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Computers are queer or is it AOL?
I spent two hours from 5pm today just trying to get on line with my AOL broadband. I am not a techie but I checked everything I could think of. In the end I had to 'phone AOL (not free anymore!). An Irish girl with a bored voice took me through a lot of checks but to no avail and then said it was a firewall problem that…
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Booting Problem
Hi, I'm hoping that a really intelligent person can help me! I currently use XP and everythings been fine up until a couple of days ago: my PC boots up to the normal desktop screen but the icons down the bottom won't load and it just seems to stop dead. After turning it off and on again a few times and retrying it now just…
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TrustedCore Protection?
Does anyone know how to get past Phoenix Technology TrustedCore? My friend wants to give his laptop to his daughter- it's a very nice one, but unfortunetly before the operating system loads, this TrustedCore kicks in and so can't go on. Unfortunetly, he's forgotten the password. Any ideas? I think I might need to reset the…
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Can I get a freesat PVR?
I'm thinking of getting freesat but can't find out if Sky do it with the equivalent of a Sky+ box. The thing is I want just one box and no subscription. Do Sky do this yet?
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Sometimes sound, sometimes not.
If I am playing a cd or watching a dvd I get perfect sound, but if I want to watch streaming video etc, I get no sound at all. I believe I have the correct drivers installed. Any ideas, please before I pull my hair out! :confused: :rotfl:
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How do I tune in new 40 HD LCD ?
Hi all you techy folk......this is a total techno phobe asking what you might think is a daft Q. Just bought a Samsung 40 HD LCD and the picture isn't that sharp ? I have my SKY Plus box and my DVD player connected. Should I buy an HDMI cable to sort out the picture ? Any help will be most appreciated Regards, Candlequeen…
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On/Off Icon
Instead of going though > start > Shut Down / Restart etc, is there a way of creating those icons on my desktop?
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Adding colour to a B/W jpeg?
Has anyone come across any handy software for doing this? I have Adobe Photoshop CS2 but not sure I'll have time to sit and work through the layers before this weekend. Obviously not wanting to spend any money on more software.
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Deleting saved addresses in Microsoft Outlook
In Microsoft outlook when you put the first letter of an e-mail address in the 'To' box it automatically comes up with suggestions of previously used e-mail addresses. Is there any way I can delete e-mail addresses that have been saved in this way? Hope that makes sense!
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Anti virus packages
I have norton internet security and also Spybot. What do you think of them... are there any viruses that could get past them or would they get them all? Have a slow page loading and internet connection problem and trying to find the cause. Just wondering as it hasn't always been this slow. thanks
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Is this the best desktop PC for under £300?
Hi All, I am looking to upgrade my Lenovo desktop which is 3 years old now and am looking for a desktop PC that I can do a bit of gaming on. I have done a bit of research and have found this Dell Inspiron 530 Q6600 2GB PC Base Unit for under £300. I reckon if I upgrade the ram to 4GB and stick in the ATI HD3850 graphics…
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Task Manager on steriods
Apologies for the title, but I couldn't think of anything else. Apparently, there's something called "A very small app" or something like that, which is freeware, which lists everything the computer is running, what called it, etc. and dumps the entire list into either Notepad or a word doc. Anyone know:- a) If I'm…
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Please help with Mozilla Thunderbird
I have recently converted from outlook express to thunderbird as I was having lots of problem, now I have problems again, went out this morning and thunderbird was fine, I have come back now to find that I need to start all over again with a new user!!! Thus I am going to loss all my emails - great!! So I have been through…
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Please help! Cant get a web page.
My father-in-the-law bought a new pc and cant get a web page. He opens a page and it says lycos at the top but the page is totally blank and you cant type in the address bar or the search bar. I tried turning his firewall off and looking at his settings but i couldnt work it out. Its Vista premium he's got.
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Sky Broadband - Automatic Re-connect?
I'm hoping someone can help me in regards to my sky broadband router. I cant remember the exact model, but it's a Netgear (I think the majority of the routers Sky provide are this model) The connection sometimes drops itself, but to reconnect I have to physically re-connect to the internet by logging into the router itself…
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which laptop ?
Hi there, can anyone give me any info on these laptops. We have shortened the list down to these 3. Toshiba L350D-12M Toshiba pentium T2390 Hi- Grade core duo T2130 What would you choose ??? It will mainly be used by my DD for school work, watchin movies. But also need quite a decent one for when the rest of us want to use…
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jpeg compressor wanted
I have a large jpeg file, which I need to compressor. can you recommend a free and reliable software source? thanks
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MAC monitor
Can a MAC be connected to any kind of TFT monitor or is there a special kind that you need for MACs - thanks in advance for your help :beer:
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Help my Inbox mail is disappearing before my eyes!!!
It's OK I've worked it out........Thanks, sorry for the bother!!
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Elonex One t+ and Wifi
My Elonex finally came today but it will not connect through my wifi. The only way to the internet is by cable to my router. Has anyone had better success. IP address invalid is the error message.
