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System restore
Hi folks i have been searching the board to find how to start up windows me in safe mode, i have tryed holding the f8 key and the delete key but cant seem to be able to get into safe mode can someone help please
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Virus Help
It seems I may have picked up a little nastiness. I use panda active scan which has disinfected 15 files all related to Java & I am suffering from two rather nasty side effects. 1. Machine running very slowly & 2. TMP files all named PAV*****.TMP filling my windows temp directory and consuming ALL of my HDD space. I am…
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Poorly Hard Drive
I have tried geting advice elsewhere without success so here goes on MSE... My IDE Hard Drive got damaged when I was pulling out the IDE cable and now 1 of the pins on the HD has been pushed into it's case. Does anyone know if this problem is easy to repair? The HD is unusable now - as the PC won't recognise that it's…
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How to make MS Word: English (uk)
Title says it all really- I have changed it to English (uk) and clicked default and ok- only for it to revert back to English (us) :mad: How do you change it so it is permanent :confused:
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What DVD Writer to Buy?
Hi, im about to purchase a dvd burner/writer ... but i have no idea what is the things to look out for. Can i have some advice? The only thing that i do know is that i would prefer an external one cause it saves me faffing about inside the machine. Cheers
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Start up screen problem
Before I had some new hardware fitted,the desktop automatically came on. Now I get a screen saying, To begin,click your name. Is there any way I can get the old desktop back Thanks
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How can I clear my laptop
Hi guys, I am now selling my laptop.It has windows xp on it which is fine but i want to clear any personal info etc from it.I have erased the obvious stuff i can find and on my desktop.Are there any suggestions on anything else i can do, thanks Trev
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Philips DVDR 880
My Philips DVDR 880 has not seen a lot of use but has been giving problems for a while now. When I attempt to make a recording from my video player or a dvd player the recording starts O.K. but after 4 or 5 seconds cuts out and the display on the recorder shows the following message D7FC58256. After several attempts…
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thunderbird email
I downloaded f/fox and t/bird today but i'm having hassle with email.the program says that the login/password is wrong and cant connect to server. I thought t/bird imported all my settings etc so if they work on outlook express with pop wanadoo,why not with thunderbird?? anyone help please?
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Please help....Can not get onto the internet
Please help, I have just brought my first computer a Dell dimension 3000. My problem is I have installed Tiscali modem to get onto broadband but Tiscali tell me I have connected to the internet but am not receiving any info. Tiscali told me to disable my firewall and when that didn't help they said to take it off and…
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help please..laptop problem
i had my toshiba laptop (satellite 2430-402) for just over 2 years with no problems but recently it started behaving strangely...if im surfing the net or using any other application i lose control of the computer and i can see wizards opening and closing and the pointer moving without me touching any thing and during that…
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Upgrading to XP with secondhand disc
I want to upgrade my computer to XP with a secondhand original disc obtained from my brother. He damaged his computer lost his XP disc so bought a new one and then found his old one a few months later. If I use the old disc will it work when it comes downloading upgrades, service packs etc from microsoft site or will it…
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I've downloaded photo's from my........
computer onto a disk, but now want to add some more. my question is will i delete the the ones i have already got on the disc or will it continue to add onto the ones i've already got. Hope this makes sense. Cheers in advance
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Memory stick
Does anybody know a good site to buy a memory stick from?
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Problems with microsoft works calendar
I have Microsoft works and use the calander funtion. Today when I click onto it all I get is the following message "Works task launcher cannot find one of the files necessary to display tasks. Try reinstalling works to replace the file and then start the task launcher" Of course we have tried reinstalling without success,…
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tv making a buzzing noise..!
Last night my tv started making an elcetrical buzzing noise. But today it just doesn't come on.. Does that mean i need to get the tube replaced? Or i'm a better off buying a new tv..? All suggestions are welcome... thanks
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I wanna dvd writer
i wanna dvd writer for my pc ... i know i want an external one but thats the extent of it. I know nothing else about dvd burners/writers can you help me?
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slow start up
how can i get my system to start up faster??-there are no virus's etc. it just takes ages!!
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Apple releases new iPod!
http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2005/ipod-flea-p1.php :D :D :D
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Broadband LAN through mains, Maplin - techies, please advise!!
I currently have a wireless LAN using Linksys and am having no end of trouble with poor signal quality. I found this on the Maplin site. I don't understand how it works (but it isn't difficult to confuse me!). Before I go and make another expensive mistake, please could someone have a look and comment on it for me?? Many…