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Sat Nav for Laptop in a boat
Does anyone know if this combination is possible? My old man whats a system and is has about £1000 - £1300 to play with. Anyone else had experience? cheers :beer: monster
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Google Pack - New from Google
http://pack.google.com/ It's a bundle of free software put together by google and comes with it's own update system. XP Only It's not very impressive - most people here will have the bits they want from this collection already Contents:* Google Earth * Google Desktop * Google Toolbar * Picasa * Google Pack Screensaver *…
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can i send a free fax via broadband?
I need to fax some ID over to a company but dont have a phone line and was wondering if i could send it over my broadband connection for free. I know of tpc.int but thats for text based fax and i'd be sending a scanned image, I could use the shop over the road but they charge £1 a page, so it would cost me £4. ian
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WinXP 2 Upgrading
This is a continuation of this thread I no longer want to use. Pchelpman, I took your advice and found myself almost unable to reboot my pc this morning. I had to perform my updates and shut down my pc, not restart it, cos I had to go to work yesterday to continue this morning. Not even going into last good configuration…
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weird...
Every now and again usually around once every two/three weeks my lappy would frezze (while on the internet) and then the scren would go blank and a blue screen would flash up wth loads of info and at the bottom it says 'begining physical memory dump'. Now last week I instaled more ram and now this happen at least once a…
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28" LCD screen quality
A friend of mine has bought a 28" lcd screen and is using it as a computer screen and a tv. I think it works fine as a computer screen, if a little large! But the quality of the picture on the TV is (IMO) awful. He seems to think it's fine, but the black colour is red and "pixely". Is this normal? Not really sure of the…
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smitfraud-C
I have just spent the last 3 hours trying to sort out my mates PC! AVG picked up 4 viruses - got them sorted. On the toolbar at bottom right hand corner was a (fake) windows alert that came up with a security warning message about the computer being infected with spyware and click here to sort it - clicking took me to a…
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PC Power use on Stand-By
I rarely 'switch off' my PC, merely put it in 'Stand-By' as it will then switch back on instantly. People tell me this uses significant amounts of electricity, yet I'm not convinced. Surely if something is using electricity to any degree it will get warm, yet the fan is never activated when in Stand-By which suggests it is…
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OMG What have i done
Me been trying all day to update dd computer, now its gone that slow it wont bloody move, and it atill aint updated xp2, my daughter is now having a head turn, wheres them crying smilies
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Sound from PC mic
I have got a Karaoke program https://www.vanbasco.com but can't get sound to play from my pc mic, ie I get the sound from the program but none of my singing. Anyone know if there is a trick to getting the mic to output direct to the speakers - I have tried many options ticking and unticking boxes in the volume properties…
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Wireless music player - what do I need??
After a bit of advice folks - have bought a wireless media player to stream the music on my PC to my Hi-Fi downstairs. Currently on ADSL, but too far from exchange to get above 512, will be going cable in about 7 weeks (contract with current ISP ends). What can I do to get hooked up in the meantime? If I buy and ADSL…
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No more capacity at my exchange, stop bullsh--ing me
Hi everyone, I moved apartment over Xmas and sorted my broadband 10 days ago to go live today. went to access today and nothing......... Phoned my ISP who said some garbage about not being enough capacity in the exchange and i had to wait for them to free up some more!! maybe in a couple of weeks. are Freedom 2 Surf my Isp…
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Medion 17" TFT - Not very well!!!
Hi, I recently (very) bought a Medion TFT Monitor from Aldi. It was very easy to set up and I am not a techie by any means. It replaced a very old CRT so you can imagine how delighted I was. It was bought as a Christmas gift to me so has had very little use. (Mainly surfing internet and the occassional email) This…
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TV Help - Colours gone - Repair or Replace?
I have a cheapo Bush Widescreen telly and the colours have gone (as we moved it on its stand after packing up the Xmas tree). The edges of the screen are pinky, none of the colours look right and when you get the blue bar up on Sky it is pinky red at the edges and purple in the middle. Is this going to be a reasonable…
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Is it easy to set Dell computer?
My new Dell dimension 5150 will be delivered on Tuesday. I am a bit concerned about setting it up. Will I be confused about the different sockets at the back of computer and which do they go e.g mouse socket and keyboard socket. My current one is colour coded and it is impossible to make mistakes. Also does dell computer…
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Will a UK DVD play in Australia?
Hi Guys Exactly what is says on the tin! I got the great new Dave Spikey DVD for Xmas. We're going to Oz in a couple of weeks and are sure our relatives out there would love it. However, in the back of my head I remember that different regions have different systems, some of which are compatible & some not. Am I right & if…
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Watch TV on the PC ????
Please can anyone advise me on what I have to do to be able to watch TV on my PC - what equipment/software I have to buy and any pitfalls I need to watch out for? Many thanks Wendy
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Excel - Multiplying A Rate By Hours
I am trying to set up a spreadshet that calculates the hours worked and then multiply them by a rate. Cell D2 is the start time, cell D3 is the finish time, cell D4 is the hours worked (D3-D2), cell D5 is the rate and cell D6 is the total cost (D4*D5). However, whilst cell D4 gives the correct answer, D6 does not. How do i…
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what is included on windows xp
do you get powerpoint ,word ,etc.I haven't a clue and need to buy a pc for daughter for school work etc. If anyone can advise me on what is basic spec I need . Price really is an issue.I have seen deals about but dont know a good one from a bad one. Machine needs to have tft monitor .Be able to store/download music and…
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EXCEL's 'Get External Data'
I want to load the FTSE from http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=%5EFTSE&t=1d&l=on&z=l&q=l&c= into EXCEL, but I want this to be constantly updated. a) How would I get the FTSE Index Value into EXCEL? b) Does anyone know how I the Website can be constantly refreshed automatically, thereby updating the Index Value in EXCEL?
