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cheapest pc - cpu only
The pet teens computer decided to go up in smoke yesterday so now faced with option repair or replace - I get the feeling it is gonna be cheaper to replace though not sure how to get round transfering data without repairing old one..............so any advice folks........dont need screen or keyboard just the tower, Beth xxx
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Cordless Phones 'Seizing Up'
Hi all I have 4 cordless BT Freelance 1500 dect phones and 1 base unit - they operate finre except that at least once a day the phones all 'seize up' and I cannot make or answer calls. I need to switch off all the phones to restore them to working order. As you can imagine running round trying to switch all 4 off when the…
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Internet Connection Problem
My newish desktop PC is connected via an Ethernet cable to a BT 2091 wireless router. Yesterday it developed a fault and I cannot connect to the internet. The wireless side is working OK to my laptop - which I am currently using. OS is XP Home and ISP is BT. The fault indication is a yellow triangle on the Local Area…
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Staples Laptop ?
The current £499 duo core from Staples is very tempting. It only has 512 RAM. Does anyone know if this is simple/costly/possible to upgrade and in any case is it of benefit to user wanting wireless internet connection, storage of pictures and maybe to add a TV card ?
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DVD Rental
Hi, Just a quick question, I have already used Blockbuster and Screenselect on trial service. Also used cashback through quidco. Are there any other good DVD rental around who offer a trial? Thanks Nas
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Do Dell Laptops Have Card Readers - For SD MCC etc?
Just wondering if Dell Laptops have card readers for SD MCC etc as I can't see no mention on the tech specs on the web site. The only thing i can find which i don't understand is Hope someone can help ;)
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Advice on monitors
I want to buy a flat screen monitor that has speakers (not sure if they all have speakers) about 15" not too worried on size, it would be for general office kind os work not watching dvd's. Any advice on what to buy?:confused:
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computer wont load windows
Can anyone give me some advice about my other computer.I have a second pc running windows98 its a 6 year old packard bell .On start up it comes up with a message saying MSVCRT.DLL file not found cant load windows reinstall windows and thats as far as it gets.I have basic pc knowledge so i have tried to load in safe mode…
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xx is not a registered protocol
What's it mean? I use Firefox as my email client and sometimes save a copy to MY Documents. When I do this a box appears on screen with a message as in title to this thread. Even so the meaage is saved. so what is the significance of the message and should I take steps to stop the message showing up again? What actual…
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cheap .com domain names. Has anyone used this?
I was wondering has anyone used freeparking.co.uk. You can get .com domains at good prices. Its £12.10 for 2yrs or can be £8.80 for 10 yrs. That works out 88p per yer. 1and1 cost 8.99 + vat for just 1 yr. Has anyone used this service and are they reliable?
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Wireless broadband help
Just set up wireless broadband router and need a couple of questions answered 1) with my normal ADSl broadband I had to type in a password everytime I connected to the internet buut now it automatically connects without any password prompt etc 2) when connecting my laptop via wireless it asks for a wep key to access the…
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email and IE
I used to be able to click on the email icon (tille envelope) at the top of my IE browser, but now for some reason when I click it nothing happens, so I have click on start and then OE. How do I get it back like before?
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Any websites that can send text messages?
Are there any websites that anyone knows of that can send text messages to mobile phones (from pc)? Cheers. x
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Pictures - DVD
Hi what is the best program to make a DVD with all the holiday pictures that I have I would like to have some music and maybe some fancy transitions Many Thanks Mark
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lost internet explorer
I'm not techie but will explain this as best I can. My son has been using a Dell laptop and had a pop up about protecting your pC which he showed me, I assumed it was one of those virus scams where they get you to download something, and you get infected but the pop up wouldn't go away and we had to restart the machine. To…
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Toshiba Equium L100-186 Any Views
Hi there, I am thinking about purchasing a laptop and have seen an offer at PC World for a TOSHIBA EQUIUM L100-186 at £399. Can anyone advise as to whether this is a good laptop in terms of spec and a good price? I will use the laptop to access the internet, Microsoft Office etc. It won't be used for games etc. Thanks in…
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ISP phone number?
sorry to be a real novice here, but i'm just trying to set up a new lappy to my broadband account. its asking for my ISP's phone number, which i cant find. i am with wanadoo, now orange, and presumably it means the number that connects me to the internet?? any help appreciated xx
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Links in emails
Hi peeps , just a quicky ive had this before a but cant remember how i solved it lol, basicly when i click on a link in outlook express a folder in windows opens and not the link , ive tried the usual like internet options defaults etc. but no joy Any help would be great
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Brother 3 in 1 printer help please.
I am having a problem with my printer which is a Brother DCP-117C. It isn't printing the right hand side of my documents....about a half inch of print is missing. Have read right through the online help manual but it doesn't seem to cover this problem. Any ideas please? :confused:
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Transferring Sonycam Hi8 on to DVD
Upgraded our camcorder a few months ago and am now left with a number of old Sony Handycam Hi8 (CCD-TRV69E) tapes. Still have the original camcorder and would like to transfer the material on to DVD. I have seen that a number of firms are able to do this at a cost, but I guess that it's quite a simple process. Any…
