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Am I getting 600hz display on my tv
I have bought a Panasonic TX-P50S20B and I am very impressed with, well just about everything, however I wonder if I am getting a 600hz display. The tv is connected to my sky box. When I press the information button on the Pannys TV remote it displays that the picture is "1080 with 50hz input" Can someone shed some light…
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Striped screen on ACER Aspire One
I had my AA1 netbook open on the floor, and accidentally brushed it as I pulled a quilt off the bed. It is possible that a zip hit it. The screen now displays only stripes: mostly vertical but some horizontal. It is a bit like pyjamas or tartan. Switching it off, giving it a rest and rebooting has no effect: judging by the…
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Decent Blu Ray Home Theatre??
I'm looking to buy a bluy ray home theatre system. I've been lookingt at the Samsung HT-BD1252 but am slightly put off mby the reviews which have stated there are better out there for the price. I'm looking to spend approx £400. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Systems failure on PC
I run a Suse Linux PC. Something odd happened to me twice today. I was using the word processing programme when the entire system shut down, requiring a re-boot. It was a total crash, which had never happened before. I haven't added any new software. Question: on balance, is this a hardware problem or a software problem?
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Used recovery disk now no internet
Hi all could any of you lovely people help me? We have a dell inspirion 1501 which we used the recovery discs on that came with the laptop when we very first purchased it we now have everything that we expected except we cannot connect to the internet. We would normally use a wireless connection but cant find out how to do…
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MS Word
Hi When I open MS Word, i get a message, 'installing MS components', how do i stop this message appering everytim I open a word document. Ta
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What happens when I cancel SKY?
I have just cancelled SKy after 11 years. Whilst my daghters are complaining, I am sure that I will still receive the free to air channels, BBC ITV C4 etc with all the +1 channels I have a SKY+ box with a new SKY card Can anyone confirm exactly what channels I will get once it is switched off? Am I right in thinking that…
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Missing Email
Hi Need Help!h Have been waiting for important email for 3 days. People confirm email has been sent several times and to correct email address. I still cannot see this. sometime a message shows as phishing then disappears. Could this be the email i am after. if so who do i contact to find out where email has gone. It is…
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New Aldi Medion PC on sale on May 23rd
Please could anyone give their opinions oin this new Medion Akoya PC that Aldi will be selling on Sunday? Ity costs £599.99 (Text reads like a translation from the German!!) Thanks Lynne Configuration Call me the computer, that turns your PC applications into an unforgettable experience! The finger tip selection of…
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laptop wont boot up
hi all my sons laptop wont boot up. the message that comes up is...... file:\windows\system32\boot\winload.exe status:oxc 0000098 info:the selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt. anyone got any ideas or comments. thanks
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Ashampoo Winoptimizer 6
Any opinions on whether or not I should install Ashampoo Winoptimizer 6. Free limited offer download. I use ccleaner, Microsoft Essentials, Malwarebytes. Operating system; Windows 7. Browser; IE8. Would it cause any conflicts? Does it do anything the others don't? If I install do I keep ccleaner etc? Would be grateful for…
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Second hand Ipod Help
I've just bought my first ipod. Its second hand off one of my immediate colleagues at work, its rather irritating because its set up with his information. I dont want to be greeted with his name when I start it up etc etc. Does anyone know how to change the owner information, or do a hard reset? Model is 30gb MA444ZP
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Possible Fraud - Any Help Appreciated!
Hello everyone, In the past 24 hours, I've received several emails from payment-purchasing services for pornographic websites and a dating service. It appears someone has been registering for these by listing my email address. I have contacted a couple of these and had the accounts cancelled, and reported the fraud.…
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Beginner help please??
Going from virgin to sky package (package better due to lack of money!!) and my problem is that my computer is upstairs (not wireless) so got a router from sky that has to be plugged into bt socket downstairs. Brought the thingy(!) that makes it wireless but what one do I plug in first the sky router or the wireless…
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Rejuvenating old PC - overhear and software
I have acquired an old PC (it was in the communal wheeliebins if you must know). Mobo appears to be Albatron KX400+ with Athlon XP1700+ pro. One stick of memory. 30GB ??? hard drive, DVD-ROM and CDRW. The innards were very dusty, I have hoovered them out, and taken off the processor fan and dusted out its heatsink, and…
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Media Center Extender
I am using Windows 7. Some time ago I bought a Linksys Media Center Extender which I connected up to my network (via cable). I was quite happy with this, it worked fine. However, I detached the extender to try something else, but decided that I preferred the media center interface. When I reconnected the media center it…
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.xslm file I just dont get it.
Hi guys, I've been sent a form to fill in which is an .xslm file.I tried opening it with openoffice but an error comes up saying unable to load associated objects.The form does appear if I use microsoft works spreadsheet but there's words missing and the boxes are not working properly.I'm probably doing something obviously…
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Bluetooth Headsets
I'm looking for a new Bluetooth Headset for a Nokia 2730 Classic. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you.
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Tracking Adverts
I'm getting fed up with searching for things to buy, only to find that when I start visiting other sites, I keep getting banners showing me the things that I've searched for and where I can buy them. Is there anyway that I can stop this from happening? Thank you.
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Sony Ericsson Satio software downloads
Hello, Wondering if someone can advise. G/F has just got a new (to her) Sony E. Satio so far so good, but she is looking for something along the lines of the Nokia PC Suite to hook it in to her computer, is there such a thing that she can download? thanks
