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MSN Messaging
My nephew bought a laptop which is "wireless" he is unable to get onto MSN messaging - errors saying not able to connect him at this time - is able to get onto other site ok and has been trying the MSN for over a week - anyone got any ideas - has gone through the MSN trouble shooter with no joy at all 0 thanks :confused:
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Old laptop need lite applications
Good morning, I managed to get an old IBM Thinkpad 600 PII 266 mhz for my friend. I bought it from the IT department at work for £25. The laptop is very solid and came with win 2000 pro sp4 pre-installed + license. The HDD is 20 Gig but the memory is only 128 meg. My friend need this laptop for internet and some office…
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OS to external hard drive, copy?
I have tried making a back up of my whole OS using Norton Ghost (clone) but get the following message; Message: Can't find drive with specified disk identification. You may need to load additional drivers to access this drive. So then backed everything up using 'Windows back up system' but that requires using a floppy disk…
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How Do I Upload Images To My Website...
Hi again All! I asked for help on making a site a few weeks back & used the Nvu software, with reasonable success, to make the layout & save the design, BUT.... I had no luck uploading - kept getting error message530 login, when clickin PUBLISH, SO.... Managed to get it uploaded OK from ISP Switch - all the…
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Good news... telephone and 8MB broadband for £20.99 coming soon...
Service to be offered by CarPhoneWareHouse... Read http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4899594.stm this for more information. Seems quite good... however, the 40GB limit might be imposing for some. Just thought I'd mention something about it now so that you can look out for it later.
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Silver surfer really needs help
I know this will be really simple to most people but I have tried all ways to unrar a RAR file. There is 5 parts to it and it never asks me for the next part.If I extract them one at a time, I don't know how to link them together once they are extracted. I would be most grateful for any help.
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No smooth scrolling on this site
Why, when I am on this particular site (I haven't noticed this problem anywhere else) does the page not scroll smoothly when I use the mouse wheel? I am using XP home (SP2) & Opera v8.54 :confused:
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I.P. address
Where does it tell what my I.P. address is on my comp?:doh: ta
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Power socket and network socket for desk
Hi all I'm after something which I can mount on my desk which will provide a couple of power sockets and a network socket. Its for my study. I have seen them in offices but can't figure out where I can buy one from. Any ideas?
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Dell Inspiron 1300 and its Expresscard slot (NOT PCMCIA)
I've been searching around various online shops and ebay for something that fits into that Expresscard slot - the one that looks like a pcmcia slot. Has anybody ever bought any? Apparently the slots are now standard issue in Dell and HP notebooks. I have a PCMCIA card for my notebook which is completely useless as far as I…
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Computer turned itself off.
Last night the computer turned itself off for no apparent reason. I disconnected and reconnected the power supply but nothing happened. Its working fine this morning. :confused: Any ideas? Should I worry and do I need to get it checked over?
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Keyboard problems
Hi my keyboard is starting to 'stik' on ertain well used letters is this the end for it or is there anything i an do to sae it? :D
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Stupid Question?
I am new to this wireless network lark but have successfully home networked my laptop and my pc using a Belkin wireless router with a telewest broadband cable modem. My laptop does not have the facility to connect out of range of the router and I would like to be able to connect to the internet anywhere in the country but…
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Inkjet or Laser?
Hi I have a bog standard (one of the cheapo dell that crop up from time to time) printer, which seems to eat up cartridges for fun and in turn cost the earth to replace. I even tried to refill but wasn't impressed. My wife is at Uni so needs a decent quality output for her assignments and the kids are both doing projects…
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HELP PLEASE MP3 player shows files on screen BUT....
Hi daughter just got a new MP3. Put in CD and copied them to MP3. On PC screen it shows the files as there ON THE MP3 but when MP3 disconnected from PC it reads "no files". Can anyone suggest why that should be? I am wondering if the CD files need to be copied to media player before copying to MP3?? Daughter thinks its the…
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Computer memory.
I was thinking of putting some more memory in my pc. I've got 3 slots on my board with only 2 being used. Theres 2 boards of 256MB atm. I can go to 3072MB. If I put more in do I have to keep all the boards the same size or can I put a 1MB board in there ? Am I wasting money doing this ? They say that 512MB is the standard…
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Broadband keeps disconnecting
I have Wanadoo Broadband and have recently received an e-mail informing me that my account has had an automatic upgrade to my broadband speed from 1meg to 5.5meg. However the speed of my connection seems to change constantly throughout the day - i.e. I currently have a speed of 4.6meg. My speed can be as high as the 5.5meg…
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VX2 Virus - How do I remove??
Hi I've read the malware/spyware removal posts and followed all the advice. I ran all downloads as recommended to remove/fix problems. Ewido found 199 infected objects and removed them. Spybot found nothing nor adaware in safe mode. However when I booted back to normal and ran adaware again it found the VX2 in three…
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Experiencing problems with some web pages
I am having some problems with some web pages (not MSE but the BBC's weather site and the A&L site, I'm sure there will be others) in that the words are now displayed in a larger size. It appears that the larger words are trying to fit into a smaller space and the words merge over themselves or are missing and it is…
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Can I run windows mobile application on windows xp?
Hi I wanted to know if I run windows mobile application on windows xp? Is there any software out there that can emulate the windows mobile application so they can run/complie on windows xp?
