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A Nice technical question about mIrc and newsgroupd
This should get some thinking hats on, a question about the antiquated IRC and NNTP! In mIRC can I connect to more than one server at a time and also in newsgroups, how do you tell if something is yEnc binary? Any help would be great. I have tried good old google to no return!
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Novice needs to add memory to pc?
I am bit of a novice when it comes to the technical side of my pc. Having spent nearly a year with an incredibly slow pc, I have spent some time on here looking at similar threads and it seems pc needs more memory. It currently has 256mb. I have been on cruicial.com and found what I need (I think) can I get the memory…
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Bought new Laptop
I have just ordered a new Dell laptop to replace my old packard bell G1350, I wanted something lighter and more portable. I spent last night taking off old programmes etc from the old laptop in order to sell on ebay, but does anyone know of a free software that will remove personal data. Obviously I want to leave all what…
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phishing from Paypal: who to report it to
see below: allegedly from Paypal, but looks like phishing to me. No way have I clicked on that link. But who do I report it to and how please? (Is there a security email address for Paypal?). thanks. (supposedly from) Security Center Military Grade Encryption is Only the Start At PayPal, we want to increase your security…
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Can I demand a replacement under warranty if older than 12 months?
My Panasonic 37" Plasma is just about to go back for repairs for the third time. It's about two years old, but came with a three year warranty. The first time it went wrong (PSU) it was with the repair centre for eight weeks. The second time six weeks (even though they admitted they just pushed some leads around and it sat…
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Why can't I see pictures?
Hi, On some of the threads in this forum and also on things like Facebook quizzes, I can't see the pictures that are supposed to come up. All I get is a little red cross. What do I need to do to see these darn pictures?! Thanks for any help pinkpig
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Why won't my laptop accept the external microphone?
Hi all, hoping someone can help me. I have an acer aspire 5630 laptop with a built in microphone, and I used to use my plug in headset with earpiece and a mic and it seemed to override the built in mic, however recently when i plug in the headset the earpiece works, but the mic the computer uses is the one built in to the…
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Unable to connect to internet
A friend has just had a new hard disk fitted to her laptop and asked me to install XP for her. XP installed fine, so I thought I would connect to the internet to get Windows updates. My desktop already connects via a Netgear DG834, so I though all I would need to do was connect the laptop via one of the other ports.…
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Password Help
I have been offered a computer at a very cheap price by this man who has divorced from his wife but it is password protected, is there a program where I can remove the password or by-pass it as I don`t want to buy it if it is going to cost me money to remove the password that no-one knows.
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Computer Hard drive
Is there anyway of seeing how the computer Cdrive space is being used throughout my computer? As I have about 100GB of space being used, but I don't know what for! Going onto add/remove programs doesn't help as the space is used by 'installed' programs.
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My mouse locks up....
I am having problems with my mouse locking up. I have a laptop and thought that it was perhaps the integrated touch control mouse that was dicky. I bought an external one but the same thing happens. I had a guy to look at the set up and he said he has reprogrammed the computer. Don't know if he even did anything about the…
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Restoring a HP Laptop from a recovery disc
I have to restore a HP Laptop from a recovery disc can someone please advise me how I go about it?
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On-line calendar.
My boss has a calendar on the pc's at work that open up with reminders and such. Does anyone know if I can download such a thing?? Thanks all. Martyn.
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£400 max budget new pc - best offer?
My brother has asked me to ask you lovely techy guys whats the best desktop he can get on the market at the moment for £400 maximum budget. He does like playing games on the pc like call of duty and doom etc... so his main requirement was for as good a graphics card as he can afford. Other than games he only really uses…
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Nero 6 on Vista - will it run?
Will Nero 6 run on Vista? Want to burn some dvd discs. Thanks
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Acer Laptop - refund/ replacement?
My son bought an Acer laptop for Uni last september and it has been parcelled back to Acer TWICE and had the hard drive replaced and it is dead again inside of a week and without being set up fully. It came from Comet and I've been reading Millionaire's post (further down) about the experience with Toshiba/Comet. Could it…
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outlook express probs
I cant get outlook express to work today, it starts ok but as soon as i go through my messages it freezes and says not responding? it is outlook express 6 and have tried a few times today but same thing keeps happening. any advice what to do? thanks
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Domain Name / Web Site help!
Hi, I am thinking of creating a shopping directory in a specific area which I think would be helpful to many people but am unsure if it would be legal. Don't want to say what the directory is but for example - Say I created a directory of online shops that sold Nintendo games. Would this be allowed? Could I register a…
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Computer Problem
Help.... My sons computer will not load up windows. All that happens is he gets a black screen which says windows has encountered a problem and you get to select how you want to log on ie safe mode, safe mode with networking, safe mode with command prompt only, Last known best configuration and load windows normally, we…
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getting a podcast on iTunes?
Hi everyone, I've got a sort-of podcast I've been doing regularly for a couple of years now. I edit it, save as an mp3, upload it to some webspace I have, manually edit a html page and put links into it.. and 1-2 people download it again. That's all fine. I've recently decided I'd like to put it on iTunes to see if I can…
