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Proper geek needed - 0x490 system file integrity in dual boot
Hiya, This is one only for a seriously clued-up system engineer techie... Vista/Mint dual boot. Vista is a bit suspect, possibly picked up a RK although current scanners say it's clean and it doesn't have major symptoms. Box boots through BIOS checks, into GRUB, but Vista fails to load (get the green catterpillar pseudo…
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Please, please, please HELP me get what I want (Laptop)
After nearly a month of looking for a good laptop deal, waiting for the sales and then thinking I've found what I'm looking for, I'm back to square one. Over the last couple of days I decided to buy the Acer Aspire 5742-i3 from Comet for £380, only to go and collect this morning to find myself doubting the purchase, due to…
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fatal system error
I have a 'fatal system error' as described in the this post https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2700509 Bascially I had a warning on my Avira saying that I had a winlogon.exe threat/virus, a iexplorer.exe threat/virus and one other that I can't remember. I rebooted and started in safe mode, ran a full…
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Saving documents to Office Starter 2010
I have had transferred some word documents from a PC to a disc so that I can save them onto my laptop. I want to open and resave a document with a different title but not sure what I'm doing wrong as it keeps coming up with not responding. I have a feeling I need to change the drop down menu underneath where I put the name…
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How do you use a 3G phone to create wifi?
Following on from earlier queries about the ipad - it was mentioned to use a phone as a wifi hotspot - so I didn't need to buy the 3G ipad. How would I go about doing this - and what kind of prices are 3g phones. I only have an old Nokia on a £10 a month Virgin tarrif.
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HELP!! reformatted laptop by mistake
any help greatly appreciated .... son has an acer laptop that has JUST (typical) run out of warranty. :( For some reason known only to sons that have too much techie stuff he was doing something to link it with his new PS3 (I think thats what he was saying):undecided. Anyway, upshot is he reformatted his laptop hard drive.…
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Chat room software
I had an idea - run for the hills!!!!!!! :) No, seriouslty, i have been using the 'chat with an advisor' link on some web sites where you type in a question and an online advisor (adviser?) types in replies, like a conversation. Now, have any techies out there 1.any knowledge of the software used 2. Any idea how to line up…
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What memory does this laptop need?
Hi Everyone, I have a laptop that is Toshiba Equium L20-192 According to the 256 in there already its PC2 4200s-444.12 but when i checked crucial it states i need Pc2-5300 DDR2 It can hold a max of 2gb (2x1gb) Anywhere i can find out for sure before buying some Thanks (have run CPU-Z but that just gave me the memory in…
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New gaming pc
Im looking for a gaming pc any one recommend any reputable sites ie ive looked at overclockers are they any good, any others out there Thanks.
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Puppy chewed through laptop cable, now it wont switch on!
Hi my pup has just chewed through the cable of my new laptop (it's a Packard Bell) My OH has but a 'block' in the cable to try and fix it, the box half way up the cable now lights up when plugged in, but there is no power getting to the laptop, and it wont switch on! It is fully charged aswell. Please help! :(
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asus-i3-i5-i7
i have just bought an asus K52F laptop with an i3 chip will it be possible in the future to replace the i3 with an i5 or i7 chip ( when the prices come down ) without replacing the rest of the hardware ie. the motherboard etc :cool:
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CrapCleaner deleting saved passwords in Firefox
I have an annoying problem when using the CrapCleaner , prog to remove temporary files. When running the cleaner it removes all of the saved passwords from Firefox, Internet Explorer is ok because there is an option in CrapCleaner to save Internet Explorer files. Is there any way to stop CrapCleaner deleting Firefox…
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htc desire hd update?
Hi, had my hd for nearly a week, today its told me an update is available it's:- 1.75.110.2_r and says it will improve system performance and camera feature enhancements tried to google this update but aint coming up with anything has anyone else had this notification? How do i know it's safe to install? and how can you…
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Telephone lines Broadband history?
Is it possible to see a home phone lines BB history, ie what service was providing BB on that line, at a certain date? And can the BB companies either see the same information, or more detailed information?
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Firefox Form History Problem
Hello all, I use Firefox and Google Autofill for competition entries via the site, thanks martin and all those who post them! I have had no problems at all until I upgraded to Windows 7, now I am very often getting blank form history boxes appearing, I have enclosed screen shot to show whats happening Has anyone got any…
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Want to upgrade acer travel mate 5320 vista op to windows 7 ........cost?
Hi I had to bite the bullet today and restore my acer 5320 back to factory settings windows vista...which as we know is slooow ...lost a lot of progs thinking of upgrading op system to windows 7.....local computer shop has offered to do this for £35.....is this about right...or can I can do it myself....
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Opera 11 -- liking what I see //
Many of you will know how i much i love Firefox ;) Yesterday, on my new and latest netbook I installed Opera 11 and am very impressed. It's super fast, now comes with extensions akin to FF and excellent tab managment facilities. I do still love FF but I've always found it suffers from incremental memory management issues…
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ipod touch app download help!!
Hi, I have been downloading the itunes free '12 days of christmas' apps. At the moment yesterdays seems to be stuck! The icon has a quarter of the blue line and it says loading. It's been like this for ages. I don't really need the app anyway, just thought I'd download it for my daughter to play on so I just want to…
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unlocking code for Toshiba RDXV60
Can anyone help with the hacking code for this machine? -PLEASE:(
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Mobile broadband and Skype
Anyone able to recommend a provider of mobile broadband that you can also use Skype with? I currently use T Mobile, but have been told that the ports that Skype uses are blocked on all but Web N Walk Max, a package that no longer seems to exist :)
