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Can any one help ?
[FONT="]Hi[/FONT] [FONT="] I was wondering if any one knew where I could get a power lead for fujitsu siemens amilo m1437g laptop[/FONT] [FONT="]The input power of the power pack needs to [/FONT][FONT="]100-240VAC 1.5A 50-60Hz[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT] [FONT="] I have looked on ebay but the power lead…
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Mailwasher Free
Hi can anyone recommend paying for Mailwasher Pro instead of using the free version. The reason is that it finds about 30 new spam emails each day. It so far has caught thousands of spam since I first installed it a couple of years ago. I would prefer it to just get rid of them instead of having to look through them first.…
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Digital TV signal problem
Hope someone can help, just purchased a new telly with built in freeview Samsung LE32B350 model. Set it all up and now find that it's not picking up some channels like Channel 5,CITV and a few other ones. Some of the other channels has sound but no picture and other channels the picture tends to stick. I have had no…
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Having issues with my favourites :(
Hi all, New member here-never even realised there was a forum for tech stuff. Basically, I can't save favourites on my desktop PC. The guy I had technology training with through Disabled Student's Allownae had a little thing on a USB he plugged in, clicked on and then I could save my favourites. However, being the muppet…
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Memory in Old Laptop... .
Hey there, I've rooted out an old Thinkpad from my cupboard and was going to try to get it into useable condition for my mum to use. At the moment it only has 128mb of memory and is so slow running Windows XP Home. I plan on doing a full reinstall using nlite to get a slightly slimmer version of XP on there (I don't want…
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Kaspersky for Barclays Customers
Hi, I am trying to download Kaspersky from Barclays online banking service. When I click on Kaspersky and complete registration details and click next - it then says:- * Something's not right. Please check what you have entered. Any idea why this is happening, I have checked the details I have entered couple of times and…
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Huge cursor in Firefox
Hi MSE Techies, For the last week or so I have had a huge blinking cursor on the left on most web pages in Firefox version (literally from the top to the bottom of the page). If I click elsewhere on the page like in the middle for example the cursor minimises to a normal size and continues to blink where I have clicked. I…
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Microsoft error code
Hi microsoft keeps trying to download a series of 10 downloads I keep getting this error code ? Error Code: 0x8007F0CC And the downloads fail Any ideas gratefully received
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Regaining Control
Hi Guys - I'm trying to regain control of my laptop by removing all the un-necessary junk that has built up over the years. Currently I've removed a number of programs that I very seldom use but I have a few questions about others found in the add/remove section of control panel I've discover, for example that I've two…
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How to copy web content into OpenOffice Writer?
In Windows XP, I can copy & paste part of a web page (text/images) into MS Word. The images are downloaded (rather than just being linked to) so I can view the whole Word document when I'm offline. In Linux, I have tried doing the same thing with OpenOffice Writer, but the images don't appear - I just see image…
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I'm such a numpty -need to restore deleted items
Am basically formatting hard drive as laptop keeps crashing and it's Dells recomendation. So, backing up all my files. Positive I had copied all my documents, even saw them in the new folder, so deleted the existing ones. Now when I've double checked everything is there, they aren't in my new folder. :wall: I've deleted…
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Choosing a Blu-ray Player?
Hi, I'd appreciate some advice on choosing a blu-ray player as a present. I guess the budget is £150 £200 and am looking for one with lots of features: DivX playback, decent picture quality and preferably some way of streaming movies from a PC (not sure of the best way to do this). any suggestions would be greatfully…
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IPS driver error
IPS Driver Error There appears to be an error with the database. You can try to refresh the page by clicking here for some reason i have started to get the above on a website that i use. other people i know who use the site say they are having no problems. so why would this suddenly to start to happen when ive had no…
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Ipod Touch
Hi My son had an ipod touch (8 gb version) for Xmas which he is hardly using, and is thinking about selling it. Can anyone give me an idea of what sort of price he should be asking? It has hardly been used (by the way I didnt buy it for him!) I have looked on ebay but they vary so much, any suggestions?
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Cordless Phone Interference?
Hi In the next few months, i'll be moving from Virgin Media (VM) to an ADSL provider. Currently, we have 1 master VM socket in the living room, with 1 active extension in the main bedroom which comes directly from the box outside. There is 1 dead extension socket in the 2nd bedroom, which again comes directly from the box…
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Slow computer fix - Spamfighter
My laptop has been running like treacle for some time now and I've lived with it because I assumed it was due to something (or things) that I've done or downloaded. I have Spamfighter anti-spam installed, and last night it (Spamfighter) flagged up that my computer was running slow, and offered me a free error scan. I ran…
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Avira updates failing
Hi, I'm hoping somebody will be able to help me with an issue I am having with Avira. For the last few days I have been getting messages to say the update has failed. Following is a copy of the report from the most recent one. Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus Updater Creation time: Sun Jun 14 12:19:54 2009 Operating…
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aaargh my laptop has no sound - cant see device - help!
hi smart people would really like some help please... I have just reformatted the hdd on my HP Pavillion laptop with WinXP Home Edtn (which it was running before). It all runs fine apart from the Conexant sound device - when I install the drivers it says no device present. It is not visible in control panel either and I…
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Firewire problem with Sony Camcorder
I have a Sony DCR-HC18E using DVtape. I have two laptops, one running XP with a firewire port and one running Vista without. On Vista using USB connection the picture is very jerky. On XP, the firewire connection isn't even recognised, either by MovieMaker or by Cyberlink PowerProducer. My first question is, does that mean…
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Free webhost needed...
I have a website on geocities but the free websites are closing in September, and I need to move my files onto somewhere else. I could just ftp them up to my internet provider's free webspace but the address would be a bit of a mouthful. What I want is free hosting, where I can upload my files and not have to use an…
