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Info on what memory to fit in a pc
Friend has a Tiny pc. It is sluggish running wins XP home. He needs to upgrade the RAM memory. At present it is 256mb. He needs at least 512mb. Am i right in saying that i need to know what motherboard is fitted to see what max size memory i can fit? Is there a way of finding out without taking the case cover off? I think…
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Only for the REAL Techy GEEKS!!
Hi people, A mate mailed this to me, needs to have this back before by monday. Any Reall Techy geeks out there?? 1. What are the four components of a socket? 2. How is a TCP connection established? 3. Could you run two web servers (both on TCP/80) on the same box? 4. How many hosts can you have in a class C network with a…
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Xbox live, totally confused!
Trying to set up Xbox Live for dearest husband. I use a DSL modem, I am with tiscali broadband, and I am trying to connect the 360 to the PC via the eathernet cable (and yes, it is wired in to both the console and the PC). I have set up ICS (so the 360 can share the broadband connection), but I am getting nowhere! Phoned…
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dell laptop...fan seems on alot more than usual
i have a dell 6400 inspiron laptop just latley the fan seems on alot more than usual and its ran at the high speed that ive never noticed before i typicly have msn messenger and internet explorer open other than blowing the fan grilles out is there anything i can do to make sure its all in order and not overheating for…
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Sky box still thinks its summertime
Any idea why this Sky Box (panasonic) is displaying the time one hour ahead, and lists the TV shows at the wrong time. e.g. Ten Oclock news is shown as starting at 11:00, and the displaytime is one hour ahead.
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Scanner or All-in-One printer?
Why are most scanners the same price or dearer than many All-in-one printers? Do they scan better than the scanning element of an All-in-One? Why should anyone buy a stand alone scanner? Should I not just buy a printer?
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Looking for a laptop
Im considering buying a laptop but theres many brands out there to choose from, id like at least 1Gb ram, possibly dual core processor(are intel better than amd), dont mind on the processor speed but something suitable, operating system id like Win XP as its what i use currently, something around the £400 mark, ive heard…
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Vista - Unable to connect bluetooth
For some reason I can't connect via bluetooth. I have done previously and checked all the obvious but my PC wont receive a file. My mobile says trying to connect, then connects and then immediately disconnects. any ideas
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Blocking proxy site that link to myspace
Dear all, I've had to ban the use of myspace in the bear cave, for reasons I would rather not get into, however on doing some work on the kids computer I noticed that they had been using a website called satandeathkill, to get around the block I have put on our router for myspace, I thought this would be easily solved by…
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Restricting access to msn via router or firewall
Hi all I don't want my kids using msn all day and all night but I don't want to uninstall it completely, as I do want them to be able to talk to their cousins in the usa using msn and a webcam that I will set up. My router has the ability to block particular websites and so does my software firewall. What I dont know is…
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MSE keeps crashing my firefox!
Hi all, MSE has started crashing my firefox browser regularly. Any idea whats going on? Many thanks, TT.
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Finding 'FAME...'
Hi guys!:A I need some wonderfully kind soul to help me - please? I'm having a problem playing a DVD. This DVD is a one-off, recorded by the theatre group of 'FAME ~ THE MUSICAL!' DS is in it, in his first lead role. It was recorded in November 2005 & I just got my copy yesterday!:rolleyes: I'm trying to play it for my mum…
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MP3 In-Car CD Player with no sound
Just had a new MP3 car radio with bluetooth kit fitted, very impressed with it all - except the MP3 CD part, I already have an MP3 CD disc (that is a data CD that has had MP3's copied onto it) but when I put it in the CD drive, it sees only one track and plays it but I can't hear any sound. I have burnt 2 further CD's, one…
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Anyone catch the ad for the new Panasonic digital camera?
Anyone catch the ad for the new Panasonic digital camera? I though it looked really good for a "person who is not very technical". I looked on Argos, but none of their seem to be it. Any ideas on the rest of the name?
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Vision2learn course requirements
Hi, sorry if this has been asked already on here. Vision2learn has a course online that I am interested in (OCR iMedia Level 2), but it says I need: * (An Internet enabled PC running MS Windows and Internet Explorer 5 (or later), or Netscape 6 (or later), with JavaScript and cookies enabled ) * Adobe PhotoShop or similar…
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BBC Radio 2 Listen Again Page
Is anyone else having problems with this page? http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio2_promo.shtml Every time i start to listen to a show(for downloading and converting to Mp3 for my player) i get a quick "clicking noise" then no sound!! (btw..listen live is okay) If i use this…
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Trying to Find a Sennheiser TR120 Transmitter
Earlier this week I ordered some Seenheiser HD 120 Wireless headphones from Amazon. Only £17, bargain. However, what I didn't realise was that they were spare headphones only, and although come with rechargeable batteries, do not come with the base transmitter! Oops.. Anyone know where to get one please? :confused: Been…
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Buying a domain to use as a e-mail address
I am looking for some advice on who is good or reliable to use for a web forwarding service. e.g me@me.co.uk I want to simply buy the domain from them then add a few email addresses and point them to my gmail account. Any advice or help would be great. Many thanks Jason.
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My sound has stopped working on my Laptop - what have i done??
A few days ago I went onto a website with annoying music playing over it so I pressed the Fn and sound down button on my laptop and now I have no sound at all. I have shut the PC down several times since then and tryed also to hit the Fn and sound up button but nothing happens and I still have no sound. I've also tried the…
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Help with Divx player 6.6
i have connected my pc to lcd tv via vga cable. im able to play my avi(divx)encoded files via VLC player and Media player 11 but somehow i cant display avi with Divx player on the lcd tv. i have the latest version of Divx player, can anyone help me out plz?
