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Adobe Reader Updates
Just adding this so any numpties (like me) will be saved a lot of time. I was trying to print some invoices from my website host which were PDF files and after several attempts and several phone calls and lots of coffee I reallised I hadn't updated to the latest version of the Adobe Reader.:o Once I had installed it ....I…
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Flash from web pages
Hi all, I am trying to get flash contents from website. I have tried to use a firefox pluging what gets the file but when I try play it I get this. Adobe flash player has stop a potentially unsaife operation the following application on your computer or network: blar blar file name is trying to communicated with the…
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Laptop recs
Hi All, Im looking to buy a laptop, i have roughly £600 to spend, i want it for the internet, playing games (the sims 2) lol, so would need a good spec laptop. I need one that would support the sims games as my cousin loves playing them so when she stays over i can keep her quiet! Any recs?? Or what should i look for?
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live messenger help
everyone can sign into windows live messenger on the lappy i'm using now apart from one of my sons. it doesn't even come up with an error code for him it just makes out its signing in and it just goes on and on and when i click to cancel sign in everything freezes. i've checked the firewall,and i got him to sign in via his…
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Using Picasa can I print a 7" x 5" picture?
I have a beautiful silver photo frame. Size 7" x 5". I use Picasa for my editing. Can I produce a 7" x 5" size photo that will fit the frame? If so, how?. Thanks
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Battery Life on Tomtom One?
Forgive me if this is the wrong place to post this. But I need to use my Satnav tomorrow, my cigarette lighter has broken so no charger for on route. Have today bought a mains charger which I plan on putting on charge all night and leaving early tomorrow. I will need it on for about 40mins to 1hr max. Is it likely to last…
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epson printer problem
my epson printer says therse a paper jam when therse not and when it tells me to press the color button to clear it nothing happens no paper will run through the printer is it knacked thanks in advance
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Samsung 40" LCD TV (LE40M87BD) Faulty
I'm not sure where to post this so feel free to move me if needed. I bought the above telly for my parents the xmas before last. It's now difficult to switch on and keep getting a clicking noise until it finally switches on. My parents never took out the extended warranty and the original warranty was only over one year…
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Stop WD MyBook sleeping every 5-10 minutes?
Is there anyway to stop a WD MyBook (Win XP Pro, firewire connection) from sleeping/spinning down every 10ish minutes of inactivity. It's annoying and will no doubt cause undue wear to the drive. Are there any windows tools available to edit the sleep settings on the drive?
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Joke e-mails ... are they a threat?
This may be a stupid question BUT my friends think I am being miserable in that I will not open any of the jokey e-mails they forward. The ones that get circulated round to thousands. I have always thought these were likley to carry a risk for my PC and have always deleted them without opening. I clearly have no idea where…
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Help needed with Microsoft Office Excel 2007
I purchased back in early July Microsoft Office 2007. I purchased the one pc user option rather than the three pc user option. I have only really used Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and have noticed on the last few occasions that I have used Excel that everytime I try to format text i.e. in particular, make text bold that…
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any way to translate video sound?
a friend sent me a video from holidays, but did all the talking in German as a joke- i cannot understand a word he is saying.. is there any software available, or a site i can upload to, which will auto translate it? many thanks!
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Software to unzip .rar files?
Anyone know a free download to unzip .rar files that is not a trial version?:confused:
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Disney Blu-Ray - what is this?
I went to the cinema with the kids to see a movie and this was advertised: http://www.visit4info.com/advert/BluRay-Definition-with-Samsung-Walt-Disney-Videos/75782 It says you have to 'plug it into your TV just like a normal DVD player' so is it a DVD player? I am confused as to what they are advertising to play the DVD's…
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HDMI Cable, Best For The Price!
Hi Chaps Not posted on here for ages. Just bought a Samsung LE32B530 1080p LCD and the Samsung DVD1080P9 player to go with it and had to buy a HDMI cable for the first time. Having bought interconnects before I knew what a mine field it was going to be, so when I spotted a great cable at 7dayshop.com I bookmarked the page…
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how to get charge into laptop?
hi i have a faulty laptop, and plan to sell it as faulty on ebay, but before i do, i would like to ghost the harddrive, unfortunately the fault is with charging laptop, so any ideas how i can get some charge into my laptop battery so that i can just get passwords and personal info off? thanks nilrs
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CHEAP computer fault diagnosis
I need to get a cheap report on my faulty computer screen, it's to send to Comet to get them to accept responsibility for their faulty product!
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Which web cam for MSN?
Hi, my brother is living in China for a year and my family would like to get a web cam and talk to him online. Are the microphones on web cams good enough so that we could talk to him as a group, or would we have to pass a microphone or headset around between us? can anyone recommended a good webcam for this? Thanks.
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I hate my camera so much that I want to kill it.
Apologies if this is in the wrong place, but seriously, Im at my wits end with this thing! Ive got a Kodak C913 camera, and for some reason, it wont let me put my photos onto the computer. I plug it in, and then it 'checks for duplicates' and only puts about 3 of the photos Ive taken onto the pc. Its literally driving me…
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Outlook Attachments
Is it possible to set Outlook to auto open attachments, Thunderbird allows this but I cannot find an option in Outlook. I have received an email with loads of photos and it's a pain to open each one individually.
