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HD DVD is dead - Long live Blu-ray? [Merged]
HD DVD died last night, according to reports from Wired In the face of competition and the lack of support, Toshiba finally pulled the plug on the ailing format. It appears that Sony have managed to win this battle after their failure to be able to provide the video format they wanted back in the 80's. This should be good…
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Kaspersky Internet Security users.. advice needed
Hey everyone I've not long re-subscribed (£40) to Norton Internet Security and you know what, IT STILL SUCKS. It's a system resource hogging wh*re! Or something like that. I want a divorce!! I'm really sick to death of waiting five minutes for the damn thing to settle down on start up so I can do something with my PC :mad:…
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is there a cheap alternative to excel for macs
that is downloadable? 30 day trial is up and really need to access data stored.
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Can i Daisy chain IDE Hard drives?
Is there a interface, or way to daisy chain IDE drive together? I have 8x 80 gig drives all identical and would like to create a mass storage unit if possible. :confused:
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The last Mile
Does anybody have any info or a good link on where broadband is going!!!! I feel I speak for a lot of people who say "wheres my up to 8meg BB". Where i live were not subject to the godly speeds that cable provides, and I was just wondering when BT are going to let go of the last remenants of there megalomanian monopoly,…
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my new dell laptop keeps crashing
my dell xps m1330 is only 10 days old and keeps going to blue screen of death with following info Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3 Locale ID: 2057 Additional information about the problem: BCCode: d1 BCP1: 614C7666 BCP2: 00000002 BCP3: 00000000 BCP4: 8E11AF5B OS Version:…
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Help Needed Pls - what is ycomp_setup.exe and wiseSFXDropper?
Hello I ran a full virus scan today (Kaspersky) and it came up with 3 corrupted files. I didn't understand why I had corrupted files. So I tried to find it on the computer. It is in a temporary file? File: C:\Users\Lana\AppData\Local\Temp\ycomp_setup.exe//WiseSFXDropper//WISE0024.BIN//WiseSFXDropper//# corrupted Do I need…
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Changes password
Hi hope this is ok to post but hope you can help me. My partner and I share a PC, we have windows XP and have our own accounts, we are both administraters Problem is, if we ever have a row OH has a hissy fit and changes my password so I cant use the pc till he decides to get out of his strop! My question is, there any way…
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WiMax 3.5GHz Modem, any use in UK?
I came back from Australia recently, where I was signed up with "Unwired" broadband. They gave me a "Navini Networks Ripwave MX modem" and it came back with me; needs a UK plug adapter, but no problem there. I'd never heard of WiMax before I went to Aus... seems like it'd be useful for reasonable speed broadband in…
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Betdaq site needs 'popups allowed'..?
HI On Betdaq at the moment I keep getting messages when I click on Help or Deposit etc saying 'need to enable popups for the site'.. is this a site glitch or something Ive got to do with firewall/antiv/superanti...? Regards RichT
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Apple Airport Extreme - opinions?
Anyone here own an Apple Airport Extreme Base Station? I want to speed up my home network so that my laptop and my youngest daughter's PC both use gigabit ethernet. Then I'd like to speed up my daughter's laptop, which is at the other side of our house and currently connected via an 802.11g/HomePlug combo unit. As I see it…
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what do i need to get internet on my laptop?
we've recently acquired a laptop but i have no idea how to get the internet on it? oh said we need a wireless modem?:confused: so what do i need and wheres the cheapest place to get it? thankyou:D
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digital camcorder - not very specific?
got a new digital camcorder & its uses SD & MMC ? - all it says in the blurb is that not all SD or MMC are compatible with the camcorder but it doesn't tell you which to use & which not to use - I wanted to order the right item on-line but I haven't a clue?
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Freecom 8GB Databar, XP, Disk Drive Full
This pertains to an XP system. I just bought a USB Thumb Drive. With 1GB(approx) of data on it, all is fine. When I try to add more it states "Disk drive full" Properties clearly states there is 6.5 GB of free space. Any ideas ?
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Excel
hi anyone know how to do roots in excel (3rd, 4th, 5th root etc). I can only find the square root function.
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HDMI cable? and upscaling dvd
Can anyone give advice from their own experience of which HDMI cable is best to buy? Also, i assume that is the correct cable to buy if im getting a DVD recorder with upscaling abilities so that i will get a near HD image on the a HD ready tv instead of using our current scart leads? I have been looking and do not want to…
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DIGI BOX sudeen problem
I'm sorry that this is not really a Techie problem but someone may be able to help. After listening to the radio via the DB today we turned everything off whilst we had lunch. When we turned it back on again, on the TV list page there was a zig-zag flashing at the top of the screen and we could not tune into any prog. We…
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xbox 360
please move this to the correct place if it dont belong here! my sons xbox360 ceased working this morning, 2 months out of the warranty period! typical being a clever little so and so, he looked up on youtube and found several films showing how to dismantle the unit, clean it and put it back together [ without any bits…
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Securing a Network
I have just just set up a network in my home, can someone tell me how I secure it?
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Crysis - Stopped Playing
I haved played Crysis about a quarter way through, and when I tried to load a saved game today I keep getting this message - "Crysis has stopped working, Windows is checking for a solution to the problem" After a few seconds this message disappears and I get the following - "A problem caused the program to stop working…
