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Free Software - Add yours
Thought i'd start this thread to compile a list of easy to use, good quality free software - recommended by mse users. Ill start, Audacity - Audio editor and recorded OpenOffice.org - Word, Databse, Excel (equivalent)- great if you dont have ms Office Please add you recommendations Edit: Thanks for the posts so far.…
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BT Broadband woes
:mad: Does anyone know how to get around BT?? I have a 512 capable broadband. My neighbour has 1 mb capability. When I look up "sam knows" I am told that there is a problem with the line. BT refuse to acknowledge that. I know for a fact that the previous owners of the house had an ISDN box that had to be taken out to allow…
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Where did my network go?
Could anybody advise me on why my network would suddenly go down. My PC and laptop have been seeing each other fine for months but last night for no aparent reason it all stopped. All the settings are still the same and I can still access the internet etc on my laptop wirelessley. Any ideas?
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windows advisor?
not quite sure if this is the correct forum to post, but anyway here goes. received an offer this am thru post to try windows advisor manual free for 6 weeks and buy if i want to for 14.97. just would like to know if anyone has tried this and if its any good to have as a handy ref. in case i have problems with pc. btw they…
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I need a wireless bridge.. I think!
I think that I need to get a wireless bridge. I've got a PC on one corner of the house and a wireless router on the other, but they don't reach. Is it a wireless bridge that I need to get, and if so, what's the best price. ebuyer are around £35, which seems steep compared to the price of the wireless router.
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How to connect broadband?
My dad has just had Whitecable broadband installed and because he did not have an ethernet plugin on his pc they installed it on his laptop. He has now installed the ethernet pci card and is trying to connect the pc to the broadband but whitecable did not give him anything to do this with. I have tried to connect it with…
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Gmail and Thunderbird
If you use thunderbird to access your emails, aren't losing out on the benefits of having a gmail account eg grouped conversations
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You can help Research
This was on BBC ClickOnline this morning - let your spare computer cycles work for Research for the greater good of humanity. World Community Grid is a not-for-profit organisation with currently over 90,000 volunteers (2,833 from the UK) who so far have clocked up over 16,000 years (YEARS!) of computer time that is being…
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Which DVD Player Out of These?
Hi people Been looking for a new dvd player with 5.1 surround facilites (need speakers too) and came across these on ebuyer which all play DivX too. Can any of you guys advise me which is the best one out of these and if they have true 5.1 surround? Also a link to a nice set of 5.1 speakers would be good too Thanks WJUK…
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Free file encryption software?
Can anyone recommend free encryption software that I can use to protect files on my pc and also on my usb pen drive? I've been looking at WinEncrypt, has anyone tried it or know of any better ones?
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AV and firewall
hi all my norton subscription is due for renewal and well since so many people have said that norton is a resource hog and its had some poor reviews i was wondering what your guys recomendations are for me norton has been pretty good and i use norton antivirus and internet security and the firewall element is pretty good…
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Archiving e-mails
I would like to save all my e-mails from my Hotmail account onto my hard disk and then archive them onto a CD. I know how to do this on individual e-mail basis but this would be far too time consuming for the amount of e-mails I have. Is there way I could speed up the process? I was thinking along the lines of downloading…
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19 Inch Monitor
I'm looking to buy a 19 inch flat screen monitor, has anyone got links for any good bargins ? Thanks
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Error in installing
I had itunes on my computer and downloaded the new version when I was prompted. It didnt load properly and the old version has disappeared aswell ! It comes up with this error when I try to run the programme 1607: Unable to install Installshield Scripting Runtime anyone any ideas ? Thank in adavnce
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PDF Editor
Does anyone know where I can get a PDF editor to merge and edit and compile existing PDFs aswell as create new ones. Freefall
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Viewing word doc's in works word processer
New laptop comes with works word processer. All my old files I have saved to disc were created using various versions of windows from 97 - 2000. Is their a quick way of converting all of them so they automatically open in works wp?
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Kaspersky anti virus
Loaded Kaspersky to Dell laptop - stopped some other programs loading - said virus data base was corrupted?? Warning report no.24?? Laptop fitted with firewall - should I turn this off? Also has trial version of Norton Anti Virus - would this affect it? When I removed Kaspersky program, all ok again? Any help would be…
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splitting mpegs
Hi there i bought win tv after seeing a deal on this site but would now like to edit the mpeg files that i have recorded using it. I have a few tv shows etc.. in mpeg format in one big file nearly 2 gb. I went to seperate them into the individual shows and get rid of adverts (i hate that crazy frog!). I've tried an mpeg…
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Does anyone have an Active wireless mouse/kb
need to reinstall mine again, have run the disc, but cannot remember the sequence of pressing the buttons on mouse/kb to get it connected. It's the one that is £69.99 in Argos but is always reduced!! ty
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Help me please, I am v v v confused.
Well, there I was viewing MSE on my bargainous Dell Laptop when I went in the other room and noticed that my desktop was switched off at the socket along with my NTL modem and Linksys Router, Well How can that be I thought, surely both the modem and the router need to be switched on for me to connect on my laptop. I then…
