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Laptop charger not working
Good Morning folks I have had an Acer laptop for about 3 years now. During the last few days, I have noticed that the charger is not working. Does that mean the 'life' of the charger has come to an end and that I will need to buy a new one? If so, could you suggest any places where I could buy a cheap laptop charger?…
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Connect PVR to Monitor
I have a Hitachi HDR165 & want to connect it to a 17" Monitor. I need something like this but it needs a 3.5mm lead to go into the monitor. Anybody know where I can get?
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Lost Network Key
I've recently had Sky broadband, and having set up the wireless router and accessd it via my laptop, I foolishly gave my usually careful daughter the slip with the key on it - she set up her ipod but not her laptop and promptly lost the paper! Can I convert the dots on the properties back to numbers/ letters at all? Its…
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No signal to TV
Help! We were watching tv earlier and the picture vanished, message on screen said no sattelite signal, I have checked there are no loose connections and switched it off at the mains for 10 minutes, still no joy, any ideas whats up, or will I need to phone SKY? Slight problem is at the moment cant find any paperwork with…
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Fridge/Freezer problem
My Hotpoint fridge freezer has gone round the bend. The freezer is not freezing and it is displaying 'high temperature'. The fridge on the other hand has started freezing. Anyone knows what might be wrong with it?
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Lost my sound and sound icon
I am running Windows XP. I removed AVG 11 and installed the Virgin security. However, have noticed I now have no sound, nor have the sound icon. Have been through all the obvious checks suggested but it seems that I have lost that part of the XP package???? Still have the original disk, have loaded the part I thought…
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Buying Ipod Classic 160Gb - Best Price?
Im looking into buying a 160Gb Black Ipod Classic. I've noticed that PC world have a price guarantee, but i don't think i can use it my advantage, as they only allow a select few competitors... The best price I found was at amazon, and due to the amazing way these forums work i cannot link it to you... :( Anything more…
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TOMTOM - only have 97mb space - download map?
I have TOMTOM UK and IE which came with my tomtom bought around 2006. I am looking to buy the south western europe map as a download from the tomtom site. I just checked the space left on my tomtom and it's got only 97MB - is this sufficient for south europe map? I don't want to risky paying for this map only to find out…
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sony ericsson xperia x8
I see Tesco has a special offer on the phone above. I've read various reviews and am quite tempted to go for this. One problem though - I've no idea and am a complete novice ! What I don't know is does the phone have gps navigation and what sort of speed I can expect when I connect to the net. The deal includes 500mb data…
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Phone calls from abroad - problem with your computer
In the last fifteen minutes, I have had five phone calls (caller unavailable on the display), from people with an Indian accent, supposedly working at "Windows headquarters" in Canada. They say that I have a problem with my computer - internet connection, and that I need to turn my computer on and take instructions from…
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Dirt cheap netbook required! help please!
Good evening folks, I currently have a Dell Inspiron core i-3 laptop, which is fine. However, the low battery life and lack of portability is a nuisance. Hence, I am looking in to getting a netbook - preferably as cheap as possible (for surfing, e-mails, simple documents, matched betting etc). Any suggestions? Also, how do…
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'Received time' of emails 1 hour behind
Can anyone tell me why my emails received using Hotmail show a time 1 hour earlier than the time they were really sent.My computer clock is correct and regional setting are for GMT,but I can't see where I check to see if BST is selected. Thanks
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Further CPU Problems
Hi there I posted last week with regard to a slow desktop and high CPU usage. Further to some great advice things were going really well. My machine seemed faster and things were good. However......the last couple of days I have some problems again. The machine seems to have slowed right down again, and...most worryingly,…
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Cheap very good quality webcam?
Hi,my Logitech quick cam pro will not work with my Win7 x64,I need a cheapish quality web cam with good image quality,any ideas?Many Thanks in advance.:)
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Indoor TV aerials
I am confused by what I read about which indoor aerial to buy for a spare room 22" Widescreen Freeview TV. Can anyone advise which work well and which to avoid?
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Quick query re Kaspersky
My Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 is about to run out and I have bought the 2011 disk ready to install. Do I need to uninstall the 2010 version before putting in the 2011 version? Or, will it just overwrite the old version? Thanks
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Anybody use tesco webmail?
Hi, Can anyone who uses the Tesco Webmail please let me know if they are having any problems with it tonight? I'm having problems accessing the website and logging on and am wondering if it's just me? Thanks
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Sky Tivo
is it possible to get a tivo box to replace my sky+ box? thanks.
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Calendar on Office?
Hi i am trying to find a calendar i can write on and save it on the pc. some thing like word etc. At the moment i am printing off this http://www.pdfcalendar.com/monthly/ and writing the info on to it but the paper and ink bill is mounting so i though of a programe on the pc. I have Office 2010 but cant find anything or…
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Rebuilding Ubuntu Software Raid 5
Sometime ago I built a software Raid 5 of 5 1TB Samsung drives through mdadm using the instructions here. Now the inevitable has happened and the array is broken. I have a spare drive and want to install it and rebuild the Raid. However I've lost my instructions on how to do and my search skills are failing me as I can't…
