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Freeview box/ariel advice needed
Hi I have a sky box and arial, but I don't subscribe to sky any more. I want to change to freeview, I know the signal is good here, but do I need an ordinary arial or will the sky one do?
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Which Cable Do I Need
I have an old Sony camcorder which takes the old tapes. Is there anyway that I can connect it up to my computer and put the vids on my hard drive? I have the red white and yellow jacks on the camcorder.
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Trying to use an online scrabble game but it says I haven't got Java but I have???
I wondered if anyone could help me with this...? The online scrabble game is scrabulous.com. I tried to download Java from their link but it didn't work... When I looked at my list of programs in the control panel - I have got Java but it's J2SE whereas the version required for the game site is J2E. Can anyone help me sort…
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Any Slingbox users out there?
I'm thinking about getting one for Christmas - I haven't had a new gadget in ages, & I've got £150 to spend on something nifty. :j I've got virtually no idea how they work or what they're capable of, so if you've got one I'd appreciate you letting me know the pros & cons of them. I'm particularly interested in the tie-in…
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Any troubleshooters out there? What's wrong with my PC?
My software on my laptop was installed for me by a work colleague (as I am a technical numpty) and it has run fine for two months, until today. I've got to the point where I know I can't fix this problem as I don't have the installation disks etc, but if anyone can pinpoint the problem (and likely cause!) I would be…
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Any troubleshooters out there? What's wrong with my PC?
My software on my laptop was installed for me by a work colleague (as I am a technical numpty) and it has run fine for two months, until today. I've got to the point where I know I can't fix this problem as I don't have the installation disks etc, but if anyone can pinpoint the problem (and likely cause!) I would be…
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Quick easy question
I want to make the print appear bigger on my screen, but can't remember how to do it. Something to do with holding the scroll down on my mouse. Thanks in advance
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slow or old laptop?
hello ok my laptop is around 4 years old it runs so slow done everything i know how to do,also re installed aol twice recently as couldnt connect never had trouble before i have packard bell,easy note,aol silver,windows xp 1.26ghz 224mb of ram total virtual memory 575,18. available 76.97mb total physical memory 256.50mb.…
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Anyone know of any free firewalls for Apple Mac?
Anyone know where i can get a free firewall for my apple mac?? I've tried to download reccomended ones before in the past but i think these's were for Windows as they wouldn't work for me thanks x
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Free firewall for Vista
Hello, Have been searching for info about free antivirus software and have picked up some good info from various discussions on this great site. An attempt to download one ended in discovering that the Vista version is coming soon. Does anyone have any idea if there are any other freebies available for Vista at present?…
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Desktop for a 13 year old
What is the cheapest desktop for a 13 year old to use for school work and playing games, listening to music and going onto the internet Don't know much about computers at all so any help will be appreciated
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Sky TV Problems...
We are having trouble with Sky reception and occasionally the dreaded 'no signal being received' has appeared on clear day (ie. no rain). I called Sky today and they informed us that an engineer can be arranged but as our Sky box is out of warranty (had it about 7 years) we have to pay a £65 fee!!! I told the man at the…
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Laptop power lead connection failing
I have a Dell Inspiron 2200 laptop and last week my son was running around the house and kicked the power lead out of the back of the laptop whilst it was connected. Ever since then the power lead is not conncecting properly the screen keeps flashing and you have to physically hold the power lead connector at an angle for…
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8GB USB Flash drive with decent speed and good price?
There are a few flash drives available for under £40 now, but can anyone recommend one thats a decent speed too? Not sure how fast these things can go these days as the last one I bought was a 1GB probably also for £40!
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LOGITECH No light for Caps
I bought this yesterday from Tesco. I know I could probably have got it cheaper elsewhere. The problem is there is no light to indicate that CAPS LOCK is on. I have always had this feature on a keyboard. Is there some way I can turn it on? Their website is not helpful so I have sent them an email. I have been typing for…
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Dumb firewall question
This may sound a bit dumb but can someone tell me how to switch a firewall off to download a program. Im not even sure how to find the firewall, will it be in my program files??????
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Slow Computer? Urgent Help please, whats happening?
Please read my last two posts, now that I've used CCleaner, my computers gone funny, i cannot thank people on here or use the smileys, the logo at the top is missing, I cannot log onto my yahoo account, my natwest page is all over the place and some websites I cannot get into.
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Installing A Mobile PC Suite On Vista?
I've just bought a new phone for my daughter but she cannot install the PC Suite on the computer because it says it requires windows 2000 or XP. I have Vista and cannot get it to install, is there anyway of getting around this? The phone is SE W810i
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card making programme
Can anyone advise on a good card making programme ie free download or cheap to buy - and not too difficult to use:D I thought I'd have a go at making my own Christmas cards Thanks
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isp
how do i find out my isp adress with virgin media also if i change the connection on my computer to modem from usb to ehernet do i have to change any settings on my computer thankyou ps am trying to set up wireless router
