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Which external hard drive for laptop?
Hi, I have a HP laptop, with 100GB memory. I just want to use the drive as back up, mainly for photos. Any suggestions? Thanks
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Livebox and/or Tiscali advice please.
Hi, I am in the process of changing our ISP. I wanted to join Tiscali on their £17.99 deal to include all phone calls. Orange have offered the same deal via a Livebox. I am a real Technical novice and don't quite understand the process:o I would like to know, If I have a Livebox, can I use my phone as normal? It is…
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looking for some mapping software
Hi mse's Please can somebody out there in money saving land help me. I am looking for some software that will allow me to pinpoint multi points on a map and then i can plan my day's / week, Ive just changed my job and in my new job im given up to 100 calls to be made a week, the info' im given is postcode address etc,…
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track naming on windows media player
ages ago , on my old pc , i could rename all the tracks on an album with something in WMP that would search for a specific album then rename all your tracks correctly .... is this still available as i cant find it at all? cheers
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Convert MP3 to WAV
Have some music in mp3 format. Is there a free software that can convert it to wav format? Have an old cd player which does not play mp3 :-(
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Swopped to Linux - which messenger?
Which messenger do I have to get as Billy Gates doesnt do one for linux! cheers
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New MS OS?
Ive just heard from a techie friend who is quite a genuine chap that Vista is a stop gap much like ME and they will be releasing a new OS that the like none of us have seen before, has anyone else heard of this?
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Lexmark Z54 Printer Problem
I am finding that my Lexmark Z54 printer keeps printing some things off the page. I am wondering if I have accidentally changed my printer settings. How can I check this?
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Wireless WEP encrytion can be cracked in 2 minutes
maybe nows the time for you all to change to WPA http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6595703.stm In early April three cryptographic researchers at the Darmstadt Technical University in Germany revealed a method of exploiting the flaws far more effectively. Before now it took at least 20 minutes of monitoring the airwaves…
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Microsoft office 2003 uninstall
I bought a copy of office 2003 off ebay and now Microsoft have but a stop due to it being a copy, but it won't let me uninstall it, it asks for a patch package, does anyone know a way round it or a web site to help me.
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Open office
Hello I recently downloaded the freeware Openoffice. Its more or less the same as microsoft office. My files from my old computer which I used microsoft office on worked fine when I put them on my new PC which I now have the Openoffice on. So no problem there. I wrote a letter with openoffice and sent it to my girlfriends…
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could someone please have a look at my Hijackthis log?
Hi! I was wondering if someone could have a look at my hijackthis log? My laptop seems to be quite slow.:confused: Thank you Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 08:24:43 PM, on 01/05/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes:…
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odd script/font/code problem?
recently i've noticed that when i view certain web pages, the apostrophes show as stange text, eg 'i'm' will look like 'i&$m'-any ideas? its not a virus or similar. i get the same thing when i edit myspace, all apostrophes and others such as hyphens or brackets look like text?. i assumed it was bad html but:confused:
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skype headset question (prob very stupid so sorry!)
I want to be able to use skype and there are lots of headsets you can buy - some are called 'skype headsets'. Do I need one of these or can I just use any headset? The skype website just says that you need speakers and a microphone, so are the (more expensive) skype headsets just using the name to get me to part with more…
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Outlook Express Ate My Folders
Did a compact, reopened OE, no emails. Checked the store folder and the original folders are still there along with "(1)" versions. Tried DBXtract 4.5 to recover them - it failed. Tried tricking OE by creating a new folder and copying a lost folder to it - didn't work, though if I rename the folder in OE it renames the…
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need to send a large file to somebody...
is there an equivalent to dropload (this seems to be no longer working). the file i wish to send is about 30mb, so it's not THAT large (thirty, not three hundred!). thanks all for your help :)
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firefox
i use firefox as my browser and it has cleared all my bookmarks and will not allow me to create new ones. Can anyone help
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Advancing to XP make this disc obsolete!
A few years ago, I invested in an Electoral Role disc that contains phone numbers/addresses/maps/routing and the 2001 Electoral Role. I've found this to be a constantly used piece of information. Now, with my new XP system, I find the disk is unusable as the system requirements are 95/98/ME/2000. If anyone knows of a cheap…
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Aiptex Tablet
Despite using many of the drivers at the Aiptex site i cannot get my tablet to work. I have tried to use a Wacom tanlet driver but i cannot find one as it has not have a USB port. I tried using a Trust driver but to no avail. Has anyone got a working driver that works with Aiptex Hyper pen 6000. I do not know if it working…
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Problem sending emails now changed internet service provider
I have a wanadoo email address but use Outlook to send and receive my emails, I had no problems whilst I was with Orange, however now i have changed to Virgin I can only receive emails , when i try and send one I get the following error message. ( via Outlook) Task…
