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DSL Wireless VOIP Router
Advice sought please! I'm in the market for a new laptop & wireless router. As I don't have a phoneline (use SIP based VOIP instead) I've been looking at VOIP routers. Is it this simple, or am I missing something: 1. Buy & configure a Wireless DSL VOIP router. I can now access the internet wirelessly on new laptop, plus…
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Open Source Software
Hi All Seeing that we are all in here for pretty much the same reason, to SAVE Mega Moola, I thought I will pass along some useful pieces of, Free, software that I use. PDF: If you are anything like me when it comes to documents and do not want people to change your docs or would like nice small file sizes try PDFCreator…
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Advice on a graphics card for a low end PC
I'm having some trouble picking out a PCI graphics card for my PC, and am hoping someone here can help me out. I want to upgrade my PC with a graphics/video card (onboard graphics are truly v. poor) mainly to improve the quality of video playback and maybe play one or two games - simcity 4 would be nice. The problem is…
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want to start a small business - we hosting.
i am just about computer literate, but want to start my own online small business. Where would you recomend i start looking, could you recommend a site that will host me but also include a facility for customers to make payments. Basically an all in one package that will be easy for me to manage at an affordable price.
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What DVI cable do I need?
I have just bought a PC with a 256MB PCIe nVidia GeForce 7800GTX graphics card and I want to mate it with the HannsG HGHW191 19" Widescreen TFT Monitor. I thought a DVI cable was a DVI cable....erm maybe not. What do I need?
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Diskeeper 10 and Defragmenation
Just a little review, not really a money saving topic but a worthwhile techie one I think. Not being one to buy software, for the past few years I have been using the free old Diskeeper Lite 3 to look after my discs. Realising that my system was slowing up even after a right good clean out of registry rubbish, unwanted and…
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Itunes Help!!!!!!!
Just got an ipod shuffle, and i am trying to import some audio books for my daughter. I can get the audio books to import but when i put cd2 in (2nd half of the story) it puts them in number order so for eg. track 1 track 1 track 2 track 2 etc.... obviously thats no good for an audio book as you need the story to run in…
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Help! Need a new ADSL Wireless Router
Hello, I am racing around today, trying to find the best replacement for my ADSL Wireless Router. When I came home last night, my Belkin had stopped working, appears to be a power issue (yes, on a surge protector, but I have only had problems with the router, so glad to have it gone). Anyone know of any great deals out…
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XP professional -Do I need it or just home
Buying a laptop for new work i am doing. My father insists i need XP professional but as I am probably buying from Dell it cost anothe £70 or so -is there any point. all i do is internet mail and excel /word
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Converting PDF to Powerpoint
I'm trying to get hold of a free software package that will allow me to convert a PDF slideshow into one I can edit in Powerpoint. Does anyone know of one that is any good - tried google but keep getting trial versions and just rubbish software!!
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Deleting from the google toolbar
How do i do this, its showing all the searches that I pout in. I know ive asked this before and it worked then, but I am using tools, deleting the cookies, history, autocomplete, but the info is still there??
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Windows auto shut down
Windows has just shut down automatically,i was looking at my myspace page and it shut down and its not the first time its happend, it happened a few weeks ago but i didnt think anything of it, there was a blue screen and it said windows has shut down there was also something about the bios but couldnt catch what it said
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Laptop V Desktop....
Which uses more power ? I usually have my desktop on for around 10 hours a day. With my new laptop will it use more or less power than a desktop ? I'll try to cut down on the usage though.:o
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E7even gone, do I still need a MAC?
Hi, I was with E7even but since they terminated service, I've been using dial up. If I now want to go with another broadband ISP, do I need to get a MAC or should my line be free?
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Any Photoshop experts out there ??
I am struggling to get pictures from a tethered DSLR camera into and out of PS CS to the printer. Thanks
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help with playing pc game
hi. i purchased a game called "gilbert goodright and the mushroom of phungoria" - don't laugh lol i love adventure games. anyway i tried to fully install it as my computer has loads of memory but it got jammed when it was almost complete. i have windows xp and it is supposed to play on everything up to 2000. i then tried…
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Apple iBook Display
I'm having trouble with my late-2004 iBook G4. When powering up, the display's not coming on at all and no start up chimes. If the display does come on, it goes blank after about 5 minutes, sometimes going to some strange colour bars before it goes completely. Help!!! I rang up Apple but they said it's out of warranty,…
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Help !!! Windows Explorer wont load
Can anyone help me please I have to much data to do the factory restore. I can get the computer up and running but get as far as Desktop and instead of loading any icons or start menu I just get a message box up on a blank screen saying Windows explorer encountered a problem and needs to close hit debug or close button but…
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Strange problem with rechargeables
I find this very odd indeed! I use rechargeable batteries (2000 mAh) for my digital camera. Suddenly they have stopped working - fully charged they started to run out of juice very quickly. Now, showing as well into the OK band on my Battery Tester, my camera says 'battery empty'. I take used ordinary batteries out of…
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Nod32 Help
Having a bit of an issue with Nod32, hope someone can help. A few days ago I started getting this message When I click on the message as it says, nothing hgappen's and I have no idea what it is or how to stop it. It pops up ever few minutes and it's getting beyond annoying now. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
