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Why has my monitor gone all yellowie?
i dont think its anything to do with it directly because the settings havent changed and the tests i have run without the monitor connected seems to say nothing is wrong... but my screen is now a greenie yellow and i dont know whats up! it kinda started when my PC kinda fell of its little support and the monitor came out…
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Yahoo Messenger - Any good?
Hi I was thinking of getting Yahoo Messenger. Really only to notify me of emails, but when I went to download.com I notice that the latest version has a huge amount of negative feedback. I did notice that version 5 is available at oldversion.com Any advice on the pros and cons? How much resources does messanger take, if it…
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Spywareblaster-problem updating
I have just tried getting latest updated version of Spywareblaster. I uninstalled the version I had, but when new version installed it still said I already have Spywareblaster and also said I haven't got Mozilla Firefox installed (which I have). Any ideas ???
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First 20 mins
Now that they say new computers are infected in the first 20 minutes, the best piece of advice I've copied from The Register * Set Windows Update to automatically update the computer, without asking questions. * Install a personal firewall that blocks almost everything by default. * Buy a 2- or 3-year subscription to an…
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I-Mac Simple Finder
How do you stop a CD-R ejecting using the Mac OS X in simple finder mode?! I'm sure the answer is simple but my brain has died and I can't figure it out! HELP! ??? Come to think of it how would you burn a CD-R in simple finder mode?
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How to fix a laptop?
I have a Compaq Presario 900 laptop. I bought it new from PCWorld (boo!) in Dec 02. First the CD/DVD drive had a problem - winxp only sees it occasionally. The drive is there but I can't access it. I can live with it though. Now, some of they keys stop working. It's the 3,4,r,t,f,g,v,b keys. When they stop working, bashing…
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Make Music Track Shorter - How?
I want to make a music track shorter so I can fit it on a CD using Windows Media Player. Anyone know how to? Thanks for your help.
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180 search assistant & virus
I found a couple of things on my desktop that I didn't put there and deleted them. My favourites are full of things I didn't save either, which I have also deleted. They have come back again. Trend Micro and AVG both found trojdownloader.DU and can't clean/disinfect. Are the 2 connected? Does anyone know what to do? (in…
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Parasites
Could someone please explain what a parasite is. I signed up for broadband and when the man came to install it he told me that I had a parasite and it was interfering with my internet homepage. Is this serious and can I get rid of it. Thanks in advance.
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DSL MODEM PROBLEM
I have an alcatel speedtouch modem with 2 lights on the front, lately I have had problems connecting to the internet due to the fact that the right hand LED keeps flashing. I have filters in every phone socket except one which a sky box is the only thing plugged into. I manage to eventually getthe LEd to stay on by lifting…
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Windows R G (funny site)
made me laugh (wait till loads): http://www.deanliou.com/WinRG/winrg.htm
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Windows Media Player
I generally play music on my PC through Windows Media Player. Every so often i go through the settings adjusting the graphic equalizer (as my son very often changes it), i have the tone how i want it, but there is something i dont understand, on the left of the graphic equalizer, there are three buttons you can click. The…
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Microsoft Word takes forever to open & close ?
installed microsoft office 2003 onto a laptop with windows 2000 professional. Powerpoint & Excel work fine but Word takes up to 2 minutes for a page to open and 3 or 4 minutes to close . Any ideas as to the problem ? ...and the solution !!! .
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cassettes to cds?
Hi is there any way to transfer audio cassettes to cds using the computer?
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Internet Radio on the blink
:-[Can anybody offer any advice on a problem I am having connecting to the radio via my PC. This runs Windows XP Home Edition, while I have a Virgin Broadband connection. I formerly had few problems with Internet Radio connecting either via Real Player or Windows Media Player, however recently there has been a marked drop…
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Help needed please
I used to have no problems with my search engine........Google But now mainly shows american sites when searching and for some reason ...........'microsoft international ' pop-ups are appearing :-/............they seem to be from a 'search assistant' :o I haven't asked for assistance and don't want it as .it always find…
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Sorry experts-thick questions re: dvd writers!
:D Hello! Apologies for being thick but what do I need to purchase to copy from cd to cd (films & music). Is it just the dvd writer-or do I need a dvd rom (wahtever that is??!) & separate software to burn/copy?? I saw another thread advertising a 'double-layer' dvd writer for £40 or so-is this worth it?? I run on windows…
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Ad-aware
As you all use ad-aware,don't you, there is a latest important update available which is not downloaded using update. See the attached page. http://pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117372,00.asp[url][/url] Amendment-Reply by Lavasoft http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=41939&st=0entry299269 .[url][/url]…
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Word going at snails pace .......
It's going so slowly, it's unusable! Takes forever to get into it and then "freezes" on me, so I then can't get out of it. The egg timer appears and, even using control, alt and delete, it still takes about 20 attempts to get out of it. It's been like this for a couple of weeks now. I've run a virus test, spybot test,…
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Help required
I wish to reinstall a programme onto my computer from a cd. However when i come to reinstall it it says there is still a part of it left on from last time. Do you want to remove it says so i say yes. Then this message appears;- "unable to locate installation log file C:\programmes\mcafee\mcafee utilities\temp.isu" it the…