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Changing Antivirus
Hi All, I'm thinking I need to change my antivirus as I don't think I'm covered by AVG anymore as I didn't download version 7 (I think it was) and now I get a pop up telling me I'm no longer covered. After reading through the forum I'm thinking of changing to Avira as it seems to get positive reports, however before I do…
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Mark on new cd
Got a new cd through the post today and have noticed that there is a tiny black dot, which appears to be under the plastic coating and within the silver part of the disc. Its not a scratch and just wondering what this is. Seems to be play ok, but just wondering whether it would stop the cd playing ok in the future or not..
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Driver for Maxell Webcam needed
I need to down load the driver for a Maxell Promax cam (mpcc-9.wh) Cheers
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Samsung SM933HD won't receive digital channels
I was hoping someone could advise me on my new Samsung SM933HD. It's only a few weeks old but suddely won't receive digital channels. It's being used as a stand alone bedroom TV and not a PC monitor. The other Samsung downstairs is receiving full digital and upstairs is fine on analogue. I don't won't to send it back if…
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Pentax Optio question
I have new pentax optio A40 with a 1Gb memory card. How many pics could I hope to get at the best setting? Plus I've found a Multi Media MMC 128 MB memory card which appears to be usable (as I've taken a test shot), does anyone know if by using this as a standby, it will be OK? and if so, how many shots would I hope to get…
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DVI to HDMI
Can anyone please help, I would like to know if it is possible to adapt the DVI out on the back of my computer, to convert it to HDMI, to connect to an HD ready tv set. I have seen adapters advertised, but am not very technical.
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Should I give PC away with XP or reinstall Win98?
My pc is quite slow and I have ordered a new Dell with Intel core 2 Duo etc etc. I know someone that wants my old pc because its more up-to-date than the one he's got (even though its about 10 years old!!!) Excuse me if Ive got the details wrong because I get confused about RAM, MB and GB but my present pc has got AMD…
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Buying a laptop for my hubby
It is my hubby's 40th in Aug and I have been thinking of getting him a decent laptop, at the moment he has a toshiba (cheapish) from PC world which is a complete load of rubbish, he is now getting the blue screen of death, freezing and generally being slow to start up, I have a feeling it is going to go sailing out of the…
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All in one PC vs desktop
I have a dilema, I have seen a Sony Vaio JS1E all in one pc which I really like the look of and has plenty capacity for me but it's £150 more expensive than the desktop I had finally selected (HP Pavilion a6744uk). I know most people think Sony is a bit over priced, so I'm accounting for that, but it has bluetooth/ bluray…
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Macbook Hard Disk Update
I've got the basic 2GHz unibody macbook which came with a 160GB drive. It's starting to feel a little small so I'm considering upgrading but have a couple of questions I'd appreciate some help on: 1 - I believe the current drive is only 5400 rpm, is it worth going for a 7200? I know this may impact battery life slightly…
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Whats the best way to id mark ps3 games?
Sorry title not very good. What it is my sons mate has mistakenly !!!!!! taken my sons copy of a ps3 game and left my son his copy. Sadly his copy has been completed scratched to death by his younger sister so does not play at all. This means I have now got to find £22 for a new copy. :mad: What I want to do is mark my…
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Laptop/internet/security issues
Dear All, Ive noticed some problems when surfing the net recently. I 1st noticed it when i tried to check my shares on my hsbc account and when i clicked on the link it said I had timed out, despite only just logging in to online banking. Then i noticed when I was on google and i tried to change the filter settings its…
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backing up files
i appologise if this has been dealt with in the past just bought a 320gb external hard drive i have never backed up files before as i dont know how this model appealed to me as all you need to do is simply plug it in to a usb port then it searches + saves your data for you while you sit back + wait seems quite easy to use…
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Word to PDF converter
Anyone know where I can get a free word to PDF converter?
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Securing laptops, data DVDs, USB drives etc
Hi guys, I have recently started to think more about data security on my laptop and backups. One of the main reasons I have been thinking about this is that I currently have multiple online financial accounts that I use on a daily basis and each (obviously) requires a username and password. Logging into these everyday from…
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hijackthis please check
hi all been experiencing a little strange behavour on comp last 2 days. ran malware all fine. so i downloaded hijackthis. any advice please. thanks for reading/help. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 11:28:19, on 14/05/2009 Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00…
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Microsoft Office Download
Don't know if this is in the correct place or not but does anyone know where you can download microsoft Office for free? Thanks :beer:
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html frames on a website?
i am at the moment creating a website for my cousins business and i want it to look as professional as possible, i'm thinking frames are a really easy way of doing this, although can anyone tell me where in the html coding do you put the frame codes is it between the body tags or between the head tags? Thanks:rolleyes:
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Help with adobe flash player
Hiya I downloaded the latest windows updates last night and have been having problems this morning. Internet explorer 8 wont allow me to download the latest adobe flash player. well i can download it on the adobe website but when i go to a site that needs it it says i need to download the latest version. ive tried viewing…
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sky plus box advice please
hi, my box is playing up when watching one of my recorded programs it keeps changing and would play different programs like corronation street, prime evil it was wierd any help on this please do i need a new box ? thanks
