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Advice on whether to install antivirus (which one)
Can anyone recommend free antivirus software (preferably) to run alongside ZoneAlarm (free version) and Ad Aware Personal Edition? I recently downloaded Avast after reading a few posts on here but I had to uninstall it because it slowed the laptop down to a crawl! I've never had antivirus software on the laptop but I…
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Compress old files
I regularly do a disk cleanup, and although I have the box ticked to get rid of compress old files they are still there, I now have over 50,000, how can i get rid of these does anyone know please. Many thanks Twixeey
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Heart rate monitors
Like the ones you can buy at Argos. Has any one any expereince; are they fairly accurate or pretty useless? Any views on which make model is best for a limited budget?
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DVD RW will not read a PC DVD rom
Just bought my son a new computer and everything works well except the DVD rewriter will not read any of his games that are on PC DVD rom. Any ideas how this can be solved ? It reads regular DVD movies etc and CD media
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Wireless network question
Can somebody tell me please - if you have a wireless network set up at home, does the number of laptops/PCs accessing the internet on it at any one time significantly affect the speed? TIA
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Freeview box. (any good)?
Anyone got any ideas if this freeview box is any good? i.e. decent specs and can it be used to record a prog whilst watching another prog on the tv? It has just been delivered to my e-mail box, and I have left the DVD recorder in the post in case it is of any use to anybody. Also if any one does decide to phone this…
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Odd Freeview Problem
Six weeks ago I bought a cheap set top box from ebay (I wasn't sure if I could get Freeview so I didn't want to spend much :p ), this worked fine until yesterday. There was signal interference on the analogue channels caused by the weather, this also affected some of the freeview channels so I decided to watch a video -…
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NTL outgoing mail problems
I am receive mail but all day I haven't been able to send it. I am getting this message: The connection to the server has failed. Account: *****, Server: 'smtp.ntlworld.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: ****, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
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Advice on an external hard drive please.....
Hello I can use my computer for basic things but otherwise am not techie minded. Can someone please tell me if this external hard drive is any good ? http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0009F0T0C/ref=amb_link_macro_34819565/026-7086979-8359604?ie=UTF8 Do they just sit on top of your tower ? I have a lot of photo to store…
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Laptop help (important)
My laptop will not turn on, i had it plugged into the mains but still got a message saying battery urgently low. How comes the battery went flat even when it was plugged into the mains? I have a Dell Latitude CPX. Is the laptop faulty or mains lead faulty? I'm in the libruary as i obviously can't log on at home. I'll pop…
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Bought laptop, what else do I need?
Sorry for starting a new thread, the old one was an arguement. I just purchased a laptop which I'm picking up later. Acer Aspire 1.7Ghz 1024mb Ram 80GB h/d DVD-RW 15.4" bright widescreen display 10/100 ethernet 802.11 b/g wireless 3 usb ports £499.99 Thought it was a good deal. Couldn't find it cheaper. Anyway, I am gonna…
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Help !! I can't get into personal information like my Ebay
Hi I can't get into any personal information, such as my personal banking or my Ebay to come up.It just says something like " Error trying to validatecertificatefrom sign in.ebay.co.uk using OCSP corrupted or uknown response.Error code:-8073". My 3 year old daughter could of clicked some option box somewhere or…
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Wireless confusion, please help!!
Before you ask, I've scanned the sticky but can't find information I need.... I'm confused!! Have a pc laptop with wireless card, and a soon to be purchased MacBook with Airport Extreme card, and NTL broadband connection. I want to get a wireless router, and need a cable one. Was thinking of getting Airport Express (£89)…
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Laptop tracker software
I came across a piece of software which was from a dvd free with a pc magazine called pal pc tracker Has anyone had any experiance with any such software? (that you can track if yor laptops stolen) thanks
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TV program on dvd-question
i have lg-rh188 dvd recorder. i recorded Path to 9/11 last nite and day before on the recorder hdd. the first episode was more than 2hrs long and the next day i copied the first part onto dvd-r on long play. it plays perfectly on dvd player but in the morning when i put this recorded dvd-r in my pc it shows no files on it.…
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msn hotmail still uses explorer as default browser!!!!help please
hi have got firefox working as default browser but everytime i check email through msn messanger explorer still comes up as the default browser. have gone through settings etc and can't find anywhere that would make firefox my default. could someone please explain how to do this thx
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Mouse pointer
Hi, I have a wireless mouse connected via USB2 to my computer. Now and again the pointer has a life of it's own. It moves about on the screen and is sometimes difficult to control. When I replace it with a ps2 cabled mouse the problem goes away! I have the following pc protection: AVG Free anti virus (regularly updated)…
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Samsung 26" LCD Fault - any help?
Hey everyone, Recently i bought this TV - LE26R41B.. when i turn it on the picture is fine for about 10 minutes but then it stills "fizzing up" and the page gets a kind of haze over the middle.. im not sure why this is or if anyone does know but if anyone has any knowledge please let me know.. ive looked on the samsung…
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Windows 2000 Help
I lent a mate of mine my laptop to do some uni work, got it back from him and some applications will now not open including my wireless connection! I have a recovery disk, Is it possible to over install windows without losing any data / files from the laptop? Currently running windows 2000 with service pack 3....trouble is…
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MP3 Player query
Hi, I am looking for a 1gb mp3 player and the Creative Zen V has caught my eye. Looking at the specs for this player it states that... "Minimum PC specification Intel Pentium 3 1ghz, AMD Duron 1ghz, win XP(sp1+)/ XP 64git, 256mb ream, 170gb free HDD space- or higher CD-rom drive and USB 1.1." Does this mean that my pc,…
