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Laptop battery life
I plug my laptop into the mains whenever I use it, with the battery in the laptop, I think this shortens the life of the battery? Is it harming the laptop in any other way than shortening battery life? The laptop is too big and heavy to be easily portable so battery life doesn't matter. I leave the battery in incase there…
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Netgear v Belkin
I'm off to buy a wireless modem today and the choice is between a netgear one or a belkin one. All the main stores sell both, but which one is the better make and why.
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Playing music on mobile phone
I'd be grateful for some help transferring CDs onto my Samsung U800 mobile phone. I'm new to playing music in this way and have never used any type of music player before. I have ripped some to my PC using Windows Media Player 11. I then created a playlist and synchronised it onto my phone. When I went to the Music Player…
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Prey - Lost/stolen laptop
Oop's sorry duplicate thread
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movie and tv downloads
I am just asking where you all think is best for me to get my movies and tv downloads from for my ipod touch Have a few things off itunes but they don't have all that i want so wondered where is best Thanks x x
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Prey - Lost/stolen laptop
All you techies out there, please have a look at this and let us know if it is as good as it seems!!! I see they now have a mobile version for phones - If it is legit and functional as descibed, it could be a very useful freebie!!!! see preyproject.com
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sub £600 laptop
My trusted Medion lappy died today and I am looking to replace it. My budget is £600 or less. minimun screen size 15 inch but must have as good as possible graphics card as I want to be able to play games like Dragon Age Origins and Left for Dead 2. I don't expect to play them at a high resoultion or settings. From a…
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getting Sky 3
Hi folks Would like to watch the post-season NFL games, which only last through January. BBC have an hour long highlights programmme, but i'd like to watch the full games which are shown on Sky 3, but we don't have Sky. Cheapest Sky Player package is £34, or are there any cheaper options ?
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Why does battery cause this problem ?
Today, my Acer 3000 laptop decided to quickly grind to a stop ... couldn't get curser pointer to move or get the task manager to open. Switched PC off using the button, took the battery out switched back on again without the battery attached and after allowing it to do the check disc function everything back to normal…
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DRM free films?
Hey all, Does anyone know of a website where I can buy films with no DRM attached? I don't want to buy a physical disc - they take up too much space which is at a premium. I'm sure lots of people would like to go legal and buy movies, but retain the freedom to do what they want with them. As it appears from hours of…
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Have I got the right system requirements?
I wonder if anyone can help me, I have had Sims 3 bought for me for Christmas and so far am unable to play it. It took hours to install, it just kept crashing and in the end I installed all the bits separately. Now I can get the game to load but in the middle of play, it just goes black and disappears and leaves me back at…
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PS3 help needed.
Hi Oh got a PS3 but sometimes get a message on the screen stating maximum power supplied to usb devices has been reached please unplug a usd device.(only two plugged in and sometimes only one!) Any ideas?:beer:
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A little help please.
Hi. I currently have ad-aware & AVG- free 8.5... Do these even work properly? The reason I'm asking is because everytime i run ad-aware, i always have the same three files appear at the end of my scan... i always remove them. Also ad-aware says i need to update to the new version & i downloaded it (which took a loooong…
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help to check secure wireless
Hi, Trying to find out if my wireless network is secure. How do I check if my router is secure. When I click on connct to, my neighbours all say security enabled network, mine just says connected. AOL configured the router for me when I changed to new speedtouch.gave me new username and password, so I presume I am secure,…
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I Missed the Aldi Boat! Any similar PC with 3 years for the price ??
This is the spec for the latest offering from Aldi on Thursday. Despite the snow most of the branches I have tried say they had people queing when they opened ! I am VAT registered and we are looking for a new PC. We use it for letter writing, emails and watching iplayer etc. The children do play some games on it…
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free public wireless access tool
NetStumbler : Free Windows 802.11 Sniffer Netstumbler is the best known Windows tool for finding open wireless access points ("wardriving"). They also distribute a WinCE version for PDAs and such named Ministumbler. The tool is currently free but Windows-only and no source code is provided. It uses a more active approach…
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BT Home Hub question
I apologise in advance of this being a silly question. I am looking to purchase a wireless router, I'm on a BT line with Orange supplying the broadband. The question is, is a 'BT Home Hub' suitable for this setup or only for BT broadband. If only for BT is it possible to "unlock" to any ISP.:confused: Thank you
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Free VPN security- a must for wireless users
* http://compnetworking.about.com/od/vpnclientsoftware/p/openvpn-free-vpn-software.htm Look for OpenVPN Downloads half way down the page. VPNs (virtual private networks) protect data traffic across public networks like the Internet. Using one improves the security of a computer when connected to Wi-Fi hotspots or company…
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digital camera fault?
hi, we have a problem with our digital camera. it is a fuji finepix a825. when we press the on button the lens comes out as it should and we see the fuji logo on screen as we should but it then goes off with the lens still out. the photo viewing function works. i just tried connecting it to the pc and now it wont do…
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need access
three different webcams require i install axis media control but the firewall seems to prevent it, how do I allow
