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Can you re-charge alkaline batteries?
Can you re-charge alkaline batteries? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcC8BuFj21Q
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Archos 605 wifi wont turn on!!!
Morning all! My Archos 605 wifi wont turn on. Its been left off the charger for a week or so so I guess the battery completely discharged. I left it on the dock overnight and the green light came on on the top of the Archos but the thing will not show any other sign of life. It was a little iffy with battery life even when…
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Pc just retsarts and restarts and restarts
Hi The Pc is an old one and has a XP os to which i dont have any disc's. I can get the Bios screen but dont know what to do with it. My pc will not start up all it does is restart and restart, You get the makers screen then the "choose start windows normally" Then this We aplogize for the inconvenience, but windows did not…
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BT Broadband Username and Passsword: Help Needed
Friend has a BT HomeHub 1 which needs the wireless channel changing. Unfortunately she's changed the router login password and forgotten it... No problem I said, we'll just do a factory reset on it and re-enter your details from scratch-what's your BT Broadband username and password? She's forgotten those too... Trawling…
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VLC Media Player
When I downloaded VLC Media Player, I forgot to untick the "use VLC as your default player" button. I cannot seem to be able to work out how to set it only open .mkv files. Any help?
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My new PC has a fault - what happens to installed and registered software ?
My 2 month old PC has an on/off switch that falls out when it is pressed. This means taking the side off and pushing it back into place. It's an Aldi (Medion) and I have had good experience in the past if I have had a problem with scanner etc from Aldi. I bought Microsoft Word 2010 pro and Windows 7 pro from software for…
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Problem - Generic Host Process for Win32 and other laptop issues
Hello techie people I'm a regular elsewhere on the forum, but a bit clueless on techie stuff. I lent my laptop to my 13 year-old DS last weekend, and now it's not working properly. I get a "generic host process for win32 services has encountered a problem and needs to close" message, can't get windows update to load (I've…
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Present for hubs!
I am thinking about buying the new Xbox and Kinect(?) for my hubs, but as a surprise. I have absolutely no idea what I am buying so can anyone out there advise me on what to ask for, because without your advice I would be a salespersons dream and they could sell me any old tat and I wouldnt be any the wiser. He hasnt got…
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Pc does not recognize Ipod Touch
I know I have done this myself but I cannot undo it. When I plug in my Ipod Touch to my PC running Windows XP (5 years old) it opens a little window asking how to open the device I have just connected. I usually ignore that and Itunes opens fine. It looks like my PC cannot recognise it has an Ipod connected but at least it…
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Help please! computers gone mad.
Hi everyone. Can anyone help? I have turned my computer on and on the start up it comes up with a blue screen and black lines across the screen about 5 of them this is before it goes to where you have to sign in as the user ie: your name or whatever. Can anyone please help. Thanks everyone Nic
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My computer came back to life!
Hi I thought I would ask the excellent techie folk here for their opinion on what happened to my desk top computer. A month ago my mouse stopped working and I changed the batteries (an old mouse) anyway after changing the batteries ,it still wouldn't work. Then my computer gives out this shrieking noise and dies. I take it…
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HTC Wildfire - WiFi Question
I have a Wildfire. It connects without a problem to my home router. I got a message on my phone today telling me there was a software upgrade available but that due to the size of the upgrade, it was advisable that I use a WiFi connection to do it or I might be charged data charges. My question is this; How can I be sure…
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Sanyo 26" flatscreen TV not working
TV as described , model ce26LD90B wont switch on. Blue LED keeps flashing. Not switching on manually or with remote. No mention of this in booklet. ANy help appreciated. About 2 year old.
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How do I report a fradulent website?
The question is in the title! It may be futile but I would fee better if I could do something. My son had foolishly used this website:- http://uk-abercrombies.com which is nothing to do with the genuine company (registered to Mykanos & set up only last May I have discovered on delving), however he thought he was dealing…
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What does this message mean?
I would be very grateful for any help... I've acquired an old desktop computer from work. All old stuff wiped off and so needed to start from scratch. Had an installlation CD which I've put in. Now I need to install drivers. Went onto Dell website from laptop and started to download (one at a time as USB not very big)…
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i have large writing now on laptop ?
i have turned my laptop on nd everything has come up large and i cant seem to make it smaller. could anyone please help with this, have no idea thankyou in advance
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Help, please
Yesterday I put my pc on, windows xp & a blue page came up saying windows wants to check disc, this has never happend before. it said file system NTFS, then CHKDSK is veryfying files & indexes, it went through all this techie stuff, which i did'nt understand, i only just know basic how to use pc, then it said returning to…
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Dell Inspiron 1545 scroll lock problem
Hi everyone I am using Excel on a Dell Inspiron 1545, and it has suddenly started behaving as though scroll lock is on. There is no scroll lock key. I have tried googling it and found various things suggesting combinations of CTRL or ALT and various FN keys that ought to do scroll lock, but I haven't managed to find…
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security
Hi, I have just bought my new Kapersky Internet Security 2011, should I uninstall the old one 2010, before installing the new one. thanks
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Recording via a bluetooth headset
I wanted to if anyone knows if it's possible to record a conversation onto a Nokia phone, 6300, using a bluetooth headset. I am heading into a meeting whereas some wrong may be spoken, and wanted to secretly tape the conversation for security.
