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New Dell, Cant put old hard drive in ! arghh
Hello Ive got a 80gb hard drive which I had in an old pc and it has all my saved items on it. In my wisdom my new Dell arrived today and I immediately went to put the old drive in it (as additional) but realised the connections are completely different ! There is no long (god knows how many pins) connector or the other one…
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Can't copy from HD to dvd
Hi I'm sure it's really simple, but then so am I when it comes to computers :D I have a film on my PC's hard drive and I want to copy it onto a disc. When I go through the steps to burn the disc, all is OK until I go to select the file - then it's not there. When I open the folder with all the files in - it's empty.…
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PC Switching itself off!
Hiya folks, Can I pick your brains please? I have a 6 year old Tiny pc running windows xp home edition networked but for some reason after being on for about 2 mins after boot up (all works fine) it likes to seemingly switch itself off again with no warning at all. The monitor goes onto standby and the power light on the…
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Firefox1 upgrade to version2 ?
I've been running Firefox1 for some time with no probs. I've now downloaded Firefox2 to disc, but I'm nervous about installing; as that's when things seem to go wrong. I will create a restore point before installing. Is Firefox2 a definite improvement on version1 and should I install it? Are there any common problems…
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Need help with Excel spreadsheet
Hi! I'm trying to make something on the computer which has the current time on it and also counts down in a separate box. It also needs to reference values from an excel spreadsheet dependant on what the time is. I think I can do all of this in Excel but can anybody advise the best way or somewhere I can look for an…
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dvd capacity
can someone advise if dvd's are available to record more than 2hrs video, thats the largest i can find thanks
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2 Questions one about Anti-virus and the other about Java
1. Of the free Anti-virus software available, does one preform much better over the other, Anti-vir or AVG? 2. "J2SE Runtime environment" which i believe is a Java application. I'm not to sure, has updated itself on my machine in updates 8-10 each one is around 120mb in size according to the add/remove section on windows.…
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Startup list 2.20 question..
I ran this software yesterday, (i am trying to speed up my PC), and was amazed at how much stuff my PC is running, but having copied the results to my clipboard i need to decypher what it all means. (I want to stop stuff running that i don't really need. ) any web-sites i can use please.
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web page backgrounds not showing
I have a laptop which is somehow set to not show backgrounds on web pages. Everything else is fine - normal display is working properly, all drivers & Windows up to date etc. I didn't think this would be a problem but it does mean that certain webpages cannot be viewed properly because they rely on a different background…
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Printer refusing to print in any colour cos 1 cartridge is empty? can I overide this?
Ok, here's the problem - I have a Brother DCP-120, it has 4 cartridges (3 colour, 1 black) all the cartridges have ink in except the blue which has run out. I need to print something in black only, but the printer will not let me, even though the black cartridge is virtually full. I have changed the document to grayscale…
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The digital home
According to Bill Gates everything in our home will soon be run by Windows at some grand control hub. Who wants to have their whole life run by Microsoft? As if we are not divorced enough from our natural selfs with things like ready meals. It really feels like the human race is becoming a slave to Microsoft technology and…
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Printing via VPN help???
I dial into a clients server at work, I need to be able to print various documents etc to a network printer located in our offices. How do I install my network printer onto the clients network server in order that I can print? Any help would be most appreciated. Cheers Jona
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Transferring from MP3 player to PC
Hiya Guys, Last night I downloaded a load of stuff using another PC, it put this stuff onto my Philips 512mb player, so I could then transfer the music onto my laptop at home. One problem being I have been trying to get these tunes from the MP3 player onto my laptop, but with no success. I have tried drag and drop, and…
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Boot cannot find Hard Disk on start up
While trying to improve the performance of my PC I "accidently!" altered some settings in the bios/cmos set up menu and now the computer will not boot to the operating system. It apperars that I have caused the hard disk C drive to no longer be accessed on start up. I have tried to reset the bios/cmos but even when I do…
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emails
I am currently with ntl broadband at a cost of £17.99 per month and am thinking of joining sky broadband. What i need to know is if its possible to still recieve emails through my ntl email account, or if i can migrate incoming mail to a gmail account. I have subscribed to a lot of emails i.e fhm, tesco, footy sites etc,…
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how do I email an address group without showing everyone all the addresses?
Hi there, I want to email one of my address groups but don't want the email to show all of the other recipients to each person I am mailing to, is there a way to mail everyone in one go without showing all of the addresses? Thanks very much
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XD memory card
I am looking to buy an 512 XD memory card for an Olympus/ Fuji camera. I do not understand the difference between the M/H. Also Olympus xd card seems to be more expensive, I do not know why as I am sure I can use a fuji xd card as well. I am wondering whether I can buy the cheapest which is a fuji and use it in my olympus…
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MP3 on Win 98
It's a long shot, but can anyone recommend a cheap MP3 player than can definitely be used on a Windows 98 1st Edition PC. I've seen one on play.com for £7.99 - Play Lite V2 256MB USB2.0 MP3 / WMA player. Any suggestions ?
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Anybody Got a Free Alternative To 'Microsoft Publisher' Please?
I used to use Microsoft Publisher for making greeting cards and calendars. Anybody know of a free alternative because I no longer have a licensed copy of Publisher nor do I want one either. Ideally I like downloadable software rather than creating online unless somebody has a REALLY good one. Thanks.
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Tom tom one software
Hi all I've recently bought tomtom one sat nav from ebay but it didn't with any software cd's or activation code... Do I need this for updates and speed cameras etc? Also I seen an activation code on a card on ebay its been used can i use the same activation code? thanks all in advance Richard
