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help needed please
to all you techies out there I hope you can help I have just bought a new Honda Accord with Sat/nav I would like to make a back up copy of the sat/nav disc as the last sat/nav disc we had in our old car ended up playing frisbee with our dog and the kids which they though was hilarious but cost me £100 for a new disc, after…
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FAQ: HD Ready TV's and if "this" TV is suitable for HD signals
There's a lot of questions asking whether a certain model of TV is suitable for Sky HD/ Telewest TV Drive. Hopefully this should clear things up. If you're unsure of any of the ansers a look in your user manual or try a Google search for the model number will likely find the answer: 1) Is the TV marked as being HD Ready? -…
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Microsoft Windows XP Home/Professional - Best Price?
Hi everyone Seems I need to get myself a copy of XP. Ideally want Professional, but cheapest I've seen it for is £90 which is a bit out of my price range just now! Any assistance much appreciated! Cheers Matt
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Argh! Which MP3 Player?
I'm currently looking for an mp3 (actually Ogg) player that can play small video files (this isn't essential though) that I can watch on the tube/train. Of everything on the market though I can't find a single player that meets this spec to a reasonable standard. The way I see things now are: iPod - I'd need to install…
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which processor do I need
hi I am getting a laptop for basic internet, pictures and music. should I pay the extra and get a intel pentium m740 processor or will the intel celeron m380 do the job at less money not really clued up on what a processor is for help please
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Router help
I had an old linksys router and upgraded to a wireless - G model no. WRT54GS, the old router connects no problem but every time I run the setup cd for the new one it gets as far as the internet connection check and sais "the router is not able to conect to the internet. Try turning your cable/DSL modem OFF and back ON…
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Which laptop ?
I’ve spent a while trawling the net looking for a really cheap laptop. Only need it for general day to day stuff which mainly involves surfing the net. Built in wireless would be nice but not essential. I’ve come up with these two and was just wondering what people think. Acer Aspire 3003LC AMD Sempron 3000+ 256MB 40GB…
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Digital Camera Suggestions
hi does anyone have any suggestions on a good small slim digital camera with between 3.1 and 5 megapixel for upto £80 wont really be using it much so dont wanna spend a fortune have seen an IT WORKS dsc551 in comet does anyone know if they are any good thanks
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Final opinions on laptop
Hi I had a thread about a week ago on buying a laptop. Gonna buy tonight and would just like to know which people would pick out of these 2: TOSHIBA EQUIUM M50-216 from dixons or Toshiba Satellite Pro M50 from dabs I am looking at these as they are both lightweight. They are also both the same price with discount codes…
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Does McAfee block my cookies
Hi I have recently upgraded to McaFee internet suite, with virus scan ect. However, i have noticed that everytime i log onto a site i am a memeber of my username doesn't automatically come up, does Mcafee do this and is there a way to stop it? THanks C x
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Connecting Camera to PC Query
Hi, first post on here and am starting with what may be a daft question but it's driving me mad. I have a HP Photosmart R507 digital camera which was supplied with a USB lead. However the only port that I can connect it to on the desktop is the main port so is already in use. Basically I need another lead with one of the…
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can't connect to internet
Sorry about the question i no i have seen the answer somewere tried search but can't find it. I have a pc wired and laptop wireless connected to a netgear DG834G. Yesterday i was trying to wire another pc to the router with out success dont think i altered any settings but this morning i can not connect to the net with…
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I wanna buy a laptop
I am after a laptop for my daughter but she only has £150 to spend Need something that can be connected to wireless broadband and have at least a DVD drive Not sure if there are any about for this budget Any help would be great Thanks
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Cheapest PDA with Intergrated Wi-Fi ?
Does anyone know the cheapest model that would be availible right now ? 'Thanks' for everyone who can help
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Problems with video on PC
I bought one of the BT Dells and now I have a problem playing video streams off the internet. The images appear to be solarized or similar to heat detection camera footage, with all the colours blocky and wrong. Sorry if this is vague but I'm not sure how else to discribe it. I've been using Windows Media Player. DVD's…
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Unwanted e-mails
some months ago, i bought a couple of domain names which i use to forward to my business website, with the domain names came e-mail fwding so that any e-mails sent to the domain name are fwd'd to my personal email address, i am now getting emails from a company offering to advertising my website however looking at the…
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a new graphics card?
hello im new to the forums but would like to know if anyone could recommend (that spelt right?) a new graphics card to me. Currrently i have a geforce 5200fx 128mb but am looking to upgrade so i can run two monitors as once, as the current only has the tv outlet as well. I've done some research into what type of card i…
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Help with margins please
I am trying to print a booklet (actually it's an order of service for a friend). In view of the amount of text that she wants on it, I need to get as much on a page as I can. I have tried changing the margins but when I print it out the text is still too far down the page and I need to get it right to the top of the page.…
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HDTV USB TV Tuner??
I'm thinking of bidding for this but it's strange that it's advertised as HDTV - my laptop screen isn't HD as far as I know - how's it going to work?? :confused: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-Digital-TV-Remote-Freeview-DVB-T-HDTV_W0QQitemZ8817133926QQcategoryZ3761QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Is this laptop any good?
My daughter (aged 9) is wanting to buy herself a laptop. We have been offered one for £150 but not sure if it is worth buying The details are:- Make - Legend Pentium 4 mobile chip 1.7ghz 20gb 64mb ram CD read only (not recordable and will not read or burn DVD's) Windows XP Professional No word processing package Very Slow…
