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Hard Drive Recorder with sky input?
I would like to buy a hard drive recorder with built in freeview but which would also record programmes from my sky box. As a money saver, my skybox has only the card to watch the free to view channels and we miss some of the free to air stuff on the freeview box. I could fix up my old freeview box as well but am trying to…
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sky + and auto programme???
on my old sky box i was able to programme channels to watch these would start automatically but i havent seen this option available it only asks if i want to record is it possible to start programmes auto via set up? many thanks
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Cdr
Hello everyone I am after about 100 blank CDR for copying music onto, any one know a cheap place to get some good ones. I am looking for ones that are hard to scratch.....also in my research so far can anyone tell me what the following mean... 52 x speed or compatible 1-16 x speed..which speed is better? Cheers BH
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How can Vista "share pictures/video on my PC or TV"?
I'm a little confused, I've got a Vista PC on order (from Dell, it was a cracking deal thanks to grabbit forum :D ) but was just looking at a video on Microsoft.com where they say Vista can share your pics and video on a tv - and you can also pause live tv. How does this work, does it stream tv through an internet…
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HELP zipped files
please please can anyone give me simple steps to unzip and install a file (software from canon) i have tried winzip and it keeps repeating same steps???? unzip and install which i do but it dont install??? im desperate to get this software installed for my printer as my software disc is broken and im away from home for a…
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Free SMS gateway?
I want to send 30 or 40 texts a month directly from my website, but since I'm on MSE I don't want to have to pay for them. I'm not talking about using Cardboardfish or any other service where I'd need to type the information into a form on their site - I want to use an http request to send the text directly using data…
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Tivo
the thought of paying £10 a month for the same functionality as an old VHS player is making me squirm! Anyone know of a TIVO stockist outside the US? I'd rather not ebay such an expensive thing.
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Cursor hackers target WoW players
Cursor hackers target WoW players World of Warcraft has become hugely popular around the globe World of Warcraft players are being targeted by hackers exploiting flaws in how Windows handles animated cursors. The flaw came to light in late March and lets attackers take over vulnerable PCs via booby-trapped websites.…
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Google reveals exec salary deal
Google reveals exec salary deal Google has seen its shares soar since listing Search engine giant Google only paid its three executives salaries of $1 (50p) in 2006, accounts show. But chief executive Eric Schmidt and co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin saw their combined Google shares worth $31.5bn by the end of the…
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virgin media tv
i have virgin media broadband (not wireless) and home phone. i pay about £29 a month for both. for just a £1 i can get the tv as well! they phoned and said they can send the box and cable for me to install myself! as i am not going to pay another installution fee!! do anyone know how easy it is to install they say it…
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Best Motherboard
Of these two Motherboards.... which is the better??.... ASUS P5VDC-TVM mATX P4M900 (FAVORIT 1000 I M06) or ASUS M2V-MX: DUAL DDR II, SATA, x16 slot, 2 PCI ETC Thanks!
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Web hosting with MSAccess, ASP and SQL
I'm currently putting together my first database driven website. I'm interrgationing an MS Access Database with ASP and SQL. I'm current using WinXp Pro to act as the server, but I want to do some testing on a proper web server. Does anybody have any tips on who to use as a host? I was hoping to use an EU domain, but it's…
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No sound on web pages?
Having a few problems with the sound on my pc. When I play a music file in WMP it plays fine but if I go to youtube I don't have any sound? Any ideas anyone? anyone :)
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PC Activity Monitor Software
Hi, Is there any software availble free (which actually works and doesnt have silly popups or mess up the system) which can allow me to keep a check on a troublesome teenager who is pretending to do school work on the net 24hrs a day, but is actually playing and chatting and email weirdos etc etc. But then closes the…
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Email alerts
This seems a stupid question but, how do I get an email alert, so that I know when a new message comes through when I'm on the internet. My emails come through outlook express and unless i click on the icon every now and then, I don't know when a new message comes through.
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"all programs" .. containing site that are not programs ??
when you click START then ALL PROGRAMS you get the white columns showing the programs in your computer . On my sons computer . it shows up about 10 gambling sites .... that don't actually have any programs downloaded .. ( nothing showing on the "add/delete programs" ) but if you click on them .. it will load up the website…
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Making a wireless router secure
Hi there I have a wireless router Ive been using for a while, but I havent yet made it secure with a password etc ( but not through want of trying!) Ive read the information that comes with the router, but its not in very plain english, and I cant find any mention of security. Can anyone give me a pointer as to what the…
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Good Video/Audio/DVD software
Hi, can anyone recommend some good software that will allow me to edit and create my own little video clips. Ideally I would like to be able to easily edit the vidoe from my digital camera and also take snippets of footage from DVD etc and mess about with the audio and video. The more user friendly, the better. Thanks very…
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Strange Media Player problem......
I downloaded a movie file (a .avi file) a while ago, watched it and saved it to my hard drive. I've just opened it up in Windows Media Player (as before) to watch again and the picture is now upside down and back to front!!?? Never had this happen before, anyone know the cause/fix? The OS is vista Thanks!
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Failure to boot
Just switched my desktop on and it is going straight to searching for boot cd - not found then searching for boot floppy - not found. Help what can I do to bypass this and just boot the computer please?
