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AV senders
Hello, I recently bought and set up an AV sender/receiver from Maplins for around £30. It seems it's developed a fault (too late to take it back as they only have a 14 day return policy, also I think I threw away the manufacturers guarantee :confused: ) So I want to buy a new one but would rather not pay another £30. Does…
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How stupid is Windows Azure?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7693993.stm I really don't get this "cloud" computing. What idiot would want the entire details of their lives sitting on somebody else's computer. For anybody that watched last night's Panorama(?) and seen how easy it is at the minute to get a hold of personal information, the thought…
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Is There Freeview In This LCD Television
I have been looking at this LCD Television with a view to buying it but i am not sure if it have Freeview it says printed in red ''Freeview'' and it does not mention Freeview in the key features at the bottom ...has it got Freeview or not ? http://www.johnlewis.com/230445978/Product.aspx
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Codeweavers Crossover for Linux and Mac....
is free today - using USA timing. https://www.codeweavers.com site is down due to traffic, but links are still working
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Bookmarks Syncing
I have two different sets of bookmarks on firefox on my two computers. I would like to combine them and then have them synced so that they are the same on both computers. I used to use the google program but need to find a new addon. I heard about foxmarks and weave but what would you recommend. I would perfer if the addon…
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IP Address Problem
Morning I am having some problems with my IP address. I regularly visit a surf forecast site that has forecasts for all over the world. Just lately when I go on there it automatically shows the report for USA, when I check at work it still comes straight on the UK page and it used to on my own computer. I ran an IP check…
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search on MSE not working?
Hi Guys Has anyone else got the same prob as me i am trying to search on here and it just gives me the old "please wait 15 sec between searches" but this is the first time have pressed the search button? any ideas??
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DrWatson Postmortem De!!!!!!
On starting up my laptop earlier, everything was going normally until an error box popped up. it said Dr Watson Postmortem De!!!!!! had encountered a problem etc etc and did i want to send an error report. clicked on send, the next little box came up, connected etc etc and disappeared as normal. However, the DrWatson error…
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Buying home telephones - help and advice needed
I need to replace my old and worn out home telephones. I am on BT and want good, solid, reliable handsets (2 maybe 3) with clear sound, answer phone, caller display, clear functions (don't need unnecessary extras). Corded or cordless or a combination of both. I do not want to spend loads so am not looking at top-end kit. I…
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Techie Fun
Hi guys! I hope you don't mind this infringement on this wonderfully helpful thread, but I think techies need a smile too sometimes. Helisoft A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment. Due to the clouds and…
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For Mac: a Free Youtube Downloader tool
Found this free YouTube downloader for Mac program released by iSkysoft Studio. It can detect and download videos from video sharing websites automatically. It supports YouTube, Yahoo, Google, Break, Metacafe, MySpace, Gofish and other video sharing sites. Also, the upgrade version support extract audio to MP3 AAC etc. and…
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want to get photos from a dvd,
hiya everyone, looking for some help, i have a dvd which is a slideshow of photos (family do) another family member created it but i want to print off some photos but i am unsure how to change the format??! usually all images are microsoft picture manager, so anybody any tips or anything to change the format? thanks claire…
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Saving Leccy by running a NAS rather than a server
Noticed my 24/7 file server burns 120 watts = £90+ pa in electric. So I am thinking a high efficiency PSU or even purchasing a NAS might be cost effective but would welcome on advice on relative power usage. Currently server is running 300 isa and 250, 750 and 1tb sata hdd so I could put the two big sata drives in the NAS…
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How do I copy files onto a Seagate external memory drive?
Bought an external memory last year, copied everything on to it. Just tried to update it, but I can't. Have tried to copy, but it won't let me paste? Is there a way to make it automatically update? Don't know where the manual is? Help??
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Think I've wrecked my ipod!
Anyone help?! Basically I was a little drunk on Saturday night and I dropped it in a puddle. Now the thing works and seems to be charging fine, but when I take it off charge or disconnect it from the computer, the screen has the charged icon on it (even if it's not fully charged), and won't go away. I've tried searching…
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Copying from Sky+ to DVD
Is there anyway to copy programmes stored on my Sky+ to DVD so I can delete them off the sky box HD but still have them to keep. Am keen to do this after Sky "offered" me a free movie trial but when it expired nonoe of the movies stored on the Sky + box (for which we have 4 mixes and multi-room so they do OK out of us)…
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Can't install Ad-Aware or Spybot S&D??
Hi all, I have recently installed COMODO firewall and AVAST anti-virus following the expiration of my 1yr free Mcafee from Sky. I then tried to install the above spyware utilities but both come up with an error? "Error 1304. Error writing to file: C:\Program Files\Security\aawservice.exe. Verify you have access to that…
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Unable to process films: Not C41
This isn't a computery-type question, more one for the photographers out there. I put several films in for processing at Asda and they returned them unprocessed saying they couldn't do it as the films were "not C41". Two questions: 1/ What does this mean? 2/ Are there places that will process these films relatively cheaply…
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Sim Card Recovery?
My phone went do-lally the other day and I have lost all my contacts. Can anyone recommend a free program that will recover my lost numbers?
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Canon Powershot A620 - can't upload pictures
We have a Canon Powershot A620 which has worked well until tonight. When trying to upload the pictures to the computer we are getting a message "cannot detect camera, try again". We've removed the lead, tried it in a different USB slot, removed it from the camera, put it back again, still no joy. Anyone had this? Anyone…
