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Pc Component fault or virus ?
Hi I'm hoping someone can help me. My PC seems to be taking longer and longer to turn on. When I turn the electricity on at the wall plug a small green light at the back flashes on and off. Once the green light is constantly on I can press the button on the front of the computer and it will power up and everything will…
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Connecting Win7 and Vista PC's on a Network
Hi Folks, I have googled loads, tried loads but I cannot get them to work together. The Vista PC can ping the Win7 one. They are both on same Workgroup MSHOME (not Homegroup thing). Changed encryption to 128-bit. Has anybod got this working please? It is supposed to work. Am I left paying £100 to buy a 3 user licence Win7…
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc - Video and Audio out of SYNC
Hi everyone, I bought a Sony Ericsson Arc in April with mobiles.co.uk having researched the phone and read nothing but good things about it. All was going well until recently.when I used the cameras HD video recording function. After recording a video in HD the audio and picture are out of sync with each other. I've…
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Sound from Playstation/Stereo to Laptop.
Could anybody tell me how to go about getting the sound from my Playstation 2 (via stereo or direct) to my laptop. I found my old Music 2000 game and want to transfer the songs I made and burn them to a CD or make them in to MP3's. Is there a way of doing this, and is there a programme that will turn the sound in to a…
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Help with TV/satellite 'outputs' ie PAL, composite, RGB???
Can anyone tell me how to find out whether the HD Freesat+ box I have is PAL, CVPAL, composite, S Video or RGB? I've read the manual but it's not mentioned :o I want to set up a wireless video sender (Digisender plug n go DX1000) but have read this: "The output from the Sky box, FTA box, DVD player or whatever other source…
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Tv aerial problem
Ok... heres my problem! When we moved here 6 years ago we had some sort of 6 way tv booster (transmitter?) box fitted in the attic. Having Sky tv fitted we never bothered using our own aerial. Upstairs we have a tv with a freeview box in my daughters room and that works fine. We have just bought a tv with freeview for the…
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Sony Ericsson Bluetooth Headset
Bit of a stab in the dark really but just wondering if anyone knows the model number of this bluetooth headset? http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b346/HStockill/Nelski/?action=view¤t=2011-05-21131945.jpg I already have another version and got this as a spare on ebay - very cheap but currently useless as the charger…
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Problem Logging in to Hotmail Account
Hi, I am unable to login to my hotmail account today. When I try, I get the following message: "The connection was interrupted. The connection to dub101.mail.live.com was interrupted while the page was loading." Is it just me or is someone else also experiencing the same? Anyone know what may be causing this? Thanks
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Favourite browser
The fox for me, is chrome any good?
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Music into Media centre
hi, i thought i had already asked this - however i have searched for the thread and no joy.... i have recently had my pc sorted by the local computer shop, and they backed up all of my music... however although i can go to the music files and play one song at a time i have yet to figure out how to get all of my music into…
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Games won't install.
I downloaded the free games from Dixons onto my laptop, they are showing in my downloads, but they won't install. What have I done wrong? :o
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keeping in touch overseas help
hiya, i know there are things like Skype & MSN that can allow you to keep in touch with family/friends abroad. But I am not that clued up :oon what the best way is, and also any further equipment that we will need? it my dh who's going to be working abroad, we have a laptop, and i think he will look into getting a netbook…
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PC Battery Life
Hi I bought a Acer Aspire Laptop in Aug 2010 from, Pc world. The battery is now not fully charging up above 50%. I have taken back to the store where purchased and they are telling me that the warranty is only 6 months on the battery???? WHAT? I have never heard of this before and I am really not happy about it,…
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Get i player
Can anyone post a link where i can get the latest version of get i player. Thanks
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Kindle v Sony E-reader - do either work with Linnux
Which is better the Sony E-reader or the Kindle ? and are either supported by the Linux Operating system or by using Windows on a virtual machine ? I really can't make up my mind about them. I love my books and can't see that a piece of technology can ever replace the smell/feel etc of a real book. I tried a sony e-reader…
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Hp pro book 4525 s insurance replacement
My Insurance company have offered me a HP PRO BOOK 4525 S as a replacement for damaged laptop which was a Toshiba Satalite Pro, does anyone know if these are good the spec is:-* Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) * AMD Phenom II Triple-Core P860 Mobile Processor * 4GB Memory * 320GB SATA Hard Disk Drive * Wireless, Webcam &…
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Message on computer
Hello All My frined has asked me to ask on here about a message she has on her computer saying that "mozilla firefox is infected with trojans and she needs to install win 7" at a cost of 59.99 to fix the problem. I have told her this is probably a scam but how does she get rid on the message? I tried to look for a similar…
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Asus laptop - can't burn recovery discs
Hi - hope you can help. I am not a techie at all and have just bought an Asus K52f. I have tried to make the receovery dvd's for the laptop and can't get past disc 2. It burns but won't complete when being checked. It's happened 4 times at varying times in the process (from 34-70%) Disc 1 has worked with no trouble. I've…
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Flashing adverts with Internet Explorer 9
I recently accepted an offer to upgrade to Internet Explorer 9 but since then I have been plagued with adverts popping up everywhere on my hotmail account, for example they flash up randomly on the left hand side of the screen and briefly obscure the folders list. Is there some way I can stop these adverts popping up,…
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Is this laptop any good?
I'm looking for a new laptop for my mother in law and saw this one at Argos. http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500002701&langId=-1&searchTerms=5085257 I've usually bought Dell ones but this looked like a good price for what you're getting (an Intel i5 processor). Do you think…
