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Sony Vaio PCV-RS224
Hope someone out there can help.... A friend of mine's Vaio's hard drive died on him (outside of warranty of course!). I had a spare and have installed it. However, I've loaded XP Home on the machine (all legit from the OEM) but it doesn't recognise the internal (I believe) v92 modem. I've tried the Sony sites to no avail…
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Delay In Opening Programmes
Hi, I'm looking for some help with a fault I seem to have picked up recently. When trying to open programmes / system functions / restart etc it can sometimes take 5-10 minutes for the machine to respond to the request. Sometimes its instant as it should be, sometimes its not !!! Any already opened programmes will function…
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free advert remover
Can anyone recommend a good ad remover.I have an ongoing problem with an adult friendfinder site which comes up usually around e mail time.Trouble is I dont want my kids seeing this add.I also get a blank advert window sometimes--are they connected??I run AVG,AVAST,SPYBOT&ad aware.has anyone got any advice? a free download…
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Help - Problems with New Computer!
I've posted previously on the Vent board about problems with a new Tiny Computer (bought before the Watchdog programme!) Basically the computer hasn't really worked properly since it was delivered and it was returned to the company. On return the technical report said the problems were due to corrupt software. On return…
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"Modernizing" PC, got some specs critisism/suggestions wanted
Hi I'm upgrading an old PC, its got a few bits I'm going to carry on using: Screen keyboard mouse scanner printer cdrw dvdrom case, so basically I'm just looking to buy the following: CPU Motherboard RAM Hard Drive Graphics Card PSU Not sure I need a new PSU, new hardware seems to use alot more power tho (suggestions…
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Low Disk Space
I've finally got round to installing SP2, trouble is its telling me I haven't enough disk space. I've just uninstalled several programmes, but could do with getting rid of some more. I'm running XP Pro and I have 2 disk drives so all my programmes are on drive c and all my photos and music are on drive d. I've upgraded to…
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MSN not working properly
I need help and i'm told this is the place to come. I have the msn version 7 and am having serious problems recieving and sending files. IT also blocks me from playing in any of the games that are built into the msn window. The problems only began when i installed mcafee onto my computer, what haven't i done :confused: As…
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Firefox 1.0.4 not working!
I have just upgraded to Firefox 1.0.4 from the previous version. It does not connect at all to the internet and all I get is a page dispay error message. I uninstalled the previous version of Firefox before installing 1.0.4. I have checked that my firewall is not the source of the problem. I have made sure that it allows…
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Spybot Search and Destroy 1.3
Hello people, If you dont agree what I am going to say please don't jump down my throat....I am only passing on info which may help someone. I am a professional IT technician and for years I have sung the praises of spybot, but the latest version 1.3 has caused me no end of problems, I built a PC for a mate and he told me…
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Can anyone help with notepad please?
Hi, I've just been to copy some recipes etc, swept the text as normal, brought up notepad ... and there's nothing. :confused: As in every option like 'undo', 'cut', 'copy' etc is greyed out. Has this happened to anyone before? And is there a way to overcome it? Apart from learning Word which I've never quite gotten my head…
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epson 680 leaving red lines???
My epson 680 has developed an annoying problem.A text document will print perfectly,but anything with colour is leaving 4 red pinstripes horizontally all the way through it.There are 2 fine ones above and below two slightly thicker ones in a space of approx 2mm with 5mm gaps between.I have put new cartridges in,cleaned the…
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CD Rom Drive Problems
Argh! I'm trying to get some of my pictures off my hard-drive onto a CD. It reads the items from my hard drive, copies them, but gets stuck on 'preparing to write track' My CD Rom drive is temperamental, it's been replaced twice but it will only read some CD's not others strangely and it often gets stuck and I have to…
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Which voltage?
Please help! I have an electronic decalcifier (descaler) unit that says: Operating voltage: 6-15Vdc, Current consumption: < 130mA I want to power this with a universal power supply that says: Unregulated 3-12 V Output: 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5, 9, 12v 300mA 3.6VA Max. Which voltage setting should I use (and why)? :confused: Thanks…
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Printer Problems with new printer.
My new Epson C46 has decided to play silly beggers with me. It worked fine for the first week i got it untill today when it has decided to stop printing after just the first line.The error is that 'there is a fault and the document failed to print', (not very helpful). I have tried a test print, and head alignment and the…
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White Silicon Heat sink compound
How do you get it off a wool carpet?
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Linking two portable dvd players
I posted this on a different board, but didn't get a response (probably because I tried to hijack the tread), and i think here is more appropriate: I like the idea of the 2x7" portable DVD player screens to keep my boys happy for the long drive down the french motorways this summer. However, it would also be nice to let…
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Converting Mp4 To Mp3
:confused: How do you convert music dowmloaded in mp4 format to mp3 and play using windows media player?
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Low sound with freeview
Hi There is a big sound difference between analogue channels and digital channels. The freevwiew digital channels through the AV channel seems quite low, I have tried setting the volume level on the AV channel to max but it doesn't make much difference. Is there any thing that can be done to improve this, as switching…
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Anybody else noticed the new look Hotmail sign in page when using Firefox?
Hey folks Just wondered if anyone else using Firefox and who has a hotmail account noticed a change in the design of the hotmail sign in page? Even weirder is that when inputted my details it took my to an account verification page to refresh the hotmail T&C's....then firefox kept asking me for certificate validation…
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TFT monitor with tv tuner
Sorry to sound thick, but have been looking at a TFT monitor. But I have young kids, so 1, is it a good idea, ie are they easy knock off-would it break? Also seen some with a tv tuner, does this mean I can use it with my computer also watch tv on it? Or is it a stand alone thing?
