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Dell Deals
Hi Just bought a laptop off Dell and managed to haggle £25 off and get a free carry case [worth £23.50] thrown in. Just thought I'd mention it for anyone thinking of buying one. The telephone number to call is 0870 152 4699. You can't claim nectar points if you pay on the phone though, although you can still use nectar…
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I need assistance in buying a Graphics card
Firstly the problem is, my computer is no longer working (hard drive starting up and fans going, but nothing showing on monitor. tried the monitor on another hard drive and working fine, so I know that isn't the problem. The problem arose whilst downloading a film and the sreen just switched off); I think because their…
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outlook express folders have gone!!!
I appear to have lost all my OE folders on a windows 2000 machine. I installed a new hard drive for somebody with a new OS using their old hard drive in the same system(it was making some funny noises). they have been using a new OE for about a month and asking if I can get the old info off the other drive. Finally got…
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'Tiny' computer crash
My sons pc has graound to a halt. OH who is fairly computer savy has tried allsorts but we need the disc that came with the pc to reboot properly. However I've managed to loose this. As Tiny has gone bust I don't know where to get a replacement disk. Otherwise it looks like we have to replace the hard drive or pay for an…
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How to find someone's details online?
Dear all, Apologies if this post is in the wrong place - we are currently chasing a landlady for our deposit (see the long thread on MSE -http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=227606). She is being evasive and even the letting agents don't know where she lives - can anyone advise how we can find her online?…
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Laptop Screen Playing Up
Hi, I have a Toshiba Laptop which is 5 years old, I use it every 3 weeks or so...all has been working fine until while watching a dvd the display went off, everything else was working ok. I had to do a forced restart and the screen came back on as normal. The power settings are set so that the screen is never turned off.…
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no sound on video clip
I tried out this http://www.laplagerecords.com/ - link to 'clip PC 'for the hilarious video which worked ok. Then connected my external speakers to the laptop and the video clip sound's gone. So has the sound on the audio clips, except the one that plays as you enter the site's home page. The sound's gone from that…
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Transferring from MiniDV to a PC
Can anyone help me? I've just got back from the States where I made a video of my cousin's wedding on my mini-dv camcorder, and I now want to put it onto DVDs and give out to the family. How would I do this? My camcorder guide only talks about transfers from videos stored on a memory card via a USB cable. Is it possible to…
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USB Wireless adapter/dongle/thing needed for PC
Hey Hey :D I'm awaiting delivery of my router from AOL but only prob is that although my lappy has Wi-Fi, my desktop is much more a senior citizen in that it doesn't have an ethernet socket or a wireless card. So, I'm after one - any ideas/places to go for this because I'm not sure where to look. I understand there are USB…
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HP Deskjet 5150 printer problem..
Just bought a new photo cartridge for my printer, the only problem is that everything is now coming out black and white! Anyone got any suggestions?? Cheers, J
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Wireless Router Reccomendations
I've decided it's time to purchase a wireless router (tired of the unreliability of my neighbour's unsecured connection ;) ). Looking for something from 3com or Linksys ideally, and shy of £50. ADSL I'm afraid :( . Thanks.
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MSE page closing down
On the local money saving page for Scotland http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.html?f=88 There is an entry called Bay Tree. When I click on it the page just closes down.If it is the only page open then I am out of Internet explorer. If I right click on it and select open in new page then it seems to start…
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Lost folder on ntlworld email
Hi Did have some msg`s saved into a folder for my holiday- been into it today and they have all gone- any way I can get them back? If I did a system resore would that do it? Thanks- could really do with getting msges back
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help please:unable to register bobs site?
i wanted to register for bobs free stuff site and i keep getting the message 'confirmation code incorrect? can anyone post email of an administrator or any advice please. Im not technical at all! thanks Zoe
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quick time
Having probs with quick time, comes up with error 2093 when i try to access it, tried to uninstall but only work half way then stops, any ideas as i am unable to reinstall it, i use it mainly for i tunes. Any help to remove it?
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Visual Basic Download
Can anyone tell me where I could download a copy of Visual Basic 5 or 6. I have downloaded the 2005 Express Edition from Microsoft however I am working from a book which was designed to be used with 5 and 6 and the express edition is quite different from these. It would make it much easier for me if I could get a copy of 5…
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Epson Printers
Hi Everyone My Epson CX6400 multifunction is on its last legs :cry: and I was wondering if anyone new of any good deals around at the moment for a similar spec printer? Online or instore, not bothered which. Thanks in advance :T
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Broadband Connection Speed
I use Freedom2Surf's Broadband Lite service which quotes "up to 8Mbit" speed. The maximum I have seen (I use wireless connection) is 54.0 Mbps (currently reading 11.0 Mbps). Not being a 'techie' how does this compare to the Service I'm paying for? Like to have a bench-mark on what I should expect. Connection is via the…
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File Splitter
Hi Anyone know of a good free file splitter for mpeg/avi's? I've tried one, but it's split the files into unviewable segments Thanks
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Techie question about a car audio system
Code for Ford Mondeo Radio I have a 1999 Ford Mondeo and the Battery died last week. When the guy fitted a new one he said that I would lose the radio and then I would have to insert the code to make it operational again. I have spoken to my Ford dealer where I bought the car and they want to take the car in and spend half…
