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satellite TV to your PC
Does anyone know anything about this. Lots of websites selling these gizmos. they say just plug in and you can receive up to 3000 stations. Sounds too good to be true. We spend some of our year in the West Indies and the American TV is rubbish. We would love to pick up UK stations and the sport. We wouldn't be able to plug…
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Firefox 3 and restore sessions
When i had firefox 2 installed i used to have several windows open Each window had a number of tabs/websites on them. When i finished using the laptop i simply shut-down the laptop and did not close the firefox windows individually. This was done so that when i start my laptop up and click on firefox icon a message comes…
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Help - internet keeps going off
All day today my internet service has kept disappearing for long periods before coming back. Sometimes the internet light on my Netgear router just goes off but at other times it turns red. I'm with Virgin media (yes I know they are cr*p). I'd like to know where the fault lies ie Virgin, router or something else. Any ideas…
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Can't Get PPS on Vista Home Premium
Hi, Don't know if anyone can help here, I have recently got a laptop loaded with Vista Home Premium. My problem is I can't read any power point presentations. The error message I get is:- This file does not have a programme associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Association panel…
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DVD Chapter t Youtube/Facebook
I have a DVD from Camcorder, that has organised each clip into Chapters. The DVD has been finialised, and Windows Media Player can see the Chapters, but how do I edit out only the Chapters that I need to be able to upload. I have taken a quick look at Windows Movie Maker, but not even figure out how to open the DVD. Help.…
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Side by Side Error
I was trying to get a virus off my friends computer but she cant run anything. Have tried sfc /scannow didnt work. She is running vista.
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Rm easylink home directory fails to open using Vista!
Hi, I'm not sure if anyone will know what to do but I will explain just incase someone does? I am a teacher and on my old computer I could access all my files saved on the system at school by using RM Easylink. It is fantastic as you can alter files at home or view them and then save them back to the school's system to…
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Windows Updates not installing
Hi - just restored my dell laptop, and the updates (including XP Service Pack 3) downloaded but I can't download any more updates. I enabled automatic updates but when it tries to install it fails. It does this every time, whether it goes via automatic updates or via the actual update website. However it successfully…
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TV/DVD Home cinema Leads/Cables
Hi, Not very techie and need a little help on leads/cables etc Buying new palsma TV and need advice on what additional cables/leads I require to connect the home cinema/sky etc. There seems to be a mountain of differinng leads !! Do i need HDMI cables ? Optical cables ? Rca audio cables ? Coaxal cables ? Basically I just…
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AVG 7.5 won't update
In recent times I've been getting the message 'internal virus database is out of date' but when I try to update I get the dialog box 'update was unsuccessful'. Anyone know why or recommend a fix?
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Possible Trojan
Hi Please could sombody off some advice. I was loading a program on to my Vista Business Laptop, when I think I may have pressed several keys together by accident and it is now causing a problem. Some of the shorcut keys are now showing just one program and when ever I press the keys this one program opens, not the one I…
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Microsoft Updates did something weird to my pc
When I shut down last night, I noticed that there were microsoft updates to be done. Clicked on OK and thought nothing more about it. This morning when I switched on, something strange had happened as my desktop looked like it had gone back to the factory settings, loads of icons on the desktop missing and when I tried…
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Help needed for bluetooth ear piece
I have a PV703 bluetooth ear piece which has an auto pairing function, at present it is paired with my Sony Erricson K800i however I have changed my phone to a Nokia 6300 and cannot get the bluetooth to pair with my Nokia. I have also lost my instructions does anyone know what I am to to do to get my bluetooth to pair with…
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Advent 9515 laptop keyboard
I shared a cup of tea with my keyboard a while ago and some of the central keys no longer work. The model is the 9515. A number of Advent keyboards are on Ebay, some giving part numbers. Most of the keyboards look the same shape as mine. Will any of these fit or do I have to buy a specific one? I am using the onscreen…
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Junk mail doesn't go to Junk folder in Microsoft Outlook?
Hi everyone I'm using Microsoft Office 2003 and any junk mail previously went into my junk email folder. I noticed from several days ago it doesn't and just goes into my inbox? I've checked the junk mail options and the following is selected: High: Most junk email is caught, but some regular mail may be caught as well.…
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cant downlad media windows
cant download the windows for the videos does download it never works, maybe have i got a block on it thanx
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iTunes Help - Finding songs in playlists.
Hi, I was hoping somebody can tell me how I can select a song or artist from the library and get iTunes to tell me which of my playlists also features that song/artist. I will try and explain where I need to be able to do this in a real world scenario; Let's say I download a few compilations (have them as playlists) and…
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help malfuctioning display on laptop
downloaded google chrome ,could not use applications on facebook ,so uninstalled google chrome,ever since display screen has lines shadows ,changes colour ,green square round cursor.please help new to computers.
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Camera Batteries
I have a Fujifilm Finepix S5700 Digital Camera and currently use rechargeable AA batteries in it that I purchased from Tesco and work ok. On the batteries I use it states they are 1300 mAh. Yesterday I purchased some extra rechargeable batteries thinking all AA batteries are the same on these it says they are 2000 mAh. As…
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I want a Mac Book !
Please can anyone point me in the direction of a good deal for an Apple Mac Book? :confused:
