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is this right?
I called an engineer as i couldnt connect to the internet. They said no call out charge. When they came they were only here 2 minutes it turns out it was a problem with orange not with my computer and they told me to contact them. I did and its now sorted so they were correct however they charged me £35 which im not happy…
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Which of these i5 Toshiba Laptops are better spec?
Hello I've saw 3 laptops and I'm undecided which one to go for and wondering which is the better spec? I just need to decide the screen size and I want a non glossy finish and an i5 processor for faster performance. Any advice much welcome and I'm a great Toshiba fan :)…
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Excel formula
I am trying to make a table that calculates profit but want to use a rule that it only does this if one column says win eg bet £x win £y accumulative total would be z or bet £x lose £y accumulative total would be z Can anyone help?
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Home cinema upgrade
Hi guys I'm looking to upgrade my current av receiver, an onkyo txsr 307 to a pioneer vsx520av. The reason for the upgrade is the onkyo amp I currently own isn't HD audio capable and also it only allows video to go through the hdmi and not audio. So for sound I use an optical cable from my ps3 which I can still get dts or…
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Faulty NVIDIA GPUs being replaced in the US
Feb 2007: I bought a Dell M1710 laptop with an NVIDIA 7950 GTX graphics card. ~June 2010: Graphics card in my laptop dies. I search online, see it's a common problem but the only option is to buy a new card, which is rather expensive. So instead, I buy a new PC. Jan 2011: I read this article on Engadget. NVIDIA has to…
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Survey/consultation Websites
Hi My company asked me to find out good survey websites (free or cheap) that have the following features: · ability to upload and download documents related to surveys · ability to set open/close ended questions · ability to set number of respondents/open to everyone Do you know any providers that have the ability to cater…
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How to record gameplay from ps3
Hi there, I've been trying to get a device for my son to record and edit gameplay from his playstation 3. He wants to use some of his gameplay footage for a school ICT project as well. A friend of his has a Hauppauge pvr that he uses but they are very expensive. it's his birthday soon but I'm on a tight budget. Can anyone…
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Backup Mobile
My current Nokia's microphone has packed in and I need a cheap Nokia to cover me until I get my upgrade. I am on Vofafone. My question is; can I buy a cheap Nokia phone (payg) that comes with top up (normally £10) and give the top up to someone who uses payg or is it tied to the phone you buy?
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Parental controls on windows 7
DS 14 had a new laptop for xmas running windows 7. DH sorted anti-virus and security and thouht all was fine. DS is the only user. In have been checking what he has been up to weekly on the web. all was fine until last week and I now find he has been dowloading !!!!!!:eek:. It is the same site each time and the stuff is…
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Solved
I think my hard drive is on its way out. Its making a funny clicking/spinning? noise, and I've had trouble booting my pc up this past week. I have an external 1tb seagate drive connected via USB, which I have just cloned my entire C disk too. Was using just for backup before, but believe this is now best in case of hard…
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Office 2010 - Setting up Out Of Office when not on an exchange
Hi all. How can you set up for Office 2010 to respond to incoming emails with an "out of office" message when I work from home and not part of any exchange? Thanks in advance.
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windows movie maker
Can someone help please not very techie minded, for the very first time I'm trying to put my holiday video onto DVD, now I have managed to edit what I wanted to do, and now I'm trying to copy to DVD, it copies the files then just before it burns to DVD it comes up as unknown error has occurred ? I have changed the DVD'S…
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Where are some options on IE8 as they are greyed out
As the title. On my frineds PC (XP with IE8). He likes to send friends emails with web sites links. So used to go to file - send - link by email, But the option is greyed out as well as the option to send page by email. Help would be good?
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Blog domain name
Hi all, have recently started a blog on blogspot, and I would like to buy a domain name for it (.com). Any suggestions for a good registration site? Also given my blog would be hosted on blogspot, would I need to pay any fees to the registration/hosting company other than the initial purchase of the domain name? Many…
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New router or homeplugs?
Which is better for me to connect my ps3 and xbox 360 to the internet. I'm going to either buy a new wireless n router or some 200mbps homeplugs. I already have two 85mbps homeplugs would these slow down the new ones if i got them? Thanks in advance.
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Samsung GT-S5600
I was wondering if any of you good people might know how to turn off the speaker phone feature on the GT-S5600. Its a bit embarrassing having the world and his dog having to listen to my conversations because I can't turn it off. I have read the manual, suffice it to say it is not very forthcoming with an answer Many…
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Dell Inspiron 1525 with "Blue Screen"
Hi I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 which is nearly 3 years old. My daughter borowed it and it now has a "Blue Screen" It is runnning on Vista I have been looking for answers but as l am a total idiot regarding technology a lot of what l have read is completely going over my head. When l try and boot the laptop it comes up with…
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cheapest kindle
UPDATE: For the latest full rundown of all Deals go to Cheap Kindles - full best-buys, codes and discounts Back to the original post..... The cheapest way Ive found of buying a kindle would be from currys, reserve & collect at £111, but with top cashback of 3.03%. Can anyone beat this?
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Shrinking browser.
Whilst onto a local, supposedly reputable, site I clicked to view a page and my browser shrank to the size of a postage stamp. MB, Avira and Supwrantispyware showed clear. The same thing occured to the OH's laptop as well. No harm has been done but any ideas of the cause and what to do to prevent it occuring again. Both on…
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Email Virus Maybe
Hi I have a Sister who is even worse on the computer than i am and thats saying something. I went to check my email and there was a message from her email address but it was not from her if you know what i mean, so i am assuming that she has a virus in her hotmail so i phoned my other sister and asked her to check her…
