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Digibox query
In readiness for the great digital changeover in my region next year, I have decided to go down the satellite route simply because I can pick up all of the components free of charge from my employment activities (house clearance). So far, I have installed it in two rooms with no probs and my hopes were raised this week…
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Black screen on dell laptop
Please can anyone help me Last night I turned off my dell laptop and it gave me the option of shutting down with windows update . I did this and the computer crashed and wouldnt switch off. I then had to turn the power off to get it to switch off. Now it wont load up again. It powers up but then goes to a page that says…
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Is this laptop any good for my needs?
Ok, sorry if this should have gone in the 'cheapest decent laptop' thread, but as nobody has posted on it for 2 days, I thought I might get a better response with a thread of my own. Looking for a new laptop for the wife. It will only really be used for surfing, social networking, watching the odd program on BBCiplayer etc…
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I want to copy emails in Outlook to my new Gmail address
I have severed my ties with Virgin. I used an NTL (Virgin) email address in Outlook and now want to have a copy of all my saved emails in outlook and have them in my G- mail account. What I should have done is to forward the emails to Gmail when my Virgin account was still live. I can no longer send emails from outlook. Is…
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Boosting digital radio signal?
I live in a dead zone for digital radio and can only get a few channels...is there any way I can boost the signal to enhance my coverage?
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External drive for media only
Hi all. I have been given a media player hard drive, which I am sure I could make good use of. The thing is I am unsure what to do with dvd's in order to back them up to the drive. It's a french make, can't remember the name. I am offshore so I can hardly look right now. I think I have to convert the DVD content to an AVI…
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Skype Fraud
Not sure if this is the place for this post (please feel free to move it). Tonight at 2:41 my Skype account has been hacked. Between then and 2:51 there were 3 attempts to deposit £50 from my paypal account to Skype (first 2 unsuccessful) and 104 phone calls made from my Skype account to various mobiles in Taiwan. I have…
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cant get on internet
hi guy ive an ecafe net book here,when i click on ie icon to connect to internet it dont work ,,the net book is connected wirlessly to my network,,any ideas of how this can be fixed :)
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Help Required Hijackthis Log
Hi experts one of our newbies has a problem and cannot post her HJT log because of the links in it I have suggested she deletes the links but I have to go out now (werewolf) Looks to my untrained eyes that the MBAM log suggests that there problems (not the least that she only has XPSP2 on) and trojans too. If one of you…
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Good and reliable external hardrives?
Hi guys, Just wondering if you have any recommendation of any good and reliable external hardrive?Value for money is always good but reliable is paramount. I need 2 I think. I am going to get a new iMac, so I need a 1TB one to work with the time machine, then I will also need another one, doesn't have to be 1TB just as a…
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Tutorials for Excel
I hope I'm posting this in the right place! I was just wondering if anyone knows of a good website with tutorials for learning to use Excel/spreadsheets. Thanks.
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Cant download anything
Today I had a problem about 50% of web pages would not load, on ie firefox or on chrome, on chrome I got this message Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): Unknown error I googled it and found it was a problem with the registry but I couldnt download anything to check it, anyway I messed about for a while cleared cookies…
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Logfiles for dogmaryxx
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.44 Database version: 3664 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13 30/01/2010 13:24:54 mbam-log-2010-01-30 (13-24-54).txt Scan type: Full Scan (C:\|D:\|) Objects scanned: 221109 Time elapsed: 22 minute(s), 11 second(s) Memory Processes Infected: 1 Memory Modules Infected: 0…
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Best price for Canon pi2600 ink cartridges
Hi I bought my daughter a Canon ip2600 printer for christmas and it has run out of ink. Where would be the best website to by replacement cartridges. Are those refill cartridges any good, I have noticed they are a lot cheaper to the cartridges.
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Quick MP3 recommendation please
I've had a read through the various threads here, and I think I've settled on an 8gb Sansa Clip. On Amazon there appear to be 2 slightly different models - can anyone tell me if there is anything to choose between them? http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-SDMX18R-008GK-E57-Sansa-Clip-Player/dp/B002NX0ME6/ref=pd_cp_ce_0_img…
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laptop wont connect to net??
posting for a friend! she's posted this on another thread but posting as a new thread hoping more people will see it :) any suggestions? :)
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Computer Security Advice Please
My OS is XPSP2 and I use IE, last Sunday I visited a site that uses google adsense, my Avast antivirus warned of a virus so I took the necessary action, and immediately came off the internet, on returning to desktop the background had turned bright green, and there was a big black box telling me that my computer was…
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Windows Movie Maker..
Hi, I was wondering if someone could help me out :D Im trying to edit videos using windows movie maker.. I have been able to edit a video which was taken using my digital cam, but the videos i have uploaded from my fone i cant load them onto windows movie maker.. When i click "IMPORT MEDIA" & then search through my…
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Ie 8
How long have you guys taken to download IE 8? I am now at 50 minutes and counting. its not the original download its the installation that the problem the download, checking for malware, installing ie, installing updates..... good god MS! what are you playing at??!!!??!!??!!! ps - this is to update my backup browser as i…
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Some sites just dont load up ?
Hi, Every so often I get on my laptop and some sites just dont load up. The 'connecting' timer shows but the sites dont load. Its only one or two though. The sites are not anything that they shouldn't be (if you know what I mean) and dont have content that the security levels would stop them - I havent changed anything…
