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monitor
My old monitor has died on me , can anyone recommend any 17inch lcd ,good enough for gaming ,Budget up to £130 Thanks
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Explorer.exe error??
I paid for someone to mend my computer and its just as bad. My latest problem is that i cant get into any programs as now it says explorer.exe explorer caused an error in browseui.dll . Its on windows me. I have the disc and am a computer dunce . Does anyone know in simple terms how to sort it? Thanks
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Ink colour question...
My black ink is running very low and i have a lot of letters to print out just now. I cant get a new black cartridge just yet, so can i use my colours to mix together to give me black? If so how do i set it up to do so? Im using a Epson Stylus C42UX. :) ta
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New battery for Panasonic Toughbook?
The battery on my lap-top is completely knackered. This lap-top is about 5-7 years old and works fine otherwise. Until recently the battery was fine too but after coming back from a short holiday it seems to have lost the will to go on. I had a quick look in PC world and a few other online suppliers but the cheapest price…
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Sky or Freesat?
We have a digital freeview tv at the moment (inbuilt freeview). Would like to get sky, but not sure if its worth it. I have seen ads for Freesat and just wondering how it compares, anyone got it?
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10Mb BB Or is it???
I have upgraded from 2Mb to 10Mb with NTL. I have done a speed test with a free service which says..... Download 3.12 Mbps Upload 371.76 Kbps Am I right in thinking even on a bad day this is nowhere near? If I am right and they try again, what sort of figures should I expect minimum? Can anyone a point me towards a free…
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setting up english and french TV in french countryside..
in the south of france in poor reception areas a lot of people who require french tv have to buy a satellite dish so that they can get the french channels. This then points to Astra 1 . for english tv you need a skybox with sky card pointing to Astra 2. my question is : with a sky box if this was pointing to Astra 1 owuld…
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Dell's dodgy capacitors
I've just been talking to a Dell engineer, (I had a machine arrive with a dodgy motherboard) and he was telling me Dell had a huge problem with a shipment of dodgy capacitors on motherboards. Apparently he's replacing 3 motherboards a week... anybody any further info?
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what does Microsoft MCE Compatable mean?
Hi Want to purchase MSI Mega Sky 580 USB Free-View Receiver stick from ebuyer However the spec is Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or above / 2000 SP4 Microsoft MCE Compatable Pentium PIII 800MHz or above, Celeron or AMD Athlon, Duron CPU 256MB RAM or above Graphic Card: 32M RAM or above, 800x600 Direct X9.0 compatible Graphic…
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Click throughs
Can someone tell me please how I can add click throughs on to my site, a friend told me this was possible but she didnt know how to do it. I know if people click on them it earns you money, but can someone please offer more detailed advice on how they work and if anyone can use them. Many Thanks ps Hope this is in the…
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Max adsl
Now been on Maxadsl for nearly 1month after being on 2meg. Speeds keep getting slower and now down to .816 meg at 07.00 in the morning. I have tried the router in the BT faceplate and gone back on wireless from cable to eliminate this. Download linestats are reasonable at snr 9.5 att 46.1 Data 5952 Engineers working on…
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Samsung D600 pc link wrongness :(
Anyone got this phone, theres a programe that comes with it to transfer sounds vids etc from the pc to the phone but it just keeps saying not conected when it is anyone any idea?
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Re-activating xp after new drive format
I have reinstalled my Sp1 copy of xp.I missed the activation out to come back to it later.I note that in system tools I can't see 'activate' in there. 1.Is their somewhere on the microsoft website where I can re-activate now i.e a direct link? 2.Can I go straight to get Sp2 copy and updates now without re-activating? Help…
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Wireless Internet -help
Hi I am using DELL Latitude PP01L laptop using NTL internet broadband connection. I want to use wireless internet connection and do not have any knowledge about it. So could you please help me about following: 1. Which tools will i need (modem etc)? 2. Where can I find those tools the cheapest? Thanks in advance. The…
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Audio Downloader. Is there such a thing?
After using the great "Videodownloader" extension for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2390/ I am wondering whether there is any equivalent for audio streams or links on webpages. I would appreciate it if someone could guide me to any similar application but for audio links and not video.
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Lcd Television
Can anyone recommend a good impartial web site that gives reviews of the latest LCD Televisions? Or can anyone recommend one themselves? I am looking for something around about 32"-36" flat screen HD ready, probably around about £1000ish.:confused:
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Nintendo GameCube Question
Hi there I have recently aquired a gamecube and me and the kids have had great fn with it.:j When we brought it from ebay we got a 4mb memory card with it. We have this in the 1st slot. Do we need another one for the 2nd slot? and is the 1st one likely to run out of space ... we mostly play mario kart double dash. Were…
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Highlighted Desktop Icon Text
Another display of my computer ignorance I’m afraid :o The other day I was moving a photo to the clipboard on my PC. A window appeared asking me whether I wanted to make the item on the clipboard available to other applications. I (rightly or wrongly) clicked the yes button. Now for some unknown (at least unknown to me)…
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Ipod help - i'm stuck!
OK, a techie I am not but i was told itunes is easy! I have downloaded some podcasts from the bbc website which i have saved in my library on itunes. I am having difficulty transfering them from the library onto my ipod. I have a feeling it is something to do with the fact that they have a little "radio" icon on them but i…
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‘Renaming’ a internet Link
Hello! Hopefully this is a simple question, but please make the answer VERY simple cos I’m rather thick when it comes to anything computer related.:rolleyes: I notice that often when people post internet links, they don’t actually post the actual link. It’s changed to a single word like ‘THIS’ or ‘HERE’ . This seems much…
