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Tech Guys from PC World
Hi, I have an extended insurance policy with Tech Guys. There was a problem with my laptop so they have taken it to be repaired. They have got it for 3 wks now but there system is still showing as being allocated to an engineer. I spoke to Customer Service today and the gentleman said that 3 wks are over tomorrow and under…
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DVD Recorder problem
Hi, Haven't posted before, so i apologise if i am all wrong. The problem is, i have a DVD recorder that has just stopped working, i only used it to transfer video tapes and holiday tapes, midway through putting a holiday tape from a camera to DVD, the recorder just stopped, as if the plug had been pulled, changed the fuse,…
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Best place to buy laptop memory please
Hi, Can anyone please tell me where is the best and cheapest place to go and buy laptop memory there is so many i am starting to get confussed :o
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Just snapped one of the restart disc's anyway can make second set?
As stated I have just snapped one of the two start up recovery discs you have to burn when you first start up your HP computer. Is there any way at all that a second set can be burned to disc? have tried but it says that one set has already been done so will not let me doing it the normal way just hope and pray someone can…
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Computer not recognising drives/storage
I recently installed an Epson DX7400 all-in-one. This printer includes a built-in card reader, which shows up in 'My Computer' as a 'Device with removable storage'. From about the time I installed this printer, one or other of my existing drives/storage, eg., Maxtor, Zip, fails to be identified on startup and is not shown…
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I need to rotate video clip in MS MovieMaker - how
I am assembling some video clips taken on my digital camera, into a small movie, using MS MovieMaker. One of the clips was taken "sideways on" (ie it appears at 90degrees when viewed on the camera). It needs to be rotate back 90degrees to fit into the film I am assembling. Anyone know how to do this?
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Windows not identifying HDD in Caddy
I'm trying to transfer some files from my HDD to a HDD in a caddy. I've connected the caddy via USB but windows cannot connect it and it is not showing under devices in my computer. Any help appreciated
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Desktop To Laptop
Hi I'm looking to make the change over from a desktop computer to a laptop. Realistically i don't really want to spend any more than £400. For that id hope to get something decent! In terms of the techie stuff behind laptops i'm quite illiterate so it would be much appreciated for some help on what to look for. Having…
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Asus Eee PC 701- Problem
Hey everyone, I have had my laptop for three months now and recently I started having problems with it. What happens is whenever I log on to my laptop it comes up with a blue screen and I have spoken to pc world because that is where I bought it from and they told me to speak to asus which I will be doing on Monday and…
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Explain Freeview/UKStyle To Me Please
It's been annoying me for ages and I don't understand it ... but you lot will. I have a freeview box, I flick through the channels and up pops one that calls itself: UKTV STYLE. It says Now: Living in the Sun So I stop flicking, the screen is black. There's nothing. This channel is never "on". Why's that? Ta
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Could you techies check this info post please
Hi, For those of us whose Windows XP installtion disks are woefully out of date I've put together a guide on how to create an up to date version so that if your system restore doesn't work and you have to re-install - you don't have to wait for more than a week for microsoft's automatic update facility to eventually catch…
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itunes error 11222
Trying to download something off itunes website, once it connects to my itunes store I get the above error code! Have googled it and followed the advice there, scaned system & fixed errors on system but still no luck, any further ideas???? Please help
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Dvd drive not working?
I bought a laptop of ebay, I received today to find the DVD drive doesn't work, Its got lights on it, spins up when you put a disc in, but its not detected by either BIOS or Windows. What would be the problem here? I am curious as when I turned it on it was like buying a brand new laptop, they had done a fresh install of…
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Ok, so your PC is either dead or half way there
Where do people look to find services for repairing their PC's and laptop's? I'll be honest, I do this sort of work as a small part-time business, im not trying to become some sort of millionare I just want to keep my house. So far, I work via word of mouth, people ive done work for pass on my details to friends. I know…
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V+box
Moving house and new home won't have cable so won't be able to take my V+ box with me. It's a grade 2 listed building so don't think they'll allow a sat dish. Will really miss being able to record a whole series at once. Anyone know what my options are now? Got freeview on my Toshiba telly. Thanks for any advice.
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I.E.Open Windows to Full Size
http://www.southbaypc.com/AutoSizer/ Freeware to open windows to full size.
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Nikon D60 dSLR - what memory card?
Hi Just purchased above camera and info says SD card but can that be either a SD or SDHC card and is so, which is best? What size also? We have just moved from Nikon Coolpix compact camera and have a 2GB SD card but wondering if new camera fits fewer pics per Gb as it is 10mp rather than 5mp. Hope that isn't confusing. TIA…
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Youtube Ads
I'm trying to find out what the URL is for them ads that pop-up at the bottom about 5 seconds into playing a video on youtube? I would like to try and block them via Open DNS, I know TubeStop blocks them but I want to use Open DNS so I don;t have to go round installing it onto every computer in the house. Thanks! :D
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Windows 7 RC
Windows v's Mac aside. Just curious as to how may folks have installed the Windows 7 RC version ? I did it a couple of days ago (I previously had the beta too). And wondering about peoples views on it so far? For me it is possibly the best version of Windows to date. I put it on my old laptop and it is at least as fast and…
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dvd help
why does my dvd player play some region 1 titles and not others??? really confused..any help much appreciated.
