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frozen screen
having a problem with the arrow on my laptop on start-up of laptop,it wont move from the centre of the screen,hence not able to start up aol etc.But when i remove the laptops battery it starts up no problem.cannot work out why.Installed extra memory yesterday but this problem has been happening for about 1 week now,the…
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Excel Help please - Any experts out there?
Hi all, Please could someone help me with the following: If you have a long row of phrases e.g. dog happy dog brown dog brown happy dog happy brown dogs happiest brown dog brown dog that is happy etc etc Is there a quick way to split each word into it's own column? If you could help me I'd be so happy as it will save me…
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Forum -setting up & security & closing early ?
Hi Im wondering if some of you experts can help. We are going to be setting up a forum for children for our charity. The problem being safety . I had suggestes one thing was to close the forums early to prevent kids posting at night. By this I mean the forums would be open, so people could read them but that no posts could…
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Windows XP install problems
Hello all. Bought a new Motherboard bundle on Sunday and am having really bad time trying o get things working. It's freezing all the while at various points of booting and when it occassionaly gets in to the XP install. I was origioanlly trying to install onto a new SATA Hd but can't get my floppy drive working (broken…
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Kaspersky Software
Hi, i currently have Norton anti virus software but it runs out on friday and I it seems Kaspersky is the best one to get. I was going to get version 7, does this work on any computer? I have windows vista, will it work with that? Thanks, i dont have a clue when it comes to things like this.
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Advertising my personla website - Good or Bad ?
Hi, I have just started some freelance work with couple of other professional CIW certified web developers. Our office is in Manchester and we have advertised locally but I was thinking if I am allowed to post about my website on MSE forum and let people know of any special offers? Can any one clarify what is the best way…
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Help Please!
My son and I share the computer. He's obviously been trying to download something as I've come across this message : The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable disk that is not available. Insert the Sonic Activation Module disk and click OK Use Source 1. which comes up every time I turn on…
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posting a pic please
hi , iam a bit useless with technology , i was wondering if anyone can tell me in easy steps how to post a pic on here from photobucket or my pictures thanks
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Headphone socket no longer working on laptop
Hi all, recently my headphone socket seems to have stopped working on my Sony laptop. Any ideas on the cheapest way to get this fixed ? Is it possible to do a DIY job ? Last week it was working on and off but now it seems to have totally stopped working. Thanks in advance for any info. Regards, CM
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PC wont turn Off
Decided to go wireless last week (netgear) Pc and laptop. Its been workinfg fine-ish so far, However after being on the PC last night it wont turn off. I get the pop up for - Switch user - Switch Off - Restart but when i click Switch Off nothing happens, So its been on all night and still wont turn off this morning. Hope…
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Understanding Firewalls
In the last couple of days I have started getting a prompt from my firewall that Windows Defender Utility is trying to connect to http://131.107.115.28/ port 80. As I have Windows Defender I would usually allow this change but instead I looked on the above website and got 'Directory Listing Denied This Virtual Directory…
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red ring of death
OH playing on xbox - Red light comes on xbox - he thought it was ring of death (!!!!!!?) but he said because there was only one section of the ring red then it isnt the ring of death but he doesnt know what it is - picture went fuzzy black and white but working ok now - any ideas what it is/was? ?
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Sat Nat with Speed Camera detection
Can any of you recommend a good sat nav system that has the speed camera warning for the best price? I recently used a Garmin satnav with this but it costs £240!!!! I know I can do better but am afraid to buy without recommendations. ANyhelp gratefully received. Thanks! :beer:
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How long does it take to defrag?
My hard drive has been defragging for 24 hours now. Any ideas if it will ever finish?
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Latest Firefox
I have upgraded to the latest firefox. Now, when i get into the sites with https - the address bar does not go yellow anymore - just stays as it is i.e. white. Is that a problem?
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TFT 17" monitor
Hi Whats the cheapest TFT 17" monitor available at the moment? Are widescreen monitors any better or worse (only want one for internet as not a gamer) Cheers slowfish
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thinking of getting shut of pc....
am wondering how i connect to my virgin media broadband when/if i decide to go ahead and get shut of my pc.....i have just got a laptop and hardly use the pc so i am thinking of passing it on to my nephews..... i use a belkin router which is connected to the pc - so, if we just use laptops how would this work? my broadband…
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new pc for £300/350 ??
hi there wher is the best place to by a decent spec pc (with monitor) for around £300/350 delivered , mant thanks
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Sound problem on Advent 9617
My friend has a problem with their Advent 9616 laptop. They say the sound crackles when they listen to music but when I looked at it for them it wasn't that bad. I updated their Realtek driver for them though and all thats left now is a high pitch crack every now and again, for instance when shutting down. I know I've not…
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Epson C46 question
I have tons of spare ink cartridges for my Epson C46 and although my printer is fine so far I could do with getting another one soon. These are quite old I suppose now so I'm having probs trying to locate a new one. Does anyone know where I could buy a new Epson C46 please?
