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Acer TravelMate 6592 warranty and Vista issues queries
Hi, Would anyone happen to know the options available for warranties on Acer Travelmate notebooks? I have a Travelmate 6592 which I bought in October 2007. The warranty expired in October 2008. For the most part the laptop is working fine and I would envisage continuing to use it for some time. Today I contacted Acer as…
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how do i get rid of the Antivirus 2010 virus??? help!!!!
Hi all, i have the above virus on my pc. I know absolutely NOTHING about pc's, except how to turn it on and press the button to get on internet. How do I get rid of it??????? Plus, it seems to not be allowing me access to internet to download what I might actually require to get rid of it. i'd be grateful for your advice,…
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URGENT!! adding signature to hotmail & WEBMAIL account
Hi - in need of help and advice pls! My boss has asked me to add a new signature to a Hotmail account and a WEMBAIL account which is used to mail people when she's working from home. Anyonw know how to do it? have searched all the help menus and can't find a thing! need to do it today... thanks in advance for any help
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Kido Virus?
My friend was doing his weekly anti virus scan and it found one called Kido. Said it could not quaranteen or clean it. Must be done manually. Has anyone come across this virus and how do you remove it manually? Friend has PCGuard Total. He said so far it has just been sitting on his computer and doing nothing. Thank you…
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we have lost channel 5 after retune!
the retune on freeview is supposed to help people get channel 5 so it is ironic that after retuning this afternoon we have lost channel 5. listings for the channel are now on channel 800 and when we put it on that channel we get a message saying it has moved and we need to retune.
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Email query...
I'm with VM and am aware that there has been an issue with e-mail + webmail since last night... it's still not working properly, but I have had a couple of e-mails in the last hour... it's these that I'm a bit concerned about... they were spammy/phishing type, but appear to have been sent from my own e-mail address…
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Chrome but better...
I've been using this for a while: SRWare Iron. Heres a quote from the site: Theres some big differences if you like privacy Iron Vs Chrome. And there is an Ad blocker, one thing missing from chrome (I wonder why:rolleyes:). SRWare Iron offers a simple .ini file for download that blacklists tons of known ad hosts. Follow…
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Suggestions for which cpu for a motherboard
Anyone able to offer advice on which cpu would be best suited to this motherboard, i was thinking about this cpu
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Which Gaming PC???
Hello My son is big into online gaming - mainly WOW - and has saved about £500.00 to buy a new gaming tower (he has a new monitor/keyboard so just needs the tower) but although he's a whiz on the pc, he wants to make sure he buys the right one! Any help would be appreciated - have been looking at overclockers but recent…
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Advice on buying a new PC
Hi, My pc has just given up the ghost and I need to buy a new one but am lost in the jungle of technical jargon. Can anyone give me some advice on what to look for when I'm shopping around, I've had a quick look but I don't really know my RAM from my gHz so it's hard to compare the deals - what system requirements would…
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Laptop won't boot... .
A quick question. My mum's laptop won't start when she presses the on button. Essentially she says that she presses the button and the hard drives don't even start to boot up. We had this problem last week and basically it sorted itself out (one day it wouldn't work, one day it would). Obviously it's difficult to diagnose…
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Play station or X box...I don't know what to do.....?
Hello everyone! Even though I hate thinking about Xmas in December I need to plan ahead so wondered whether all you techie type people could give come advice. My son (7) wants a games console for Xmas. We already have a Wii. So I'm looking at either X box or Playstation but haven't a clue what's best, or best for a 7 year…
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Help hitatchi DVP345UKS
Does anyone know the code to change this dvd player to multi region?? Please!
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Another OP with slow start up and slow page loading
Hi Ive done a scan with hijack and wonder if someone could see if there was anything bad on there please. Thanks. O3 - Toolbar: &Windows Live Toolbar - {21FA44EF-376D-4D53-9B0F-8A89D3229068} - C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Toolbar\wltcore.dll O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IMJPMIG8.1] "C:\WINDOWS\IME\imjp8_1\IMJPMIG.EXE" /Spoil…
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Outlook Express "issues" !!
The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'mail.tesco.net', Server: 'mail.tesco.net', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E Internet is connected. Also have been having a bit of bother with sending recently. Messages are going out but are reporting as not sent. If…
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Wii ....erm...what do I need?
As a great fan of PC gaming, my wife has finally decided to go and buy a wii for the kids christmas (placed on the conveyor at tesco while I chatted to the till girl), and I guess we're gonna need an extra controller...or something? She's bought Wii + wii sports pack + 2 extra games (monopoly? + something else) Wii fit…
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I'm unable to get my E-mails on Outlook.
as per title. I use XP and had no problems until last night. I was with NTL (Virgin) and switched to Talk Talk some 18 months ago. I mention this because I have used my old NTL email address for my email delivery ever since without problems. I can access the WWW with no problem. I called TT today and they would not help me…
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Google Wave Invites - Anyone got one spare?
Like the title says, I'd appreciate a Wave invite if there any going begging.
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Best free security for xp please advise?
what do you think i will need to keep my xp pc safe,im broke so a free solution is what im after also do i want a programme that is an all in 1(if there is such a thing for free) or do i want seperate antivirus and then antispyware and then anti malware or is there a combined anti malware/spware package your feedbackwould…
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Ubuntu 9.04 live cd please help?
I have xp on my desktop pc, i have just got ubuntu 9.04 delivered as a cd,i dont want to install it and dual boot with xp but im wondering if i use it as a live cd "as in the funtion that you can use the ubuntu os without it being installed on hard drive" will this method help stop getting virus when my son plays online…
