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Please help me charge my laptop.
Evening all. I have a Sony Vaio VGN-N11S laptop. I have only the part of the charger that fits the laptop, and the power adapter part. not the plug that goes into the wall bit. I have tried using the same, clover style plug bit from 2 other notebooks, but to no avail. they fit in and all, but the LED on the Vaio AC pack…
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Do I need anything else?
02 is my ISP and I have their McAfee Security Centre on my laptop which includes: Virusscan Personal firewall Anti-spam Privacy service Is this enough protection or should I add something else? Before I killed my desktop (I'll post on that another time), I also had cccleaner, spybot search and destroy and Adaware on it,…
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Sony CD player
A year or so ago I bought a Sony CD player from Argos and it works perfectly but the CD's in the machine are only held onto the spindle by 1 of the 3 spring loaded ball bearings. Has anyone got an idea of where I could get hold of a new spindle for the CD player, because I dont want to buy a brand new one for the sake of…
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New Mobo, Monitor No Signal?
Hi, trying to help a friend, he brought a new mobo which replaced a HP one, its the same socket and supports his processor, he plugged his stuff back in, hard drive, memory etc and switched on but the monitor says no signal? does anyone know why this is happening? Is it a case of just removing old mobo and putting new one…
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Help needed.
Hi there. My brother has done a cd of our photos for our wedding and used a programme that will now not allow us to print any off, which is such ashame as I was wanting a few printed. I would use the back up copies but he's working away and not back for a few weeks yet. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me is there anyways…
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I Phone emergency!!
my hubby has just bought me an I Phone from ebay.com. he wanted to give it to me all set up and reagy to go even though he knew he would need to get it chipped to use here as it was originally purchased in california. my son persuaded him to let him put the chip in so i could at least use the net and other programs while…
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How can I find out an ip address
I have loaded vnc onto my home computer so that I can log into my work computer from home. Once I double click onto vnc it is asking me for the server. I presume this is the ip address of my work computer but I am unsure. If it does mean this can anyone tell me how I can find out the address without having to drive into…
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Aldi or Dell
I am planning on an upgrade . The present 2 choices I have in mind are 1) Medion Akoya P6612 http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_7660.htm or 2) Dell XPS m1530 http://stuff.tv/Review/Dell-XPS-M1530/ I would get the dell from the outlet shop ,so looking to spend about as much as the Akoya . I think it comes down to Good…
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e systems pc problem
hello my friend has given me a e systems PC that did have vista on it problem is some how they managed to wipe it clean but have not put vista back on, so I'm now stuck with a dead PC. i have got product key for vista and it was bought legally, but no recovery CD. so my problem is can i and if so where can i get a recovery…
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kaycol
can anyone advise laptop frozen ..can't do anything.
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PC problems can't use e bay msn scrachcards etc
hi all i am in need of some help my pc was working fine yesterday today i have been unable to get onto msn, hotmail e mails, scratchcard sites (i can get on but not scratch the free cards) ebay (again i can get on ebay but not into my ebay) i have cleared the cookies, restarted, scanned system etc and still no good. i am…
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Is there a small bore scart lead?
I want to mount a tv in the bedroom and dont want the wires showing. Is there a scart lead that splits in the middle so I can drill a small hole (in the wall) to thread the lead rather than have to drill a large hole to put the full scart plug through. Any help appreciated.
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Forgotten Dialup password
Could anyone reccommend a free program to recover a forgotten dialup networking password. I hope to replace a friends USB BB modem with a router tomorrow and he cannot remember what the password behind the asterisks is. I`ve had a search about and everything I have found requires paid registration or in the case of…
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administrator without the privelages?
Hi im running win XP, im the ADMINISTRATOR on the account (ive checked in control panel> user accounts) and it says i am... but im having problem when selecting "properties" of a particular file... as when i choose properties there is no "security" tab allowing me to change the "premissions for" that file so i can select…
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vcr to pc
What leads do i need to conect my vcr to my pc to copy my tapes to dvd? I have software in the likes of pinical and nero so all i think i need is the leads. Can anyone help?
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Ipod Touch 8gb Help Please
just put a load of songs on my ipod touch 8gb which have gone onto it fine but the videos that I had on there have disappeared:confused: sync again and still the videos do not come back on the ipod, they were there and now have gone? How can I get them back on please:D
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Slow Computer Help!!!!
My laptop has had a bit of a breakdown and as i don't have the cash to repair it i have resorted to my desktop. It's ok but the only thing is it's so slow. :mad: Using the internet has been so frustrating and a nightmare. I've given it a disk clean, defraged it, deleted some old software but it's still slow. I'm guessing…
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Mystery pop up blocker
Hi, something on my PC is blocking pop ups which i dont want, have been in internet options/privacy and pop up blocker is off, have turned off firewall and anti-virus, still doesnt work, any ideas where I can look for this pesky thing, it didnt used to do this, must be something to do with some download i suppose. Any help…
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Help with camera memory cards please.
Hi I bought one of these canon cameras for my 10 year olds birthday and was wondering about a memory card for it. I don't know anything about quality or if they are all the same. He likes 'making movies' so I guess, the bigger the better :confused: I have seen a couple and was hoping that I could have some comments before…
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Laptop with Windows XP and Celeron Processor
I am trying to get a new laptop with Windows XP, I don't want to change to Vista. A lot of the ones available have Celeron 2.13Ghz processor. I have no experience of Celeron, have always had Pentium. Just wondered what peoples thoughts were on Celeron?
