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USB stick or portable hard drive?
Our family in america miss out on our son growing up etc and we are saving our home movies of holidays, sports events and school plays etc on usb sticks as they are plug and play on our tv. The question I have is if I used one of the many Portable Hard Drives available would they play the same way on the tv? Also are some…
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blu ray dvd player (multi regional)
I can find blu ray dvd players, but i'm struggling to find a multi regional one. Any ideas? Even better would be a blu ray multi regional dvd player that can also record standard dvds. And obviously even better than this would be all of that but that can also record blu ray dvds. But the first one is the basic of what i'm…
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Digital Photo Frame
Hi I am looking for advice... I am wanting to purchase digital photo frame as a present for a couple but don't have a clue what to look for! Budget is up to £50 Have seen these has anyone got them? Anyone know if I order online from Jessops and collect instore if I'll get the same price?…
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Trouble opening electronic safe
Bought the safe in Morrisons a few years ago, its screwed into the wall. Its a Detroit Electonic Security Safe. The batteries are running out and it wont open with the code. I am trying to open it with the keys that came with the safe... but not able to open it, the key presses in but won't turn. I'm 100% sure the keys are…
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Computer freezes after 15 minutes
Hi all I've been asked to look at my MILs computer as it keeps freezing after about 15 minutes. Everything appears to load OK (I've gone through MSCONFIG and disabled everything I thought I could, left bits I wasn't sure of) but no dice. It works fine in safe mode (as far as I can tell). She has Avast (installed by me) and…
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BSOD issue...Help!
Thought I’d run this by you knowledgeable lot Running XP on an old Dell dimension 5000 tower A few of times over last 2 months I’ve had a Blue screen of death message come up: INVALID_PROCESS_DETACH_ATTEMPT Clearly can’t progress any further so it’s a reboot job. A quick internet search suggests a program trying to load…
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Update problem.
Hi My wife's PC, running Windows XP is updating the same two updates all the time. The update shield will appear in the tool bar with the message updates are ready to install, click install all OK and installed, ten minuets later the shield reappears with the same message and same updates. The same happens when she closes…
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scan old photos to use in personalised card/photo book
It's my sister's 40th and I wanted to scan some of our childhood photos and make a birthday card and photo book from photobox, hallmark etc. Is there any way I can get the best possible scan as I know sometimes when you upload photos it says the resolution is too low and I don't want it to look rubbish. I've got a canon…
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Recommend a 3D Blu-Ray player
I have this new 3D Samsung tv- http://www.richersounds.com/product/3d-tv/samsung/ps43d490/sams-ps43d490 I also have for Christmas £100 in Amazon vouchers which I am going to put towards a Blu-Ray player, can anyone recommend a 3D one from Amazon? My Modem is by the TV so I wont need a wireless dongle I will connect it by a…
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easy to use, quality multifunction needed
My Canon MP600's paper feeder has gone and apparently repairing it is not a cost effective solution (as per normal :mad:). I need a home printer, scanner, copier that is simple to set up, reliable, works easily with both mac (OS 10.6 and later) and PC (XP and 7), has decent warranty and tech support for when things go…
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Kindle Question
Hi Everyone, I received some Argos vouchers for Christmas and I'm thinking about treating myself to a Kindle. My question is, if I used my vouchers and purchased the Kindle from Argos, would I get the same customer service with Amazon? I.E Martin had a problem with his Kindle (it had a technical glitch) and he phoned up…
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Home server access...
Hi. I have setup a server on my home pc to host a website. I would like to be able to access this from work through my phone so i can get thoughts and opinions on the site from friends. Does anyone know how i can acheive this please.?
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Best value quality inkjet priunter paper?
I'm after some good quality paper for an HP inkjet printer. This is for printing colour images - I'm not after the glossy "photo paper" but the stuff that is thicker than normal paper and has a surface which means the ink doesn't spread too much. I know the various printer manufacturers sell branded stuff but my instinct…
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Convert .avi file to play on dvd player?
Hi all, as title I have a movie which is avi and want to convert it so I can put it on to a dvd and my sister can play it on her dvd player. Do I need to buy software for this or is there any free stuff that would do it? Many thanks
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Printer will not print?
Have just bought new Windown 7 PC and moved everything across from old XP machine. The only thing not working is the printer. It is an HP photosmart 5280 printer and is connected to the new HP Pavillion computer via the USB connection. When the machine set itself up it seemed to find the printer ok and indicated all was…
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Excel help
Hi I'm creating (or trying to) a spreadsheet to record weight loss and wondered if there's any way for excel to recognise a number as stones and lbs or am I going to have to use just lbs? Thanks
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Canon Pixma MP 495 driving me mad ! Help please
We use our Canon Pixma MP 495 printer by wireless but someone switched off the printer at the wall and the wireless link has been lost. I am so mad about this as it happened once before and took me ages to reinstate it using USB cable, Reloading the set up CD, Pressing buttons 15 times and pressing buttons on the router…
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iPad2 v email addresses - help pls?
Just received an iPad2 as a birthday present but although I now have all my email names ported across from my computer the email addresses haven't ported. Can anyone advise me how to do this please? Many thanks.
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technika tv help
tv has gone off remote doesnt seem to be workingi have changed batteries the on off button on the side works but the blue light on the front just keeps flashing.
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Connection problems after installing XP's SP3
I have an Esystem 3089 UK notebook I was already having a problem with the wireless adapter because the wireless utility wasnt working as it should and there was no option to use the Windows utility instead. I tried reinstalling drivers but to no avail I was able to connect with LAN so I used IE to update windows to SP3…
