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Recommendations for Netbook
My daughter's Christmas present is going back (electric violin, can't be tuned as it is rubbish). So .. she wants a netbook. Any suggestions? I am looking at the lower end of the price scale as she is only 10. Thanks for any help, Steve
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ipod nano help
My ipod nano plays each track twice!! and i cant stop it - please help me..... thanks a lot sweety xxx
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PHP Nested Loop
I've written a fairly simple piece of PHP that includes 3 nested loops (for loops) and it's now extremely slow, taking several minutes to process. There's nothing very complex going on, total of about 100 MySQL updates in there, is there a known issue with nested loops in PHP, Google doesn't seem to think so. Anyone got…
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twitter- can a new user revert to old style?
I have just set up a new twitter a/c for a friend, who is having probs / not liking the new style, especially when comparing to my ('old school') one.. trying to find things that were clearly displayed on OS is harder, and really puttig us off. we have tried clearing cookies etc, but there seems no way out..? grrr at…
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Sky+ connection
I was talking to a guy at Currys, and he told me that I can connect an HD TV to a sky+ box using an hdmi cable. I was rather sceptical about this, but of course, I wasn't absolute sure. So when I came home I checked the sky box, and I don't see any terminal for an hdmi cable. Was he right or am I missing something here as…
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Humax to Media Player connection
My Humax is wired by ethernet to my router. I have done the set-up and my PVR shows there is an internet connection. Internet sharing on my PC shows X Box, laptop and another internet enabled TV but no Humax I have read the Humax manual and there is no guidance therein, re internet connection. I hope someone can give me…
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Computer problems...Desktops /laptop.....techy problems
Hi All would appreciate help I have the following problems desktop 1 runs xp home alll exe files have turned Lnk Except for mozilla desktop 2 runs xp professional connected to lan but cannot connect to internet tried wireless (I run my own business use bt business hub) using a wireless usb stick....but keeps defaulting to…
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C Drive space decreasing rapidly
Having sorted my last problem, thanks to the help of a few souls on here, I may now have another problem. Internet explorer does not want to work, and I have to go through Firefox all the time, so I cannot link to the upgrades for Windows defender. I seem to be losing space on the C Drive. It has gone from 21 GB available…
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External HD - Mac Format need to get documents off on to Windows
Hi, I have all my documents backed up on an Western Digital Passport external hard drive, I thought I had formatted the passport to work with both windows and Mac. I no longer have a Mac and need to get the documents off but it doesn't let me access the drive through 'My Computer' even though it shows it as an external…
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What lubricant for furniture wheels
Just a quicky - does anyone have a definative answer as to the best lubricant for furniture wheels. Currently considering wd40 or furniture polish. Though if people feel lithium grease, copper grease or even rubber grease I do have these. Obviously the issue is I don't want it getting on the carpet (either during…
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Please Help With My Dissertation About The Internet and Social Networking
Hey, I need your opinions on social networking for my dissertation at university. It will take 5 mins max! Thank you very much :) It won't let me post links, but I have the link on my twitter page : @YolyL Thanks again! :j
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BBC radio live web cam.
Does anyone know how to access the BBC radio web cams so as to actually watch the programme being broadcast? i.e 5Live. I know it can be done as I did it a few months ago, ( and they mention on air about it), but cannot now find how I did it, there does not seem to be a button for "watch live", there is one for the static…
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Antivirus8 removal help
I've been infected with antivirus8 - have looked online and have sen automatic removal tools but I don't know if the sites they are on are OK or not. Can anyone tell me if this downloadable fix is OK? http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-antivirus8.html Or if I should try something else? thanks.
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Avast Help Please
Hi Jusat wondered if anyone has scanned a mobilethrough Avast? or if there are any free [rograms that will scan a moblie? Any advise will be much appreicated. Happu New Year
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Ipod and Itunes
Hi Guys Sorry if I have overlooked a thread for this. I have an Ipod and Itunes and imported a childrens songs CD and added it to a playlist, Is there anyway that I make the Ipod only play the playlist when I tell it to, As I dont all my family round listening to music and then 1 2 3 4 5 once a caught a fish alive pop out…
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fonts small
Hi all,my PC computer sreen fonts are gone small when I open any website pages.Even now that I am typing this thread up the fonts is literally few millimetres,I am finding it so difficult to see. I have clicked on view option and have selected text size at the largest yet it has not made any difference.The font went so…
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Internet/Phone line
This may sound like a really stupid question. I have recently moved into my new home. When i was doing it up i ripped the phone line out the house up to a box which sits on the wall just outside my front door. Is it easy just to connect some new wire to it and put a new box inside my house? Next... How do i go about…
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Installing fonts in Windows7
I have a new laptop and I've downloaded some Christopher Jarman fonts that I've been using for several years with my dyspraxic son. I had no problem with installing them on my old PC which ran on XP - but I can't for the life of me work out what I need to do on my laptop as the instructions provided don't seem to apply and…
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Wishing everyone on Techie forum a Happy New Year!!
Wishing everyone on Techie forum a Happy New Year/ Have a good one folks :beer::beer:
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Xbox 360 & Kinect
Well i came accross an offer i couldn't refuse and took the plungs and purchased a Kinect sensor. I paid £80 for it brand new with Kinect adventures so got a bargain imo First impressions are it's a fantastic piece of kit. My worries with lag issues are gone as i find it extremely responsive when in a motion based game.…
