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My Laptop screen is upside down!
Help! Don't know how but my screen on my laptop has gone upside down what have i done? Thanks Neil
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DVD clip
Hi, Does anyone know of a program where I can extract a 10min clip from a dvd and save it as a playable file?
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Office XP software and Mcafee anti virus
I have just installed Windows XP Home Edition (OEM) (v2002) and need to buy the above s/ware. My desktop pc is 3 yrs old (Athlon XP 1800, 133mhz, 40gb, just installed 512 memory). I need best security package for online banking/shopping etc (currently free online 3 month trial F Secure inc with TalkTalk B/B - but don't…
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No sound when playing music/radio
ive installed the drivers for the sound card, is there anything ive missed, can i check if the drivers are installed right
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Iriver H10 (5GB Pure)-HELP
I'm not very technical so please be patient and kind. I brought my H10 Last December and until last week have no problems with it. But last week I tried to add some more albums and although it said it had syn them, they were no where to be seen. It had also managed to delete several of the albums I already had on there.…
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Ewido finds 25 infections
I have got Pc-cillin internet security, Spybot search & destroy, Spywareblaster & Windows big defencer & ccleaner. These are updated regularly.Somebody recommends I scan my computer with ewide and it found 25 infections. Very confusing for me as I thought my pc was clean. Now do I buy Ewido as I am using one on trial.…
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Ahhhhhhhhh, i've totally messed up the pc now
Thanks for all of yesterdays replies to my pc is loading so slow thread but as the title suggests i've completely knackered the pc now :sad: Nothing i tried yesterday had any effect on the 20 min to load XP so today i tried the reload cd again. bad idea, now the pc wont move on from the boot up page at all. It has been…
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Can't load game on sons computer.
I am completely computer illiterate. Please can someone tell me. The game I am trying to load requires a processor 1.4GHz. My sons computer states that it is an intel pentium 2 MMx, ~400MHz. Is this enough or not.
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Problems with MESH Computers
Hi I was wondering if anyone has had dealings with Mesh Computers. I have just bought a computer from them that doesn't work and they are admitting they may not have tested it prior to being sent out! :mad: Their Customer Services are unhelpful. Does anyone know where to find the CEO's name as I want to complain directly…
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Unable to open multiple IE windows
Hi, All of a sudden I am unable to open multiple IE window in my home computer. For ex - first I opened google. co.uk. Then next if i try to open moneysavingexpert.com, Google window is shut down automatically. can someone help please?
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how and What do i back up?
I`ve got a relatively new pc that has quickly got loads of files and mp3`s,films etc on it,my hd is partitioned,so as the title,how do i back up my files and what do i need to back up.................thanks in advance
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MSN problem
Just got back from hols and my MSN messenger will not work... When I try to log on it says a newer version is available and proceeds to download it. I then get the message below:- Security warning windows has found a problem with this file kxz52.exe This file was blocked because it does not have a valid digital signature.…
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Problem starting XP
My laptop has been working perfectly well but Windows XP Home is refusing to start today. It keeps coming back to the message UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME and seems unwilling to start in Safe Mode which seems the best recommendation. It offers me "Go back to Last Known Good Configuration" but nothing seems to happen. If I could…
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Upgrading Celeron Processor?
Hope someone can answer this, cos it's been driving me bananas! I have a Celeron 2.93 Ghz processor in my PC at present. What is the best processor I can upgrade to without changing the motherboard? Several applications are running very sluggishly, like Adobe Photoshop and Football Manager 2006, despite the fact I have 1GB…
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Deleting Unused Folders prior to External HDD Backup
I'm about to use Acronis True Image to create a backup of my entire pc to an external HDD (I've had too many scares lately!!). However, when the pc was delivered (it's not very old) it had a lot of folders already created on it that I don't use (e.g. Shared Documents, which contains Shared Music/Shared Pictures/Shared…
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Spoof emails
what the law on sending spoof emails. Like using a program and then using smtp ?
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PC World HELP!!!
I recently bought the Advent T9306 from PC World. I transfered all my data across with out any hassle and just started to use it when it started resetting without warning. The problem continued until it would reset almost instantly from turning the machine on. My solution was to buy a new hard drive, install windows on…
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Renewing Mcafee Security Centre
I recently bought my wife a Dell Inspiron laptop that came with Mcafee Security Centre with a 3 month subscription. Its due to expire in 7 days and they want over £50 to renew. So I have been online and bought an OEM copy from a reputable ebay seller for £11! My problem is this. Should I remove the old Mcafee and reload…
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Getting Negatives into digital pictures.
I have the negatives form my wedding photo's and i'd like to get them all onto my pc as digital images. We were able to buy them fro our wedding photographer for a bargain £30 after he went into receivership (he wnated £300 about 5 years ago when we got married so glad we waited!). Has anyone any advice on good quality…
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do I need thermal compound?
I just bought a new processor (CPU), and I was wondering if I need to get some thermal compound for it... there is a raised square, just over an inch wide, where the CPU connects to the fan. is this where I would put the compound? I am asking because the outgoing CPU didn't have any compound on it, and I have read that…
