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underwater cameras
Next month we are going to the Caribbean for a holiday, and would like to photograph the fish in the sea. Now all my camera gear is definately not for the sea, so I would like to have an inexpensive underwater camera for this job. so........ any ideas or reccomendations? Dont want or need to spend a lot of cash, but dont…
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Another TV thread...
Sorry, but Ive done some searching already and cant quite seem to see the answers im looking for! My current 33" CRT box is shutting down and having some blue screen moments every now and again, so I need to start looking at a new box before the old girl gives up! Im wanting (for the right price of course!), 37" LCD, 1080p…
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HP 88 cartridges?
Has anyone here got experience of 3rd party HP 88 cartridges? I have been a long-time user of 3rd party Epson cartridges, but I now have a HP Pro L7590 in my home office. It is my first ever HP inkjet, is the fastest and best inkjet I have ever owned, but I'm shocked at HP's cartridge costs. The HP88 is a cartridge only -…
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Getting contacts/photos off a mobile that doesn't switch on?
Hi The on/off button on my mobile (Nokia 6234) has broken and I can't turn it on. Does anyone know a clever way of getting contacts and photos off of it? Cheers
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Best free CMS?
I run a website for a charity. I would like to move away from the current single author approach to a community model by installing a (free) CMS, which would allow me to give editing rights to other members of the charity to modify content on specific pages. Any recommendations from members of this forum would be welcome.…
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Windows XP licence question
I have XP on my PC, I migrated the copy from my last computer after it fried the hard drive. I don't have the COA sticker, as this was on the old case. I need to get the licence number because I want to reformat and reinstall, as I am having problems with my PC. The copy of Windows is genuine. How can I get the licence…
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Digital Camera For Going Out Drinking With!?
Will be having a big night out soon and wanted to get a handful of cameras to hopefully get some photos to remember the night with! Baring in mind we will be in bars/clubs I need: 1. Fairly cheap so that if it gets lost its/broken I can still sleep at night! 2. Decent enough to get a good quality photo in locations with…
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How can I make something smaller?
Can you tell me how I can make something smaller on the computer screen so that it only takes a section of the screen up? I'm trying to put two things up at the same time so that I can transfer one to the other.
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Please Help Me Upgrading Ram
Hi i'm desperately trying to upgrade the RAM in my father in laws laptop. On putting in the 2x 1GB RAM modules (which I have confirmed the Laptop can take) the lappy turns on and then a black screen appears with white writing and the the lappy tries to reboot and this goes in a cycle. Obviously the first thing is....are…
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MS Office on Mac OSX - windows compatibility?
Hi all I'm thinking about buying a Macbook for bionic mum she's a busy teacher and dependent on Office apps We havent gone down the Mac route before and i wondered if anyone knew how compatible Office Suite for the Mac was with Windows? Do I need to run with Boot Camp for full interoperability(?) or will I be able to swap…
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Storing pics onto Websites
I am planning to store some of our family pics onto the web so that our friends and relatives can view them. Can anyone suggest a reliable website for this purpose, preferably with more data storage??
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Laptop keyboard problems
Hi all, Got a laptop I am looking at for someone and sorted a lot of their problems out.However there is a problem with the keyboard when I press the r button i get r5 and this happen for a few other keys for example u i get 46 has anyone seen this before??
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Rik help please
Bear with I'm running in safe mode with networking. It was the only way I could get online....:confused: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 23:46:35, on 02/04/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16791) Boot mode: Safe mode with network support Running…
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Help with setting up HTC Touch HD please
I have just spent hours trying to set up windows mobile (instead of active sync) and email (sky) on my new phone. I have copied all the settings from my old handset to no avail. My laptop runs on Vista. Can someone PLEASE talk me through it or tell me what I'm doing wrong??? Thanks sooo much in advance - This is driving me…
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sorry if this has been asked before
How can I tell if my computer or network is visible to other users? I have noticed my anti virus has blocked 3 attempted attacks by other IP addresses I use a BT home hub (the black one) and I thought this was already secure? When I go to connect, it says security enabled network? I am so confused now! Also do I tick any…
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How to stop Gmail being default email client on Vista?
Hi all :D Got my new laptop (previously a laptop virgin!) a few days ago and seem to be getting the hang of it but have one problem ... When i click a mailto link, gmail appears as my default email client. I prefer to use my hotmail address which I have set up on Windows Live Mail. Confusing thing is that I have set…
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scart / AV help?
hello! i have an old hitachi crt tv which was happily recognising my virgin media box and xbox 360 through scart leads, we could swap between the two with the remote control av button with no hassle The other day i left the virgin box off at the mains all day and since then my tv will no longer 'see' whats attached by av,…
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E Stick Security
Hi I have an e stick with which I load important documents on. I concerned if I loss it and it falls into the wrong hands that they will able to easily access this information. Is there such a thing as a security code / lock I can programme onto the stick ( a bit like when you lock your mobile phone ) so I will need to key…
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Webcams Not Recognised :|
Can Anyone help me with this, whenever i plug my webcam in (unitedpepper lili usb camera) its comes up in the balloon as device not recognised, then u go to device manager and its under unknown device, it was working a few weeks ago then it stopped working so i reinstalled the drivers today but it hasnt fixed it any…
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New laptop battery - faulty?
Just received a new laptop battery for Inspiron 6000. 9 cell type from eBay Hong Kong powerseller. Put it in and indicated that it had 2.5 hours charge left. Allowed it to fully discharge, which it did in this time. Then allowed it to charge, checking status every 30 mins. When it did not get past 4.5 hrs indicated time,…
