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Wireless connection keeps dropping
Hi, I have got Sky broadband 16mb and have had it for 3 or so years. In the last week or so I have noticed that the wieless connection is failing a few times a day and have tried to pick it up on my Iphone to see if it is my laptop playing up. Im not the most technical person but am not too bad. I have got the bog standard…
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laptop help -web page keeps timing out - hijack log now posted
On my laptop, after a while I get the message that the webpage has expired. The problem is much more obvious with pop up windows eg when I'm trying to complete surveys. The only info on the windows help page is to go into internet options - advanced and to uncheck the box saying not to save encrypted pages to disk, but…
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Spell check causing problems
Hi Twice this week I have lost 2 emails I typed up when using spell check. Clicked on ABC (spell check) and when it reached a word with a wrong spelling the laptop froze for a moment then the email vanished, then laptop worked as normal, very annoying. I have a Toshiba laptop running vista and use Microsoft email The spell…
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PC won't boot
4 year old very basic Packard Bell PC running XP. 9 months ago it keeled over every time I booted up and I got the blue screen of death. Managed to get online long enough to be advised I needed a patch for Windows as apparently my Windows were unstable, which solved it. 2 months ago, it did the same thing, but after doing…
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Which mp3 player is better?
Which one would you choose? http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/0842811/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+entertainment+and+sat+nav%7C12108813/c_2/2%7Ccat_12108813%7CMP3+and+MP4+players%7C12108846.htm or http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5138496/Trail/searchtext%3EIPOD+TOUCH.htm Also does anyone know…
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Timeline 4810T
Ok having been looking for a new laptop I thought I'd found one namely the samsung Q310, but having been on trusted reviews I spotted the samsung Q320 which while being under spec'd compared to the Q310 got better reviews. But the Q320 mentioned the Acer Timeline 4810T. This laptop is very good,and imo beats the Mac Book…
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Sky Broadband - Any Good
Woundering If Anyone else on here has "Sky Broadband - Mid". 8MB Download Speed & 40Gb Allowance. We are currently with Tiscali Paying £25 a month for 8MB Broadband & Tiscali Talk. But looking around for some good deals for broadband & phone. Looked at BT & Virgin but they are too expensive. When i looked at sky they are…
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Am I mad to buy this TV?
http://www.richersounds.com/product/lcd-tv/hitachi/ut32mh70/hita-ut32mh70 It has only 1 HDMI input. I have one reserved for me. I don't have freeview (no arial on a rented house). But i will have to buy a freesat HD box to replace the sky (freesat from sky) box so that I can watch TV! Will I be able to run the SCART from…
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AOL Email via Firefox
I cannot find out how to make text bold, coloured, larger etc etc. Does anyone know how I can get these additions to work in Firefox. Using Ctrl+B or Ctrl U does not work. I know this is a petty thing but I'd like to know if there is a solution
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Alternative Browsers Advice For a Non-Techie Please!
Please be gentle with me! I've just uninstalled IE8 as I was having problems with it, not least because I have Hewlett Packard software on my machine (apparently IE8 doesn't like this and I wanted to keep my add-ons :confused: ) IE7 is back and working fine but I've read on here that many use other non-microsoft browsers.…
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Lavasoft's Adaware
Am having trouble uninstalling this. I gather I am not alone in this. Have tried through add/remove programs and also its own uninstaller. Neither will complete. Anyone got any suggestions please? Thanks.:o
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BBC I player
Initially I stopped being able to listen to live broadcasts on the iplayer radio, now it seems as though I can't use the i player to even watch recent shows. The web page for the show comes up but where there used to be the iplayer controls, it is now just a blank box with click to play in it, and obviously this doesn't…
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Audacity
When using Audacity to transfer from a tape recorder to the Audacity system, how can I get the sound to come out of the speakers so that I can monitor the conversation going into Audacity? I did this a few weeks ago but now, whilst it does record the info, I cannot hear the sound and therefore am having to keep stopping it…
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need a password recovery download. anyone help?
hi all, i have a hotmail account that i have not used for ages, forgotten password and stupidly the security questions too. can anyone recommend a password recovery download?
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TalkTalk - Any good
I got a sales visit trom them a couple of days ago and it actually sounds like a good deal, but has anyone had any problems switching recently?? I've got 12 days left to cancel if need be
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Menu bar disappeared
I am asking on behalf of my sister as her menu bar (the one with file, edit view etc) has disappeared. In fact all she seems to have is the Google toolbar and when you look in settings it only seems to deal with Google. There is also something to do with favorites up at the top too. Ive tried right clicking but the options…
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Ipod touch Decent headphones with mic
I'm looking for a pair of headphones with a mic or just a mic that you can plug in normal headphones that will work well with skype on my Ipod touch. I have looked in Amazon but all seem to get bad reviews either for headphone quality, mic is rubbish or the cables are poorly designed lasting only a few months. So wondering…
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How to rip a CD
Hi, I need to rip the TalkTalk connect and go CD because my laptop cd cdrive is busted at the moment. Without installing the cd on my lapotop i cant connect to the internet. How do i rip the CD so i can transfer the program via usb and run it on my laptop. Can anyone help?
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DVD Player- sound laggy after 3-4 secs?!
Right, I have an 'assosciate' who wanted me to put a DVD together for them. After (literally) hours of work - downloading various software and other things, I have finally made the DVD. Tried it on a DVD player, and does nothing but loads. Tried it on the actual DVD player to be used, and works fine, but after 3-4 secs of…
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Help please - cordless phone and broadband causing interference?!
Hi guys and girls, I'm *really* hoping you lot can help me out here. Basically, I have cable broadband and bought a digital cordless phone. The phone line now goes either very crackly or crystal clear. A friend said that the broadband is causing interference with the phone. I have plugged my 'normal' phone back in but the…
