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Taking a still picture from a DVD
Hi Is it possible to take a still picture from a DVD? I have a DVD taken on holiday and would like to print out a picture from it? Any ideas please - in plain english if possible! thanks!
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Problem with sky e-mail
Hi there My mother has gone onto sky broadband and is having problems with her e-mail. When she tries to go into the mail - puts her username and password in, the screen looks like it is going into the mail, but when the activity bar at the bottom of the screen gets to 100%, the page doesnt change - e-mail doesnt open. She…
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which new laptop shall I get?
I had my laptop stolen among other things when I got burgled, insurance are finally paying out and I'm getting a £399 voucher for PC World either tomorrow or Friday so I need your technical guidance in buying the best! It'll be mainly used by my son to play games such as sims 2, zoo tycoon etc he also plays online games…
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Vista / BT Broadband compatability probs on dell machine?
I have made the mistake of helping someone get a good deal on a dell machine. They bought a Dimension PC E520 running vista. The BT broadband when live yesterday, and runs very slow (and apparently much slower on certain websites). I have not see the problem or machine yet, but as I recommended the PC I will be expected to…
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pleease help! error message Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80004005'
I am trying to choose a design templat on mr site and keep getting the following error message: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80004005' Timeout expired /conn.inc, line 3294 can anyone pleeeease help, what is it, what does it mean, how do i fix it?? Many thanks Tara x
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Which DvCam?
I want a DvCam for amateur film-making etc.Budget up to £200, But i dont want any old one. I want a good optical zoom, ability to take stills, and ideally a mic input. Any other features i should be looking for keeping in in mind what the camera will be used for. If anyone could suggest some cameras, where to get them etc.…
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Virgin set top box connected to media center pc HELP!!!
Hi please can anybody help me I have a media center pc and have just had a virgin digital set top box installed which i would like to connect to my media center pc i have had no problems watching analogue tv on my pc the virgin installer told me to buy an ariel lead to go from my pc to the set top box and it should be fine…
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need help with letter sizing on pc
hi all, in the past week all the text size and spacing on my pc has gone really large.it used to be an average size and i never had to use the slider along the bottom but now only half the page seems to fit the screen and thats not even when using the full screen which is meant to cover the full page.the font size used to…
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Not Enough RAM to open Photoshop
Can anyone help please? I have scanned some documents and tried to open the files but get a message saying that there's not enough RAM to open them and I cannot view them What do I do please? I have 1GB . Recently ran a defrag. Fairly new to computers so would value any advice please.
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Transferring files between computers via a wireless router
Hey I've got my new dell pc today :D but have stored all the files on my laptop after my old desktop died. I've got about 5GB to transfer across but how do I set up a way to do it via m'router? I've got my laptop connected to router wirelessly and the new pc is connected directly to the router via the ethernet port. I…
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Laptop Screen Goes Blank
Twice today my laptop screen has gone blank. The programs are still running as I can hear the music playing. There was some windows updates earlier today, think they could be causing it? If not what else could it be?
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Virus help please
My mate has to upload a file (accounts, sage) the the goverment website. He has a dial up connection and outpost firewall but no virus checker. The question, would it be safe to go online for a few minutes to upload the file, he does have the firewall and will only access what should be a safe site and it might take longer…
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Wat Is The Dif Between Samsung LCD Range R73 and R74?
Hi I want to buy a new LCD TV and have my eye on the following models: - Samsung LE40R73BD Samsung LE40R74BDX What are the differences between the R73 and R74 ranges? Thanks.
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Wireless
well i have 2 desktops and 1 laptop. The problem is i want them all to have internet. Neither of the desktops have wirlesss cards or anything, but the laptop does. What will i need to buy to make both the desktops work with wirless. Btw one desktop is upstairs and one downstairs. Can someone give me the links to websites.…
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Rebooting PC
Folks :- A friend of mine has a PC that reboots after a period between 5 minutes and a couple of hours and it's bloomin' frustrating for her. I've had a quick look at it and can't see anything wrong with it. It's fairly recently built, all the components are properly seated, I've stripped it down to video card and hard…
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zonealarm not always starting at startup
sometimes zonealarm does not start at startup (most times it starts up ok), and i have to manually enable it. all the entries associated with zonealarm are ticked in the msconfig utility. this problem has only started recently. i am using windows XP
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Backup whole PC
I already do regular backups of my data from my pc, but as I use many different programs on it, if the hard drive or PC failed, I would lose a lot of time re-installing all the programs and then the data. Would it work if I copied the entire C drive to a portable hard drive or a separate directory in another PC? Could I…
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CD thinks it is something else!
I have a new copy of Now 66 (OK it is my son's really :o ) but when I tried to rip it to me PC it came up with a different title, artist and track listing. Apparently it thinks it is by Princess Superstar (Who?). The tracks have copied OK to my PC but it is annoying that it doesn't have the correct titles and artist for…
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Panasonic DMREX75 DVD Recorder
Anyone got one of these ? - is the divx incompatibility likely to be an issue in the future and is it something that could be rectified by a firmware flash ? - is it quiet ? - it can definitely record from sky/cable yeah ? - if I have another freeview box, I will be able to record (on the Panasonic built in tuner) one…
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how to get rid of AVG
hi, my AVG is not working properly! I think it always something about control centre messed up or something... well it doesn't work! and my computer is so slow so I wanna get rid of it and some other things and put avg back on, how do I get rid of it? its not letting me uninstall it says error (sorry can't rightly remember…
