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12v Adaptor for Netbook
I have just got a Medion Netbook, the plug adaptor has the picture for the connection of a circle with a + in it connected to the inner circle and the backwards C to a circle with a - in it IYKWIM. A year or two ago I bought a Notebook Travel Charger as I am on 12v only quite a lot. Thi has a diamond with a - inside it…
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How to convert MP3 to "ordinary" CD ?
I've got a bunch of MP3 files that I want to put on to a CD to listen to in the car. The CD player won't play MP3 format, what format do I need to convert them to allow them to play on a normal CD player ? Oh, and there's nothing dodgy going on here :-) It's a friend of mine who's recently started a band and has sent me…
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Microsoft Wireless Laser Keyboard under warranty - help needed PLEASE!
Hi everyone Please can someone advise me regarding my microsoft keyboard as I am having problems getting it repaired. I bought the keyboard from PC world 23 months ago. It is a set with a keyboard and mouse and it cost £90! I have been using the keyboard for day to day tasks and I have been very happy until recently. I am…
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How to Video from a new TV
Just got a new 32" Flat screen TV. The TV scanned all the channels and works ell. Connected the video with a scart lead. It records channels 1 to 5 but how do I tape the other Freeview channels. The Video can only register the first 5 channels??
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Iphone 3gs video
When i play a video and turn my iphone to landscape the picture just stays portrait in the middle of the screen and doesn't spread to the full width of the screen. I'm sure it used to do before I downloaded version 3.1. Anybody else having this problem or is there a setting that's changed?
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USB Flash drive recovery help, please!
My laptop is not recognising my flash drive anymore! [Scandisk 8GB] Tried with different systems ......no luck! Any help how to recover this, even if I will endup with losing the data? Apparently this was unplugged from the system [without going through safe mode removal] Does this matter? Please help........:o
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Malware removal
Can someone please tell me if there is a free malware removal programme I can dowload?
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Any suggestions,why speed difference?
Regulars will know I have a fondness for 'rescuing' PCs from friends/skips etc. Currently as my main PC I still have the Mercury board, AMD Athlon XP2400 and 1GB DDR RAM and dual boot XP Home and Mint. It works really well for my needs. I have now been given a Celeron 2.3Mhz machine with 1.25Gb DDR RAM. I've reinstalled XP…
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Using BT Home hub with non-BT account
Hi Quick one but I have acquired an unused BT home hub which has a USB port on it. Can I set up this to work wirelessly with my Macbook and have my printer networked in too - taking into account I don't use BT as my internet provider? Or have BT cleverly made their own equipment unusable if not on a BT account? Worth a…
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How to find out who owns a mobile number
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XBox Live Gold problem - Windows ID ??
Hi there, can anyone help me out here at all. My son has Xbox Live Gold, and has done for years, but today it has just come up with a message that says "parent windows live id not valid for this account" therefore he cannot log into live. I'm pretty sure I've not cancelled anything, has anyone had this problem before? and…
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Red X's
What does it mean if some pictures have red X's in them? It isn't every picture so what is wrong with my pc?
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Linking a Dell laptop to a Philips TV
Hi, I am wanting to link my Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop to my Philips 26" TV monitor so I can watch things from Iplayer and so on on my TV. I believe I may just need something called an S-Video cable but I'm not sure if this is the right cable for my laptop model and which type I need to get. Can anyone help? Thanks!
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Bad internet connection :(
My internet keeps disconnecting then reconnecting about 5 times an hour. It's really annoying because I am trying to play a game and I keep logging off? I am on wireless right now but it also happened when I was wired directly to the router so it is not the signal Any help?
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Ipod
I want to create a gift for my best friend. We've known each other for 23 years and I'd really like to make her a collection of all of the songs that we've sung infront of a mirror into a hairbrush. I don't do downloading and I don't own an MP3 player. Should I buy an ipod and buy the tunes? Will they all be available?…
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urgent halp needed 1and1 emptying my credit card £10 at a time
i tried to change my billing method with 1and1 intenet because i got rid of my capital one cc and replaced it with a pre paid mastercard. i did try settingup a dd with 1and1 first but they set up two dds and the presentation failed to debit my bank ac so i thought cc would be simpler. tonight however they are taking money…
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Compressing files
My friend has a lot of files on his PC, around 30 all approx 4.3GB. These are programs he has that are required for his work but his HDD is now becomming full and he wants to compress them. Can anyone suggest the best way of doing this. Thanks
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Personal anti virus
Help please This is on my pc and can't seem to remove it. It's coming up with lots of messages re trojans and worms. I have Avast on pc but it doesn't seem to have picked anything up. Regards Lola
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Wireless adaptor?
I've ordered a buffalo linkstation 250gb hard drive to connect to my hub which joins with the ethernet cable. I was told by a friend that a wireless adaptor can be used instead of the cable. Is that correct and if so, what kind of thing is it because it would suit me to have it connecting wirelessly to the hub as I could…
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Snow Leopard SP1 is out Apple's new OS
Only been out a week or two and now on Apple's new OS has sp1. I thought M$ were bad enough but it normally takes them 18 months to get sp1 out http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1533245/snow-leopard-sp1
