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Laptop
Hi Need help Daughter wants a laptop .As I know nothing about computers thought would ask for help:confused: Here goes Budget £500 Told must have Wireless internet connection Card reader Dual core DVD writer Windows vista home edition Must be quick and have from 80Gb memory. Would prefer to go to a store rather than buy on…
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Converting cubic metres: how to?
Hello, I'm not sure this is the best place for this post but if not perhaps the moderators would re-home it for me? If you have a figure, say, 70 cubic metres, how do you calculate roughly what square metreage this is on the ground? Sorry I know this is probably a v. dim question - but any help and perhaps a worked example…
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web site query
Around 1999 a friend of mine set a web site for me with line one using my domain name. I have not bothered with it until recently. Line one was taken over by tiscali and my friend has moved abroad. Tried having the site taken down or at least access it but have been given the run around by tiscali who cannot help but…
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photo printing
i have a load of scanned photos and images in jpeg and bmp format. can i take these to boots and just get them printed out as normal photos in both formats? also, some of the images are tiny. will they get printed out all stretched? ta.
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hi jack this log
hi,ran a hijack this prog yesterday.can any of you knowledgable people let me know if there is anything i can deleLogfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 14:43:39, on 15/05/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16441) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe…
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What cable wireless router?
Sorry if i'm posting this in the wrong place? I have just signed upto Virgin's cable 4MB deal (can't get very good telephone broadband in my area). I need a good router that won't slow my speed down for me, and doesn't cost more than about £30. I know about the deal on ebuyer from previous threads, but I'm a tad confused…
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Quick question re lcd tv/monitor
My tv has just broken.. I wanted to buy a tv that i can use with my pc as well.. what type of connection does it need to have on the lcd tv? also if anyone can advise me which one to get - would be great.. thanks
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MP3 Creator/Recorder
Hi All, Does anybody know of a piece of software (free might i add as im a moneysaver :D ) that i can record in an MP3 format, or any compatible format for my Ipod Nano, im trying to remember some formulas for an exam an am thinking of putting them on it so i can just keep going over them whilst on my way to and from work.…
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Advent laptop keeps shutting down!
Hi all I bought an Advent ERT2250 from Currys about a week ago. Since then it has shut down 3 times of its own accord while being used. The screen goes black and the battery light goes from green to orange. When you hit the power button the laptop restarts and advises you to enter "safe mode" as windows shut down…
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usa item in uk
I want to get an item from usa which comes with an adaptor and also uses batteries,but i am wanting to us the adaptor as buying batteries all the time is too costly,no what i want to know on the info i placed below,what do i need to make this work in the uk wall socket,the people say i only need a usa to uk adaptor,i…
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Digital camera query
I have a Fuji Finepix 2300 with an ID 16MB memory card. I need more memory so bought a bargain SD 256mb card from Tesco. Can I actually use it in the camera, although the ID one looks bigger, so perhaps I'm answering my own question! I'm going on holiday on Thursday and if I need to get another one I welcome any…
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Help Installing RAM
Hi All, Have just bought some PC3200 DDR for my PC and installed and the PC will not boot. It boots fine with the old RAM in however with either the new + old or just the new it detects the RAM but does not boot. On checking my PC manual it specifies PC2100 or PC2700 RAM so I initially assumed that the PC doesn't have the…
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Help - New Internal Hard Drive not working
I have a brand new 160Gb Maxtor stm3160211as hard drive installed and it isn't working. I installed the drive in to my Dell XP PC using a SATA cable and the available power cable. I have since adjusted the BIOS to turn the drive on. When I am in explorer the drive doesn't show. However, when I right click on the c drive…
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I Want XP Upgrade In Disk Format
Still using Win XP1 from pre-installation on my new laptop, stupid many of you all will say I know. I also know I can upgrade to XP2 for free using Mnicrosoft's automatic upgrades. I have tried that, just went back to XP1. And now Windows Vista is out!!! I want the disk though and that is pretty much a demand and neither…
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Lidl satellite system
My brother recently bought a Silvercrest portable satellite system from Lidl, we are both novices at dishes etc, so read the instructions thoroughly. We connected everything and I held the dish out the door ( it was chucking it down), all was OK, hundreds of channels including BBC1 etc. He has now fixed it to the wall, but…
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Stage 6 from Divx
Hello, My teacher reccomended a site to me were i can download movies, http://stage6.divx.com/ I find there are alot of movies on there that are only out at the cinema, like spider man 3. But i don't understand this, Divx are a pretty big company, so how can they allow this (not that im complaining...)! The site is great,…
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Broken TV
My Hitachi (CRT) TV started going into standby a few minutes after it was switched on, & now won't go on at all, anyone any ideas if its repairable? And how? (Money's tight :eek: so a new one isn't an option)
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excel help
Hi, I recently installed an update from microsoft and now excel won't work, when i try it says installing and then asks me to put in the microsoft office disk, which i don't have all the other office stuff works ok can i do anything or do i need to buy microsoft office again.
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Need new monitor - Any bargains to be had.
Old monitor starting to play up. So thought I should start looking now before it goes altogether. Are there any offers at the moment as I cant find any, and as a member of this site I dont want to pay a penny more than I have to. Many thanks for your help.
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Should I reinstall Windows?
Hi, The three USB ports on my laptop are broken (two are physically broken, the third looks OK, but has suddenly stopped working). The laptop is about 18 months old from Novatech and I chatted with a Novatech techie guy this morning to find out what I should do - I need at least one USB port! He suggested a reinstall of…
