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Computer not booting up
A friend's PC is refusing to boot up. Windows XP. When it is swicthed on it gets as far as the "boot screen" where it says press F2 to enter boot menu but goes no further .... What can I do ? ... He didn't make himself a boot disc !! ... I can lend him my XP discs to reinstall XP but he doesn't want to wipr the hard disc…
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Anyone use Ubuntu with iPlayer/TV Catchup/YouTube - Slow after upgrading to 9.04?
I'm not sure if it is the upgrade from ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04 or firefox from 3.0.8 to 3.0.9, but when I am watching full screen steaming flash videos now, the video is no longer smooth. It regularly stutters. In iPlayer this happenes both in high and low bandwidth. Has this happened to anyone else? Nothing has happened to…
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bulk faxing software?
what's the best software I can buy to send faxes from my pc in bulk?any ideas?
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I'm being charged for receiving a text.How can I stop it?
Hi all.I'm receiving a text from 66333 every friday and I've only just realised I;'m being charged £2.00 for every text!!I'm not sure how I've ended up getting these, obviously through signing up with something, but I cant remember where!Does anyone have any idea how I stop it?
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I dislike aliEnRIK now...
Well not really! but since you did that little Pi test thing the other day I realised what was once my 'tower of power' now has a decidedly stooped back and is certainly near qualifying for a SAGA holiday. It only seems like yesterday my KT400A and Athlon XP2800+ seemed like a supercomputer, but yesterday has come and gone…
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Vista Media Centre Randomly Records TV
As per title ;) For example if I set one specific episode of Emmerdale to record it will record again at some obscure time of night. Or if I set an episode of Britains Got Talent to record it will also record a repeat overnight. Note I am deliberatly choosing crap programmes for this example ;) Any ideas?
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Motherboard and cpu Cache size?
I have recently purchased a second hand Motherboard, although i dont have a manual for it. The spec states it will support xeon cpus at 400mhz bus rate, and the board has a level 2 cache of 256k. will my board support the cpus with a 512k or 1mb cache? or does it need to be the same size as the motherboards level 2 cache?…
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New laptop - Wireless problems -extra info
Hi We recently got a new laptop but are having problems with wireless. Briefly - connects to the network fine, but then browsing cuts out intermittently with no pattern to it (can still ping via cmd). I.e. the connection to the Wifi network is fine but can't open any pages in IE or FF. This remedies on restarting, or,…
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T-Mobile Mobile Broadband
Hi, Ok I am a complete techno-phobe!! So please bare with me. I live with my parents, the deal was I bought the laptop, they would pay for the internet. So its been like that for about 7 years. My lap top is now a little slow when connecting to internet and being on there. Am assuming its the laptop and not our Virgin…
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Create new task Explorer.exe - File does not haev a program associated with it
Hi everyone. Got a problem with a users laptop. When I start the laptop everything is fine. The novell log on screen appears. Type in username and password and click ok. The users background appears but then nothing. I can Ctrl + Alt + Del and run task manager. Explorer is not running which I assumed was my problem. I have…
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TV from a shop in London being posted to Edinburgh
Hi there I was planning to buy this TV from this shop. How safe and reliable is this? I have never heard of this shop before and before I hand over my cash is this a sensable idea? I live in Edinburgh. What would happen for example if the item was delivered broken or damaged? Has anyone heard of this retailer? Sorry for…
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Speed Thru Wireless Router
If i get a "54 Mbs" wirelss router, and my incoming speed is 10Mb, does this mean i can run in theory, 5 computers at once, or what, thanks.
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Question for anyone that has an Epson Stylus SX600FW All-in-One Printer
A question for anyone that has the above printer: Every time I go to switch it off, it says: "saved fax data/received data will be deleted. Continue?" Is there any way to bypass that message? I don't intend to use the fax facility , so would like it to simply switch off when I press the button, rather than having to hit…
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Advice please
Am gradually trying to make my elderly fathers pc more suitable for him as he has macular degeneration and obviously cannot see. I have made the scroll bars larger but do you know how I can make the little cross and other two buttons up in the top righthand corner larger. Thank you
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Limit Size of attachments Outlook 2007 downloads from server ?
I'm sure this feature is on there somewhere but I just can't find it - can anyone give me a pointer ?
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help with excel
I wonder if anyone could help me with this. I have an excel spreadsheet which has various columns. I want to transfer some of the columns to another sheet. The columns which I want to transfer contain information from other cells and therefore will alter depending on what is entered in the other cells. I have tried cutting…
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Increasing bit rate to 320?
I have just bought Ultimate Ears headphones for my MP3 player. Reveiws suggest to increase the maximum bit rate to 320. How do I know if my WMP can increase this & how do I do it? What are the advantages of doing this in general? Does it mean I won't get as many songs on a CD? Many thanks Nicks
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Watching BBC iplayer, itvcatchup
Hi, After reading Martin's warning of watching iplayer and using more download allowance than your isp allows I am a little confused. Forgive my ignorance.... does this mean; if I watch bbc TV on my computer (not a catchup or iplayer programme) I will be using my download limit? If I watch an iplayer or catchup programme…
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Help Problems loading MSE
Can anyone give me some advice please. MSE loading very slowly and when it does load not loading properly lots of posting functions not available. Other sites load fine this has been going on for the last three days. DT
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I need more help please AliEnrik or anyone
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