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Urgent help needed .....wdb files
Hi everyone I need someone to help me....big time. I have just received an email containing files of postal addresses to use in sending out leaflets this weekend for our forth coming event. The lady sent them in wdb format and I cannot open them. She said that it was created in Microsoft WORKS which she says is standard in…
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tv on your pc
Hi everyone, My pc has a tv tuner installed and For some reason it will not pick up any itv channels. Anyone know why or how to get this sorted. I only have a portable aerial. Would a booster or an external aerial work.? o/s - vista using windows media centre:rotfl:
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Internet connection problems.
I'm connected to 8mb Broadband with Homecall and normally have no problems. My modem is normally connected to the main telephone connection....until today. I have had to move my computer to another room and have just had a new telephone socket fitted today in order to move the computer. The electrician took a feed off of…
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Dell power adaptor
Hi It seems my power cable for my laptop is broke. Its the transformer bit that is the problem and only Dell sell the 3 prong type apparently. However, I have used a different cable altogether (borrowed) that works fine, is the right voltage and so on. Does using a non-Dell cable pose any risks? I'm just thinking it might…
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has the battery on my motherboard failed
pc has been working fine. i built it around 6yrs ago. today i turned it on and it wouldnt boot. it couldnt find the floppy drive. well i dont have one and when i went into the bios all of the settings were back to default. i changed them and booted into windows no problem. this afternoon i booted the pc and again it…
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External DVD Rewriter
I am looking for an external DVD rewriter for my tower (I don't know how to put in an internal one!). What specifications should I be looking for? Internal ones are much cheaper, but are the simple to fit in an inclosure and then use externally? How would I do this? Whats the difference between a SATA and a IDE drive?…
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I really can't play DVDs in Linux
I've tried everything: shouting, kicking it, restarting... I'm using Xubuntu, and I'm very much a n00b. If I try it in Gxine, I get an error that says: The Gxine engine failed to start No input plugin was found. Maybe the file does not exist or cannot be accessed, or there is an error in the URL. And I really don't get it.…
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XBox 360 Wireless network adaptor
Hello I've bought one second hand off ebay as a present. No instuctions and I'll probably have to help set up. Any tips? Can I test it with my PC? It tries to install but then looks for a driver that I don't have. It will be used with a netgear router that is already happily working wired. Thanks Steve
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Anyone know anything about Eztouch ?
At work they have eztouch 3.7 (for retail shops with a touche screen) and it's, well not very good. It has a problem when it loads up, not always but sometimes and it says "unable to load sales file." I've lookedd on google an no luck at all and hoped someone might have used it at some point and have some ideas about what…
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How To Remove Programmes From Start Up Please?
Hi I've been trying to remove some programmes from the start up menu. But when I go into Control Panel, Task Bar/Start up/Advanced there's no list of attached progs. so I can't unattach them if you get my drift....? Where else can I look please? Thanks
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Micro Billing System scam
can anyone help, i keep getting a pop up that freezes my screen for at least 10 mins at a time, from a company called my sex world, saying ive subscribed to a site, which i havent any ideas how to deal with this? sarah
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Getting data from another HDD
I need to try to recover the 'my documents' data from somebody else's hard disc as their computer died and they are buying a new one. As far as I am aware their Hard disc is still ok so can I just plug it into my computer temporarily and transfer the required data to my hard drive etc? I was thinking I could just unplug my…
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help with internet please
Not really a techie so i'll try and explain the best way i can. :o On my computer there's 2 accounts, mine and my hubby's. His is working fine, ie-same as before, but mine has changed this week, so i know there's basically just been a change in my settings and the whole computer, if that makes sense?! Anyway, the changes…
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Freesat in Block of Flats - cost?
HI I have just purchased a flat which has a communal satellite dish. I am not sure whether to sign up for a Sky package, and would probably be more than content with Freesat. I understand this is a one-off fee of £150, but as there is a dish there, and all I would need is the Sky Box and viewing card, is there a cheaper…
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USB Port Doesnt recognise external HD
I have a 160gb Freecom Classic SL External Hard Drive The device works fine on my desktop PC but when I plug into my lapto I get the error message USB Device Not recognized. I know the USB port on my laptop is ok because I can use other devices on it (flash drive / MP3 player etc) I have tried the obvious stuff rebooting,…
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How do I cancel 'Forwarding' on BT Yahoo webmail?
I won't bore you with why, but I had reason to enable 'Forwarding' in BT Yahoo webmail, whereby it forwarded all mail, automatically, to another of my mail accounts. I now want to cancel 'Forwarding', but there seems to be no way to cancel - in desperation I tried to change the 'Forwarding' addy to my BT addy, but it said…
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windows security centre
elo elo my security center is showing me a warning that my anti virus and windows defender has been switched off, i am running windows vista premium with avg free and they are all up to date and running but still shows on the security center they are off???? :mad: first time this has happened usually they are all on. help…
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Ebay..my ebay??
hi . i have tried today to go onto ebay with my desktop. when i accessed the site i tried to go onto "my ebay" i was then asked to download an file "ebay dll" file anyone know what this is??? i can't assess "my ebay" although everything else seems ok! i have no problems with my laptop couple wirelessly to the same router.…
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New motherboard
Hi I'm having a lot of trouble with my graphics card at the moment and in the last week I have tried 3 different types without any luck the only one I can get to work is a real old old one and the previous 2 I had in there only lasted a year each, I now think there is a problem with my AGP slot as it is very loose which…
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cannot access https after upgrade
Hi all, My mum's anti virus ran out and she upgraded to a new one (three initials with a "v" and a "g" in them i think). However something somewhere has changed as she can no longer access any https page. All http ones are fine though. Sounds like something in the security settings has changed but she and I cannot figure…
