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Graphics card difference...
My new laptop from Dell was ordered with a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M Graphics Card. I've just used CPUZ and it tells me that i have an Intel HD Graphics 3000 (GT2+). My question is this, is this an inferior graphics card, I hope not...... :(
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Picasa - help needed
I recently got a new PC and loaded onto it a load of photos I had around the place on external hds etc. I thought I would tidy them up using Picasa and I downloaded it OK. So far so good. All the photos are .jpegs on my PC and arranged in subject folders. When I open a folder and click on one of the photos to edit it, in…
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Daughter cracked ipod 4 screen!
Daughter's ipod 4 is about 4 weeks old and she fell with it in her hand and badly cracked/smashed bottom left corner. The display is still working and doesn't seem to have affected it working. I assume best plan is to go to apple store and ask for the cost of repairing the screen?
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Recommendation for replacement bud headphones
I'm a big fan of the Sennheiser CX-300II (I'm on my third pair) but unfortunately the jack plug on these has snapped in two. I love the sound quality that they produce and and would happily purchase another set of these. However, I'm very reluctant to do so as this is the second time I've fallen foul of the jack plug…
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which camera nikon vs fuji
I am looking for a starter camera and have narrowed it down to either a nikon coolpix L110 or a fuji finepix s2970. Both are similar in price does anyone own either of these to give me any idea which would be best. thanks
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Advice On Buying A Printer?
Hi everyone, I hope Im posting this in the right section of the forum, apologies if not. Im looking to buy a new printer, cant afford an expensive one, but would like one that prints, scans & photo copies too, not worried about it being perfect for printing photos just something that is reliable AND MOST IMPORTANTLY doesnt…
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How to buy/build a cheap PC
Hi all, I run a technology blog and have recently written a series of articles on how to purchase a new or used PC cheaply. I hope these help somebody: How to buy a used PC for under £50 How to buy a used laptop for under £50 How to buy a used Mac for under £50 How to build a new gaming PC for under £300 I've also put…
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Apple Active X and Microsoft.net Conflict - can anyone explain this to me?
I wanted to follow a live stream of the hurricane Irene, being put out by some US friends via their website. I logged on there and got a message saying to view their coverage I needed to run Apple Active X.(? something from Apple). When I went to download it, I got a system message from my PC operating system saying if I…
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fill problem in excel
In Excel I often have to enter in one column this type of number eg 001 001A 002 002A 003 003A 004 004A 005 005A The column is obviously formatted to TEXT. How can you easily create this run down to say 050A. Fill is the obvious answer but try before you post, it doesn’t work; the “A” numbers don’t change but the whole…
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Firefox slowed down my Win7x64
Just posting this in case it is useful to anyone here. Brand new Win7 64-bit lappy - i7 processor, 4GB RAM, enough grunt to laugh in the face of a browser and couple of spreadsheets. However, typing on the keyboard it was taking several seconds for the keystrokes to appear on the screen. And we're talking a couple of weeks…
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hijack this
could someone look at this please. my pc. running vista has become very slow to open anything,mail google, the first time it can take up to 4 minutes. anyway here is the log. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 10:51:03, on 03/04/2011 Platform: Windows Vista SP2 (WinNT 6.00.1906) MSIE: Internet Explorer…
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New Virus and malwere found(Just letting you know)
Just throught id let everyone know of a new malwere and virus thats been around from sometime(Few weeks) but from reading on Google is catching everyone out so far So if you are a ebay seller or do any type of transactions online there is a email curculating pretending to be from ACH payments with the title payment…
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laptop insurance - £90 for a year?
Hi, My dad's laptop if coming up to it's first year. Comet (D&G) have sent a letter offering extended warranty for £7.50 a month, does that seem a reasonable price? I think the laptop cost just over £400. It states will pay any repair bills, call-out, parts and labour included and brand new replacement if it can't be…
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cctv help
hi i have installed a cctv system to watch my car/property as im fed upof having to pay out for vandalism to my property, if i connect camera to my tv it works fine but i cant work out how to record to an old vcr, my tv has 1 scart connection the vcr has 2 scart connections av1 and av2 and an rf lead to tv any help…
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Help please. Smart TVs how good are they?
Hello Everyone. My mum is on the lookout for a new TV. I went to look at some TVs with her today and noticed that there were smart TVs with TV catchup. My mum is currently with Virgin Media and she stays with them because she likes their Catch up TV on the television (she doesn't want to watch it on the PC). What I want to…
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Lenovo G570 Laptop
Is this a good deal please? Pentium B940, 4GB, 500GB, 15.6", Windows 7 Home Premium, Black £369 http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.212-4941.aspx many many thanks
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Connecting New Flat to Broadband
Hello, I've just moved to a new flat, and would like to get broadband. I have a BT socket, however do not know the telephone number to my property, nor do I have any service (such as BT line rental) subscribed. When I tried to sign up for TalkTalk, they said I need a Landline, and asked for my telephone number. Do I have a…
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Is claimed 14 hours battery life really achievable on this 6-cell netbook?
Samsung claim up to 14 hours battery life on this model yet it only has a 6 cell battery. Other netbooks with the same power-efficient N450 Atom processor are only claiming 4 hours for a 3 cell battery. So, do they mean 14 hours with the machine powered up but not running anything?…
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dust in a compact camera lens
Is it possible to remove it? I bought a Panasonic FX150 on ebay and it has a blob of dust sitting on the lens behind the first layer of the lens mechanism. It was not mentioned in the description, however I'm wondering if there is a way I could remove it easily?
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hp renew?
anyone bought anything through hp renew? seen a couple of good spec laptops under this scheme, just interested to see if anyone has had good (or more like bad) experiences with it
