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Cluttered Desktop = slower PC?
This might be a silly question but it's not clear to me whether a cluttered Desktop (on XP) hinders the performance of a PC - or not? Any other tips to keep a PC/Laptop running as fast as when new?
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Does Moore's Law still apply ?
Just wondering if Gordon E Moore's 1965 paper still roughly applies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law I haven't heard it mentioned in a few years. Wikipedia has a graph but it stops in 2004
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Buying a PC??
Thinking of buying a laptop or PC?? WAIT... This Wednesday PC world are launching a 0% "Beat the Credit Crunch" deal on six machines (one is rumoured to be their new Dell 530). You pay a small deposit in store and then you get 0% finance for 2 years on the full value of the receipt. Its worth a look at if you are buying a…
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40GB download limit
I am thinking of signing up to Sky broadband; previously been with providers who have unlimited, but because of moving, there is less available. Sky are offering a download limit of 40GB per month - is that a reasonable amount?
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Dvd Decoder Needed Please For Hp Laptop!
Hello eveyone My HP laptop will not play my dvds. I have windows media 11 and have tried reinstalling but no joy, I have also tried codecs which someone kindly gave me but still not playing. Any help appreciated. Thank you! :confused:
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Refurb PC
Is this any good? http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0222370982.1209358138@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccekadedmekifdkcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=906051&category_oid=-34078 Priced £330
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External hard drive - do I still need an internal one?
Been thinking about putting a pc together purely for multimedia purposes to connect to my TV. Although I have put several PC's together in my time, Ive never used external HDD's. Can anyone tell me if I still need an internal hard drive connected to the motherboard if I have an external one via usb? As well as saving on…
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Nice Little Compact Camera - Sony DSC-H3
Good evening, I am in the US at the moment, and fancy getting myself a nice little camera. I was originally planning to invest in an SLR, but for the amount I will use it at present I think a compact will be more than adequate. I have only had a brief look in the shops (been too busy buying make up!), but I have found the…
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iTunes short cut. not connecting.
Hi as you can see from the title, i am not at all IT. I have itunes on the shortcut or what ever it's called, yesterday i did manage to get into itunes to burn a cd, however today i just cannot connect to itunes. i have clicked on it on the desk top, and all the shortcut does is give a little twirl and then the mouse…
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Dodgy virus found - JS/Downloader.Agent!!
Hey everyone, AVG just popped up with this random message while I was on sopcast. I tried to heal the virus but it failed and I immediately stopped sopcast and exited. Ive moved it now to the virus vault - is it safe there? If not - what should I do?
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Mcafee expiry..
I have mcafee which I bought off ebay last October. I keep getting a pop up telling me it has expired but when I go into the security centre I can still scan and it still keeps telling me I am fully protected. Any ideas? I did have mcafee before this and did not totally uninstall it, just renewed it with the new one and…
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Can no longer resize pics with XP?
Up until recently I could resize pics by right clicking on them and then changing size. I have now lost that option when I right click:confused: Any idea how to get it back please:confused: Thanks
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McAfee firewall incompatible with IE7!
Windows firewall over-rides it, it appears, for me anyway. Heard the windows one is inadequate. Can I overcome this problem, or upgrade McAfee? Or should I delete McAfee and try, say, Zonealarm. Bearing in mind it must be FREE.;)
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epson stylus photo R300 problems
Hope you can help me. When I print a photo direct from a memory card on my R300 printer, the colours are fine, but when I print the photo via any windows program, the print comes out much darker. Can any body please advise me whats up? :confused:
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Platte media
are these people legit. have a popup on the screen that says I have connected to them and now I owe them £29.99. seems. Can they track me if I with hold payment
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Linux & Media Center PC
Anyone know a suitable Linux that could be used for a Media Centre PC. It must be able to support Freeview decoders & HDMI as well as the "usual" Media Centre facilities
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Laptop graphic card help needed Please
I hope someone can help the graphic card on my laptop has packed up completely. Does anyone know how I can find out what would be a compatible replacement? I have run direct X diagnostic to try and identify my graphic card but it is so knackered that it is not recogising the card at all. My laptop spec is siemens amilo…
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Faxing
Am i able to use my pc to fax? or do i need hardware?
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cookie problem, help needed
Hi all. I wondered if you could give me a little advice, in the last week or so internet explorer seems to have diabled the cookies, this is causing a problem so cant use amazon or next to shop on because nothing adds to the shopping basket, now I can use firefox as a back up browser so itss not a huge issue but have been…
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Sky Multi Room
I'm currently paying £10.00 a month for multi room which i can no longer afford to carry on paying. My house is up for sale so i don't really want to go drilling through ceilings to link the two boxes up, my other alternative is a digi sender. What sort of sender would i need and how would it actually work. I have a Sky+…
