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Trying to watch something on MTV site, laptop slow?
This is drving me mad and I thought the people to ask would be on here. I am trying to watch an old episode of something on the MTV website on my laptop but my its driving me mad. It plays for a few seconds then stops for a few seconds then continues in that way all through. Is there something I can do to my laptop to…
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IPOD v other MP3/4s?
Hi Guys I've finally got enough points on my Boots card to splurge on something I'd like, but can't justify paying cash for. As a treat because I'm travelling a lot over the summer, I have decided on an MP3 of some sort, but don't know the difference. I should just have enough points for the Ipod Classic 3rd Gen 80GB…
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Choosing a budget (sub £500) laptop
My Dad has asked me to try and find him a laptop. He'll mainly be using it for wireless surfing, emails and keeping Mum's 80GB ipod up to date. Initially he didn't want to pay more than £300 and after having a quick shop around I advised he could get a much higher spec eg. 2MB memory 120Gb+ hard drive. I'm guessing he…
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Can dead pixels in a plasma tv be fixed?
A mate has offered me his 37" plasma tv at a cheap price because it has dead pixels.However the pixels are not just dots,in some places it has turned into a vertical line down the entire screen.Is this fixable and what does it entail?Is it likely to be expensive?
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Question About Acer Pc Ebuyer + Tesco?
anyone know if these two pcs in both tesco and ebuyer are the same as one is £199.00 and the other is £234.95? the codes are ebuyer one is 138612 the tesco is 203-0933 thanks for any help as i have been looking at the spec myself but i just wanted toc heck they are the same spec? if so i will bye the one in tesco at the…
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Explorer Homepage
I am trying to change the homepage in explorer and although I know you go into tools and select my new page on this occasion it will not accept Google it just stays with msm. This is driving me mad as in the past I have changed the homepage thousands of times, yet it reverts to msm.
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phone call from paypal
I used my paypal account a few days ago to do a purchase, dont really use it, spent about £100. The next day i got a call from paypal to confirm that it was me who carried out this transaction. is this a common procedure for paypal ?:confused:
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Dirty Mains needs sorted
Hi, I've had problems with PC power supplies and at one time the monitor going off and on. All this was fixed by a large expensive external power supply with battery back up. I've now moved an Xbox and twice had 3 red lights and, again the LCD monitor is going off and on. This has been cured by adding an extension lead…
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Trojan horse...Virus??
Hi, wonder if anyone can help me..Have AVG anti-virus (free edition) on my PC and just recently been getting a warning about a threat detected saying: Trojan horse Pakes.UP C:\WINDOWS\system32\advpackp.dll Backup copy Infected What does this mean and how can I sort this out?!! Thanks in advance peeps,
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wireless via dongle
I got a USB donle to connnet my Vista PC via wireless to internet. http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3359187/Nexxus-V2-0-Bluetooth-USB-Dongle-With-IVT-Software/Product.html I just installed it but cant seem to connect. I have the O2 (my isp) software already installed and am using laptop via wireless. Can any one point me in…
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Editing Photos & adding music for slide show
Whats the best free software so i can add music to my pictures when Im playing them as a slideshow?
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hotmail as default?
anyone know how to set hotmail as default in vista? i had it in XP, but cant find how to do it now. It gives me windows mail as default and I dont want it
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laptop problem any help greatly appreciated
Laptop problem :mad: :mad: :mad: dont know if anyone can help i am having problems with my laptop it keeps chucking me out of the internet i have tried to install my disc and gets so far through then says check all your connections are fixed secure and your modem is not on stand by done all that then eventually get back…
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Disappeared emails
Since getting a new computer a few weeks ago I could only access my emails by googling bt yahoo mail. I asked on here and a very kind person gave me a link so that I could look at them by clicking the start button and Email. After I'd done that it didn't work and then yesterday the emails suddenly appeared. But there isn't…
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change admin password on macbook pro
Trying to reset admin password on my macbook pro. long story but I sold the laptop on Ebay, got scammed (Paypal of course aided all this buy finding in favour of buyer). Buyer claimed laptop wouldn't work, I got it back and discovered the logic board was damaged / replaced. Anyway, got a new logic board in (managed to get…
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How much do oem builders pay for XP or Vista?
I can build an Intel dual core system and the parts cost £135 but I cannot get an OS -xp or vista for much less than £60 -How do Dell etc. do it? Selling systems for £180 delivered?
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Micro SD Cards
Afternoon my loves ^_^ Does anyone know where there are some cheap Micro SD cards please? I'm almost completely sold by play.com and their 2gb for £7 but I would if possible like a 4gb which they don't seem to have. I've looked on amazon and they're all sold by market place sellers which - given the increase in fake cards…
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Which of these laptops? and is higher Core 2 Duo Txxx better?
Hi all, The usual question - which laptop - but I've narrowed it down to these six candidates (!): http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139120…
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is the £300 special offer pc world pc any good?
i've pretty much summed up the thread question in the title, basically pc world are selling a desktop pc for £300 online, but is it worth the money or can better be had elsewhere? this is it http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/918224 i don't need anything flash as all i want is something i can use for the…
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Why oh flippin why?
Of late, each seems that whenever I surf, whichever site, I either get "timed out" or if a site does appear, (such as webuser), when I clic on a link the page starts to arrive and the blue scroll bar at the bottom stops an eigth of an inch away and I have to wait about 15 seconds. Why is this? what if anything have I…
