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Strange
I keep getting the busy{egg timer} symbol appearing when I am surfing the net.Never has it happened before.Any ideas please?
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Help needed with Compression!!!
Right this is quite complicated, well for me anyway. I have some films on my windows media player that I would like to burn into vcds. I am going to do this with Nero Ultra Edition. The only problem is that the files are too large to put onto a 700mb cd. I have tried to compress the films down with Windows Media Encoder…
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Sync Firefox accross computers
New from Google: http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/browsersync/index.html Personally I'm waiting for just a bit more info I don't want to have my browser take longer to start and I definitely don't want Google transmitting my passwords If anyone else want's to try it you could tell us what it's like :D
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Cleaning PC fan...
My fan is at the front of the box so i guess i cann just unplug it all and take the cover off. Using the nozzle and hoover, hover over the fan and whisk the muck away. Is it that easy? Am i allowed to touch the fan or will that cause problems? Peeps also tell me to earth myself first...huh?
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I need some memory for my pc
Hi techies I need to get some more memory(ram) for my pc but I dont know exatly what type of memory I need and how much I need! I just checked the Crucial website but it says (System Scanner was unable to determine the exact MSI (Micro Star) model ) I have got Everest but dont know what to look for and what info I need to…
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Warranty & Consumer rights
I have a DVD recorder with a HDD combined that's used with my television. It has decided to pack up after just 14months. Does anyone know if I have the right to return the item for repair/replacement after such a short time (It is a JVC and was expensive so I expect it to last longer than 14 months). I have checked and…
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System 32? help
When installing some new games or downloading some items I get this message: C:\windows\system32\autoexec.NT The system file is not suitable for running MS DOS or microsoft windows applications. This is a fairly new occurence since an IT expert??? relative fiddled with my computer, he is now out of the country for a while.…
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Freeview help needed...please!
We got a freeview box for Christmas. I text the number on the box to see if we could get signal in our area and apparently we couldnt. As it was only a cheap box I thought I would open it and give it a try anyway and it worked! We could get all channels and the picture never froze or jumped. ....Until earlier this week!…
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desperately need help
my computer keeps freezing all the time even when doing a disk chk, i keep scanning my pc and i have avg antivirus and pc tools antivirus and windows defender for antispyware but it still keeps happening, it is so frustrating as i want to use the pc and cant afford to buy proper antivirus, can anyone please help, i dont…
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Navman Pin 570 help!
not sure if this should be in the motor bit or techie:confused: Does anyone have one of these? Have installed cd on laptop, but when trying to put the data (maps) on the pocket PC, it doesn't complete because it says the pocket pc's screen resolution is unsupported?? We have tried with 4 different PC's now and no luck. I…
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Starting a dot com company
Hi All, Apologies, if this is the wrong place to post this - it's kind of techie related. I'm at a loss of where to look/post regarding copyright infringement, so I'm hoping one of you kind people may be able to help. I've come up with an idea for a website that will require me to have a few, 10-15 second, clips from a…
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transferring stuff from old pc to new one
Hi - our old pc doesn't have a working floppy drive, let alone a cd-rw or anything like that. I have a USB pen that won't install on windows 98. Is there a way that I can get all our documents/photos, and our outlook info, off our old pc and onto the new one using broadband? any help gratefully received! thanks very much…
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phpbb forum. (n00bie needs help lol)
I looked on the phpbb website and it appears to me that you download the forum then upload it to your domain. So, just to clear things up, if i buy a domain can i upload the forum files to it (with a hosting package) and have the forum on my own domain. Install infomation=…
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Nintendo DS WiFi
Rather than spend £30 on the Nintendo DS WiFi USB connector I've decided to buy an ADSL wireless router which will connect a second pc as well as the kids Nintendos. However... it would seem that routers can be very hit and miss as to whether they are compatible with Nintendo. Nintendo have a list of routers they've tested…
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Buying an HDD from Ebay
I'm looking at buying another HDD from Ebay, to use as a backup. I'm undecided about internal or external. Can anyone offer advice about the following please: 1. My existing drive is an ATA100. Could I use an ATA133 as well? 2. I plan to stick with new units (I don't like the idea of used or refurbished - worried about…
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Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 (08B0)
Hi, brought this webcam a while back and it works brilliantly until about 6 months ago. I used to use my webcam chatting to mates in America via MSN and Yahoo Messenger and Netmeeting. Then while using Yahoo Messenger as i connected to view their webcam my webcam went dark, I cant see anything on my webcam and the person's…
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how do i report junk email?
I keep getting some junk email from someone at mediabuzzmail.co.uk. They also have my right company, surname and email address but wrong address and first name and phone number. I dont remember giving it to them. I tried to report it to the abuse address and it said 'Relay access denied' How do you report it and how do you…
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microsoft office installation problems
hi i have windows xp on my computer- did have the new micosoft professional office cd but lost it- this programme is still installed on my old computer which is breaking- i now have a newer computer but have lost the microsoft office cd= what can i do? i have tried loading an old version of office - standard designed for…
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Spyware problem
When i open up a new window it comes up with a site with the name of https://www.safetyuptpdate.com. I know this is part of the Zlob trojan family, but have no idea how to fix it, can anyone help me with this please.
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Where can I get a Australian to European converter?
Can't find one anywhere. Imagine if someone had come over from Australia and had found that they couldn't plug in their hair straighteners because they had an Australian plug. One with those two prongs that kinda point inwards. Now: where can I get a converter for one of those things?
