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Getting Wallpapers On My PC
I run windows 98 and have had wallpapers before. I used to right click on the picture then choose 'Set as Wallpaper' and it was fine. Now when I right click my choices are set as desktop or set as background. When I click set as background my wallpaper is so stretched on the screen you can't see it. Can anyone tell me what…
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DVD wont play
I have a DVD drive on my comp that plays +RW and - RWs. I have a DVD recorder which is +DVD. I can record off the tv on the recorder and then play it back on my computer. I have just recorded some video footage from my 8mm camera onto my DVD player via scart leads / output. The DVD plays back on my DVD player ok, but not…
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ATi Radeon 9800 pro
can anyone help i need the above graphics card asap i have been quoted 120 pounds but i'm wondering if anyone can suggest anything either better for same or similar. Great forum lots of help already found.
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Trojan-Spy
We have a message on our computer which says that we have a Trojan_Spy HTML.Snitfraud.c We have tried Spybot and No Adware and keep running safe mode but cannot get rid of it. Has anyone else had this problem and solved it sucessfully? Any advice would be gratefully recieved.
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LMOUSE Windows protection error
Hi! I'm asking this on behalf of my brother who has been getting the error message "While initializing device LMOUSE Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer" After restarting his computer it now only runs in Safe Mode. He is unable to access the internet, and though I have checked out several possible…
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Monitor problem!
Hi My friend has one of the Dell £186 Deals and has only just set it up due to moving etc, Its been ok for the last 2 weeks and now the Monitor doesn`t seem to want to work. When she turns it on there is a blank screen and a continuous clicking noise. I pressume she wont be able to get it replaced as the pc was bought as a…
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Freecom FHD3 External Hard drive advice needed
Is anybody using a Freecom FHD3 external hard drive, either the 160 or 250gb version? We're thinking of getting one of these following a hard disk loss on the laptop. I'm a little wary that there is something called Freecom one sync and Acronis backup software. I'm planning on installing Norton Antivirus and Norton Ghost…
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HP digi-cam where can I get a new USB lead?
Hello, I hope someone can help me... I have a HP photosmart 320 digital camera. I moved last year and, somehow, the USB lead for downloading the pics to the pc got misplaced, never to be seen again!! It is a discontinued model, so I don't know how to go about getting a replacement. Any ideas, anyone? Thanks in advance Daisy
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anti virus
my avg trial has finished, there was a thread about another better one somewhere recently but i cannot find it, any help would be appreciated thanks
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Copying CD's to MP3 for personal use
Does anyone out there know if it is legal to copy CD's which I own to MP3 for my own personal use in my car or mp3 player. I'd like to know as I've recently bought a CD which is copy protected and cannot be converted to MP3. It would be useful to know the legal position before I take on the might of EMI.
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DELL website problems
Has anyone else tried the OUTLET today ? I've tried and tried to submit an order and it just won't get past the final stage .. after I;ve entered my CC details.. be nice to know if it was just me... ps .. add to add extra item to my purchase to get to the final stage.. erro show is ... The system was not able to process…
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Help with my music please...
I have a Logik MP3 player, which i want to load up from the PC. I have lots of songs on i-tunes which i would like to use, but i can't load them from i-tunes, the mp3 won't reconise i-tunes, it wants to use windows media player, so i thought i would copy the i-tunes over to media player, but when i ask media player to…
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Unable to copy data
Following a scary moment this am where I thought my computer had died - I burned some important data using nero and cdrw (new) Went to put it on my laptop for safekeeping and got the message "e is not accesible incorrect function" Tried the same on my pc and got the same message!!!:confused: any thoughts of why this might…
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Nasty message
Hi all Having a bad day with the computer today so have posted a couple of different threads. When I turned it on this am it started to boot and then I got this red message which said something along the lines of "System Halt. error switch from slave to master" It did say more but I didnt write it down instead just turned…
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Should I buy this Dell ?
I need to buy a new desktop computer and want a 17" flat screen. I'm an 'oldie' and don't do zapping games and music downloads etc. All I do is a bit of Ebay dealing, write letters etc and a lot of browsing. Should I buy the following? Dell Dimension 3000 Intel Celeron 3.05GHz Processor 256MB RAM 80 GB HD CD-RW/DVD-ROM 17"…
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Clean Up - similar to CCleaner
Clean Up is a similar program to CCleaner but cleans all users temp files, DAT Files etc.. It cleans the system of junk and can be configured to do a light clean or a full blown clean and whats more it is free.:j
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Spyware Blaster
Ok, so I have Spyware blaster after downloading it from recommendation, I have activated it so it is giving me protection. Do I have to do anything else now ? Or is that it ? I also have Norton and Spybot (which I run regularly to do checks) but is there anything else I should have ? Many thanks in advance
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emailing a short movie
My Fujifilm Finepix digital camera will take very short movies, I want to send one by email to a friend, as the friend does not have broadband what is the best way to do this ? I tried sending it to myself, it took ages as AVG was scanning it as it went, I am on broadband so I didn't like to send it if it was going to take…
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Help Printer and Internet Problems
I recently installed a Canon Pixma IP1000 and am having problems. When I try to print I get the message "cannot find USB Port may be in use by another" Once I have had that message then I cannot use my internet - it says Page Cannot be displayed. I then have to shut down and reboot. I have tried installing/uninstalling but…
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How to back up a program?
I want to ack up a couple ofactual programs onto a dvd. How do I do this, ie so i could reinstall them from the dvd? I have tried before but I don't seem to be getting the right files to actually install the program. Using nero by the by. Thanks
