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Chinese Television
Hi All, I'm a buy-to-let landlord with some Chinese tenants. They are interested in getting some Chinese TV channels. They already have the basic (£18 per month) Sky package with free broadband but want more than the two available Chinese channels. Is it possible to get more? How? Would I need to get a second dish on the…
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Goodmans DVD Recorder/Samsung tv problem
Just wondering if anyone out there can suggest what this problem is please....I suspect it is a tuning problem with the SAMSUNG plasma tv. Basically, after I switch on the Goodmans DVD player to record a programme (ext 2), the TV picture closes down and appears to default to ext 1. This happens after a few minutes. I have…
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PC Pro Money Saving Tips
The October 2008 issue of PC Pro has a feature devoted to saving cash on your IT in the light of the credit crunch. For them as don't want to shell out on the publication, it'll probably be on their website when reality catches up with the date on the magazine (ie October...). Most are probably well known to denixens of a…
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Printer settings
Pl can somebody help me, my ancient lexmark printer prints any word document fine except articles from the web. I used to be able to print my full bank account from the same printer, now when I do it e.g if I do print screen, the printer will not print all I get is a blank page. I think it has to do with the printer…
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battery problem
When i start my laptop up with the battery in place.everything moves in slow motion and altough i can sign on to AOL it never starts up properly.But remove the battery and everything is fine.But when the battery is removed and everthing is working properly and i insert the battery it does not cause problems like on start…
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AOL - error page when trying to log in on laptop only?
Hi, Because my desktop keeps switching itself on and off (see other thread!) I can't use it to get online and check my AOL email account. I've been trying to log in to AOL using my laptop but I keep getting an error page - the title bar says something about being unauthorised. I used to have no problems accessing AOL from…
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Help Pls - computer gone loopy - keeps switching itself on and off
Hi, I hope someone can help! Just recently my desktop PC appeared to cut out/lose power. It had a very old extension lead on it and when I moved this it crackled! I opened the plus of the lead today and only the live earth was properly screwed in place and the earth and neutral were hanging about inside the plug loose!!…
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mobile help
I received my new phone today BUT I am not getting a signal. Says limited service Is there anything you can suggest? It is a Samsung G600 on Vodafone
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Education Store at Apple
Have heard people say that Apple give extras sometimes such as an Ipod to students when purchasing from them. Have just had a good quote for a Macbook pro 2.4 ghz from the education store of £1104. I was going to go for a refurb but that would be £1109 so just £5 difference! He also said that the applecare was £58 at…
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Fuji camera software
Hi, Can anyone please help. I have a Fuji MX1200 digital camera which is about 8 years old. Problem is when i try to transfer the photos form the canmera to the PC with the Picture Shuttle. It shows thumbnails of the photos on the desktop in the software window after which i click 'select all'. It allows me to select all…
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Outlook PST files
Hi, Looking for some advice on moving pst files from one pc to another via a flash drive. I want to take pst files on the flash drive so I can add to them when I'm out the office then when i get back update my personal folders when I get back. Any hep appreciated. Marco
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How do I download free audio Books for my MP3?
Can anyone help please? My OH is dyslexic and we are going on holiday in 2 weeks - I just bought him an MP player and wonder if I can download audio books onto it for him? Many thanks
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Help - Firewall keeps on turning itself off.
When I log on to my laptop, a message comes up saying my firewall is not on - pc at risk etc:eek: . I immediately turn it on, only to find that it's shut itself off again. My son uses my laptop a lot - he's 8 years old - and says that he doesn't turn it off. Could it be happening automatically - something to do with the…
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Anti Virus Xp 2008
How do I stop this getting onto my system? I use AVG and it says that I am protected against such things, but I have had it twice this week. I downloaded malware to get rid of it. I downloaded Adware today to try and stop it from happening a 3rd time but the free edition was not enough. Any ideas?
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BBC iPlayer problem
I am currently having a problem and would appreciate any help. I can successfully download the programmes from the website. However when watching the downloads they play OK for up to 20 mins but then the picture freezes and after a few seconds the screen goes blank although the sound still works. The only way out is the to…
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Please help, I think laptop's got a virus!
Help!!! My laptop has been slowing down over the last few days, there is definately a problem with it. Every time I search for something in google it comes up with random sites that look like the real thing bt aren't, for example, if I search 'MSE' I would normally expect to find the MSE link with direct links to some…
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photo resizing
Hi i took a few photos on a digital camera but when i try to upload them on a web site it fails saying they are too big could anyone tell me how i make them smaller. I followed a link for a free trial but it didnt work i couldnt drag the photos so i took the programme back out. I use windows xp be grateful of any help…
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'Free' Laptop deals
I have been having a look at these free laptop with broadband deals. Normally I wouldnt touch things like this with a bargepole as I know they tend to be a bit of a rip off. However, we are absolutley at the end of our tether with our current orange broadband and have been looking at changing supplier. I also need to get a…
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Why don't my PC & Monitor like each other?!
Hi all I recently had my PC upgraded RAM-wise. Since then an intermittent problem has occurred, sometimes it's fine for a couple of hours, other times it'll happen every few minutes; The screen goes completely blank and the PC unit keeps whirring away as though it's working fine but I can't get the screen to work again…
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Mobile broadband - faster than land broadband?
We have awfully slow broadband, only ever gets upto about 0.5mbps as we are 8 miles from the exchange. Would the mobile broadband dongles you can get give us a faster speed?
