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Hard disk failure. What replacement? Do we need a server?
My PC's hard disk at work is failing and we need to replace it, but not sure what to do. I work for a small charity, so looking to keep costs down, but want something that is going to do the job. We have four PCs all running Win2000 Pro connected as a peer to peer network. My PC is the one that has been used as a shared…
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Ram Ram Ram
hiya i am wanting to upgrade the ram in my computer but i have no idea what type i need all help welcome thank you
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DTP software
I cannot install my works suite 2000 on my new computer and I want to use the home publishing to to create cards. Please does anybody know where I can download a free software? Thanks
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easy questions for you techies
i.ve finally managed to set up a router (netgear DG834G) :j i.ve just switched on the laptop and found an unsecured network mine i think as its not been there before. some really easy question for you techincal people out there. Please speak non technical Do i make the network secure before getting the laptop wireless? Is…
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Can't use msn or IE!!
Gonna try to explain this and hopefully it will make sense, but knowing me it probably won't as I ain't very techie!! :o Yesterday we totally lost access to the internet, so when Merlin (OH) came home he started tinkering with the settings for the router. Now we have always used the pppoA (?) setting on it but he tried the…
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Firewall debate....
Fellow techies - you know when something which should be perfectly within your own expertise causes you secret agony? Well, here's mine... Home network (infrastructure) with hardware firewall enabled (mediumish level of security selected) on the wireless router. The question - do you also have a software Firewall enabled…
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other forums not accepting 'disposable' emails
this is really annoying..i have always used the same yahoo email, i want to join another forum on the net but it doesnt accept yahoo/hotmail etc, only the one you got with your isp. thing is ive never used the isp one, dont even know what it is!. is there a quicker way round it than having to go through the process of…
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netgear DG834G. What is wrong?
i have set a netgear DG834G to the main pc, although it says i'm connected to the internet i can not access it firefox says can't establish connection to server :confused: . i have checked ADSL link to the server and thats ok. On netgear web site it says something about checking the WAN IP address by lauching the browser…
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Can you assign keys in XP
Hi My father lives in Holland and has bought his PC over there. He likes his keyboard layout so does not necessarily want to change it to UK layout but what he does want is a key that will give him the £ symbol. So can this be done? What key would you assign it to? How do you do it if it is possible? He is using XP. I have…
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Wiki advice
hi, I've been asked to find some suitable wiki software for a university site I'm working on, and I thought someone on this forum is bound to be an expert. Now, although there is a lot of wiki applications out there, we need something that matches all of the following criterea: * No knowledge of or learning of any kind of…
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Yet Another Highly Critical Zero-day
QUOTE Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which was just patched with 10 fixes two weeks ago, suffers from yet another zero-day vulnerability that can be exploited remotely, security firm Symantec said Monday. In an alert to customers of its DeepSight threat system, Symantec cited a vulnerability...by researcher Michal…
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How do I do this
I've noticed a lot of posts and posters use short links to URL's like 'click here' or 'Look' or 'Link' etc instead of posting the whole web address and was wondering how they do it? :confused: S.
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Pivot Tables over 65,536 rows
anybody know how I can do this please? I have about 76,000 rows of data I need to put into a pivot table but excel's limit is 65,536 rows. Thanks
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reducing viedo size
can anyone help i am doing a website for my mate and she got a video she want on there she has done this with her mobile phone then convert to a avi but the file size are so big it taking ages to work with there like 77.5mb is there a way to reduce this anyway
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£1500 Laptop
ANy recommendations out there for an all singing all dancing laptop at around this price give or take £100? Ta
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TRANSFORMERS - loading etc
Hi can anybody advise me. We are looking into doing quite a bit of garden lighting at low voltage, and I heard some where to be aware of loading the transformer correctly ie obviously not to overload but also not to underload it, if there is such a word. I think it said something about not doing the transformer any good.…
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Laptop Ac Adapters
Needed to replace AC adapter for my Sharp Actius PC FS2518 laptop bought from PC World a few years ago. PC WORLD quoted me £199...........ugh, or £66 for a universal one. Many website companies I contacted could not trace my model laptop. I found MDS Battery Ltd., at Hastingwood Trading Estate,Harbet Road N18 3HT Tel; 209…
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Help
Hi there,some sort of virus attached itself to my contact list on hotmail,it took every single contact and said hi,view my new web site,https://www.catsearch.net.test,have scanned my computer and no virus is showing up,have McFee security suite,can't understand whats gone wrong,help?
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Sound Driver Has Stopped Internet Access
Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just managed to restore my PC today, and I forgot that updating the driver for my sound freezes all my other programs - in particular my Internet Access!! So before I restore the whole PC again, does anyone have any advice on how I can get rid of the last driver update to make my internet access work…
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Upgrading help
Ok, here's the deal. I've got a new laptop and have used the files & settings transfer wizard. No problem with this. But now I've found 2 problems. 1. I have Norton Internet Security 2006 - can I transfer my remaining account to the new laptop - if so, how? 2. I can't find my (legit) Microsoft Office disk - how can I…
