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LG Plasma DEAD Warrenty advise please
Hi, Can any one offer any advise on dealing with LG, I have a plasma tv just over 2 years old and the screen has just gone dead after a loud bang, I'm going to be contactng LG directly but I know they are just going to say its outside it's 12 month warrenty, but i remember reading somewhere that all electrical goods should…
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Help!!??
Okayyyyy I'll start again as aparently I wasn't logged in last time I tried to post this. Got a message on my laptop that Macafee had stopped a trojan. Thought everything would be ok, not so. When starting up, screen comes up ok, then icons flash and disapear along with the taskbar. Have done a scan, an online scan too and…
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Laptop not charging
Hi, I wonder if someone can help me. My son has an HP Pavilion DV6000 laptop. Normally when he plugs the charger in, there is a blue light comes on by the socket on the side of the laptop and it starts to charge up the battery. This has now stopped, and nothing happens when you plug it in to be charged. The battery is now…
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Help with son's pc acting up ???
Hiya, My son's PC takes about 20 minutes to load now, and it keeps shutting down. Is this likely to be a virus do you think? and whats the best way to try and sort it out? Thanks in advance. Michelle.
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re-sizing pictures
hi i have some photo's stored in a "my documents" folder they are just over 2MB in size but i need to reduce them to below 1MB in size.... how can i do this? is it possible? i took them using my own digital camera and uploaded them with the software provided, and then transfered them to another folder, and they all seem to…
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PC won't boot
Hi, My next door neighbours computer won't boot up. It gets to a screen which says 'start in safe mode or start windows normally'. No matter which of these you select, neither boots the matchine, it just goes to the black windows screen with the green progress squares under the MS log. He runs MS Vista. Even inserting the…
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Computer dying?
My desktop PC has started shutting down without warning. According to DH it's as though no signal is getting through from the base unit to the monitor yet the connections are secure. Does anyone know what would cause this and more importantly is it fixable without spending a fortune. In the meantime can anyone tell us how…
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Cover for breakdown of electronic items - e.g. TV
Hi all, Does anyone have any advice on what the best way is to cover an electronic item beyond the manufacturer's guarantee? I normally don't take any extra protection out as it always seems to be such a rip off and for items worth less than a couple of hundred it usually doesn't seem worth it. However I am looking at…
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Laptop hard drive interface and capacity - Quick Question
I'm looking to purchase the smallest capacity SATA hard drive for my laptop. I've checked on eBay and in general the smalled SATA is 40GB, anything less seems to be IDE interface. I realise that SATA is a relatively new interface so my question is in general is the smallest SATA hard drive for a laptop 40GB? Ideally I…
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what camera to buy?
i am wanting to buy a digital camera that is good quality and will last. i have around £200 to spend but i havent got a clue what is good etc could anyone advise. i have 6mth old baby and im missing those precious moments thanks:confused:
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Offer of new laptop
I posted here yesterday regarding problems with my Dell laptop - in particular, I could not get internet Explorer or Firefox to connect. Dell wanted me to do a complete reinstall. However, after 2 attempts at restoring from my backup external drive, the problem is resolved. The complaints team from Dell have been in touch.…
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Humax 9200T - Problem
Please help if you can. My Humax is not behaving. Recently I have missed some recordings. I have seen programme titles repeated 3 or 4 times in the programme list. Programmes with the wrong title. Is this anything to do with the January update?
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£1 off Computer Shopper at Smiths - voucher
Hi all, You can get £1 off the latest issue (August) of Computer Shopper magazine at WH Smiths with this voucher: http://shopper.pcpro.co.uk/marketing/onlinevoucher.pdf Just print it out and take it into Smiths. Cheers!
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No webpages on laptop
Hello you good people..... I'm hoping you can help. I've got a Dell Vostro 1000 laptop which at about midnight lost all web pages. It was working wirelessly via a Linksys router, and initially I just thought the signal was gone / weak. Nope today still no joy, although the main computer is working fine hardwired into my…
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Re installing windows help
I have had my laptop for over 4 years now and it has recently began to run quite slow. I have run all the usual cleaners etc and have been advised to re install windows to start afresh.I do have the windows xp recovery disk. SO, TECHIE GUYS can somebody help me with all this. I have made a copy of the drivers and copied…
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Laptop for under £400
Hi All, I am looking for a laptop for under £400. All it is really going to be used for is internet, music and photos. It wont be used for playing games so dont need anything too fancy. Does anyone know of anything good for that price?? thanks!
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Beeping computer
I have a desktop PC that works perfectly well. However it emits loud beeps 2-3 seconds long. Usually there's a gap of perhaps 6 seconds between beeps; occasionally the gap is longer. The beeps are coming from the processor, not from the speakers. I used to be able to reboot and the problem would vanish for a while. Now,…
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google
Hello got a new laptop yesterday and i set google as my home page and now when i search for something it comes up, so when i put mo it comes up moneysavingexpert. does anyone know how to stop it from saving all the info everytime i search for something? thanks!!
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ActiveSync/Outlook export
I use a Windows mobile phone (as of last week, an O2 Stellar) to keep track of my life, by ensuring I've always got an up to date calendar/to-do list/contacts etc. with me. Up to now, I have used ActiveSync to synchronise my work Outlook account with the phone, and subsequently with Outlook on my home PC. Now however, I've…
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help removing Linux and replacing with windows
I have search on google how to do this but it all seems so complicated I just bought a pc on ebay it said operating system so me being a dummy just assumed windows well its not its linux the pc is for my daughter for mainly for school work a bit of internet and for playing football manager I know she is a teenage girl but…
