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'Pruning' a notebook
As I do not have that much memory on my notebook I would like to get rid of any unnecessary programs, but, as I don't know what any of them do, I would be grateful for any advice about what is safe to remove. ArcSoft Connect + Magic-i Visual effects 2 + Print creations + webcam companion 3 Ulead Burn. Now 4.5 SE Windyzone…
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Laptop Screen goes off while working
Hi all, am new to the tech forum, so please forgive me if I miss essential info, or don't understand some of the technical terms. I have a Sony vaio laptop, its coming up for 3 years old and wasn't overly expensive in the first place, however, we're having problems which render it almost useless. When you switch the laptop…
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Upscaling of standard DVD'S on blu-ray players-& cheap surround/speaker question?
Hi again. Wonder if you good folks could advise me. Looking at 3 blu-ray players, http://www.richersounds.com/product/blu-ray/panasonic/dmpbd75/pana-dmpbd75 (£69-deffo plays DIVX HD from USB), http://www.richersounds.com/showclearanceproduct/SAMS-BDP1580/Samsung+Bdp1580.html (£49!!!!!!! Normally £100-not sure on DIVX…
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anyone any experience of this online retailer?
stp-computers.co.uk sells product keys and software download if required for Win7 at well under the normal price, does anyone have any experience of this firm? Does the key/download ever arrive and if it does, are the claims they make about it being recognised by microsoft and updates being no problem borne out?
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Divx HD question & contrast/backlight question-confused??!
Hello to all you kind folk. Thanks for all the advice so far-don't know where I'd be without the help on here! Ok....now that I've got my Toshiba SL738B 42 inch full HD working properly I'd like 2 bits of advice if you could spare the time! Firstly-DIVX HD movies downloaded from the web. Please could you help me with the…
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E586 mifi networking / sharing
Ok then, there is probably a simple answer to this but ive just upgraded from a huawei E585 mobile broadband modem to a E586 mobile broadband modem and im having problems connecting 2 laptops and my android phone together. I can connect to the wifi and use the internet fine on all the devices so its not faulty, my problem…
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Best Deal Apple iPad 2 32GB Wi-Fi 3G
Best Deal Apple iPad 2 32GB Wi-Fi 3G I know that this might not be the right place to post this (so apologies if it's wrong).Can anyone please tell me where the best deal is on Apple iPad 2 32GB Wi-Fi 3G is at the moment.Any advice would be very greatfully received. Many thanks :o
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What shall i do with an old new printer?
How time flies. It must be around 10 years ago that i bought an Epson Stylus Photo 900 printer. It has never been opened. Was wondering what to do with it. It is no use to me because i have a all-in-one printer which the kids use. Was thinking of putting it on ebay and/or gumtree but do not know what to ask for. Is there…
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webcam problems
laptop:advent modena 201 windows 7 home premium problem:my built in webcam isnt working,the light for it comes on during start up then goes off,if i press fn and f7 to start it i get an error message:no function any ideas anyone many thanks
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Tiscali/TalkTalk mail not working
I doubt it is just me Tiscali/TalkTalk mail server seems to have fallen over.
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Slow laptop - hijackthis log inc.
I've had my laptop for nearly 6 years, and it seems to have slowed down a lot in the past few months. I'm going to work though the steps in the guide provided (thanks to closer and all other contributors), but am starting by posting the requested data. I should say that having read through the guide, most of it is…
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Samsung LED connecting Philips Home Cinema
HELP! Purchased a Samsung 5 series LED television. Unfortunately, could not live with the sound quality. Purchased a Philips HTS2500 home cinema. Put it all together and voila! Nothing! The TV is connected to a Freesat box via HDMI, so to watch that I have to "source" HDMI whilst the HT DVD player is connected via "aux"…
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Gigabit ethernet, with a regular ethernet cable?
I am switching from a very old eMac, run on ethernet, to a laptop (packard easy note) that apparently has something called 'Gigabit ethernet' - is this going to work with my current internet connection? Or do I need to change something? (and yes, I would like to go wireless eventually but I don't understand how it works)
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Help router not working after firmware update
I just updated my Netgear DG834G router which had v 1.03.00 But now its not working a green light flashes on it and the tick is an orange colour - both flash on and off. I got the update off the netgear site for my model and selected the uk option Any ideas as to how I can get it working again ?
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Windows 7 upgrade from vista
Just sorted out my dad's computer, it's now back to factory settings (vista) from 2009 plus subsequent microsoft updates, MSE installed, updated, scanned, clean, hooray!!!! When he bought the machine it came with the option of a free upgrade to Win7 but he never did it, preferring to blunder around with vista, accepting…
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Which?
Which phone are you guys using at the moment and whats the next phone you gonna upgrade to? Currently using: iPhone Updating to: Samsung Galaxy Note
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Suggestions for xbox 360 game please
I am looking to buy an xbox 360 game as a present. It is for an adult male who enjoys games where you can wander around and choose what you wish to do as opposed to games where you have to follow a prescribed set of tasks. He already games such as Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto and Fry Cry 2 all of which he has…
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Firefox retaining user names
HI, Is there a way to stop FF from keeping a record of user names I use to log on to various websites? And how can I delete the ones I already have on my PC? This is not necessarily a security breach as it does not keep a record of the P/W, but I would like to know how to control this feature of FF
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Email address being compromised - what can be done?
Hi, I will lay out exactly what happened. Whenever I register for an account with any online website, I always create a new email address (I own the domain). In this case, it was [EMAIL="chemistdirect@<my"]chemistdirect@<my[/EMAIL] domain> which is the email address I created when I registered on…
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bl**dy webcam!
Hi lovely techies, not been i here for a while. I want to take a pic of me, with my new hair, and send it to my daughter in email. I have spent hours and half my hard drive taking stupid video clips and all I want is a simple PIC. How do I get it to do that? It just says "capture" and then I get a pic but its a file of 900…
