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Help! PC won't boot up
I got a BAD_POOL_CALLER blue screen error last night and now my PC will only boot to the windows starting up screen and then it reboots itself! The only thing I did different was to update my crapcleaner software and then run it which seemed to crash, so I hit ctrl,alt,del and brought up task manager to end process which…
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Help - £400 to spend?
I have got £400 to spend on a laptop and want to go and get one today as I have put it off long enough. Being a complete technophobe I haven't a clue what I am buying to get best value, can someone please point me in the right direction? I want it simply for surfing and occasionally playing games on, as simple as that. I…
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ARCHOS AV700 - accessories?
Does anyone know if there are any accessories ( e.g. portable hards ) that are compatible and can connect through the USB ports of the AV700? I have seen a pinhole web type cam advertised which says its compatible, and the instructions suggest that you can connect a usb powered hard drive, but tried a couple I have, and…
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adobe photoshop elements 4 and digimarc
i wondered if any one was familiar with these. digimarc copyrights photos. i've got few questions, Do i have to pay to follow the tracking of my photos ? or have i not set it up right:confused:
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Netgear DG834GUK 54MBPS / 108 MBPS
Hi, Apols if this sounds daft - Our broadband is with Fast (Broadband Max). Based on the recommendation from Fast, I am thinking of purchasing Netgear DG834GUK from PCWorld. The question that I have is - when I looked at PC World catalogue I saw that they have both 54 MBPS (Web £64.45) as well as 108 MBPS (Web £89.99).…
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Photoshop CS2 download help?
Hey, do any of you people know of where i can download a full version of photoshop for free? :confused: Its to help with my artwork for school, and i see its quite pricey to buy, so thats not really an option for me. Would really appreciate if anyone knows of any sites that let you do this. Thanks!
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Help, favouries have gone
Started up pc this morning and all my favourites have gone, my teenage son was on last night and says "he's done nothing" (as he would). I have xp and use firefox.
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Random Shut Downs
Hi, Once again turn to the vast knowledge that this forum has in the hope you can assist with a computer problem i am having Computer randomly freezes ( cursor freezes and not even cntrl - alt - del works). Have to reboot....sometimes but rarely then get a window up saying windows has recovered from a serious fault, but…
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Computer won't recognize IPOD
Hi all, Not the usual chat thread for me, you can usually find me in the shopping posts! I have had an ipod for 2 years and everything went swimmingly. However I never updated the software - it took too long and I liked the way the old one worked. So when my boyfriend got a new ipod for xmas and registered it, he dowloaded…
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Spyware Doctor turned Japanese
:confused: Something strange has happened to my spyware doctor (and the update pop-up has changed too).:think: Any ideas?
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Need help/advice with dvd recorder!!!!
Good morning... I bought the BUSH DV3004 (see grab it forum) and although it was a good price I am now started to wonder if I might take it back.... I've followed their set up with my freeview box etc... but when we switch the DVD on... the image is not as sharp in fact not very good at all.. it flickers a bit and we can…
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X Box 360 / PS2 games from USA- will they work in UK?
Off to USA this morning and if they're cheaper over there, may buy some PS2 and XBox360 games to bring home. Will they work in UK, and are they much cheaper?
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Quick question (I hope)
morning tech gods, My missus has a sumsung phone and I have a sony erricson - we've got the software for both installed for uploading pics etc. however... Really annoyingly; when I startup the pc both software suites open up explorer at the "file manager" type directories and I have to close them both down each time. :mad:…
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Importing Downloaded Statements into Quicken
Hi, this follows on from my previous posts about Quicken. Well, I just got my laptop back, most of my accounts set up with opening balance, etc, all ready to accept some transactions, man I'll have to think of a really special birthday pressie now but I'm getting off the point. So I logged into Natwest Online Banking,…
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The Tale Of The Computer!
Hi guys and gals, well it's been a rotten 2 weeks, my first computer (shop bought) started playing up, I posted on here for help, some said it sounded like the PSU fan some said it sounded like the CPU fan, the shop said it sounded like a software problem, so after pulling my hair out over this, because I don't like shops…
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decent graphics card?
hi guys, im looking into buying a new laptop but keep being told by people that it must have a decent graphics card to play the new games smoothly. i was wondering if anyone had an idea what sort of graphics cards i should be looking out for/ avoiding when looking to buy. p.s. i was looking to spend around £600 on a new…
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DVD/TV 9.2 screen-no reception.
I hope someone can help me, please. I have just bought a combined 9.2 screen DVD/ digital TV, on E bay, new, as I work away from home and thought that the built in Freeview would be useful to use in the hotel room which usually have only 4/5 channels(Travelinn e.g.) I tried to tune it in using the aerial provided which…
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Sky HD
I will prob be getting sky within the next 4 or so months. Whilst i dont like paying the £299 for the HD box, the bit that really gets on my nerves is the £10per month subscription charge. I remember when sky+ came out at first, there was a £10 subscription charge, but was since dropped if you had one of the premium…
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Good Mail-Order/Online PC Component Suppliers
Which is the best mail order or online PC component supplier? I used to use Dabs, but since they've been taken over by BT they've started a no-phone contact policy, even in the even of problems, which is unacceptable to me. Which PC suppliers do you moneysavers recommend?
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Any free web hosts which supportms frontpage?
thanks,can't find one.
