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Vodafone 1Gb No Expiry Sim
If anyone can help I have a question regarding PAYG Mobile Broadband, and the Vodafone older option of the 1Gb version with no expiry. I would like to have the option of mobile broadband on my Netbook when I am away from home, but know my usage will be very minimal and can't justify a monthly ongoing cost. The older…
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PS2 Laser replacement
We've been given a slim PS2 by a friend and although I have no interest in Playstations (I'm a Nintendo fan for over 25 years) I thought I could give it to my kids to keep them quiet. Only problem is the Laser is dead. I know they are not very expensive, but how easy are they to replace. I'm pretty good at taking things…
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Virgin media broadband help?
I got a new virgin router on saturday, connected it and everything went swimmingly, then about 4 hours later my wireless lost connection with the router, said signal was excellent but that router wasn't communicating... so phoned virigin. was on the phone for 45 mins changed the channel and pass word, rebooted the pc and…
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Best phone for photos and internet- iphone?
My phone has blown up - what phone do you reccomend? Due to buisness need want internet access and good photos - I fancy an I phone but r they worth the money??
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I pad is it suitable
Hi all Son wants to run his home pc as a closed system and use a laptop for internet access,word type programmes,email etc.. I have a greed to get him one. But I am confused the ipad looks great but I am not sure what it is :o sorry Is it a suitable replacement for a laptop ? or is it restrictive in any way ? I really know…
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Dell wifi not working
My wifi card is not working on my Dell laptop, is it easy to fix / replace?
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Reinstall(?) Windows XP Home on Acer Aspire One
Hello, My son's Aspire One is critically low on Memory (<100MB). Also, since virtually day one it has run a disk check on startup 8/10 times.. so I'm thinking I should reinstall XP? It only has the 8GB of onboard memory with a further 8GB on an SSD card. XP home edition came preinstalled, and the pc was supplied with 2…
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LG Viewty Snap compatible memory card?
Hi this is my first attempt at posting on Martin's (or on any website actually!) Hope it works. Have just bought Viewty Snap gm360 for daughter. Have bought an HP 4gb Micro SDHC memory card for phone. However, booklet I received with phone only mentions SD card. so can I use the one I've bought or will it banjax the phone?…
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No sound from PC
Hi I have got no sound from my PC, my sound card is a Soundblaster Audigy A400, I tried to update all my drivers recently and it happened after this, but when I click on device manager, all drivers are up to date. However when I go to Control Panel/ Sounds and Audio devices/ Properties/ the sound blaster icon and screen is…
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Why Dell so dear?
What's going on with Dell. Looking at wizmark and dmx dimension sites, prices seem to have been lobbed up by about 20-30 (and more) percent in the last 6 months. Even their rubbish 300 quid model is £350 now. Used to be able to get a desktop and monitor for a lot less than 300 quid. £430 is cheapest I can see in a quick…
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DJ equipment repairs?
A quickie. . . Can anyone recommend a reliable company that repairs DJ equipment? In this case, a Pioneer mixer. . . I've spoken to some of the Pioneer authorised people and they are either rude or expensive. Thanks.
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dell inspiron
I have a dell inspiron 530 ,was thinking of fitting blu ray unit , remember reading in the past that dell internal wiring was slightly different in length or something along that line ,have added more memory no problem and fitted dvd rw to old advent in past ...... anyone know of anything?
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E-readers
I want to get my wife an Ereader for her birthday next month but which Ereader is best The Kindle 3 appears pretty good - has free (for life ?) 3G connectivity and supposedly allows web browsing, how does this work - does it have a internal SIM ? Any other suggestions ?
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"Message Interrupted" error when sending from BTinternet email address
A friend is trying to send me some images as attachments to an email via his BTinternet email account. Everytime he tries to do this, the email crashes with a "message interrupted" error before completion. At first we thought he was trying to send too many attachments, and timing out but it won't even send one. Messages…
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Cd/dvd drive not functioning
The cd/dvd drive on my desktop is not functioning. Is it something correctible in the computer or should I get an external drive?
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1GB installed today
I had 1gb installed today, but how do I check this on the system? I tried going to alt-ct-del and then props on my pc but its all these long numbers really and cant work it out? I guess I expected it to just say 1GB?
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samsung recovery help
Switched on my samsung nc10 earlier today and was greeted with: widows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \windows\systems32\config\system how do I access my recovery program to do a windows repair either distructive or non distructive restore. Would really appreciate any help asap. Thanks
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Dell Dimension Desktop Beep Codes
I got one of the Q6600 Dells from Tesco a year or so back and have been generally happy with it until last night. I came home from a few days away, turned the PC on to check email and was happily downloading email and writing a quick reply when the keyboard and mouse died (backlights on keyboard and mouse all went out.) I…
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removing mcafee but cant find it
trying to install avg but got to a stage where it says i need to get rid of mcafee virus scan but i cant find it anyone know how to find it please try not to get too technical in the answer i need simple instructions please thanx
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Netbook - Sorry If a Stupid Question
Hi, Per heading, sorry if this is a reeeaally stupid question but am wanting a little advice please. Am going travelling for a month or so - won't be on the Net much but am loathe to be totally out of touch for that length of time. (Also don't want to be Internet Banking at a Cafe.) Friend has offered to lend me their…
