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coverting word documents?????
Agree with UberGeek. Kick out MS and instal OpenOffice. The averager user would be hard pressed to notice any difference in use. Money Savers will spot a significant difference ................ Whilst you're waiting, save the file as rtf and send that.
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Radio Controlled Model Car Battery
My kids were given a radio controlled model car. Its a Fast Lane R/C Ford Ranger. The instructions say it takes 5 x AA batteries which fit in a caddy or a 1 x 6v rechargeable battery pack (not included). Trouble is that it eats normal alkaline batteries and it doesn't work particulary well on rechareable AA batteries. I'd…
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Micosoft & Firefox, etc updates?
Thanks - that sounds a good idea, but excuse me for being thick, but how will I know which ones I want?!!!
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Site Slow & Getting pop ups
im finding my computer is on go slow at the moment, but im now also getting pop ups for loan companies, when i visit this site. are the two connected? and is anyone else getting these pop ups whilst visiting MSE? Flea
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XP to Vista
Thanks to this forum I have now bought a new Dell PC with Vista Home Premium as the OS. When it arrives, what is the best way to transfer my old files from my old PC, bearing in mind the switch to Vista. Thanks
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Lumicron cameras - out of business
Lumicron cameras update - OUT OF BUSINESS As the service no -0870.766.8418 - continues to give a recorded 'mailbox full' message, I spent much time yesterday. trying to track them via BT listings around Hemel Hempstead for similar businesses. Neither Jessups nor Campkins ahve heard of the brand and Jessups, particularly,…
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Unable to go to links in Outlook
If I try to go to a link in an email in Microsoft Outlook, nothing happens when I click on the link. Any advice welcome.
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You People are the Dogs....
I want to thank you all and some even more so. I have a working PC thanks to the Techie Boards residents. I am humbled, awestruck, gobsmacked and hungry (unrelated to this) by the torrent (and not a bit :rotfl: ) of help, advice and offers of help you have flooded me with. You people deserve to have sex every day and twice…
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Bill Gates has my B*lls
SORTED!!! :T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T :T Thanks to all you wonderful people and particularly Jeff for online tech support. Along with hints and offers from..... Omertron j1mgg BritBrat Donnie The answer? Well...........you can still get to task manager via Ctrl-Alt-Del. Then use file to run a restore.....via…
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Forum been taken over and being emailed abusive messages.
Can i report a forum that has been taken over to anyone? Also i am now getting really offensive emails from the forum (obviously from these idiots). On forum they say "www.krewsforum.net, we are a scripting based site for habbo hotel but okeR got this ****** forum so we felt like ******* it over thanks for having us. " .…
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Need urgent help please re router
Hi I am on virgin media cable broadband 15meg and I want to buy a router so my daughter can use her laptop at same time. She has a wireless card already in her laptop and a receiver thing which looks like a usb bar. I however do not have wireless on my pc. So my 1st question is this... If I buy a router will it be able to…
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Fast Hi Spec PC not for Games but for video
Definately recommend Intel over AMD for video editing. I have a Dell E520 core 2 duo. Try the E-value code D07E03 on the Dell home web page. Plenty of processing power there. Upgrade to the E6420 processor. Downgrade to 1yr collect and return. comes in at just under £500 (£499.44 inc delivery). If you want to edit video…
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fitting a DVD writer to my PC need help please
Hi I have bought this drive http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/126226. I have fitted several drives and even built a PC in the past but need some advice. I am a little rusty so forgive anything I get wrong and please correct me. In my PC it has two IDE connections on the motherboard both used, IDE1 has my HD on it and a DVD…
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Hard Disk Enclosure
It's fine, I use exactly the same enclosure with an 80GB IDE drive .
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recover data from a dead laptop ?
hi there my friends laptop is no longer working , motherboard has died, is there any easy way the data from the hardrive can be recovered, could the hardrive be put into a pc and the data taken of that way, i am assuming it probably more technical when recovering a laptop hardrive rather than a pc one ? many thanks
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Is there such a thing as?
Is there such a thing as a television that you can plug your USB Mass Storage pen into? Then, presumably you could watch something that you had stored on the pen, such as a film, music video etc? I am looking at getting a new television, and was just wondering if this is what technology can do these days or not?!…
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Memory "Hard Faults" - what's that?
Does anyone know what "Hard Faults/sec" are and why they can be so high on my system? It's being slow lately and even doing somethings imple like pausing my music takes about 10 secs to action after I press the keyboard hotkey. ANy advice appreciated, thanks!
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Laptop help needed - Vauxhall
No, I hadn't...can you tell I've not got the first idea what I'm doing!! Thanks for that, will get it done this evening hopefully
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50" TV help
I am looking to buy a 50" tv and wondered if anyone had a bit advice. My tv I bought from Powerhouse and took the extracare insurance, I am told, has been cancelled. It is only 3 years old and going to cost a fortune to repair. thanks for any help.
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dead pc
Hi My main pc has suddenly stopped working. Switch on the power, press start button, nothing. I have replaced the power supply with a good tested working one, checked the plug, power cable and also checked the power switch on the front of the pc and they are all working. There is no noise beeps or anything, after I switch…
