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Broadband Speeds
I often see posts by people complaining about throttling speeds and slow broadband connections. The ISP is always blamed for this. My exchange is non LLU so how much control does my ISP have on the broadband speed and how much control does BT have? I have checked my exchange on Samknows and the best speed I can get is…
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Virus Removal POP-UPS - help!!
I have a several pop-ups that have suddenly appeared and I have no idea how to get rid because I know that if you don't really know what you are doing, you can make matters worse. My internet history shows 3 sites: bestsecureexpertcleaner; personalantispy.com; pcvirusremover2008.com Also, there is video file…
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Identity 'at risk' on Facebook
I was telling Spikey that I was wary off using applications on facebook after hearing that they can be unsafe. He suggested I should post in this thread letting you all know. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/7375772.stm
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reducing size of movie clip to email?
Can someone help me please? I've taken a movie clip of my granddaughter on my Sony Cybershot camera which I want to email. It's 26.2MB and too big to send. How can I reduce it? I'm running Vista. Thanks in advance for any help:A
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Can anyone help with ITV, please?
This is a strange one! On Tyne Tees TV on Thursday last at 10.40 p.m. there was a programme called 'Show People' It featured a night at our Golf Club in Darlington where acts were filmed, my friend and my partner were shown dancing, me sitting looking on, and lots of friends pointed it out to us on Friday night! Trouble…
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Which Processor and Where?
Yes, its the age-old question brought up once again... Dual Core v Quad Core How must was the cheapest Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping processor you have seen? Where was it? What is the best Dual Core Processor for value? The processor will be used for gaming , programming (if that makes a difference), day to day usage…
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A good value 24"+ monitor - gaming, watching videos
Hello All, I am currently in the market for a new monitor and have set a cap-off of £200 for it and am wondering where is the best place to buy good quality monitors from? Specs 24" or Higher 1900 x 1200 or Higher Must have Feature : HDCP and you know the rest... Thanks, JC_Maven
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Running a disco from PC
Can anyone tell me if it is easy to run a disco from y laptop. The school wants a halloween party but we have no DJ. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Networking and Patch Panel questions....
I am renovating my house and have run cat5e cable from most rooms to my attic where i am going to connect them all to my router that i got from sky. I have a telephone point there and a socket, now here's where i'm lost, i bought a patch panel with 16 connections, i thought i would just connect all the cables into it using…
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Which Sat Nav?
Hi, I'm thinking of getting sat nav but dont want to spend a fortune on. I'm possibly looking at one of the cheaper ones that are out at the moment. Any suggestions/recommendations? Thanks
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Lost channels help
I have had freesat with sky for a few years,i now cannot get channel 4,5 or sky3,anyone else having this prob, also bbc1 is now bbc1London,bbc2 is now bbc2 England and itv is now itvcentral w.Any ideas folks.Thanx
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What Card Slot Is This? Do I Have One?
Hi, I hope you can help. Last year I bought one of these T Mobile Web n Walk cards http://www.telefon.de/images/big/t_mobile_web_n_walk_card_compact_ii.jpg (pretty much real life size picture). It slides into my laptop and I get online with it. Then I bought a new laptop:…
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Help please people!!
Switch pc on. Goes through all the start up-welcome etc but then goes straight to screen saver. No icons so cannot get in. Comes up with fault messsage so and soi 'did not intialize!!' Its a friends PC. The pc did it itself with no help from his kids. Help please before he kills one of them!!
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Which is better - an ibook g4 or a macbook?
I am selling an laptop that was used by a work colleague but is no longer required. It wont power on and i have it listed on ebay as 'spares or repair' However, i listed as an ibook g4 1.8ghz, 60gb, 1gb ram etc. I have had it pointed out by a very observant ebayer that its actually a macbook. Unfortunately the auction ends…
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Help with charging new ipod touch 8gb
Just bought a new ipod touch 8gb and tried to charge it with another ipod charger it just says not supported, we have tried a charger from the older version ipod touch but it still doesnt work any ideas what to use to charge it apart from the usb that comes with it, even my ipod dock music station doesnt work .
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how to download video clip from camera
We have an Olympus digital camera..and Im trying to download video clip. however, all I get is sound clip, no picture.... (message - error finding codec)?? Tried changing playing format. Real time player/Windows player, no change I can view video with sound Ok on camera, and can play other videos ok on pc... any help…
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Networked Hard Disk Drive
I have an external HDD which is connected to my home network via the router. Because of the location of the router, I would like to move the HDD and attach it to my pc directly via the RJ45 connection (no usb/firewire on HDD). Would the router still issue it with its ip address or would XP attempt to issue one. At present…
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Epson D68 Flashing lights - won't print
Hi All, I have an Epson D68 printer which won't print and i just have two flashing lights. The ink light and the paper light flash alternately. Have tried powering off and on again but can't get rid of the flashing lights. Also I think I need to reset the print counter, which I can do, but not until I can get rid of the…
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Nokia N95 Video Format (Which codec?)
As N95 owners probably know, the device is very picky about which video formats work. What have people got to play on there? I only ever managed to convert a video once that worked and I've forgot which settings I used. Can anyone enlighten me to the settings they use? Video Codec? Audio Codec (MP3 I guess), Frame Rate?…
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USB HD gone.
I have a feeling although I cant be 100% certain that the electrician who without asking turned my power off when installing a new shower cable to mains. I did ask him if he needed power off as he was threading through a thick cable to the meter and he said no. Anyhow before he came I was using pc and it was definitely on…
