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New BT decor phone upsets web signal
I have an ext cable from the main bt socket that goes direct to the pc. Recently the land line hand set has been playing up so we bought a new bt decor phone but when it is plugged in the @ light on the live box flashes and I lose the web signal, it's okay with the old phone but plays up with any other phone I plug in as I…
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Linux users of MSE
Who at MSE is a Linux user? I've been running Arch Linux as my primary system and on my laptop for the past two years Linux is an alternative operating system to Windows. You can see the following sites for info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux http://www.distrowatch.com http://www.ubuntu.com In addition to being better…
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Where can I buy a cheap windows vista or 7?
I have installed a new hard drive in a laptop and now I need an operating system. The old hard drive had vista premium on it and I have bought the same hard drive to replace it. I need a copy of windows but I need to spend as little as possible. I don't know a student so I can't get a student discount and ebuyer is the…
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Can you explain this Excel formula?
I found this formula which does a good job of solving an excel problem I had. =(INT(C4/100)+(C4-100*INT(C4/100))/60)/60/24 Format cell (with the formula in) to display mm:ss The problem was to be able to enter a set of data into excel in only mm:ss time format and then get an average. But Excel requires you to either enter…
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Mozilla Firefox Frustration
If I close Mozilla and then reopen I get this message: Ffox is running but not responding.To open new window you must first close Ffox or restart PC. I have been advised to kill FF by opening Taskmanager-process and ending manually.This does sem to be a crude solution -does anyone knowor a better method or preferably how…
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Slow Internet Speed - Last on Line!
I have posted about this before but I'm at the point now of complaining to BT as more light has been shed on the problem. My parents run there own agricultural/mechanical business from home and need frequent access to the internet for business use. They are with BT and have a good package. The Internet is incredibly slow…
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Help with Dell Inspiron laptop
Daughters 2-year old inspiron 1525 laptop starting acting up. Normally I can sort out most problems but this one has me flummoxed. At first it seemed to be a problem with the hard drive. So I installed a new one, and did a fresh installation of Windows XP. Fine, laptop goes through the install and then when it restarts it…
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LED or LCD LED TV
I am contemplating buying a new TV and understand the latest technology is LED. We have always had Panasonic TV's but I notice whereas most manufacturers refer to their sets as LED Panasonic say theirs is LCD LED. Is there a difference?
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Arghhh! keep getting hounded by the same malware!!!
Hi all, I'm usually quite tardy with my PC protection and currently employ the use of Avira, online armor and malwarebytes anti-malware to keep me safe online etc. However, in the last few days - I've been getting a malware slipping through the net and uploading itself in my temp and system32 folder masquerading as a Java…
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Dell Inspiron 1525 remaster
A friend of mine has a Dell Inspiron 1525, which, he told me, has stopped functioning after visiting some dodgy site. I seem to remember, from my old desktop, that when all else fails, one can frestore the computer back to factory settings. How can this be done on a laptop?
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Apple Will Give Free Bumpers to iPhone 4 Owners
Apple Will Give Free Bumpers to iPhone 4 Owners http://gizmodo.com/5589004/this-is-apples-iphone-4-antenna-problem-solution After arguing that all smartphones have the same antenna problem the iPhone 4 has, Apple has given a solution. The one we asked for: Free bumpers. Here are all the details. [Updating live] • If you…
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Cheapest but best place to buy custom computers?
I think it's time to upgrade my PC, and I'm going to replace everything. I last bought one about four years ago and the company I ordered from did make some mistakes (forgetting to wire in the USBs for one thing). This time, I want to order from the best place I can (NOT DELL) at the best price I can. Does anybody have any…
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Pink & Stripes since ink change
Hi, i have recently changed the ink on my Epson SX115, with Jettec cartridges, since then everything i print has gone pinky red with stripes on it. This happened once before when i bought cheap copies of ebay, the printer would not print at all untill i bought genuine epson ink. Is it not now possible to use copied ink in…
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Napster can someone please help me please?
I have Napster to go and would like to know can I delete the songs from my pc that i have downloaded from napster but if i do that will they stay on my MP3 or when i next hock mp3 player up with pc will it also delete songs of my mp3 player?? I have looked around the web but can not find out about it anywhere. Please help…
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It's official : the iphone (4) is rubbish
Apple has issued a fix for one problem with the iPhone as reports start to emerge of another bug. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10659123 Like the people who buy this stuff, all show and no substance. (Ah why not, it's Friday)
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iPhone skysports speaker not working
I'm not sure is this problem for everyone when i view skysports via iphone, i'm able to hear the sound from handsfree but not from the iphone speaker. But the speakers are working fine when i play songs. really weird. if i attach with hands free, it comes with option for sound bar, when i click screen. but if i remove even…
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Website Hijacked?
I tried to go to one of my favourite websites, etiquettehell.com, instead of the usual gossipy stuff I found a load of adverts for driving lessons and jobs and other stuff. The website was fine this morning, but now I can't get it either via my favourites link or by googling it, just these adverts. Have they been hijacked…
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Playing AVI file on Macbook Pro
I have the latest Macbook Pro Laptop and trying to play a video file that is currently saved under an AVI format. I have tried VLC Video Player, my DIVX won't play it and the Quicktime and Realplayer won't either?!?! Help with this would be great! And please speak English and not computer language ;)
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Broadband speed dropped - no apparent reason
Im with AOL and have been for years. Broadband speed has been consistently 2.6 however noticed last couple of days its taking an age. Run some speedtests and only getting around 0.4............ SO im running normal laptop with no changes to set up - router set up as normal. Ive run some virus scans to see if that could be…
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windows messenger
Anyone know how to stop this thing starting up everytime I launch Internet Explorer ? it doin me eadin I dont use the goddam thing
