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Laptop connected to TV will not play films?
I have been trying to play films throuh a friends laptop to the TV. What can be seen on the laptop is shown on the TV untill I try to play a film (any type) and all I see is a blank player. The players I use are KM player and Movie player classic. Web pages display perfectly on the TV. I messed with the settings to no…
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Dodgy laptop screen
I got a fairly old laptop still runs fine but lately after everthing has loaded and I can see the desktop if I move the computer the screen turns off and goes black but the computer is still running. After that happens I have to reboot it so basically its useless. The screen never stays on for longer than a minute. Any…
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Transfer ipod to PC
Evening all, My downloaded music seems to have disappeared from itunes (long story involving an over zealous 10 year old who doesn't know quite as much as he thinks he does). I can't find it anywhere on my hard drive, and it is not in the recycle bin. The music is still on my ipod, which I now don't want to plug in because…
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Search Word Docs.... without opening them
Happy New Year everyone Does anyone know if there is a way to search multiple word documents not by the file name but rather by word(s) inside the files without actually opening them? I have failed to find any such think doing an online searh but was wondering if anyone has found a way or used something to achieve a…
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I can't get my signature to show up
*edit* had a problem, but it's fixed!
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O2 Blackberry with Hotmail email account
O2 Blackberry Curve 8250 using a simplicity online 20 sim with unlimited blackberry bolt on. 2 issues with my hotmail emails: delay in recieving emails [from 3 mins to 30 mins] Read emails on blackberry decieve remain unread [and unchanged] when accessin emails on a pc online. I thought the two were meant to be "in sync"…
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Programming support required
Hope I am not breaking any site convention with this post - - if I do, pls just delete it and slap my wrist! Thought I would offer this to a trusted MSEer in preference to hiring someone on the web. I need (asap) the support of a programmer who is "fluent" in PHP5, MySql, Regular Expressions, CURL, Saxon. The main job is…
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Restoring laptop to original state
I need to restore the laptop to its original state using the restore disc, do i just put it in and let it do its job ? Reason why i need to do this is that everytime the laptop is turned on a message comes up about new hardware found, ive checked dev manager and it says the video controller(yellow ?) is whats wrong so i…
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Reccomend me some earphones
I am after some in-ear earphones to use with my Blackberry 8900. I used to have some Sennheisser CX300, so considering these? Does anyone have any thoughts? Must be the "noise reducing" ones, 3.5mm jack and ideally less than £15. Thanks
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wii trouble
My small son of 7 has the wii lego batman game getting on quite well with it but we can not seem to save the game, we have the book that goes with it but pages 19,20,21, & 22 seem to be missing just wondering if anyone has these pages that could help us out a bitm as he is getting quite frustrated. kindest regards. Julie x
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Slow downloading.
I have an Orange Live box router, wired to it is a PC on Vista and wirelessly connected is a laptop on XP. For the last two days the downloads on each have been ridiculously slow. I've been told by Orange to test my broadband speed which I've just done at 2331 kbps down and 448 kbps up load. Which apparently is good. Can…
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Toshiba NB100 Netbook
My daughter has a 6 month old NB 100 netbook - Intel atom running WinXP. When switching on it starts CHKDSK on Disk C. It completes Stage 1(verifying files) and starts Stage 2(verifying indexes) and when it gets to 15% it switches off. If you Cancel CHKDSK, Windows starts up for a few seconds and then crashes. Pressing F2…
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odd commands occurring randomly when typing
Can anyone give me an idea what might be happening? Whenever I type text in Word, Skype messaging, or Thunderbird email, when I use the shift key to get capital letters, text is getting highlighted/or deleted, or the cursor jumps to a line above and so sentences get muddled up or deleted unless I keep a very close eye - it…
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Good way to get your money back when something breaks?
Not sure if this should go here or in another catagory but I have a sucess story for you regarding something failing before a reasonable amount of time. My hubby had a HP Pavillion Laptop which after a year the wireless started to go and at about 18 months died completely. A computer tech friend of ours said it was to do…
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Intel i5 v Intel Core 2 Quad - any advice?
Hi everyone Happy new year to you all. Hope someone can help. I'm thinking of purchasing a new Dell desktop as it's about time I made my way out of the technological dark ages. I've been looking at the Dell inspiron desktops currently on their website but I'm a bit confused about processor speeds. One has an Intel i5…
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New Monitor
hi, I have decided to replace my CRT monitor with an LCD/ TFT flat panel. thinking 20 inch budget of up to £180, not a gamer, but I want a nice spec one. I have spent hours trawling the net and there are many to choose from, the front runner is an IIyama prolite, followed by viewsonic and samsung. any thoughts to help me…
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Linksys PAP2 VoIP with Sipgate - login problems & no ring or dial?
Hi guys, I recently invested in a Linksys PAP2 VoIP phone adapter that I have been attempting to use in conjunction with my Sipgate.co.uk account however I'm experiencing some problems. I've read several guides on the web as to how to set the PAP2 up, referred to Sipgate's own help files as well as several posts on the MSE…
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Rollercoaster tycoon 3
does anyone know how i can get rollercoaster tycoon 3 to work on windows vista? i have tried many methods but none of them work and as there looks like no more games of this kind coming out soon i really would like to get this one back on again any help would be greatly appreciated
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help finding lost documents on microsoft word
Can anyone help me? Am doing essays for uni due in monday! half way throught all three, been saving about every 20 mins to make sure nothing lost. But now they have gone. Can't find them anywhere, they aren't under any folder in microsoft word. I have done a test save on something else and that has saved fine. I know i…
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Cordless Telephones
Several years ago, it must be at least seven, I bought a pair of Panasonic cordless telephones. To date they have given me excellent service. However, for some time now one of the set has all but been inaudible, even though it is set for maximum volume. In all other ways the phone appears perfect. So my question is this:…
