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Copying files but stuck on 0% remaining?
Long story but ....I am copying files from one portable hard drive to another, in order to give me a blank portable hard drive that I can use to make an image of my internal hard drive before replacing it. There were loads of files to copy, so it has taken 2.5 hours, but has now stuck on 0 secs remaining! If I click on…
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Help please re LNB out
Hi. Ive got a Humax hd pvr in one room successfully cabled to a tv. On the rear of the Humax in addition to two LNB in ports there is an additional port marked LNB out. I've read the Humax manual and I've nearly got me head round it, regarding the LNB out. Questions are, can I run a cable from the Humax LNB out to another…
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Anyone with a Panasonic TZ8 camera suggest a case?
As the title suggests can any recommend a case for my new Panasonic Lumix TZ8 been looking around but its a bit of a minefield, doesn't have to fit much more than the camera and battery. Thanks
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Lap top needing attention
Please can anyone advise I had a HP lap top and then suddenly 6 weeks ago it started switching itself off and wont load up windows. I have no idea what is wrong, as i did not want to spend money on it decided to buy a new one. Now the old one is at home here and I dont want to spend any money on it however it may only be…
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Hotmail Outgoing mail problem
Anyone else having replying to emails via Hotmail today. Any email I reply to, even test ones I've sent myself from a "safe" account keep falling foul of their outgoing junk email filter.
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Windows root system32 hal.dll missing or corrupt
PC had a new power supply fan fitted by shop where pc was brought from - this was done Thursday and pc been working fine since.... untils this morning! The following files are missing/corrupt <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll So I set the pc to boot from cd so I could try and repair from the windows disk I have.... Welcome…
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Reformatted computer - no internet
Hope someone can help me with this. I have just reformatted my desktop as it was running really slowly. The reboot seemed to have gone Ok and I started to re-install the programmes which were previously on. However when I tried to go on the internet it wouldn't connect. I have had a quick look round the net and checked my…
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TV aerial point
i have had an extra aerial point so i can have a TV in the bedroom. instead of taking the connection from the aerial on the roof. he has split the cable that comes into my lounge, which has an amplifier on it as i live in the dip of a hill, taken it outside and into the bedroom. so if i want to watch the TV upstairs, i…
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[SOLVED] Problems changing US Keyboard to UK keyboard in XP
Morning all :) We bought our 9 year old a netpad for christmas so far she has just been fiddling around the internet but today I decided to set her up a gmail address so she could email cousins overseas. Whilst doing this I noticed the @ key actually gives you an input of " so realised when the netbook was installed the…
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which disk ?
Got daughter a netbook for christmas and she wants a disk drive for it but don't have a clue which one to buy it's for a del 10" netbook tia
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Avira Guard
Hi, I have Windows 7 and Avira on my laptop. I often transfer files from my PC using a flashdrive. Please advise how do I turn off the Avira Guard which is preventing autorun? Many Thanks, Bob.
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Windows Recovery (HP) to a smaller drive?
Hi guys, Wonder if you can help. I want to replace a 320Gb laptop drive with a smaller SSD drive. Someone who had done this with my laptop made a comment. They said that a Windows reinstallation using disks created from Windows recovery wasn't possible if the new drive was smaller. Is this true? Am I better off ghosting…
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replacement power supply unit
I have a whirring noise from my power supply unit when computer is running. Not sure if it is the fan on the bottom of the unit or whether to replace the whole unit, but not sure of a suitable replacement. Can any give me a link to a cheapish one. I have AMD Athlon 64 processor 3700+ 2020 GHz with 3gb ram but i remember…
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blue screen
Hi I bought a new vaio laptop last month and several things are starting to happen...i can't see some tabs on facebook....i keep hearing a 'twanging' sound from the computer...and i keep getting a blue screen...see text below not a good start to my new computer...anyone know the causes of bluescreen? Thank you. Problem…
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Sky and telephone connection query
I have Sky+ in two rooms (multi room) package just fitted. Installer says i need both boxes to be connected to telephone line. He fitted the new HD box to the telephone line, But i told him i tend to keep our first sky+ box disconnected from phone. He said it should be connected otherwise Sky will add extra charges to our…
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Dongle for TV
In the Daily Express (8th Jan), they were advertising a dongle for about £45 which would allow connection to worldwide television channels (and radio). Does anyone know about such things and are they of any use?
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Can you get bigger than an Octo lnb?
Got 4 boxes (2 cables each), if I wanted a box in another room am I now looking at a second dish? Or are there larger lnb's to be had?
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getting Microsoft Office for the student price.
Hi, Got a new laptop for Xmas with my Mr. T tokens - very pleased with myself until I realised that the only word processing that it's got is Notepad. The documents that are on my old laptop, that I'm hoping to transfer (not that I know how to ) were done using Word. To try to access these documents, I am considering…
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Audible email alerts
Help needed please. How can I receive audible email alerts for Windows Live? Do I set this up via general computer settings or through Windows live? Googling produces no clear directions. Thankyou for any suggestions. ################ ? via windows live gives this link:…
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Which camcorder under £250ish thanks
Any advice please - going to Australia for 3+ weeks for sons wedding, also some beach/snorkelling/off road fun. We want camcorder, including zoom, budget about £200 - £250. I understand the type that use memory cards, only store about 2 hours of film, and that replacement cards are £49 each (been in local Jessops). Hubbie…
