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To micro 4/3 or not to micro 4/3?
Im thinking about buying a new camera as an upgrade from a compact.Im quite used to dslr's but the new 4/3rds cameras are looking very appealing.The model I like is a lot cheaper and lighter than the canon model. So,has anyone used a micro 4/3 camera before and what are there opinions on them?For me they look a lot more…
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Showing Off
After being plagued with occasional bluescreens (maybe once a week or 2) since installing an ATI card, and knowing my C drive was getting a bit full (only 10Gb free out of the 60Gb), and that a lot of that was games and associated junk, I 've known a clean install was on the cards one day soon. Today I completely failed to…
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Yamaha RDX-E700 DVD receiver
Can't playback DVD's all of a sudden(both original and copies). Music CD's play no problem. I get a message on the screen "not played". Can anyone help? :mad:
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new laptop wont let me buy things!!!
good thread to have on MSE!!! but seriously our new laptop wont let us add anything to our basket on any site atall, i even couldnt pay my Next bill online, i have however paid a barclays payment to CC all was ok. i have downloaded a free trial with Trend Micro security, could this be the cause? what happens is when we add…
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Which Dongle?
hi there ' I have a friend who wants a dongle so she can go on internet, but she doesnt want a contract, she has heard you can have a pay as you go dongle. is this right and what is the name of it,? where can you get them from, ? and how do you top up? I have not heard of this but can anyone give me some advice . or has…
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TV has mind of its own?
Im just wondering if anyone can tell me why sometimes my Tv does wierd things :o The TV is a few years old, second hand to me and have used it with Virgin since Ive had it. Ive two remotes, one for the TV and one for the Virgin box - the TV remote doesnt need to ever be used other than for the 'on' button and everything is…
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is there anyway i can lock the controls on my samsung tv
as the above says,i can't find a parental control button,my 2 year old keeps switching the tv off and changing channels,is there anyway i can just work the tv off the remote control and have the buttons on the tv locked? thanks scott
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Do I need to leave PC switched off for while to cool before adding RAM? EDIT DONE IT!
Hi all :D I asked for advice on here previously about adding RAM to my desktop. I have bought the correct one and I'm hoping to do it tonight. Do I need to leave the tower switched off for a while to "cool down"? Or can I just unplug it and do it? Also I have bought a can of compressed air to clean the fan inside should I…
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Virtual storage
Is it possible for me to 1. Set up a free virtual store account 2. Upload films 3. Give my friend in Australia the log in details so he can download and watch them?
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is there an app better or same as lloyds tsb's money manager?
have posted in the accounts section to see people's thoughts but need something to manage money with dates the direct debits fall due etc..thanks in advacne.
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question about facebook
sorry if this post is misplaced. My facebook security/privacy is very high and i constantly try to minimise what personal information i put on it. My question is if i coment on one of my friends status, post or photo can a non friend see it? on privacy setting i have that friends only can see posts by me, status' by me etc…
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CD/DVD Software for NAS
Hi, I have just brought a Netgear NAS mainly for music, videos and DVDs to stream to my devices (Xbox, Wii, PCs). Previously I used WMP to handle the CDs when putting them on the PC hard drive. What is the recommended solution by the experts out there? thanks
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TV Panasonic or Samsung?
Can anyone help me please! Been looking into getting a new tv for ages to replace the dinosaur 20" crt we currently have. We watch sport in general (i.e World Cup, Wimbledon) but not avid sports fans (if you know what i mean). I might connect the wii up to it (currently on seperate tv in another room) I think i've narrowed…
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Seach Engine is Redirecting Me
When I search in google, whatever search results I get, even if I seach in google for MSE I click on the results and it kind of redirects me to different shopping sites, e.g prenno and others. This isn't specific to MSE but anything I search for - even though the address shown in the legit address, it kind of redirects…
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lexmark printer issues...
our lexmark printer x543 seems to go through a lot of cartridges and i am thinking it may be better to get rid of it now as our needs have changed but we just need a cheap and cheerful printer. any tips with cartridges that dont cost the earth either. thanks in advance.
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Internet Explorer 9
I currently run IE8 (and also Firefox) - is it worth upgrading to IE9 yet? Anyone having any issues with IE9 ? Is it any improvement on IE8 ?
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Predictive Text
How do I turn off Predictive Text on a Nokia 5310?
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Clicking back too far !
Technophobe here I'm afraid ! Recently when using my computer it seems that when I click on the back arrow icon, it doesn't go back to the previous page, but goes back two or sometimes three pages. When I click the forward arrow it sometimes goes forward more than one page also. Very annoying when it goes back to the…
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Windows 7 SP1
I have tried 3 times now to install Windows 7 SP1 on my X64 powered beast and it contantly fails - freezing at 8% installed Has anyone had any success ? Is it worth the hassle ?
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Setting up Blackberry - help please
Hi all, Yesterday I bought my DS a Blackberry curve (unlocked). I then went and got the Tesco blackberry sim. The phone is working but we cannot get blackberry messenger to work. We have contacted tesco to get them to activate it and registered on the blackberry website. My DS has tried to add contacts but all it says is…
