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Modem lock damaged?
I've just installed I don't know how many years worth of Windows updates on an old Toshiba laptop - including SP2. The reason the owner has been ignoring the prompts is that she's on dialup. (ugh) Anyway... we got the machine up to speed, fixed the audio device driver which clashed with SP2... but now it won't dial up. on…
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How do I reduce the size of a jpeg without zipping it?
How can I reduce the size of a jpeg without zipping it? I need it to be less than 600KB, it is currently 912KB.
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Email prob - POP3 server settings keep changing
Hi all - I have an email problem which I would love someone to help me with. I have broadband from talktalk but still use my old email address from onetel. I use outlook express. I have two email addresses from talktalk listed if I go to accounts, but the default is set to the onetel one and this is the one I use all the…
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scroller help
Hi On my laptop there is a touch pad and on the touchpad there are two scroll "bits" one up & down the other left and right. I had the hard drive replaced a couple of weeks ago and since then the scroll bits dont work. How can I get them to work again??? Thanks Richard:confused:
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Ps3 Hdd Upgrade
hi, im thinking of upgrading my ps3"s hdd and was just wondering if any1 knows of any cheap sites which sell them thanks in advance
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Problem connecting mobile to pc, HELP, please
I have a Samsung SGH A800 mobile phoneI have bought a USB cable to connect this to my pc, it has windows XP. I have also installed EasyGSM v 2. software. However am unable to upload information from my mobile, or download. The programme at the bottom of the window says "OFFLINE". Also the pc does not seem to find the…
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Does Such A Machine Exsist?
Hi Techies I've spent days seaching the web and forums including AV until my brain is scrambled! I want a pvr with twin digital tuner and recordable dvd drive to enable recording to hard drive whilst watching another digital channel and ability to record good stuff to disc and play regular dvd all in one machine. I have…
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Gah, laptop wont boot
I've got a laptop which last night was running perfectly, turned it on today and it wont boot. It starts fine, shows the pentium processer symbol, but wont continue booting. Tried going through safemode and it gets to multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows\system32\DRIVERS\isapnp.sys Then just sticks there. Do you…
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£100 laptop , Do you think this will any good ?????????
What do you reckon to this for £100 launches 28th Feb http://www.elonex.com/laptop/ is it worth buying ?
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Difference between home & corporate routers
I'm trying to explain to someone how a particular website can recognise a user's IP address and identify which (large, corporate) network they are accessing from. I only have experience with domestic routers, which, as far as I can tell don't actually do any routing as such, just Network Address Translation. I had assumed…
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Removing Nero 7
can anyone tell me how to uninstall nero 7, i think i need some sort of programme download to remove it but cant find one, thanks in advance
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aerial q- adding tv to another room
old house - 40 year old aerial comes straight through outside wall and into TV. Good picture. There is a TV in next room with portable aerial - not very good picture. Owner won't allow me to call aerial person in to provide aerial but I want to give him a better picture. So wondered if I could add a Splitter/booster to…
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lap top on move in motorhome
Hi we are looking to buy, a laptop so we can take it in our motorhome, I am going to get a dongle, but have no idea which is a good lap top and which is not, obviously size though important is not to much an issue, but battery life is very important, as hook up when abroad is not always available, so also a 12 volt adaptor…
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Googlemail
I have a lot of emails in my inbox is there anyway on googlemail to sort these into ricipient or subject order so i can deliete them quicker rather than going through each individual email in order to deliete.. would take ages lol
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Windows Live Messenger: keep a history of conversations?
Hi folks, need your help again. Is it possible to keep a history of chat conversations when using Live/msn messenger? Under the Tools menu I have ticked 'Automatically keep a history of my conversations'; and yet when I go to File/View message history, I get the message 'None of your contacts have a message history saved…
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How do I delete a window.?
Hello, I need to delete a window that is there as soon as I log on. I have windows XP. This window is called Sonic Update Manager, I have tried config, but it wasn't on the list of programmes, I need to update my virus protection in a couple of days, and because the sonic update manager is running, I am unable to do this…
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Converting sound files to .wav?
Hi, Please can anyone tell me if there is something I can buy or download that will let me convert sound files? I receive sound files but the software I use to play them only copes well if the file is a .wav or a .wma or .mp3. I've received a file which has the extension .cda and I can't play it. I've tried just changing…
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help accessing music in a zip file please
hi, i recently downloaded an album available for free and it is now in "my documents" and is in a zip file which states that zip genius 5.5 is ready. To be honest i'm not really sure what to do next to either a) play the songs or b)transfer the music to cd am i extracting files? any help would be appreciated cheers
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Fix for hotmail not loading
:j Back in November, I posted a query about hotmail not loading (http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=601346&highlight=hotmail). I know other members have had this issue and so thought I would share my fix in case it helps others. I think the original cause was malware of some sort and have to say it was…
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anyone know anything about this good/bad
Hi all does anyone know if this is ok or not...I have a netgear router which is about giving up the ghost so after afew days of no internet connection because my netgear kept re-setting itself for no reason although it is 3 years old I was thinking of buying something new so is this any good funds are tight so this would…
