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Can't access system restore??
When I try, I get this message: windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. you may not have the appropiate permissions to access the item Can anyone help please?
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Graphics Card Knackered???
Months ago my oldish card a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 seems to have been playing up. My monitor screen flickers and goes black and seems to keep clicking as though it is changing resolution. I have 2 Gig of memory and when i uninstall the graphics card it seems ok but obviously the screen updating is now very slow. I am…
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Wireless Zero Configaration Help Needed
Hi can anyone please tell me how to do a wireless zero configaration on a PC. I purchased a wireless usb adapter and after connecting it it say si have to connect it through the WZC, i have been given the code 871122 but when i looked in the microsoft knowledge bank it was to difficult to understand... So please can…
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Bluescreen and recovery
I've just seen a friends laptop that bluescreened on Sunday night, failed to boot on Monday and just got into vista through the safe mode prompt, upon which it booted fine in normal mode. What scans do we think we need?
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paypal email possible phishing
Just received this paypal email, I think it maybe phishing and wondered if anyone else has has one recently- Dear PayPal Member, As part of our efforts to provide a safe and secure environment for the online community, we regularly screen account activity. While reviewing your PayPal accounts, we observed activity that we…
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Sky viewing card upgrade-what should non subscribers do?
Hi there, I dont subscribe to sky anymore but get all the free to air programs bbc itv and other good channels like the zone reality ones. I understand that sky are going to introduce new viewing cards so I wonder what is the best way for non subscribing folks to sky to retain all of their existing channels? Would we need…
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Trojans & Antivirus ????
My laptop ( vista) has AVG & Malware antivirus. Four days ago i got infected with trojans.!! I ran AVG full scan & nothing showed up. I then ran full malwares scan & it found 3 trojans which i then got rid of. All was well for a few days but then today when i turned on my laptop AVG told me i had 3 trojans ( not sure if…
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ipod question
Having never owned an ipod and seeing the new ones out there i was looking at other options, does the older style ipod shuffle 1G come with earphones? Where would be my cheapest option?
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Windows update error 80070002
Trying to install update Net Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 but get above error. Have followed all microsoft instructions to remedy but no joy. Any suggestions
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calendar as wallpaper ?
is it possible to set my xp calendar as my wallpaper ?
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compatability problems in the dessert
used an external hard drive on a vista operating system now will not open on an xp system only in autoplay, it was borrowed to copy some pics but he is working an xp system and it was fine did the copying and handed it back the pc sees the external harddrive on the my computer but when you go to open it, it asks which…
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Which computer & which smartphone? Unlimited ££
If you had unlimited cash, which desktop/laptop would be your reccomendation and also which smartphone would be your recommendation? I have never had this luxury before so have always tried to compromise performance with cost, however work seem to be feeling quite generous! (this is not in keeping with my MSE engrained…
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Paypal "security measure" -is it right?
Last week I had an email from Paypal saying that someone had tried to access my account, and asking me to update my details. I logged on to my account (by typing in the URL rather than through the email link!) and it said my account was temporarily restricted. All my old transactions were there, so everything seemed OK.…
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ATI Drivers
Trying to upgrade my graphics card drivers via the ATI website, Installer starts then tells me I need administrator rights, Checked the PC and I've already got those? Any ideas?
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Simply electronics . Net
Just a warning for anyone thats currently using them. I went to their homepage today ~ hforthestupidp://www.simplyelectronics.net/ *** DONT CLICK*** And was infected with a virus (Well ~ would have been if it wasnt for Avira). Typical that Firefox wasnt loading it at all and my bad judgement of using IE put my machine at…
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Desktop wallpaper stuck
For a while now I haven't been able to change the wallpaper. (XP) When I go in through the control panel > desk-top etc. I get the window that lists the backgrounds, but this window is inactive - like it's been de-activated. ANy ideas where the fault lies?
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Firefox takes ages to start.
When I switch on my PC, connect to the internet and click on Firefox, sometimes it takes ages for the program to start. Often I've clicked on it a few times and it finally opens up in multiple tabs. I never used to have to wait this long. Can anyone help..? [threadbanner]box[/threadbanner]
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Removing and re-installing iTunes - Help!
I'm replacing my desktop with a laptop and am nervous about removing and re-installing my iTunes. Can someone help or give me a link to a guide please?
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Confused over Laptop Specs
Afternoon All I was looking to get a bit of advice on a new laptop - I know a wee bit about computers but not a lot :rolleyes: I'm not too fussed about the make (as long as it's a reliable brand) but it does need to have a Pentium Processor of 2.4Ghz or equivalent, a Nvidia Geforce 6200 with 128mb RAM graphics card or…
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Help needed with slow PC - HijackThis log included
Hi all My PC seems to have gone really slow, takes ages to load anything up, and even when i turn it on it takes about 5-10 minutes just to get past the first screen that comes up (the black screen where it says memory testing, gets stuck on that, but its only been doing that since yesterday). Can anyone help? Here is the…
