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Slide Copier
Most of our family photographs (plus all my husband's hobby photos) are on mounted slides. A friend of ours has a Nikon Slide Colourscan I think it is called and says it is fantastic. Today on line I think the cheapest I found was just over £400 because I do need the slide mount attachment. I do not want to break the…
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services.exe taking 99% of cpu in task manager
Hi since i installed myphoneexplorer and the drivers for my new phone, services.exe takes up 99% of the cpu usage in task manager. i have uninstalled both, but the problem wont go away. i have the 6 month kaspersky trial installed as my security software and XP media center 2005 (sp2) as the OS. i have tried safe mode ( to…
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Help - Linking Advice Needed!
I want to create a link in an Excel chart which goes directly to a particular line on a particular webpage. I have the page URL and, after looking at the 'View Source' option on the page, have found the line that I want to link to. Is there any way I can create the URL so that when it's clicked, it takes you to that page…
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Laptop won't always switch on
Hiya I have a HP Compaq nx6125 laptop which has worked fine until recently. Sometimes it won't start up but it's a mechanical rather than software issue. It whirrs and then dies - it tries several time before stopping and then just the fan is running. The noise is coming from the CD drawer area and the CD light comes on -…
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Freeserve Email Address
I have a Freeserve email address that I was collecting emails from until 2 days ago and now needs to be reactivated as I hav'nt sent any emails from it for some time, because I use another ISP for my Broadband that won't alow it. What I have done in the past is go online to www.freeserve.com which diverts to www.orange.com…
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Securing wireless network (D-Link G604T router)
I have read and reread advice in this forum and others, and I think I understand the theory. My wireless network is currently unsecured and I'm trying to make it secure with WPA-PSK password authentification. Have logged into the router settings on http://192.168.1.1 to set up password and WPA-PSK string (that's the box I…
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Xbox 360 Is Dead! :(
Hi my xbox 360 died recently (dreaded 3 lights) which means hardware failure, i was hoping to get some advice about sending it off to repair, do i need to send a letter with it, what exactly i need to send them, where to send it to etc help would be greatly appreciated
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Connecting laptop to plasma TV
Can anyone help me with a 'viewability' problem. I downloaded the first episode of The Wire, so it's saved on Real Player on my laptop. We then connected it to the TV (a hitachi plasma). The sound was coming through the surround sound ok, but the picture size was very small i.e. laptop size. Even if we made it "full…
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Shredder making a bad noise should I oil?
Hi All Just doing some shredding of stuff and the shredder is making a real bad noise should I be oiling it? I have some wd40 but i dont know if i would break it by doing this? thanks Niki
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MSN Live Messenger & Apple Mac Help
Would it be possible to get on screen notification when I get email (on hotmail account). I have an apple mac computer. I have downloaded the download from MSN but don't know what to do next - whether it is possible or not. Thanks
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Sd Card Or Multimedia Card ?
Whats the difference, (if any), please? Thanks
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keyboard, monitor and mouse problems
Hi The problem: My keyboard, mouse and monitor do not work on my desktop. All I have done is unplug them and plug them back in the same spaces and as they are colour coded it was easy to do. I checked each one with my laptop and very old desktop and they were fine. Fortunately the mouse was plugged in using an adapter…
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Wireless Router/Modem - Current Best Reliable Technology ?
Advice please. Looking to go wireless at home, done a lot of reading. 'G' standard appears to be tried, tested and proven. 'N' standard appears to offer faster speeds but mixed reports on its reliability and basic ability to work. Would appreciate the benefit of your personal experiences, brands, models etc. Would like to…
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Cheapest place to get a Pure Chargepak for a Pure One Radio?
Does anyone know anywhere that does these for a discount?
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MBS Account spyware/adware on my laptop!
Hi all, I've got some kind of spyware on my laptop called MBS account services. A pop up comes up everytime the laptop comes on asking us to pay £39.99 for a subscription for mysexworld or something like that (even though nothing has been subscribed to). The pop up locks so I can't close it and it will only be minimized…
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Rotating JPGs
I'm thinking of using Irfanview to rotate my photos 90 degrees where they have been shot in portrait mode. I believe that Irfanview does this without any loss of picture quality, but my question is: if I send rotated JPGs to a photo printing service will they print them correctly? (i.e. will the fact that they've been…
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Why did you go to...........
Why did you go to Mozilla Firefox ? What can't you do with Firefox that you could with IE? I ask, because so many people have said they swapped and recommend it, I just wondered what the difference was. Having just had a couple of days with IE7 and gone back to IE6, I've noticed the print is less clear. What's MF like?…
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signing in
is anyone having problems signing in on msn just cant get on there today so i cant get to my email and its driving me crazy cheers
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Hijack his Log - Pls Help
I am getting popups and AVsystemcare massages. I have followed the instruction in the removal thread however this keeps appearing. Another problem is that Virusscan keeps reporting V1I0FHa00272.Vir.0, V1I0FHa00272.Vir, V0LKFHa02988.Vir.0 & V0LKFHa02988.Vir as quarantined but unable to remove.Thanks for help in advance.…
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Help! Someone has hacked into my email & locked it!
Help! I received a few emails (real ones) from ebay last night, and someone has hacked into my account and sent scam messages to users asking them to launder cash for them. In the interim of me changing my ebay account, my personal email address has now locked me out, suggesting that someone has changed the password. I've…
