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Blue screen - crashing - no safe mode?
Hi, I wondered if you could give me some advice on a packard bell tower pc running windows xp. My son was using it normally 2 days ago, when the power cord was tripped and it shut down and he said it restarted and continued to use it as normal. Today on booting it is stuck loading and gets to first windows logo then…
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Returning TV to a evasive Amazon....Help Please!
Summer 2008 bought a Sony Bravia TV with 3 year warranty. Last week no digital channels came up, so I rescanned (no luck), Tried another aerial (no luck) Restored from factory settings (no luck). Called out a TV man, who confirmed that my aerial was fine and couldn't get any digital channels, so he concluded it was a TV…
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Advice needed: Dell wont take my money!
Hi Sorry if this is in the completely wrong forum, i'm completely new to this. I have just brought a new computer from Dell and it has arrived and is great. The problem is they haven't taken payment from my bank account. I have gone through the avenues at Dell who have sent me an email confirming that it was successfully…
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How to recover my laptop please.
I switched it on and i get the black screen with the choices to start it up in ie safe mode, safe mode with networking etc but it will not let me do any properly, it tries to start but ends up back to the same screen. I have pressed the recovery choice on another screen which takes me to a blue screen with error msg and…
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Trouble accessing Outlook Express - password
I am suddenly having trouble accessing my email in Outlook Express. All this time its been ok (ish), in that I can read my emails., however last couple of days when I go to look at my email a message comes up where you have to put in your password. I did this. It made no difference...Now I've have a phone message to say I…
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i pod classic what generation help
model MA146B SERIAL NUMBER ENDSBHTXK FORMAT WINDOWS:) IN BLACK 30G
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What's the best secure email provider?
Can anyone recommend a really easy to use, free secure email provider. I've been told of Hush and S-Mail... or is there a better one anywhere? At the moment I'm considering Hush as the best option. Any info/advice gratefully received!
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Need help with digi camera requirments?
Last year after a great deal of thinking between a small compact and something bigger I bought a bridge camera - the Canon SX10. It takes good pictures but I am finding I am not taking it out much as I ger fed up carrying it around. So my choices are: 1) Get a small pocket sized camera (as well as keeping the SX10) which I…
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MP210 scanner won't work Windows 7
hi all Looking for a fix for my MP210. Ever since I went to Windows 7 I cannot use the scanner to import documents to my computer. I've tried using a number of different programs - Canon utilities, Paint Shop Pro, MS Publisher to name a few. All see there's a scanner there but give me the error mesage that the scanner…
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Cheap ram anywhere
Is it possible to buy ddr pc3200 400mhz ram, i need 2gb of it but i cant find anything of reasonable price, lowest price on aria is £30 for 1 x 1gb stick. Crucial was expensive, theres some on ebay but im wary of buying ram from there as you cant be sure if its genuine.
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I wanna netbook!
I want some recommendations please, for the best netbook I can get for £200 or under. I'd get a laptop but can't carry one around as I've had 3 x spinal surgeries. I'm going to use free wifi when I can and a PAYG dongle for when I'm out & about. (I have plusnet wireless at home) What are the specs I need? - Windows XP or 7…
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Administrator password
I have just set up a new laptop for a friend and went to transfer files from her old computer onto it for her. I noticed that her AVG was way out of date on the old one so downloaded the new version and set about uninstalling the old version. A reboot was required to complete the uninstall at which point the computer would…
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cheapest laptops
hi looking for a basic laptop for the odd internet use a couple of times a week as a present for parents can anybody tell me the cheaper end of market bargains ? will be used for very basic use so cheaper the better
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Can emails be hijacked via a router?
Really sorry if this is a stupid question, but I'm really not good with tech stuff. I have a Netgear wireless router hooked up to a home network. I have no idea what routers are for - all I know is that they're something to do with the internet (!) Is it at all feasible for the router administrator to be able to somehow…
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iphone wont connect to home network
...or anything else am a complete iphone novice so am stuck !! the phone recognises the home network but wont connect to it - have correct key also how do i get it to connect to the internet without the network :o
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pound sign
my friend can't get a pound sign on her computer. its shift 3 for mine but not on hers, any tips?
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reactivate windows
My dell inspiration 2400 is 5 years old. It's going very slow at start up so i thought i would do a selective start up and i unticked a few things that i thought was safe to do so. When i turned on the computer next time it said That i needed to reactivate windows as there had been a lot of changes since it was bought. I…
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TV lost sound
I have a problem have switched on my TV tonight and no sound at all,working no problem this morning,but still working when playing dvd,video.the tv is a normande 32 LCD,15 month old out of warranty (typical) tried all i know and no luck.
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Dell USB problem, Please help
Hi, I have just had to reinstall the operating system on my Dell Inspiron1750, due to a faulty hard drive so far things appear to be going smoothly however I have a "Safely remove hardware" USB warning in the taskbar in the bottom right corner the problem is there is nothing connected to any usb port on the laptop can…
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Notebook stops connecting
Any suggestions? I have a netbook which most of the time woks OK while surfing but then suddenly I start getting messages "Internet explorer cannot display web page"...No matter what I try...booting netbook...powering off BT wireless router it continues to give me this message....While Im getting this message on the…
