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Archives for December 2005

Happy New Year Guys......
:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: Oh yeah BGs leave here please... :beer:
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Medion MIM 2080 - £399 Woolies - Can you give me some honest feedback?
Hey folks I know you'll all have better things to do on NY but.......could I have some honest feedback on the Medion laptop available at Woolies for £399 http://www.woolworths.co.uk/ww_p2/product/index.jhtml?pid=50504399 I just really want a decent budget laptop for surfin, photo editing, burning (dvd's + cd's) and…
Asda Freeview box - help needed
Hi guys Happy New Year ... help needed please . Bought a Freeview box from Asda just before Xmas... cant get any TV stations to come through, although we can get radio stations ... !!! Husband has been fiddling with all sorts of cable until today - when ..I took the dam thing back. Asda wont refund as they say its their…
Silly, silly me...durr, im so silly
ok, ive clicked something......but I dont know what :confused: and now across the top of my screen its gone all funny and I dont have a box to type the web address. I have refresh button, mail, messenger etc but somethings not right.....only I dont know what :eek: I know you probably cant help me cos even I dont know what…
my downloads are all dissorganised
My download folder is now displaying my downloads in an order I am not liking.They previously went into the folder in the order they were downloaded,irrespective of file type.This suited me as I put them into seperate folders from there.I recently changed my motherboard and processor and had to have windows (xp)reinstalled…
Print Screen SysRq
looking for a free download programme which will enable this key to print just the screen image anyone seen one?
Cheapest 512mb RS DV MMC card
Happy New Year to you all Having recently acquired a Nokia 6680, I have discovered that I need to obtain another memory card as opposed to my existing RS MMC for the Nokia 6230i (d'oh). Anyone out there who can point me to the best (and cheapest) on-line/store for this please? I think the cheapest I have seen is around £29…
desktop not coming up in safe mode or in normal mode.
Please Help! My partner has tried to start his computer up, however, the computer doesn't bring the desktop up. He says its a blank screen. He's tried to restart it but to no avail. He says that last night a blue screen came up, but he ignored it and switched his computer off. He's switched it on today and hasn't been able…
Burning to a CD help.
Can someone help . I am trying to burn some tracks to a cd but it is unusually taking ages. I am using windows media player 10 and I am sure there is a way I can change the settings to speed it up. Can someone tell me how and if I can do it mid burn. or suggest some other reason it is taking such a long time.
Scart Issue
Hi, I recently purchased a stand alone dvd recorder and have connected it with my sky and t.v. I get thes black lines in the background and I dont know how to get rid of it. Has anyone experienced this before or have any idea of removing these background lines? Nick.
Best FREE Anti-spyware software?
Hi been using Microsoft Antispyware for a while but this doesn't remove 100% of the spyware applications, someone recommended Spyware doctor but this isn't free. Anyone know of any decent software out there which is free and doesn't hog up the memory? Cheers
Create a website
Can Anyone suggest a free HTML editor I can download and play with, I would like to design my own web page
Advice needed on best all-in-one printer
I'd like to get my hubby a new all-in-one printer for his birthday (2nd Jan). Can anyone point me in the right direction regarding decent quality and low price? I am looking at up to £100 (but a lot less if poss!). Ta.
AOL and wireless networking
Hi If anyones thinking of trying to set up a wireless AOL network then please take this simple bit of advice - DON'T BOTHER !!! It will save you days of frustration, expensive phone bills and soaring blood pressure. I bought a wireless laptop in the sales and also bought a wireless router. I had read that AOL only support…
Norton AV - Problems Sending/Receiving E-Mail
Regularly update my Norton AV on "live update" and over the past few days I have had problems sending and receiving e-mail. Thought at first it was something to do with my PlusNet account, but they are stating that they have had several people complain about the same thing - the e-mail "send/receive" seems to hang and will…
universal remote - help, please!
I bought a universal remote in poundland, because we got a tv from someone, very kindly, free, but missing the original remote. the universal does not seem to recognise the tv - is that because it is too old? i know it was only a pound, but i'd like it to work, so that i don't have to trawl the net for a replacement…
Best Broadband Option using Fax machine
Current Set up is 2 phone lines, 1 for speech one for Internet dial up and Fax machine. Lots of incoming faxes make answering phone and getting whirring noises a pain. When changing to broadband I believe faxes still come in on the phone side. What is the best way to have voice calls in and out not affected by internet and…
One Screen Or Two
Hi Can anybody give me some guidance, I have for a long while now, had two screens on one PC, and found it very useful, I mess around with stocks and share etc, but I also found it handy for some other work I do etc. Anyway that is not important, whats important is that I found it very beneficial to use two screens, sorry…
PC security advice please
hello all, just had issues with my pc, which has involved me taking McAfee of my pc, but I cant uninstall security center or virus scan, says it is still running though ive disabled it. Also im on AOL, so have there security, I know its not much and they use mcAfee, so how can i get rid of anyhting to do with McAfee? But…

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