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New PC - help and advice required
Hi people. I'm on the hunt for a new desktop PC. Have a budget of £500 and am looking for a spec which covers the whole family using it. For example: - wife would like to be able to download music - ds would like it to be reasonable for games - web browsing Do not need a printer / scanner with it as we already have one.…
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Google Images!!!
Hey, Whenever i type an internet page into the adress bar for some it searches it in google images! Any ideas on how to stop this? As it is stopping me searching for new pages....also every now and then it does it when I click a link on a website. Please Help
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lappy very slow
My laptop is very slow at the moment.I got a virus alert from avast yesterday about some malware, and chose the option to move it to the chest, as advised by my mate:o Just checked the internet speed though and it's only 24mps, yet this desktop from the same router is fine.I'm stuck what to do next, as the lappy's taking…
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Windows update problems
Really old thread. Goodbye.
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Norton Internet Security Suite 2009 (NIS2009)
I have been trialling Norton Internet Security 2009 and when I tried to buy it says it is £49 per computer. However when I checked on play.com I have found a really good offer which I have purchased for £39.99 for 3 computer licenses and no delivery charge. Compared to the Symantec web site this makes it a saving of…
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Free Equipment And Help For Digital Switchover!
Not sure if this should be in freebies too so will post there as well? If you are 75 or over OR receive Disability Living Allowance, attendance allowance, or mobility supplement, registered blind or partially sighted you will be able to get equipment and help to convert one TV. www.digitaluk.co.uk For more information.…
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Sky Price Increase...or not!
My sky direct debit has just gone from £38 to £40 per month. I called them and said I wasnt happy and they immediately offered to credit my account with £24, the increase for the coming year! Not bad!
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Help Please Can't Back Up?
Hi I am trying to do a backup to a disc on my laptop and followed the instructions on this forum thank you. I am unable to do this as I have got an error of 0x80070005 Access is Denied? I am the administrator on here and no one has used it for ages so not sure what I am doing wrong? I was trying to set it up to do a daily…
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Looking for free PSP stuff?
Just got my hands on a PSP and I am looking for free stuff(games,movies,music,themes etc). Anyone know of any sites where I can d/load content directly via the PSP's web browser? My PSP is running firmware version 4.01 m33 so I can't use homebrew :(
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cant sign in btinternet email - says invalid email?
have rung bt, will do again if needed, can connect under same mail fine, but when i go to the yahoo mail, it just says invalid email? any ideas? they even changed the password but that wont work either
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Fluctuating CPU
Hiya I wonder if anyone could help me. Every few minutes my computer goes on a complete go slow. When i'm typing nothing registers and the mouse starts to freeze. I don't know much about computers but I do know that the CPU level is fluctuating wildly so something must be going on in the background. I've run avast and…
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Using MSN Messenger to make phone calls.
Found my DD talking to a friend via the microphone on our webcam while using MSN last night. There was no webcam image and she said her friend was on her mobile and she had connected via MSN. She says this is free, but I'm not sure that is the case and am having trouble finding out, not being terribly up on Messenger. Does…
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Email password reset request issue.
I recently got another hotmail email addy for doing competitions and linked it to my original main hotmail account. Since then (and I dont know if this is coincidence or has something to do with it), I keep getting an email sent to my main Hotmail address, from Microsoft Customer Support saying there has been a password…
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access to password protected laptop?
hi all, my laptop was stolen earlier this week... had a password on my account but there was a guest account without (restricted with no access to my files etc) not really a techy type.. just wondering if its easy for someone to bypass the password and gain access to my account? - there's stuff on it i'd rather weren't…
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Need a formula for an excel workbook
I am working on an excel spreadsheet. It is a bank account analysis of spending on about 30 properties, so there are many entries. First colum date, second detail, third column identifies the particular property, next, cash in, then cash out. Each property has three columns after that, and the info gets transferred to the…
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Anyone used Raynox Macro lens converters?
I've been looking online at the Raynox 250 super macro lens converter.. I've got a Panasonic L10 D-SLR.. will i be able to just clip this onto the end of my zoom lens and go about my snappy-happy way? Are they any good.. anyone got one?
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Office software: what do *you* do with yours?
OK, I originally posted this in the Free Software thread in relation to OpenOffice, but I guess it relates to any office suite of applications. I thought it best not to take the other thread OT, so I moved it here:
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Laptop died? Can't find OS or Hard Drive
Samsung P28 laptop, had it 3 and a half years from new yesterday turn in on, 10 minutes into usage and it starts beeping from underneath followed by a clicking sound, then freezes up turned it off and re-started and it stops on start up and says can't find operating system put the samsung restore disc in and it goes…
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What Secyrity To Use
I'm uninstalling McAfee that was already pre installed and is now due to run out and wonder what I should use instead.I already have a firewall and security on the router.(Netgear)Do I need to install more than one programme.I only had Zonealarm on my desktop and had no problems but I'm sure it made things run very…
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NEW Colour ink cartridge problem. CANON PIXMA MP 460
Hi all, I have an all in one printer-Canon Pixma MP 460 and I have a problem with a new colour ink cartridge: The first black and colour cartridges I used in my printer were Canon originals, when they ran out I replaced them with Inkjet compatibles ( and so always got the message 'ink running low', I ignored this.) No…
