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Xbox 360 - Help needed
I'm not very technical at all so I need some general help regarding the Xbox 360. My kids will be getting one for Christmas and they want to use the Live thingy but I don't want to have to stop using the internet on the PC every time they want to play the xbox so someone suggested that I should get a wireless router, which…
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What can I use this for?
Hi I must start with I'm not the most technical minded person but. I recently went to Pc World to get something to back up my two home computers. On asking the advice of the sales Assistant, I was recomended the western Digital ess 320. A month on, went to back up and found that this unit isn't suppose to be used for…
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Saab 9-5 cd player wont play home made cds
Okay, so downloaded songs from itunes, spent time finding a program to convert them to MP3's and then made a cd of them. It plays on the cd player in the house, but wont play in my car. I have a Saab 9-5 ARC Auto 02 plate. Any ideas??? Never had a car before that won't play home made cds and this is the newest car i have…
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larger sensor for zooming
Hello there Does any camera buff know if the purchase of a camera with a 15 mp sensor, to replace a 6mp camera might actually provide better zooming ability? Despite lurking around the camera forums, I can't get my head round this. Specifically, using a prime lens on this larger sensor camera, would it mean that cropping…
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Hard drive purchase
I need to buy a new hard drive. My puter is about 4 years old and I am using XP as my os. There seems to be many hard drives for sale . I was thinking about 250 gigs. What else do I need to know please?
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Live Mail with Gmail - emails not downloading
I'm using Windows Live Mail to download emails from my Gmail account, all the email download ok except from one family member which WLM doesn't see as being on the gmail server even though I can see them on the web based gmail. I've check to see if there is any option selected to not download emails from this sender but…
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PRIVACY in my profile on the laptop
Hi. I have an ongoing problem with this. I have a laptop at home, and my housemate uses it as well. I am the administrator and she has her own profile, and (supposedly) cant look at my files, i can look at hers, but she has nothing saved on there, she merely uses it for email and checking stuff out on the net. however, the…
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ipod Dimensions?
Not sure if this is in the right board, sorry. :o I have been looking online for the dimensions of an ipod, amazon seems to give 5.4 inches by about 1.5, can anyone confirm please if this is right? I know nothing about ipods, do they come in different sizes or are those measurements standard? If anyone has an ipod, want to…
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saving ipod tunes on computer reboot
is there any way I can save my ipod tunes as it looks as if I may need to reboot my computer?
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new ipod nano and compatible speakers?
Please can someone offer some advice on ipods. We currently have a 2g ipod nano which works with our logitech mm50 speakers which are fab! We were looking at getting a 2nd ipod to store more music on etc and i only really want a small ipod i.e nano am i right in thinking that the new nano will not fit on these speakers? I…
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camcorder
the wife and myself want to buy a camcorder,mainly for 2 reasons 1stly to use in new york filimng things to show her dad,and 2ndly to film christmas,as we reckon this will be his(father in laws) last chistmas,have been looking at sony camcorders with hard drives can get a 30 gig one for £230,anywhere do them cheaper? is it…
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connected to WiFi but no internet?
Hi just travelled to New York and the apartment block im staying has free Wifi. The Wifi is unlocked and my computer is saying im connected but I can not get any internet broswer to work. * The wifi source is unlocked/ non encrypted. * my firewalls are switched off. * I have also switched off anti virus. * I have tried…
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ev esham navcam
can anyone help me please as i have an evesham navcam model number 6200.i did a reset on this and when i tried to open the navigation i got an error message saying no metro area installed please install at least one.i cant install the disc that came with it as im on vista and it wont recognise.is there a disc i can fit…
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Acer One A110AB Netbook Wireless Netbook question
Do you have to buy a certain virus protector to use with this net book or does it come with one installed? Ta.
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Digital cameras and shutter lag time...
OK, so i'm not to techinical minded, but I do know that when I buy a new camera I want to be able to take pictures at the time I want to take them, not five minutes later...so after some research i have discovered that I need a camera with a low shutter lag time. However the research I have done seems to be alittle out of…
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Mac-PC Wireless Servers?? Very Techie Question!!
Hi all I hope someone can help because I'm flummoxed!! My boyfriend and I use a wireless router to connect to the internet, me from my Macbook and him from his Windows laptop. I'm concerned because I've just noticed that when I click on Macintosh HD, there is a menu on the left and in between 'Devices' and 'Places' there…
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HP travel battery problem
Hello, I have a HP laptop and have recently purchased a travel battery to give me longer battery power. The problem i have is that the laptop can see the new battery and charges it up but only uses the main battery and not the travel one. any ideas on how i can get it to use both?? cheers
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Martin Is Missing In My Firefox Browser
Hello Basically I took my laptop somewhere where I could only use dial up for a few days, so I got some addons - adblocker and such to help things be less slow. When I did that, Martin and the whole load of tabs at the top of the page went missing, there is just a green banner. When I got home, I got rid of the adblocker…
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problem with restoring Outlook file
I've installed a new pc today I needed to save a lot of emails from my old pc so used a freeware download and they all saved as an EBK file which I Stored on an external HD I'm trying to import this back but can't because Microsoft Outlook wants it to be a .pst file can anyone help?
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Digital Aerial
Is it poss to swap out an analogue for a digi aerial using the existing cable, how easy is it?
