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Please help Silver Surfer totally lost..........again
What are they all about,can some-one please tell me how to connect a Tv,Sat,Dvd,,Vcr,something easily explained,been at this all day managed to trip the lights,Mrs Scooby not helping.
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yahoo mail very slow to open
Can anyone tell me if there is a problem with yahoo mail as all other web pages open fine but this one is as slow as hell as been for ages. Yahoo opens fine it is just the mail i do get in but i have to syop the loading and restart all the time, also where can you go within the Yahoo site for help i have been to the help…
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I have my first virus
I still have 10 days of Norton to run and it popped up to tell me I have a virus called 'Bloodhound' and it is unable to repair it I downloaded AVG, Zone Alarm and Microsoft Anti-Spyware. How the hell did I manage to get a virus with all this on the system? And how do I get rid of it?
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New Computer
I bought a computer from staples a year last Jan. Just the box with all the "gubbings", sorry about the low tech speak. Its got a K7VZA motherboard with a 750mhz processor, aguy told me yesterday that my the 750mhz is the max it will take. I think its got a sound module and graphics card inbuilt( or onboard) into the…
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System Restore Problem
Help, for some reason my system restore doesnt seem to be working properly. A while ago I had a Trojan horse, while I was trying everything to get rid of it, including turning s/restore off, I have had probs with it. Ive tried turning it off again then turning back on, but to no avail. I dont have any restore dates on the…
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Copy/Paste from Excel to O/Express
I used to be able to copy and paste a worksheet from excel directly into outlook express. This was for circulating local sporting league results to the membership of our club. I had a problem with the pc about a year ago and had to re-load Win98 on to the machine. Since then I have not been able to do this copy and…
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Where can I get an FTP site?
I've got a "normal" website but I'd like an FTP site that will allow clients to download sound files that I can then collect to type up. Can anyone point me in the right direction please? Thanks :)
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Wanna see the XBOX360? Pictures here :D
Hey all, I hope this gives all you techies a warm fuzzy feeling in your cold, chrome, yet elegantly stylish innards :) "All right, after many a false sighting and tons of sketchy pics (the Xbox 360 was starting to give the Virgin Mary a run for her money), our sources are confirming that this is really it. My, Xbox 360,…
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can't log in to e-mail
last night i had a problem with my scanner which a few people helped me with and it is now correct also i could not read a e-mail i have downloaded the newer version of adobe reader. But i now can't get into my e-mails from work. I can log in and i'm recognised, but that's it when i click on e-mail i just get the message…
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External Hard Drive Enclosures
Has anyone had an experiece with those external cases for hard drives? I want some sort of external backup system for my pc (after a previous disaster!). I've noticed that it looks to be far cheaper do get one of these caddies and a seperate hard drive than it is to buy a standalone external HD (eg Maxtor OneTouch). I've…
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Got Windows XP Home need to install XP Pro??
Hi, Everyones been so helpful here so I wonder if anyone here with software experience can lend me a hand. :p Basically, I recently purchased a dell laptop (thanks grabbit board ;) ) which came pre installed with window xp home and today Ive managed to get a copy of windows xp profesionnal (need extra features for work)…
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Adobe reader
Received a e-mail today and it had a attachment that needed to be opened with adobe. i have opened other e-mails and found nothing wrong with opening them. But when i tried to open one of them today this is the message i got. 'a font required for fonts substitution is missing' then next came this message. 'can't find or…
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scanner not there.
have recently purchased a hp computer and am well pleased with it. I have managed to load my cannon printer and get it to work. But i have a hp scanjet 3400c scanner and i have loaded it , all things are installed on my computer, but when i try to start the scanner the reply that i get is 'can not find device'. I have done…
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How to test UPS?
Hi folks, I just acquired what I realise to be a monster Compaq (Deltec PRA1400i) UPS. VA1600/980watts. The thing is, I was trying to test it out by turning off the switch to the power socket that the UPS is connected to. But as soon as I flick the switch the UPS turns off of the computer is off. Am I testing it right?…
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Urgent Help required adding PC to wireless network
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help with a wireless problem. Just took delivery of a Amilo 1630 with built-in wireless lan RT2500 from Ralink. I've tried to connect it to my existing wireless network (netgear 11g 108mbps) which uses WEP and has MAC addresses listed. I've changed the router tro allow mixed mode 11g & 108mbps,…
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photos from digital camera
I saved photos from my digital camera to my work computer.also intending to download them to my home computer but before i could do that they got accidently wiped off my camera.how can i get them from one computer to another.theres about 20 pics.tried saving them to a cd but they didnt work.any suggestions?
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Applications not minimised on startup
Hi, Until recently my computer has been working just fine. But lately it has started opening up the following applications in normal view as opposed to being minimised to the system tray: DigiGuide ObjectDock VIA Raid Tool Even if I set the shortcuts in the start menu folder to open the shortcuts as minimised this has no…
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Samsung minidv camcorder £199.99
Jessops are advertising this. I want a mini dv camcorder to shoot stuff and then transfer to VHS. Is this a good buy? 1/6” 800k CCD Powerful 20x optical zoom lens brings the action closer without reducing the image quality. The 2.5" colour LCD screen makes it easy to see what you are recording and playing back. Reduce…
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WIN XP - SP2 - USB Problem
I have Windows XP with SP2 installed , i get an intermitent baloon message telling me that USB device is not recognised - But no USB devices are plugged in ?? :j Looking in device manager - when this happen - the page seems to refresh itsself - Any help appeciated !!!! :j
