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Which Router?
I am looking at wireless routers and would appreciate your views. I don't want to spend more than £50 I am looking at the following:…
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MP4,MPEG,DivX question?
Hi, i'm looking to buy a portable dvd player and i have some divX/MPEG/MP4 files on my hard drive which i can burn to a cd but not a dvd.(i don't have a dvd burner at all). The question is, if a portable dvd player says that it plays divX as well as the usual dvds/cds does this mean that it will only play the MPEG/divX…
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Sound?
Why have I lost all my sound? I haven't changed anything. I just don't have any sound. Where do I need to look for potential causes of the problem?
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Wired V Wireless Broadband
My mother-in-law has inherited our old computer and she would like it connected to Broadband. It is in a room which does not have a phone socket in it and the computer is pretty old (it is running Win ME or 98 cant remember which). Can anyone advise on the best course of action? BT suggested she get wireless broadband as…
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Sony wega tv problem :(
My folks have a sony wega tv with a built in freeview box, the thing is when its switched on, the picture is ok, but a red light keeps flashing 5 times, has a break & then begins again on the on/off/remote control section bit. This goes on for a while...any thoughts are much appreciated, thanks :)
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Usb 2
I'm thinking of getting an external hard drive but they all seem to be USB 2. I have a Dell Dimension 4400 which only has USB 1. If i bought a USB 2 pci card how do i know if my motherboard would support it. Is there any way of telling? Thanks.
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Bios factory reset when hardware added.
I have a Gateway 1Mhz P3 which, whenever I add any internal bits ie pci card, memory, it resets the bios (back to original 2001 defaults) and in turn corrupts AVG. Boots fine otherwise. Anybody any ideas.
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ipod Nano Advice needed
I'm thinking about purchasing an ipod nano, but I'm not sure if it will be compatible with my computer.... My PC is about 6-7 years old, and is Windows 98SE. It has USB ports but due to it's age, I'm guessing it's version 1.0 rather than 2.0?! Saying that, I bought a USB hub recently and on it's box it does say that the…
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Infrared Connection
Can anyone advise? I'm trying to set up an infrared connection to my phone. I've tried help and network connections but it only tells you how to connect one computer to another? I'm using XP Pro Thanks yet again
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Issues......
Right here goes - please forgive the lack of techie knowledge... Running: Window inc SP2, IE for Web, MS Office (legit), MSN, Norman & Zone Alarm Pro Questions: Any hints for optimising the settings on ZAP? - i.e. secure but "easy" browsing ZAP does not recognise Norman as Anti virus software? MSN crashes when I close it -…
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region 2 dvd ok ??
for Simply Red fans ..... there was a brilliant concert shown on tv a couple of weeks ago ... amazing gig !!. Simply Red in Cuba ... is available on dvd at about £17. Seen an ad for cd wow who are offerring at £9.99 ..and of course can get £1 code and quidco off that. It says though " Region 2 Uk & Europe / Japan " ... is…
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DVD recorder with cam inputs/div-x/mpeg needed
hi all, i am after a dvd recorder with camcorder inputs (either mini dv or s-video) and div-x/mpeg playback. need to get it this weekend for a work thing,so cant order online eg amazon,so am looking at asda,tesco etc. anyone got any recommendations ?? many thanks, col
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sharing files etc
right ive set up my wireless network on my old desktop and it can now connect to the internet but how do i access the files from it on this pc ?
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how to you transfer footage off a video camera
i know this is probably straight forward but.... i have never used a video camera. my sister has footage on her jvc video camera which takes mini dv tapes. she is giving away the camera but wants to transfer the footage onto a cd or something. the camera comes with software so i guess what i am asking is if i put it on my…
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Which processor is best?
Hi, Which would you go for out of these two? Intel Celeron D Processor 346 (3.06GHz, 533FSB, 256k cache) or Intel Pentium 4 Processor 521 with HT technology (2.80GHz, 800MHz fsb, 1MB cache) I know Pentiums are supposed to be better, but I have a Celeron at the moment and it's fine. The Celeron one is £47 cheaper than the…
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Spybot Uninstall Help
Can anyone help please. I'm trying to uninstall Spybot search and destroy. I'm getting a warning that 'uninstallation file is in format not recognised by this version of the uninstaller.' Does anyone know of a way I can uninstall it.
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tesco premier 5 megapixel camera
Did anyone else get one of these fab cameras at Christmas? I just bought a 512mb SD card to use with it - I don't know the first thing about digital cameras - and installed it but nothing seems to be happening. I can't find the instruction book anywhere now. Do I need to do anything on the camera for it to recognise the SD…
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Networking headache - please help!!
I have a 5 computer network (2 wireless, 3 wired) connected to a Netgear wired/wireless router. 1 is running media centre xp, 3 are xp and 1 is Millenium. Last week I installed the media extender for my xbox 360 on the media pc (which is wireless). I now no longer have a working network although each computer can still…
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Why does router keep starting PC?
I am using a Belkin wireless router as an access point only to stream to my media player, but it keeps restarting my PC. No idea why, the media player is switched off and it's definately the router as the PC stays off if I disconnect it. Any ideas please? I have looked through the routers settings and there is nothing in…
