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Recording stuff using DVD Recorder
Hi. How does recording multiple programmes to dvd work? Is it just like vhs? Does it remember the last position of the disc and appends to it rather than overwrite it? E.g. Record something at 6pm on Mon then 8pm Tues. Would it create a little menu of programmes recorded? I know it probably depends on the recorder but just…
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Windows startup error message
Can anybody help me with this slight error problem. Windows loads up fine, but everytime I get to the main backdrop and all my programs are starting up (MSN, Outlook etc) I get this popup error box. Now it's obviously something I've had installed, maybe got rid of, but something is lying deep in the system for it to keep…
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Help Connecting my tv, sky, freeview and video sender!! AARRGGH!
Hi I have a dilemma, first i have a TV with 1 scart input on it, a sky box with 2 scarts out, a freeview with one scart out and also a video sender which needs to go into a scart out. ATM i have the video sender from sky, sky and freeview on a scart switcher box in the living room. Sometimes my wife likes to watch freeview…
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Why has my junk email/spam gone mad?
I am user of Microsoft Outlook and am used to getting maybe 10-20 junk emails a day, which mostly go straight into my junk email folder. However, yesterday I received about 100 - with about 30 going into my in-box. I emptied my junk email folder this morning and moved the ones from my in-box using 'add sender to blocked…
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Nokia N80 sat nav software
Hi I'm, after some sat nav software for my phone - can anyone advise me which sat nav software and which gps receiver I need - please?
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Winows Vista deals
Some good deals on vista for those who are interested HERE
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Problem with car tax online DVLA
Hi hope someone can help me.. I have been trying to get my car tax online and although I have managed to get to the end of the process and it says my insurance and MOT are verified when I click the NEXT button from this page I get this message.. Retrieval of secure URLs through none secure proxy is forbidden.. Under this…
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DVD Player software and cdrw software for laptop?
Can you please tell me if there is any free DVD player software? Someone has leant my daughter a laptop after hers was stolen and she needs to play dvds on it. It does have a dvd reader and cdrw but no software for either On the dvd reader softaware are there any that you can rewind and pause etc as it it just a bit easier…
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wireless Belkin security question
Hi I have read the security info in these forums and could not quite get the answer I needed, so sorry if its there and I'm being blind. I have a Wireless Belkin Modem Router which has the main PC plugged into it and I have a wireless laptop. I tried once before to sort out security but got in a right mess, so I lived…
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Problem with latest Spybot update
Just downloaded the latest update for Spybot, and it hangs at coolWWWSearch.HomeSearch. Seems I'm not alone....Spybot forum Not read all the posts yet or tried anything. Anybody here had a problem?
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Recording TV programs without a VCR
My favourite program starts on sunday, and I would like to record it. My VCR is broken, but my OH has a laptop. Does anyone know if it is possible to record TV programs onto the laptop hard-disc? If anyone knows, they are bound to be on this forum?
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Scanner suitable for 35mm slides
I've come across literally thousands of slides belonging to OH's parents. lots of family history in there and I'd ideally like to put the best on CD but my scanner is too old and cant scan slides or negatives. can anyone suggest a reasonably priced scanner that would be able to scan slides and negatives to allow me to…
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Tesco TV died, less than a year old. Advice please
Hi Our TV, a 21” Bush, died last night. Switched it on and……….nothing. It didn’t make any noise at all. We have checked the fuse and that is not the problem. We purchased this TV for just under £100 in Tesco last Feb so it is just under a year old. We are aware that all electrical goods have a 1 year warranty. I presume…
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toshiba a100-147 or toshiba a100-197
can anyone tell me which is the better laptop in the toshiba a100-147 or the toahiba sat a100-197 please?
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Filtering rule for Outlook to avoid spam
I have my own website and also email from that website. I use the same email address for everything. Somehow my email has been hijacked and is used to send out spam, have contacted my server but they can't do much about it. Anyway I get all of the "message cannot be sent" and MAIL-DAEMON messages back which clogs up my…
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playing mixed music on an ipod/mp3 player???
hi all, i have loads of cd's that i have ripped to my music library that are mixed as in by a dj, these are usually set into seperate tracks but flow smoothly with no stop between the tracks. when i put these onto my ipod it doesnt recognise that these are mixed and it puts a gap/pause between every track, only half a…
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£50 off all Dell Laptops if you like Penguins...
Hi there, I guess all you hardcore techno heads already know this but... If you bu a laptop / pc you can get the cost of XP back! Please see link below Its from the BBC A Sheffield man has won a refund from Dell for not installing Microsoft's Windows XP on a laptop he bought from the PC giant. If its true it saves you £50…
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Digital picture on tv really bad
Don't know whether it's the really sh***y weather conditions, but most of our digital channels are unwatchable and have been for a couple of weeks - pixellating and loud crackling. Recording on a pvr is the same, plus what looks like fast-forwarding. We are on Winterhill, and can watch BBC1 and 2, but I like Channel 5 and…
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Stolen laptop MSN messenger ID coming online
As some of you might already know my daughters laptop was stolen just over a week ago. She had some msn messenger IDs on there with password already remembered. She changed the password of her main one but forgot about the others till I was online today and saw her name come online when she was in the house downstairs and…
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New windows or not!
Hi guys, I had an accident with my motherboard and processor, have ordered new one's which will arrive in the morning, will my copy of xp work with these, or will I have to get another copy of xp. it was just a thought I had as I bought this copy of xp 2 years ago when I built the computer but now that I have to change the…
