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Techie help for my PC please!!
Okay so I'm clueless when it comes to techie computer stuff but I'm sure my computer isn't running right. The main problem seems to be that it's pretty slow lately but also when I try to close windows, say if I've been on Facebook or Hotmail it won't close and says Not Responding. Then another box comes up and I click End…
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Stretched deesktop on widescreen monitor
After many years with a 4x3 CRT monitor, I got a Samsung B2430H widescreen flat panel type yesterday. After installing the Samsun driver, first thing I noticed was that the display properties dialogue (via Win XP) doesn't have the option to set what Samsung say is the optimum resolution for the monitor (1920x1068). Setting…
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urgent help pls
i accidentally deleted a folder from OE i have located something same name but its a dbx file can you please help me
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Dell Ultrasharp Monitor too bright
I currently have a problem with my eyesight and find the display of my Dell Ultrasharp Monitor much too bright - even painful - especially anything white. I haven't so far been able to find out how to reduce the brightness - or even change the white background to something else. Can anybody help?
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SD / SD 'HC' cards for digital camera.
Hi, Quite often lurk here, but now looking for assistance… I’ve just purchased a Vivitar 7690 7.1MP digital camera for my daughter. Due to vague notes regarding the type and size of SD card that can be used in the camera (PDF manual says maximum of 8Gb – camera box says a maximum of 4Gb), I emailed their support address…
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Thompson router
Can anyone help as we bought a laptop but it wont connect to our wireless router which is a thompson which we got new last week. We thought it was the laptop so we took it back today and got a replacement one but still wont do it and neither will our neighbours which he tried. We wondered if it was anything to do with the…
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Nikkai Dvd Player A99HR - Sound
Hi, Has anyone got one of these players? Played a dvd yesterday on it fine, trying to play one now and there is no sound - tried everything, and loads of dvds! Cant understand it - Please help!
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Gateway ML6227b driver needed
The hard drive died and alas I have replaced it but I have no back up disk and I cannot find the drivers needed to recognize the new HD in BIOS anywhere online, Gateway were hopeless - "we only have a .exe file from within windows". So I need to install from USB drive or disc but Gateway don't support such ? I'm sure…
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secunia scan mentions windows update?
Just done a secunia scan and it says I need a windows security update. Checked my pc and it last checked for updates today and windows update doesn't list any important ones? Should I click on the blue link to download the update from secunia or not? Thanks
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Snooper Strabo can I add European Maps?
I have a snooper strabo sat nav is there any way to add European maps to it? Thanks sorry if wrong forum
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Trying to "spring clean" my laptop.....
Using the information given here http://www.microsoft.com/canada/home/productivity-and-planning/articles/spring-clean-your-computer-system.aspx Firstly, is this good information? Secondly, I have a HUGE amount of programs on my computer that I don't seem to use, is it really wise to get rid of them, I don't even know what…
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Fun nonsense to try with your laptop's touchpad
"The Synaptics TouchPad is a capacitive sensing device that detects the presence of your fingers and, up until now, has not responded with an eerie whistling sound that many find aesthetically pleasing. This oversight has finally been corrected." http://www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/SynThZip2.zip (it'll make it so…
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USB to IDE adapter problem
I have connected the USB to IDE SOHOUSB Easy IDE adapter to my PC. Windows Vista recognised it and installed the drivers but I cannot see the drive on my computer. The drive is correctly identified in device manager as WDC WD50 00AVJB-63YUA0 USB Device. The drive I am trying to access is a WesternDigital WD5000AVJB, 500GB.…
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Internet Explorer 8 Maximising windows
I have been using IE8 for a while, but suddenly windows have started opening without filling screen, about 2" shorter than they should be. I think this has started following an update. Have tried right-clicking IE8 icon, choosing Run, Maximise; shift and clicking top right-hand square; tried opening new window from link in…
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Can I redirect my e-mails
I am gonna change my ISP and instead of changing my e-mail address individually with all my contacts/suppliers, is there any way of redirecting messages sent to my inbox?
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Firefox error message
Hi everyone Firefox runs fine once it has opened, but is very slow to start up, and sometimes doesn't start at all. Occasionally it displays this error message: Can anyone suggest what I should do to sort things out, please? Thanks loads. PS I have already tried uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox. My OS is Vista.
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Hard drive failure imminent, I have a question!?!
Hi MSE's :hello: I've had to replace my hard drive as it was detected by S.M.A.R.T that the hard drive will imminently fail. The problem is all my data is still on the hard drive and it won't boot up for me to retrieve it :eek: I have the idea disabling the SMART detection may allow me to retrieve some data but my laptop…
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Virgin Media Broadband
Hope someone can help. My internet has been down since Friday a guy came out yesterday to look at it he couldn't fix it he passed it to the IT department told should be fixed in 2 hours, 2hrs later still down, called virgin told to wait 5hrs still nothing call again told another 5 hrs this morning still nothing been told…
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Window Size of applications.
3 computers in this house running XP, Vista & Win 7. On all three from time to time a window(e.g. browser or Word) will open half page size. They were full page size when last used. I do appreciate it is but a click of a button to enlarge them to full page; but it irritates me that I cannot find out why, if closed down…
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itunes wont start up
Hi all. have a problem starting up itunes. i use Vista. i have all of my music on an external hard drive which i had plugged out while i was away. my problem seems to be this. the drive port that i always use to plug in the usb for this external drive remains the same, but now my computer chooses to call it K instead of M…
