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Archives for October 2008

Brother DCP-340CW
My Brother DCP- 340CW all-in-one device has stopped working because the waste ink tank is "full". Has anybody managed to resolve this problem on a Brother printer so that is works again. I have dismantled it and have just washed the padding in the waste tank, so hopefully it might work again. Is this part available as a…
Problem with loading modem drivers Vista/330 modem
Evening gurus I've brought a new laptop and after having problems connecting to the internet the techs at Toucan tell me I need to set up new drivers for Vista. The cd arrived today but loading the drivers fails. Toucan said it might be the cd so I've downloaded the drivers from the Thomson website onto my old laptop then…
Duraband 1005 dvd player code
hi everyone im looking for a code for my dvd player duraband 1005 to unlock it i looked on the site given on here but cant find it does anyone have it? Thanks
STOP: 0x0000C1F5 Blue screen of death error
After an update of SP1 (Vista) on an 18 month old Dell C521 I get this: A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. If this is the first time you’ve seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps: Check to make sure any…
Refurbished ipod
hey, im after n ipod, but dont have the kind of money for an ipod with decent storage 1st hand, so i was thinking of a refurbished one. i have looked on apple's website and they look quite good, but i was wondering if anyone could recommend anywhere else tha does decent refurbished ipods thanks rachaelj
Games serial numbers
I have to put a new hard drive in tomorrow. Somebody has games installed and doesn`t have their serial numbers. I know that magic jelly bean can retrieve Windows serial numbers but I guess that their is no software to find out what the serials are for the games to be reinstalled on the new drive.
SteadyState
Looking at installing this on parents Vista PC with disk protection on (remove changes on restart), with user profile saved on another partition. When will they learn not to click random links and install !!!!!. Anyway, the question is - System Restore might as well be disabled for the system drive yes? Seems like a…
Which Graphics card should i buy please?
Hiya My son has a Dell Vostro 200 PC with a Intel core 2 duo CPU 4500 @2.2GHz 3GB ram Intel G33/G31 express chipset family. I can see there is a spare PCI (light grey) & PCI-e slot (black with a tag) & a very short black slot He says that the grapics card lets it down and it will not play some of the latest games. What's…
SuperCard DS One
Has anyone ever used these Super Card things that you can use in your DS lite My friend had one the other day and showed me how you can download nds games from the net and play them via this card. Anyone know where to get one from? Thanks
Iphone 2g 1.1.4
i have a problem, i have the 2G version that i have updated to 2 on itunes now i have lost ziphone settings and need to start again but don't know how to reset to 1.1.4 so i can re install ziphone. the phone is now back to original settings but ziphone wont install. please help i dont want to stop on O2
Windows Mail not showing folders
Normally when I open Windows Mail I get the folders (Inbox, deleted, sent etc) down the left hand side and the right hand side shows the contents of one of the folders with the lower part of the page showing the contents of the email highlighted. Today for some reason when I open Windows Mail I get the inbox covering the…
Is my pc about to die on me?
My pc is playing up, and I was wondering if it's time to get a new one.... Problems are as follows 1. For about a year the blue checkdisk screen has appeared at every start-up. It ALWAYS crashes at some point during the check, so the only way to boot up has been to skip the diskcheck. 2. About a week ago my emails stopped…
Blu-Ray or DVD
Thinking of getting a new DVD player, but then thought, maybe I should get Blu-Ray. Can anyone shed some light on what might be best and where I can get a good quality cheap DVD and/or Blu-Ray system?
Have been sent a .xls file but dont have excel !
Hi all is there any way i can open it ? Cheers
I think my hotmail has a virus
Over the last few days, odd things have been happening with my hotmail account. I have lots of messages in my sent folder to addresses I dont know and they are all spam electronics websites etc. I have run AVG, Adaware, Comodo AV, Search & Destroy, all have found nothing. Could this be a virus within my actual hotmail…
scrolling
Can anybody help me in sorting out the way my laptop is scrolling pages. if i use the up/down it flashes and moves down slowly, even if i use the page arrows to the right. I have gone into control panel and played around with the settings for the mouse but nothing changes. I have re installed windows from scratch so have…
problems with adobe player
hi there, im trying to play bingo on the bet 365 website but i get a pop up box saying-adobe flash player 9, then it about a de!!!!!! or host application, does anyone know what this means please
Virtualise or Dedicate
Thinking of starting a web shop selling 'antique' style clothing and wondered amongst the hundreds of hosting providers, whether I should go with a virtual server or a dedicated server as I notice dedicated servers seem to be very expensive. If I choose virtual, am I limiting myself in any key areas? Thanks
Zero Tension Mouse - anti RSI mouse
Been looking at a mouse to help with my RSI. Has anyone got any experience of the "Zero Tension Mouse". I think you can only get it imported from the States. If not, any recommends for a good right handed RSI mouse would be helpful. Thanks.
Microsoft Narrator and Magnifier
My wife's laptop(Vista) has just started switching on with Microsoft Narrator and Magnifier enabled Other than exit the programs each time, I can't find any way to disable the programs. However I am but a simple XP user! Reading the inadequate help files are no assistance. In 'switching on/off windows features' doesn't…

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