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Digi cam conflict?
Hi I have a digital video camera. It connects to the PC via what I think is called a firewire? Trouble is that when I connect, my mouse won't work so I can't do anything. I have wireless mouse but tried an ordinary one just in case and that is the same. Said digi camera is pretty useless to me if I can't download the stuff…
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Can't connect wireless media player - help!!!
I've got a netgear mp101 and am trying to connect to pc via a belkin F5D7230uk4. The router is not connected to the net as I am not yet on cable, it is just acting as a wireless access point at the mo. I have set up the router and installed the mp101 software, booted it up, found the router, set the ssid, the 128bit wep…
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Cleaning printer heads
My hubby is trying to get hold of some ammonia to clean our inkjet printer heads with. He's had no luck so far. Does any one have any idea where he can get some from - even a solution of 1-2% in alcohol may do the job! Any ideas gratefully received!
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new to this
new boy oh i hate these things so hello to all in here, as you can tell i am new , so be gentle. i am looking for fomula's that will caculate interest... eg if i have £1000 at 3.65% how much will i make at the end of one year. also if i owe £1000 and have interest at 1.62% how can i caculate my next payment. any help would…
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Need Help with burning dvds
I used to use DVD Shrink to rip dvds and the software that came with my drive (Ricoh) to burn to disk. Now I have a new system, and it has Nero on it. I have used DVD Shrink again to rip to hard drive, but I cant find a way to get Nero to burn it. It doesnt seem to recognise VTS files (which is what Shrink converts to).…
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Freevieew box not picking up all channels
I have a ( couple of years old) Pace freeview box for my kitchen TV which was working fine till a few weeks ago, when it started taking ages for certain channels ( non-BBC ones mainly ) to load when switched on. We ended up keeping it on standby all the time. Now even with that some channels don't come on properly at all (…
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Microsoft outlook password
Just had a few days off work and discovered that some nosey people at work have been looking at my microsoft outlook mail box. At my work we dont have passwords on our mail box's. Is there any way I can put a password on my mail box with out the need for the IT administrator to do it. We use outlook 2000 at work.
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Linksys Wireless Router & Modem - Clueless
Just bought Linkys WAG3545, trying to setup, not very successfully. EVerythings working okay and I'm connecting to the internet, don't ask me how, sheer luck I think. Anyway when I try to access their site, using 192.168.1.1 and put in "admin" and password, I keep getting the error 401, now I've reset my router, etc, but I…
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HJT Log Check needed please
Given all the problems I had on my other PC (Spyware strike and solutions thread) would it be possible for the HJT log be checked over on this, my main PC which is un-infected as far as I know. Windows updates are done as are Ewido, AVG, Ad aware, Search & Destroy, Pandascan, CW Shredder. All scans are showing everything…
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Windows XP Security Updates
In case you havn't got your PC set for automatic updates, the monthly download is now available. Security Update for Windows XP (KB908519) Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - January 2006 (KB890830)
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Lost USB connection
Evening all. I bought my daughter a bluetooth dongle for Christmas, so that she could transfer pictures from PC to her phone. Whilst I never managed to successfully set this up, in trying to figure it out I did manage to get my own phone to link to Outlook on my PC (through ActiveSynch) via bluetooth, having found a…
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New Apple products today (includes Intel iMac)
Anyone wanting to buy a Mac should hold on for a bit longer. The new stuff will be on their site later on, but whats been confirmed so far is a new iMac with an Intel. Prices on their old stuff should be dropping soon.
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Windows Update doesnt work
Hi I cant use widnows update, as whenevr i go and use it, the same error message pops up. I assumed windows updated automatically, but if it didnt then i havent updated in ages! It says,"Iexplore has caused an error in MSHTML.DLL Iesplore will now close. If you continue to experience problemstry restarting the pc"…
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anywhere cheaper?
Dimension 3100 (D01317) Qty 1 Base Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 with HT technology (3.00GHz, 800MHz fsb, 2MB cache) Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Memory 1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 400MHz (2x512) Memory Keyboard Dell Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY) Monitor Dell…
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Monitoring Hard Drive Activity
Yesterday, one of my computers here crashed and I went looking for the reason why. It turned out there was a dodgy power connector connecting the hard drive to the power supply. I changed the connection to a spare cable and all worked fine. However, I now have a constant Hard Drive activity light on the front of the box.…
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AOL conection problem
I have a BT landline and AOl broadband. I couldn't get on-line for over an hour today. My modem lights were flashing but no connection was being made. Tried the usual, rebooting, tweaking leads etc all to no avail. This happened a few months ago and AOL sent a general email telling everyone that it was BT's fault not…
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BT SMS alerts
I have had a couple of automated calls today on my landline saying that I have some text messages. Does it cost me to retrieve them?
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Kodak easyshare, photos into my photo`s?
I have a Kodak Easyshare camera, and since I put the new software on about a year ago, I can only email my photos via the easyshare album and then people have to log onto their ofto? site to view them. How can i move them from them from the easyshare album into my documents/my photos? Sorry but not up much on computers.…
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bit of advise please
1st of all my Norton 2005 has run out and I get pop up dialogue boxes all the time asking me to activate! can't afford to right now so wanna uninstall and use AVG or any free ones that is good! Problem is I can't see how to uninstall? When I try remove/change program for norton it says abnormal program termination please…
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Help - please don't understand the spec!!
I've spotted this notebook reduced from £999.99 to £499.99 in woolies. Its for my son who has been saving hard to buy his own and he wants it mainly for playing CD-Rom games and gaming on-line. I'm not very good on all the techie stuff, so wondered if you could advise whether this is a good spec for his use?? Thanks very…
