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New PC: Buy or Build?
This seems like a friendly enough place with clever techies who could spare a moment or two to help and advise me. I'm in the market for a new PC for my son. He's heavily into gaming and although that will not be the sole use, I understand that this means it has to have extras or more expensive components than a bog…
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Internet trouble
Hi guys Having a spot of trouble with my internet conenction. Certain websites (Halifax.co.uk, coral.co.uk, winunited.com to name a couple) will not load in Mozilla of IE. The site eitehr times out or I'm told that the page can't be found. I use Wanadoo wireless with a desktop and a laptop connected. Both of them are…
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Java Runtime Environment - help required
Hi all - I wonder if anyone could help? I need to download JRE on my computer to run the software I need for a new job. I've tried via the Sun website but as soon as it tries to install it on my laptop, I get a pop up with the following message: "The Window Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are…
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Outlook Express Mail Setup Problem
I am trying to setup a outlook express email account. Does anybody know what this error message means? The host xxxxxxxxxxx@yahoo.co.uk' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Account: xxxxxx@yahoo.co.uk', Server: xxxxxxxxxx@yahoo.co.uk', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL):…
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Dual Hard Drives - SATA? Tech Question
I heard a rumour that if you twin up 2 SATA HD's, you can set one up for read and one for write. This makes online gaming in multiplayer servers extremely quicker Anyone know a good post or process on the net to follow to set this up? Or is anyone runnnig this set up? Cheers
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Password protected file
I Have forgotten the password for one of my excel password protected file. Can anyone help please? Many thanks in anticipation
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Google mail
with gmail can you sort the emails by date,sender,email size etc, i can do it with yahoo but i cant see any options in gmail
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Transferring a Mini DV tape to PC
HI ok this might be too complicated but Id appreciate some advice First I need to do this to get a Video of my dad who is no longer alive so Im kinda desperate to get it so would appreciate any help. I have a JVC gr-DVL9000 Digital camera. This uses Mini DV Pal tapes. Ive tried to use firewire to transfer the data off the…
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Toshiba Tecra M5 T2400
Hi Guys I was hoping someone might be able to help with this? My OH has recently purchased a TOSHIBA TECRA M5 T2400 laptop. It should have blue tooth enabled on it, however he turns the switch on but when he tries to connect it to his bluetooth mobile it says (on the laptop) that bluetooth is not ready. I'm at a loss as to…
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spam driving me nuts
Last night at 11.30 I set up a new webmail address with orange(ex wanadoo),because my current address,also with orange,gets swamped with spam,as many as 20 a day!!:mad: By 6am this morning,I had 3 spam emails!!!:mad: :mad: :eek: Can anyone suggest a provider ef email addresses where I wont get spam???:confused:
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acer for £299 at comet
Anyone have any details as not on website but in tv ads Beth xx
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pc inspector user manual
Does anyone have a copy of pc inspector's user manual? I am trying to retrieve the lost data on my computer and have downloaded the software but don't know how to use it. All help appreciated.
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Tclock
I have used Tclock by Kazubon for yonks simply as a nicer way to display the time/date in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. However, after a recent update of the defination files for xoftspy - tclock is now being reported as adware. Does anyone know any more about this? None of my other scanners -…
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Data Recovery programme/method needed for HDD
Hi all, I'd like some suggestions for data recovery programmes/methods that I can use to get lost info off my HDD. I transfered (cut & pasted) all the data off my old 80Gb HDD on to one of the partitions on my new 320Gb HDD, but shortly after, needed to reinstall XP on to my new HDD. As the imported data was not on the…
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Where can i get cheap 'Verbatim Dual Layer DVD+R' disks from retailers not online!!!
i really need dual layer verbatim disks, but i need them quickly, so i would appreciate if anybody could tell me a retailer/shop/store who sells them cheap. (in uk) pc world were selling them for £1.97 for pack of 5 - but they have no stock for 2 weeks. i am willing to pay up2 £30 for these disks, i need them URGENTLY. so…
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laptop accident insurance
Hi, anyone have an idea where its possible to get this and at what price, thanks Joe
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Need a good "cheap" and reliable USB DTV reciever stick!
Hi folks, Hope u can help me out on this. I need a USB Digital TV stick/unit that is good at receiving signals (ie tuning to digital channels). Anyone know of a decent cheap one ie around 30quid (NOVA T cards are supposed to be good but I guess they aint USB). Full technical reasons for this request given in the PS. Hope u…
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NAVMAN maps - can't use as have already been registered
Hi I have been given a set of NAVMAN maps which are newer than the ones I have. I have tried to load them but can't as the new ones have already been registered to another Pocket PC. Is there any way to get round this ? Thanks
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Very Slow PC - HDD Error?
I have just returned from holiday and my pc is running very slow, takes approx 20 mins just to boot to XP desktop and an age to respond to anything. It has been switched off at mains for a week - maybe that has triggered something? I have tried an XP repair and no joy (in fact think I chose the wrong option as I am back on…
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MSN/Myspace/The Net - Parents v Kids [long]
Hihi. Ok as most of you will have seen there's a post where a user is asking how to block msn for their kids. This post isn't directy at that user.. though that post inspired me to start this kind of thread. It leads on from comments i made there. Basically we all know there's this problem on the internet. It's called…
