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What's with Power Supplies???
My monitor power supply has died...its a Seasonic SSA-0501S-1, which, apparently, is a 12V DC, 4.17A output. Now me, being a bit thick, would have imagined it would have been the easiest thing in the world to replace....quick trip to ebay and away - but I just can't find one, and trying to work out whether others will work…
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CD Burning Software (Acer Laptop)
i have an acer laptop and it came preloaded with NTI CD & DVD Burner. This software is not very good and is pretty basic so i want to install my old copy of Nero. When i put nero on it will not run properly could it be conflicting with NTI. If i uninstall NTI will i have any problems putting anyother software on? Is there…
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Saving or making a backup of favourites in explorer?
Hi all :) , Can anyone let me know if its possible to save your internet explorer favourites, I have a lot of favourites (yup loads!) on my laptop and would like a backup of them if possible, I also wouldnt mind being able to save all the favourites and installing them on a my second desktop pc. can anyone in the know let…
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Can anyone help me please?
Hello all. I'm new to the techie board as I'm normally quite competant at my pc and the internet and stuff, and what I can't do, MrH normally can. I am having a bit of a problem at the moment though with a free download book found in the Freebies board. Here Can anyone help me to download it as my DSS would love it. Thanks…
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Partioning Hard Drive?
I bought an exernal hard drive so that I could back up my docs and stuff. I decided i would partition it so that my backups can be separate from other stuff I might want to save. The only time I partitioned a hard drive before, it was a complete re-format and re-install of OS, so I am a bit stuck about how I should be…
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Opinions on Aldi computer please...
What do you think to this? http://uk.aldi.com/sunday_special_buys/productnl_311.html has it got the keyboard with it I cant be sure? And any ideas on where to get a monitor I'm not bothered if its flat or not
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strange connection question
can't connect via IE.initially i thought maybe nthell were the cause but lights on modem were fine and then i tried opera and got online straight away.never had THIS problem b4.ne suggestions????
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Outpost Firewall software causing broadband to switch off
Hi all, I downloaded the free version of Outpost Firewall a few weeks ago and it seems to be interfering with the broadband connection - Madasafish helped me understand that this was the cause of the broadband not working and I now have to switch off Outpost every time I go online, which makes no sense at all.. Can anyone…
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Acer Laptop, Adding Memory
i have got an Acer travelmate laptop which i bought from tesco a few months ago. It only has 256 memory and i want to add a bit more. How hard is it to do? i have little knowledge on installing hardware but i am willing to give it a ago. Is it just a case of plug and play? It has 256 at the mo, can i add another 512 stick…
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Problems !
I seem to have too many Internet Explorer boxes open. If I click on an item in my homepage, say BBC Sport, it opens another small Internet Explorer page (I can see BBC Sport there) but I then have to maximise, this has only just started to happen, previously when I clicked on sport it went straight into the page...hope…
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Fast4.net problems
Anyone having problems getting onto the site?
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Cbeebies (freeview) Reception Problem
I have had freeview for a few years now and mainly use it during the day for my children to watch cbeebies. With the exception of the odd bit of freezing here and there (which would clear if we swapped channels and then went back), cbeebies has been mainly ok to watch. However, a couple of months ago they did some work on…
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Madasafish
Just moved house and have to use BT for three months so can't get talk talk. Can't live without t'internet for three months. Anybody got any views on Madasafish or recommend anybody else for a year.
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Uncommanded Freeview selections
Does anybody else have problems with there freeview box doing the wrong thing when you press a number on the remote? Say I select 1 it goes to channel 7, or the guide randomly appears while scrolling through the channels ect. The prob is particularly bad in bbc text. Is there a fix for this kind of thing? we have a hitachi…
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Laptop info
Thinking of buying a laptop to replace an ageing desktop at home. Need to do normal bits from work i.e. WP, spreadsheet, publisher, etc. And, of course, surf the net (possibly wireless although not set up for this). Also want to be able to watch DVD's on it. Budget no more than £400 - £500. Any advice etc. On the DVD issue…
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ntl e-mail problems
Is it just me or is anyone else having problems with ntl - i can get on the web and onto ntl.com but can't get e-mail or get onto ntlworld.com to get them that way - keeps saying can't find server - any ideas anyone
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Metronet problem
I am using my son's old AOL BT Voyager 105 modem. I am having problems connection to Metronet. I have reported my problem to the support team. I am sure that there will be a lot of similar requests for help. I am thereore asking for help from this forum. When trying to solve the problem my "dial up" reverted back to AOL…
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MagiKey
Anybody heard of a program called MagiKey? This program appears to have installed itself onto my pc possibly by a pc robot or other hacker. It keeps popping up everytime I try shutting down my pc. It is not recognised by my registry nor is it listed in any of my programs and could be responsible for my pc disconnecting at…
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Fishtank screensaver at John Lewis where can I get it?
I bought a VAIO from John Lewis about 6 months ago. I visited this weekend and when I walked past the laptops they were showing this lucious fish tank screen saver. Does anyone know where I can get this from? I can not find this on my laptop. I have done a search on the internet and was pretty unsuccessful. All help…
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help....suspected virus
hi can any one help me.... i logged into a chat room a couple of hours ago, and one of the people that ws chatting to me must have sent me a virus as he culd see what i was typing and looking at. im totally freaked out, Ive switched my computer off and restarted, but not sure what to do , or if he still has access to my…
