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looking for an external hard drive - help please.
Hi I am looking to buy an external hard drive but apart from the basics I use my pc for I'm not that computer savy :o I'm not very good at backing up and I have alot of family history files and photos I have put on now so want something that is really simple for me to set up and will do the backing up for me. I have the XP…
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Good Camcorder, wireless keyboard and mouse.
I am looking to buy a camcorder that I can use for both video and pictures and also be able to transfer my recordings to a DVD without much difficulty. I also want to change my pc keyboard and mouse to wireless. Please can some one point me in the right direction, I’m looking to spend btw £150-200 on camcorder.
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Who sell good value PC's?
Now that both my 2 boys are getting to an age where they want to play games on the computer I want to get a desktop to save them dropping my precious laptop. I'd like to spend a around £350 to get a basic computer, but one decent enough that we don't have to upgrade in 12 months. They will only be using it for going on the…
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e-mail problems - advice please
Can someone advise me, please? A few weeks ago, we had a new computer and my husband (who is not really all that computer literate, but moreso than me!) set up e-mail accounts (we are with Virgin) for himself and me. For some reason, my e-mail messages (received) went into my account AND his account (no real problem, he…
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iTunes help please!
Hi. I have just reformatedmy PC and upgrade from Vista to XP. Before reformating I backed up all my files to an external HDD. I would now like to move my olf iTunes library (keeping ratings, playlists etc) onto the PC but am unable to do this. I can replace the iTunes music folder with my old one but this results in iTunes…
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Boot manager missing
Hello Techies, A friend just called me tonight that he has done something to his laptop and when he switches it on,it keeps saying boot manager missing. Could someone help out on what he should do to restore this laptop. Thanks in advance.
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Adobe Flash Player 10
I rebooted (after just installing a new firewall ~ typical) and a popup came up asking me to install the new flash player Ive managed to get it working with firefox But im struggling with internet explorer (Yes ~ tried the UNINSTALL tool too) Anyone else having problems?
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DVD player on laptop not loading anything, please help!
Can someone please help me. I have a relatively new computer, ok it might be old now compared to what is in the shops now but i havent had it that long. Have gone to use the DVD player but can not get it to work, I put a DVD in and it sounds like it is trying to read it for about 10 seconds then stops, but nothing appears…
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Integrated Web not working
Hi, can any one assist with a webcam problem. I have a lenovo laptop with integrated webcam which has always worked fine. When starting the webcam now it only shows a number of vertical coloured lines. The software I am using is Yawcam. I have gone into the settings on the control panel but it says the webcam is working.…
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recomendation for portable dvd?
I am looking to buy one of these as I spend a lot of time travelling to hospital appointments and then long waits when I get there! any recomendations please? I quite like this one http://www.nectar.com/rewards/generalSearchOfferDetailsCatMain.nectar?ROM=ROM0008729 as I can get it for £40 + nectar points but I need a long…
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On-screen keyboard
My on-screen keyboard has ceased operating. Message says osk.exe referred by server. Could anyone advise on a repair or for a safe replacement please?
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Recommended Web hosting - free/up to £5pm??
Hi, My husband has been self employed for years but now wants to get a basic website set up. It will just be for info really so doesn't need any payment sections etc. I've searched on here for web hosting but i'm still very unsure where to start. If I can find a good free provider that we can make a nice looking site thats…
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3 mobile Internet Dongle - Using with wireless Router
Has anyone tried this? i.e. using the 3 wireless dongle plugged into a router rather than direct into a pc ?? Any good/bad points, issues anyone can think of ???
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Online Armor (Free)
Just a bit of news. I know several people on here, including myself, use Online Armor Free as a firewall. It has been an excellent find, after the problems that Comodo 3.0 threw up when it first launched. Comodos loss. Reviews and Ratings. The main drawback is that up until now Online Armor has not been Vista compatible.…
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Upstream/downstream ports help
I've just had a Acer Aspire CPU (?) It has 4 usb ports at the back & I'm trying to connect a USB hub. The directions for the hub tell me to plug the hub into the downstream port of the computer. How can I tell which is the downstream usb port. Thanks
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MSN Down?
Is anybody else's MSN down today?
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Categorising Credit Card payments in Microsoft money 2005
Hi, As the title says really ! I need to categorise Credit Card payments in Microsoft money 2005 on my download bank statements from nationwide, but when I choose special category payments/transfer credit card. it duplicates my credit card payment is there a way to get money to accept an item is a transfer, but not…
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Google Qustion
When I use Yahoo search engine, as I type the web address various web address come up I just select the one I want, saves me typing the whole address, how come Google doesn't have the same facility?
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exstreme sports ch poor quality
just got sky+ had the exstreme sport ch added but the pic is pretty,,all the other ch are fine,is it worht getting sky back out or is ur exstreme sport ch crap aswell
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Back-up Query
Hi Guys, My PC is approx 4 yrs old and runs quite slowly now (also the fan is becoming increasingly louder - although not excessively so). It's a Dell, using E7, C drive capacity 71.7GB, freespace 36.1GB (50% free). I run CCleaner and defrag regularly and I've removed any software I don't need. I think it might be best to…
