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Questions about freesat from sky
Hi Thinking of getting freesat from sky because freeview doesn't work in our area. I've a couple of questions if anyone can help: 1. Is it possible to ask Sky to set the system up so I can watch freesat in another room (I know it will have to be the same channel in the other room if I'm only going to get a single LNB). Any…
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Will Sky still carry ITV and BBC channels when their own freesat starts in 2008?
Hi all I've just moved in to a new house, and the terrestrial TV signal is dreadful, so no chance of using freeview anymore. I am close to signing up with freesat from sky, but i just want to make sure that I'll be able to get all the main free to view channels once the BBC and ITV freesat service starts early next year.…
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Old cable system in house - will it work?
Hi I have just moved in to our new house, and the previous tennats have left behind all the equipment for Virgin Media. They said they had phoned them up to disconnect the service. My question is whether I will be able to pick up free to view channels through the cable system, or will I have to phone Virgin up and get them…
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Free AntiVirus, PopUp Blocking etc
HI All, I wondered whether anyone knew where I could get free antivirus,and pop up blocking, etc for my parents' computer? Any recommendations are gratefully appreciated. Cheers Andy
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Hijackthis log
Hello! Could any expert have a look at my hijackthis log. Thanks Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 22:50:13, on 06/05/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe…
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Overheating Laptop
Hi, I hope you can help me!! I have a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo laptop, which we bought brand new a year ago. Its worked beautifully until yesterday - its shut down 3 times unexpectedly and seems to be because its overheating - its very hot on one side of the keyboard area. This has happened before, when I loaded my Sims games…
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will office 2003 work with vista
hi guys sorry if already posted but i cant find it i have a new pc coming pre loaded with vista basic can i put office 2003 ,paint shop pro 8 and nero 6 on this machine without causing any conflicts with vista
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please help me buy a camcorder
Hi Everyone Just really what the tiitle says really i'm after a camcorder to record my family with nothing fancy just something that gives a good recorderd picture. Was thinking of spending upto £250-£300. Has anyone got any thoughts Andy
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Word document to openoffice problem
I been sent my updated C.V. by email in a Word document which is compiled on two pages but I only have Openoffice on my computer which when it opens the file it is compiled on three pages and does not look very good. I have gone into format-indents&spacing-line spacing which is set to single my wife seems to think its…
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Changing Template/Background on Powerpoint
My work logo has changed. I thus have to change the 20 or so powerpoint files and the background images the presentations are on to the new logo jpeg file. Any ideas how to do this? Cheers
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What is this startup SQL program and how do I kill it?!
This is a program which for some reason startsup each time. I had used a program called "ChemDraw" (for my dissertation) I have since uninstalled that but still this strange SQL server keeps popping up. I've disabled it where I can but it still appears in my system tray - my laptop takes about 6-7 mins to start up now so…
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Burning audio CD's
Hi all I'm trying to burn an audio CD for use in the car using WMP v11 I've dragged the tracks to the burn pane, but the Start Burn button is still greyed out. All the times are correct (length of track) as far as I can see, and I have left the space for the 2 second gap that WMP puts between each track. The system…
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Mesh computers 22" monitor-are they any good?
Hi there, I have noticed that Mesh computers are now offering 22" monitors with a lot of their desktops. Has anyone any experiiece of these monitors and if they are any good etc?. Also if anyone has bought a computer from Mesh recently and overall experiecne? My old Mesh desktop is over 7 years old now and looking around…
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Live webcam - will this work?
I want to set up a live webcam from my PC, I don't need to record the images but I do need to be able to access the live images from another PC. I have done a quick google and in the absence of having my own website it suggests beaming the images to a 'webcam service' such as Yahoo (I'll worry about what the hell that may…
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Internet Explorer 7
Normally use firefox 2 as my main browser. Also have IE v6 on my pc. Have not bothered to upgrade to V7 because few people had problems using it in the past. However when using hotmail it opens a IE browser. Was wondering if it is okay now to upgrade to v7? Has all bugs been ironed out etc
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Editing Title
Some isps like to install their name into your browser, e.g. Internet Explorer provided by Cheapest/Fastest.com. If you have Spybot you can get edit this by using Mode/Advanced/Tools/IE Tweaks, and so remove the offending name, or I suppose you could put in your own slogan. However my question is, how do you get rid of an…
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USB Connector to ethernet Connector.
I have purchased a wireless router to connect two pcs. The instructions tell me to plug my broadband modem in to router, from the router to back of one of the pcs. Then from there I should be able to configure the wireless bit out. However there is a snag. The broadband modem has a USB cable end, which goes in to pc, but…
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SVGA cable
I would just like to ask, where can I get a cheap SVGA cable from? Thanks in advance.
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Vista home basic & premium
I was looking at the differences between these 2 versions of vista. Are there any functional differences, by that I mean. What will a pc loaded with basic not be able to do compared with premium? I can see that the visual effects are different & some search features are on premium only but will the pc function for normal…
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Limited Accounts on XP
Have created a limited account on my computer for my children so they can surf the net etc. Am using XP Home. Being limited restricts the user from downloading files. Am i correct? If correct does that mean it is near impossible to download trojans/viruses etc
