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32bit Vista upgrade to 64bit Windows 7 Question
Currently have a laptop running 32bit Vista Home Edition and looking at upgrading to 64bit Windows 7. I know the current laptop is capable to run 64bit OS. It has 3GB RAM and I want to increase the RAM, it can go up to 8GB (2 x 4GB). If I understand it right if you go over 4GB of RAM you need 64bit OS. So my question is if…
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HELP! Blue screen on desktop PC and now vertical lines
HELP! Our desktop PC has just bluescreened. It will now only restart in Safe Mode and even then, there are vertical lines all over the display. Details of the BSOD are as follows: ================================================== Dump File : 030412-16270-01.dmp Crash Time : 04/03/2012 18:42:59 Bug Check String : Bug Check…
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Digital Camera For Motorsport Esp F1
Hello all i am new here and this is my 1st post. This year we have finally saved enough money to fulfill our dream of going to Silverstone for the F1GP so we have sorted most things except the camera. First we were looking at a Fuji Bridge camera but were told it would not be quick enough. So now looking into a DSLR and we…
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Trying to download but cant see them anywhere
Ive tried to download a few things - download checks for viruses and then get a message in right hand corner download complete and then a blank screen. Any help out there?
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a Scanning quickly
Hi, I have an all in one printer copier scanner and am trying to scan some notebooks I have kept over the past ten years or so. Is there any way of doing this quickly? Each page takes a while to scan and each page goes into a separate document on my laptop rather than just one document. Is there any way around this?
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Laptop screen flickering - help please
Hello My daughter bought a new laptop a month ago and the screen has just started flickering horizontally mainly at the top right hand corner but has moved elsewhere on the screen too. Can anyone advise what it might be? I am going to take it back to Currys but the receipt says they will only refund or swap for a new…
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Which new battery for my laptop?
Dear tech peeps, I own a Dell Vostro 1710 which needs a new battery. Alas, Dell's official replacements are beyond my budget (£110! :eek:)so I was looking to get a replacement via some other means. Some people have recommended getting one from Ebay, but other people have told me to be careful as some of the ones sold on…
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Advice on creating a FREE website
Hi everyone Firstly, apologise if this is in the wrong area. I could do with some sound advice on starting a free website. I have heard that there are those out there, but if anyone has any sound suggestions, that would be great as I'm new to this and not sure what is out there. What I am looking for is something that is…
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Can't view whole page in Word 2002?
Simple question for those who know, when I open up Word 2002 app, the whole page doesn't appear. The text line appears at the very top of the page, normally there's used to be 1 inch at the top. Please help, and thanks
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Dell Keyboard layout?
Hi just bought my wife as just bought a new dell laptop & was just wondering is there any information on line explaining all the functions of the keyboard? & any free information on how to use windows 7? Thx
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HP g6000 Blank screen
My daughter has a HP G6000 that is about 3 years old. Has been reliable on the whole but now has a problem. When it is switched on most of the time just get a blank boot screen and wont boot up. Just took me about 10 attempts at switching on and off before I got it to work. Any ideas what to try. I have a new external hard…
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Kobo Vox....Help!!!!
I wonder if anyone can tell me how I can download library books to my Kobo Vox? Adobe Digital Editions won't recognise it, although this is what I used to download onto my granddaughters Kobo Touch with no problems whatsoever. I only want it for library books, not ones I have to pay for.... Also, do I always have to do it…
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Running two PC's with common keyboard/mouse/monitor
Has anybody got experience of using KVM switches or other ways of running two PC’s from a common keyboard/mouse/monitor? My 9yr old Windows XP PC is about to go into semi-retirement. I’m about to get a new PC but I will want to keep my old one running for occasional access to some programs that I believe will only run on…
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mobile phone fault
Hi all, I live and work abroad for part of the year and have a problem with my mobile phone. Because of where I am (Uganda) it's difficult to get electronics so I'll have to wait until I'm back in the UK to get a replacement. My phone is a Nokia E51 and a few days ago some of the keys on the keypad stopped working. I…
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laptop batteries
Hi all, For part of the year I live and work in Uganda. Mains electricity is very hit and miss and I get regular power cuts at home. I'm thinking of getting a spare battery or two for my laptop so I've got something to do when the power's off. I could get a new battery on ebay or Amazon but am wondering whether it's…
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Broadband connection failure
My broadband is playing up, I'm not sure what the problem is, and would appreciate some advice. I'm with TalkTalk - I know, I know !!! but to be honest for the last 5 years or so they have been great. Now however my internet connection fails very regularly, at least half a dozen times a day, often more. My router is in the…
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Recording HD TV from Sky+ HD to a PC
Is there a device available that will take the HD output from a Sky+ HD box, via HDMI, and create a .ts, .mp4 or similar HD video file that I can store on my PC? I don’t mean DVD recorders or devices such as Humax PVRs etc with built in tuners and disk drives. When I had Standard Definition TV and Sky+ I used an Adaptec…
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My screen keeps jumping....
Does anyone know why my screen on this PC keeps jumping, it does not loose the contents or the text but rolls and then settles and then you click on the side bar to go down and it goes too fast and starts jumping and rolling then settles and then does it all again.... Is it the mouse/the screen it does not settle and…
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Huawei 3 Dongle Problems
Hello Due to living in a remote location a family member has to use a Huawei Black MiFi Dongle on the 3 Mobile network to get internet access. This was easy to set up and works excellently with a desktop Dell computer and an Apple iPad. However we cannot get an Epson SX535 wireless printer to work wirelessley at all to…
