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Medion 17" TFT - Not very well!!!
Hi, I recently (very) bought a Medion TFT Monitor from Aldi. It was very easy to set up and I am not a techie by any means. It replaced a very old CRT so you can imagine how delighted I was. It was bought as a Christmas gift to me so has had very little use. (Mainly surfing internet and the occassional email) This…
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No more capacity at my exchange, stop bullsh--ing me
Hi everyone, I moved apartment over Xmas and sorted my broadband 10 days ago to go live today. went to access today and nothing......... Phoned my ISP who said some garbage about not being enough capacity in the exchange and i had to wait for them to free up some more!! maybe in a couple of weeks. are Freedom 2 Surf my Isp…
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OMG What have i done
Me been trying all day to update dd computer, now its gone that slow it wont bloody move, and it atill aint updated xp2, my daughter is now having a head turn, wheres them crying smilies
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3G data cards
I apologise upfront to you clever people who understand these things. 1. If you use a 3G data card do you still connect to an ISP or do you use the (in this case) vodafone 'ISP' network. 2. are these things compatible with other networks...e.g. can i use one bought in UK in south africa with a (local) vodacom SIM card…
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Linksys wireless card with Windows ME not working, Help!
Recently bought a Linksys router/modem and wireless card. The wireless network is fine and so is the laptop with another wireless adapter. The Linksys wireless adapter shows power but no signal and shows as inactive, have already exchanged the card for another one but just the same. I believe the wireless settings are…
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Excel - Multiplying A Rate By Hours
I am trying to set up a spreadshet that calculates the hours worked and then multiply them by a rate. Cell D2 is the start time, cell D3 is the finish time, cell D4 is the hours worked (D3-D2), cell D5 is the rate and cell D6 is the total cost (D4*D5). However, whilst cell D4 gives the correct answer, D6 does not. How do i…
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Photo editing software with IPTC editing capability
I'm an opera critic in my spare time and process a lot of production photos for my reviews. I have been having problems lately with the free image editing programme Irfanview, which seems to be mucking up the IPTC information I've been editing. I've noticed that a lot of image editing packages, perhaps even the majority,…
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ipod query
Can anyone help me to make a decision re ipods. I want one to: 1. Play my favourite cd tracks from my own collection. 2.Play my favourite tracks from albums not in my collection. 3.Play my choice of audio books. At the moment I am looking at the 20 gig ipod comments anyone?? Regards
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FREE SUDOKU puzzles for PC with or without MS Excel?????
Hi folks ..... FOR U TECHIES ---->>>>(Is there a way of running a ".xls" file with macros without buying MS Excel??? ie is there a free .xls reader that runs macros??????) Just would be nice if everyone can use this free sudoku download mentioned below. My original post is as follows....... +++Sorry if this has already…
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photo sites
my wife had a photo account last year which she uploaded some photos to but our firewall/anti-virus kept blocking it - i never got round to looking into why it did this and now the account has been closed. My wife has now gone with photobucket which isnt as good - does anyone else know of a better site to upload photos to?
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DVD Region Setting
Somehow (and I don't know how) the region setting on my PC got changed to Region 1. I changed it back to Region 2 and noticed that there were 3 changes left. However, I have had some problems with my PC in the last few days, so I restored it to an earlier date. This didn't solve the problem, so I undid the restore. I have…
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PSP Games for free?!??
Does any one know about downloading PSP games to your memory stick? If the games are quite big is ther anyway to compress them so they fit on the 1GB stick?
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Website/email Hosting
My website and email hosting is with a company that is, by it's own admission, having financial issues. If their operation goes Belly up, what are the issues to me, and do you feel that i should transfer my hosting now, and if so, who would you suggest? Thanks in anticipation. SS
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Cheapest possible wireless and USB internet access
Hi! My son is renting a room in a house where the owners have a broadband connection. He initially said / was told there was wireless access that he was welcome to use. Subsequent investigation revealed that the internet connection is provided by telewest to and is via a cable modem with no wireless, but with usb and…
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Website help
Hi Just after london won the bid for the 2012 olympics i bought the domain name "london-olympics-2012.me.uk" I have now found a supplier for 5ft x 3ft olympic flags and bunting and gifts. What i need is a website but do not know nothing about building one! I am sure this will be a winner but need some advice or maybe a…
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what is included on windows xp
do you get powerpoint ,word ,etc.I haven't a clue and need to buy a pc for daughter for school work etc. If anyone can advise me on what is basic spec I need . Price really is an issue.I have seen deals about but dont know a good one from a bad one. Machine needs to have tft monitor .Be able to store/download music and…
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browsing the net with the sony psp and running older games!!!
HI folks, I'm on broadband and have just bought a sony psp. I understand you can browse the web with it, has anyone done so and is it any good, considering the screen is small? I would probably need a wireless router as all I've got at the moment is a bt modem. Also I see a few auctions on ebay for the know how to…
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AOL scheduler appeared from nowhere?
My father told me today that my mother's new laptop is running very slowly. I took a look and found "AOL Scheduler" was running and taking up loads of system resources. I did a quick google on this and found out how to disable it. However, where did it come from? Has some malware tried to install it on the computer? It's…
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WMF - IMPORTANT Warning for all Windows users!
Just in case you haven't heard, there has been a lot of talk on techie sites about a very bad vunerability in windows.- Threre are already MANY exploits and all browsers are vunerable There is a patch here. The red box is microsoft's temporary soloution but instead you could use the unofficial patch in the Green box - Just…
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How Hard To Fit A PCI to usb/firewire
Hi All Can anyone tell me if a non-techie like meself could fit one of these? Or how much i would have to pay to have it fitted? Thanks