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tomtom
Need to buy a tomtom for general UK and European travel (planning to drive in France in a few weeks). Totally confused and lost - what's the one to get? What about map updates, I don't want any subscriptions on it at all. I guess I'd be happy with maps for the whole of western europe that are relatively up to date for say…
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'Google suggest' function disappeared..?
Weirdly, the 'suggest' function seems to have disappeared from my small Google search box which is part of the toolbar. Can anyone suggest why this might be or what I can do to get it back?
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Wireless router
Hi Have just bought dell core2 laptop & need to get wirless router to enable use of very old pc dell dimension 500 pentium 4 cpu 3.ooghz, ram 2.5gb & laptop together. I live in an old stone cottage 20 inch thick walls, which has virtually no reception for mobiles or mobile broadband (not sure if this is relevant). Have…
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more help with excel
Many thanks for all of those who replied to my previous question on exel. I have yet another problem. Someone (who I cannot contact again) gave me a spreadsheet that allows me to sort a list of items. Eg I have a shop which sells 100 different things. Column 1 = date Column 2 = type of item eg apples, oranges, bananas etc…
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Converting website from tables to CSS?
I'm reusing a website from a project setup a few years ago, before CSS was well supported, so most of the layouts and design are setup in tables designed in Dreamweaver 2004, I want to keep the design which is still clean and fresh, but setup as much as possible using CSS, I have Dreamweaver 8 and CS3. Is there any easy…
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iphone vs laptop
Hi, My laptop has recently given up the ghost so i am in the market for a replacement. Given that i only use the laptop for browsing the web and downloading the occasional song and zip file would an iphone -or ipod touch- be a adequate replacement? I already have a desktop in the house.
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Extending wifi range
Spotted this one in a newspaper. Fancy using your laptop in the garden, but can't get a signal? Routers work by transmitting radio waves from an antennae to your PC. These Waves are transmitted in all directions, but by reflecting them, their range can be extended. Cover a cereal bowl in tin foil, (making a mini-satellite…
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Best Cheap Basic Printer with Cheap Ink
I am wanting a basic colour printer for printing out mainly coupons that I can get cheap compatable ink for. I have a lexmark all in one that is expensive for ink so want a small if possible one just for coupons. It would also be ideal if I could get the ink at Tescos!
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Wireless Broadband keeps cutting out - Ideas?
I currently have wireless running off two computers from Sky. At least once an evening, the connection drops completely, and I have to manually reboot the router and also unplug the adapters from each computer. I have tried also connecting this with a cable, but no joy. From this, I'm assuming it's a fault with the router…
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Snapped laptop
one of the hinges on laptop has competely snapped.so the screen part only held on by the other one which looks to have some sort of ribbon in it(i presume this is how things get to the screen).the one that snapped had a sort of wire in it .when it snapped i expected it to stop working but im on it now.......sorry for being…
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Slideshow of pictures with music to fit
Hi! Need help as I am non techy bt need for my wedding a slideshow of about 100 digital pics I already have. I would like to put them on a CD as slideshow and then add some music to it. Is there an easy way to do this? software? If it is too complex, does anyone offer such a service at an affordable price? thanks
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Computer running slow.Could it be a virus?
Hi all.My computer has decided to slow up all the time.Usually I can watch a movie, surf the net and do something else, but now it wont.I'm thinking it might be a virus but I have Avast which is normally pretty good in picking something up. Ive seen on other threads the process of a hijack log and other procedures.Was…
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AVGs Resident shield, how do you stop it popping up?
How do you stop AVGs resident shield from popping up at the bottom right corner of the screen? It keeps appearing stating "Found tracking cookie".
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laptop wireless system
3 weeks ago i amanged with help from people here to clean up my dirty laptop who was as slow as a buss ;) today, as it was working fine , it disconected and i suspected bt broadband- but that was ok ... the netgear shows all fine so i conected cable straight to computer and it conected to internet... i thought maybe…
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Web Cam problems with the new msn
My girlfriend is having problems using her web cam with the new version of Msn Messenger. It worked perfectly fine before she updated it and it works fine on Skype at the moment as well but not msn? She can see mine but hers doesnt work at all. Any help...
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Help NTL modem obtaining IP address problem.
Hi guys friend of mine has NTL broadband, with a naff modem, his modem says 'obtaining IP address' but wont connect to the internet, whats he doing wrong. Is it a program stopping it, or just a naff modem, or something else, he's not very techi minded. this happened before but when he unplugged it and plugged it back in it…
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Microsoft Works & Word conversion?
Hi all Just a quick Q about word processing. My laptop has Mircosoft Works pre-loaded (running Vista Business). All the word processing I do is with 'works.doc'. When I am sent documents by email which are 'word.doc' I can only read them by the document viewer. I need to edit or add text to these documents and send them as…
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Pink DS lite
Hello, We are looking to buy one for our daughter for her 7th birthday this month. Does anyone have any advice on the best deals out there and what to look out for, please? Also, if anyone is in the same boat, any ideas on the best sort of games for a 7 year old girl (want educational obviously, but not toooo boring!).…
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Think I'm toxic - can anyone help???
I am having a problem with my hotmail account, at least in relation to my local freecycle group, who are now Very Cross Indeed with me - though I don't know how I've picked up the problem, and thought I'd sorted it. Anyway - what's happening is that someone or something has managed to activate a part of my Hotmail account…
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C drive nearly full
I have been checking my son's laptop and the C drive is quite full 6.5GB free of 49.5GB, but . the D drive has 49.4GB free of 49.5GB I need to check to see if anything can be uninstalled/deleted etc. Is there an easy way to move thinks into the D drive? and what sort of things can be moved over. The laptop is an aser…
