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how do i find my dvd drive "vista"
ive been trying to burn a movie i downloaded to dvd,,no luck at all, so i decided to check the dvd drive was working, put in a dvd and it wont play. Ive been trying to remember if ive ever actualy used it, ive only had the laptop sinse august. Its a dell inspiration 1501 by the way. So I wanted to find out what dvd drive…
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Laptop Internet Graphics Display ?
Can anyone help with the following problem. Have noticed over the past couple of days when looking at websites/pictures etc they are blurred/fuzzy or have a shadow around them. Don't think I've done anything to my system but ? Text is ok, it's just where there are pictures/coloured boxes eg the very top of this page -…
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PSU issues
a week ago i woke the PC up from standby and left the room for a while. when i came back there was a smell of melting plastic in the room and after a bit of searching i realised it was coming from the PSU on my PC. i turned the PC off at the mains and then tried it again later on and it seemed to work OK, the smell had…
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Wanted a decent computer monitor
Hi, can anyone recommend a decent spec and obviously decent priced LCD monitor for a pc - I want to buy my OH one for Xmas - he is an avid gamer so it must refresh (?!!!!) and I am a money saver so it must be cheap-ish! I am looking for 19"+, budget no more than £150 really but as cheap as poss and Quidco/money off/cheap…
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From The Compers Board - Website Problems - Please Help
:wave: I've come from the compers board to ask about the website problems some of us are having. Some of us can get on certain sites and some of us can't. For example, I can't get on http://www.maturetimes.co.uk or http://www.frugaller.co.uk and other people can. Also there are various other sites which appear to not be…
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Problems with my PC's settings
I allowed my grandson to download a game from a site and the result is that everything has changed! The words are much larger, the colour is different. Please, can someone please advise me how to change things to the way they were!
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I Have a Wii!
Thanks to all those that gave me the confidence to get a Wii (Sports) from Germany. It has arrived and am off out tomorrow to get an adapter. What I would like to know is what else I need. I have never had a games console, so am a little scared! Have done a search on the boards, so please don't flame me! Should I get Play,…
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Adding Chat Interactive Features To Website
Adding Chat Interactive Features To Website Hi, I want to Add My Personal Msn Messenger To My Website 1/.Like an Online Status Indicator how do I manage this? 2/.Also Chat Room linked to Mirc ie www.mirc.co.uk 3/.LiveChat Facility One To One using LiveChat Software similar to that on The Customer Service of Tv Shop…
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PC not recognising new RAM
Hi, Sorry if this is a question that gets asked all the time, but to be honest I find the whole thing a bit of a minefield and I get a bit lost... Basically I wanted to put some more RAM in my desktop PC - it came with 512MB and I wanted to double it to 1GB. I ran the Crucial memory advisor and it wasn't much help as my…
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Memory Upgrade Advise...
Hi Peeps....I am looking to upgrade the memory on my laptop and need a bit of advise. I have a Toshiba Satellite 2450-201, which currently has 256mb. Searching this forum for some info lead me to https://www.crucial.com. Firstly I selected my laptop model in the "Crucial Memory Advisor Tool", which found combatible memory…
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Web Site Optimization the MSE way
Hi Everybody, I've noticed recently that there have been a few questions asking how to optimize websites to improve search engine rankings. Many of the thread replies (including mine) have offered links to various websites for further information. That got me thinking, wouldn't it be good if we all put our heads together…
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New Website Design "Ebay Style Bidding Sites"
New Website Design "Ebay Style Bidding Sites" I am looking for a Decent Website Designer I know there are Ebay Style Auction Style Websites do exist where you tender your job to the lowest bidder with an acceptable track record. Which of these Websites would you recommend? They are mainly frequented by 3rd World(I mean low…
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Website Domain Proving Ownship/Transfering
Website Domain Proving Ownship/Transfering. I purchased a website from a person on here,I paid by Paypal, When you buy a website what precautions should one take if one wants to transfer the domain etc. what problems could I encounter. Should I be send registration documents etc.? Not that I am unhappy with it. Heidy
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Cheapest 250GB+ external hard drive?
Looking for a external hard drive for all my music and films must be 250gb + please. Thanks, Pete.
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Best Free CMS?
Hello, I am looking to change my CMS system on my server for my website. I deliberately chose DotNetNuke and hosted on a Windows server.... to my subsequent annoyance. I find it doesn't really work how I want a CMS to work. Building up the modular pages is a really long-winded and exceedingly slow process. I now want to…
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Hurray For Donnie
I just have to write this thread to say a MASSIVE thank you to Donnie... My laptop was in a complete mess (and I was losing faith rapidly) but Donnie took the time and plenty of patience to help me sorting it out. It was a big challenge (especially as i made few mistakes on the way..) but he never gave up...:A I think he…
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Hotmail account hacked into?
Today, had an email from someone I know in Italy, claiming to be in nigeria and needing money sent to them! This is a scam, but how did the person get hold of this persons email address and contacts? Another person I know, recieved the same email, also,now this person has our email addresses, and they get into our…
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Error message SKU112.CAB
Hi, I purchased a copy of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 yesterday at PC World which give a license for 3 computers. My daughter also purchased a new laptop. We loaded the software onto her new computer fine but this morning when I am trying to load it onto my computer I get an error message and the installation…
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Going over the the dark side? (MP3s)
Hi techie people I've suddenly realised that my house is being taken over by my CDs. At last count, I had about 400. So I came up with a plan: 1) Buy a basic MP3 player big enough to put all my CDs on to. 2) Sell all my CD's (apart from say 30 that I really really love) to pay for the above mp3 player. 3) Get a FM…
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Fan started coming on
My cooling fan has recently started cutting in (noisily) every ten minutes or so when I am playing games. I have checked that the vents are not blocked. Does this suggest that my machine is on its way out?
