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question about my laptop
Hello, I have just been brought a Fujitsu siemens esprimo mobile laptop. down the left hand side it has a part that pulls out and it has the word PCIEX underneath it. Does anyone know what this is for? it's about 45mm long. Thanks.
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Old Packard Bell Driver needed
:confused: Still need help, tried several options but no luck, I have bought an old pc for my kids, Packard Bell, put on windows 98se and now havent got a video/graphic card driver. Dont know alot about computers, the number on the mother board is N1996. Looked on google and tried ati rage pro driver, but it doesnt work.…
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Product Recovery the right thing to do?
My fella has picked up the Trojan Pandex virus on his lappy and it's wreaked havoc. He says he can't access the internet and his Nortan security is coming up with a blank box, so he can't scan. There's nothing much he's really bothered about losing on his lappy (only a few photos) so he's thinking of using the Product…
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Help - kitten stood on lappy and made everything HUAGE!
LOL - The kitten has sat on the lappy, and pressed something, and now everything has gone huge - icons, start menu, websites, text... it driving me nuts! Does anyone know how to make it go back to normal? Thanks in advance :D
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Transfer files, data and programmes ?
Hi I have just ordered a new PC Tesco/Dell my pc at the moment has Windows XP and the new one will be Visat Premium, How do I transfer all the files and data including emails, outlook, music, pictures and programmes between the two computers My existing pc has a 75gb hard drive and 72gb is full. Any help gratefully…
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Going to Broadband- Do I need to back-up
Hi Im going to broadband on Monday, Do I need to back up all my stuff from my AOL .Im particularly worried about the secure sites such as my bank, I dont understand the technicalities of switching, I have never backed up my PC before if I need to, how do I do it? Im from planet zog lol
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Has your internet gone down? this may be why!
If your internet on a certain computer went down on Tuesday then its more than likely because of the latest update from Microsoft. Full details HERE. If you have Windows XP, or 2000, with ZoneAlarm, and did updates on or since Tuesday, then there is a conflict between them and here's how to fix it.* Upgrade your version of…
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Laptop stealing bandwidth
After no end of problems with the main computer crawling along and broken connections, we contacted our ISP who tested our line etc everything proved fine according to them, they advised us to contact the router manufacturer. Links's were most helpful and tried no end of tests and settings. Still no luck, they advised us…
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Best External Hard Drive?
Hi all is there any consensus on the best external hard drive brand? I just want to buy one off the shelf, no faffing - its for Windows XP - mainly storing photos and itunes, maybe 500GB with USB 2.0? Been looking at Freecom, Western Digital, Seagate and Maxtor and not sure which way to go? cheers
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No Internet after Windows Update
I am running XP Home on a laptop. I am with NTL broadband. Few days ago i was alerted that there was updates available. they were - Security update for Windows XP (KB951748) and Windows Malicious Software Removal tool - July 2008 (KB890830) They were duly downloaded and installed. I did not restart the laptop then. Last…
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Possible to hook up Nokia N95 to home WiFi?
Hi I'm thinking of getting the Nokia N95 8GB phone on a pay monthly contract from Vodafone. This phone has wifi so i called Vodafone to ask if it can be connected to your home wifi connection for free internet surfing, they said no it can't as wifi phones use a different internet protocol BUT then he said uhhh maybe it can…
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DVD writer
Hi all, I'm looking for a new DVD writer that is fast at writing Dual Layer media (my current drive is only 2x). Also (and this is the main thing) it must be compatible with a wide range of (Dual Layer) media. Anyone have any suggestions? Many thanks P.S. Must be IDE & Internal
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Tom Tom Western Europe Maps
Hi All, I have just purchased the above but would like to know how european post codes work and also are there area codes E.G Warner Brothers Movie World 46244 Bottrop-Kircchhellen Is the first 5 numbers a general area code Bottrop the Town and Kircchhellen the street And would this vary country by country
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can't get on the internet
Hi I've been unable to get onto the internet for the past 24 hours. i rang viegin media who said that it wasn't there fault, but told me to switch of zone alarm, which i did, and hey presto internet came back on. Put zone alarm back on and hey presto no internet. the lad said it had something to do with a download called…
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Help.................Nero!!
Hi All Never posted on here before so please bear with me (am a bit clueless about all this!) Ok basically I downloaded a trial version of Nero, was trying to burn some CDs on my laptop and my friend told me to use Nero. I couldnt get it to work and gave it up as a bad job. However now the free trial has ended and it keeps…
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Urgently need help with wireless connection please
I am having trouble with a wireless connection and need help asap please. I have sky broadband and a dell laptop. My wireless connection has been working fine until yesterday. The modem is fine, lights on in right places (and am currently accesing internet through works laptop no probs so know its the laptop with the…
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Screen res help please
Hi, I had to re-install Vista Premium the other day due to a boot problem. All is fine apart from one thing- I think there's something wrong with the resolution. I've checked the res which is set to 'high' (the same setting I had it on before, 1366x768) but there is a problem. When I try to apply a wallpaper. I used to…
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Can anyone recommend free antivirus software.
Hi I'm looking for a totally free antivirus - i.e. no free trials and then start being charged. Can anyone recommend? Many thanks Terri
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How do I bookmark this forum?
Hi I love reading this forum, you get to learn so much. How can I book mark the forum so that I don't have to keep searching for it from the list of forums? Many thanks.
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super smash brothers game on wii will not work. known problem?
I bought the super smash brothers game for the wii lalt week as it had just been released, from Game. But wen I played it on my Wii it would not work, although other games were fine. I tok it back to Game sayin git was faulty and asking for a replacement but they said that some older Wii's would not play it as it was the…
