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Using Sky box for freeview?
Hey, just starting renting a house and the previous tenants left their sky box behind. We dont have a contract with Sky, but the box seems to pick up some channels (maybe not all the ones available on freeview, as we cant get Five). Am allowed to be using the box like this (for free)? or should i expect a bill in the next…
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Tesco Deal of the Week email address?
Hi, I have been registered for tesco deal of the day ( as it was then ) for ages, however i've not been receiving any tesco emails at all. It's probably been added to my blocked list at some point, but i can't see any "tesco" emails on my list. Does anyone have the email address tesco use? Thanks. Mark.
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IP Address in Derby, I'm in London
Hi - can anyone help? My IP address shows as being in Derby. What causes this? I thought that servers / service providers could see through all routing to be able to see where a computer originates from. I'm not overly techie, so if anyone could explain this I'd be v. grateful. I would really like to be able to see Adwords…
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"My Documents" folder on D: and also on C: drive?
Hi I wonder if anyone could advise me on this. My hard drive has always been partitioned into a C: and D: drive. My documents have always been on D: , however a while ago my C: drive was getting full, and the D: had loads of space,so I got a techie guy in to try and jiggle my partitions about. He tried to get rid of the…
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Sending and receiving faxes without a fax machine
I understand that I can send and recieve faxes through email, without needing a fax machine (my fax machine is broken and I also have limited office space). Does anyone have any experience of this?? what is the best system to use??? Thanks in anticipation.
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How to make cover for CD
I want to make a cover for a CD from Digital Pics. Can anyone recommend a free site? Thanks.
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Linux question
Chaps following on from my recent post about Vista being unable to load thanks to a poster im trying to use a linux systemrescue cd, however I have stumbled across a problem. The walkthrough im following is this: * Boot the SystemRescueCD disc, answering any localization questions as required, until you get to a shell…
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iPod Software
Any suggestions welcome for free software to upload from and link ipod to two PCs?
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Morrisons - SanDisk 2GB SD & Micro SD Memory Cards £5
Morrisons have SanDisk SD & Micro SD memory cards for just £5 for either size, while stocks last. Fortyfoot
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Webcam
Can anyone suggest a microphone enabled webcam for my laptop please?? Any nice offers going around the moment??? Thanks in advance
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Mobile Phone Signal Booster £385
Hi all you clever techie folks, My Dad works from home, but can't get mobile phone reception in his office. He can get reception in other places in the house. It's a 4 bed detached house, so not massive, but his office is in the converted garage so for some reason the phone signal doesn't get to there. He is looking to buy…
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Driver Detective
Hi can anyone help please. I'm looking for a Driver Detective style software to use to scan my computer to look for driver updates (preferably for free). I read somewhere that this should be done as to keep my computer running smooth as some drivers stop automatically recieving updates.
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Wireless file sharing between PC (Vista) and laptop (XP)
Hi - begging for info after an evening of maddening frustration here. I've looked in the 'wireless' thread in this sub-forum but it doesn't seem to have been covered. I'm trying to do as the subject line suggests: share files/folders between my desktop PC, running Vista, and my laptop, running XP. Both are connected to the…
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Laptop advice
Hey guys I'm a bit of a girl when it comes to computers/laptops and now the time has come when my trusty Dell PC has died after 6 long years of hard service. I've decided I want to buy a new laptop in place of the desktop but thats about as much as I know. The things it must do would be : Work with my Ipod/Iphone, have the…
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OpenOffice 3.0 rc2 released
http://download.openoffice.org/680/ OpenOffice 3.0 release candidate 2 is now available. RC2 is very close to production quality so it will have few if any bugs still to fix prior to the final release within the next month. The free OpenOffice 3.0 (and StarOffice 9) are a great improvement over the previous versions, but…
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cheapest replacement battery for laptop
Hi Please can anyone recommend the cheapest place to get a replacement battery for my Dell INspirion 6400 laptop. It won't run off the battery anymore..(but battery is no about 2 years old, so can't really complain!). thanks all
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wmp9
How do I remove wmp from xp HOME os in order to install the OLD version of wmp9? The HOME tower has a NEWER version on it and the set up wizard will not allow me to overwrite, remove, or replace it. No removal tool is apparent to me. I am a novice. I need help in simple ENGLISH in terms I can understand.
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XBOX 360 - ripped off by Argos sold an old model
Last month Microsoft announced that the XBOX 360 Premium Model would be reduced by £30 and would now come with a 60gb hard drive upgraded from 20gb. I bought my new machine yesterday as below: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5666793/c_1/1%7Ccat_10199869%7CXbox+360%7C10199903/Trail/searchtext%3EXBOX+360.htm…
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xbox 360 does HD fit onto arcade version ?
Title says it all really. I have a 20gb hard drive off our now broken xbox360 In my quest to be as MS as i can i wondered if the hard drive i have can fit onto a standard arcade version ? I have tried searching on play etc but i cant find the answer:confused: Can anyone help ?
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mario kart wii (friend codes) please
looking to add some friends to my mario kart wii game, anybody up for it add my friend code and post yours here so i can get a challenge. my code is 0559-9290-3153 hope this is allowed to be posted here. papa-roo :T
