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Help with Excel
Hi I am using Excel as a stock and price list. I have around 500 items on the list, and for historical reasons certain parts of the item numbers hold different information. An example would be 06JSC5119 At the moment, all items are sorted reading left to right, so they are sorted 06, then JSC, then 5119. Can I set Excel to…
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speedtouch 330 with Talk Talk broadband
I would like to get connected with Talk Talk broadband but they want me to take their modem at the same time (£30). I have a modem from my previous broadband provider, It is a speedtouch 330 USB ADSL modem. Does anyone know if my modem will work with this new broadband supplier?:confused:
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Photo-editing lightness and brghtness
I use Serif Photoplus. There are two functions that seem to do much the same thing. A brightness adjuster and a lightness. Can any one explain what the difference is between the two, please? I took some pics recently that were deliberately under exposed to avoid white burn out. My camera allows under-over exposure in 1/3rd…
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Is the router broken?
Our internet connection failed suddenly last night and this morning it was still down. I connected through dial up to check the ISP and they have no problems, say everything is working fine. So I found the original modem from the ISP and am connected fine using that. Is the router broken? The lights are lit the way they…
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Ipods - Do I need anything else to get going??
Hi I am buying an Ipod for my DD's 16th birthday, do I need to buy anything else to get it going or do they come with connections for computor? (:confused: I am assuming thats where she will have to download her music CD's on to the Ipod), I can't ask her as it is a surprise!
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actius 2518
hi all ,im new to the forum ,thought i would introduce myself and ask a question,can anyone tell me how to replace a dvd drive on a sharp actius 2518 laptop ?
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Logitec Camera
Hello everyone I have just reinstalled windows xp, taking it back to the factory settings and so on. I have now tried to reinstall a logitech quick cam 8.4.8. which worked fine before. However it did not install properly and now I can neither uninstall it or make it work. Has anyone got any ideas what I can do. Thank you…
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CD-RW Problems
Hello..I know this is probably a dim question!!!! but I have a 700MB CD-RW with 9.55MB of data stored on it.However, I can't reopen it to add more stuff.I also want to delete some old files that are stored on it...but they come up as read only files and cannot be deleted etc. How do I go about adding/ removing data from a…
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Burning dvd's error message
Ive been trying to burn some dvd's but on the past couple ive tried i get right to the end only to be told "burn process failed". The log file i about 20 miles long so ive only posted the last few lines to see if anyone can shed any light? I dont know much about computers other than being very competent in general use but…
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My photo's are gone!
I have just been on holiday and took 150 photos with my Canon A70 camera ( 256mb CompactFlash memory card). The other day the batteries went dead in the middle of taking a photo. I have just put new batteries in and all my 150 photos are gone. There is no way I can get them back is there? I haven't deleted them but I…
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problem with Electronic programme guide
Got an Sony HDD DVD recorder which has an EPG so I can just press a button and it will record the programms of my choice. However, I've found that with some programmes it turns off before the programms has finished ( last night I watched "Wire in the Bood" and missed the flipping end!!) I've noticed that it is always ITV &…
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I'm a dummy, need help securing my wireless network
Hi Guys We have a laptop on a wireless network with a Belkin 802.11g router, we dont have the instructions or any startup cd but we want to secure our wireless network, How do we do it ? is it simple ? is there a beginners guide somewhere on the internet ?? Hope someone can help us Thanks
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VGA (PC) to HDMI (LCD)
Right I got my replacement LCD TV from Argos as my first started to play up, so basiclly asked argos to replace the telly but something bigger on screen wise with the HDMI ready :) - but I lose the function of the VGA port on the faulty tv So the replacement telly is set up like this: * Xbox360 (Freebie from Tesco ;) )…
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Yet another prob with ZONE ALARM!!
Zone alarm did an update and I had problems again with it, so uninstalled it via ccleaner. Downloaded an earlier version and tried to install it, but wouldn't let me. Brought up message about True Vector service.. Needless to say I have no idea what to do can any one help. Also tried to system restore but can't go back…
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Wireless Connection to my notebook
Hi Guys, I need help as I don't have much knowledge on PC. I bought a desktop recently for my growing family. Prior to that I have notebook where I used for online banking and other stuff. My question might be simple but haven't got a clue. Can I have a wireless connection to my notebook at home as not to disturb my wife…
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Best Value Broadband?
Hi, Looking to sign up for broadband and would like a package with a reasonable speed (2kb+) and plenty of downloads. I was considering MAAF but have read a few posts in different places about reliability issues which have put me off, both reliability AND cost are equally important in making the decision. Thanks
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free host
I found another service that offers free host. https://www.freevirtualservers.com Everything looks good and professionally done and its also advertised in many web magazines as well. But surely there must be a catch to it. Has anyone used this before? The fact that this site hasn't been mentioned in this forum leaves me…
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A technical question.
:confused: Does anybody have the same problem as I do? I can't open long threads (those with quite a few (hundreds)). Why is that? :confused: Thank you, TAJ
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Boot menu
Hi guys When I boot my PC I get a message about which OS to use (XP or previous) Is there any way to turn this off? Cheers
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Xbox 360
Got a question re one of my controllers for my 360, ive not had the 360 for a year yet recently ive noticed that the right shoulder button isnt quite as responsive as the left one, would i take oit back to the place where i bought or do i phone up microsoft and say its faulty, ive got the receipt, if i took it back to the…
