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Laptop woes
Hi I got an unused legit Win7 upgrade from a mate. Installed it and my machine was a nightmare. Very unstable, unable to see drives in 'Computer'. Unable to see backup drive except via command prompt. So I bit the bullet and bought the full Win7 this morning and did a full install. All looked OK and at first glance…
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Using Skype on LG gs290
I bought a LG GS290 for my sister who lives in Switzerland. She travels a lot and would like to use Skype to keep in touch. Any idea if Skype is available for this phone anyone?
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Operating stystem
My daughter has an Acer apire one netbook and its stopped working, it did this before and we had to reinstall windows XP via an external cd drive, the trouble is weve lost the XP disc, however we do have a Vista disc, can we use this ?
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cd burning software please
daughter is looking for some burning software so when she buys mp3's online she can burn them to cd. nothing complicated and expensive such as nero. just something basic. BTW can you burn using mindows media player??
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if i buy 2 more sky boxes, can i multi-room myself?
or am i being blonde? if i get Sky+ installed in my lounge, the buy 2 more sky boxes myself and run cabling in, would i be able to watch 3 diff channels in the different rooms at same time?
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Cardscan - Photo Scanner?
I recently got given a cardscan 500. These were used for scanning business cards but I wondered if I could use it to scan my old hard copy photos into digital images as JPEG or other useful output. Anyone got an ideas on how to do that? Although it can scan photos it puts the into a contacts db which isn't useful.
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Secuirty Help
Hi guys, I am not a technophobe or daft when it comes to PC's and Laptops so to speak, but when it comes to security I am a complete dunce. :p I am looking for a free to run Security Programme for my Laptop as I am concerned that I may be attacked at any minute by a worm or trojan and as I use my laptop for banking, social…
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Dell Laptop Unable to Find Wireless Network
I’ve got a dell laptop and I’m having problems trying to connect it to the wireless network. Its definitely not the wireless system as other computers are connected to it. When i try to find any networks, i get the message of “no wireless networks were found in range” I’ve also tried the repair option and i get a message…
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Onlive-free gaming experience-no high spec PC required
This new gaming site allows you to trial games for 30 mins,in the hope you may buy it.Although I'm no gamer myself,my son told me about the site and said it would be great for him to see if he liked any game enough to actually buy it....(so free trials and money saving) ! He also mentioned you do not require a " gaming…
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Packard Bell
Hello, I'm hoping someone can just give me some peace of mind for a desktop PC we're thinking of getting (hopefully this afternoon). We want something in the £300 range, from an accessible shop like PC World/ Currys /Comet, and suitable for just the basics really, ie. Emails. Something good quality and reliable, reasonably…
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Cropping Pics for printing
I have a pic in "My Pictures" also in "Picasa", and i need to crop it for printing, so i do that, click "Apply" and print the pic..............But there dosent seem any way to get the original size print back. Even if ive cropped in "My Pictures", the one in "Picasa" is also cropped!!! Any clues, thanks.
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losing internet connection
just got a new laptop toshiba set it all up but when the charger is unplugged i lose connection im a newbie where computer talk is concerned so any ideas and simple instrutions to sort it out please
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Need new PC - advice please
Please can anyone recommend a reasonably priced desktop PC with flat screen monitor. I have looked on the usual sites - Currys, PC World etc - but they all come with so much pre-loaded rubbish that I don't want. My current computer is a Dell bought about 6 years ago and it is dying day by day. Surfing the internet is…
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Buying a new monitor...
A follow on from my previous post. I need a new monitor - they don't seem very expensive generally. Can someone tell me why I would need one with a DVI socket? This monitor is just for my downstairs PC - it doesn't go anywhere and isn't connected to the TV or anything like that. Thanks
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Please can you tell me how to `lock facebook` on daughters laptop
Daughter is 14 and everytime laptop is on to do her homework is spending her time on facebook, of course whenever I check it looks like homework is getting done but its not...and the little bit of rubbish she is producing for school is taking hours!!:mad:. I don`t want to completely delete it at this stage but please is…
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sending email picture problem
wonder if anyone could possibly help on this iam trying send some id pictures to a bookmaker but they keep getting rejected by the following Message Labs Security Systems....... The MessageLabs Email Security System has identified a file attachment in an e-mail sent by you that has been deemed to be potentially…
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My Pages Have Gone LARGE!!!
Hi Can anyone help me please, for some reason my pages on Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer have gone to large print. I have gone into Start, Control Panel, Display and changed it to 1024 x 768 pixels in the Settings. It hasn't changed it!!! Any help would be much appreciated, thanks. Lynda
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Kindle Accessories?
Hi, I'd like to buy a case and light for a new Kindle, but am not so keen on the £49.99 price for the official one (at almost half the price of the Kindle itself, it seems a bit steep). A Google shopping search brings up a few suggestions, but as there seem to be quite a few people on here who already have Kindles, I was…
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email disappeared from inbox
Sorry, there's probably a totally obvious answer, but I can't see it and I need this email. Last night I definitely had an email re a hotel reservation in my Hotmail inbox. I received it a few days ago. I deleted several messages received before and after this message. Today, the reservation email is not in my inbox. I…
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Problem getting mic to work when using Sipgate lite
I'm trying to use my USB headset on Sipgate. I am using the Sipgate X-lite software. Audio works fine. If I use the headset on skype, it works fine, but on Sipgate, I get no sound through the mic. i.e. if I speak to someone, they can't hear me. In Googling for a solution, it appears the problem is likely to be the security…
