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Firewalls
I have windows vista and have heard that the firewall on it is better than that on xp. On xp i used to use comodo firewall, is the vista firewall good enough or should I go for comodo?
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How do you display your TV???
Hi All! Been looking at the 42/50 inch flat panel TV's, for www.theupsidedownhouse.9f.com once we actually move in, but.... It's bad enough finding one which will swivel on it's own stand (suggestions welcomed) & as we don't want to wall mount it, have more or less decided it's position in the living area, now just need to…
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HELP! LG 5083 DVD player - I turned it green!
I tried a hack to change my DVD player to region free and now the picture is GREEN! I know how to get back to the bit where I changed the settings, but I now can't remember what the original ones were. HELP!
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Email Hacking, How Do I Prevent It?
Hi Hoping all you knowledgeable people can help me. A person I know hacked into my email account and reset my password. This person admitted that occasion after forwarding emails to themselves and others from my account and then gave me the password so that I could reset it. I have set up a different email address to try…
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Quick question regarding making DVD player region free
I've found a firmware update that'll make my DVD player region free (LG 5083 - hack found here: http://aiwaownersnetwork.tripod.com/pages/lg/5000_series_firmware.html as well as other places), but have also found a hack to play VCDs. Do I need to do the VCD thing (http://www.reviewcentre.com/review10076.html) before…
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Me again...PC World/Currys laptop recommendations
Hi I'm going to buy my first ever laptop tomorrow as I'm also hoping to change to wireless too. The closest shops are PC World and Currys so does anyone have any recommendations? It will be mainly for internet access as I use the pc for work stuff, burning discs, music etc. What sort of minimum memory size would you…
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Interview Help Please
Hello All I have got a interview for the position of IT Help Desk Associate. So i am just curious that what sort of question i could face regarding the job interview so that might be helpful. My job responsibilities are To be a part of the team providing Level 1 helpdesk support to our client. It would involve picking up…
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I'm a wireless virgin!
I would like to go wireless and I would be really grateful for some advice from you experts out there. I have a desktop pc and I would like to buy a laptop so that I can surf the internet all over the house. I am currently tied into AOL broadband and have a USB ADSL modem. My computer is a packard Bell about 3 years old…
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Inkjet Photo Paper
Does anyone know which is best matt or glossy? What is the difference between 179gsm and 230g/m2? I suppose you get what you pay for but I have found matt paper gives me better results than glossy. Perhaps the glossy paper I got from the poundshop was bad quality but just because it was cheap does it mean it's no good?
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Email Program Not Working With Sky.com
I have recently moved house and have a new email set up with Sky. I don't like their Email and prefer to use my own program called "Incredimail". However, I can't get it to work despite following the help guide within incredimail itself. Any clues? Have Norton Internet Security and have "added" incredimail programme files…
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Slo Running Pc
Can anyone help. My pc seems to take a while to load up and I can hear things "running in the background" but not sure what they are or how to stop them. Any help would be appreciated.
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How to set up a website to share learning resources
Hi there, I want to set up a website for my students to be able to pool and collaborate resources. Are there any online services as such available? Ideally I would want it to be as follows: - I can grant a username and password to certain email addresses - Anyone with access can upload or download but not delete or modify…
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Recycle Bin problem
Hi I've noticed recently that sometimes when I delete files which I no longer need (e.g. pictures or documents) and then change my mind, I open the Recycle Bin to restore them to where they came from only to find that it is empty. When I initially delete such files the Recycle Bin icon on my desktop changes to show that…
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Top Sat Nav deals discussion
This is the forum discussion to link on the back of the tip deal: Bargain Sat Nav deals This forum thread has now been closed - thanks to all who have posted. Click here to see the new forum thread. Many thanks, Becca
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Decent cheapish graphics card?
Hi, I currently have a peak radeon x550 graphics card, which I find is pretty abysmal. I'm after something reasonably cheap, £50 tops I'd say, unless it was something amazing, that will play most reasonably new games reasonably well. I have an athlon 64 3500 processor with 1gb DDR2 ram, that won't be what's holding me back…
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switch off comp with one click
When i Google the above, i get lots of instructions to right click, shortcuts, and type in shortcuts.exe-s-t 0, but when i do this all i get is "This file cannot be found" whys this?
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Password protected file
In MS Word 2002, if you save a file with a password - just how secure/safe is it?
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pc guard is it enough ?
Hi all, I have NTL PCguard for my p.c anti virus scan fire wall etc... is this enough protection for my computer ? I have been getting alot of warning notices from windows Support centre saying my p.c is a threat and to get spywear for it . freinds have said ignore it , it is just a advert but i'm not so sure what should i…
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Anyone using Adobe Media Player?
I keep getting asked if I want to download Adobe Media Player and Adobe Air. Is anyone else using this yet? Does it do anything that all the other media players can't do? I do use Adobe Reader although experts usually moan about it being resource hungry, so is the same true for Adobe Air?
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Unwanted adverts
Suddenly started getting unwanted websites opening up at random when I'm using the internet - this is very annoying:mad: . The one that appears most is adserver5.com. How can I stop this? I have pop ups blocked, but these open up in a new window every time. I think my daughter downloaded MSN Live Messenger yesterday -…
