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Which Monitor?
Any advise? Where is a good place to buy one? Ive a 19" CRT at the moment so i need a 19" TFT or above. Not sure if ill get a widescreen or not.
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Which Graphics Card?
Hello everyone. I've got a Fujitsu Scaleo T and the graphic card is a ATI AGP Radeon 9600/ X1050 Series. Im looking to buy a HDCP compliant card as my cards proicessor is too low end but im a little confused which one to get considering there are AGP, PCI and PCIE cards out there and im hoping someone could please point me…
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CD disc eject not working on PC
Just been copying some music from my hard drive to a CD - usually when the process ends the CD automatically ejects, but when the copy was complete I got a message saying to the effect there was a problem and the burn did not work. The disc is still in the drawer but pressing the eject button doesn't eject the disc (or…
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Making a .bin file?
Hi everyone. I'm trying to make some karaoke discs and I have the .cdg and .mp3 parts which I need. I now need to make a .bin file out of those two parts to put on a disc in order for my karaoke maching to recognise it. Problem is, how do I make the .bin file? I've trawled the net for an hour and came up with nothing so Im…
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Whats happening with my broadband speed??
I am beginning to lose patience with my internet connection!! I am with Talktalk and every 3 or 4 days my connection slows down even slower than my old dial up connection. I am using vista home premium and a linksys wag354g modem router and at the moment my download speed is averaging 20 kb/s ?? This time last week i was…
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Forwarding my email to SMS (just subject line or sender will do!)
As subject line really! I'm looking for either a piece of software I can buy and run from my desktop (as my PC is always on during daytime hours) that will forward on the subject line (or at least the sender, or well just telling me I have an email waiting would suffice!!) from a pop3 accessible email account to my (UK)…
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Internet explorer opening in a tiny window
Hiya When we open up internet explorer, the window is tiny. It goes full-screen size when we maximise it but we would prefer it to open as a full-screen page anyway (as it used to!) We have no idea what we've changed, or how to change it back obviously - does anyone here know? It's windows XP if that makes any difference.…
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a mission to find 19 inch hd lcd tv
with 2 scart sockets. now here's the funny bit, i'm trying to see if i can get all this for under £160 including delivery if needed. hope someone can help me out there in techieland. thanks xxxxxxx
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Converting a .wps file to .doc file
I need to print a CV in .wps format, but I only have Microsoft Word. What can I do?
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Folder share over web
I used to use a program a few years ago which would allow me to share a folder on my machine over the web. I seem to remember I gave friends an address which included my ip address. They could then see, download or upload files to the shared folder. I believe you could also password protect access. Does anyone know what…
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moving from adsl to cable help needed
at present we have 2 computers, one is wired to the router (adsl, one's wired as i recently changed laptops and the old one didn't have built in wireless so i just kept the setup) which beams the signal to the downstairs desktop. On saturday we are getting it changed to cable. I thought we would just need a new cable…
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Copy from PVR to DVD Recorder
Hi Just bought a Humax PVR 9200T for watching Freeview and it is just great. Not to hot on the techie stuff but would like to know if I could copy what I have saved on the hard disc direct to DVD using a DVD Recorder? And what DVD Recorder would do the job?
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Installing a Fax modem on my Dell DImension E520
I nabbed a nice little bargain in the form of my Dell Dimension E520 (a couple of months ago), but it doesn't have a modem, i.e. no fax capabilities either. I've noticed some slots at the back which are free to potentially house the relevant part, I've not opened the PC yet but was wondering what sort of unit I'm looking…
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Help With Router Choice
HI ALL WENT TO LOOK FOR ROUTER FOR THE G/DAUGHTER .AT P/C WORLD,& MAPLINS ,HAD A UNUSUAL RESPONCE FROM MAPLINS THEY SAID THEIR ROUTER WAS NOT SUITABLE FOR THE G/D ISP ITS TISCALI ANYBODY RECOMMEND A SUITABLE ONE THATS EASY TO SET UP FOR TISCALI Dukie Boy
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daft question re preloaded software
when you buy a new computer and it has preloaded software on it, where do you stand when you need to reinstall? I have a gateway branded vista installation disc and the backup i created when I got it, so what im asking is, if i need to reinstall in the future, where are these preloaded programs actually stored, on the…
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Problems uninstalling Hardware
Hiya all, Need some advice please !! I am trying to uninstall my lexmark printer which is not working correctly but everytime i try to uninstall ,a message pops up informing me that the printer is busy and wont let me proceed. Im running Vista and ive downloaded the upgraded driver from lexmark but ive had nothing but…
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Recommendations? - Duplex B+W laser printer, easy to top up toner
Hi, can anyone recommend a B+W laser printer with duplex that's really easy to top up the toner cartridges?
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Windows Vista(Premium)
Just bought a laptop from Dell which has Windows Vista Premium installed. Any views from anyone on here? I did post a question about what free security software to use on it, but i've had no response on another thread. Hopefully someone on here can help on this thread...please!!!
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Decent reasonably priced Desktop PC
Asking this question on behalf of a silver surfer! Doubt if he'll need it for gaming! Anybody got any recommendations for a Desktop PC with a reasonably fast connection speed for the Internet use? Thanks:confused:
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Orchid V4 Dialler
Not sure whether this should be here or in 'Phones section. However, recently purchased a V4 'phone dialler and programmed it for routing calls through 18185 using the code supplied with the dialler. It worked once or twice and now it doesn't!! Contacted Orchid Support by e-mail and explained the problem. They then sent an…