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Archives for July 2008
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converting drawings or jpegs into CAD .dwg files?
When we bought our flat, we bought the planning application architect drawings with it. We have them in paper format and on a CD. However electronically- speaking, only the floor plan is in .dwg format (auto CAD). The elevation and external building drawings are jpegs. We gave them to an architect/draughtsman who says…
Possible virus
My home network is two machines on a wifi router and XP. When I log onto one machine I reach the welcome screen. On selecting any account the menu screen is seen but without its applications and then I am quickly returned to the welcome screen to log out. The other machine is OK. I suspect a virus has got in but how do I…
Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Do I need to install this on my Dell Desktop? Windows Update keeps telling me to do this but so far it has not installed correctly. My computer is only a few months old. Do I need to do anything before I start the installation? Somewhere I read about installing drivers first. How do I do this? Is there a downside to…
Can I rent CDs from the library and...
download them onto an iPod? Or do I have to purchase rather than 'rent' them? And I have heard that you can have TV episodes on an iPod, can these be ones you already own on DVD? And if so, can you put a film there temporarily, say for a long journey and then take it off afterwards? I'm not very techie so speak slowly…
Where to start?
Hello I am interested in learning Java, I have no programming experiance and wanted to know where to start. Thanks
Wireless Connections
I have a Lenovo N200 with XP -2 software . In the pass i have needed to set some protection but my laptop will not connect to my PC. The router is D-Link 624 and both the internal wireless connection and the D220 usb will not work. Can i have guidence to reset any previous protection in my laptop as my PC is displaying it…
Copying Files
I have a Cd disc that contains photos. I am trying to copy the files into My Docs, some have copied over but there are others that won't and I am getting the following error message: Cannot Copy DSC_0628: Invalid MS-DOS Function. Can anyone shed any light on what this means and how can I copy them onto my laptop? Seems…
Anti Virus 2009
My friend has just called me in a panic as somehow anti virus 2009 has downloaded it self on to her pc. Now from what i can see on google this is spyware but avg spyware isnt picking it up. Can anyone help me about how to remove it safely without damaging the computer. I have told her to disconnect form the internet just…
Internet Speed dropped
My internet connection speed has dropped over the last 10 days or so. It always used to be around 5.6mbps but it's now dropped to 3.8mbps. I'm on Orange broadband which allows upto 7mbps. Any ideas for a fix or is it more likely a hardware fault?
help-dirty volume
hi When I start up computer it goes straight to chkdisk saying that the NFTS volume is dirty, the chk disk has 3 stages and it runs throught the first to 100% but then the next bit just stops running and nothing happens. Any Ideas
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