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Help me pick a laptop please!!
Hi, Well I have £500 to spend and I only need it for going on the net and doing comps etc as we have a desktop the family use, this is going to be MINE. I also want to be able to pick it up from a store and I have been looking at Novatech as they have a store near to me but I am lost can anyone help me pick please. Do I…
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Lost profiles
My 2 daughters have both tried to access the computer to be informed they need to set up a new profile, there old one has gone. How has it happened? Myself & wife have still got ours & i do not think either of us have done anything to change/delete there's. One daughter is not worried, but the other one is upset because…
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Music download price comparison sites
Hello Is there anyone out there who knows of a music download price comparison tool which makes it possible to identify the cheapest site for downloading a specific track? For example, if I wished to purchase Once In A Lifetime by Talking Heads, is there a site where I could type in the track name and artist, which would…
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FREE!! Sky Plus - and other sky info
This is the story of my Sky Plus box. 3 years ago I bought a 160Gb sky plus box. After 6 months we moved to house in which I could not have a sky dish fitted so my box sat under the sofa. One day i ran out of hard drive space on my PC so I took the disk out of the Sky box and used it in my PC. 2.5 years later I moved again…
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Compatible printer for cartridges
Doing this the other way around, I've been looking but I can't find any current HP printers compatible with HP 56 and HP 57 cartridges. Have all relevant printers been discontinued? (It's to replace a printer, not for me, but they've still got stockpile of cartridges).
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Ubuntu 8.04 (Hard Heron) Released
Just got the official annoucement from Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download There are plenty of UK mirrors with it. Oh and download it via a torrent if you can. Spread the love :)
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Computer Beginner Needs Assistance
Can anyone tell me how I can get my laptop to alert me to new e-mails that I receive whilst I am viewing other sites (usually this one) or using word etc. Please explain in very simple terms, learning to turn it on was hard enough, I still believe in the benefits of pen and paper!!!!!! Thanks
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Quick question about the Mac OS X 10.4.11 Dvd player (for UK users)
I live in the UK and I was wondering if the Mac OS X 10.4.11 can play dvds for any region or can be set to play a certain region to be able to play US dvds. Any help will be great.
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New Laptop - which one please? (Also Vista query)
Hi, I'm looking for a cheap laptop for home use (under £300) for email & internet use mainly. I'm not into games/video/music etc. I have a desktop pc upstairs so just a basic laptop for mobile use around the house will do. I've seen the following: Dell Vostro 1000 (basic model) for £258 delivered:…
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Any TV repair techie ?
Was wondering if anybody that repairs tv's can advise me what the problem is with my tv set and if it would be worth while having it repaired or just go tv-less until I can afford a new one? I have a Panasonic Quintrix 32inch (model number TX 32DK1) have had this for a number of years :o but recently its developed this…
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Is this a decent laptop deal?
Hi all, I've been asked to check out this deal for a colleague. He wants to use it for basic emailing, wp-ing and net access, no high graphisc stuff or anything. Could anyone advise whether it's a decent choice andd eal or if you'd recommend an alternative?…
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Humax PVR
Hi, My patience with my Thomson PVR has finally been exhausted. I must now have the most reformatted HD in the business! I am thinking of the Humax PVR9200TB. Any comments? It is more expensive I know, but from my research seems far more reliable. The only snag seems to be it only has a one week EPG. How would we manage…
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Why no picture
For some reason when I'm trying to insert this picture it's coming up as a link not a picture. I click on the yellow picture icon that is on the toolbar when posting and insert the link like this and the picture appears. Then I submit the message and only a link appears. See this post. For some reason though on here the…
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USB Flash Drive
I have purchased a Buffalo USB (2.0) flash drive from Novatech. I inserted into my PC (running XP about 5 years old) it wouldn't recognise the drive and wouldn't install the drivers. However when I inserted into my brothers PC (running XP about 1 year old) it was recognised and all drivers were installed. Any ideas why…
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camcorder to computer?
I was wondering if anybody could help advise the best way of transferring film from panasonic ram dvd (camcorder vdr-d150) to my computer. Is there cable I can connect from my camcorder direct to my computer Thanks:beer:
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organising my favourites
I'm sure I used to be able to press a button and the list of my favourites magically organised themselves alphabetically. Or I may have dreamed it:rolleyes: Does anyone know how to do this without having to move each item individually? Thank you
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Reapir or replace?
It should be a no brainer or should it? My Panasonic VHS recorder has gone phut, the recorder heads needing replacing. Overall cost will be £78, which includes £20 already spent on diagnosis. According to shop other parts look OK. Now within that total of £78 I could get an LG or a Phillips VR550 or LG880, but they do not…
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Help.....please
My niece has infected us all with a worm spread through MSN...have tried to get rid of it to no avail. Anti virus programmes don't remove it.Tried removing msn and reinstalling..again no good.She clicked on a zip file and the rest is history...it has spread to everyone in her address book....and mine ...and so on ad…
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PC pretty poorly!!!
I started a thread yesterday asking for help, as I thought I may have clicked a dodgy pop up masquerading as something from AOL. I am now convinced it was as I have been having major problems with PC ever since, brief list of problems - Not connecting to AOL sometimes, and then v.slow - if it does connect you might get a…
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Different sites will not open
Hi hear i am again asking no begging for help more and more sites that i used to use are not opening and i am getting this up all the time. can someone help me please. [IMG]res://shdoclc.dll/pagerror.gif[/IMG]The page cannot be displayed The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be…
