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dvd+r
Hi, Have bought DVD+R from the US and I can't seem to run it on my DVP520 dvd player. I have unlocked it and still it won't play. Any advice please. Thanks:o
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Nintendo Wii
I want to buy a Nintendo Wii as a way of keeping fit (hoping that "him indoors" will join in - can anyone advise me what to buy and tell me what on earth a nunchuck is? (I'm a novice to this as you can tell)
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Sweex LW057V2 connection drops regularly
I have the Sweex LW057V2 wireless network card and ever since I got a new hard drive for my computer it will connect to my wireless network okay but then every so often (at least once a day) it will lose signal and it won't find any wireless networks not even ours. When I installed the new hard-drive I used the CD-rom to…
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Tom tom one XL - 'no maps found'
Hi Bought a new(refurbished) sat nav off ebay from Argos clearance and very disappointed to say that there is a problem. Been Trying to phone their (Argos clearance) support line most of today but either engaged or no answer. Unit is a Tom tom XL Europe V2 with UK and western European maps. Wouldn't turn on when first…
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Flies attracted to LCD screen
Before I get shouted at I have searched and i cannot find a previous thread, I may have missed it... Not sure if this is 'techie' or a household question! Horrible black flies are bombarding my LCD screen. The house is clean with no food scraps etc laying around. Apart from this bombardment, ten flies at present, no other…
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What to do, what to do?!
Should I get an iMAC 21.5 or 27inch? OR...should I get a macbook pro? :( i just can't decide at all. I mean what's the pros/cons for each? Is it just the convenience? :S
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Shrinking/Extending Partitions
My new computer runs Windows 7 Home Premium. It has a 500 GB Hard Drive divided as follows: D: Capacity 397.30 GB C: Capacity 58.59 GB Recovery: Capacity 9.77 I want to extend the C: Drive to roughly 100 GB. I know I can shrink the D: drive pretty simply: open disk management - select D drive - Right Click - Shrink Volume…
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Ergonomic Keyboard
I work as a self-employed typist from home and am after a good ergonomic keyboard and mouse (not essential, though). Ideally I would like a wireless keyboard as I switch between desktop and laptop so wireless would be much more convenient. Does anyone have any suggestions as to the best one to get? So far, I've looked at…
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Web design software - simple yet flexible?
Does anyone know of any web design software (ideally free, but I've experimented with a few freeware programmes and they mostly seem to have drawbacks of one kind or another) which is essentially WYSIWYG, not too clunky and with the possibility of using HTML (of which I know a TINY amount!) for finetuning? It would also be…
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Geocaching GPS Wanted
I am new to Geocaching and would like to purchase a GPS device with a mapping function that i can also download the waypoints and log my findings. I have used a satmap before but i could only manually type in the positions one at a time which was not what i wanted. Any ideas would be greatful
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Spell Checker not working in Word Pad?
I have Word Pad on my laptop and spellchecker is not working. It also does not work in e-mail or when posting of forums. Any ideas? I am going to update to Word 7 soon but my son has the disc and is not home for a few weeks so will have to continue with Word Pad for you.
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Is there any way of making Excel 2007 less grey to look at?
I've just gone from office 03 to office 07. I've found that Excel looks very grey on the screen - it's all artistic grey and blue shades which I've found to be a bit of a strain on the eyes. It only seems to offer 3 colour schemes and they look similar. Is there any way to make it use some black rather than grey? It does…
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Virtualbox & checkdisk problem
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ITV1HD not in Dolby Digital!
I have a Humax Foxsat HDR Freesat setup connected to a 47in HD 1080p TV via HDMI and it seems that ITV1HD has dropped the Dolby Digital soundtrack and gone PCM Stereo 2-Channel only! BBCHD is still Dolby Digital tho'. Box isn't faulty;tried everything, retuning etc but to no avail, and the instructions say that the box…
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Decent desktop PC for >£650
I start university in September and i''m looking for a new desktop PC (laptops are too unreliable). I've looked on the dell website and to get the following specs it'll cost £639: Processor: Intel® Core™ i3 Processor 540 (3.06GHz, 4MB) Memory: 4096MB Dual Channel DDR3 [4x1024] Memory Hard Drive: 1TB (7200rpm) SATA Hard…
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Making our V+ box transmit to 2nd TV using cable....
Morning guys bit of help please.... Our SA v+ box has this http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2370/dsc00631hx.jpg configuration on the back Simple question i guess.......is it as simple as plugging in a male-male aerial lead from the `antennae` port on the V+ box into the aerial socket on the back of a second TV ? If it is ,…
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Plans for today.
Please delete wrong area
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Ipod touch alternative
First of all Was unsure to put this thread here in 'techie stuff' due to its technical nature or 'I wanna buy-it or do-it'. Mods feel free to move if you dont agree with my placing here. Ok story....best part of a year ago got myself an 8gb ipod touch. Perfectly happy with it. As i work 10 hour nights i use the MP3 player…
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Microsoft Security Essentials concern?
Hi, I recently switched from AVG to Microsoft Security Essentials as it appeared to get reasonable reviews as an alternative free anti virus program but having downloaded it I'm not at all so sure about it. Firstly, after the first day it flagged up that my Windows software was not genuine (which it is) and told me that…
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PC won't shut down, only goes to sleep
Hi all, I've just moved house recently, and something I discovered when moving house was that my PC never shut down. I selected shut down from the list available on Vista, yet it always went to sleep and could be woken up by a mouse move or a keyboard press. I thought reinstalling windows would fix it (I was due to do this…
