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distructive restore problems - help needed please
My OH is having major problems with his laptop and needs help please. He is unable to connect to the internet and has major problems with the registry so he is trying to do a destructive restore after backing up useful files to an external hard drive. He enters the restore programme, however, the computer will not accept…
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N router not enough ports
Hello all, I know the folk on here are good with non-techies, please be gentle. I am not completely without knowledge (as the below set up will testify) A while ago I upgraded to a wireless Belkin N router for our broadband. I have since upgraded to Virgin media's XL package and they gave me a free N router (which I never…
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xbox 360 question
I am looking to buy a xbox 360 kinect could you use an external hard drive with it?
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video decoder xp
A very Merry Xmas to all . Huge apologies if my 1st post displays my obvious ignorance.Problem with laptop,help needed. I have a 2nd hand xp media version laptop.For the first time today I tried to play a dvd (Shaun the Sheep,v good)on it but it wouldn't play,saying files needed were missing or incorrectly installed.Does…
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Igrabber/Quality Alternative
I want to be able to save my downloaded BBCI player files to my mac laptop. I tried Igrabber but the quality of the played back file seemed a bit dusty/wasn't the best of quality, do I have any different solutions to improve on this?
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Slow data transfer rate - external hard drive
Just got a 1TB external hard drive. Tried to copy some files across to this external hard drive however the data transfer rate is extremely slow. It took 7 hours (after leaving the computer on) to transfer 7GB of data which is ridiculously slow. Checked with common errors on manufacturer's website (Samsung), and it says…
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in-car cameras
Does anyone have any experience with these and recommend a particular make? http://www.roadhawk.co.uk/roadhawk-RH-1.htm
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Sony Vaio Laptop Query +VAT back
Hi, I have been looking for a while for a new laptop and came across the Sony vaio VPCEE3Z0E/BQ yesterday for £699 plus being able to claim £104 cash back via the VAT back offer from Sony. When I tried to add it to basket it came up as £749.99 so I called them up and ordered over the phone for £699.99 - I received an email…
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Futuristix Cassette to MP3 Converter
Just has one of the above for Xmas and can't get it to work on Vista. I've installed the software, and then connected the USB cable to the cassette player and PC and can't get the software to see the device. I've tried reinstalling and restarting the laptop, with no success. Does anyone have advice on what to do to make it…
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cant download itunes help
hi ive been trying since this morning to download itunes to my dd laptop ive down loaded the quick time player but every time i try to download itunes it gets to 7 mins to go or so many things and it just times out ive tried doing what it says on the website with no luck any help would be greAatly received tia
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sharing i-tunes / i-pod music ?
I’ve got 800 songs on I-tunes on my computer .. and from there on to my ipod . I’ve a friend .. with their own i-tunes music and their own ipod . How can I give them a copy of my 800 songs ? .. .. Be it from ipod ?..onto their pc ?... .. or via cd ? or via memory stick ? what ways / what options ? .. are there . thanks .
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white pages but only on MSE?
I constantly get a white page and have to either keep hitting refresh or use a different brwoser. I usually use mozilla, but im having trouble so been using chrome just for MSE, Im not getting the problem with any other site.....is their a fix to this please? thank you
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Wall mounting a small 19" LCD TV on studded wall
Hi, i've had a TV for Christmas :j complete with wall mount. I've an aeriel up my loft (bungalow) which I've put in with a booster thing for up to 5 tv's. My TV in the living room isn't wall mounted as I didn't want to put a 32" TV on a studded wall. In the bedroom I want to put my new 19" tv on the wall which is studded.…
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Can't find a region unlock code for Sony DVP SR 500H DVD Player
I just got this DVD player, but as much as I google and search, I can't find an unlock code for it anywhere. The model is Sony DVP-SR-500H. Is there any way I can unlock this? Or possibly a way to find the code out myself? I have no idea how people find those twenty step unlock codes for some players on their own, but if…
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Graphics Card - Help Please !!
My son has received Sims 3 for Christmas, however it won't work on our PC as it says the graphics card needs to support Pixel Shader 2.0 or above ( which apparently ours doesn't ) The PC currently has a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 installed - it is quite an old PC ( Dell Dimension 4600, Windows XP Home ), but I've never come…
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ipod touch will not connect to our Zoom X6 router
Hello, Please help! Our Son has an ipod touch for Christmas, but it will not connect to our Zoom X6 router. The router is working fine, as I am typing this on our laptop through it. The password is correct for the router, but it still says Unable to Join. I have searched google etc and found various forums/discussion, but…
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hijackthis log
hi could someone have a look at this log please? its my brotherinlaws laptop,its been running very slow for the last few days,ive noticed that in task manager the cpu usage is at 100% and 93 processes running. windows7. thanks Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 18:00:32, on 25/12/2010 Platform: Windows…
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Techie People
Justt thought i would wish all the techie people a Merry Christmas and thanks for all the help you guys gave me the past year, without your Help I would have been in a magor pickle by now :beer: I only wish I was techie minded so one day I could return a favour.
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Is the xbox 360 drive supposed to sound like a turbine?
Just started playing with my new xbox 4gb with kinect, and the drive sounds like a dryer on full cycle, new from morrisons Setup the kinect, gone through the tutorials etc and just about to play it for the first time and when part way through loading adventures it asks to clean the disk. Opened up the drive and the disk…
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Hitachi L19DP04U Tv/Dvd Combi Dvd Unlock
Ive purchased one of these for christmas (cheap), opened the box this morning and it wont play Region 2 disks. It must be set to a different region. Does anyone know how to unlock one of these.? It works in all other ways apart from this. The manual says Region 2, the Box says Region 2, the back of the Tv says Region 2..…
