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est way to download torrents
what the best way to download torrents? I've used vuze in the past is this the best or are there better software apps out there?
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best way to remove norton
Right all done and the system is back to the day I got it, which includes Norton, now I want to get rid of this and put avg on, can anyone recommend a good way or removal tool to do this ?
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Topcashback - Is it working?, cant sign in !!
Hi I have been trying for a few days to sign into topcashback, I can only get as far as; - "Sorry, An error has occurred. Error code:1430778". Is anyone else having problems? Doe anyone have an email or contact phone number for them? A friend is also having the same problems so it is not my computer at fault. Thanks any…
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mozilla firefox
Hi, i just moticed the toolbar containing "file" "edit" "view" "tools" etc is missing anyone know how to get it back , iv'e restored and upgraded but still not there thanks
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Slow Internet browsing
My daughter has an Advent computer which uses Windows Vista. The computer runs normally but the Internet Explorer browsing and start up of IE is very slow. Although the closing down of IE is perfect. She is using Internet Explorer 8. We have done all the Cleaners and Virus detectors etc. She is driving me mad please please…
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opening MS Works (on XP) doc on newer laptop
son in law has done some homework on an older laptop with MS Works on it, on XP. My dell is only a year old (Guessing it has Vista) and cant seem to open his work to print it off, any ideas how i can? Many thanks in advance
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fed up with wifes laptop.
Inspiron 1501, XP, 1gig ram. Latest bios Was working fairly well till she got a virus which screwed up everything. Rather than mess about trying to find it we reinstalled XP and sp3 and current updates. On device manager there is a ? on Base system Device and SM Bus controller. How do I clear this? I have the Dell…
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!!!! and Anti virus probs.
Closed computer last night as usual using Hibernate, switched on this morning and got the request to;- 1) press F1 to “set up. 2) 2) press F2 to continue loading defaults, (these might have been the other way round), I pressed F2, (continue loading defaults). I don’t know if there are other problems that have or may come…
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Having problems burning from media player onto lg portable disk drive
I have ripped tracks from an audio cd into window media player now I want to burn these tracks onto another blank disk. But it just keeps saying connect a burner and restart burning! My portable re-writer is an lg lightscribe.
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Extracting .rar files - "disk is full" error
I am trying to open up some .rar files. However, after a certain point during the extraction I get the error 'could not open, disk is full'. I noticed during a previous extraction process that my hard disk space falls rapidly. Yet I cannot the .rar file which is taking up this space. Any ideas on where the opened file is…
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Everything is Crashing!
Further to my blaming of Vista updates for crashing my PC, I know realise it probably isn't that. I tried to run Mal. Bytes quick scan and it freezes after two seconds of the scan. Anything other than very basic programmes like word and IE seem to freeze up. I'm tempted to restore to factory settings again, but I only did…
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Mp4 > dvd
If I have a load of files in MP4 format, how do I burn them to DVD so that they work on a standard DVD player - as :money:cheaply :money: as possible!
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Recording BBC red button programmes
Is it possible? Using Sky
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upload bandwidth
with sky unlimited but my bandwidth is failing. Anyway I can increase this? (you might of guessed I have no idea what it actually is - but just keep getting messages and cut off whilst in video conferencing) :beer:
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Two brill desktops? Which is best?
Hello, I'm totally new! Has anyone got time to cast an eye over these two desktop deals? DinoPC: Duke AMD 955 - £365 CPU:AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Operating System Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Motherboard: Asus M4N68T-M Memory: 4GB DDR3 1333mhz (2x 2GB) Hard Drives: 1TB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s Optical Drive:…
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Dell - beware of the warranty terms (failed hard drive)
Got a problem with a Dell desktop - failed hard drive just 7 months after purchase. Paid for a full 3 year "ProSupport for End Users and Next Business Day On-Site Service" warranty so expected no problems getting a new drive fitted. Theoretically, there isn't. But in practice there is, because Dell insist on taking away…
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Laptop won't start up after loading windows updates
I was using my daughters laptop tonight and loaded some windows updates. It was windows vista service packs and took ages. Now every time switch it on I get an error message and it starts a scan to find problems. Then it says it cannot repair the computer automatically and ask if o want to send an error message or not. I…
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Firefox Update - Roboform Disappeared
Hi My brother updated my Firefox the other day, and I've now noticed my Roboform has disappeared. It's not in the add ons or anything. I've tried to re-download it but it now says it's not compatible with version 3.6.10. Is there anything I can do, or any other similar program for this version which is free? Thanks Alec
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Please help copying dvds
Please help - we have been struggling all week to copy some dvds with not much sucess My other half kindly offered to get some old family cine films put on to dvd (sent away and got this done) and make copies for everyone we bought one external dvd rewriter as our poor old computer (xp) does not have an internal one, the…
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Laptops with good battery life
Hi there, hope someone can help as I've been reading reviews on the internet for hours and going mad! I'm looking for a laptop, nothing fancy - I only need it for Microsoft Office and web browsing. I need to write reports etc on it though, so need at least a 13-14" screen (i.e. netbooks are no good). The biggest problem…
