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Some Free Software + a question
If you would like some free software try this site. https://www.giveawayoftheday.com the comments made by the users on each program are often quite informative as well. Today's offering is a program that lists all the duplicate files on your computer so that you can clean it up a bit. Warning you cannot always delete files…
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Help!
Hi all! Help and Advice Please! Have 2 TVs (not plasma or lcd) and both have developed the same fault within a day of each other. That is the picture colour is distorting, from out to in varying colours in the shape of a target. I am told this to do with the static not being released from the tube and the part being…
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Apple Powerbook problem, please help
Hi i was kindly given a powerbook G3, ( so its not a new laptop, about 10 years old! ) it turned on just fine, was on for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon then at night i connected it to my wired broadband router, it was on for atleats another hour yet then suddenly the powerbook went dead on me! im not sure what…
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Using a laptop abroad
OH and I are reaching the age where we can holiday as we want, not the kids! We have tried a Road Trip in the US and loved it, but by the nature of things thought afterwards that it may have been v useful to be able to connect to the Internet, and check out Motels, Entertainment, travel details etc. Now I am very un-techie…
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Mail Merge: HTML Problem
Hi guys, Can anyone tell me how to send a html message from outlook via word mail merge facility. I can manage to send the document as a plain test format message and it goes through outlook no problem. However whn i tick the HTML option at step 6 nothing appears to happen. I need to send a few hyperlinks in my message…
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laptop help
my friend has just bought a laptop from ebay (dell c400), it all seems to be working fine (well powering up, windows starting etc) but there doesnt seem to be a cd/dvd rom drawer part to it. would this be correct? do u have to buy extra parts for some laptops. I had a quick look to see if i can see one, i cant but then im…
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A Wii question!
Hi all Feel free to move me if I am asking this in the wrong place but DD2 has asked for a Wii and Wii fit for her birthday. Now I know that the Wii fit is about as rare as a hens tooth but am searching hard (don't want to pay OTT ebay prices). However I have a quick question about the Wii. My friend's daughter works in…
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How to make games work on Vista?
My hubby has just bought a PC game for the computer (without me knowing so paid FAR to much for it!) but didn't realise it needs Windows 2000 or XP to run! We currently have Vista and can't make it work (it simply won't run). Is there any way to make the game work? Please help but bear in mind I'm not techie-minded so…
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AllTunes Help Pls?
Hiya, Can anyone tell me how you add credit to AllTunes please? I've looked everywhere but it just say's 'you can add credit by using several payment methods' all probably a really stupid question but can alltunes be used on an Ipod? Thanks x
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Virgin take over AOL billing
Last month AOL took £9 as a direct debit instead of the usual £24.99. They did not send me any communication to tell me why. This month my Virgin bill listed Broadband £24.99. I phoned them to say that I don't have Broadband with Virgin. They said that AOL are using Virgin's lines now so Virgin would be billing us. That…
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cannot connect wirelessly to sky broadband
Hi I'm asking on behalf of my daughter so I dont have all the details at my fingertips. Basically ................. Sky broadband went live last week in shared house Housemate can connect wirelessly Daughter can connect using ethernet cable but not wirelessly. She can use laptop wirelessly away from home and also connect…
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Help please - mouse selecting things when I am not clicking it
Hi, I'm not very techie so need some help please. I'm having a small problem with my laptop that if my mouse/cursor is on something for more than a couple of seconds it "selects" it even if i haven't clicked on it. So if i'm reading a webpage and my cursor happens to be on a link it takes me to the link even though i…
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Software needed to open a SOL file, please.
I have on my pc SOL files and would appreciate your suggestion for a good free software to open these. I have windows XP home. I do logic puzzles and these files have come from a reliable site, but I cannot open them. I did not know what to search for on sites like download.com etc. The puzzles are here...…
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Internet probs
Strange one this i am running firefox 3 and ie and both have problems with accessing like of face book, and ebay maybe other sites alough i have not tested yet, but this site is fine and so are all the bbc sites. Doing my nut in as i need ebay as buying and selling at the moment. Can anyone help?
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AOL new b/band network-must I get a new PC??
Hi all My partner had an email from AOL saying it was moving customers to its new network & she would need to replace her modem with a new wireless one that they sent her. So far so good. However, when I went to install the CD it said there was only 1MB of memory & it needed 4MB. The hard drive has plenty of room so can…
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Adproxy.exe.
Thicko alert ! I keep getting this message 'adproxy.exe unable to component' what does it mean ? I've done a google search but can't make head or tails from it :confused: Thanks in advance :D
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Cancelling Sky but will I still get any channels?
Now I have Freeview I find I am watching Sky less and less but paying, a now wasted, £22 per month for it. If I cancel will I still be able to get any channels or will the Sky unit just stop working? A friend said he had heard that for a one off payment of £20 I could still get quite a few channels and so wonder if this is…
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runtime errors,why?
getting lots of runtime errors and slow performance,also always getting "window virtual memory running running low" signs ,why
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IP address
Hello, could somebody please advise me on the IP addresses. If you have several computers at home, does it mean they all have same IP address or different? It looks like the same and I always assumed they should be different! Does it depend on the router in your home?
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Improve laptop performance and hijackthis log help
Right, So I have run ccleaner through, run adaware through, virus scanned and run hijackthis. I have disabled a load of add-ons to IE which has generally reduced memory thirst and has improved performance no end. So, if there anything else I can do? And can someone please cast an eye over my hijack this log to let me know…
