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logging on to ex-networked pc
Our pcs at work have been upgraded and i asked the it man what was happening to the old ones. He told me they were due to be scrapped so asked if i could have one. I took one home but need help on logging on. Its operating on a windows 2000 but I cant get past the control-alt-delete page as its asking me for a name and id…
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canon mp800 printer
Has anyone used one of these if so how did the find the print quality etc. thanks beth
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Sky+ Box - Is it ok to turn it off overnight?
Hi Everyone, I've had a Sky+ box in my bedroom for a few months now and lately it's got even noisier than usual. It was making so much noise a few nights ago that I couldn't sleep and just got exasperated and turned it off at the wall. When I turned it on again in the morning it seemed fine and the fan wasn't so noisy so I…
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Vista pricing?
Hi there, Anyone have definate price for vista prenium ...when it finally hits the streets? I think amazon are pricing it £184.99. Now that is probably for the full without upgrade from xp but to me still seems very very expensive. I have xp home on my laptop and if upgrading to vista premium dont want to pay any more that…
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what does a 30/80gb ipod do more than a 4gb ipod?
Sorry if its a silly question but my teen son is after one (I dont know what all the buttons on my mobile phone does still!!!) so any info on the difference on the size of Ipods is very much appreciated - thanks I know that you can download more music - but what else ???
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opening links freezes the page
hi guys im having problems with my bt/yahoo browser.when i goto a web site and there a link i click on the links the page opens there's a blank page and the browser freezes the only way i can close the browser is by task manager i've checked for viruses and spyware but seems clean can someone help as im so fed up with…
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help instaling xp
Please help . I have a dell laptop and have a dell windows disc. Computer running slow etc so wanted to reinstall windows. I reinstalled but realised that my c drive had 12 gig on it with only windows on . A closer look showed preevious my docs and program files there even though I had selected new install on the windows…
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Tom Tom Go 510 + RDS-TMC Traffic receiver
Anyone have one of these? Any good?
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new family pc...advise please
can anyone advise me on a new desktop. Need for basic wordprocessing/spreadsheets etc etc. internet access, kids PC games, digital photos, dvd/cd rewriter. Do I use Dell/Pcworld for basic model. Totally confused by what is on offer. Also if I get XP can I copy data from microsoft over or do I need this programme on new…
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Music
how do get media monkey to tag a copy of a cd
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Moving contacts from 2g to 3g sim
Hi I bought a USB device off ebay which was supposed to be compatable with 2g and 3g sims. It read the 2g sim fine and so I backed up the contacts from it to my laptop. However, the software throws up an error when I try to read from the 3g sim so I'm loathe to try writng to it. Basically what I want to do is copy the…
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New desktop PC needed - Advice required
I've been considering getting a new system for a while now and the death of my PC today has rather increased my need. Unfortunately I'm rather out of the loop and haven't a clue about all these new spec processors so I'm not sure what systems give good bang per buck. In the past I've build my own, but I don't have the time…
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Annoying Excel macro problem
I've been messing about with a macro in Excel. I deleted the macro afterwards, but now when I open the worksheet I get this: I know I can prevent this message from appearing through Tools>Macro>Security, but that's sidestepping the problem. Does anybody know a way that I can convince Excel that the macro is no more? Thanks.
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MP3 CDs
Hi there This may be a stupid dumb question (I know someone somewhere will say ' Is this poster serious'). How do I record MP3 cds? I have a dvd/rw drive on my computer but my car stereo also plays MP3 cds. I want to put my own compilation onto cd but I'm not sur ehow to do it. Any help would be appreciated. TIA
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media centre version 2002 or 2005??
I've just brought a new media centre pc from PC world and the spec says its a 2005 edition. Where does it tell me this as i've looked in the computer general info and it says its a media centre edition 2002 service pack 2. I checked my 3 year old pc and that is exactly the same version.?
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Does this PC look like a good buy??
Hi, Just wanted a few opinions about this PC before I hit the buy button http://www.additionsdirect.co.uk/AddNet/product.aspx?brand=Additions&cat_id=0&zone_id=0&prod_id=271868 I was going for option 4 as it has pc/printer/19" flat screen and 250Gb HDD and 1Gb RAM I'm also thinking that maybe I should wait a few months and…
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orkut - looking for invites
hello! thought it was about time i jumped on the orkut bandwagon and really thought this site would be bursting with invites like it did during the gmail boom... no such luck though :rolleyes: so - anyone got any invites kicking about then ??? please email me at thewherehouse(at)gmail.com if ya have any thanks !
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Sky +
Hi there I've just introduced a friend to sky so get a free sky + box. Obviously nothing with them is free so I have to pay £60 installation. Does anybody know what the 'installation' entails? Is it something anyone could do? Any help appreciated - many thanks Simon
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Getting hotmail messages in date order
My little girl has pressed something and my hotmail messages are jumbled up. Does anyone know how to put them back in order of being sent ie most recent at top. I don't know how to get it back to normal :confused: Hope someone can help.
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PC energy consumption
During my switch over from dial up to broadband a few years ago, the telewest installer blithely said ' Don't bother with switching off your system - just let it run continuously'. It seems to me that this can't be right, as I have no use for the pc generally between 11 at night and midday, even though I'm on an unilimted…
