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Bit of an odd one
Every so often I seem to hit somthing on my keyboard when i'm on this forum and suddenly the text and spacing will have changed. (for example, and I'm assuming it will look fine to you, in that last sentence the word "will" looks more like this "w ill") It's not the text size option on internet explorer and it doesn't look…
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How to use Winrar
Now im not the brightest button, but winrar is soooo hard to use lol I have d.loaded a movie which was in RAR file so opened WinRar and hit add. Out of the 40 or so parts to the file only the first 20 look the same. By that i mean the first 20 images in front of the name look like a pile of books. The rest look like the…
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Virus on my computer? what does this mean
I am getting a pop up constantly on the bottom right of my computer saying A Virus has been found The Anti virus was unable to disinfect this file. Run the virus scan to verify that other files on your computer are not infected. I have the free version ofVirgin Broadband pc guard on my computer. Help......i have tried…
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Ipod In Washing Machine!!
Hi My dd has left her ipod in her jeans pocket and has now come out freshly washed!! I have told her not to turn it on. Any idea if it is likely to be totally kna**ered?? Many thanks Sue
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Examforce
As anybody used examforce materials for IT examinations, i am currently doing my mcse and had a sales call from the states yesterday trying to sell me there software, it does look good but before i committed to it i would be interested to know if anybody has any experience of using it. thanks
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Please help - all my emails have disappeared
I'm on outlook express and it says I have no email account but I've been using it for 3 years. My internet isn't recognising me and all my internet 'history' has disappeared. I have loads of useful emails with passwords to websites etc this has happened before bUt they came back but I'm still waiting from 9 this morning.…
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windows media player freezing
Can anyone explain why wmp freezes my pc when I have the visualisation on.:eek: I am using xp home with sp2 on an acer T120E. I have to turn the power off to get it rebooted. Do I need to upgrade?:confused: ? Any help welcome.
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Any ideas how to open and convert an old format file?
My next door neighbour has a very optimistic view of my computer knowledge. He is a great old boy, who has just received a CD of his great grand parents, but in an old format, ending .cps. He has asked me to "make it work"I have tried downloading Corel Paint shop but this did not recognise the format wither, anyone else…
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This site signs me out after a while
Does anyone know why this (MSE) forum signs me out after a while? I have it set up to remember my password and login so it's not too much of a faff but sometimes it is annoying - it seems to time out after a very short time, sometimes even while I am writing a post (admittedly, it tends to be longer posts!) I don't…
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Can't find MS Word
My machine was running very slowly the other day so I cleaned it up with instructions I had run off from this site. I also deleted programmes, some of which I had not used since 2002. Now I cannot find WORD and need to type some letters. I can't see how I will have deleted this. I did delete things like MS Autoroute and a…
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Is this legal?
I've found a computer disk buried in an old box in the shed. Out of curiosity i thought id see what was on it. I was amazed when i opened the zip folders on the disk and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of Font's pored out of the zip file. I have no idea where the disk came from or how it got to be buried in the shed.…
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uploading from YouTube
Hi all can anyone tell me in simple terms (blonde you see!) how I can upload/download something from YouTube and put it on my ipod... thanks in advance of all your fab help ... you wonderful people! lol :D Pash xxx
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Sophos temp folder
Looking in my HDD to find where all my space has gone, it turns out that Sopos's temp folder, C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Temp, consumes over 40GB! Is this normal behavior, and can I safley get rid of it? Quite worrying.
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Spybot S&D
I have downloaded the latest version and installed it. It looks ok, downloads updates ok but when I come to run it it blue screens me every time!:eek: Any ideas you can offer? don't want to give up on it as it has kept my system clear up to now. Thanks:D
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Registry Error Message
Hi, I'm currently updating my sister's PC for her. One the issues it has is that, when XP has finished loading, an error message appears which says, 'One of the files containing the system's registry files had to be recovered by use of a log or alternate copy. The recovery was succesful.'. The machine then runs fine but…
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TomTom One - Version 3 or 4
I see TomTom One is now available in version 4 for about £30 more than version 3 which is still available. Does anyone know the difference bewteen the versions, please?
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Curious About 'Blu ray'?
Hi 'am still curious about 'Blu ray' & is the quality any better than a ' an upconverting DVD ? Unfortuanately none of my friends have one to check out! Is it still too soon to buy one ? You see articles like this 'Blu-Ray sales tank for good reasons'…
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Phone query - wrong/right forum??
I was going to post on the mobile phone forum, but it says for deals and prices and they've not been kind to me on there before, so am trying on here! :o Two things have happened, probably coincidence.... Couple of hours or so ago, had a power cut, for only a few minutes. Since then, I have no service from my mobile?? No,…
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Printing from the internet
I bought a new Lexmark x2580 yesterday, mainly for printing off flight and travel details, but when im trying to print from the internet it causes Safari to close down and won't print! Im using a Mac, can anyone help??? I need to print boarding passes asap!
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Dell laptop - debit card ringfence expired
Hey, I figured MSE would be a good place to ask about this.... At about 1am on Friday, I ordered a laptop from Dell (Small business) with a debit card. My online banking immediately showed a difference between my balance and my available balance of the price I paid - indicating that the money had been ringfenced prior to…
