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black screen of death?
i think my daughters laptop has finally given up the ghost....not insured either boo hoo.....she was using it last night when it got the black screen of death - you could see the page behind just but it was all black like a light had gone out.....we tried rebooting and i tried to use system restore but you cannot see to…
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no audio output device is installed
windows vista done a clean up on my laptop, now there is no sound?:confused: help please
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writing on pictures
Hi, I have a Dell studio 17 laptop, I would like to take a picture and write comments on the picture as if handwritten and publish on my blog, my laptop has windows media center, hp photosmart and a camera with a view and publish option, I know its a long shot but does anyone know how I could achieve the above, my techie…
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I want to record good audio/video of guitar & vocals on camcorder
Hello, I have been using a Panasonic Lumix to record home audio/video recordings of myself and my family playing guitar and singing. The quality (audio especially) is not good, I can't edit them (on Movie Maker) and I want to be able to make better quality recordings. I want them for posterity and to upload to YouTube. I…
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HELP- Need part for a Wii
I had an unfortunate accident with my son's Wii (I hoovered up the cable leading from the back of the wii to the part that sits on top of the TV). This caused it to snap- eek!! He doesn't know about this yet fourtunately but does anyone know where I could get one of these and how much they would cost?? Thanks
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4OD won't open on my computer - help?
Hi everyone... Wanted to watch 'Born to be Different' on TV tonight and went to 4od catch up but it's not listed yet. So looking at Channel 4's website and seeing that the 4od is 'pretty simple' to use, I had a go at downloading it. Except it's not simple to use, it won't even work! The icon is on my desktop, but when I…
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Why is my wireless soooooo slow?
I've been on BT Broadband Option 3 now for about 3 months. There's a desktop, two laptops and an iphone connected to the Homehub (v2) via a wireless network (they're obviously not all connected at once!). Anyway, over the past few days, the connection has deteriorated so much. I first noticed when trying to surf the net on…
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Are there different USB leads?
just bought a new printer & they never come with USB leads do they! This printer says to use a "high speed 2.0 USB cable" but I have no idea if the lead I have that I used for my old printer is either high speed or 2.0 as there is nothing printed on the cable. My printer does seem to be slow so could I actually be using a…
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Want to buy a Freeview box for £20 or less
I'd like to buy a Freeview box as a present for an elderly friend who owns a very basic small TV (with a DVD player). I want something easy to install and to use. Any advice please?
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Where for cheap and good coaxial wire?
Hi All I have a few aerial installations to do for relatives and so need a fair amount of coax, 100m roll would be fine. One of these installations will be in a loft in a marginal signal area (Isle of Man, 87 miles from Winter Hill transmitter) so I think I need pretty good stuff. Anyone seen any good deals on RG6 or…
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Panasonic - hdd camcorder issues
The Camera has been connected up to a PC, and turned on. It strangely says "Connect AC Adaptor". The adaptor is nowhere in sight, as the batteries are usually charged on a seperate battery charger dock. This is not my camera - My Friend has the issues with it I would like to know Why is it displaying this message?
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Solved - Samsung LE37B650 Problem
Hi, Today I bought this TV and most things about it are great, however I am so far having a couple of problems with audio and one with the freeview. 1. The TV is connected to my Surround Sound system via and aux lead (white/red connectors on each end) which is a Panasonic SA-HT530. I've had that sound system for quite a…
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ipod in car
Our son has donated to us his old ipod. This works well as a hand held device. However, when we plug it into our new Kia car, it won't play the playlist we have selected it just randomly plays what it wants to. We have tried all the buttons and knobs and it doesn't make any difference. Any suggestions?
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access to internet via a lap top
hi all , please be patient with me because i know nothing about what im asking help for . Im thinking of buying a lap top and would want access to the intenet(whilst watching t.v ha ha ) at the moment i have broadband with virgin media which i want to keep . what do i need to access the internet using a lap top , wireless,…
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England screensavers and wallpapers?
Im looking for some Engalnd screensavers and wallspapers for my pc. Does anyone know of any and have any links please? many thanks.
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Setting up access point
Help!! I'm trying to extend my wireless broadband coverage. I currently have Netgear wpn824 router connected to virginmedia which provides wireless coverage. The router is connected to 2 PCs by ethernet cable, and a homeplug providing a link to xbox 360 in another room. I have purchased a homeplug wireless access point…
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External Hard Drive goes to G, not F and now iTunes won't work
My sister's external hard drive has now started to show up as drive G instead of F, even though there is nothing in F. Since all the music for iTunes is stored in F, it won't recognise it, since it is all on G. How can she get the hard drive to go back being F? We've tried a re-start, plugging in another USB device (which…
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Bsod
Wierd one, my daughter, back from uni, went to print on the Brother laser. Got BSOD. Transferred to canon inkjet on usb, all fine. Back to laser and insert usb lead and BSOD. Changed lead, same again. Dell 530 and 30gig hd very nearly full. Pen drive in dell worked ok so its not likely the ports as tried them all. Any…
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Vista - System requirements, Student Version, Upgrade Version
Looking to upgrade my 2002 windows XP Home edition to get Windows Media Center and is only availble on Vista Premium and Ultimate. While XP only needs about 1.5gig of spare hard drive the Microsoft website says Vista needs about 40gb for Ultimate. Does it slow the system up allot more than XP? I see student/academic…
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Apple Mac Opinions Please
I can get the following for £140 ono, usually a PC guy so wondering if this is a good spec for general use and is it a good price, if not how much would you offer. Thanks Apple Power Mac G4 Apple Power Mac G4 Dual 500Mhz 896MB RAM Mac OS 10.4.6 Tiger 1x40GB and 1x80GB internal hard drives CD/DVD-R Formac CD-R/W Apple…
