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Sub £550 laptop
Hello, I'm looking for a good performance laptop. Budget is £500-£600. Less if possible. I'm looking at one with an Intel Core 2 duo processor with the number at least t/p 6000 or more. At least 2.0 ghz. At least 3gb ram and 256mb dedicated graphics. Decent wireless g/n card. Vista premium/ultimate. At least 300 gb hard…
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Problems with my laptop.
When I turn on my laptop I have a vertical white line down the screen about 2" in on the left hand side. I have to carefully move the screen backwards and forwards to get a anything on the screen. If I move the laptop the screen goes blank and I then have to try and get something back by moving the screen forward. This is…
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Dell PC needs memory upgrade ... HELP plz :)
Hi I have had my dell PC for a few years now and I think the memory needs upgrading lol 2.8 ghz 512 MB RAM :eek::eek: Someone advise me please on what memory to buy how much and wheres the cheapest I run winxp Thanks :D
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merge two partitions ?
Hi there my main c drive only has 300mb of space left , whislt drive d has 30gb how can i merge drive d into drive c , so i only have the one partition, is there any good free software that can do this?, many thanks
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Couple of questions about monitors....
I am looking to replace my four year old 17 inch monitor with a new one. But I would like to know the following: 1. I suffer from eyestrain and would like to pick a monitor which places the least stress on my eyes when viewing. Is a bigger screen better for this or a smaller screen? Does a bigger screen make my eyes more…
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POP settings for Yahoo mail?
I have just set up a Yahoo email address for use on Freecycle and I'd like to use Outlook 2003 as my mail client rather than the webmail interface. I am having trouble finding the correct settings though as to how to do this, can anyone point me in the right direction please? It's the basic Yahoo mail, not Yahoo Plus.
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xbox360 premium problem
wondered if any of you brainy lot had any idea what this problem could be and whether its worth sending to microsoft.bought it from woolworths just over 18months ago. son started up console and within a few seconds red lights came on( not sure how many) there was a bang/pop sound from console and now has no power at all .…
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Advice on these problems AVG found please?
Hi, AVG has found these warnings on my laptop, wondered if anyone can help me please. I'm running vista, have firewall on, use spybot and ad-aware. "C:\Users\Dave\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\dave@atdmt[2].txt";"Found Tracking cookie.Atdmt";"Potentially dangerous object"…
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HP Photosmart D5460 printer problem
Hi there, Not sure if anyone can help me but ive got a problem with my printer which is driving me mad, it prints perfect on paper, colours are clear and correct but when i put a printable cd or dvd in the tray to print on it the black comes out as a vey dark bottle green instead of black, this has happened a few times…
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ipod touch broken screen
hi does anyone know where I can get a screen replaced for an ipod touch, son has only had his for 3 months and managed to drop it and crack his screen, thought about going to the genius bar in apple store, but I dont know if they would be willing to help him? does anyone have any experience of this? TIA
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Map plotting your friends site help
Not massively techie and a bit of a long shot, but does anyone know of a website where a few of you can plot your home locations so you each know where each live? A bit like this http://www.flippinsweetdude.com/maps/index.php The ability to make it private to us would be good but not essential. I remember one being posted…
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Webcam Black on Yahoo Messenger - Confusing Problem!
Hey guys. So I bought one of these new super duper high res webcams.. Pretty good quality! Skype, fine. MSN, fine. Virtual Dub, fine. Yahoo Messenger? Black screen! Now using magic-I to create a virtual driver and relay it through, that did work though gave me 3fps so pretty unusuable really. I set up the Yahoo Video Chat…
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Disposing of old PC
I have a desktop PC that I no longer want. I need advice on how to clear my personal info from it before I get shot of it. Please make it easy for me cos I'm not good at this techie stuff!
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ipod touch question re:emails. HELP!!
Ive sync my ipod to my outlook express but can only SEND emails, not recieve them? All the details have sync across ok but cannot recieve. Im with virgin media network....any help please??
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convert films onto discs?
I have legally payed and downloaded a couple of films for the kids and would like to put them on discs now to get more space on my computer. How do I put .avi or .mkv on to a DVD. I got converter and I have tried to convert it to mpeg but the only burner i have is nti and cd and dvd maker 7.
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Logik TV - No Signal Message
:confused: HELP I have just bought a 17" logik tv with built in dvd & ipod docking station. I have managed to tune in the tv channels ok but when I try playing a disk or my ipod a 'no signal' message bounces around the screen. Can anyone please help
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Connecting cell phone via Bluetooth
I am trying to connect my phone to my PC via Bluetooth. However, I am asked for my passkey, I do not have anywhere I can find what this is. My phone handbook does not mention it or my Bluetooth software file. Am I missing something? how can I connect if I dont have the passkey.
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Iomega Screenplay hd
Hello had an iomega screenplay multi media hard drive since july, been fine, now its saying no disc when connected to the tv and the pc/laptop isnt detecting it. Not been dropped or anything. The forum has quite a few similar problems but no answers? is it kaput or is there anything I can do? not best pleased, its under…
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Firefox hassle
Hi...is anyone having trouble getting onto firefox :mad:. The last few days I keep getting server not found - but when I hit "retry" it connects.:confused: It may be my ISP;) or could it be anything to do with bl**dy BT who f****d up all our home phone lines last week when they sent a trainee to do a job:rotfl: and we all…
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1 day left to hear this rather good audio docu abt George Martin, Beatles producer
If you are interested in music recording techniques and remastering then this is unmissable - but expires tomorrow the 7th Sep! http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00mc0cc/The_Record_Producers_31_08_2009/ there's a longer version that expires about a week from now at:…
