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Ds ps3 will not connect to internet anymore. Can anyone help please ?
Hi Im not very good with stuff like this. My ds has ps3 and he likes to go online and play against friends. However for about a week now he has not been able to connect at all. Before that it had started to play up quite a bit but he could usually get on after switching router off and on again. We are with sky for internet…
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Home Server
Need some home server advice. Am gigabit networked w/ various laptops, pc's, media centre, and NAS'. Found three 'home servers' that I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with them or can add any suggestions? Thanks 1. Acer Aspire EasyStore Atom 230 1.6 GHz (315 benchmark) 4 bays (6TB max) 2GB RAM 1 x eSATA 1 x…
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Excel formula question
Displaying "increase", "decrease" or "stable" depending on number value If anybody can help me with this I'd be very grateful. What I want to do is basically assign a flag (based on conditional formatting) according to a number value. Sounds simple. I'm looking at birth rates, in 2010 there might be 100. In 2009 there were…
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Printer MP250 out of ink already?
I purchased a couple of refilled ink jets for my canon pixma mp250 a couple months ago. Although I've been ignoring the screen messages re ink running out (as they are refills), recently, the C(olour) indicator has been flashing and everything is coming out red & stripy (which doesn't make sense to me). I've followed…
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bbc.co.uk shows the mobile version....on XP!
When I had the mobile internet on a phone I used to have a problem of getting the main site rather than the slimmed down mobile version, but now I have a netbook running XP Home I have the same problem. Is it because I'm using a mobile broadband dongle?
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Cheaper than One.com
I dont know if this should be posted here. I hosted a website via One.com for the past 2 years. The fee is due NOW for another year and i am to cancel/continue today. I was surprised that they dont do any reduction whatsoever for old customer. It is in the region of 20 pounds. Anyone better? Cheers.
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Windows XP Pro
I have been given a Netbook its a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo D1845 Yep its old and not much HDD 512Mb Ram & Windows XP Home. Well in my wisdom as it was someone elses b4 I thought about wiping it clean I didnt have a Home disk but i had a XP Professional and i inserted it in to the drive and instead of wiping it i chose to…
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Please help me install ubuntu
Hi all Could someone help me install ubuntu on my acer aspire one? Its 2 years old running linux and i have followed advice on here to create a usb with ubuntu. Acer will not boot from the usb, even if set to boot from there it just seems to ignore it. I would like to replace the os or even reset to factory default if…
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Question about virus checkers
Hi I had a email from my sister on my Hotmail Account and it was for Viagra i realised that it was a virus scanning her email and sending messages out to her contacts, But it was to late for me as i had opened the message so now i have a ping pong game going my email sending out messages for viagra to my contacts and then…
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software needed to transfer SMS from LG mobile to pc
Can anyone help please? I need to get software that will allow me to transfer my SMS messages from my LG smartphone to my PC. I've tried downloading LG PC Suite but no matter where I seem o download it from it doesn't work. Can anyone help here? I would prefer free software or low cost.
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microsoft office starter - potential problem?
my new laptop came preloaded with microsoft office starter. I'd like to upgrade to the full home and student version. I ordered what I thought was a disc preloaded with the software and received only a product key. my concern is, were anything ever to happen to the laptop where I need to re-format it, I have no disc from…
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Forget disposible cameras
Anybody thinking of buying a disposable camera for the kids or for going somewhere like on a night out should not bother and instead head down to the charity shop. This for many maybe the best reason for buying (or keeping an existing) film compact is that it is worth very little you can take it out to a dodgy area or out…
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microsoft office
Have got a trial version of ms office which came with a new laptop - really silly question time now - will I have to go out and buy ms office when this trial version ends?
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Please help me choose a new laptop for uni
Hi I'm studying with the Open University and a lot of my coursework is done online. I also do a lot of internet research for a small business I intend to set up. I use my computer mainly for internet/e-mails and sometimes iPlayer. NO need for gaming or film/music downloading. It would be nice to have a fast and lightweight…
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Skype
Hi there, Can anyone offer an answer to my skype problem please ? I ve just downloaded the latest version to my netbook acer aspire one but when i try to have a visual call and type, only one or the other works. I can either see the person and myself but not be able to click onto the type button as it stays orange and…
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speedtest result
my speed is normally around 10mb/s...why is it now down to 2? ...is there anything i can do at my end to speed it back up...
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Best Samsung NC10 replacement battery?
My battery is going to need replacing soon, but am at a lose as to where to buy from. I've looked online and prices vary wildly. I also don't know whether to go for the standard 5200mAh or the newer 7800. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Lx
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Alternative to vm player
Ive downloaded VM player to install vista but it just freezes when trying to install, can anyone recommend an alternative to vm player if it decides to freeze.
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Advent laptop charger - advice needed please.
Hello I need to buy a new laptop charger for my daughters computer. I am really confused as to what I should be buying. It is an Advent Verona (product id 450415). When I look up this model, all the chargers seem to be 20V == 3.5A. However, the charger we have says 20V = 2A. Does this mean that it is not the correct…
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Help needed with AVG message
I need advice please I use mcafee security - earlier tonight i got a message to say it was not running so i reset it. It always runs in the background Just now I was just looking on google when suddenly a different page appeared saying i have 5 threats and that my computer is affected tells me to open…
