over the years my Money file has become rather large and is now probably very full of black holes where data has been deleted, archived, etc. Entering data into Money now takes for ever so I was wondering if anyone knows anything about optimising the data file to a) make it more efficient, i.e.…
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Help downloading music from tesco.com
I have ordered some tracks from Tesco.com. When I tried to download them it came up with the following message which has me stumped. "Internet explorer cannot download docs')From...F The Gang To Die.WMA',http No such interface supported" Does anyone know what it means & what to do about it? Many thanks for your help.…
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best gaming laptop
I am looking for a laptop for christmas It must be able to play sims 2/age of empires/halo2 I will also want to access internet and watch dvds budget £800-£900 have been looking at Acer Aspire 1363wlmi Sempron 3000+ 512mb 60gb Dvd-dual Vga 64mb Dedicated Wiredwireless Lan 15.4 Wide Tft Li-ion £754 Acer Aspire 1672lmi 60g…
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how do I change my digital prints back to colour
Hi folks I hope someone can help. I ordered some digital prints with the digital lab but I turned my colour photos to black and white. does anyone know how to turn them back to colour? I am desperate as these where my wedding photos
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Sassoon Fonts
Hello. I am a mature student studying to be a primary school teacher. I am searching for a typeface/font called SASSOON. It appears I am only able to buy it. Anyone got it and able to help. Simon
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Locking the desktop
Hi all Does anyone know a program that will password lock the desktop on command - leaving all programs running I'm sure I've seen a few progs over the years but I've never taken much notice I know that I could just click "switch user" and bring up the login screen - but there's a certain program that switches off if I do…
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Hotmail problems
I hope i'm asking this in the right place! I have Hotmail accounts for signing onto 'competition' type web sites or where I need a throw away address and don't usually have any problems. However for about the past three weeks I am having massive problems with Hotmail. When I first log into any of the hotmail accounts my…
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Whats the best plasma tv under £2000
My husband wants a plasma tv can anybody recomend any or a link to reviews etc. ;D
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Query re mp3 compatible micro hifi
Recently bought the sony cmt-cpx11 hifi which can also play mp3s. However, just saved a mixture of wma files and mp3 files to a cd and it will only play the mp3s. Does anyone know why this is and whether I can get round it? Thanks.
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Messed my PC up can anyone help?
Was given a pc with newer OPS on it. I had older pc running with win 98 (2nd) but had bits of hardware I couldn't use. Tried to use XP discs that I got given with newer computer. Had problems installing it had to skip a number of files. But got through installation, well thought I had. Re started computer & first page ok…
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Talking Search Engine
OK, so it may be a gimmick for most of us, but it might be of use if anyone has eyesight problems..... Speegle And they could probably do with some new voices to read the search results ! :-X
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Google your Hard Drive!
Those who like the Google Web search engine and other Google products might want to try the Beta version of Google's Desktop Search. Just be aware that during the install process you are asked to select your preferences for a couple of things, including "Help google improve... by sending non-personal usage data to Google'.…
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Using a jump drive in a PS2?
Ok I have a lexar jump drive which I want to use instead of a memory card for my Playstation 2! I know this is possible because you can buy them here But does anyone know how I can use my own jump drive? Cheers, wirm! Url corrected to short link
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Please help
Hi Can someone please help me. I have several 8 to be exact email accounts that I need to check frequently. It is just such a pain to log in and out everytime. Is their any software that will allow me to be alerted when a new email arrives in one of the accounts? I have tried eprompter but it has stopped working on my pc…
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unable to view secure sites
since restoring my system and getting a new internet explorer, i am unable to view secure sites (comes up page not found)??? hav tried checking the settings but dont really know what am looking for? can anyone help?
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DVD Decoder please help!
I have just purchased a pc for my grandson for christmas. I have windows media player installed on it but when I try to play a dvd the message says:- "Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer". Could someone please help me! How do I install a compatible…
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Outlook Express problem
When I boot up my pc, I find something has changed the name of my mail server to a number, namely 173.0.0.3. This prevents me getting mail. :( I can change it back to the proper name click apply and its ok while the pc is left on. If I reboot, the name is changed again. :-/ I have tried deleting the account and then…
