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Convert jpg to pdf
Hi Can anyone recommend some freeware to convert jpg files to pdf? I've googled and there are loads, but especially as its freeware, I want to make sure I'm downloading something safe. Any recommendations? Cheers Lesley
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Digital photo frames - recommendations?
It is my parents' golden wedding anniversary soon and the family want to put together a digital display of the past 50 years for them - we thought a digital photo frame would be the best plan. The photos at present are jpgs on the computer (or will when all scanned!) and there are likely to be several hundred of them. It…
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Recommended ppi for scanning photos?
Hi all, I've got a new all-in-one scanner printer and am going through the laborious process of scanning all those old photos in. However, in the settings it gives me the option to choose the resolution in ppi, which is the recommended value generally? Some sites say 300 and some say 600? I've tried both and although I can…
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Help needed please with Microsoft update/Zonealarm/Sunbelt problem
After months of problems - slowness to connect to the internet and intermittent "explorer cannot connect (and sometimes "operation aborted") dialogue boxes", I've changed my firewall today from Zonealarm to Sunbelt (the problems started with a Zonelabs update and also with the Microsoft update that people have been having…
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My husband needs help!
My husband is having major problems with his laptop, can anyone help?? I'm gonna copy what he has told me to say so blame him if it doesn't make sense! ;) "can you work this out? I start the laptop up and I get this:-" An unauthorised change wass made to windows Windows has discovered a change that will result in limited…
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Dell XPS m1330
I am in need of a replacement laptop and want something portable . I think I have narrowed down my search to this one . The Dell XPS M 1330 - Review here. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/23/review_dell_xps_m1330/ I will more than likely get it from the dell outlet shop and I hope to pick up the 2.5 ghz ,4g of ram…
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Help-Will this work???USB/Ethernet adaptor for temporary connection
Hello MSErs I was hoping someone could give me some pointers on the following dilemma . I’ll explain as briefly as possible what I am trying to do and can expand if further info is required. I’ve got a spare older XP Home computer that a friend gave me that was riddled with trojans and spyware after being used on the net…
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Blocked websites..
there are a few sights i cant access (Reuters and bbc) and i get the following message * Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy? Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing. Im using FF3, how can i open it up to access these sites?
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hotmail problem?
i use hotmail for my competition email and usually get 100 emails a day in it, no problem cos as i said its my competition address but the last week i have been lucky to get 10 emails a day, i checked junk but theres nothing in there either i am a bit concerned stuff may be going astray especially as some of that stuff…
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Format external HD to NTFS?
I have been backing up data but some files won't copy to the external HD because it says the file names are too long. The external HD is a FAT32 file system so would it be better to format it to an NTFS so it can hold all the files? If so, what should the 'allocation unit size' be? It's set at 4096 bytes at the moment when…
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Best place (country) to buy a Macbook?
My daughter has enough money to buy a Macbook. She's in Singapore where, as a student, she is eligible for this deal - so the MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - White and 8GB Ipod touch for £738. Can I do any better in the UK? :confused: i can't get through to the education pages of Apple UK to check. Thanks.
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long shot
Hi, we have a laptop about 5 years old the battery is no good and the battery charger that goes into the electric is no good, because the little hole at the back of the laptop seems to have broke ( sorry very hard to explain ) We took it to a computer shop who took it apart, and told us they have fixed it. That was ok for…
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Are there different types of wireless Routers ?
Do wireless routers only work for a while ? i have had mine for a year and a half and it does not seem to be working . the lights on it are lighting up but the (adult) kids are not able to acess their lap tops. i have a Linksys. I am on virgin media broadband. think i am looking for a replacement, what is the difference…
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"Search faile to initialize"
Recently, when I try to use the "Start search" facility at the bottom of my Vista "Start" panel, I get the message "Search failed to initialize" and when I type anything in the search line of the Folders, nothing happens. I followed the instructions and rebuilt the indexing but still nothing. Any possible solutions?
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netgear wireless WG 111v2 problem connecting
help pls I cannot get my WG111v2 to connect to my router DG834PN. it worked perfectly well up till yesterday when I finally got round to enabling security and introduced a WEP numerical key.the router is all OK but my wireless adaptor wont connect despite entering the correct key. I have noticed that the IP address…
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Help Needed - Unable to load XP to start computer
Hi, I hope I am putting this in the right place, apologies if it should go somewhere else but I didn't know where to start. Please feel free to move it to where it should be if necessary. I really hope someone can help us, as we have been given a computer for our club and cannot get it to load up. (just the base - no…
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Four year old Seagate 200gb disk failed. Do I have a warranty claim?
Does anyone know if Seagate warranty covers five years for disks made in 2004? I can’t find anything on their web site. Last week I replaced an 80gb disk in my Sky+ box with a Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 200 gb disk that I had been using as an external backup disk for my laptop. It has just failed. I haven’t lost many…
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Thank you
I would just like to say thank you to all the people giving really good advice on this forum. I was having bother with my laptop this morning and couldnt get rid of a trojan horse. I started reading through all the advice given by members and now have a virus free and updated secure laptop.I couldnt believe all the adware…
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What switches the Vista Virtual Memory Paging File off?
Has anyone else on Vista had a pop-up saying that virtual memory is low and advising that Firefox should be closed down? I use Vista Home on a 1 GB pc, and yesterday started getting a pop-up about low virtual memory advising that Firefox should be closed. Windows task manager showed memory use of 75%, mostly Firefox with…
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Printing through a Network
I have a Computer running Win98SE hard wired to my router and has access to my network. Can someone please tell me how I can print a document on this Win98 computer using the printer attacted to my other computer also hard wired to the network running XP Pro?
