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Help with accessing web sites please
Hi, Would be really grateful if anyone can help. Have got a new laptop running Windows 7 and am not able to access certain web sites. Get the message that the session has timed out when It's only been a matter of seconds. Other sites like Spotify or the iTunes store, say that there is no internet connection when there is.…
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PCMCIA card on LTD TV
Hi, I just bought a LCD TV and it has insert for an PCMCIA card. Any idea what this PCMCIA is used for on tv? Thanks MS
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Money management software for charity
I've just taken over as treasurer for a small charity. The current software used is Quicken but this won't run on my Windows 7 computer. I'm looking for an accounts package that will incorporate basic sales and expenses. We don't currently employ anyone but I don't want to rule out the possibility in the future. I'd also…
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faulty card reader.
Hi Everyone I have a heon card reader a in 1 usb 2.0 high speed. It worked last time we used it , I tried to install it yesterday updated the software. It shows up on my computer as a d drive and then various other drives. but then crashes, when I up in the memory card. All the lights come on it. The firewall says it is on…
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9 Beeps on startup
Hi guys, my computer decided not to work today and when its power up it makes 2 very quick beeps ( 2 beeps in 1/2 a second) followed by 9 beeps with nothing being displayed on the computer screen etc but does not power down until i press either the reset button or power button. I have tried clearing CMOS using the jumbers,…
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Building a PC for Folding / Gaming and Media PC
Getting sick of having so many pieces of junk lying around I'm debating about building a new PC that I can use for almost all tasks I wanna do Main subjects will be * Gaming (just general CoD, BC2, etc) * Folding (F@H) * Media Centre (storage and watching movies) Anyone got any suggestions for cases? Currently I'm looking…
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IE8 not connecting to broadband
Hello, hope someone can help me please. I have had IE6 but downloaded IE8 this morning. Download went well but I could not connect to my broadband. My email would not connect either. Uninstalled IE8 and back to IE6 and everything was back to normal! Is there something I should have done to make IE8 connect to my broadband.…
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Wikipedia Infoboxes
Hi All, I have used a blank template on wikipedia to setup an "Infobox" and I have adjusted the words to suit the subject, however how can I include an image and adjust the size of the font used for the heading? Thanks in advance.
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to smeg or not to smeg
I am looking to buy a dual fuel (lpg) cooker and think the smeg (SUK62MBL5) looks the best and most energy efficient in my price range but reviews are wildly mixed regarding this company's reliability. Any experience of smeg cookers greatly appreciated or good alternatives... I have an aversion to plastic knobs (no…
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HELP windows live messenger
I been having trouble with windows live messenger ; like not saving my log in details my pic profile keeps dissapearing and all sorts of things I looked in the help forum on windows so done what they suggested have uninstalled .re installed they said maybe there was a bad registry so i used revo uninstaller now i cannot…
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Excel IF Statement
Hi all; I'm trying to write an IF Statement for a spreadsheet I'm setting up. The sheet is made up of many lines of data. Each line has a series of single numbers (0-9). I want to know how many of each there is without having to go through each one. Can anyone help??
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Acer laptop help
Help My acer travelmate 4200 will run OK for so long then grind to a halt sometimes when I 1st turn it on it will run for about 2/3 minutes and then really slow down and almost stop turn off and on and then it does the same again, sometimes you can use it for 20 mins really confused, gratefull for any help although i am…
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Looking for a 13-14" Laptop
Following on from my other thread (here).. I thought I would create a new thread, so that it can be directed at 13-14" only. Hope thats not a problem, if so then kindly merge the threads :) Usage: email, web browsing, photos, videos, youtube, movies, etc. Brands: Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Samsung, Sony, (maybe dell). Budget:…
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Help! I've broken the screen on my laptop.
Can someone give me some advice please? I tripped over the power cable and my laptop fell on the floor. The screen is now out of action (don't know about the hard drive yet). I have a new laptop but I don't know how I can transfer the information from my old one (assuming it's only the screen that is broken) if I can't see…
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MBAM Update - Free Trial of Pro Version :)
Don't know if anyone's mentioned it already, but mbam are giving a free 14 day trial of the Pro version when you update your definitions over the last few days. So, I did, and proceeded to go looking for some err...dodgy websites ;) to test it. Pleased to say it did a good job of blocking some iffy ones which is good...so…
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Ethernet stopped working!
Hi guys.. So I have run into a strange problem over the last 2 days.. I cannot access the internet using ethernet on my desktop PC. I tried the same ethernet from the same port of the router into my laptop and it worked fine, so guessing it's an issue (HW or SW) with the ethernet settings or HW on the PC itself? How can I…
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Help cant do the recovery back up disc ! acer 5553
Hi, Just got a Acer Aspire 5553 laptop ..been trying to do the ...acereRecovery managment recovery disc's ...the 3 you do to back up system .. I at first used Tesco DVD-R one's, the first two went of fine then doing the third one it came up error 0x9411 and try again with new disc...4 later the same :eek: ! went out today…
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i pod touch (4) question
Good evening, This question may have been asked before ( I did a search, but couldn't find the answer). My sons I pod touch (4) has frozen. It is not recognised in I tunes on my laptop. There is a picture on the i pod screen of a USB cable and an arrow pointing to the i tunes logo. We have tried pressing the "sleep" and…
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Wireless Card help...for old (old) laptop
My dad has kindly given me a laptop for my son, which he no longer needs. Its a very old Fujitsu Amilo D7820, it has windows xp installed don't know if thats relevant, but it obviously, because of it's age isn't wireless. Can I buy a wireless card to suit this? How will I know which one to get or does it not matter? Sorry…
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Freecorder recording .....bad reviews??
Always done the business for me, for recording music, then listened to appalling reviews online about it (Spyware etc) and uninstalled, admittedly it felt like it slowed the computer down a little. Tried "rated" convertors and they've virtually destroyed my computer! Free YouTube downloader take a bow! :mad::mad: Has…
