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A couple of keyboard buttons not working
Hi, Hopefully someone can help with this. My Dell Dimension keyboard is playing up. Specifically, the 'N' button, the right cursor key, and the '?' button work oly occasionally (see the typo? That was't a mistake!). As you can imagine it's very annoying. I've cleaned the keyboard, though I take pretty good care of it…
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graphics card replacement
Hi my graphics card has just gone down, the make is Gigabyte and the model no. is GV-R351L256T after researching for a while this has led me to believe that it is a ATI Radeon 9550 as displayed here:…
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laptop has died
Hi I have an acer travelmate 240 and i think it is dead. It runs on xp and my problem is it will not work it gets onto a page with details PXE-E61 media test failure PXE-MOF exiting pxe rom Operating system not found I press f2 and it goes to the set up page and f12 to reboot but nothing happens it just goes back to the…
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Fresh install of xp - messed it up somehow
Hi, I havent got a clue what I have done here but I did a fresh install of XP on my son's computer using the Dell CD. Now I know Dell stick loads of crap on but when I check the 'C' drive, there is 107 GB used! I'm sure even Dell dont put that amount of rubbish on. I chose the option to format the disk and reinstall…
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Advice on Runescape Power levelling
My son & his friends play on this Runescape thing, which admittedly I don't really understand but they all seem to enjoy it! We've not subscribed to anything payment wise (as far as I'm aware!) and they play on it for free, however he's asked me to 'power level':confused: his account via a site called 'usfine'. Can anyone…
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Belkin Wireless router problem - connected but not working properly :(
Hi, I wonder whether someone could help me. I have got a Belkin wireless router and Orange broadband, which I used in my old place for over 1 year and everything was fine. I now moved homes and want to reconnect my wireless connection. I managed to connect it all but for some reason there are only a couple of websites that…
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Abbey online Regular Transfer not working
Has anyone else had problems with the "Regular Transfer" facility with Abbey, I've requested money to be transferred twice in the past few days (did it again when it didn't transfer 1st time) and it hasn't transferred? Really don't feel like another conversation with India after last weeks Tiscali problems :mad:
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Windows updates won't install
Every time I shut down my PC it says there are 7 or 8 windows updates to install. When I try and install them while the PC running they always fail to install Can anyone give advice on how to resolve this? Thanks
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Radio 2 on laptop - audio stream is unavailable at the moment?
Hi, Is anyone else able to play Radio 2 at the moment through a PC? I'm trying on my laptop - managed to get it to work previously so I know that it does work but right now I'm getting this message: audio stream is unavailable at the moment Is this a BBC problem or a problem with my laptop/settings? Many thx.
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Pc World
Good evening , does anyone know if pc world are haveing a sale bank holiday weekend please?
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Advice on best laptop for teen
I am looking to buy a good value laptop for my teenager for xmas can anyone advise me on what is the best value for money as it really is all gobbeldygook to me. I will need to have wireless internet on it though and not too much money please as I may need to buy two (1 for my other teenager) thanks in advance for any…
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photos on mse
hi can anyone explain in very very simple english how to add a photo to a post thanks
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help with laptop and 2 vistas
Hi I have come to visit family and as usual I have to resolve all their computer issues whilst im here. I am trying to sort a laptop that developed a problem which someone has tried to fix and the laptop now has 2 copies of vista on it I think. During start up it tells me to choose a program to start and there is a list of…
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How do I play movies on Youtube
I was following another thread and it said click on here to see Youtube. But my pc doesn't let me watch them. It then said install XActive :confused: so I followed all those instructions, and it still didn't work. Anyone got any easy to follow instructions for a very low techy person. Tx
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DVD players wont play my burnt photos !!!
Hi all Got a problem getting my sony dvp ns76h and Liteon dvd recorder to recognise a Boots compact disc recordable cd-r disk with my babies photos on them. The disk says ideal for video/data/audio. I burnt the phots from my computer hard drive to this disk - dell 9200 dimension computer - and the photos will play on the…
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Linux partition makes PC faster?
Hi, my computer is slower than a Welshman. A collegue suggested that I partition the hard disk and run Linux on one side, and leave my regular windows XP on the other. He said even on my crap computer the linux side will run fast? Does this sound feasible?
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Anyone Tell Me The Actual Height of 22" Polaroid LCD TV Pse.
Im looking for a LCD TV to fit in a certain space, can someone pse say whether stated height measurements include the stand or are without the stand. Heres an example Monitor Dimension(WHD mm) : 524 x 433.5x 204 mm ( is that with the stand or without the stand.)…
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USB tv card for laptop?
I've got a Pinnacle TV card in my desktop pc, I've just bought my Dad a laptop (and if this is a stupid question you can all hit me) is there anyway he can watch the tv channles on his laptop or do I need to buy him his own usb tv card and if so can anyone recommend a good one? Thanks
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Picture Editing Software
Hi Anyone know of a good FREE editing software packages better than paint to use with my website? Cheers
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PVRs
I'm thinking of buying a PVR and I was just wondering if people could tell me what models they are using; how reliable they are; how easy they are to set up and use; what the sound and picture qualities are like; how noisy they are; how much they cost; where you got them from, etc. Oh, and if you have a twin tuner, can you…
