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AMV video format
Apologies if this is a stupid question but... I have a Tevion 8875 and have also been struggling to get videos onto it. What is the AMV video format and can I convert DVDs into AMV files using these programmes?
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Windows Genuine Advantage
We've recently bought a 2nd hand PC. All was working okay until our broadband went live and I started updating some of the software on it. Anyhow, whilst XP has been "activated" it has failed "validation". Using magicaljellybean it seems that "another version" of XP Professional has been installed which has a different…
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Sky wireless router WEP or WPA?
Does anyone know if a new sky wireless router can be set up with wpa or wpa2 encryption as that is the prefered choice and does anyone know the link to that site which creates long passwords for this please?
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Best PVR for Top up TV? To get Setanta Free Season Ticket
Hi all I'm not sure if this is the best part of the forum to ask? I'm thinking of buying a pvr if you buy one at the moment you get a free Setanta sports season ticket, so worth roughly £70-80 and most of the boxes on the offer are around £100 -£120 I'm just wondering if anyone could tell me which ones are the best boxes…
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Sysinternals
Apologies if this has been posted before - however I work in IT Support and this is a suite of tools that we use. It's free and it's from Microsoft, so applies to Windows. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/0e18b180-9b7a-4c49-8120-c47c5a693683.aspx The best ones are Process Monitor, Process Explorer, and…
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Application jumping over screen
Hi all, I have searched and searced for he answer to this and have pretty much given up all hope of finding the solution! This is my last hope ... I have only 1 programme doing this...Titan poker! It never used to do it and has only stareted over the past 2-3 months. I thought it was to do with my laptop mouse. So I…
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Excel VBA
I know exel well, how easy is it to learn VBA for excel?
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help!! Lost all my iTunes tracks!
ive been sorting out all my itunes folder on one external HDD and was copying across another large folders worth of tracks id downloaded. half way through it said not enough room on ACERDATA (D drive on my laptop). I use the external drive H: as my iTunes folder with my songs in though. It appeared to be doing a back up…
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MAC keyboard
Is there anyway of getting a 'windows' keyboard and mouse to work on a MAC computer?? or do I have to go and buy a new keyboard and mouse for the MAC - thanks in advance :beer:
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how to clean up slow PC?
My PC is about 5 years old and was given to me by a friend, and it's really slow, esp at startup. Does anyone know how I can improve this? Perhaps a good (free!) registry cleanup programme? Do any of them give you a limited-time full trial (with everything done rather than just a few things)? Cheers ;)
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Help I have disabled my mouse!
I am using a different computer to write this. I have just disabled my mouse, how do I enable it again bearing in mind that the cursor will not move?
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Difference between firewall and real-time antispyware software
Am pretty much newbie to PC security. On microsoft website "Windows Defender" says it does real-time protection and removal of spyware. What category of prog is this? Anti-spyware software? But what's the difference between that and a firewall? Isn't the firewall also to stop spyware or does it do other security too? Have…
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Archive Files for Paperless Office
Hello, I wonder if anyone can help me on this matter. At work, what I want to do is Scan Paperbase files and store them, possibly attach them up to a database. havent really got a system in place yet. Anyway, our photocopier scans pages and creates a pd file for them. What I wanted to do what to be able to Scan a File, and…
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CPI_Module is not working?
Everytime I start my computer up a box appears before the internet page starts up saying "CPI_Module is not working" windows is sorting the problem out, then you have to wait until windows sorts the program out before using the net. Most of the time it's ok, but sometimes windows takes a very long time to sort the problem…
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PC World Business Smartplan - spread the cost of IT
Hi guys, Does anyone use this service from PC World? I was presented with a leaflet last week when I went to get something else but I need a new laptop and now I am condiering whether it is worth it. Because I am VAT registered I can get the VAT on the rental back and I pay for the PC over 3 or 4 years, at the end of the…
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Battery charger and rechargebale batteries
I'm on the lookout for some rechargable batteries (and charger) for the following purposes: - bike lights for commuting - flashgun for camera Now, I know there are certain types of batteries for certain purposes - maybe the batteries I'd use for the bike lights wouldn't be fit for purpose for the flashgun? Could anyone…
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need some website help!
hey guys I'm trying to start my own business to earn a few pounds while i look for a job i just purchase a combo templates pack deal, I have a domain name and everting. I want to start selling templates however I need some help since I'm not very good with coding! I purchased the templates pack and I'm trying to use one of…
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Sky+ Box Upgradeable Hardrive??
Hello, I had clashed programs and failed recordings on my Sky Plus Box just under 2 years old too. It was an intermittent problem over 6 weeks and I have been using my box with 50 recordings stored I record a lot so sometimes it goes done to 2% disk space till I clear it back to 10% Disk Space. I have had been doing this…
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IE won't let me use an active x control
Hi, when I go on a particular website, it requires an active x control to work properly, but the information bar in internet explorer comes up saying "Your security settings do not allow websites to use activex controls installed on your computer. this page may not display correctly." I have tried adding the site to the…
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Safe to delete .msi files in installer folder?
Hi everyone, My PC lately was runnig out of memory fast - after using Treesize I realised the .msi files in the Installer folder were taking up 24GB!!! My Hard drive is only 74GB which means this folder alone was eating up nearly 35% of all total memory! These files are all connected with My Office 2003 pack - would it be…
