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Help - almost silent laptop driving me crazy!
Toshiba Satellite Pro 100 - went totally silent...so I reinstalled the drivers (and updates with driver detective) and it now whispers at me! Any ideas on how to get the sound back to its usual levels please? many thanks Moam (and her 6 year old who needs to get onto his multi-media stuff again!!)
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recovering files after hard drive reformat
Hi, I'm thinking this might be a lost cause but I recently ran a 'full factory restore' hard drive reformat after having lots of problems with my computer. I thought I had saved everything onto my external hard drive before I did it but it turns out some of my photos that I saved onto the external haven't copied properly…
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Scheduling PC startups
I know you can schedule Windows XP to shutdown from Windows XP but is there anyway schedule a PC to start automatically from scratch? I guess with Windows being out of action it is going to need a bios feature to get it done but I can't find anything in my motherboard manual which could help. Is it just not possible? My…
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Windows Update Problem
I downloaded today's Windows Updates - 8 of them - but two did not install, KB956572 and KB959426. It went through the usual download - verify - install steps, but at the end those two just had the word "failed" beside them. After the required reboot the two updates were offered again, but again failed. Should I be…
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Can i use Laptop as a desktop?
Got a new laptop coming this week, but 90% of its time I'll be using it in my bedroom, cani get a larger TFT monitor, and full size keyboard and plug them in, and basically have it sitting to the side as a desktop? What connections will i need to check for on the monitor? I'm guessing the keyboard will be USB just plug and…
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Security for Vista
My new Dell is being delivered this week and wonder on a decent security programme for it, currently using AVG Free 8.5 and also Ad-Aware for pop ups, using these on Windows XP, is it worth loading them onto my new laptop with Vista on? Been using them both on XP and had no problems and no bugs, touch wood If not, what can…
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Everything's blurry! Help please.
Help needed please - have had probs tonight, since adding speakers and processing order for webcam with PC world. Screen froze for several hours and eventually turned off, then took a lot of restoring, during course of which I've somehow done something to make fonts blurry, as described in 'clear type' Help topics.…
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To anybody with an xbox 360 and E74 error past or present
Now free to repair for first 3 years of ownership and refunding on those already paid :money: http://forums.xbox.com/26772916/ShowPost.aspx
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Google earth ?
My son cant get the layers menu to appear at the side of the screen- he just gets a full screen version of the world. He has downloaded street view but cant get into it because he cant tick the box in the menu ... Anybody know how to get it ?
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Unwatchable Sky picture with 60% signal quality
Hi, Would you expect to have any problems with viewing Sky channels with a 60% signal quality & strength? I can't watch any of the Five (Five US etc) channels or Sky 3. The Five channels are unwatchably blocky with no sound. Sky 3 sometimes says technical fault, at other times it says no signal. I've tried a software…
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HELP! Errant child, spyware needed!
Please can anyone help? I have a thirteen year old who has been up to stuff on the internet that she shouldn't, and had arranged to meet a stranger. It has scared me, especially as I put her on a laptop in the lounge to try to stop that kind of thing ocurring. She does still need to go online for homework and I do want to…
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firefox - no script - what is it?
ive added no script after reading on here that i should have it with firefox. What exactly does it do, and when should i tick allow? eg do i click when on my banking website, mse boards, tesco,facebook etc. If I type the website in, and know its genuine - i'm guessing thats when i click always allow? Will I need any addons…
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Internet explorer 8
Since installing the above, when I click on the email icon nothing happens. It always used to open my Outlook express, but not now. Any ideas what to do please.
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Limited wireless connection via Sky router
Hi guys, Until recently I connected to the Internet via a wireless Netgear connection (router and card in side of laptop). Connection was good all aroudn the house and garden. I have since gone to Sky and have had to use their router. Now my connection is pretty much limited to being wireless in the same room as my router,…
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problems with ink cartridges?
i too was finding cartridges really expensive so took advantage of the offer recently on here for a canon printer with a £10 back offer which in effect meant that the offer worked out cheaper than buying new cartridges. however did not have it long before cartridges ran out and trying to save somemoney bought replacements…
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MSN messenger queries
I had to have my computer reprogrammed, so everything was wiped off. I now find that the version of MSN messenger isnt the same as previously, ie wont allow me put a pic of me up, or change status on start up to "appear off line" , nor do I have an MSN "quote " window.....any help gratefully recieved!
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Free MP3 and Music downloads - suggestions?
I was a big fan of download.com which was run by Cnet and I downloaded stuff quite regularly by up and coming musicians plus the occasional free track by someone well known. I really enjoyed it - the layout of the site, the range of music, the artists' own comments. But it turns out Cnet and last fm are both owned by cbs…
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How do I upload photos to photobucket
Hi :confused: It is only letting me upload 1 photo at a time, it says to select more press ctrl but nothing happens. I have fiddled on for 2 days and have got to say I feel a wee bit stupid for not being able to do it. Can someone please talk me through how I get all my photos on there, many thnks
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3D cinema question
I'm going to book cinema tickets to watch Monsters vs Aliens in 3D. I would like to know what is the best seats to choose ? At the back or at the front ? Or no difference ? Thanks
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Advice on buying from Dell
Have just been looking on the Dell site and was clicking through all of the options to get to a final price on an Inspiron 545, but have a couple of queries. 1. It says no speakers included in the price, if required they are £50 extra. Whenever I have bought a computer in the past it has always come with a couple of little…
