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buying a big screen TV--advice please
İ have finally been offered a half decent selection of 40/42 inch tvs for what i consider a reasonable price!--i live in Turkey where things are very different from the uk when it comes to products available. There were 2 units that i am considering --1 is a phillips and the other a toshiba and they are roughly the same…
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DABS Clearance
Hi, I was thinking of purchasing a clearance/b-grade netbook from DABS. Anyway, can anyone tell me if I should beware making such a purchase or if I'll potentially find a bargain? Thx.
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Desktop PC not starting up
Hi there, My desktop pc has frozen a few times over the last day or so - couldn't start the task manager each time. This morning it froze, so started up again and it said wondows hadn't started properly so it was going to repair it - this took a while, then it froze again on a blank screen. Since then, if I turn it on, the…
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Disk Space
I have an Acer Aspire 7520 which is a pretty basic laptop but I'm a fairly basic user... I have started to get regular messages telling me I am low on disk space but short of buying a new laptop what are my best options? I like to store music and photos as well as a few kids games. I wondered if it would be as simple as…
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Laptop Screen Problem
My sis had a Toshiba laptop. Brought it round an hour or so ago with what first looked to be a duff backlight, but probably something a bit different. I know some of you guys repair lappies, so, rather than jumping in with both feet I thought I'd better ask. Symptoms Power on the laptop, screen illuminates, "Toshiba" logo…
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X box 360 repair?
Now I am retired I seem to spend a lot of time fixing things! Grandson has an Xbox 360 with a faulty disc reader, cleaned it but still it does not load the games. Is it worth buying another reader, they seem expensive? Perhaps I could buy a broken Xbox with the "ring of death" on Ebay, they seem quite cheap? Or does anyone…
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Ipod Touch help!
My son has an Ipod Touch. Despite me telling him not to he has entered a security code on it!! Now, surprise, surprise he has forgotten the code and cannot get access to his Ipod.:mad: Is there any way around this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Xmas netbook deals?
Hi, I'll be looking to purchase a netbook over Xmas/New Year but before the VAT increase. Just wondered if anyone had any experience of last year's Xmas/New Year sales that yielded a bargain. I'll be looking at the usual suspects: PC World, Currys, Dabs. Not sure about Amazon as I never seem to find any good bargains there…
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Android Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot + Kindle Wireless = Kindle 3G?
I can set my android phone as a wireless hotspot so devices can connect to it and use the 3G internet connection. Has anyone tried this with a Kindle wireless?
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Is it too late to back up itunes?
er feel a bit silly here - please be kind my pc has my itunes account installed and it is synced with my ipod. the pc stopped working and is going in for repair and i think they will restore to original condition - losing all my data. the itunes library is of most concern to me. is there any way of backing up the library…
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Is it me or has facebook been hit by the hackers?
Just got an error something about secure server when trying to log in just now :( Anyone any news? Nap time and too scared of the conspiracy to put the radio on E
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Help with iPod touch, BBC iplayer and iOS 4 please!
Hello, I have an iPod touch - I think it is the 1st gen (I got it in 2007 and it is an 8GB one). I have been using it to watch BBC iplayer and it works well. However, yesterday I connected my iPod to the computer to sync (hadn't done this for a while). Later on when I went to watch BBC iplayer via the iPod I got a message…
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AVG causing error reports after uninstall?
Please can anybody give me some advice on how to remove AVG completely? I have been using AVG for years, but recently updated to the 2011 free version. All seemed well at first, but then it stopped updating the anti-virus conponent. Every time I tried to update, I got a 'failed' message. After searching this forum, I…
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TV reception query.
Had a new aerial socket installed in our bedroom so we now have two aerial sockets running off our external aerial. Downstairs TV works fine. Bought a new TV for bedroom, freeview built in but it keeps saying no signal, have tried a signal booster to no effect, the best I have managed by tweaking the aerial lead is to get…
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İs 2mb enough for home pc?
İ am looking for a cheapy home pc that has enough 'power' to do basic stuff and deal with my wife's need to do some of her work at home(she is a school teacher and does prep with some art etc -is 2mb enough?- Also-i live in Turkey where imported computers are overpriced-does anyone know about casper or exper computers…
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help with mp3 player pls....
Hi, I'm having some trouble with an mp3 player I just bought - don't know if anyone has any ideas.. basically, everything's fine (music is on there, it switches on, so I guess the battery's loaded up). The problem is that when it's not connected to the computer and is switched off, it won't switch on again. I've already…
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idea for a "build a pc" thread?
Hi all, I'm an IT technician of 20 years experience, In the past I built pc's, but in recent years I dont (or wont!). My work now has taken me away from that. In the last couple of weeks a friend came to me and asked me to build him a replacement box, I DIDNT HAVE A CLUE WHERE TO START! Most of my work invloves business,…
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Opinions regarding graphics card?
Hi, I built my PC around a year ago and was wondering if it was worth purchasing a dedicated graphics card rather than the onboard graphics. It only struggles on high settings but I would like to run it that way if possible. I have used speccy and saved it as a text file and the results are below. Sorry about it being so…
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Laptop help please?
Can anyone tell me if this is any good please? http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Laptops/buy...-Laptop/676942 Whats the difference between intel celeron dual core & intel pentium dual core? TIA
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USB graphics card
I think the graphiics card has gone on my laptop, keeps crashing on a BSOD. But all virus checked and all OK. Seems to happen why something is happening on the screen (flicking from webpage to webpage or waiting for something to download). On the BSOD it says hardware failure. I was wondering if there is such a thing as a…
