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BT Vision advice required
I've been offered a BT Vision box for sale. My question is willl it work without connecting it to a phone line? My idea is to use it as a "standalone PVR" and not use the download options at all. Am i correct??
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which is the best buy sky+ box
me and my husband are thicking about getting a sky+ but don't know that much about the teckie bit we are already sky customers so have very old box and want to update we heard that some sky+ boxs freeze or just unreliable so can anyone help us make a good choise of models and what to look out for before buying. also is the…
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PVR vs Sky+
I pay Sky the £10 per month as we find sky+ extremely useful. The reception from the tv ariel has been none existent for the 4 years we have lived in our current house so we have to use sky to watch tv. We are moving in a couple of months to a house which has Sky but the vendors are taking the dish with them for some…
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HD Ready LCD Television??
Hi All, Am hoping you are able to help me out. This month has been horrendous, first the washing machine went bang, then the DVD player, then the Fridge and now the flippin TV!!!!!! Husband is dead set on having a TV that works, cant imagine life without it etc etc. So, a dilemma. TV that has gone bang is 7 years old, a…
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canon mv630i - auto-shutdown
Just wondering if anyone knows how to disable the auto shutdown feature on the Canon MV630i ?? I am trying to do night recording for about 8 hours directly onto the vcr...however, as i am not actually recording onto the camcorder tape, it thinks it needs to be shutdown... and hence my dilemma. (thieves pinched my boat last…
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Sonic Activation Module being a real pain!
Hi all, I'm trying to sort a problem on a Dell desktop with McAfee A/V software. At startup I keep getting a pop-up box for "Sonic Activation Module". It asks for a Sonic Activation Module disk to be inserted & click "OK". I don't have such a disk, so I click Cancel. It then says it can't find the installation package.…
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Buying camcorder from States
Hi, I am looking to buy a camcorder from the US during a visit. Will i beable to use it in the UK without issue. I am looking at the HD camcorders and understandthey do not have an issue with NTSC/PAL however will there be issues on frequency? Ref power, will i need a transformer or just a normal adaptor plug? Thanks!
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Ship Simulator Game
Hi experts - we have Windows XP and a Ship Simulator game by Lighthouse Interactive. It loaded ok but the game 'hangs' as though loading a destination for our ship and locks the computer so we have to reboot. Game requires 1GB ram/hard drive space - our computer has 510 mb ram memory - not enough? can we buy memory and…
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Restricting "guest" account
I know how to remove shortcuts from the start menu or desktop of the guest account in XP professional, but is there a way to fully deny the guest account access to individual programs, along with the "run..." command and control panel? This is a single, stand-alone PC, no network.
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Buying a new laptop - What do people think of this one?
HI, Sorry I know there are hundreds of laptop threads and I'm sorry for adding another one. I've seen this laptop in Tescos and didn't know what other users thought. To give a bit of background, I'll mainly use it for word and excel (which I've already bought), and internet useage. Here is the link:…
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Help programs won't start!
This morning my computer booted up fine (no errors) the desktop appeared and I also managed to connect to my ISP. However hardly any Windows programs seem to run at all, either directly or through shortcuts. Unfortunately this includes Explorer, IE, Word, AVG virus checkers etc, just about everything even very basic ones.…
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question about website security
i try to be carefull when going on payment sites online...i always check for the https and the padlock logo my question is , are sites that display the padlock and https always genuine or can scammers make the logo appear ?
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wi-fi on laptop
Hi all, am i right in thinking that if i`ve got wi-fi on my laptop, i can log onto the net off other peoples internet provider if they have it unlocked? Most importantly, do they know!? I`ve seen it advertised in pubs/bars etc for access at £2/3 per hour. Sorry if i`m a bit naive, its all new to me!:rolleyes:
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help with fujitsu siemens laptop please?
my sons laptop needed to be restarted and dejunked which he did himself...im not sure whether he did it wrong but now he cannot access the internet - it says network adaptor unplugged (we use belkin for wireless from out downstairs pc - daughters laptop working ok so that fine).....i go to connections and try to turn on…
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'RGB-no input signal' What does this mean?
Hi all, I am having so many problems getting my brand new computer up and running that I am at the point of throwing in the bin. When I put it on the first thing that comes on the screen is the message 'RGB-no input signal'. So what does this mean please. All the cables and things I have seem to be in the right places and…
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Can't access email[outlook express]
Error code/0x800C013A.Any ideas?Thanks,in advance.
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Recommend to me a Super Zoom SLR Style Camera
I don't want to go the whole hog to a pricey digital SLR so would like to remain in the Super Zoom area. Being a MSE I want to spend as little as possible, spec...8mp and above, 10x Optical Zoom....£200 maximum budget, something along the lines of the Panasonic DMC-FZ8. Real user experience appreciated.
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Cache
could anyone please explain to a dumb rookie how to clear the cache or watever it is called I am useing internet explorer
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Windows XP Home Upgrade to XP Pro
How do I upgrade my XP home with service pack 2 to XP Pro? I have a copy I want to install but when I insert the disc it says I have a newer version so it will not install. Any help would be much appreciated Thanks Mark :beer:
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Wireless Router firmware change
I have been reading how people have changed their routers firmware using http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page just wondered if anyone had any experience?
