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Va Va Voom this mofo!!!
Tick Tick, Booooooooooooooooooooom! http://speedtest.net/result/1339382324.png http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/24/benjxg.jpg/
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sudden general slowness of laptop
I have scanned with Uniblue Registry Booster, advanced system optimizer, dine an defrag, deleted browsing history etc etc but still my laptop is slow all of a sudden. Any suggestions please? :o
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Sky Multiroom
Hi all One of my neighbours has managed to get Sky multiroom free for a short while and it should be up and running this week. Now for the question, when the multiroom freebie does end, is it possible to still run the two boxes with two separate cards in them without paying Sky the multiroom fee? If so, how would they do…
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Processor upgrade (is it worth doing)
I've been asked to look into the possibility of upgrading the CPU on my mothers PC as she isn't happy with the speed of it when using the internet. I've "played" with computers plenty of times, but just things like upping the RAM and replacing the HDD, so I would like a bit of advice about this. The computer is about 3…
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Posting new thread on forum
I have had to set up an new account to be able to post this thread. On my usual account I get the following. Please can somebody assist? you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:* Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to…
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Recording from BBC iPlayer
My daughter who lives in Oz has just asked me to record an episode of "empty houses" as the latest programme featured her house (now sold thank goodness). I can watch it on iPlayer and have downloaded it to my desktop but both scenarios seem to limit you to 7 days viewing. Is there any way I can capture it to DVD/CD from…
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Deleted a file by mistake: how do I recover it please?
Hi there I mistakenly deleted some files last Monday. They're not in my 'bin'. Is there anyway I can recover them please? I thought I'd backed up, but keep getting an error message that back up failed. Thanks.
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Spam - how does it work.
I'm not talking about 'you've won the Nigerian lottery' emails, even though they're hilarious too... but mostly referring to the nonsense 'jbljbgsdjgcialis spamvirus.com' emails that get filtered straight to junk mail. How do spammers make money off them? I read somewhere that spam is a multimillion dollar industry, but…
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Homeplugs
Hi Before I start - I’m apologising for being thick as i dont really understand homeplugs :D I have an old netgear dg834pn router that I’ve found out does not support bridging/repeaters. Does anyone know if I can still use homplugs with it? Its a old router, but I’d like to keep it as the kids haven’t killed it yet :beer:…
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Microsoft Office or OpenOffice?
Require something for writing reports etc etc. I take it microsoft works/office is not free. Do they still offer discount for students? On the microsoft website the office software is an eye watering £100+ I know openoffice software is free. Is it compatible with microsoft? If my neice writes a report on openoffice will…
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McAfee messing up my firewall. Please help!
Dearest and loveliest of all MSers: Tech peeps! ;) Sorry to clog up your boards once again, but I am having some serious issues with McAfee Internet Security. I bought it a few days ago, and ever since I installed it on my laptop (not this one!), I can't get on the internet. I'm sure the problem is something to do with the…
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Can't update software for Olympus VN-480PC voice recorder: please help!
Hi Tech peeps! Yes, I'm back again Thanks for all your previous help, but I have one more thing to ask (I doubt it will be the last! :D ). I have an Olympus VN-480PC little dictaphone thingy. I bought it about 4 years ago, so it's not all that old, but with Windows updating as often as it does etc., the CD of software sent…
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Desktop icons not working- cant log in??
HELP PLEASE!!! My desktop icons have just stopped working I click them and nothing happens, I click start - all programs and click on chrome, ie or any program and nothing happens . I did a system restore yesterday and the icons didnt come up at all after it so I did ctr alt del - files - explorer.exe, but now they arent…
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Video Files.
Hello Just copied a few video files from my HTC to my laptop. When I play the video files on the laptop, only pictures can be viewed but no sound!!. Both picture and sound is clear while viewing it on HTC. The volume is set on high too. Please help...
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Avast Preventing Internet Browsing
I've used Avast for years without problem. The other day I was prompted to download the updated version. I checked it out and it was fine. So I downloaded it. I've now found that Avast actually prevents me from using any internet browser (IE, Firefox, Chrome). I get messages like 'IE cannot display this page' on all…
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Kindle on netbook??
Hubby was going to buy me a Kindle for my birthday. Looked at one and don't fancy one. Guy in PCWorld suggested we can download the Kindle software and use a netbook in a similar way?? Just recently bought a new netbook via the CPW half-price sale mainly for holidays and if it could be used as above it would not make sense…
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What is this message?
Hi I couldnt get on wireless earlier so went on sky trouble shooting which told me to go to tools,internet options,connections, LAN settings and untick any boxes. Automatically detect settings was ticked so I unticked it. Now when I open up internet explorer I get this message: A program on your computer has corrupted your…
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Facebook Question
Hi All, Is it possible to send a private message to all my friends on Facebook at the same time and if so how is this done? Thanks in advance.
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Read my HIJACK log Please.... HELP!!!
My Laptop crashed recently and i had to re-install everything from scratch which i thought would be ok and i've previously done this and had no problems. However now whenever the laptop isnt shut down properly (via start button) it crashes again when i go to turn it on, i just get the blank screen and have to re inatll…
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BT Yahoo Mail Accounts £1.50 a month?
Hi Does anyone have any recent experience of moving away from BT's broadband service and what happens with your BT Internet mail account? I've had the same BT Internet mail account since 1996. When I moved away from BT last time (2005), after a few weeks they sent me a mail stating that I had to pay £1.50 a month to retain…
