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DVD Recorders
I am wondering if it;s worth me buying one. Is it true that if you buy one you can watch on it a prgramme that you started to record a while ago and are still recording. Techwise I'm useless! All makes the same??
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Is Vista OK?
Is Vista sufficiently bug free yet? There is a nice looking laptop going on offer at Aldi on Thursday but its running Vista and I still seem to be reading less than good reviews of it. Any advice please? The spec is exactly what I need and it is under £500 all in.:T
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avg complete test?
just installing avg anti-virus (free) after having big problems with f-secure. Now running a complete test of my computer...its currently on 40 minutes and 134k files... its not been tested for a while (not sure how long) but no threats found so far, whoo! is this a long time to take to scan my computer? its been busy…
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USB Storage Device
Hi, I looking for a USB storage device, Has anyone got one thats compatiable with Vista? Ive looked a few places and they dont say Vista compatible on them. any recommendations, thanks
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My PC Clock is always wrong
The clock and date is now always wrong on my PC. It is now a 5 yr old Athlon XP 1800. All else seems ok. I reset it all the time but on a boot again the next day it is wrong again! Any idea what is wrong here? Thanks.
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How do obtain SP2 for XP 2005?
I need to be running service pack 2 on XP Media Center 2005 in order to install and run visual basic .net. I've looked around the microsoft downloads site but can't find a download for this service pack.
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Help! Anti-spam on Orange/Freeserve
My e-mail on Orange/Freeserve is being killed by delivery status failure message caused by spammers spoofing my e-mail. The e-mails are coming to addresses that use gibberish before the @, e.g. erxjuueqynf@<account>.freeserve.co.uk How can I set-up the filter in Orange/Freeserve so that it kills e-mails unless they are to…
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Cheapest way to build .net applications?
I've got a copy of Visual Basic Studio at work which has been very handy for developing executable applications. I want to do some development at home for one of my own projects. I fancy moving on and seeing what I can do within the .net framework. I want to build an application with windows, text boxes, buttons etc and…
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WindowsXl space problem
Any help appreciated on this problem please. I had WindowsNT installed, then upgraded to WindowsXl. I now have : Local Disc C - 356MB free space, total size 4.97GB Local Disc E - 20.9GB free space, total size 28.6GB I keep getting error message about low free space on Disc C. Is it possible to transfer some of my free…
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Good ways to split internet explorer screen?
I'm looking for an effective way to display two web sites side by side on the screen. I had a quick play with framesets but this doesn't allow proper browsing in the two windows, or the use of favourites etc. My next thought is to use some higher level programming to control the window location of two ie windows. What's…
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Need Comp To Work Faster
Whats the best thing to do? I dont want to spend a lot of money but Im finding my pc starting up quite slowly when I turn it on, whats the best/cheapest/easiest way to do this?
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Laptop charging problem
Hi When I try to charge my laptop or use mains power the lead won't stay properley connected. It is fully in but it keeps switching from mains to battery power and now it won't even charge at all. I've got 11 minutes of power left to find an answer! Urgent help needed! Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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Looking for a Media Centre Prog.
Hi all, I'm looking for a "Media Centre" type program for xp along the same lines as err Microsoft's "Windows Media Centre". It must be slick-looking and *fast*. No bloatware please. I've tried the free "Media Portal", but frankly its pants - at least on my pc. Way too slow. Anyone else got any suggestions? Many thanks,…
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Convert pdf to word
I need to convert a document from pdf to word, does anybody have any suggestions, although a free download would be nice, I don't mind paying if it is a decent product. Thanks
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Flamin itunes radio!
Keeps on rebuffering on me, and it's peeing me off. And one of my fave stations isn't working half the time! Anyone any ides how to fix the damn thing?
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argh!!!!!! kids have updated my old windows media player, confused,
Evening, hoping somone can help me, my little darlings !*! have updated my windows media player, an I can't do a thing with it!! i'm trying to copy a cd that my daughter has on a playlist, and she needs it to do her homework to !! any way the file on the new media playing is saying Windows Media Player cannot find the…
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new E-Mail account on wireless network
I am trying to set up a new E-Mail account for my daughters laptop from a newly installed wireless network The network is fine cause she can access the net buI need a step by step guide to set up her E-Mail I tried but it asked me for my ISP password and I have never set one up:confused:
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help needed with Compaq Presario 700
My laptops just stopped working and we have tried opening it up to see whats wrong (OH is a comp whiz, but not really a laptop one!) and although all screws have now come off we still can't get into it. He thinks it may have overheated but need to see if component can be replaced. Help somebody! Thanks
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Getting rid off...............
Each time I connect, I'm getting the MSN figures in my task bar. When I rt clic on it, and then exit, they go. But next time they're back again. I don't use MSN chat, so don't need them, but how do I get rid of them please.
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How do I encrypt my wireless connection?
:wave: I'm just setting up my wireless router (only taken me an hour and a half so far :wall:) and it looks like my computer has picked up the router now but the connection isn't secure. My router set up gives me the option of WEP or WPA but it asks for encryption key or a PSK string. Where the heck do I find these…
