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PC Spec?
Hi, I've just bought a new computer - how do I find the technical specs i.e. ram, memory, processor etc. Just want to be sure i've got what I paid for! Thanks Teresa
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cannot open images?
just dowloaded a few covers and cannot open the image ,i get message saying this is not a valid bitmap file /or format not currently supported? tried opening with paintshop pro 8/microsoft photo editor/ windows pic and fax viewer/nero photosnap file with no luck. using aol9 ,been ages since i last did this and never had a…
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Multiregion hack for Funai DR-B2737
Does anyone know of a multiregion hack for the Funai DR-B2737 dvd recorder which is now available at argos for £59.99?
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Some light relief for you all
:rotfl: at this http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=491726&page=1&pp=25
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Importing Outlook Files to new PC
Hi, Having taken the plunge and bought a new PC, I have managed to get most of the data/files transferred over. However, I am having problems importing Outlook files. I have exported them from the old PC and it has generated an outlook.pst file. When it comes to importing them to the new PC, none of the e-mail programmes…
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Moving House how to get emails forwarded?
im moving house on friday to temporary accommodation and have to cancel my pipex account til i move into our new house in a month.Is there a way to get emails forwarded to a hotmail account in the interim?.thanks
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'Paint' shows all!!!!!!
I have hidden files on my PC but I've just been into 'paint' and it shows everything under 'recent documents'. Why is this? I thought hidden files were hidden until you unhide them.:o
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HP Personal media External Hard drive 300gb
Hi I have been looking for the above for a while. I have one, but need another. I have found it on https://www.pcwb.com - PC Business World. They have 2 listed on there - Identical units - I phoned and checked- at very different prices. Product code HPAC0053 is £88.13 plus vat, and product code HPAC0051 is £141.18 plus…
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LCD monitor gone pink
anyone know whats' wrong with it? It's an LG one, about 4 years old, but not used very often. It was fine the last time I used it a week ago to play a DVD. As far as i know it hasn't been dropped or knocked.
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msn problem
I have windows live messenger, we have recently downloaded internet explorer 7 this has all been working fine, i have been trying to get in to my msn inbox it will not let me i managed to get this working by rebooting my computer but then on my partners side of the computer this stopped working we managed to get this…
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Problem installing DVD writer - 'Secondary drive (0) no found' message
I have taken delivery of a new DVD writer drive for my PC. The PC is a Dell Dimension 3000 which originally came only with a CD-RW drive. I have slotted the drive into the PC below the exisiting CD-RW drive and then I attempted to connect the IDE drive cable from the new DVD-RW drive into the spare slot on the motherboard…
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Buying a Motherboard help
Hi, need to buy a new motherboard so i am future proof when upgrading, the pc is mainly used to play games but i am hoping it will provide me with at least 3-4 years of gaming before i buy a ps3 or xbox 360 cheaply. The budget is around £100. I am currently using a Pentium 4 640 lga775 but the motherboard must also accept…
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Microsoft Money - Broken CD and want to move it onto laptop
Hi All I have bought a new laptop and was going to load Money 2005 onto it - but I snapped the disk!! As a non techy - I don't know if there is any way to load it onto the laptop as I have no CD - but have it working on my desktop which is aging and becoming infirm!! If anyone can offer any help I would be grateful -either…
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Broadband speed and email size
I buy a package from Virgin giving me up to 8MB of Broadband and allowing me to send files of up to 10MB via my email account. Using the BT tester, at 17.30, I found I had 1.44MB download speed via the BB, while the Virgin server rejected my 9MB photo file sent via my email account, claiming it was too big. I phoned the…
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Reseting XP login passwords
Not a problem, just a tip and maybe an insight into XP security. If I had a laptop this morning, I may have managed to lock myself out of. If I did I would have took a small download off the internet, burned the iso onto a cd. Probably then, I would have run the cd on the locked laptop. Apparently 5 minutes and 5 presses…
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Anyone bought an Acer 5102 at Comet
As no one in Comet can help. Can someone who has bought one of therse laptops tell me: Whether it has a built in network card as it says : Wired networking Not featured Gigabit LAN Not featured which suggests that it doesn't have one. The response from Comet was that its spec is correct but this seems odd to me as most…
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Google Picasa2 photo albums for ebay?
Has anyone used Picasa2 web albums for storing photos for ebay listings? Does this work OK? Does it matter if the albums are private or public? Thanks in advance... Ed
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problems getting on line
A friend of the missus decided to join the 21st century and get Broadband. They ignored my advice and decided to go with AOL, they also have a "tiny" computer :( They got a netgear wireless router from AOL but didn't have either a wireless card or an ethernet card. I lent them a spare wireless card and they bought an…
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ms word help please
hi im trying to write a letter on word and was writing and correcting as normal but now i think i've clicked something and now if i try to rewrite an error it swallows up the rest of the text have i clicked on something i shouldnt have thanks for all your help
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Problem with TV
Hi was wondering if anyone could help, we won a Philps LCD 15inch TV some months ago and due to us decorating we didnt open it, now i have just come to fit it in our bedroom and when its all wired up all i get is a blank bluish screen with lines across, then they fade after a few seconds and then all is just blue. Anyone…
