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quad-core - does any software actually exist for it yet?
Just curious about all these wonderous new inventions. Are there any software companies actually producing software than will utilise this technology. I'm guessing game makers are already using this to some extent. But what about Microsoft, Adobe and the other big boys? It's not exactly easy to move from sequential…
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Tevion 32" TV from Aldi (as mentioned in the grabbit forum)
Parents have just bought one of these TV from Aldi. Set it up OK except they have c##p aerial for CH5 reception. They are watching the TV on digital in the main BUT they have a problem I was wondering if anybody had "solved". When they switch the DVD player on, the telly automatically turns to scart channle but when they…
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i-pod mini problem
Hi all. I have a problem in that my Laptop recently threw its toys out of the pram and consequently I have lost all of my data, photos, music etc. I have downloaded a new copy of i-tunes but I'm pretty that as soon as I plug my i-pod mini into the computer I am going to lose all of the music that is currently on it. Does…
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I need Photoshop and Publisher.
Can I get these anywhere cheap/free?:beer:
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How to maximise size of window
I have a new laptop running Windows Vista home Premium (which I know nothing about ). When i click on a URL on a web page, the new web page that opens is in a small window that has to be maximized manually each time in order to read the page or fill in forms. This is very inconvenient and I wondered if there was a setting…
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PDF editor
Can anyone recommend a decent free pdf editor. Many thanks
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Windows won't shut down after checking for updates
My system - XP home user - has been set automatically - by Microsoft I assume - to search for updates if it's not been used for while. Whilst I don't have a problem with this - it doesn't switch itself off after wards so can be running for several hours. Not good. I have tried to alter but it tells me that I can't -…
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Digital DVD Recorder to Analog TV
:confused: I have just got a Sony RDR HXD870 digital recorder and having trouble setting it up to my old JVC TV I am unable to get the set up menu to display on the TV. The screen is blue so it appears that the signal is not being sent to the TV .
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Microsoft accreditation courses
My OH currently works in a warehouse on nights and is fed up. he has built several home PCs and enjoys it and wants a change of career. he saw a guy from Advent training about doing the MCP and MCSE courses and they sounded really good. They have accepted him on the course if he wants to go ahead, the only thing making him…
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Problems opening certain threads
We're looking to buy a laptop in the near future, so I wanted to go through the cheapest laptop thread, but I've been getting the following IE error message for the past few months when trying. Occasionally I get the MSE banner at the top of the page before getting this as a replacements, but I get this consistently, and…
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Task Scheduler Stopped
I use Windows Task Scheduler to do a variety of things such as backups and opening webpaghes (such as this one), but yesterday ! noticed that it stopped starting new tasks. When I tried starting tasks manually, they would also not start. I checked the obvious things, like is the Scheduler paused or stopped - it starts…
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Problem opening jpg in Outlook Express
I have had problems with my printer and when fixing it would it would appear I have deleted or altered something(!) as I can no longer open jpg attachments in Outlook Express. When I try to open attachments, Microsoft Word tries to open attachment using File Conversion Text encoding 'windows default' :confused: Would…
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Live streaming sample?
When I have tried to sample live streaming from a website using Windows media player my computer will not run it as I do not have Asx. How and from where can I get this.
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Email attachment problem - Help Required
I recieved an email with several files attached that the sender said were saved in Microsoft Outlook format. When I click on the attached file/s to download a box comes up 'file download - security warning' and it says type: unknown file type. I haven't been able to open the files with any program. I've never used Outlook…
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someone has hijacked my email account
Hi All My email account has been taken over by some one. It is a Gmail account, I tried the forgot password option to reset the password but was unsuccessful as I can not remember my answer for the security question. I contacted the google security team about two weeks ago but there is no reply from them. As i did not use…
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Canon miniDV camcorder
Having a problem with our Canon miniDv camcorder which is about 7-8yrs old and been great thus far. Recorded kids school assembly on Friday and dh and i sat and watched it last night. Great show / great recording. tried to rewind the tape but constantly rewound for approx 5 secs before saying remove tape. Thinking I was…
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PC probs ...please help.
Having problems with my main puter. I clicked to turn off earlier, and accidentally knocked the restart button while it was turning off. When I next turned it on, I was met with the black screen telling me to choose an option....... start in safe mode etc. I have done this, clicked start normally, in safe mode and last…
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Read receipt on Gmail?
Sorry to be a thicko but can is there a facility on Gmail to have a read receipt? There is on Outlook but I can't see one on Gmail. Thanks
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Saving a BBC iPlayer download
Hello, I appeared in a BBC show earlier today and, having missed it, am now downloading it on BBC iPlayer. Is there anyway to save the video once it has been downloaded, to stop it from being deleted or 'expiring' in a weeks time? Thanks WoA
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notification box
When I click on this site and others,I get a warning box to say that it cant connect and to check the address is entered correctly:eek:-then the site loads.:D When i'm finished, the box is still there until I click the ok. This doesn't happen with ie or firefox--any ideas??:confused:
