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Windows Media Player question
I downloaded a music track from a friends msn my space music file. It played ok on my wmp playlist, but later I tried to play it, and got a message saying the file could not be found. I saved it to my desk top to move it to the playlist, and it was all fine at first. Anyone any ideas what I have done wrong?
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xp pro cant delete user account help please
Hi can anyone help please, my father has XP Pro and wants his windows to go straight in on start up without logging in or selecting the user. At the moment he has guest turned off but he has himself with his name and then computer administrator under his name and then another entry says administrator with computer…
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Firewall
Can anyone recommend a good free firewall that works with Vista. I dont want to use the new version of Comodo as there seem to be alot of bugs still to be ironed out.
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Proxy server
I want to look at a couple of American travel sites but they know I am from England and direct me to their English sites. Is there a way to fool them and make them think I am in the States?
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hard drive enclosure
Hey, i need to reformat my computer as it is extremly slow with a whole list of errors and viruses on it. I have a couple of important document as well as music and movies that I need to save (just over 100gb worth). I also have a spare 200gb internal harddrive so thought I might just buy a hard drive enclosure instead.…
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What's the best way to do wireless / WiFi
We've got a fairly old desktop PC running XP, and the wife's just bought a laptop for work and home use. It's got built-in WiFi, so the next step is to setup a wireless network for the house. I've no experience of wireless, but am happy mucking about with the PC and managed (a while ago) to dual-stack my old work laptop to…
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Im so sick!!!!!
my dell laptop has died on me. It wont boot up at all, my sons friend who knows quite a bit about computers has taken it to have a look. Whats really upsetting me is I have all my grandsons photos on there from the day he was born, is there any way in this day and age that I can get them back even if my computer has had…
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How to fix MBR on XP...?
I've got a PC which had two SATA hard drives in a RAID 0 (striping) array, and two non-RAID IDE backup drives. I have replaced the IDE backup drives with two large SATA drives and now the PC won't boot from the RAID array. It gets past the BIOS prompt, past the RAID configuration prompt, then displays either "L 99 99 99 99…
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Ctrl Key won't work
Hi guys. Both ctrl keys on my keyboard, plus my caps lock key, have stopped working. Now I'ma real keyboard shortcut user, so this is very frustrating! I've tried swapping the keyboards... but to no avail... so this must be something in my PC itself. Has anyone else had this? Can anyone help? Cheers guys! Elle xx
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Quick Hijack this log
Laptops been slow starting and shutting down of late. Can anybody spot anything wrong with my hijack this log file. MTIA Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 13:40:35, on 16/02/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Boot mode: Normal Running…
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Is the FOS 'having a laugh'?
http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/publications/consumer-leaflet.htm There's a radio button at the bottom of the FAQ page but it's set to 'very useful' it appears. Is this just my computer or is the button acutally disabled? (Someone's trying to raise their score unfairly?)
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Acer Aspire 5050 laptop problem!!!!!
turned on my laptop this morning and received the following error message; "media test failure - check cable operating system not found" gonna ring acer as its still under warranty but just wondered if its knackered or repairable????? thanks
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Where to Buy Laptop Battery?
The battery in my four year old Toshiba laptop (Satellite A30) is starting to show its age and I think it's time to find a replacement. The genuine Toshiba part seems to be well over £100, so I've been looking for unbranded equivalents which seem to sell at around £40-£50. Does anyone have experience of third-party laptop…
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Windows memory diagnostic tool
I have no idea how to get this to work, have spent 45 frustrating minutes on it, HELP!!!!!!!
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is it worth upgrading my PC to use the Three USB broadbanddongle
having probs with BT line, so was considering the Three mobile (USB plugin) broadband.. though I have Windows ME running, which Three says wont work with this.. is it worth getting Windows 2000 / XP loaded (where from ? cost?), or trying another supplier? vodafone seems much more expensive, which defeats the object really…
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wireless connection
I have just bought a laptop which i want to use whilst away from home, however where i will be does not have any wireless connection and i cannot plug into a phone line so cant use dial up. Is there a way of connecting to the internet using a mobile phone perhaps or is there some other technology i could use? Cheers
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Can I replace a laptop battery with one of a different voltage?
I'm trying to resurrect a friend's laptop. Apart from the various software problems, the battery has gone completely. I'm looking on the Internet for replacements, and most of the ones I've found so far, which are identical in size to the original (and recommended as a replacement) are of a different voltage. The original…
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HD TV on Radio 2
Hi Martin mentioned a DHTV 1080p on Radio 2 for £399. Does anybody no where this deal is? wadley101
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Excel cell issue
Hi all I have inherited a worksheet from a company template and it has a problem which I do not know how to clear. Basically when I type in 'anything' in to one of the columns it highlights the whole row in a colour. This is to highlight project or info 'changes' to the end user. Its driving me spare - I want to remove…
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Gallery for website
Some sites have nice photo galleries on them. I'd like to have one of my own. Does anyone know a good free gallery addon I could use. I'm looking at jalbum at the minute. Any suggestions? Thanks
