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recommend airband scanner?
Hi All, OH's birthday soon and I know he wants a scanner to use: a) local civil airport viewing park b) airshows c) military airbase vieiwing areas so I need UHF and VHF right? Any recommendations because I'm getting dizzy! Maplins seem to have a decent range but some of them seem to say UHF but not airband which makes no…
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What's the future of UK TV?
Most if not all the TVs now are HD and some are freesat and freeview aswell. I'm wondering when all broadcasts will be in HD? Whether people without a satellite dish will need a new aerial to get the digital HD? Does "digital switchover" equate to mean the start of HD broadcasting? And what is the difference between…
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Help needed with Teknique universal remote
Basically, I've lost the instructions. I need to set it up for a different TV that someone has given us as it's remote is rubbish and needs replacing. It is a Teknique Jumbo Universal Remote. Item no. : TO52 The TV is a Toshiba TV. Thanks in advance, Emma.
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Xbox 360 problem , any suggestions please
Hi Please could someone help me out here . My Sons Xbox 360 had the dreaded `red lights` a couple of months ago but we got it replaced no problem by Microsoft . Now we have a new problem though . He had a cooler fan plugged in back which looks as if it has overheated and melted . When he`s pulled it out he`s taken one of…
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ipod
i have just bought an ipod can anyone tell me what site to use to download music onto it?
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Bizarre PC event
Was surfing this morning quite normally when suddenly my whole screen went to yellow, white and black diagonal stripes. No facility to reboot normally. I had to cut the power at the mains. After restarting, I ran Avira only to find that that programme froze at around the 14% stage, ditto with the screen again. Once again I…
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Windows defender
Should I turn WD off as I have Avira personal and PC Tools firewall plus Thanks
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Malware/Spyware problem
I was asked to start a new thread about this. the following is what was previously posted I have something on my computer that closes superantispyware Avgfree runs clean. Malwearbytes wont run. I cannot do a system restore. spybot wont run. I have tried various offline virus scans but all of them fail to update. HELP I…
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Free Microsoft Software for Students
he program is called Dreamspark, and is designed to give students professional-grade development software. Some of the available software: Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition Expression Studio 2 Sql Server 2008 Windows Server XNA Game Studio (for developing games that can run on XBox) also posted in Student Money Saving
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Problems Getting Data Off Dead Laptop HD
I've taken the HD out of the dead laptop, put it in a USB caddy, attached it to another pc & can see the drive & the files on it, but I'm not allowed access I've done a bit of Googling & from what I've read, the problem is because the main account was passworded & to be able to copy the data I need to turn off simple file…
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Panasonic TX-P42G10 42" or TX-L37G10 37"
Hi Good Morning, Bit of a Techie question so i hope someone can answer it for me!! My father in Law wants to buy either of the following but it unsure which one to get... What is the quality of the Panasonics like?? It's either the TX-P42G10 42" or the TX-37G10 37" I've found a deal on a…
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loading-start up pc probs
my main pc won't load through at all (XP), it just keeps trying to load through from the screen that has list, (start up in safe mode etc) I've tried the recovery disk but it can't load that through either Any advice would be grateful, thanks in advance My nxt prob is my laptop, a small amount of coffee was spilt on the…
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quick advice needed b4 10am
has anyone checked out the daily deal on ebay, its a notebook laptop in pink with web cam, its half price and looks really cool to travel around with, has no dvd discs but with itv player etc tv can still be watched, am tempted to get as a spare for travel etc but not sure if worth price as not very tech minded, its taken…
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UPDATED TO SAY THANKS :-D How do I disable the CD & DVD drives on my computer???
My preschool-aged son wrecked these drives a while ago by constantly pulling the drawers out and putting crap in them so now they're completely unusable. My computer is really slow and I wondered if these drives are affecting the performance, especially as a light is constantly flashing on one of them... How do I make them…
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Printing Service
Hello all, I have an essay due in on friday and my printer isn't working. I would like for it to be colour printed, and since the university charge a whopping 50p per colour sheet (scandalous!) I really don't know where I should go to print my essay off. It's only about 50 pages, so it's not a mammoth essay or anything.…
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Cheap reliable MP3 player
Hi, looking for a cheap and reliable MP3 player. Saw a couple on play.com, which looked OK. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Java update question
In my Add/Remove programmes dialogue box, there are 8 Java updates/ Runtime Environment updates each around 100mB in size. Do I need them all or can I delete the older ones? There's Java update 2, 3, 5,7 and 14, and Runtime Env 5.0, 5.0 update 9 and 6 update 1. Thanks for any advice.
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Problems With Wireless Cutting Out
I have Virgin cable broadband and up until last year my computer was always plugged straight into the modem and I never had a problem.. When I got a laptop last year my dad gave me a Belkin Wireless G Router (Model F5D7230-4 Ver 7). When it was first set up most days it would lose connection and i would have to turn off…
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iPod Touch Upgrade Service??
Hi all, Wondered if anyone knew of a system where you can trade 1st Gen iPod Touches in for 2nd Gen where you pay £50 or something? Did a quick Google search but couldn't really find alot. Cheers in Advance.
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Sending email from Mac via Mail/Entourage
My second mac technical question this week... I really hope I don't need to go back into a technical job anytime soon :o I've got my broadband up and running, and my ibook G4 attached (via an ethernet cable to the router, as I haven't got round to sorting out wireless yet). However, the email accounts (tiscali) that used…
