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Wii won't read discs
My kids were playing on their Wii, and then it complained it couldn't read the disc. We tried another game but it won't read that either. It looks like it might be the drive that's gone. It's at least a couple of years old now. Does anybody know if this is a common thing, and is it an easy DIY repair/replacement? Thanks…
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how to put a utube clip in a presentation
Hi there wonder of anyone can help me out with some info?? I'm doing a powerpoint presentation for uni and need to put a utube clip in it but can't work out how to do it. Is it easy and can anyone please help me?
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Sound and external hard drive "disappeared"
Hi. Hoping someone can help. Two weeks ago I noticed that my external hard drive, on which I store photos and some other files, had disappeared from my computer. Can't see it on My Computer. I've no idea why it disappeared. The computer desk is hard to move (I'm slightly disabled) and so I thought I'd wait for someone to…
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wireless adapter problem
hello i have recently setup a new netgear wireless n router (DIR-615), the problem im having is trying to connect my Linksys Wireless-G (WUSB54GS) usb adapter on my PC, i can connect both my laptops to router fine, and the adapter was working fine till change of router, i can pick up other networks but not mine so im…
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Humax 9300T Help please?
I have a Humax 9300T which I'm happy with. I don't understand one thing though. Whenever I am recording two channels simultaneously there are very few other channels I can actually watch. I get a greyed out screen with the message THIS CHANNEL IS RESTRICTED BY RECORDING. I can't find any reference to this in the user…
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Bloatware on new laptop
Just bought a new Acer and on start up, I noted loads of additional software that are not strictly speaking essential. The probelm is that I dont necessarily know what most of these programs do and whether I will ever need them. What is the best way to optimise the performance of the laptop, while keeping the software in…
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WD My Passport portable hard drive not recognised
Hi, I have a WD 250GB portable harddrive which I bought last October from play.com. It's been working fine until now and I have a lot of photos, videos and work stuff on there. However, since this morning it has not been recognised by Windows so I am unable to access any of the files. :mad: I have tried it on 3 different…
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Window Liv Hotmail problems
ASnyone else having trouble getting into Hotmail? It says they're having technical difficulties, is it general or my computer?
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Best free website content management system
Hi Setting up a new website for a charity I work for, but with little / no budget. We curretly use an outdated version on Joomla - I like it, but what other free CMS are out there that I could utilise for this? Looking for more than a basic freebie website - have got hosting and a domain set up for the old site which I…
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Advice on Kodak Printers
We are interested in buying a kodak printer as the adverts say that the printing ink is very good value. We only print e-mails and stuff but we do like to print anything it seems. We don't do a lot of printing of phots but we may start, I'm not sure. We currently use a Dell Printer 810 which we are getting rid of as the…
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Odd antivirus software problem
Hi, I have a 2 year old Acer Aspire 2920z running Windows Vista which has started acting up this weekend. It crashed when I was using it on Saturday so I just switched it off and on again, but ever since it's been shutting itself down after presenting me with a blue screen with a lot of white writing about doing a crash…
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Laptop, which would you buy?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HP-G72-110SA-17-3-Home-Computing-Laptop-/110646124025?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item19c305ddf9 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Packard-Bell-LJ71-RB-019UK-17-3-Home-Computing-laptop-/120681869024?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item1c19332ee0 As it says in the title, which would you buy? Thanks for any…
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Frequent error on Dell Dimension E521
We have a dell dimension E521 which has been behaving very oddly the last 3 months. It just stops working - I mean that its just a blank monitor when you switch it on but electricity is still there. The hard drive casing flashes 3, 4 all the time. It did the same twice in a few years about 2 years ago and I took it to a…
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AVAST pop ups. How to get rid.
I believe someone else has asked about this and have gone back about ten pages trying to find it but no luck. Every time I boot up there is a red pop up from Avast warning me that my free version has expired. I click it to get rid of it and then an almost full page red warning appears. That too goes away after one click.…
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Mobile comms solution
I want to be footloose and still able to use all the techie stuff on the move - telephone VOIP interweb satnav ebooks streamed TV iplayer and the like on one device that is small enough to use as a phone and large enough to watch video all on a tarriff that wont break the bank based on 3G or sattellite technology so that I…
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Lost my CD/DVD Drive-Windows 7
I use Windows 7 and regularly play dvds on my pc. Today I was no longer able to do this and when investigating further it appears that there is no cd/dvd drive on my computer anymore. Where has it gone and how do I get it back? Thanks
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Brand new laptop won't install free security
I've just bought an HP G56 laptop, Window7 Home Premium. On the old and battered lappy, I have downloaded the set up programs for the following free items: Norton removal tool (it had norton set up icons) AVG Sunbelt Kerio Superantistpyware Malwarebytes Then 1)I have removed norton although a "Norton Online" is still…
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Arrrgh Windows Media Player
Hi Could someone help please. I cannot get songs into winows media player. When I right clikc and add to WPM the songs do not go into the libary they dont appear to be anywhere. If I click the option for WMP to search the folders it finds over 400 songs but only puts 27 of them into the libary. They are all in mp4 format…
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Motorola Atrix review
http://ces2011.techradar.com/2011/01/hands-on-motorola-atrix-review-2/ I want one.
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New PC advice please
HI WE are a family of 6 4 children ages 16 - 4 years the pc will be for school work and playing online games such as; downloads from here…
