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Graphics Card fried... ?
After turing on the PC this morning, xp froze. Turned off system, turned back on... screen got stuck on dell logo at boot, with some pretty weird effects. After the initial "oh f**k, the hard drive has failed", i realised that the system was booting just fine - except i couldnt see it! Opened up case, to find the fan had…
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Need ASDL wire to stretch from phone line to bedroom!!!!
Have set up PC in bedroom upstairs. Phone line is downstairs in the living room. At the moment i am using phone extension line trailing down the stairs to log on to Internet but cannot use the phone at same time and dog is licking his lips waiting to pounce on the wires!!! have got filters to allow me to use pc and phone…
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Query setting up new Yahoo account
I set up new accounts for myself and my daughter, but when I was setting up my son's, after verifying and accepting the details, when I clicked continue, instead of going to the new emil account, it went back to the Create Free Account sign up page. The ID was set up but not the email account, it shows the profile, but…
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HD(High definition) T.V and SKY PLUS
Hi, I have recently been contemplating getting a sky plus box and taking advantage of skys offer fpr the new sky plus 40hr box for 49.99. However, after doing some digging it would appear that the current sky plus box is not HD. So if like me you were going to go out after xmas and buy yourself a nice new HD T.V then dont…
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Alba DVDR with Cable (NTL)
Can anyone guide me please. I bought an Alba DVD recorder in Sainsburys for £69.99 (special price - AlbaDVDR1002). The manual only gives guidance on setting up with sky, not NTL cable so I following the instructions for setting up with TV. I simply removed the 'old' DVD player leaving the scart connected and plugged the…
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Cyberhome 1600 progressive scan???
Does this dvd recorder from asda have progressive scan?
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Glitches at Geeks to Go
Anyone who uses the popular downloadable tools such as SmitRem and Fixwareout may find some difficulty in getting them at the moment. There has been mention about availability of some tools due to traffic issues where 11,500 downloads occured. I do know they just moved G2G to a new server as they have had a few issues with…
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MP3 Player - opinions/advice please
My 14 year-old son has asked for an MP3 player for Xmas. Although I'm OK with computers/technology in general, I know very little about MP3 players and their features. I'm thinking of getting him the Logik 1GB at £49.99 from Dixons/Currys/PC World etc and have had a brief "general" chat with a Dixons assistant. I think…
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Wireless
Are wireless networks really worth the hassle.... Had one for yrs, supplied them for yrs, but they keep loosing connections... All the time... Has everyone else had this annoying problem... What kind of router do you have? do have any problems? What kind of pcmcia card do you have.... In general what do you have, or ever…
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New Yahoo Mail Accounts
You can now get a Yahoo mail account with a dot e.g. i.owen
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Outlook express sending help please
Hello, I've just upgraded to broadband. :j I've set up Outlook express to receive e-mails on both my old dial up e-mail address and my new broadband e-mail address. This is working fine. My problem is that I can't send anything. Outlook express is trying to send my e-mails via my old dial up account and I can't work out a…
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f/fox extra search engines
:confused: I've started using f/fox and really like it but i cant work out how to use the extra search engines ?? and cant find it in the help section.Can someone help please?? How do i do a search with yahoo ,for example?? :beer:
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Virus or similar stops anything opening
Hi, The other day I turned on my computer and it loaded normally. Then, I tried to click on the email outlook and it didn't open. I tried to open internet and other programs and nothing would load. And when I try to shut down nothing happens, so I have to turn the computer off at the wall. I have tried disconnecting the…
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Dell pc
My mum got a dell pc but i set it up and it came with 2 power leads , this might be a silly question but i thought i better ask , does it mighter which lead i use for the monitor & base ...are they both the same? As it does not say anywhere on the instructions but it says on the back of the monitor to refer to instructions…
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How do I ?
Delete a programme installed in the computer? I am on xp Cheers in advance Emmy
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AOL Spyware 2
The other day I checked for updates for AOL Spyware and got a the new verson 2 which was installed no problem. This was on my son's computer and he has microsoft windows XP Home edition. I then did the same on my computer but got the message "no updates are available". So I went to AOL keyword "AOL Spyware" and downloaded…
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Free Image hosting sites
Any reccommendations please for free image hosting sites. ? Had used Photobucket once but slow to impossible now.
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which router shall I buy?
Hi, off to pc world to buy a router but which one should I buy. I am on NTL broadband and all i need is to share connection with another computer upstairs. I really need the easiest one to install. Looked at these ones…
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DABS wireless setup
I was wondering if £50 was good for this Buffalo Wireless Router & USB Adaptor LINK I am going to be setting up a wireless network in which the main desktop computer will be connected to this and the incoming broadband line and the USB is for a laptop i wish to use around the house. Will i need a wireless PCI card for the…
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PCMCIA Cards - which one is the best to buy?
Ive just purchased a laptop and have discovered that I can buy some card thing that will allow me to surf the net using Hotspots when Im out and about. This will be handy when I want to peruse the Forum! Havent a clue what to look for though. Anyone got any tips or experiences? Cheers Welnik
