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ipod in-car?
MY car cd player has swallowed a disc and won`t play it or spit it out.I recently bought a recon ipod (thanks msn) so rarely listen to my cd`s now anyway in the house.Does anyone make an adaptor so I can play via the ipod in the car?.Sorry if this has already been covered,but didn`t find it on a search.
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laptop stuff in a desktop
Simple question can you take things like a laptop memory and harddrive and connect them up to a desktop to upgrade it. also can you get an enclosure for a laptop cd/dvd drive so that it can be a seperate usb device. thanks.
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USB Key/Pen Password Protection
I am now using a handy usb key. I would like to know the best way to password protect the data. According to the instructions my ken/pen supports autorun and password protection. Any pointer would really help. Thanks.
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problems with Tesco PC (split from Grabbit thread)
Grrrr! Blasted freebie computer! Sunday i set it up then it started switching off! Phoned Technical help yesterday, but because it wasn't doing it then at the time, nothing they could do about it! Started doing it tonight again and i managed to catch a couple of error's 'the application failed to be initialized' then it…
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Belkin Wireless Card
I'm experimenting with linux on my Mother-in-laws computer, risky but I don't want to screw mine up first, however I can't seem to get hold of a driver for the Belkin 11g wireless card. Any idea where I may get one? The disk only shows M.S drivers. Peter
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Samsung ML-1710 Printer Problem
Hi My toner ran our a few months ago and I didn't replace it. I'm trying to use the printer again but it won't print and all I get is an error message. I'm reluctant to refill/replace the toner if the printer is cream crackered. Is there a way of checking the printer is working with out refilling/replacing the toner? Any…
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Virgin connection keeps breaking
My connection keeps breaking, usually when the phone goes. My PC is located approx 15 feet from the incoming phone box, and the phone itself is by the computer. I have an ordinary phone extension running from the box to the PC area, then a splitter. The filter is then in to the pc side, and the other side to the phone. If…
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anyone any experience with "Look C" security systems??
We have a security system at work that records CCTV images onto a "computer" and apparently we can get remote access to this via a broadband link up. eg. to be able to log on whilst at home and monitor your security cameras at work. However we are having BIG problems getting this linkup sorted (won't even start to go into…
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Help please -Laptop motherboard needed
It seems my Hp Pavilion N5470 laptop video card has died. I've been advised by repairers that it's best/easiest to install a new motherboard. Hp don't have any in stock and one repairer has quoted me £400 ( which probably exceeds the computer value) and another says it's impossible to get the motherboard. Does anybody know…
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strange thing with my email
OK, I go into OE, at the bottom right it tells me "receiving mail", then there's the little envelope and 8 new messages (for example), but in my inbox there's only 7. Just now, there was one message being received, but then nothing new in my inbox. This has been happening for about three months now. I'm worried that I may…
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Zonealarm firewall
I downloaded Z/A firewall yesterday after reading it was a better alternative to the windows one, I noticed immediatley that my computer had slowed down, also got an information bubble saying it had to closedown some of my applications and start using virtual memory: I had a look at task manager which showed the page file…
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MS Word Date feature
Hello, When using the auto date feature with MS Word (Inset>Date,Time) on letters how do I ensure that when I reopen the letter weeks, months later the date remains the same as when I entered it? This is proving confusing when checking on what day a letter was sent or printing off a copy a while later.
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Excel question
I am working on a large Excel spreadsheet. About half of the cells have green shading in the top left corner which I believe means that the numbers in the cell are stored as text (as opposed to numbers). I need to use the numbers in these cells in formulas but cannot presently do this because they are stored as text. I…
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Can I Watch Uk Tv On My Laptop For Free?
Having been banished from the main bedroom with the tv/dvd etc (long story, and would take up too much time and zzzz's to pour out!!!) I'm now left with a laptop that has wireless connection, but not much sound (won't go up very high) as my only option. Does anyone know if it's possible to get Freeview or just normal…
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where are the cheapest SD 512 Memory cards
Cheapest i've found is £20, I need quite a few of these, does anyone know of anywhere cheaper ?
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do i need external hardrive? is this a good one?
OK.... i admit i know nothing, so bear with me.. i have a 40gb hard drive in me comp, but constantly getting error message 1) low on system resources 2) XYZ not responding 3) this programme has performed and illegal ... something 4) computer locks up and wont budge around 4 times per hour & needs restarting im runnin the…
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Formatting probs
Anyone got an idea what might be causing this problem? Hubbys computer has been acting a bit strange recently, games crashing back to desktop etc, that had been playing ok before. So i decided to format for him. He has an 40gb hd as main drive and also an 80 gb so i thought i'd swap them over and use the bigger drive as…
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napster playback problem
all of a sudden i can`t play my napster tracks........gives me an error 1021 saying some files in wmp are missing or corrupt.i t then asks me to back up my drm licences but for some reason i can`t do it...i can play all the other tracks on my pc.......i am a paying subscriber to napster by the way!......Any ideas/
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Hanging from Standby
Running a Dell on XP. When I put it in standby,sometimes but not always,when I start it up again it "hangs" and although the mouse will still function nothing happens. I cannot get it to restart and have to switch off at the mains and boot up from scratch. Any ideas.
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MP3 Players
I am looking to buy 2 MP3 players for my son and daughter for Christmas. I would think about 256 memory would be enough if that held about 60 songs. I would not want to pay anymore than 30 to 40 quid each for them as some of the sites charge extra when delivering to Northern Ireland. Any recommendations welcome. samsyerman
