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Lost Freeview Channels
Hi, we have a Freeview box, and I retuned it yesterday, which I do every month or so. We then lost a number of channels, eg bbc1, 2, 3, 4, Channel 4, BBC news, E4, and several others. We CAN get them - but all at the "high end" of the spectrum, in the 800s. They were all present OK before I retuned the box. We live in…
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Help Required My Cursor Keeps Jumping ???
Hi Can anybody help me my cursor randomly jumps back on itself whilst I am typing. This is very annoying :mad: as I have to keep checking as I type to make sure it hasn't jumped half way back up the page so i'm not typing in the middle of erlier text. I am using a laptop, but I have carefully checked that I am not…
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Time is wrong
Hi - wondering if anyone can help. When I log on to this site on my computer, the time is always 2 hours behind. But, when I log on using my laptop, the time is correct - is there something on my computer that I need to do for it to recognise the correct time? It's been baffling me for ages! thanks for your help.
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New outfit
Hello everyone.I was wondering if anyone can point me towards a good processor and motherboard comparison site.At the moment I am running an AMD 4200 cpu on a Foxconn motherboard.They have served me well for quite a while but I feel an upgrade moment building.As it seems a minefield with duo core quad core and any future…
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Saving my BT bookmarks and contacts (Help?)
Hello Techies I need some help as to saving/transferring my BT bookmarks(favourites) and contacts to put into Sky when I transfer. I've tried tools internet options but can't find a way to export the data. Helpful techies have come to my rescue in the past so here's hoping?
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Advent 4211?? need some help....
just got an Advent 4211 - 160gb 2gb ram- vista premium... Thing is when i press Fn and F6 it shows me the camera has been switched on but i cant seem to access it. i can only view the camera when i open MSN which is annoying. If i click on Computer it doesnt even show it there but its under my hardware devices.... any…
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Help my laptop is writing the wrong letters
Can anybody assist me mylaptop is having a nervous breakdown....:eek: for some reason when i try and use letters i u o m l k j iand number 0 if don't press the Fn key at the same time i will get different characters, e.g instead of i I get 5, instead of o I get 6, 5 instead of p I get * the only way to get the letter is to…
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Help my laptop is writing the wrong letters
Can anybody assist me mylaptop is having a nervous breakdown....:eek: for some reason when i try and use letters i u o m l k j iand number 0 if don't press the Fn key at the same time i will get different characters, e.g instead of i I get 5, instead of o I get 6, 5 instead of p I get * the only way to get the letter is to…
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High processor usage problem
Hi, Today I've had a problem with the processor running at upto 100% most of time. It also happened some time last week but seemed to sort itself out. This time the probem persists, any help would be much appriciated ! I have noted that on both occassions it has been after the windows updates. I have tried re-booting, disc…
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Is this Orange's fault, or mine?
Hiya I'm no techie, so please speak slowly if you reply! I have Orange broadband and am not over impressed. While using it, every now and again (prob every day, at least once) the connection drops to Local only rather than Local and Internet, so I can't connect to the internet. Is it something I'm doing wrong, or is it…
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DVD/CD Drive
Hi all My DVD/CD drive has all of a sudden stopped recognising disks when I insert them. I have tried all sorts of disks music CDs, game DVDs, blank DVD the lot but it simply does not recognised any. When I click on the drive it tells me to insert a disk. I have not changed any drivers and I have checked that I have the…
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Need memory card reader for 4GB
My card reader works on all cards under 1Gb but not over. I was told that I needed a better card reader to read cards over 1Gb but I can't seem to find one anywhere. I have a 4GB SDHC card. Can anyone please help?
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Pc world
Hi need to get a laptop, would pc world be by best bet? Don't wanna play games on or anything like that just do my course work and use the internet? Also is the free broadband from sky any good? Thanks for any replies I havnt got a clue about computer stuff!
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Making use of an old computer
Hi We have an old PC (around 4 years old) which we would like to make some use out of and I have a few questions: 1) My plan was to use our main TV as a monitor and hide the CPU away in the living room. It could then be used to browse the internet when we're not watching TV, with a wireless mouse and keyboard. The TV is a…
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Help?
I had to reinstall Windows XP (took me a few attemts too!) today, having first copied files and folders onto an external hard drive for safety. I copied the files and folders back to my now clean c: drive but I wondered if there was a 'simple' way to get programs up and running ie Firefox with my saved bookmarks, IE with a…
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New SATA hard-drive
Hi all I've just been given a SATA hard-drive and I've got an IDE motherboard. I've bought a converter to run it through the USB port and all that wires up nicely. Now, I can't seem to get access to the HDD even when it's all plugged in and the HDD is spinning (I can feel it vibrating gently). Anyone any ideas?
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2Gb SD card. Card readers will not recognise
Just bought a 2gb sd card to put load of piccies on my Digital photo frame. The card takes pictures fine and displays them on the frame so I know it is compatable. My digital camera also lets me format it. Problem is I cannot copy piccies from my pc as it says it needs formatting then fails to format. It starts the process…
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email problem
Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone can give me any help please? Everytime i open my email (yahoo) and try and go into a link of one of my emails i get a message of microsoft saying that it needs to close and weather i want to debug/send error report or not to send an error report. This has only just starting happening.…
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Toca race driver 3
Does anyone know if Toca race driver 3 will run on Vista?
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Turning off "Mail" on my ibook
I have just inherited my son's ibook after years with a pc. I use gmail for my email but when clicking on an "email me" link in a website Apple's Mail launches itself. How do I stop this? Dean
