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Copying MP3s to CD to play in CD player
It's so long since I've used CDs but want to copy some mp3s (it's a actually a small audiobook) onto a CD to play in the car. I've got an assortment of old CDRs and CDRWs and each time I try to burn the files to CD (using windows media player) the CD is spat out with a message that it can't be copied to or something…
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Help with graphics card upgrade please
Hi my son wants to upgrade his graphics card as the one he has isn't letting him play in even medium resolution His basic set up is this:- Asus P8Z77-V LK Socket 1155 DVI HDMI DisplayPort 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Socket Coolermaster 850W Silent Pro M2 Modular PSU originally he wanted this…
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Told e-mails undeliverable because of IP address block
It seems I am now with Fleur telecom who have taken over from TalkTalk as my ISP. It may be a coincidence but I am either having messages put into my outbox because 'too many messages have been sent this session' (even when it's been just one!) or lately I am told (code 501...) that my IP address is blocked because it is…
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Avira - Best free antivirus ? Not sure
I have downloaded and used Aviria for a few weeks after Avast was causing longstanding problems with Chrome and random blue screen shut downs. Since I have used Avira there have been no problems at all but I am not sure Avira is effective, the free version anyway. I have just been informed that it has detected a "framer"…
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RAM timings and upgrade confusion!
I've been thinking about upgrading from 6GB to 12GB RAM as I often see high memory usage. It seems it would be best to get a 12GB kit of identical memory, but that's fairly expensive and there are a lot of second-hand options for 6GB of RAM for a quarter of the price. I imagine that, since each 6GB kit will be in its own…
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Recording from the TV with no digital recorder
I was in the audience of the Halloween Strictly. :j I'd like to record it to keep long term. I don't have a digital recorder. How can I get it to permanently stay on my hard drive please? Thanks
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Wireless network connection doesn't have a valid ip address windows 7
I tried the ms fixit site and can't get through cos I keep getting the message wireless network connection doesn't have a valid ip address. Any suggestions please
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AdBlock
Any good? I've just seen a recommend on a Facebook page and wonder if this could be what I need to deal with the amount of ads that come up when trying to read online newspapers or the more "commercial" type blogs. What do people think: https://adblockplus.org/ Any other suggestions welcome as well - as its become very…
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Licensing issues with using photos on my website?
I am building a retro 80s/90s football website. There are a host of great images on Flickr that I would love to use and loads ont he web in general. Can anyone give thoughts or knowledge on using pics that carry the Creative Commons license? Can photos on Flickr be used if the url pic link is on the Flickr site?
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Very good spam email re.google
Long time since I've seen a good spam. This one below is very tidy with "Confirm Google Account" pointing to the obviously dodgy managegoogleprofile .net BEWARE EDIT: apart from spelling of inconivnece x@y Account Notice Please confirm your Google Account x@y We have attempted to contact you on two previous occasions in…
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Pro GPU vs Consumer
Does lets say AMD firepro W4100 and Nvidia Quadro K620 both around 150$ outperform consumer GPUs like GTX 950 or R7 370 both around 150$ a in Photoshop. I know that in CAD and SolidWorks Pro GPU are better, saw it with my own eyes, but didn't test it on Photoshop. By the way if you look just numbers consumer GPU are…
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Digital Car Radio?
Hi I was hoping to get some advice! I want to buy my OH a digital car radio but don't want the added expense of paying to get it installed so I have found a couple of plug and play devices on Amazon. Autodab Go car stereo and Pama Plug N 820 Dab radio, both are under £90 and get fairly good reviews but I was hoping someone…
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Changing your Sky Hub to a much better router?
We have had a 1st Gen Sky Netgear DG834GT router since 2007. We have just blagged a free Sky Hub which I am expecting to make a major difference but after reading many reviews for the Sky Hub online it seems not so great. I've got my new 802.11n dongles and new network cables. Has anyone ditched their Sky Hub and…
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Skype update problem
I have a message saying my Skype needs updating. When I try to update I get the following error message...
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Operating system and other advice please
Hi My main Dell 1545 laptop stopped booting into windows. I did a ram upgrade and turning the machine upside down to install the memory must have upset the Hard drive which started crashing whilst installing windows drivers. Tried everything available to recover but no success. The drive is still readable from a caddy…
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Unable to delete subfolder I created
Somehow I created a subfolder I named 'emails to keep' in 'Trash' in Thunderbird IMAP. (I'm with Plusnet.) It was a mistake and I would like to delete it. A notice comes up: "The current operation on 'emails to keep' did not succeed. The mail server for account xxx 'my email address' @.plus.com responded 'mailbox does not…
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Will a category 6a cable download faster than a 5e?
I have a 10/100 network adapter connected to a 10/100 router. Will the newer 6a deliver a faster download for large files over a 5e cable?
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We have a chromecast and now tv box
We have chromecast for mirroring. We then got Now TV box for 4od. Last week, I got a free Amazon fire stick when I signed up to Fuel Broadband. We aren't on Amazon Prime, but having seen HUKD saying it's going to be £59 for the year, we might be tempted to buy as I miss the 1 day delivery option. Is it worth having all 3…
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clould wifi
Hi we where in the local hospital today ruh bath . They do 15minutes free wifi through tht cloud then is chargable .Fair enough but tthey charge different rates for web surfing and another for watching iplayer etc Question is how can they tell what you are doing data wise
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Flashing Bios - Netbook - Acer to Packard Bell?
I have a Packard Bell Dot S netbook which suffered a display issue, the screen was black/white however the HDMI display was all good. I purchased an Acer D270 from eBay with a damaged screen, swapped the motherboard over and were back in business. I have an issue now, the netbook is a Packard Bell which is owned by Acer.…
