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Blu-Ray Is Dead
It would seem that the !!!!!! industry is backing HD-DVD due to cost issues,so you can kiss goodbye to using your nice expensive Sony Playstation 3 as a HD DVD player http://tomshardware.co.uk/2007/01/11/ces2007_hddvd_blu_ray/ I think Sony deserve all that is coming to them at the moment with the way they have been…
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Openoffice
I have downloaded this free from the net and use it for my budgeting spreadsheet. I am quite proficient and it works well for me, but is there a formula for transferring the sum of one cell onto another page within the same document, i.e. I have one page which states our incomings, then on another page this sum is used to…
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Where do I find out..
I am using a PC that my son built for me from other PC's he no longer used.. the computer case says its a DELL but I am not sure how much he added or removed from the original how do I find this out , I guess somewhere I can look in the PC and it will all be listed but I have no idea where to look . Also I have no DVD…
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Self Built Computer
can anybody help please, i have built a new base unit , following the motherboard manual, plugged the monitor in and turned it on, but nothing is coming through the monitor, any advice welcome, tha:confused: nks
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Small screen laptop..
Can anyone recommend a currently available Windows laptop/notebook with a 8-9 inch screen. Need to be able to go online or instore and buy it now. Thanks
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Using a Laptop Abroad
Hi guys I am looking at buying my dad a Laptop for his 60th next week the only thing is once he retires (March) my parents are looking at going SKIing and moving to Spain. They only want the laptop for Internet, so is there anything I can get that can use the net here and in Spain. Would a data card work abroad or would it…
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Win XP using %homepath% for win.ini
Does anyone know why my copy of XP would be using %homepath%\windows\win.ini instead of using %systemroot%\win.ini?
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Last hope help with Java
Hi Are there any java programmers out there?? I need help with some code I'm amending, I've no experience of java at all, and my head is really starting to hurt I've been at this for 3 days straight and every issue I fix brings up another issue. Please pm me so I can send you the code. Thanks Helen
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Pc keeps freezing...any advice??
My pc is almost two years old now and keeps freezing for no reason. Yesterday, it froze 8 times throughout the day. My exdp plays a online game on here and it started freezong whenever he closed the game but now it is doing it anytime. Most of the time it will do it when someone is reading forums. We have macaffe (however…
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Netgear DG834N web page problems
I have the above router, connected to 3 pc's, 2 over a wireless connection and 1 wired. The problem i have is that the wireless pc's cannot load the google page but the wired connection has no problem at all. It says web page found, but never loads it. I have changed the routers firewall to allow all on the wireless…
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How do I delete this file?
I have a memory stick with a MS Word document on it which I don't need anymore, the document will not open, it says 'there is a serious disk error on file *****', I can right click it and then delete and it disappears from the folder, but when I open the folder again the document is still there and I can not get rid of it,…
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Something weird has happened to my PC - help needed please
The other day I couldn't get an internet connection, and after many phone calls to Talk Talk it turned out I had a cross-line with somebody else (makes sense). Anyway I ended up having to reinstall all the modem stuff (you know, with the starter CD that Talk Talk send you when you first start up). Now, when I sign into the…
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Any1 recommend a Free DVD burning App..
Been using 1click dvd copy pro demo but is about to expire (very easy to use). Any1 recommend an alternative 'free to use' to download. Only backup the odd dvd so don't really want to purchase a full package!
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not to worry sorted it
sorted now
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Can i use less energy with laptop?
Hi, I have looked through the power parts in the control panel already but does anyone know if you can reduce energy use while you are using the laptop i.e. not when it is idle? I have a fan cooler that runs off the USB. Does this mean the computer works overtime thus cancelling out the effect of the cooler? Answers on a…
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trojan-spy.win32@mx
Hi there trojan-spy.win32@mx Hoping someone can help. My Dad (again) says that he keeps getting warnings about this and it appears in the system tray. I think it is a piece of malware but not entirely sure (there doesn't seem to be anything about it on the symantec or mcafee sites). He is running Norton, Ewido Anti…
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19" TFT Monitor wanted but what one ?
Wondered if you can help me out please . I am after a 19" TFT monitor but don't want to spend loads as my 18 month old daughter will inevitably smash it up as she is the devil in disguise at the moment ! Can anyone recommend one that would do the job till she stops being such a nightmare and then we can get a good one .…
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Nero CD burning failed?
I have been using my Nero software to burn my CD's and DVD's for around 3 years now and all of a sudden I am getting a write error while trying to burn a CD. I have saved the error log file but can't make head nor tail of it. I was wondering if anyone here would be willing to have a look at the log file for me to see if…
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internet explorer download
hi, help needed. I was downloading a file on my mac, os9.1 on internet explorer but it stopped half way through. now i've got a half downloaded file i can't use or put in the bin. what do i do????
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audio speakers for laptop digital presentation?
I am some advice for a more suitable sound system for a laptop/digital projector setup used for presentations for a small group of people in a small hall. I completely overlooked this when I purchased the digital presentation equipment, one of the uses will probably involve dvd film type shows. I had a quick google for…
