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why does he want to know this information
hi i have my xbox for sale on ebay at the moment and someone has sent me a message to ask me if i can tell him the dashboard number can anyone tell as to what info this would tell him . cheers
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help or advice on tablets please
Hi I am no mastermind but I am usually the PC fixer and adviser for my family and friends and a couple of them have asked me what PC to get now as theirs is old and slow and they want to upgrade. They are both keen to switch to laptops. So I thought tablets may be an option but did not know so much about them. My…
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Pc completely Shuts down and Reboots
If I leave my PC without touching it for a while, I can then go back on it, be in middle of something and then all of a sudden it shuts down completely and reboots, looked on internet, cant find any answers. I understand hibernate mode is when the screen closes but with mine the entire system closes down and then I have to…
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another slow com
Hi I followed instructions on another post re hijack this log,hope I got it right.Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 17:17:23, on 23/09/2011 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe…
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Faulty Dell Inspiron screen - any advice please?
My daughter has had a Dell Inspiron 1545 since last May, so not 18months old yet. Recently the screen was flickering at times, but if you moved the screen about a bit then it was fine. Last week the screen has just gone white though and no amount of adjusting it will make it work. It's been taken in to a repairer who have…
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Which MP4 Player or iPod Touch for Movies and Where to Buy Legal Digital Films
Dudes, I have a collection of films on PSP UMD - but I'm aware that my PSP when in its case is a little chunky to carry around so I've decided to treat myself to something more slinky... Also quite a few blu-rays I own have digital bonus copies (including Watchmen which seems to have expired some time ago I just…
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Recordable Radio
My husband still records his favourite radio progammes on to a cassette recorder (I know!!) I am trying to bring him up to date, but as he says if he hears a good song or is listening to a program and wants to record it, all he has to do is press a button - you can't do that with a CD (his words) Is there a radio that has…
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help!
am a very basic laptop user. problems with 5 year old laptop this last week.it just "freezes",no buttons work ,i have to turn it off with power button. when i turn it back on it says a disk needs checking,which it then does and its fine for a while again,then does exactly same again. have AVG protection and AVG pc…
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Iphone 3GS Signal Problems!!!!!
Hey everyone, I recently got a replacement phone sent to my from a seller on ebay as I bought it refurbed before an had alot of problems with it and now since I have had my replacement all I seem to be having is signal problems and I wanted to know if anyone has had the same kind of problems too and what you think I should…
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Windows XP / Linux dual boot??
Hi all Having only had experience of Windows OS I was toying with the idea of loading Linux as a dual boot on my XP laptop, just for curiosity really. Good idea, a foolish exercise or a pointless excercise? Any thoughts? I have Googled and the process seems quite straight forward but was wondering if anyone would know of…
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Cannot connect to internet - proxy configuration message
I'm having problems connecting to internet - says cannot connect and when I click on diagnose it comes up under gateway diagnostic with the follwing message The following proxy configuration is being used by IE: automatically detect settings: Disabled Automatic configuration script: Proxy server:…
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Faulty Laptop Keyboard
My 4 month old laptop has developed an intermittent fault with the 'C', 'D', 'E' and '3' keys. It's becoming increasingly frequent and it is now impossible to type as the characters are replaced with some of the actions of the Function keys as well as other letters/characters, carriage returns, scrolls, etc (though a…
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hot laptop
can anyone recommend a mat or anything that i can sit my laptop on to stop it overheating. dont want to waste my money on something that doesn't work.
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Sharing files across network
Hi all, I've just got a new laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium. My desktop is running Windows XP. I want to be able to see the documents on my XP computer on the laptop and be able to make changes to them on the laptop that will show up on the desktop, and vice versa - is this even possible? TIA.
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Gmail connection problem
For the past couple of days I have been having trouble geting my emails to download to my computer. I get the following message: There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was rejected. Account: 'pop.gmail.com', Server: 'pop.gmail.com', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR [AUTH] Username and…
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Dell D630 CPU/Ram Upgrade Help
I would like to know if it is possible to upgrade the current CPU on my machine? I believe I am still on Intel 2 cpu (2GHz) don't know much about cpu's so need a bit of guidance, will it also be possible to upgrade the Ram to say 4G DDR3 1333MHz. Thanks
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Humaxfoxsat-hdr 500gb recorder
Can anyone help me please.I am with sky at the moment but finishes with 30 days notice to quit. I am after a freesat box, I have all the gubbins on the aerial so fitting would be no problem. what I need to know is would the above model satisfy all my needs, I have a PS3 connected, I like to record series and films, no…
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FINAL(!) choice for FULL HD TV-buy TODAY-last advice please(?!!)
Hi guys, Was going to buy a refurb (allbeit with 1 year guarantee) fro ELECTROTEC (30 min drive from me-reviews seem spot on) full HD Tv. Original budget £330. What attracted me to the TOSHIBA refurbs was the 'resolution plus' -which upscales standard definition DVD/TV signals. 1 year guarantee-7 day no quibble money…
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Computer Driving Me Nuts!!!
Hi guys, thought Id come on this board and ask for a bit of help as youve always been so helpful before:D OK, so the problem I have is my computer is driving me mad! It is running so slow and unresponsive. Been having the problem ages now but tonight I've had enough and decided to ask for help! I've got CC Cleaner and and…
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windows xp - Mouse and keyboard wont work upon startup
Hi Guys Struggling with this one I have to admit My brothers PC, windows XP... he turned it off as normal went to turn back on and the keyboard and mouse had stopped working He thought it was just the mouse so replaced it, but clearly made no difference. The mouse and keyboard function fine, and I can get into the CMOS…
