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USwitch = SPAM
Hi all, Just a quick heads-up (I hope this is the best place to post this), I did a car insurance comparison on the sites recommended in the car insurance page here, and have since been getting rather a lot of spam on an email address that I only gave to USwitch. I use a rather cunning (well, a little cunning, anyway)…
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Buying a new laptop and need microsoft office
I am wanting to buy a laptop for the first time, but need it to have microsoft office on. I will be using it for small business use and have all my accounts and bills on excel spreadsheets. I also need access, and powerpoint and the other stuff. I am confused as to whether to go for Vista or XP. I have looked on the Dell…
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spamihilator
Thanks to reading tips on this site I have downloaded spamihilator as I get around 10 to 15 disgusting email spam a day. I have'nt tried it yet but on their site they give the option of also downloading Pop3Notifier 0.3.1 Does anyone know if I should also get this? Thankyou.
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Freeview & Satellite Questions
Hi, I live in a rented house with two satellite dishes, one Sky & one international. Both have leads coming out of the wall near the TV. I have a couple of freeview boxes from my last place which don't pick up a signal through the aerial so currently I only get channels 1-4 through the aerial. Ideally I'd just upgrade the…
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Panasonic DVD Recorder can be a pain
Picture this, you switch on the TV and there is the little grey box, alerting you to the news that your set has located a new channel. You are told to either EXIT, (in which case it's there next time you switch on) or clic on OK, in which case it does a scan and collect the new channel. That's fine but we've been going…
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Cache size for ie7
Hi, Whats the best level for setting the cache for temporary internet files on ie7? I notice that it starts at 8mb and can be set at over 1000mb. If you set it at the lower limit does it just fill up and the newer items are added (just like system restore) and the old cache files are deleted? Does setting it at a large…
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Setanta for a month
Can anyone give me any advise about getting Setanta, I have heard that they are a nightmare to deal with and I would like to subscribe just to see one particular golf tournament in March It would be good if I could buy a voucher that gave me one months viewing and that was all, has anyone any good pointers o how to do it?…
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NO TV PICTURE - central region
Hi Has anyone been having problems with their TV signal over the last few days. Ours has been poor on and off and last night disappeared completely. Just wondered if it's a transmitter problem before I send hubby up on the roof to make sure the ariel is still there! Thanks
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Video to DVD
How can I change my video to a dvd? I've tried to use one of the duel machines but it says the video cant be copied or something and its never been avaiable on dvd so I cant buy one so I was wondering if there is a way to get it on the computer even so I can then burn it? thanks xxp00
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Receiving lots of winning notifications
Hope someone can help For the past week or so I have been receiving these emails regarding lottery wins etc,obviously scams. My question is why am I suddenly getting them and what can I do about them? Have run a full AVG scan and Spyboy S&D which found nothing.
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Help!! ---- Forgotton Password
My friend (not me really :rolleyes: ) , actually her husband, has changed the password on the pc and forgot to write it down. Now they cannot get on to their desktop. Any ideas? :confused: (apart from smashing it on the floor).
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Fonts for Country/Western Invites
Hi All, An unusual question for all you MSE. i'm trying to design a suprise 40th Birthday invitation with a country & western theme but all the fonts on MS office just don't do the job. Does anyone know of sites where i can get fonts for the design, free if possible?
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Your opinion please
Hi there. I bought some new speakers for my pc some time ago and they've been sitting around for months. Today I tried to connect them up, however I find that they are imports and have a two pin electrical plug (all the paperwork is in Chinese). There is a travel adapter supplied with the speakers, which seems very…
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windows mail probelm on vista
hi there my friend uses windows mail on vista, his broadband is with bt, every time he tries to retrieve his mail he gets the following message "The connection to the server has failed. Account: '(account name)', Server: 'mail.btinternet.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number:…
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New LCD Tv Freeview, Aeriel Confusion?
Can anyone advise please; I'm about to replace my big old fashioned sony Tv with an LCD Sony Bravia KDL s3000 I currently recieve all channels ( basic bbc and ITV etc, as well as freeview channels) through my cable virgin media box as I have no aerial on roof. The new TV has freeview built in, can I get rid of cable box (…
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IE prints HTML source instead of rendered page!
Hi, I've just been trying to sort out a printer problem at a friends house. They have the BT Yahoo broadband programs installed which integrates itself with IE (I think it's IE6) with toolbars and sidebars. But whenever I click print, instead of actually printing the page, it prints the HTML source code instead! All other…
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Apple laptop.. upgrade?
I'm wondering if it's possible to trade in my old apple laptop for a new apple laptop and pay the excess amount? I'm also looking for a cheap place to buy a new battery and charger. Any ideas/advice would be appreciated.
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spam
am receiving large amounts of spam male about sex enhancing products that type of thing and one from halifax bank dont even bank there? How to stop it?
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Paypal renew - is this a scam?
I've received this from paypal, notice the [EMAIL="Service@PayPaL.com"]Service@PayPaL.com[/EMAIL]. I'm wary about this, is it a scam? _____________________ From: [EMAIL="Service@PayPaL.com"]Service@PayPaL.com[/EMAIL] Subject: Update Your Information Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:48:08 +0000 To: Dear PayPal Member, This is your…
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Television ethernet port.
Hi, We have just inherited an old TV, while putting it upstairs we have found an ethernet port on the back with wireless access point written on it. What is it for? Don't suppose I can network my laptop to it via ethernet to watch films at stuff on the TV can I? Its a 5ish year old philips CRT thing if that helps.
