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resetting sky+ box, without losing data?
is there a way of resetting the sky+ box without losing the data on the hard drive?, it has frozen, will not let us change channels, have tried turning off and on at the mains, but then i cant turn the box on, i know about holding in a certain button when u switch it on, but i have done that before and lost all the…
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External HD problems... aaarrrgghhh.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000WP0NM8 Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive I brought the above the other day and so far it's proving to be a right pain! my computer will only recognise the external HD if I switch the pc on and then plug the HD in... rather than the HD…
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To mend or buy another?
I have a small Bush TV and DVD combi that no longer shows a picture but I can still hear the sound clearly. My question is though, is it cheaper to try and get it repaired or just save for a new one. It has served me well as I've had it for about 6 years but I've only just worked out how to use it all properly. :o Thank…
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acer aspire 7520 laptop acting very strange
Hi I have an 8 month old acer which has had no problems up until the last week. Then on start up after the acer page comes up it beeps like a car alarm for about 20 seconds. After this at start up it works fine but now it is doing all kinds of strange things I was typing in the google box and it answered with random…
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Help!! I've washed my DD's iPod Shuffle!! Help!!
Hi, Any advice please? On my DD's return from a school trip to France, I bundled all of her laundry in the washing machine - and then we realised her iPod shuffle was in her jeans pocket! We took the iPod out and it has been languishing in the airing cupboard for two days - tried connecting it to our mac desktop and it…
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Internet playing up
The last few weeks I've started to have a few problems with the Internet. First off the connection speed fell by 2 mbps overnight. About the same time websites that are frequently used have stopped opening or displaying correctly ie. Facebook no longer allows logging out, can no longer watch videos on YouTube etc. Virus…
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Guitar to PC
I've just been given some cool software. It's an old version of Cubase music studio. I want to mess about with it and and lay some guitar riffs down. Can anyone advcise if there is any kind of adaptor I could use to plug my guitar into my computer.
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Russian spam
About mid-afternoon, I received a batch of around 100 emails seemingly from various servers in Russia. They were all returned undeliverable emails that the server seemed to feel had come from me. Was this SPAM or has my computer been taken over by a spammer? The latter is highly unlikely, since I run a Suse Linux operating…
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safe mode?
i need to run some anti virus stuff in safe mode. can someone please tell me how to do it? i didnt see an obvious sticky for it...... thanks :)
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Computer good enough for Windows Vista?
Hi I've got a computer with an AMD Athlon XP 3000 + (2.17GHZ) and i will have 1 GB memory + 110GB memory. I have looked at the minimum specification but do you think this is enough to run Vista Premium comfortably? Many thanks
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vista and factory restore
i was wondering if anyone can help me, my sisters laptop must have a virus or something in in, she says her desktop keeps flashing and the screen goes blue. she wants to try doing a factory restore (she has already tried doing a recovery but it didnt work) but she doesnt have a disk. does anyone know how to access this on…
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how 2 host a multiplayer in game gta 5 xbox 360 ??
hi there can some one pleases tell me how to host a multiplayer game in gta 5 on xbox 360, when i click multiplayer ( by bringing the up the mobile phone) it makes no difference weather i select quick match, then choose game mode, or custom match then choose game mode, i always end up in a room hosted by some else, i want…
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No t.v. aerial in new house
I've just moved into a house on a 12 month tenancy, the previous tenant had NTL/Virgin Media and no external aerial has ever been fitted. There is a t.v. point and the house is fairly new (around 10 years old) so I think the cabling was built within the walls but no aerial connected to it. I had Sky at my old place but…
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What's this computer lead used for
That looks like a parallel port male and female with a serial port female - the females are next to each other. Any ideas?
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Very Long links in Google don't work
I have just been trying to register on Ccleaner for their new programme Recuva so that I can possible recover MS Office - Word in particular. When they send me an email containing a very long link which I am meant to put in my browser i.e. Google it just does not work. They give a shorter link to use in case AOL is being…
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On a tight budget ! Advice please
Friend of mine using Windows 98 still! Needs a good all round anti virus / internet security package for free! I could not advise on a good 'free' one but i suggested Kaspersky full protection package.Can anyone confirm that this is a good start and possibly better & cheaper than NORTON or Mc AFFEE. Also does Win 98…
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from wma to mp3
Hi I have just bought a download single from Tesco as I wanted to put it on my mobile. The song downloaded to my pc then i sent it to my mobile and it sent ok but when I try to play it nothing is happening . I downloaded 2 songs and 1 plays fine but is in mp3 format however the one that wont play is in wma.I cant…
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Laptop for Dad's birthday for under £250. Is it possible?
Hello, My Dad does pretty basic things on the pc so I was wanting to buy him a laptop that he could look at his football sites etc, I am going to buy a TV card and that is fast enough for him to watch live streaming of sport (he's just discovered bet365.com). That's about it. Is it gonna be possible to get a decent system…
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Sony Walkman not connecting to PC - any ideas?
When I plug my walkman into my PC it makes a peculiar noise like three low pitch beeps in quick succession. Then nothing happens! I've tried plugging it into all of the USB ports on my PC and the same thing happens. I tried plugging other devices into the ports and they are all recognised without any problems, so I'm…
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xbox 360 3 way/group chat
hi there is it possible to have a private 3way/group chat on xbox 360 , i know it can be done with 2 people, many thanks
