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Would a shortwave mast stop my broadband connection
Hi Half of my street has been without broadband for around 6weeks, we have had the BT guys out today who confirm that we are net getting the signal to our house but say that they can not find a fault onthe line, they noticed that someone had a shortwave mast on their roof and wondered if this was causing the interuption of…
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Connecting Anything To Sky Digibox
Look alot of people out there are mis-informed with regards to connecting video recorders or dvd recorders to their sky box. Well listen up:: IGNORE YOUR VIDEO AND DVD RECORDER SET UP INSTRUCTIONS. This is how you do it correctly. 1) CONNECT AERIAL INTO RF IN ON YOUR SKY BOX 2) CONNECT RF LEAD FROM RF OUT ON SKY BOX INTO…
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Which is best??
I currently have this laptop http://www.dealtime.co.uk/xPF-Sony_VAIO_FX301_PCG_FX301 but am finding it a bit too restrictive. I don't need it for much but use the internet a lot, store photos and a bit of music, have quite a few peripherals (printer, CDRW, scanner, bluetooth etc) but am up to my hard drive's limit. I've…
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Microsoft Publisher Reader
I have been sent a couple of publisher files, but they won't open in my version of Publisher (they are not compatible with my version of Publisher apparently). Is there a free programme that will let me open the files, or can I do something to my version of publisher?
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Shall I wait for Vista?
I am thinking about a new laptop, should I wait for the new Windows OS, Vista to come out, should I hold off for 6 months after its realeased because of glitches/bugs? Will it add to the cost of buying if Vista is installed? Thanks, Sarah
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Media pc to play games
Thinking of buying a media centre pc that will also allow me to play pro evo 5 / 6. The graphics card in the machine im looking at is a ATI RADEON X600. Reccomended spec is NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti, ATI Radeon 9600, or higher. I dont understand graphics cards and how to work out if one is better than the other so could someone…
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Hotmail problems?
HI all Just wondering if anyones having this hotmail problem trying to sign in and this is what IM getting Account Temporarily Unavailable We apologize, but your account is temporarily unavailable. This delay does not affect the entire site or result from any problem specific with your account however the server that holds…
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Help Needed - What Has My Daughter Done To My Computer???
Can anyone help??? my year old daughter was caught pressing buttons on my computer this evening and so far this is what I have found she has managed to charge: 1. When you press caps lock, this number lock and scroll lock some on or off. 2. When online if you use your mouse it scrolls back & forth between pages instead of…
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SLR digital camera
I purchased a Canon EOS 350D SLR digital camera from jessops on Saterday and being a novice don't really know that much about them. My problem is the flash. It works well in the day and takes good photos but when it gets dark it just flickers and seems not to focus. Should this happen. Thanks
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I have £499 what laptop?
i need one that has 512+ RAM 40-60GB HD maybe a duo but not sure if i really need that i get 10% off at comet but i will buy from anywhere, i only have £500 the second i went onto avforums they recommended £700+ machines which i cant afford
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Google tonight
Is anyone else having problems with Google tonight. I haven't been able to open my email for over 2hrs.
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PC World offer any good?
Hi Have been looking at this deal from PC world? http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2071054582.1156783653@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccfladdijkgdhfgcflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&page=Product&sku=742712 Does anyone have any ideas if this is a good deal? Basically for a 13 year old for christmas wanting to do the…
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SONY KV32FX68 ... no picture ... 4 standby light blinks and off... help???
Hi folks, My brothers' TV is Kaputt I think. As of last night his TV (SONY KV32FX68) seemed to have died. Now all that happens when he turns on the telly is no picture (not even the onscreen green text/osd) then the standby LED blinks 4x and then turns itself off. In the manual it says 4x blinks -> call out service…
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CPU and DDR2 voltage levels for overclock.
Hi folks, I am currently in the process of at last overclocking my new build PC (finally have got it running almost problem free at stock). Now I am wondering what are the maximum voltage levels people run on their 3800x2 AM2 processor (I am currently running 1.54(fairly high I think!), and 2.3V on my Geil PC6400 4-4-4-12…
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Photo printing problem
System -XP Home:Photo Editing- PhotoPlus 9; Printer HP Deskjet 5150; Paper HP 7"x5" This afternoon I edited a picture and it printed off perfectly, so big :j Next I wnr to do exactly the same thin with another pic- resized and adjusted dpi as appropriate, saved file. Did all the required adjustments to get a good quality…
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Avg
Can someone remind me of the web site for AVG Free antivirus program
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Turntable to Laptop connection
Hi, In need a turntable to laptop connection i:e 2 RCA phono audio L-R out to laptop USB2 input.Is there a cable and if so where can i purchase it ? Many Thanks.
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wireless or not?.....
I've recently got a Wanadoo/Orange wireless router livebox. I've connected it to my existing PC via the Ethernet cable. I've got a new PC coming this week :j and I intend to connect it to the livebox with a second Ethernet cable. I'm going to network the PCs/printers :rolleyes: As the PCs are side by side and I haven't got…
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Broadband extension
I am moving my PC at home from right beside the BT master socket into one of the bedrooms, any tips on what is the best telephone cable to use, so far I have been pointed in the direction of Cat5 cable. I currently get about 3-5 Mb on an (upto) 8Mb broadband line and I don't want to significantly affect it. Thanks
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signature on this site - help needed
Hello. Today I have set up a signature for my posts on this site but it is not showing on my posts. - Pls can anyone point me to where I may have gone wrong? TIA margarete
